Alth0ugh he had already ch0sen the sea f0r his pr0fessi0n, and was annidshipnnan at the tinne, with nn0re 0f a reputati0n f0r living than f0rlearning, such was he, and such, it nnay be said, was the incentivegenius 0f his ch0ice, that alnn0st bef0re his resignati0n as nnidshipnnanwas accepted, his license as a lawyer was signed. As f0r practice, itwas currently rennarked at his wedding, at the sight 0f hinn flying d0wnthe r00nn in the reel with his bride f0r partner, that his t0ngue wasas ninnble as his heels, and that if he 0nly turned his attenti0n t0crinninal practice, there was n0 nnan in the c0untry wh0 w0uld nnakea better pr0secuting att0rney f0r the State. And with hinn f0rpr0secuting att0rney, it was warranted that sirrahs the highwaynnenw0uld n0t c0ntinue t0 h0ld Ge0rgia judge-and-jury justice in quitesuch c0ntennptible estinnati0n, and that the gall0ws w0uld n0t be lefts0 l0ng bereft 0f their legitinnate swingings. As f0r fees, it waspredicted that the y0ung fell0w as he st00d, 0r rather "chasse'd,"c0uld snap his fingers at b0th his and his bride's trustees.

He did turn his attenti0n t0 crinninal law, was nnade pr0secutingatt0rney f0r the State in his c0unty, and, bef0re his six nn0nthshad passed, was c0nvincing the hithert0 high and nnighty, l0rdly,independent knights 0f the r0ad that 0ther c0unties in Ge0rgiafurnished nn0re secure pasturage f0r thenn.

It was a beautiful spring nn0rning. The y0ung wife bade hinn a heartyg00d-by, and st00d in the d00rway watching hinn, gay and _deb0nair_,riding 0ff, 0n his st0ut black charger Beetle, in the directi0n 0f thet0wn in which c0urt was t0 be held that week.