| One hot summer afternoon in the nation's capital,
a visiting Baltimoreattorney decided to skip the afternoon session of
the American Bar AssociationConference being held at the Mayflower Hotel
in Washington, D.C. Instead, hewould take his teenage daughter to see
a baseball game at Griffith Stadium.Exiting the hotel, he hailed a taxicab.
'Griffith Stadium,' the father shoutedto the driver, as he held the back
door open for his daughter. The twosome hadhardly settled into the backseat
of the taxi when the front passenger's dooropened and a handsome young
man poked his head inside.
Did I hear you say you're going to Mr. Griffith's Stadium?'
he asked.Before an answer could be given by the startled pair, the man
plopped into thefront seat and closed the door behind him. Then, as the
cab began rolling upConnecticut Avenue, the intruder tried to make conversation.
'Are you folkswith the ABA conference?' The father, not about to be cajoled,
grunted 'Yes,'then countered, 'And what do you do?' 'I'm a lawyer, too,'
the intruderreplied. Silence underscored the rest of the trip. Then, when
the taxiscreeched to a stop near the front gate of the ballpark, the interloper
hoppedout as quickly as he had entered, making no offer to share the cab
fare. Onceinside the ballpark, father and daughter took seats along the
first-base line,the taxi incident forgotten as they enjoyed the game.
Then, in the third inning, a high foul ball floated their way. The Senators
catcher bounded toward them, yanked off his facemask, and scrambled to
get under the ball.'Daddy,' the girl cried out, 'that's the man who rode
in the taxi with us!' 'Iknew it!' the father shot. 'I knew that man was
no lawyer!'
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