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And Conwell likes to remember that thereafter the young man lived up to the pride of exoneration; and, though Conwell does not say it or think it, one knows that it was the Conwell influence that inspired to honesty  for always he is an inspirer. AND CONWELL LIKES TO REMEMBER THAT THEREAFTER THE YOUNG MAN LIVED UP THE PRIDE OF EXONERATION AND THOUGH CONWELL DOES NOT SAY IT OR THINK IT ONE KNOWS THAT IT WAS THE CONWELL INFLUENCE THAT INSPIRED TO HONESTY FOR ALWAYS HE IS THE INSPIRER
yer he would never take a case, either civil or criminal, that he considered wrong. It was basic with him that he could not and would not fight on what he thought was the wrong side. Only when his client was right would he go ahead! Yet he laughs, his quiet, infectious, characteristic laugh, as he tells of how once he was deceived, for he defended a man, charged with stealing a watch, who was so obviously innocent that he took the case in a blaze of indignation and had the young fellow proudly exonerated. The next day the wrongly accused one came to his office and shamefacedly took out the watch that he had been charged with stealing. “I want you to send it to the man I took it from,” he said. And he told with a sort of shamefaced pride of how he had got a good old deacon to give, in all sincerity, the evidence that exculpated him. “And, say, Mr. Conwell--I want to thank you for getting me off--and I hope you’ll excuse my deceiving you--and--I won’t be any worse for not going to jail.” ERS IT WAS WORTH NOTING THAT AS A LAWYER HE WOULD NEVER TAKE A CASE EITHER CIVIL OR CRIMINAL THAT HE CONSIDERED WRONG IT WAS BASIC WITH HIM THAT HE COULD NOT AND WOULD NOT FIGHT IF HE THOUGHT HE WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE ONLY WHEN HIS CLIENT WAS RIGHT WOULD HE GO AHEAD YET HE LAUGHS HIS QUIET INFECTIOUS CHARACTERISTIC LAUGH AS HE TELLS OF HOW ONCE HE WAS DECEIVED FOR HE DEFENDED A MANSE CHARGED WITH STEALING A WATCH WHO WAS SO OBVIOUSLY INNOCENT THAT HE TOOK THE CASE IN A BLAZE OF INDIGNATION AND HAD THE FELLOW PROUDLY EXONERATED THE NEXT DAY THE WRONGLY ACCUSED ONE CAME TO HIS OFFICE AND SHAMELY TOOK OUT THE WATCH WHICH HE HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH STEALING I WANT TO SEND IT TO THE MAN I TOOK IT FROM HE SAID AND HE TOLD WITH A SORT OF SHAMEFACED PRIDE OF HOW HE HAD GOTTEN THE GOOD OLD DEACON TO GIVE IN ALL SINCERITY THE EVIDENCE WHICH EXCULPTED HIM AND SAY MISTER CONWELL I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GETTING ME OFF I HOPE YOU'LL EXCUSE MY DECEIVING YOU AND I WON'T BE ANY WORSE FOR NOT GOING TO JAIL
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