People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1893 — NOT GOOD ENOUGH. [ARTICLE]

NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

Tbe Lawyer’s Excellent Reasons for Refusing the Clotlx. An individual accused of stealingsome cloth from a tailor’s shop convinced a lawj’er so thoroughly of his innocence that he undertook his defense without the customary retainer and obtained an acquittal. The following day his client came to the lawyer’s office and said: “1 can’t bear to owe anyone, so I have called to settle your fee, though I haven’t any money.” “Don't speak of that, my friend,” said the lawyer, in a gush of generosity-. “The triumph of the truth and the clearing of an innocent man is sufficient recompense for my labor.” “Not at all,” returned the client. “Every man to his business, and in default of money here is a very handsome piece of cloth—” “Some cloth!” interrupted the advocate, in surprise. “Certainly! This is the cloth that would have put me behind the bars if it hadn’t been for you. There is enough for two complete suits. Let’s divide. Is it a go?” The lawyer refused it with scorn. The cloth wasn’t good enough for him. Besides that, when he came to measure it carefully, there wasn’t enough of it —Texas Siftings.