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Now This is Fighting

           TherewasonlyonekindofbusinessthatcametotheGeneralthiskind;andoneinstinctivelycomparedhimtothatdecoysheepatthestock-yardsthathadbeentrainedtogoforthintonervous,frightenedflocksofitsfellow-sheep,balkingatbeingdrivenintotheslaughtering-pens,andleadthempeacefullyintotheshambles,knowingenoughalwaystomakehisownwayquietlytotherearduringtheonwardprogressandthusescape.Adustyoldlawyer,this,withHeavenknowswhatwelterofalteredwills,brokenpromises,subornedjuries,influencedjudges,bribedcouncilmenandlegislators,double-intentionedagreementsandcontracts,andawholeworldofshiftylegalcalculationsandfalsepretensesfloatingaroundinhisbrain.Amongthepoliticians,judges,andlawyersgenerally,byreasonofpastusefulservices,hewassupposedtohavesomepowerfulconnections.Helikedtobecalledintoanycaselargelybecauseitmeantsomethingtodoandkepthimfrombeingbored.Whencompelledtokeepanappointmentinwinter,hewouldsliponanoldgreatcoatofgraytwillthathehadwornuntilitwasshabby,then,takingdownasoftfelthat,twistedandpulledoutofshapebyuse,hewouldpullitlowoverhisdullgrayeyesandambleforth.Insummerhisclotheslookedascrinkledasthoughhehadsleptinthemforweeks.Hesmoked.IncastofcountenancehewasnotwhollyunlikeGeneralGrant,withashortgraybeardandmustachewhichalwaysseemedmoreorlessunkemptandhairthathungdownoverhisforeheadinagraymass.

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