Good Story Told On Choate

Dwight Lawrence, librarían of the senate, was down from Albany yesterday, says the New York Sun, and this is his latest anecdote: Joseph H. Choate and Edward Lauterbach were associated in a suit a short time ago and won. As the jury left their seats Mr. Lauterbach turned to Mr. Choate and said: "Choate, we won this verdict because we happened to know more law on this subject than our adversarles." "Yes?" queried Choate. "Our clients are rich, you know, a Corporation and all that," rejoined Lauterbach. "Yes?" again queried Choate. "What do you think we ought to charge, Lauterbach?" "Oh, $750 apiece." "Tut, tut," broke out Choate, impatiently, and he repeated: "Tut, tut! You let me handle this bill, Lauterbach. 111 collect for us both." A short time afterward Mr. Lauterbach was in Mr. Choate's office in Wall street, and Mr. Choate handed out a check for $1,500 as Mr. Lauterbach's fee in the case, and said: "Lauterbach, what do you think or that?" Mr. Lauterbach looked at the check, stroked hls beard for an instant, and looking intently at Choate, replied: "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian."