Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1912-09-27 | Page 7 | No Trouble in Collecting

NO TROUBLE IN COLLECTING Lawyer Probably Was Willing to Pay More Than $10 Under the Circumstances. A noted lawyer of Tennessee, who labored under the defects of having a high temper and of being deaf, walked into a court room presided over by a younger man, of whom the ' older practitioner had a small opin- ion. Presently, in the hearing of a mo-' mo-' tion, there was a clash between the lawyer and the judge. The judge ordered or-dered the lawyer to sit down, and as the lawyer, being deaf, didn't hear him and went on talking, the jujlge fined him $10 for contempt. The lawyer leaned toward the clerk . and cupped his hand behind his ear. i "What did he say?" he inquired. I "Ho fined you $10," explained the A . clerk. "For what?" "For contempt of this court," said the clerk. The lawyer shot a poisonous look ' toward the bench and reached a hand Into his pocket. "I'll pay it," he said. "It's a just debt." Saturday Evening Post. -