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Show An An c"y CiieuC A lawyer of some eminence in tiii city, while enjoying a social hour with some friends the other night, narrated ao ' incident of his practice in which Daniel Drew, then a "king of Wall street, r , figured. Mr. Drew had been Bned b 1 persons who had been let out at the small end of the horn by him in a stock transaction. trans-action. The rugged financier was indig- , nant and vicious wheu he sought the aforesaid lawyer and requested him tc take the case. The amount for which j 1 tho plaintiffs sued was about $oO,000, and Drew said that be wanted the casf brought into court so that he might "show np them fellers." The lawyer made a careful invest iga- 1 tiou of the facts and found that his client had scarcely u leg to stand on in court, lie was anxious to win tho case, bow-ever, bow-ever, and determined to see what ingenuity in-genuity and an exhaustive knowledge of legal technicalities would accomplish. Circumstances favored him, and through carelessness on the other side he succeeded succeed-ed in non-suiting the plaintiffs. Elated with this result be called on Mr. Drew and triumphantly announced that victory vic-tory was theirs. "Bnt I haven't had a chance to testify." tes-tify." said the old speculator peevishly. "That was not necessary. We have won the case without a trial." "The deuce yon have!" exclaimed Mr. Drew angrily. "Well, you are a fine lawyer to look after the interests of your clients. I wouldn't give a dollar a bunch for such lawyers as yon are." "Yon don't seem to understand, Mr. Prew," explained tho lawyer. "We have won the Buit and yon are $3o,UU0 j ahead, to say nothing of the costs." I "Thunder aud lightning, man!" fumed the brusque Daniel, "what do I care about the $;15,000? I wanted to get on I the witness stand and tell what I thought of them fellers." New York Times. |
