Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-11-21
TRAGEDY OF A SCHOOL.

Ii naay b. easily understood that whssa
. ladies' seiIsinsTy VIZ opened N tbs
village a rsvolskisn VIZ brought sbout
IA ne little community. The students
were Of . higher grade h apparel and
appearance, ~ beauty and dspaAy than
The reaAsuts The young men for tho
hrst tune in their lives saw women OF
cultivation and physical sttractiveness.
The dslieate figures OF the newcomers,
THAR small and shapely feet and hands,
their untannsd complexions, their will
lowy grace, their jewels, their rich
oolors In dress, eyes and complexion
were 90 much in contrast with what all
the young inen had hitherto known that
they became at once infatuated.
Old attachments were ruptured, en-
sagsments broken, and over the face of
many y country girl lines OF sorrow sup
planted the plump smoothnsss OF other
days. In the once pacific village there
was now incessant fog, cloudiness and
storm. The seminary became q species
of shrine: one that commingled the ma
ture of q saint and a sinner-semi-sen-
sual and semi-sacred. Each Sabbath
young pilgrims from the neighboring
farms thronged into the town, sun
burned, with long hair, cowhide boots
and hats and coats Of all patterns, and
arranged themselves along the street
over which the line Of seminary girls
passed on their way to and from the
churches.
Very naturally there grew up jealous
les, particularly among these young men.
Some of them thought that others were
more favored than themselves. For a
long time the principal OF the seminary
conducted his school with all the seclu-
sion Of convent. There were no social
evenings at the hall; none Of the fair
students were permitted to appear out
side without a duenna, and It was per-
msated with oil the mystry, security
and charm Of seragio.
Two or three persons were allowed
the sntrse, and against these there was
very naturally created dislike on the
part Of those debarred from the charmed
precincts. One Of them became partio-
ularly obnoxious. He was u lawyer
named Smith, who lived on patrimony
and such sccessioas a. he gained from
the small returns from the practice OF
his profession. He was q man about 40
years Of age, slender almost to emacia-
ton, with q small, bald head, sharp
pointed nose, and one sye-the other
bad been ost-which was small, and
which glittered with an expression as
Of censsmpt on his unlucky rivals.
Rivals" is the proper word. Mean
looking, uncultivated and repellant as he
was, he had an open sesame to the SEM
mary building. He entered when he
pleased, and never failed, when oppor-
tlmity offered, to relate his visits and to
szaSgerate his intimacy. Many Of the
yous,g fellows who. while not Apollos in
thefs faces and figures, were neverthe-
less Vulcans in their muscular strength,
virile as tigers and strong as giants, be-
came frantic in their rago and humilia-
ton as they heard this man detail his
visits. He was one of the deformed
genii who passed at will into the para
disc of houris, while they, manly, robust,
were excluded.
Among thi- class he became an object
Of furious hatred and cxecration.
II was at this point in the situation
that came TO the village to spend my
vacation, and | soon became an active
partisan Of the boys who hated the man
that monopoiized the entrance to the
seminary. Many q aseeting was held at
which the object OF dislike was anathe-
matizcd and schemes Of vengeance were
devised.
was just from neighborng college
in which il was the custom TO burn on
tho campus certain text books whose
study had been finished, and it occurred
to me that something OF the same kind
might be applied to the obnoxious law
yer. outlined a scheme to the effect
that on certain evening at specified
hour we should assemble In the principal
street, bring an effigy OF our enemy,
which we should first hang and then
consume it in bonfire. The plan was
adopted by the boys with enthusiasm.
and we at once proceeded TO carry 1t into
effect.
The arrangement, as finally decided on,
was at exactly y o'clock the participants
were TO assemble at the barn of family
named Bryue. in which we were to stuff
an old suit Of clothing with hay, and
then. in procession. bearing the figure at
our head, NC were to march through the
principal street To the square, where
there would be An address, and then the
hanging and the burning Of the eiiigy.
Now, boys,' said the leader, who was
myself, "be prompt and be at the Bryne
entrance 1t exactly = o'clock, and we'll
have more fun in ten minutes than you
can shake stick at.
The "fun" which resulted was not of
the kind anticipated.
We separateA soon after. filled with
agreeable rehec lions. We were about to
make infamous the bsts noir that af-
lnictsd US and " viAit on him the Just VEN
Eeancs that he invoked BY bis Le!Houj
transgressions.
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