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A Hoosier Chronicle

CHAPTER V
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INTRODUCING MR.

DANIEL HARWOOD On the day following the delivery to Andrew Kelton of the letter in which money for Sylvia's education was offered by an unknown person, the bearer of the message was to be seen at Indianapolis, in the law office of Wright and Fitch, attorneys and counselors at law, on the fourth floor of the White River Trust Company's building in Washington Street.
In that office young Mr.Harwood was one of half a dozen students, who ran errands to the courts, kept the accounts, and otherwise made themselves useful.
Wright and Fitch was the principal law firm in the state in the period under scrutiny, as may readily be proved by an examination of the court dockets.

The firm's practice was, however, limited.

Persons anxious to mulct wicked corporations in damages for physical injuries did not apply to Wright and Fitch, for the excellent reason that this capable firm was retained by most of the public service corporations and had no time to waste on the petty and vexatious claims of minor litigants.

Mr.
Wright was a Republican, Mr.Fitch a Democrat, and each of these gentlemen occasionally raised his voice loud enough in politics to emphasize his party fealty.


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