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Show STORIES OF THE BENCH AND BAR. 245 maddest, and immediately he yelled in terrific Mexican, ' who in h-11 learn to make nice boot in two years.' "I heard from him during his incarceration, and learned that he served out his term fully convinced that the whole thing was a put up job between myself, the interpreter and the Court." CHAPTER L. STORIES OF THE BENCH AND BAR. Mr. C. S. Thomas, who is one of the most successfnl and talented lawyers in the State, then related the following amusing incident: " In one of the frontier towns of Colorado, several years ago, resided an attorney of Milesian extraction, but who at present is believed to be somewhere in Texas. He was something of a character among those who knew him best, and to a somewhat fair understanding there was united a degree of obstinacy and perseverance which was extraordinary. However misty his conceptions of law might be, there was no mistaking his idea of the rights of his client, which always overbalanced any other consideration. To enforce or defend that right he would take any position, and if necessary, defy even the statutes of the State, though his success was hardly ever measured by his zeal. I once had occasion to appear for plaintiff, and try an ejectment suit for the recovery of a town lot, purchased some time before, but withheld by defendant on general principles. Our friend already alluded to appeared for the defendant, and, having neither title or right, claimed that defendant's possession at the time of the plaintiff's purchase was a sufficient title, and then as- |