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Show CARLISLE AND REED. One dny back In 1901 a dlender man of medium height walked along tho crorldor of the third floor of the fed-oral fed-oral building and turned In at the room of the clerk of the court, Commissioner Com-missioner Shields. Just as he did so a tall, heavy man started to come out and the two bumped. As they rebounded re-bounded they looked at each other and stopped short with surprised ox-clamations. ox-clamations. "How are you, Tom?" said tho omaller man. "Howdy do, John?" said the big man. "I was glad to hoar that you had followed my example," returned the first speaker. "All of us country law ers have to come to New York tc set up sooner or later" "You've got soveral years the start of me, John," replied the tall man, ' dolefully. "Tell me how long do you think It will take a youngster like myself to get stnrted. I get discouraged discour-aged now and then and several times I've made up my mind to give up the game and go back home." "Oh. stick it out. Tom," was the re-Joinder; re-Joinder; "you'll come out all rlgit when people get to know you " The two men engaged In this banter ban-ter were John G Carlisle of Kentucky Ken-tucky and Thomas B Reed of Mnlne Both former speakers of the national nation-al house of representatives and candidate.; can-didate.; for the presidential nominations nomina-tions at the hands of the parties to which they belonged, they had rotlrod from pubtir life arid were practicing practic-ing Inw In this city. New York Evening Even-ing Post. |