The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-04-03
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A BRILLIANT YOUNG MAN.

The worst thing you can do for the average young lawyer is [" send him to the legislature The county paper ls responsible for this The editor refrrs Ia him as the silvcry tongued orator ot the county Very lew young mon Sur vivo this imputation rhe silNery tongued orator must keep himself before tho people He is suddenly awak ened to realization ot his own importance and he must maintain lis position Tn. pl tho paper proclaimed lt hc dld not know that h. was a great man lIo had often thought so but he did not know II His announcement as a candidate for the legislature came up as n joke
 He had no idea al such thing, hut when ho saw that hundreds ot men wore willing to give him chance, he threw out his arm~, embraced tho opportunity and heeamc a candidate Ny going to tho legislature he lost his practice. but he smiled at this for tu him distinction m political way sworth more than the remuneration of law He neRlcc,s the law book and studies the ward and township His friends make him be. lieye that he n big man He does not think for himself, but allow. others to think for him The sluggish boy who Was in tli'. office with him Ia alili plnal, ding along He could not lo elected ta the legislature He is no orator He tried to make q speech onor. hu, stanl. morod shamrtully The boys called him n mutton hcal They declared that h" would never amount tu anything Such taunts as thes" drove him to harder study He knew that hc wan mol brilliant knew that he must rosort to books He r"ad book after book. get he had n poor command of language
 II" knew that he would nevor b.rome a speaker, RI, in humilinting resignation. h" devoted himself to the study of the law People often spoke of his bril
 liant friend He will mako his mark 90 they said He Is SD quick He can Rrnsp an idra in "a moment Law is too dull for hiIn. He Is n statoslpan The brilliant young man Roos to e0ngfess
 The community k loud In his praise. but in congress he com"s In contact with stubborn old fellows who have spent their lives iD searching for facts Fourth ofJuly otatory amounts to nothing
 iie rants, but no ono pays any attention to him His pet measure Is defeated
 His constituents are surprised He comes hoin" and attempts to explain his course. He has done bothing~~ha. made no record Election time draws near and h" announces himself as n can. ddate for reelection. The people, ever forb"arnR give him another trial He doos his best, but bis best ia nothing He comes home at tL. end of his term and settles down tO the praetiee of law Law books are strange to him. Iie feels awkward when be goes into court, The dull boy who was in the office with him is n leading lawyer He iS no orator. but he has way of stating facts, has a crisp and lucid manner 0f expression that strikes fl jury. That b,g white house on the hill belongs to him. Every. body says that be is fine lawyer. iiis calm, dispassioDats arginante before the supreme court are said to be master pieces of logic. lie ventures D0thing With him everything Is certain The brilliant young man becomes cheap lawyer With him everything is hap hazard He relies on his oratory, but his oTatory fails h:m. He takes to drink Years afierward h" Ia A con. Grmed drnnkarJ His wife and dangh- tnrs support him His duil friend Ia in the United States senate