| Show W webster ebster and the brandy mr webster websters s fondness for brandy gave one of his important clients a very bad twenty tour four hours he was called to philadelphia to defend the goodyear rubber patents and the head of the firm met him at the station when they had entered the carriage he at once turned to mr webster and referred to one feature of the evi dence to be presented in the trial the following day I 1 speak of it mr webster he said as it has a peculiarly important bearing on the case and I 1 thought you might not have understood its signoff 6 cance mr webster aho was looking are dreamily amily out of the carriage window was recalled to a consciousness of his clients presence he yawned and settling bad against the cushions re marked I 1 ive ve alwa always s hoped I 1 might some day come to philadelphia because I 1 ive ve been told that there Is no place in the united states where they serve gerve finer brandy when I 1 came away from boston I 1 said to some ot of my friends boys I 1 in g going to find out about that philadelphia brandy and if I 1 find that it really is the best I 1 shall have made a useful trip several times mr goodyear tried to draw his distinguished attorney attorneys s at to the particular point at Is sue but he never seemed to take the slightest interest in it the brandy of philadelphia was apparently the on ly topic which interested him and he always recurred to it mr goodyear left him somewhat brusquely at his hotel when he returned to his office his story was any thing but inspiriting we weve ve got a fan man who Is supposed to be the great est lawyer in the united states and the only subject in which he takes any interest is philadelphia brandy that night though mr webster worked in his room until a after 2 clock occasionally walking the floor and marshaling ils its case into battle array his plea the next day wa was S 0 one ne of his most impressive utterances in la its power and logic and the case in tolving hundreds of thousands of dol dot lars was given to the goodyears Good years harper s weekly |
