Telegram-herald., 1890-12-14

Listening 10 the siren song OF Pro
f,asor BiltOng read Blackstone al one
summer. aud his thrilling remarks about
the right of plscary and tie fee simple
and Zee tail and seisin which marred the
history OF tie common law of England.
/ tined. Ch, 80 hard, % cuddle up 70 JUS
Enian ard 10 get intimate with Coke,
and 20 enjoy commons OF EstoreIs and
commons Of Turbary.
Meantime l swept out the Office. ran
Of errands, got my board bin and troE-
sers reoeipted and looked forward To tho
time when / should shake the resolution
Of the most stubborn and strong hearted
juror shst ever drow his little old s.
day.
Days grow into weeks, weeks expanded
into years was still reading one day
what easily forgot the next, thus stor-
ing my youthful mind with large guam
tties OF echoing space which have since
been very useful 10 me for other pur-
poses
Now came the time, after two years of
this sort Of work, when people thought
as If il would be purely a matter of form;
that / ought not to wait, for every mo-
ment staid outside of the profession
was loss 10 the American people.
The committee did not seem TO think
50. went away by stage to desolate
and threadbare county seat somewhere,
and laid out my little stock of unrips
knowledge before that committee, and
they sampled ii one after another and
gently took me one SIDE, and instead Of
telling me, as they might, most truthful
ly, TO go homo and never fool with tho
law any more, they hated TO hurt my
feelings, and so they told me TO study
some more on this point and brush up
on that, and 50 on
SO | returned, sold pet heifsr, and
buying a set OF Kent's Commentaries
and a nice warm pair of kip boots read
another six months and did general jan
itor work around the Office, also draw
ing deeds, mortgages and portraits Of
the senior member of the firm.
AT the end Of that time l began 10
think l ought 20 get examined again.
Every spring and fall term would go
through this ordeal, and then get bound
over for examination the following term.
Finally II got to be a part of the calen-
dar. When the court was visiting for
witness or juror it would pat in the
time by examining me-
This ran ON 80 TOR some time till got
tired Of it and fed. In a new field,
where the officials were being appointed
by the president, and some Of them
knew less even than did, felt at home
right away, and finally one glad day in
summer. with a joyfal heart, though
with many scars on the places where
previous committees had knocked the
bark off my soul, signed the book and
became a lawyer.
One Of the old committee has kindly
tod me since that II made his heart
bleed - refuse me. and that If he'd
known how little damage would do as
a lawyer and how quiet I'd have been
about 1t. blamcd If he wouldu't have sus-
pended the rules in my esse and moved
ny admission.
Now l do not blame plrrenology fer
tins, bat Professor B,ltmg. who should
have seen that while / had some
% the Prerequisites for a lawyer lacked
oae greet essential. and that vas the
ability - repeat a law. aruliag or def
milton II he exact language OF anybody
else
Thst ignorance on his part cost ne
many a reluctant. eva5ive and finally
tear dimmed dollar, and cans very near
laniin< me in the lap Il al overworked
and overb1rleoed public, cse of the
most piful objects known % the ento-
molo-ist. viz, q Iettifcrcer.
n this ester were rot aiready too per
sonal I would AID tbe stsnogre evhsc a1d
geological report made on my head yes-
sTyiay. L Is ~ sccEuRte tat it reminds
me almost q the oil days of nec-o-
nsocy. whstevsT that u.
BILL NyE