The lawyer protested loudly at the indignities
to which he was being subjected and a large crowd
gathered, which for the time being blocked Broad-
way. Mike, confident that he had the authority
of the United States Government behind him, ex-
hibited his badge, called upon the police to assist
him in the exercise of his duty and proceeded tri-
umphantly to march Mr. Winthrop Van Renn-
sellaer, hatless, up the street at the head of a large
and enthusiastic procession of interested citizens.
From time to time Mike would turn and call upon
the crowd to disperse, at the same time announcing
in a loud voice that he had arrested his prisoner
by an order of the Government to take him alive or
dead.
By this time the lawyer's little round head was
glowing a bright red and his legs almost refused to
carry him. Once they had arrived at the Post-
office Building the mistake was quickly discovered
and Mr. Van Rennsellaer was set at liberty; but
each and every United States judge had to descend
in his robes from the bench and implore his pardon
before the furious little lawyer would consent to
call a cab and return to his office.
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The Confessions of

I understand that he always believed that the
whole thing was a trick of Gottlieb's to humiliate
him; and, indeed, some members of the bar have
suspected me of the same thing — entirely without
justification, of course. During the rest of his ex-
ceedingly distinguished career one had only to men-
tion the words duces tecum in the presence of Mr.
