The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-09-01
WATCH FOR A CHANCE.
And When Il Comes Make Good
Uee Of L.
An Illustration a . Lost Oppoftunity ~
Related by Q euccessful Man-How
Famous New York Lawyer
Got HIs StArt


York One OF them wRs famous
lawyer. They naturally fell to talking
over old times, and, as men Of fifty are
rather apt to do, whether rightly or
not, they agreed that young men now
adays are not what they used to BE-
II have had striking illustration Of
that fact to-day" said the lawyer, with
shrug OF impatience. "A young fel-
low has had desk in my Office for per-
hBps six months He seemed bright,
and came to me with recommenda-
tion from man tn whom have conf
denca He said that If would only
give him Q chance, that was all he
wanted. He was willing TO do cry
thing, and all that sort Of talk. Well.
nothing but routine work has happened
to come In to be thrown into that boys
way, until about week ago when
was short for time to look up some
points about en- important case
which is taking up most Of our
attention at the office iust now.
Here thought /, is the chance for our
young friend Let's see If there is any
stuff in him. sat down by him and
explained that ! should like him to
hunt up all the evidence he could find
bearing on this subject After having
made the thing as plain as the nose on
q mans iane, added: Now, If you
want to know anything further about
this matter, conieri1l,t 10 me There
is no immediate hurry said. as I
turned away, but inside Of week we
shall want everything connected with
this point of the case put into perfect
order He said: AL right. sir, and I
dropped the whole affair OH my mind,
for ! have been completely absorbed tn
an entirely different part of the same
case. To-day 1t occurred to me That I
hadn't heard anything from him, and
that by tomorrow or next day the pa
pers ought to be IN haud went
around and asked him how ne WA get
ting on. He told me, with considerable
hesitation, that he had bcen meaning
to come and tell me that he hadn't
exactly-understood,' and 50 forth.
Then why didn't you come to me. as
told You to dor asked him. pretty
shortly. He stammered out 9 lot more
about its being big job tu q ht4le faA-
low Of his tnexperiencc; and then ]
fairly roared: Twas trying to give yun
some experienced Then gos nway a.
fast as could. was offaA thsN
I should soy semstiAng that I
should be sorry for. Hut 1hat ysank
man Is done for - fss = y sa con-
cerned shall at nd q TN ss soon
"a possibly can. VIII 'essAtnne, -
haG Juss such 9 aehaaseGA ! hsd a Msi
age-only 4 seized n TmSw n W. 4,
chance. This sslloT afted e. tH6d6h
he didn't knee 6 Sbadds vSAsn He Nv
IT." tF''f 80 hfz t@Tctn z ne y
'.Isow was n shsss m 90 yuR
start7" asked one q e. r4&y:
don't believe you ever G&(4E J
'sOal. it isn't much af . D6nrys. aa16
the great Lawyer. modsst1y hut i
mcont a coed deal 10 re }ust tho same.
was fixed something US this boy is-'
the one ] have besn telling yuu about
in the Office Of q law arm Who were do
ing big business had had . clerlr,s
work for about sig mouths and Wa b.
ginning to think that I never should
get chance to do anything else, though
l had seize d every opportunity that
could make or fnd to tell the heed men
OF the firm that was ready 10 try my
hand ut anything they had mind to
give me- Summertime cnme Ground,
and things were as dull - dull The
rest were all going OF ON theh vaca-
tons, and at last my tun camA I
packed my trunk early tn The morninn
and had written my friends to expecA
me by the FIRST train thak len thst city
after odsoe hOuus thst utgtA I nj
pretty blue when ! wyptA too Ih1ew
they would ask mo bow ~ aeAf{u9
on, and ! WASN'T gettaa u u, u =
had made up my mind 441C1 ma bsnm
fool TO think ever S6odN be able to
do any law business eng W. I thought
with some show 81 5eaam, lhsB Alt
really he'd any .stu4 IN ne spmpof thase
smart men - the 49, WouN have
1ound \ on bv 49, 1lnqa sepAsabun
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