. Business Journal . tor of The Business Journal informs methat I am acquiring a modicum of reflected fameon account of some remarkable stenographic per-formances by my son Clyde H. Marshall. Theeditor further informs me that a curious publicarning for some intimate facts about this meteoric youthwhich can best be supplied from the family records, and asksme to furnish them. It is with due diffidence that I complywith this request. Naturally I had an opportunity of becoming acquaintedwith the young man somewhat early in his career. The storkleft him with us, if I remember rightly, on the 29th
. Business Journal . tor of The Business Journal informs methat I am acquiring a modicum of reflected fameon account of some remarkable stenographic per-formances by my son Clyde H. Marshall. Theeditor further informs me that a curious publicarning for some intimate facts about this meteoric youthwhich can best be supplied from the family records, and asksme to furnish them. It is with due diffidence that I complywith this request. Naturally I had an opportunity of becoming acquaintedwith the young man somewhat early in his career. The storkleft him with us, if I remember rightly, on the 29th day ofMay, 1881, at Paola, Kansas. Being the first of our flock, hewas, of course, esteemed a wonderful baby. Both his motherand I at once noticed a remarkable similarity in the contourof his infantile cranium to that of President Garfield, whohad entered the White House a few weeks previously, andwe felt entirely sure that he would yet achieve greatness, or,maybe, have it thrust upon him. These dreams ceased to dis-. Clyde H. Marshall. turb us, however, as we came to know him better. By thetime he was old enough to hook apples, kick the palings offthe neighbors fences, or break their windows with his ball,we decided that he might not become anything greater than acongressman, or, possibly, a train robber. Of the boys childhood and youth there is little of interestto record. He waxed strong in physique and appetite, andhappily escaped measles, whooping-cough and the other juven-ile disorders provided by Nature to effect the survival of thefittest. He was a vivacious lad, who evidently regarded life asan oyster that should be opened entertainingly, and he wascontinually breaking out in new places, and keeping us guess-ing. In school he pursued with avidity the things he liked,and let the rest go hang. Quite early he manifested a re- markable power of absorbing and retaining written he was about eleven years old, circumstances made itnecessary for me to serve as his
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