Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1904 — Just Looked Wise. [ARTICLE]

Just Looked Wise.

“The queerest client I ever had was also the smartest” said a lawyer who lives in a city In Pennsylvania. “One day he walked into my office, and I recognized him at once as an out of town contractor who had been putting In some sewers for our city. He bad, I knew, done the work well, but had had some difficulty with the councils, who were holding np his bill. Without a word he handed me a check for SIOO. “ ‘What’s that for?* I asked. “That’ said he, is your retainer.’ " ‘And what do you want me to do 7 " ‘i want you to come along with me to the meeting of the councils tonight Yon know I have a bill against the city. It would take more time than either of us has to explain the case now, but I am In the right and I know my argument All I want Is the help of a well known lawyer’s presence; I’ll do all the talking. All that you have to do ts to come along with me and look wise.’ “Well, that’s all I dkl do, and what with hie arguments and the fact that there Was a silent lawyer present doing his beet to ‘look wise,’ the man got his money, and I got mtoe.*,-7Phila-delpbia Press.