The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-21
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HIS BAR EXAMINATION =
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BY n. n. Hud son.

The state bar examination was il
progress. The watchful eyes of the
members of the examining committee
wer eupo nesch candidate The APP
plicants were ambitious in the best
sense. Many would be heard from
in the years to come.
John Harding. Esq, was one of the
examiners Harding was broad
man. One candidate before him ell
listed his sympathy. This man was
back of Victor Hope. There was
story back of the young man Hope
was bank teller, and had maintained
widowed mother while pursuing his
studies He had studied in i'm even
ing school.
Another fact was also known to the
examiner. Hope was In love with an
attractive and deserving steuographel
who worked in busy law Office.
While some of Hopes friends were
somewhat skeptical, Myrtle Willow
had never lost faith in him The
world did not understand. The ex.
aminer did A hero sat before him.
The Hon. John Harding observed
the youth-a slave to ambition Was
it good thing for young man to
be ambitious? Still, from such mater
ial as this the world has ever derived
it's greatest benefits.
The examiner stepped to the win.
dow. The squirrels were playing
about the lawn which surrounded the
Capitol building The autumn leaves
were already falling. He remembered
his experience In the years gone by.
Time was precious asset. He again
pictured the group OF boys he bad
known. The eager scanning of ques-
tons; the waiting for the posted bull
letin in the hotel which would seal
their fate. Some of them were dead
The court records bore testimony to
their zeal. The examiner realized the
happiness which would come to the
girl who had linked her future to the
young man before him Here was
tragedy. Three years of patient study
and anxiety, counting of dimes
then failure? A thousand times no
He might save him and still be true
to his trust.
The Hon. John Harding sauntered
down the aisle. Victor Hope sat with
his legs twisted about his chair. The
tension of mind and body was appar
emit Moisture stood on the brow Of
the courageous student. The exam.
iner inspected the paper. Question
t3 was unanswered. Ten minutes
alone remained.
And why don't you attempt to an.
swer question 1872" asked Harding.
The eyes Of the troubled student
met his Because" was the reply,
Il don't know whether to say yes or
no.
The examiner paced up and down
the aisle. 1t was critical moment
Might there not be some suggestion
which could be given some hint
which could be brought to bear with
out breach Of trust on his part? He
How eagerly they would scan the list
pf those who passed in the evening
papers. His brow contracted. This
very question might lose Hope his de.
gree. He pictured the failure and dis
enlargement, with months Of further
toll and anxiety.
He glanced at his watch. Five min
utes alone remained. He again
stepped to the deck
what don't you attempt to an.
swer question 1872" he again asked
Il don't know whether to say yes
or no, was again the reply of the des.
perate candidate.
You 'lon't known" repeated the
Hon, John Harding Didn't your girl
know what to say when you asked
her to marry you?"
When Harding looked over the pa.
pers the next day he found that the
question had been answered in the
affirmative 1t further appeared that
| the correct answering Of this ques-
ton alone saved tne standing of Vic
tor Hope. Six months later Hope
| was appointed assistant to the United
| states district attorney, but his wife
doesn't know to this day that she SET
the example which made her husband
an honored and successful member Of
the bar.
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