ROBERT LINCOLN'S FIRST FEE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2259, 21 October 1889, Page 2

ROBERT LINCOLN'S FIRST FEE

\ • i Mr Robert T. Lincoln likes to tell a i a*ory of hfa first fee as an attorney. Old s Jadge Logan, under whom he read law, i bad always told him no: to be afraid to ) obarge big fees f>r bis aervlces. • People 1 don' i reaped a ohe»p lawyer,' said the jadge. 3 One day tODn after Mr Llnooln had 1 been admitted to prao io6, ha sat atone In 9 his offioe whan a messenger broogot a note t from- the Ohloago agent of one of the b we iltbieat insurance oonipanlea la America ;> asking to have the title to a oertaln pleoe a f property looked ap. Tae yonn^ lawyer f spent about half an hour looking into the b title and then seat hU report to the Inb saranoe offioe. Pretty soon the messenger 3 oame with another note, Tola one re--9 quested M<- L nooln to send his bill by the 9 bearer. The young lawyer had no Idea - what to oharga. At fwat he thought It o woald be g od polioy not to charge any- - thing, ' fo-,' said he to himself, I should b like to get that company's work regularly. ' t Bat be knew Jadge Logan would r not approve thit son of thieg, and he c didn't want the judge to think that hv s was heedless of bli ad vloe. So he figure 1 a It that slnoe he had work- d only half an d hour, lOd ;ls would ba a good stiff prtoj, d for it would be at the rite of UOOJols for - a day of ten hours. The wor aj of Judge f Ljg»n, however, rang m his ears, and >f with a stroke of audaolty tint almost y frightened him, Mr L'.nooin fi ally made P the bill for 25Jo!a. He felt >h*t this wan d an eatrAge3']sly%igh fea, and was hesltat - ing bb to whether he woald give tt to the » boy or mak) out another for JOid's, It when Jadge Login ohaaoed lo oome In, g ' Y»n are jmt the m»n I want to ace," c shld MrLluoln, and he told him of hla r dil-mm», 5 Judge Logan took the bill and tore d It up. f. ' 1 knew It was outrageously high,' said n Mr Lincoln, « but, judge, you always told i) me to make big bills, and I did this more n to please you than myself.' is 'Nonsense,' said the judge, give me a o pen. 1 H;e Bat down, wrote another bill n and gave 1 . to the boy. Ib la a few minutes the boy returned with c theirsarance agent's cheque for 250d015, •r and a little note to Mr Lincoln, thanking d him for hla promptness, and saying the !h company's other work of this oharaoter d would be sent to him. is « Great Sott 1' eaidjthe young Jlawyer to ie the old one, « did you make out a bill for .c 950dols?' t, 'Of course I did,' answered the old y judge, ' you don't want to be a d— -d d eleemosynary institution for iniuranoe s compaoieß, do yon V