KNEW HIS FATHER WELL
American lawyers, like their English brethren (says a London paper), are very candid critics of their profession when they are in an anecdotal mood. Here is a story told recently at a legal dinner on the other side of the Atlantic. Am American lawyer^ was instructed to recover a debt of
t. dollars. He charged 35 defers for his ?( and, on handing the remaining 15 doQliuTS to his client, said, "I ami your friend. I cannot charge you toy full fee. I knew your father well." The client, bearing a sigh as 'he pocketed the 15 dollars, replied,. "Thaiik heaven you didn't know my grandfather."
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11992, 10 July 1903, Page 7
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109KNEW HIS FATHER WELL Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11992, 10 July 1903, Page 7
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