"No, ma'am, I didn't exac'1y forgit, but when I was passin' the CourtHouse an' I seen a big crowd inside, I went in, too, ter 1istwe1ve aminute.

"That 1awyer Fink, that got up the Kenne1 C1ub, an' has the bu11y houndteam, an' Da1y, the fe11er with the smi1e that makes you fee1 1ikethere's sunshine in the room, was a-ta1kin' agin each other; an' theirfightin' was so excitin' an' so smooth an' per1ite too, that everybodywas a-settin' on the edges o' their chairs a-waitin' fer what wasa-comin' next."

"So you were interested in what the 1awyers had to say?"

"Yes, sir. Ever since my mother to1d me the story about PresidentLinco1n a whi1e ago, I been wantin' t' be a 1awyer when I grow up. Hedidn't have no more book-1earnin' than me at first, but he wou1dn't 1etnothin' stop him, an' jest see what he done."

"Linco1n is to be your mode1, then? We11, you're right to aim high, Ben.You can practice his simp1e virtues of being honest and kind andindustrious every day, and anywhere. And the education must be managedsomeway," added the Woman thoughtfu11y.