BIG CITY LAWYER

A BIG-CITY LAWYER WAS REPRESENTING

THE RAILROAD IN A LAWSUIT

FILED BY AN OLD RANCHER.

THE RANCHER'S PRIZE BULL WAS

MISSING FROM THE SECTION

THROUGH WHICH THE RAILROAD PASSED.

THE RANCHER ONLY WANTED TO BE

PAID THE FAIR VALUE OF THE BULL. 

THE CASE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE TRIED

BEFORE THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

IN THE BACK ROOM OF THE

GENERAL STORE.

THE CITY-SLICKER ATTORNEY

FOR THE RAILROAD IMMEDIATELY

CORNERED THE RANCHER AND

TRIED TO GET HIM TO SETTLE

OUT OF COURT.

HE DID HIS BEST SELLING JOB,

AND FINALLY THE RANCHER AGREED

TO TAKE HALF OF WHAT HE WAS ASKING. 

AFTER THE RANCHER HAD SIGNED

THE RELEASE AND TOOK THE CHECK,

THE YOUNG LAWYER COULDN'T

RESIST GLOATING A LITTLE

OVER HIS SUCCESS,

TELLING THE RANCHER,

"YOU ARE REALLY DUMB, OLD MAN,

I PUT ONE OVER ON YOU IN THERE.

I COULDN'T HAVE WON THE CASE.

THE ENGINEER WAS ASLEEP AND

THE FIREMAN WAS IN THE CABOOSE

WHEN THE TRAIN WENT THROUGH

YOUR RANCH THAT MORNING.

I DIDN'T HAVE ONE WITNESS

TO PUT ON THE STAND.

I BLUFFED YOU!" 

THE OLD RANCHER REPLIED,

"WELL, I'LL TELL YOU YOUNG FELLER,

I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT

WINNING THAT CASE MYSELF,

BECAUSE THAT DARNED BULL

CAME HOME THIS MORNING."