The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-22
SILL suyK As A LAWYER.
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SILL NyK As A LAWYER. | lCoaries- fsnnall
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 IeEai pEoeession, snd he asks me ep sfnse. if T ssill, puhsicly, whe1her that is true. and f @. vks abandoned the pxo- faisa.
 It t true thzt did pracfice law in the sen. kx shoEt Sne, h a vexy qnia
 kiod ofway. Aifer . few monfAs. how ews l abandoned my lacafive psacfice 0 sccept fne poxtfotio cf the Lusmie GG poaefare. Dcxing my hrief hut esmunstEoAS caxeex a a atsorney paid eut fr3o fng sen.. and drev a chsffel norRnge, vAscA vas never raid fpr. as ssM e an ahle to judEe.
 Ny principal reasoa, hovever. fur ahR3oaiag fke professioa vas the sudden ansa of ny cheRt WheE . yossag iAs1g has ass;daouxly at and Sooksd out II hls o1hce window fog tvo montAs, and cli1t coms ia and shows sisus of
 snt1 aSng besine1s to kim, thee sprass up .. o1ce betwsen the tv0 vasm friend-
 ship SucA vas fhe case vith me. A
 mid he-aged gsnsiernan came into rav o6c. one cay aAd said ne had been n-
 femd to me by . party in tovx. ssd
 asks me if had leisrxs to attend to
 him. said that vould lay aside otker
 matfezs and attend to him al once. if he
 wish d. He said k you'd be great &C., com;nodafioa if would allow my other clients to sccumElate iu the hall Cor a few rnomeats, and in the meantime do the i-lsiness that vas on his mind. He had ssaed Charlie Kitchen, st the TAores- h1rah house, to give him the name of som: poor young lawyer, and Kitchen had sosd him that vas about the poorest lawya be knev o5, e that he had come ri9h to me.
 seW as pace that he vas a shrevd busissess mn, and 1 did all 1 could so pteEe him. He vas delighted v;sh the prcu ptnew with which had done the vort. and said he voald have more fo~ me :3 do vezy sooa, as he had purchased the erntrolling interes tn . sllve9 mine oyer af Jeim noantzia- On the strength of ths : revival in uade vnt do~n town and .oughf half-tou of ccal
 l then opened . sxs of double enuy boots which aili -etz'-s, and which are Almfst as good as De--. had ius got my isu client Aifiy sE the bocks rScu he vas killed by hlE1g down \ shsft ] distssce cf two hnndred fee& n . u- psRe icular directioE. l then sAie os, the lSactice of the law vas iEvested vsfh toc Tatich sorrow and sadness for mel couli not endure tLe constant sundezine of pleasant, fns nsneIy hes which an active p<acice demandsd. l sold my @Re vise<s Statutes to nes notary public at Last Chance and gave my other law hooss to warm personal friend Hzv- ing thus disposed of my library, I retired for tle practice of the profession by taki.sg down my tin sign and nailing it to tLe .ront door Of the pest-house at the eiose fl a beautiful summer day. There is ne shing that will dam up the flood of proS Sssiond business So quickly as al coure ike tkis-f you have a flood to dam. and ws-. to have is damned quickly but enough of shat- A young lawyer may De ever SO poouizT aud oserworked -nc n. xtteS he csa move his library to . E,allpox hospital, and in a week he will aave all tfe phy<czl relaxation and !, intellectual repcse h. xantx
 Sc, like the svifs flight of q brilliant | metsor atross 6 black sly aasned | thro .sh the heavens, lighting rp the vide l ssal.as of space, and tksS Gssappeared | sore'cE. With theosands os other peo- ple to select fom, Heath sought out the ooly client ever haG, aud gathered hic | in. With the world full of tue aged and l the sick, to say nothing of Chinamen and | Indlans not taxed, the grim reaper struck his s.ckie into . mar in whom felt a l wonSaerful interest. No one knows who has rot seen his sole client cut down ee- fore ais face the great sorrow that settles 6ow.r upon the heart at such a ums. Hos lonely my office seemed afier ths, hox still it seemed. fcould not endne it at once abandoned the profession to itx fate.
 Contrary to ms fears, hovever, it soon rzlIsd d Young blood entered into the pE1rice, and in yhree months after had turned the key in my office door one woul1 hardly notice thaf 90 recently q brigtt light in the legal profession had been squeiched, and clanou voice that had always rung out fce eternal justice and squity, at 90 much per equity, had ceasad to vihrsNs
 I uas . cleA A-headed and cool but eoaser,sfive attorney. vas not enly coasevsfisc in my practice bat in mf groo receipas. saw st once that l cossd noe sAord to psy fussy dollsrs pa mcuA rent and depxnd upon . book sceomt of tvo dollaTs and half e ofzse< t. Nhile may ny sAat sas passion atefs Sood ofsAe seady and the practice Of hs. fsis most ksanly the ostracisn md the depressing ssolafiCa vA,cA it seesaed to eagead7.
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