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“ But I should have gained it, if you had
mystified that stupid witness, as you could
easily enough have done.”

“Perhaps I might; but I did not choose
to do that.”

“Tt was your duty, sir, as an advocate,
to use every possible means to gain the
cause of your client.” |

“ Not dishonest means, remember. Bring
me a good cause, and I will do you justice.
But when you place me ina position where
success can only be had in the violation of
another's rights, I will always regard jus-
tice first. Right and honour have the first
claims upon me—my client the next.”

“Tt’s the last cause you will ever have
of mine, then,” replied the angry client.

“ And most certainly the last I want, if
you have no higher claims than those you
presented in the present instance.”

About the same time that this incident
occurred, an individual, indicted for a large
robbery, sent for Lawyer Abercrombie.
That individual came to the prisoner's cell,

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