, 1875-07-18


| dozen Gotiaths.
There, that has relieved my mind. Probably
when write again I shall have shifted about
| aud think these atatuea are OF the finest.
WHAT BECAME OF HIM.
Forty years ago. a little slip Of paper wss pass
| ed to me az sat wearing out threa hours ex-
animation with the rest OF my college olass at
| st. Johns College. I knew, by the queer twist
OF the scroll, that II came from my crony Ralpl,
IVES and the sentence on 1t had the customary
| twist Of an idea which Ralph's Thought always
seemed to take. 1t read, as near IS / can re-
member ta phraaes:
''When does man begin to bea college ex-
aminer2 aud What are they made or What
blight comes upon juicy fellow By which lie is
destined for that use in the world And can
you look around you and point out the man who
il predestined to sit in one OF those chairs and
examine our Bpns ?"
must have made soma iestfng reply. have
forgotten, and should hardly have remembered
his words, had they not, like eone invisihle writ
ing which drop OF acid brings into distinct
| ness, come into my memory. Que day last sum-
ner. By circumstance which started all the old
juica. in my dry frame. For, by din: oE L-.-.
before the public rs Clergyman generation or
so. was looked upon by the authorities OF my
alma mater az fit subject to be ret in an exan1~
iuer's chair and made to strike either terror or
curiosity into the breasts OF the young rogues
on the benches.
We Settled to our task. The President Bat IN
bis box, rubbing his hands softly over his thinly-
thotehad head tho Professor first in charga
looking like some disguised executioner behind
hia oree1 cooo,as. tool mn The cata1opne and be.
;ts aroa. -, ,-;c9;r,s rv,;1a
e"n eA4pps Aaoas 80 "a1use ~ 'A14' "1lAo
We e@o- "'.. ~ e'noou .1'o
objects OF curiosity bcfofe us, these sixty yonng
fellows, who all had names and answered to
+han, 1w.a reading tha mama. of tha ciaa. IN
.a...,.s..s -. =. o,a ~ T1oa ~.
9ra tns T., EaVtv ve,ra had sesn XII Nina and
bad bad hoard it without thoughts Of Ralph, torit was
common one in my saction, and belonged. H.
deed, to several III my own pariah; but here, oa
these seats, could not read 1t without my heaft
}eapng up aud threatening to break over al
boupdB Of propraetJ, ~, even 10 seAain2 teass
gu. of my eyes.
"Candido Ives, San Antonio, Tex; z. g. u"
was the catalogue entry. aud / 1atched for the
young man wi,h interest," just because OF that
surname, that Was starting 80 many ola memo
ties, joyful, MYSTERIOUS, End profoundly sad and
distressing. The name WAS called hnauy. anu
youth 1855 from lis seat Dear me- bad not
seotl his lace before. as be half inclined in Al
indy,ent way agaiust pillar but now ~ be
rose and was aware thai tbs class Was slightly
magnetized by his presence. SAW hanoaome
fellow. With olive complexion ana dark, curly
hair, and face that ! could Aken to nothing
but thar of sorcerer. Yet ! should be fa1se to
the impression it made upon me II l lelt tnat
wora uuguarded, for there Was no trace OF uaa-
liep1ty shout it; simply the look OF one whose
nature has sudden tnraings, aud who inevitably
suggests dark and secret thoughts or ono
win naye it 90 dealings with dark spirits.
l Was fascinated BY his face, and, looking at it
with that other face Of Ralph Ives IN my memo
~ WAS possessed With tue notion fnat sne
friend Of my boypod Tas reappeaf'ng here,
strained through some mesh not known to me-.
thr,st away the fancy ior il was painfully inter-
esting. Nevertheless. my e-es again and again
returled TO his fAce; aud, ~ It he WISHED 70
fease me. there passed forth CLEANS Of raAe1n-
I]ance that I cou ID not help noting, tonaB Of
voioe that eoupded as il they came acEoss .
lapse of forty years With all the heattineaa and
svmna.hy OF nv old oomrade.
Th,s fsiend. tue light Of my ere. had gone out
in utter darkness. made more %retenea 70 ne
by thick cloud which could BE- fe[s even n the
night, 10 reappear now tor the hrss time, thirty
seven yeare after, in the handsome yet enigmot-
icai form OF this young man. Had be. indeed.
answareu tue lmpassioned cry Of Shak 7speAre.
and ..1yed twice" making him 'another SELF"
His tender heir might beax hia pemory7
We had passed through college together, grow
ing into firm affection, although was SOBER
aud quiet, willis he was e1ueerant IN spirlts'
and posaessed Of an ingenuity OF m1nd: Wnlcn
seemed perpetua!Iy on the point Tor some queer
idea and quick spirit. whlch biazed H1th 1 roar1
ing suddenness INTO . oe4Sah1"e Gsms 5 ~ n.osa
Indignation at any baseness' 4ulek-tempered
aud generous be was, indeed; 1ertlie N expe-
dents, foremost in every Itollc pus % non95ao's S
and keenly sensitive, snperoly cast laoeeo' anu
offering, I often thonght 10 my spechtauona Do
to hs qa ne and xina on n1ay
through its very nobleness'-d,edatnfulo OF traps.
aud nnsuspieions .. any suo'''1S '' e'N ''N
We left college, to travel for two yeara before
beginning my s'ua1e ne 20 ensth tha on
the study OF bis Profession. meuie1oe. poe .u4he
after another kept ua apalt antn &c ten6tu ~
wrote me that he va 70 hage a0d
at the coming o1ese se t"satheq then be- be-
lie7e masters Grafton are ont OF GATE nov an