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Ford, Paul Leicester, 1865-1902

"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"


"Trade's been fine, sir, an' Oi want to pay something for what yez did."
So Peter left his two hundred and fifty dollars in the bank, having
recouped the expenses of the first case out of his new client.
He wrote all about it to his mother:
"I am afraid you won't approve of what I did entirely, for I know
your strong feeling against men who make and sell liquor. But I
somehow have been made to feel in the last few days that more can
be done in the world by kindness and help than by frowns and
prosecutions. I had no thought of getting money out of the case,
so I am sure I was not influenced by that. It seemed to me that a
man was being unfairly treated, and that too, by laws which are
meant for other purposes. I really tried to think it out, and do
what seemed right to me. My last client has a look and a way of
speaking that makes me certain he's a fine fellow, and I shall try
to see something of him, provided it will not worry you to think
of me as friendly with a saloon-keeper.


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