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ficult to recognize in the sedate, busy lawyer other, summoned him as their only witness. of to-day " Dolly Richards," one of the The day of the trial came, and both lawyers, bravest members of that Confederate band seeing him present, announced they were which made the country ring with stories of ready. The lawyer for the dentist called ," and then asked : — its daring. Judge Richards' partners are his " Dr. W

"Were the teeth well made?" clever young son-in-law, Albert G. Ronald, and John Baskin. "Yes, sir." "Did Dr. use twenty dollars' worth Zack Phelps was a member of the con of gold on them?" vention which formed the present Constitu "Every bit of it." tion of Kentucky. After a few more He is 'a fine speaker questions which were and is said to excel as all satisfactorily an an examiner of wit swered, the plaintiff's nesses. His partner lawyer triumphantly isW.W.Thum. Mr. announced he was Thum won the liter through. To his ary medal at the amazement, the law University of Vir yer for the defense ginia. One of his also called Dr. cases that was unique was Tierney v. the W , and began to Standard Oil Com question him. pany. At the first "You say the trial the jury gave teeth were perfectly the full amount sued made?" for ($25,000). The "Yes, sir." court of appeals re "Did they fit Mrs. versed on the ground К ?" of excessive dam "No, sir." ages. Upon the "Who bought the second trial in the gold used?" lower court, twenty «Mr. К ." OSCAR TURNER. thousand was the And the defendant's verdict, and again the lawyer also an court of appeals reversed it, giving the same nounced he was through, amid the laughter reason. Finally it was settled out of court. of the spectators. There is a laughable story told of a Louis Judge John Roberts is a lawyer who is ville suit in which only one witness appeared. faithful to every trust. He was one of the A wealthy groceryman employed a young lawyers in the Newcomb will case. The dentist to make a set of false teeth for his then chancellor said " the case was the wife, and advanced him twenty dollars to most skillfully prepared and ably argued" buy the gold to be used. When they were that he had ever decided. His partner is sent home they did not fit, so the old man his nephew, Mr. Quarles, a bright young returned them and refused to pay for them. Virginian. The dentist immediately brought suit. There Burwell Keith Marshall is a great-grand was an old dentist who stood high for ability son of Chief-Justice John Marshall, also a and veracity, so each side, unknown to the descendant of William Moore, colonial gov