Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-03-29

something momentouS enough To cause
All alteration III the course ot eur plan
g. on III the Very least i trembling III
its onward step.
This impression would not have hccu
leSsencd hy reading the titles of the
compositions: "Wpman III eur Cen
Mry;" Tho Dead Past hurying is
Dead" The Future OF the American
Republic very fine thing, and win.
ncr ot the first prize; "Spirltual Ten
drnricS 81 Astronomical Rcsrarch;a n
:" parwin's Development Theory con
troutcd with Argyle's Rcigu of Law"
!" Is Genius Hereditary, and If Sc, from
thc patcrnal or the Maternal Sidcg with
Statistics from Cation, carefully COM
piled and So ON, and So forth.
Very simply attel this array, came
thc announcement given hy the rrincl-
pal ~ the seminary Mountain
Brook, hy Miss H. kaur,
Closing exercises had been heightened
beyond their fixed time, and daylight
WaS departing rs Miss Kane made her
appearance from the grcruroom, COM
position III hand. 4 side window had
TO hc opened to give sufficient light and
through tins opening came u rosy glow
that almost atoncd for the lack of floral
tributes such as had overwhelmed the
entrance of every other reader. Not n
single flower was thrown To Welcome
the coming o( Miss Il. Kane "a
fricndlrss gul, many ot the audience
thought. But no ono III the world is y
Al IL
window said; for the sunset glow poured
i'll and cnshrucd hor feet, and illnmin-
Cd Her garments, and crowned her
Young head With flowers Of light
And in a timid but clear voice the
composition was read, \ Mountain
Brook, not scientific or crudite, but II
thcme of action, and taking ~ il Simllo
of II useful life the tritc figure OF river
bearing from its rocky solitude through
wood and through field Of grain, and
over miIl.whrcl and hy the town, its
eycr-augmentng stream Of refreshing
and compelling force.
The trite comparison was treated with
~ novel grace. And one thing was
quite remarkable about the compost.
ton Il description Of the scenery in
which the Mountain Brook was suppos-
ed 10 receive from high authority it's
mission through tire thirsting earth.
This description was So Nividly accurate
that amy one familiar with II certain
mountain locality would have rccog
niard ut once that the :" Brook spmng
to light under the fern-fanncd cavern
of Block Height.
Noone among the audience, however
was familiar with that particular nook
Of upland scenery No ono, excepting
u handsome young man who had drawn
To himself during the afternoon the
shyly admiring chances of very many
of the girls. lie had boon restless, like
tie watcherwho inpaticntly awaits the
striking Of the hour. When Miss Kane
entered he hccam" still and satisfied
like the watcher when the hour has
struck.
Rcdolettc! She has fulfilled hcr
promise,
These two unspokcn sentences cx-
pressed the mcntul impression, COM
plctc. For to this young man, through
thc five Years, including lis Senior Year
ut college, hs law study, his energetic
establishment of law practice, " Redo
cttc" had been the embodiment or all
that i sweetest III i GIRL And she
has fulfilled her PROMISE referred not
So much to the fact that this sweetest
girl had kept her word to him rs that
She had kept her word % Time kept
the promise Of the lovely child 10 he
the lovcllest woman.