The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-04-10
BOB INGERSOLL.
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BOB INGERSOLL.
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 Cp te l>16 lugcrsoll had been simply reasonably suVcc~Stul lawyer of Peoria. Ill He was one of the Republican del. isates to the Cincinnati convention of lS16 and n strong Blaine man He ar rived i'll Cincinnati with several other Illinois delegates several days before the convention assembled The city was full ot people aud they were having Il high old time The Rlaine men had meetings every day, and did everything in their power tn boom their candl. date II was finally decided Ia have the nominating speech made by some Hi. nois man and the Illinois delegation settled upon lnsorso0
 There was present in the city Bob tavorlte brother who dtcd few wears later. and al whose grave the great athr. ist delivered his world renowned ora ton He immediately told his brother ot his selection, and that he had prom. ised Ia deliver the speech The brother. who Was somcW hat nervous tried to per siadr hlm not to trv it.
 Gou are not famous enough he persuaded Nou arc getting along and making reputation hat this k too big Il thing for you fear Nnu will make dcad failure of lt
 But Rob had promised and would not back uut
 IN ell, ii You ar" determined tn do this Nou must do Nour best You must make success To do ths you must get at Il immediately Don't wat Il minute. tio into that room and lock the door. and begin the speech
 oh tomorrow will ,ln. urged Roh and h"side~. l have promised to ro with the ho,e tonight
 And away he went The next day passed and although his brother spoke about the speech several time. Robert did not touch It And so the time passed till the night before the conYvn- ton The hruthrf MeanNhiIlo. had got nearly frantic. Robert ,aitr ii !a;p that nisht. amt in answer tn lis broth CT s"hcitation said
 Oh bother, let's got a good ulght s sleep
 Ind ~o they retired Inper>oll eaN- h" never slept ~o soundly in his life a~ he dld that night Finally he woke up suddenly. and felt perfectly refreshed He got up hastily and booked at hl. watch It Was three o'clock q m lie went to the adjoining room very quietly aud closed the door -o as not todl-urb his brother He turned the hEht down and closing his "y..s. imagined thee con. v"ulion hall and hi- audiences before him Then hcbcpiu to think of Blaine Finally hr began to say his speech over | { A took pen and paper and wrote II out carefully As he had said II He Mid lt away in th" drawer to the bureau. and went back quietly to bed He very soon was fast asleep again, and did not wake up till past eight, when llls brother wa~ standing over him, vigorously shak ing him
 Rob get up get up' It. 3o, and tn" convention H~soinblc- at l0 90 I thought you wrr" going to get up carly and get your speech ready 1, will be 4 dead failure and We -hall ho di.grnccd Blame will not he nominated lt s too bad too had
 Bob slowly waI>cdup. and rubbing his cvc- urged that il would l." best iir,t tu get their hrcakta-l But the brother in sisted that he should not leave hi- room untll h" got down to busin..ss on th" speech By thi, time Bob had donnrd his Iantaloon- and remarked
 Well you l." the audicnce and eit over there and 1 will see what can do
 l. i~ pcrhaps n"cdlc-- 10 gay thu, the brother wa- completely eapturcd When Bob had finished h" rushed r. him nnd putting both arms around llin cu hrac"d hu in thc most cnthu-u,-tic way
 lt k simply -ublim" h" cried :" bu, when did ypu pr"pat" Il
 oh, ] -eratched if off Il-t night when you w"r" asleep Goto the drawer thsr" and you will find the mauuscrpt While drc-- pleas" read 1t over and zee if delivered II correctly
 The great point with Ingor.oll s that l." .- a!ways self po--".."d He never get rattl"d some oi the greatest ora tor. in thi- country hay" treIuhi,,i b. for" -0 great au f,cca-iGn Az this Bob lng"rsoll never said anything that gave him SO much reputation "A that hit about the plutned knight IL has been quoted ever since both by Blaine trleud- and "ueInj"- Tn" convention went wild over II But II could not make Bla ne pre-ident