There’s but one way to break it, and that’s to allege misunderstanding on your part.”
Cresswell winced. It was not pleasant to go into open court and acknowledge himself overreached by a Negro; but several thousand dollars in cotton and land were at stake.
“Go ahead,” he concurred.
“You can depend on Taylor, of course?” added the lawyer.
“Of course,” answered Cresswell. “But why prolong the thing?”
“You see, she’s got your cotton tied by injunction.”
“I don’t see how she did it.”
“Easy enough: this Judge is the poor white you opposed in the last primary.”
Within a week the case was called, and they filed into the courtroom. Cresswell’s lawyer saw only this