, 1870-07-31
N1'3k1tntrp Pink

s1il1inn, I'inkncy.
Tic l,ecan lie poor boy at !lavsc dc Grace.
!ie Went into lawyers office to awecp lis
iioore- 1Ie would spend his spste time in
fnn,lnesa for legal subject Friends let hin,
have the money, aud fle studied law. lie w.s
at once very enccessfni. He had au immense
command pf language and OF authoEities. He
bad great saEacity in rosottinE to just what
he wanted. He never rlsa*l super1iuous clta.
lion, but il there was in til the range Of itEaI
literature ANYTHING hs wished 10 nsa III his
Agsuu.ens, hu hal it. It was disputed point
who WAS the stronger in logic, be or Webster.
IN rhetoric he WAS far ahead. lie had all OF
tThoates elegance Of language. but great
deal more elegance OF delivery.
A legal orator lie had mysterious power,
now Frequently called magnetism. lie had M
attractive manner Of delivery. securing and
holding the attention 0f his hearers mill he
brought 10 bear the power nt subauing their
minds. Webster opposed hiu, in his last cs-e,
= patent lncst'on, involS,ng somethlns
no lrier sutject in all the range OF the law
His nreumopt covered two whole days. There
w4s no time tiu ing tho whole OF it when the
Court Iiots4e aud all the WAYS Arpuad il were
not crowded. full Of the eli.e Of Washington
lie liau peculiar charm of gesture wluch at.
| ttactett tile attention OF every one. He wonM
| not conilnc l,jtnprsf l.. i, IL, but in the
course Of lis III 1et!uc:.l te would move about
| before the t,u,,rf. Let him talk upon what
rulieci hs so,1ld-you could not hc.p listen
| ing, and listening being CONVINCED. As b u,1n.
he Nas perfcctly kiud ana courteous towat.
ali. Int lie lad ono weakness which swallowed
I up al tl,e rest lie was tho salnest lterson
alive. lio was vain Of Ills vanity. While I
was il, ]iresia. I snl another ait',rhr we're sit
ting III Lis {,aztor. waiting for him 10 CONT to
.luner. He came i'll, after i long while. black
and dirty IL any man. Without saying y wor3
he walked MP to tic scfa, jerkcd of his bat.
threw 1t snd bis swori down. At last Mrs.
I1nEney returned, aud asked, "What is tic
natter Matter! ! have been insnl.ea, ,
mad1m! That IL what Is the nlzttef." At this
tous narrator eayh) ms sws'sl and that Of my
friend as il by magic, loapel from their scab~
lssrtie 10 nvenEe the insult. ] yenturtd In ask,
"How:" Turning to ME, lie saitf. ''Sir. IL
not i man Of my nanc. my Position, my COM
try, insulicd when Le is Il, get W At oslo:k
to ras homage to 3 little gitl "a Russian rriu-
cees>t" I veuturea - HusEcft that We were
invited at II. Ian gentleman dress il less
| than three hours 7"
lie used to lathe every day, and. after hath.
ing. lie would throw thin Gauzo over hsmscif
him. lie had heard, lie said. ''s1lt wonlj
preserve the skin." II was trua tilst his com.
,,tc4jon was fine, 30 mutls 10 that there WAS 4
1unsor spread thai lie PAINTED, Tnis WAS nu'
| true, for our tlar1ator lag. tlne And Again
secu him plunge lis head into BASIN and giyt
r npr Ii'e coni1 sa rom il, IN It. iIe mars,ai Ii, III
: efforts in making this show> lie liked to hea
=. s>T rat"rs,'nr1 ."d n wbor n W,sb;nc,on :,
t thoutl, T." fooS.sl iiks 40 when b. wan an
r ;ntn non",,ny, II, VIA mo, r.rr I'm,
J ~ s.sictv aud would not retus:u 1ouce
ti,an 10 o'clock st parsT, VIE,
t fa came ont lie would NV. Lea a
: GO home anG have chat, which our narra,o
was most wiII,nr 10 do. N-hcn lie Got thNre
t Ia waH,i h.ci, to unn.ke himsr1f uc vs
t 1src.i in every direction. He would wesr In
f.ri,,onshje ri.va, of That .I.y. whicl, wss a,
,,nn~,.sa n;ena If r;,t s,oni r.r1 md
. nsW s,nars s'i Il xss fni.iai ii. ronsiir ca1n.r
t',,-s +, ,,s1 ,h.f f1c, .;,i iorT ,,;s., y,
: n.aS;rv' ~ ~ !. wa coromonlv csiIca' md
q a;r Ii,;'t " ,.a ,nsds fnr t1,at nnrT,oso f"i
! nnc, III n,oTe ,1,sn ~ or,,,n,,;is ~ H;s who, ~
s dIses VIA fsultlsrs and Ieautift,, ~ vel q
IS most fn.l,n.b1s. TIM oniy thing III,
: troubled lin was his thin lsir. thopeh 10 Va
i c1otbes on he would f.ll back into liz cLa
u | and tell lis servant TO bring 1hin glass