Show say so and not be verbose the fellow ln is related of the late dr murray alias Kir kirwan wanly by one of his bis acquaintances quain dr murray pursued big bis collegiate course at williamstown Willia Williams castown town during the presidency residency resl resi deney dency of that acute and accomplished cri crl ic ic rev kev dr griffin in his hia fourth year be he was brought into more immediate e with the venerable president whose duty it vas was to examine and criticise criticism critic ise the written exercises of the graduating batin class dr murray when ahen a young I 1 man and even down to the day of his bis last 11 ill II nessi nesby wrote a free round and beautiful hand band and his bis exercise at this time which was to uti undergo dergo the scrutiny of his vene venerable rabe tor rid had bad been p spared with uncommon neatness and accuracy dr griffin was accustomed t med to use a quill penrith pen with a very broad nib introduced into his august presence young murray with becoming diffidence pres presented entea his elegantly written piece for the he ordeal the discerning eye of the president passed quickly over the first sentence Len een tence tenee and with a benignant look 1005 loo be turned to his bis P pupil and said in hi his bis peculiar way almurray Al urray array what do you mean by th s first Ben sentence tence murray an answered blushingly 1 I mean so and so sr 11 then say so murray and at the same time drew his hey heavy pen through line after line striking out about cne third of it having carefully read the next sentence cej cep the venerable critic again inquired murray what do you mean by this ile he tremblingly replied doctor 1 mean so and so 80 21 41 please j esst at to say so striking r out again a bout one half of the beautifully written page ili in this way with broad nib which made no mean mark be proceeded to deface the nice clean paper of the young collegian so that at the close of the exercises t the he era sure nearly equalled equal led all that remained of the carefully prepared manuscript this tryl g scene was wag not lost upon youg you g murray he considered it ohe one of at the important events of his college course it taught him to think and write concis ly ay and when he bad an anything hing to say to say it in a simple direct and intelligible manner indeed much that distinguished him as one of our most vigorous and poi pol pointed anted writers in m y be attributed to that ea early ily lesson say say go murray |