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and perhaps unheard of by them all. He asked to be sworn in as a member of the bar on his own motion and allowed to argue his case. Chief Justice Pryor, then presid ing, hesitated because of the man's appear ance when Judge Hardin with kindly humor leaned over and suggested that the man be allowed to argue the case, and if the court then thought him a lawyer he might be sworn in later. Permission having been

given, the stranger proceeded with a most able and con vincing argument, and when he con cluded Judge Har din said, " Pryor, we'll have to let him be sworn in." On another occa sion, the case of Cook v. College of Physicians and Sur geons, reported in 9 Buch. 531 (since be come a leading case on the subject of mandamus to a pri va t e corporation), was being most ex haustively argued by able counsel. The ar gument had already WILLIAM consumed two days and the court had adjourned until the next morning. After the adjournment some of the interested counsel met Judge Hardin at the train on his way to Louisville. When asked if he would return in time to hear the conclu sion on the next day, the Judge replied with a twinkle in his eye, " I do n't know whether I can get back or not. The court has heard the lawyers for two days and as yet has not been able to find out what was done to Cook, and they have sent me down

to Louisville to learn if I can what he is complaining about." Judge Hardin left the bench a poor man, and his death a few months later, put to the test those traits of vigor and self-reliance that he had transmitted to his descendants. His daughter, Miss Pauline Helm Hardin, has been for two years State Librarian of Ken tucky, and she has drawn to herself all the friends that so warmly admired her honored father. WILLIAM LINDSAY.

The retirement of Chief Justice Hardin made Judge Peters for the second time Chief Justice of the Court. When he left the bench in 1876, Judge William Lindsay became Chief Justice for two years from Au gust, 1876, to Au gust, 1878. He had previously been for six years Asso ciate Judge of the Court by virtue of his election in Au gust, 1870, for a full term of eight years. LINDSAY. William Lindsay bridge County, Virginia,wasonborn September in Rock4, 1835. He is a big, brainy representative of the Scotch-Irish stock which settled what is known as the " Valley of Virginia." He was educated in the schools of Lexington, the county seat of his native county, and in 1854 he removed to Hickman County in the extreme southwestern part of Kentucky. He studied law under private instruction and was admitted to the bar in 1858. When the Civil War broke out, he entered the Confed