The daily gazette., 1875-11-01
DOOMED.
by PAUL PLUME.

Andrew McGeorge, our SoOu master,
presided for many years. But Cyrus
never took many honors. lie had all
the ability necessary to carry OF the
prizes on examination days, but his
Imagination WIS too restless, and his
temperature too nervous TO permit him
to concentrate his energies on any enc
particular subject For hours ne
would SIT with his head resting upon
lhis haad, and his eyes wandering over
! the pages pc never saw. lie was
! dreamer, bnt his dreams were often OF
rare beauty, for the verses he was
ever writing gave evidence of the
! thoughts which We're ever absorbing
| his soul Not boy in that school
could have earned so splendid repu-
tation for scholar as he, had he put
his mind down to work. Shakespeare,
Ossian, Milton and numerous other
poets he could repeat by the page, and
discourse eloquently upon their beau
ties but philosophy, mathematics and
chemistry were gall and wOrmwOOd
to his mind.
One morning in Sunmer,i just before
our vacation, we were all busily en-
gagged in our studies, and the school
! lOpul ~ liiL HIOllA'hl "fAn hi'A9'Ah'lt
quict, when all at once we were startled
from our studies, by a voice eXclaim-
ing with unusual energy.
'As one, who from u dream awakened
! straight
An he has seen torccts, yet ,tll ,retains
Impression Of the feeling IN his drcalas,
! Zen such am |.
In an instant every book Wa. drop
ped, and every eN, turned 10 where
.. CYRUS E,Ircy sat with crimson .uce
land downcast look. GOOD Nt.
McGcurge. who was 1T theinstnt fall
Ing into a tranquil nap aS hc sat IN his
hirh back wooden chair, started g.
hi, feet and gazcd quickly over the
school where all the boys "ere en-
deavoging to SUPPRESS II litter. Al
length his eyes rested on the culprit
hut Il benevolent smile bcancd upor
his countruance, rs he called Elbrey
- before him.
g AT the 'Dlchn (om~rda' again
instead OF pursuing your studies:'
, said his MASTER
Cyrus bowed his head. II really
forgot where was sir, he replied.
d $50 to your seat, answered MIR
= McGeorge, as all traces Of displeasul'
g instantly vanished from his face.
70 Ten minutes later his school Wa
; dismissed, and Cyrus Elbrey was W
! the hillside among the high rocks
rapt in his own thoughts.
But as kind and generous a hearted
man as Andrew McGeorge undoubted
- " was, there were rules in his schoo
THAT he never would permit to be vic
=, lated, and one of these was that whe
adj a scholar fell below certain averag
y in his studies, he must be dismissed
ON this point he was intleXible. I'll
nephew, Hugh Mcpherson, who was
bright but wild fellow was made I
feel the justice of this regulation, an
ii Andrew McGeorge would not span
his kin, he certainly could not be e.
v pected to exempt others.
Poor Cyrus Elbry was compelled
follow idle,Hugh, and we all felt sorr
enough when We saw our favoI
mount the stage and wave Us 4
IS adieu.
''' And so he left Us, and we sadly mis-
-. ed him; for he was so good and gene
lie Gus that his place could not be easi
~ assumed by another.
Cyrus Elbrey had Il proud and st
SlllNt SDllll, anu NlbuSl lis 'i4~llii97
entailed no disgrace, it weighed hea
,s lily upon his mind. He therefore ,
- termined to visit one OF his unc'
before he went home, for his faith
ND was stern man, and Cyrus wish
the storm to blow over ere he went
q the paternal roof again.
His uncle lived in beautiful hoI
near one of our largest seaports, a
when he heard the cause of his arriN
y he laughed and promised to write
e" Cyrus father and smooth the way
the young mans happy return.
matters occurred while Cyrus was
guest of his uncle that changed
OF entire purpose of his life.
= Among those he met was Miss Z
Haller, celebrated beauty, then
the zenith OF renown. She was j
the kind of girl to captivate
dreamy nature like Elbreys. Bro
cheek and lips were such rs p
would delight to immortalize and b,
on to kiss, and her long, dark firing
or eyelashes shaded an eye that merite
e ers, Petrarch's sonnet. She was passions
ly fond of poetry, ard it was from t
fact, perhaps, that Elbrey became
= facinated. he would wander by
in the spacious garden of her faith
carelessly pulling flowers and rept
,U ing the writings of his favorite autht
=" At length poor fellow, he was no
lessly in love with Miss Haller. Ho
lesssly, because beyond listening
Il his verses she had never gisen |
~. rason to suppose she returned
affection,
Cyrus was inexcusably precipitat
& offering his hand to the beauty,
promptly declined the honor the p
fellow was almost beside himself v
D., disappointment and grief, for he
ss,. learned to love with an ardor he co
not repress.
For days he wandered about
uncles grounds disconsolate, seek
fellowship with none and bemoar
a fate that seemed too hard to end
He wrote several touching appeal
Miss Hallcr, beseeching her to IT
her refusal, and asking her onl,
rive the matter a candid conSiderat