The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-05-13
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FOR JESUS SAKE.

Christian lntelllSencef,
In the autumn of 1859 a young
Southern student from Mississippi,
by The name OF Arthur Morley,
entered the Sophomore class in one
Of our fourishlng Pennsylvania
colleges. He was handsome, gen
ial and intelligent, and soon be-
came IA great lavorlle with both
professors and students.
His room mate during the next
three years was Dick Temple, an
Ohio youth, who, during his fresh
man year, had won tor himself
very tlatlering opinions. OF the
two, Arthur was probably the
most gifted, but what Dick lacked
in genious he made up in appllca-
lion. so that the healthful rivalry
that soon sprang up between them
never seemed to excite bitterness
nor envy in their bosoms. Dur
ing these years in which they la
bored together as mutual helpers,
they became very much attached
to each other, and had it not been
for the interference of unwise
friends, their friendship might have
proved as lasting as that OF David
and Johnathan. As 1t was, before
the parting words were spoken,
they were sworn enemies, and all
the trouble arose over the grading
Of their papers at the final eXami-
nation. Up to this time their
grades averaged exactly the same,
and it was fully expected that the
first honor was divided bet ween
them: bnl at the close of the Sc.
Nor examination Dicks papers
were pronounced so much better
than Arlhur'S, that the ques-
lion concerning honors was settled
conclusicely in his favor. The in
Innate friends OF both parties took
sides, and charges of unfalrness
and deception were freely banded
abaut. The breach that might
have been healed had it been left
to the young men themselves,
kept widening and widening
through the meddling Of pretend
ed friends, until nothing bat the
strict laws of the State on the sub
, jecl of dueling prevented the hot
headed young Southerner from in.
r slsllng that the difficulty be set
tied at the point OF he sword. II
was at a time when the feeling be-
tween the North and South wa.
not as tender as it should have
been, and in defiance of the regu
lalions of the situation, the con
tending parties insisted in making
politics a factor in the trouble.
On Commencement day they
! parted as strangers part, in grin
I silence, young Morley re,urnin!
: cresifallen 10 his Southern home
: and Dick Temple going back Il
y his mothers cottage across th'
Ohio in triumph. Before the frs
$ anniversary of their graduation
= day returned, Fort Sumter had faI
b len, and Dick had put Oh the blu
uniform of The Union soldier, r,whl'
true to his conviction of duty, Ar
thur wore the gray, and stood a
the head of as fine company
c Southern braves as the Confeder
acy ever swore into service.
. Dicks regiment belonged to- lh
:, Potomac army, while Cap,ai
: Morley led his men across III
" Mississippi, and back again owe
the mountains OF Tennessee, so lo
= more than two years the two who's
70 lives had been so bitterly estrans
~ ed, were in no danger of meelin:
:, :. However, in 1863, Hooker's con
= = mand, TO which Dick belonged
~ was sent TO The reinforcement {
the army of the Cumberland, an
a few days later the fortunes {
y. ~ war brought them together in
:. way almost unexpected. 1t We
> just after the battle Of Looko,
1. Mountain, that Captain Mortle
d. reined up his spirited horse to kee
o. from riding over Union soldie
lie who lay crushed and bleeding
IN his path. Dismounting he carrie
We the poor fellow 10 a place whel
he would not be so apt to be tro
is. den upon, and was about 10 r.
cd sumo his saddle when a piteo,
Nj cry for water escaped the your
dc soldiers lips. The captain turnt
of pale, for 7he knew that voic
,r- though in his haste he had fail,
en- TO recognize in the suffering fa'
ia. the features of his old enem
IN. Dick Temple. For few minut
is. he hesitated--his canteen W
zen empty, and there was no way
procuring water except bv crOssi,