s rolled down his
cheeks. "What a gift for clear statement!" he cried.

Norman beamed appreciation of a compliment so flattering. But he went
back to business. "As I was saying, you can do what you want to do. You
wish me to show you how. In our modern way of doing things, the relation
of lawyer and client has somewhat changed. To illustrate by this case,
you are the bear with the taste for honey and the strength to rob the
bees. I am the honey bird--that is, the modern lawyer--who can show you
the way to the hive. Most of the honey birds--as yet--are content with a
very small share of the honey--whatever the bear happens to be unable to
find room for. But I--" Norman's eyes danced and his strong mouth curved
in a charming smile--"I am a honey bird with a bear appetite."

Galloway was sitting up stiffly. "I don't quite follow you, sir," he
said.

"Yet I am plain enough. My ability at clear statement has not deserted
me. If I show you the way through the tangled forest of the law to this
hive you scent--I must be a partner in the honey."

Galloway rose. "Your conceptions of your profession--and of me, I may
say--are not attractive. I have always been, and am willing and anxious
to pay liberally--more liberally than anyone else--for legal advice. But
my business, sir, is my own."

Norman rose, his expression one of apology and polite disappointment. "I
see I misunderstood your purpose in coming to me," said he. "Let us take
no more of each other's time."

"And what did you think my object was in coming?" demanded Galloway.

"To get from me what you realized you could get nowhere else--which
meant, as an old experienced trader like you must have known, that you
were ready to pay my price. Of course, if you can get elsewhere the
assistance you need, why, you would be most unwise to come to me."

Galloway moved toward the door. "And you might have charged practically
any fee you wished," said he, laughing satirically. "Young man, you are
making the mistake that is ruining this generation. You wish to get rich
all at once. You are not willing to be patient and to work and to build
your fortune solidly and slowly."

Norman smiled as at a good joke. "What an asset to you strong men has
been the vague hope in the minds of the masses that each poor devil of
them will have his turn to loot and grow rich. I used to think ignorance
kept the present system going. But I have discovered that it is that
sly, silly, corrupt hop