The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-09

Nlil'' ~ ' Iuf VT h'liiN " ul'' h''h S'N
ANT "" sH,'i Mr Webster. "I cnn sce now tina,
ook OF mln-h'd AMER. inrrrduiny' ana pity |
81" Mr. dor l-tciiny yonns fool TO r"fus" |
about l,i,i .-hliins ue head witt snu, ioollsh |
IAN les about what he IL so ng to- 10. wn'n tns !
onnoHnnNS ~ K ~ Gi'y m,, m r r, ,n.
~ man who is drvns his coach wth four
h'rs =. " u ms lNrl.i .rw,nIs; Wn9 Knows
young loo.'s bend WIN n'ns"n- j You are
trazy You vcN mel You never annoyed me 80
mu u in ypnr life brlorrl
" liz began t. Sold for the first time In his
| life, and Thought It wis time Tor me to speak
| 80 My father. | wish to say to YOU that no man
| living. no son. appreciates moro than do IN"
trials YOU have gone through for me: and no
all you have done Tor my welfare. and the sarri-
| - you and INV mother have made But still.
| am now of age and am man for myself NV
education has cost YOU many sarriil -. and
| ought to bring you something IN i-turn. You
may need M nev but that ~ not ,yriythins mat
| W. live for You yourself would h" glad tp SEQ
! your son rise to- em n nee. and h" n man among
his lrliows-whrh no man ever was Ms a cl"rk
think Mr.. Cores nlvicr il good. II may seem
otnerw ~ Just now; but Ie"l a prompting
| within mo that tells me thcr" ~ something bet
ter for me than to be- clerk OF courts MY
.. Arc YOU i9iis resolved ? said my father.
IL d.d not say another word for n long
time, perhaps hgli an hour. Turn b" went IN;
Ct" DlnIcl, IN the long struggle with poverty
and adverse fortune tnat your mother and
have made to give YOU AMI Ezekiel an odnm-
| ton, We have often talked over these sa'ri "s.
| and the prospects of our children. Your
mother has often said to me- that she had NJ fear
| about Elnkicl that h" had fixed and sinady
| habits ana AN ndomitahle energy. She mad
no doubt q his snr"ss in NJ" bni ns for
| Danh.l-well she didn't know about him; he
would be- either something or nothing. think
your mother was prophet ~. ana thni the
problem IL solved Tonight You have fulfilled
her prophrey-yuu have com" to nothing.
That was the last time he ever mentioned
the elrrkship tn me.
| al ia IA ltifl tl lp
Office"
This IL the description Of how Webster mp
peared when pleading his first ease AT the bar:
when Mr. Webster began to spnnk his voire
WIS low has urud WIS sunk upOn nls breast. his
eyes were liNcd upon the no9r. and ne moved
If try ng To- sccurs Il ilrmer POSITION. HIS voice
soon IN r"ns'd n pnw'r ANA volume. TN II llli"d
the whole house. HIS attitud" h~ nm" erect. his
eye dilated and his whole countrnancc WIS
radiant with emotion The attention oi all
present WIS at once arrested. Every Eye in the
crowded curt room wits fixed on tnc SPEAKER.
hut my oWtt for WAS Obliged to wat IA the door.
THAT M KIT prevent confusion Ny th" throng II
Spectators that were constantly crowdin- into
ia" hall.
The account ~ Wehstors rapid rise at tho bar.
his career first az Il awen. where hr settled
in order To- be- near his venerable fnih"r. then ut
Portsmouth. where be soon became the legal
peer and rival oi no less a parsonage than J"re-
milan Mason. and finally in Boston. is tull NJ
interest; Tut W" must hasten on To his remlni--
zen .c- and estimates of the famous lawyers am
statesmen with whom h" came in contaf. We
must first pause. however. TO quote am amnsin.;
anrrdoie. IN wni.h is related young Weleier'-
needing with old Gen. john SarA. the hero Of
. Bennington:
It was while he was living NJ Portsmouth
that he WAS on" Obliged 10 ~ go CON ord 90 at
tend court The roads b"lug had. %" Adopted
the familiar custom OF tn day. and went On
/ horseback. carving his papers iu the saddle
bags As hc reached HNoNs-tt now Man hes
, / tor n h.sun To- rain. II WIS ln the afternoon
l and nu Ina, "A quiet. conf riah.r-lonklng hotel
d. he thou mt he ~ luld stop ana spend the night
, | and ride NJ e. con -Ori early Tn" next muruin..
= 80 b" PIT up his horse. and ". at into ia" tar
room. whore b" iouui "a huli dom neigh ur-
I seated around the fire.. dripk n NJ rrom,.
nous" WAS Just ulIusltr. un the oih"r side Ol
th' river. and every body in that nels"oorA"od
r When went in" sad Mr.. Webster, there
4 wits PAUSE ~ ne CONVERSATIONS iss ther" was
= down 10y the flre, and there was "a dead silence
. for some time" observed max OH Slark wac
getting into do1'. AMI did o. seem t. notice
anything. lt'uf So 20 Nlr rohN'I-tti, "a -HTl q,
r. az aga ami tnc Restraint imposed l., the al
D. went n "a siring'r wore away.
WHAT do juu think su ID man "a worth Z
r. "' guess hos worth 1--WE hundred dollars
"' don't believe %" Is.
l. 90. ~mrk reused himself. and remarked;
.I don't know what hr l- WUft. nW
4 worth what lt wiil l't 10. II THAT'S So I'm WORT
T. .g-i ,llenj oun4s. i.r ONE t'n,. ,lnt II
u ulry iDnk forty pounds 10 nay runs u.
- THIS ra.-'I d roar oil iHu -ht' e.; and nov
y Gen Sl'it lnli"i around, and iUi the first tm
D. mott '.d lNn strange g.
J, Who ,r" you. -aid he
" Il Thought tlM Wa rather rude way of ne
. COSTING % person. but Dl rpuIrN anything WA
# p.ini'"'i 90 tA' rough 4.d hero OF bennins "a
- 800 VINO ar YOU. snyy
l., ~ y'ar name. What's your nameg
:. NY nanr Is " "i-''r
- Where ar" YOU irumF
,r - 1ur nam. is Wri-.trr, AMI yol are from
a porismoun. Whore are You going
IF "'fo C5nc'rd, we'll whore did you com
IF from originally What Nel~tcrs do you be-
10 '0"''T ,amc from Salisbury
e co. on hOl from salisbury. Are you ono OF tn
L. Salisbury Meustors
. &C. Yes. SIR
Id "' Are you any way related to Old Capt El,t
x g slightly SIR h"wts NY father.
you ar y1% T"e e 0 ro Sa apt Wny ' 1 G :,
le Well am inclined 70 think You may be-,
~ Wrlsi'r~ face wa0 % natural color or bHckcn'
-, uyIowder; You mus, j." iiiS son, Tor you are
st cursed sight hN 'k'r ihun me- Was
h At TINS. great laugh arose az my cvp"n-
~ and the whoi" Company were Oh good tern
., witt IA" at once
~. Ncbst'r's relations with the distinguish
-, men oi his time b. gan curly in his carcor AT q
al, Portsmouth bar. There he came IN contu
ry among others. with The legal giants OF ~
H.. Hampshire. Jeremiah smith and Jeremiah NJ
~, SON. WITH the latter he soon became in'imW
~, and many stories are told is Mr.. Harvey of Ga,
,nr excursions together, tnei forrnsl, battles. al
"a. the mutual regard for each other. Mason W
-; riii'ul.uoly tlil. and always resented. with ma
n potulan .c ailusions TO lia height Later in ].
.or however. his ireiiug ia this regard seemed
Nd, change. and be appeared Go grow even proud
~, his majestic stature. lie WAS unsainS and HW