The Tupelo journal., 1905-04-21

Where are you goin', Ed?" to which
he replied: 81 am going to see Nor
ton & Elliott and try to get to clerk
for them, and if they won't pay me
S25 per month | won't work for them
The salary named shows the value
that he set upon his services and also
the trend of his amblLlon. He got the
place and made himself so useful that
the firm, after a few months, in
creased his salary to SIS per month.
Integrity, close application to bust
ness and faithful work secured the
rise in salary for linn. These quail
ties combined are an unfailing lever
age to lift a young man to promotion.
Goes to the Bar.
We have now traced u hero
through his boynoOu and have brought
nm to where his talents and aspira-
lions have led him into the arena
where life's struggles are encountered
and where each individual must eth
er stand upon his merits or fall be-
meath his delinquencies. Being now
a man, he second to realize that he
must enter the C for success, rely
ing entirely upon his own resources,
and that the goal was to be reached
through the strength of his head, his
heart and his hand. With these NOV
ing in harmony, he seized such oppor-
tunities, and. with fixed determine
ton fired by honest desire, he began
the work of carving out his fortune.
He turned his t~ireless hands to hon
orable but humble tasks for a few
years, when, having married the owe
ly daughter of Mr.. Marion Davis. a
gentleman of high social position at
Verona. he removed to Texas to try
to achieve fortune in that new and
rapidly growing State. He there
rented land and again farmed for two
years. with poor reward for his toll.
His young wife was a woman OF rare
accomplishments, bright intuitions
and noble aspirations. and saw o
qualities in her husband that told her
that nature had fitted him for a higher
place in life than the humdrum daily
rounds of the work on a rented farm.
He Joined her in this estimate OF his
powers and readily yielded to her sug-
gestion that he should become a law
yer; why should he not succeed in
that profession? True, he was con-
fronted by apparently insurmOuntable
obstacles, being without money, with
out influential friends, and, worse
still, with little reading and little
knowledge of the intricate and abb
struse science, the maxims and AK
IONS of which he must analyze and
interpret in order to earn a livell-
hood. With his clear vision he meas
ured the leap which he must make to
clear these obstacles. He fOreSaw the
trials which he must undergo, and
weighed well his chances of success.
But he had an ever ready and hopeful
spirit at his side to spur his courage
and ambition on to the venture. 1t
was a bold one, but he made it. He
returned to his old home at Verona,
and at once announced that he was
ready for business as Attorney n
Counselor-at-Law," and offered his
services to his old friends who had
known him from his boyhood. Many
we're surprised at his temerity in do
ing SO, because they had no knowl-
edge of any previous preparation by
him. But they well knew his indom-
liable '"grit," and gave him liberal
c~ountenance and encouragement. The
| writer had the misfortune to be sued
by a carpenter in a magistrates court
| about this time, and gave MIN MS nrsL
| case, in which his fee was ten dollars.
In defending the suit his native COM
mon sense, more than his knowledge
of law. coupled with timely sugges-
tons from his client, carried him
through and he gained the cause.
| This success was so easily won that
both lawyer and client have since re-
GREETED that they did not sue the me-
chanic who did the work for damages.
After his first case Lawyer Russell
rose rapidly to a respectable and prof
liable practice, wnlch threw him into
association with lawyers of experience
and high character. His jovial good
nature, ready wit and genial manners
attracted the attention OF all with