Our client would thereupon refer him to Gottlieb, who would explain to Mr.Jones that the libel in question had no reference to him whatsoever; that he could hardly expect _favorable_ items to appear about him unless he took a financial interest in the paper; and end by offering to negotiate a purchase for him of some of the stock.

In many instances the injured parties would instantly take this means of insuring that no further publications of such a character should appear.

The stock usually cost about ten thousand dollars, which went into the pocket of the "General," as he was called; and from that time on none but the most pleasing reflections could be found in the columns of his paper in regard to its new stockholder.
Unfortunately for all parties, however, the "General" took exception to the size of one of our bills and we parted with mutual recriminations, although he had paid us many thousands of dollars in fees and we had saved him many more in judgments.

He still owed us a large sum of money, but Gottlieb had tied up his property in such a fashion that the old fellow was judgment-proof.

He was thus able to snap his fingers in our faces, a fact that naturally intensified our hard feelings against him.