Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1904 — Only a Lawyer. [ARTICLE]

Only a Lawyer.

When Justice Bookstaver was on the supreme court beuch. he had as special officer or attendant a punctilious old German, who always stood guard at the door leading to the justice’s private chambers when the justice was within. One day a prominent lawyer and two of his clients called and asked if the justice would receive them. The officer threw open the door and called out loudly to the Justice: “Shudge! Two shentlemans und a lawyer vants to speak mit you.” The three gentlemen laughed. “Vor vhat you lass, eh?” “Don’t you count mea gentleman?” asked the lawyer. “Ach, you’re a lawyer only; dat’s different.”—New York Mail and Express.