A Lawyer's Adyice
A slmrp lnvryer was consulted not lon/( tigo by a .young man who had speculated with (he funds of a bank, and was £2,000 short in his accounts. The lawj-er listened atrentiyely to his story, and then asked whether there was auy more to which he could gain access. The client said there was. " How much?" ! "£8000." "Take it, and bring it to me," was the advice. He Hid so, whereupon the lawyer went to tke directors with tlie usual formula— " Gentlemen, you haye been robbed of £10,000. The young man who has done this comes of a good family, who will be overwhelmed by his disgrace. They are not rich, but to avoid shame they will raise what they can, in fact, they have done so, and they offer you £40"0. This will be much better than nothing, for iho money has disappeared irrevocably, and if you accept it the young man will have a chance to reform." The propositions were acceded to. Then the lawyer smilingly hnnded to the young ni; n £2000, and said to him ; " I have £-.000, here is £2<iOO for yon, go away, &lan afresh, and be a better man."
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 119, 31 March 1891, Page 3
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