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She Gained her Case

From the December 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal

Boston Traveller


"Max," of the Buffalo Express, says, the gentleman who has succeeded to President Cleveland's' place in the old law-firm is the father of a pretty, blue-eyed, bonnie lassie, aged four. Sometimes she visits the office, and she has captured the heart of big Bachelor Bissell, the remaining partner. The other day she called upon the senior partner and retained him as counsel in her case. She wanted a goat, and also advice how to get it. She got both.

Having accepted a kiss as a retainer in the case, the President's former partner proceeded to advise his fair client. His legal intellect grasped the situation at once. His experienced and quick-working mind immediately seized upon the remedy.

"The thing for you to do," said he, "is this: Go right into your papa's office, and, no matter who is there, tell him you want a goat. If you only tell him once he may not hear you, so you had better tell him several times. Yes, you had better keep on telling him until you are sure he understands you." The little woman opened her big blue eyes in admiration of her lawyer's ability, and immediately proceeded to act on his advice. She marched soberly into her father's office, intent upon her mission. So absorbed was she in her purpose, that she paid no attention to the seven or eight prominent railroad men who were receiving and treasuring the precious and expensive words of counsel falling from the lips of the tall sycamore. She lifted her dimpled chin to the level of the paternal desk, and remarked in bell-like tones, "Papa, I want a goat."

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