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Ford, Paul Leicester, 1865-1902

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

I dells him der last dime."
Yet Peter wondered if there were any connection between the two
statements. He liked the two girls. They were nice-looking, sweet,
sincere women. He knew that Mr. Bohlmann was ranked as a millionaire
already, and was growing richer fast. Yet--Peter needed no blank walls.
During this summer, Peter had a little more law practice. A small grocer
in one of the tenements came to him about a row with his landlord. Peter
heard him through, and then said: "I don't see that you have any case;
but if you will leave it to me to do as I think best, I'll try if I can
do something," and the man agreeing, Peter went to see the landlord, a
retail tobacconist up-town.
"I don't think my client has any legal grounds," he told the landlord,
"but he thinks that he has, and the case does seem a little hard. Such
material repairs could not have been foreseen when the lease was made."
The tobacconist was rather obstinate at first. Finally he said, "I'll
tell you what I'll do.


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