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Magazine, November 1885, by Various
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Title: Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885
Author: Various
Release Date: August 4, 2008 [EBook #26185]
Language: English
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LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE.
NOVEMBER, 1885.
Copyright, 1885, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
THE LADY LAWYER'S FIRST CLIENT.
TWO PARTS.--II.
What with Mrs. Stiles's ankle and the law's delays, the case was not tried until September. But at the September term Stiles vs. The Railway Company was reached, and stood at the head of the list.
On the morning of the fated day Mrs. Tarbell could have proceeded to the court-room in state, for not only did the entire Stiles family present itself at her office three-quarters of an hour before the time, but Mr. Mecutchen, the tobacconist, also dropped in, with an air of always being early at trials.
"I couldn't keep ma at home, Mrs. Tarbell," said Miss Stiles briefly, but with some little shame. "She would come. She thought it would take an hour and a half to get here from Pulaski Street; didn't you, ma?"
Mrs. Stiles gave an agitated g