Evening capital., 1889-10-09
A ROMANTIC STORY
OF Candidate for Naval Honorn-How
aYoung Man Succeeds in Getting
into the Naval Academy.
THE MILK or HUMAN KIMDMEss.
His story &c Told 70 . '.Capitai'' Ke-

One rainy day in September last there
arrived in Annapolis young man whose
appearance indicated that he had come
from poverty stricken region. He had
on q large felt hat an old pair Of shoes and
suit that would have suggested, even TO
the least critical observer, that there was
time when il could have made SUMMER
and more pleasant impressions.
The lad was veritably stranger in a
strange land and one whose experience
in the worlds rough ways had been con-
fined to his own little locality. and
among his own hard-working and hon.
est fellows.
Withal he had q bright eye, q good
honest, candid face and pleasing ad-
dress. There was something in his
looks that recommended him to those
with whom he came into contact. Hav-
ing landed from the train at the old de-
pot, he sat down TO deliberate as to what
he should do, and sittiug there on his
old carpet-bag, with rope for handle,
he decided that 1t is no disgrace to be
poor, and cheerily picking up his bag he
started on q tramp through the town.
After wandering around fer several
hours in the rain he reached the foot of
Prince George street. About this time
he met two of our citizens whose noble
impulses went out to him and who rec
ognized that boy who had gone through
what he had was bound TO succeed. The
one whose heart and whose good nature
are as large as the rotundity Of his body,
with his face beaming with compassion
said that the boy should have a home
with him; the other took him under his
instruction. He related the following
story Il am q candidate to the Naval
Academy. My father is q poor farmer
in the poorest farming district of North
Carolina; he has been farming all his life
and has managed to save enough money
to purchase q farm for three hundred
dollars. have gone to school but little
during my life but have always stud
led what books could get. Some time
ago there was competitive examination
in my district for candidate to fill va
cancy at the Naval Academy. 1t was to
be held twenty-seven miles from where |
lived. had saved two dollars from my
own labor and with this / walked to the
place of the examination. BY sleeping
in a loft and by buying only. enough 70
live upon ! made my two dollars last me
through the examination. l was success
full in passing the examination and bor-
rowed money enough to come 10 Annap-
/ u
dollars of it left, upon which expected
to live until my examinations were over.
/ made up my mind to do my best and to
stay wherever could find shelter. A
kind Providence led me to these two gem
tlemen on Prince George street who have
done more than my greatest wish could
contemplate; for one has taken me into
his home to live and the other has given
me his best and most excellent instruc-
ton to enable me to enter the Naval
Academy. ] wanted to work for both of
them as much as could but they would
not permit me to do so, their only wish
being that should succeed in my ex-
aminations. If failed ] had made up
my mind to 60 out into the country to
work in order to procure enough money
to go home have since found out that
my companions in school had determin-
ed to contribute enough to send me
home. Thanks to the great efforts put
forth in my behalf, Ipassed my examina-
tions and was to be admitted to the Naval
Academy. The pleasure of my success
can be imagined and it had but one draw
back. ! had no deposit money. My
kind instructor again came to my relief
and advised me how to proceed with my
case before the Superintendent. You
may know how well It succeeded andwhat
kind treatment received fornow / am
3 cadet"
1t was subsequently ascertained that
the cadets in the Naval Academy soon
learned of this young mans trials. The
name of cadet seems TO be full of terror
to new conner, but this case proves
the fallacy of this idea No soon
er did they learn of his efforts than they
came to his relief. They contributed
coats, caps, shoes, underclothing and in
fact everything that he could possibly
need. It was not long before his ward
robe was bulging out with what he had
received. In addition to this they col
lected among themselves seventy-five
dollars with which to pay his entrance
deposit. The manliness of their treat
ment of him commends the whole corps
of cadets to an admiring community and
furnishes another evidence of the chiv-
airy that is so Characteristic Of naval
people, the very foundations Of which
are laid right here in the Naval Acade-
nv. Young man never despair.