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Show ADVICE FROM THE PROFESSOR. Perhaps Not Strictly In Order, but Still Good Sense. A young Southern lawyer sat In the Supreme court in which Justice Henry Hen-ry M. Glldersleevo was trying a case. "This Is the first t'mo I havo ever seen the Justice," be said, "but if he's as broad-minded as other members of his family there'll bo no narrow application ap-plication of the law in this case. A relative of his, Prof. Glldersleove, was my professor In tho University of Virginia. Vir-ginia. I was in the same class ot which young Bradley Johnson, son of the famous Confederate General of that name, who died last fall, was a member. One day several of us had been out on a carouse and had failed to appear for recitations. It was our duty to report to Prof. Glldersleeve and make our excuses. I think it was I that was deputed to present the excuse. ex-cuse. I hadn't said much when the professor broke In with a sternness which made us wish wo couldn't tell the difference between French wine and corn whisky. "'Young gentlemen,' he said, 'yon must realize you havo entered upon tho stern realities of life' "Wo all bowed humbly, wondering whether expulsion was to bo our fate. '"Young gentlemen,' he added, 'never take It with water. I never do. Good day, gentlemen.'" New York Times. |
