The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-09-01
WATCH For A CHANCE.
And Whom 1t Comas Maka GOOD
Uae Of IT,



Not long ara four old friends sat
down 70 little ,iinner together 10 New
York One If tlalu mua famous
lawyer They naturally fellto tnlkins
over old times. and, III ,aen II lifty airs
rather apt to do, whether rightly or
not, they agreed that young men now
aduys nre not what they used 10 BE-,
II have liaa stfilsi6f illuatration ~
that fact to.duy said Tie lnwyc with
shrug ~ ifnpatirngc a young "a.
low h. h,fi desk III my office for per-
haps six months HI eemel bright
and cntne To nc with 4 rcconlmensla-
ton from d man fla whom | have conf
sleree he said that II i would only
rive him q ehinee, that was NIL hoa
wanted. He waA wiiiag tu do nny-
thing, AMI nii that Anft n talk Well,
nothing hut routine work FMS happened
70 'tsun4e III II, ~ 4fssss sl--.s
way, until about week ago. when
was short for time 10 laolt up sofnc
points about IN important case
which ii taking mp most 81 our
attention at the office Just NOW.
Here. thought !, Is the chance for orr
young friend Let's sssc If there II amy
stuff IN him sat down BY him md
explained that should like him to
hunt M all the evidence ite could find
bearing on this subject, After having
made the thing aE plain as the nose on
d mans face. ] added: Now, II yoii
want Ia know anything further about
this mattcr.-came right 70 me. Ihere.
IL no immediate hurry said, Us !
turned away Int inside ~ Il week we
shall want everything connected with
this point ii the ease put into perfect
order lie saia All right sir, and 1
dropped the whole nifgir or my mind,
for have been coffipiateiy absorbed In
an entirely different part of the same
case To-day 1t occurred % mo TINT !
hadn't heard anything from him, and
that BY tomorrow or next day the pa-
spers ought to be In hand ! went
around and asked him how ne was get
ting on He told me, with considerable
hesitation, that he had been meaning
| to ecii4e and tell mo that he hadn't
exactly understood, and 80 forth.
Then why didn't yun come 10 ms, as |
told you q do?' | nsked him, pretty
shortly He 6tammercd ont 4 lot moro
about its being big JOB for b little fell
low III Ms independence; and then
| fairly rosrcd: ! WAS trying 10 give You
some experienced. Then got away as
fast as I could | WAS afraid that
/ should say something that |
should be sorry for. Bnt that young
MIN Is done for as fir rs ! am con-
cerned Ishail get rid u him MS soon
M possibly can What a chance ho
| had! Jnst such i chance rs had at his
nge---only seized III knew it was q
chance. This felloty acted as though
lie didn't knew i chance when hc saw
lite
GLOW was II that yon got your
start?. asked one Of the party. II
don't believe You ever told MS. "
| ''Oh, II isn't mach Of story" said
the great lawyer, modestly; but u
| meant ii gdod deal to me just the same,
| I was fixed something us this boy is--
the one have been telling you about
| In the office IL d law firm who were do
| ing a big business had had clerks
work for about six months, and was be-
/ ginning to think that never should
got a chance 10 do anything else. though
| had scize every opportunity that
/ could make or find to tell the head men
| Of the firm that was ready to try my
hand at anything they had mind to
/ give me. Summertime came around.
and things were as duh as dull The
rest were all going of on their vaca-
tions, and at last my turn came,
packed my trunk early in the morning,
and had written my friends To expect
me by the first train that left that city
L after office hours that night | felt
pretty blue when wrote, too. ! knew
i they would ash me how was getting
/ on, and | wasn't getting on Mt all. |
had made up my mind that had hccn
/ fool toNthink ever should be able to
j do any law business any way thought
\ with some show Of reason, that If
RrealIy had any stuff in me some Of these
smart men at the Office would have
found Il out by this time and would
have given me something to do.
Wen. noon passed, and il ran along
| To three o'clock II was hot day,
and was beginning to think