, 1885-11-01

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get UP and make speechesy''
"Aih / particular. >
When liak arrived at Judge Blake's
office. he Found that the good boy. list
Berry. had been installed as IA stu'e a.
y lie did not appear to be pleased VINE.
he discovered that Fink was to be his col
league. for. between the two boys there
lad never been anything In common The
good boy merely looked up when Pink
entered. then, with a frown. he bent him
self 10 The work of d%eyouring blackstone.
Pink sat down. in obedience to the com
man Of the Judge.
Young ? cntlemen. rs business Is woe
fully dull at present, you won have my
thing to do but to read. 'Lige you arc
getting along very well. arc you notf"
es. sir. "
do you find Blackstone Interestingly
G.. sir very.
Pink. what's that you are realiug?'
cadin bout ONE lnguns. "
We'll. throw il down. You II never be
a good lawyer unless you study
With n mighty effort. Pink made Il pre-.
tense Of studying. He seemed to have
settled upon an entire change of course.
but occasionally he would fall back into
his old ways. Then he would sit with
his eyes half closed. One day he said
ige, do you ever expect TO be n great
lawyer
~Of course | do
ais that what makes you study so
hard
-Ycs. IL it were not for that | wouldn't
study at all Isn't that the reason you
study, Pink2n
81 don't study much, but hat amt the
reason l wouldn't study at all II | didn't
have to. When ! don't read old Blake
makes me tote in wood. and I'd rather
read than to tote wood. Totin' wood
makes me tired.
A stranger coming into the room would
have instantly settled upon 'Lige as the
coming lawyer. No one would have
thought that any possible distinction
awaited the lazy. bow-legged. red-headed
boy. That which passes for discernment
is often short-sightedness. Some of our
greatest men rave been-but the turning
point Of Il story should never be antici-
pated.
'Lige was a quiet boy, and Sundays he
would go TO church Pink spent his sun
days in quite n different way. lie would
roam along the river. throwing stones at
birds lemonstrance was of no avail.
lie hated Sunday-school and abhorred
the church. Occasionally he would come
home with a bloody nose. for although
he was averse TO physical exercise. ho
hesitaicd not to engage in combat Poo.
pie pointed at him, shook their heads and
said.
That boy will never amount to any
thing.
Pink fell in love with n little girl,
brighteyed Mary Phelps, but naturally
enough the girl did not owe him. She
loved Lige This cnraged Pink. and had
an opportunity presented itself he would
have chastised his fellow-student
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along. 'Lige was ready TO stand an ex
animation. Pink also declared that he
was ready. They were examined by the
circuit Judge. Lige was complimented for
his quickness and insight. but Pink
failed to answer a sufficient number OF
questions. consequently he was remanded
back to Blake's office. Realizing that he
had wasted time he made an earnest re-
solve to do better.
'Lige began the practice Of his difficult
profession. He threw his whole soul into
the work and old lawyers said that he
would succeed. How short-sighted, how
erroneous are human calculations.
One evening Pink called on bright
eyed Mary. He had determined TO ask
her TO be his wife, for he believed that
she had ceased to love 'Lige. Mary cor
daily received him and his heart beat a
hopeful tattoo.
Miss Mary, l suppose you have heard
how hard | i'm studying.
Yes. and also heard that you failed
10 pass your examination.
~Oh. that makes no difference.
1T does with me.
MARY. | want you TO be my wife. >
Il can not. ! I'M engaged TO Lige
Berry.
There came a day when the wise men
thought of the predictions they had made
with regard to the two boys. Berry is
now "A distinguished judge. Pink is in
the penitentiary. 1t will be q shock, no
doubt. for some people to learn that a
good boy ever amounted to anything and
that n bad boy ever failed TO succeed II
life. Probably those facts should moi
have been penned; but then the lauda
bic motive which inspired their publica-
ton will more than offset the startling
revelations which are made in the nara
ton. The good, studious boy has had
very little chance in this country. All
the high places of honor have been filled
by men who were once bad boys Even
ministers of the gospel boast Of how they
were once bad, oh, yes, SO very bad: and
with keen delight some of them tell of
their adventures on the race course or at
the card table. 1t is time that n reform
should take place. Give the good boy a
chance.