The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-06
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twentieth time that, whether hu con
tinued 10 enliyen tho old gray stones Q
Oxford or to transfer his illuminating
powers 10 the bar and 10 tho Senate, Ia
should always take care TO see a great dea
Of him. The old tutor felt with sham,
that his pupil was more generous 10 hin
than he deserved. Ho begged him 4
come to him q any time, however unrea
Bonable, nthere were any QUESTION OF m,
kind to which 10 needed an answer
Then Will, Ills COINCIDENCE ouieted IN som,
degree, I'D went back 10 lila puvyossin,
theory.
Forthe few weeks OF tho term which
vet remained 10 him, he worked ut al
hours. With nervous trsmors and hesita
tlons he BEGIN The all.jmportapt task O
preparing lilo frat rough draft OF the
pamphlet which no only half dnrel &c
foresee In the dim future. Very careful
very symmetrical, and very polished war
that pamphlet Of his drea,is. Meanwhile
he worked so hard at tho first OF the ,lany
rough drafts which wcr"tn la hat II ~a,
likely that no later version could su.pas
It in accuracy and n~eatness OF form. Into
It he packed with mic .st 1 lre the resul. OF
| all his ih ycstipations md romrmr;.ons al
texts and OF Commentaries. Every mo.
ment which he could spare from his filth.
full laborsa Us tutpr and lecturer he ua yc to
this fine p!Gce oft1Iosuic worn, whicillle re-.
garded az the toughest OF a series OF rough
drafts.
On ono Of tho hist afternoons OF tho term.
when Mr.. Ietcl was bonding over his
anxious work, no was startled by Il loud
rappiny at lis outer door. Ie started nm
with his consciencein n terrible state: In
had forgotten for Mt least half an hour
that II was tho day on which BASIL Orme
was to be examined viva yoee. The last
Of the paper work had been finished some
d.sys ago, and in tho morning which had
just passed, certain candidates with names
late in the alphabet had confronted the
examiners in person. Among them WINS
llasi! Orme. And so the banging at his
"oak" made theoM don lump with q II
OF guilt, for he knew that his friend had
come to tell him how he Ind iared In tbe
ordeal.
az ought 10 tell you," no began hur.
riedly as he opened the door, that l Ind
--well-forgotten for Il momentum fact.
forgotten"
"Sever mind, V mind" cried the
lad; he was flushed and smoke quickly: he
walked about the room. "Ourthcory, has
had an immense success" he said quickly.
II have been c%omplilnented by the exam.
iners. don't think told you tlut in one
Of the papers We had to translate the bit
which is the very strongest III support OF
our theory; of course | did it in our Nay,
and | put q short note ut the end. I never
dreamed it would make such IN excite.
'nrnt. 1t has had tremendous success"
"They complimcnted you ~ said the old
don, family.
"uh. yes; I'm all right. They as good
rs told mo that nobody had doie better.
! can't st,op;1 am going to town 10 tell
my people, hut | couldn't 90 without saw.
Ing goodbye to yon. | haven't n minute.
lle wrln. his fricnd's hand;
he half embraced him Ia sail an,,n moro
tender things very quickly; he VAS in a
great hurry.
there he Sst ~s,ariny ~, h,o rottni, ,iraf
He sat quite still iii the next person came
to his door; and when he heard him, h.
began with nervous haste TO ttur m his
manuscripts. lie thrust The bits into the
waste.paper basket, as his "%xcout" cnine
in with II note. The note was from one
Of The examiners, who could not rest ill
he had consra,u lated the Rev, St 4nlpy
Betel on his brilliant pupil. OF course
he could write nothing vet about the re-.
suit Of the examination, hu, he was look.