Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-09-27
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"A happy New Year TO YOU! the
two friends cried together 1T parting.
And beware of going up the steps.
added Everard. Upon my word, Cyr!l'
| should like to explore the receSSeS
of that fellows moral consciousness
He is apparently up to the level Of the
most advanced thinkers OF the day.
He evidently looks upon crime rs Il
misfortune dependent upon quite eN-
trinsic circumstances
They all do" returned Cyril. 1T
is the part of Christianity to convince
the world Of sin"
who shall say how far a mans
will consents to his acts?" added Ev-
erard, musingly. Il hope some day to
be able to give myself to the study
of mental disease, and more accurate
ly trace the connection between that
and crime"
LET us forget both this one day"
said Cyril, whose spirits had under
gone 4 wonderful change in the last
boyishness.
Eyerard fell readily into his humor,
and. chatting and laughing, the friends
soon passed the streets of the little
town and its miniature suburbs, and
gained the pretty village Of Chalk
burne. the Norman tower of which
showed in the sunlight fresh and I'M
worn by its eight centuries of storm,
and greeted the travellers with the
music of its Ginning hour rs they
walked through the lnden-girdied
church-yard. rejoicing in their youth
and the live wintery air,
Cyril had the gift of conversation.
which Everard somewhat lacked, and
the talk was brilliant and sparklcd
with his ready wit and quick repartee.
in which the doctor was continually
worsted. greatly to his own good
humored content. His love for Cyril
and his admiration for his gifts were
boundlcsS. The two friends had pass
ed all their school-time together. Ev-
erard riding daily to Malbourne to
study with Cyrirs tutor, Mr.. Matt
lands curate; and III those young days
the hero worship began. the elder boy,
whose mental powers were slower, If
more solid admiring, protecting, and
helping the bright-eyed, clever child
who shared his studies and so often
distanced him. They met again at
Cambridge, where the senior was only
one year ahead of his two-years junior,
and there Everard found fresh cause
to admire his brilliant and successful
friend, who gathered friends and ad-
mirers innumerahle about him, and
won laurels, both literary and social.
And now family ties promised to
unite them more closely, and Everard
was glad-far more glad than Matt
land, whose affection for his friend,
though warm. had not the slightest
elemnet Of hero worship. but was, on
the contrary, favored with Il good
spice Of condescenson. With all his
Imagination and quick sympathy, Cyril
did not see that Henry possessed these
solid and patient mental gifts which
readily master the facts of physical
science. and, above all, had the pccu-
liar faculty which may he called sci
entifc ginaton-tha he was. in
short, one of those chosen few who
make new cpochs in the history OF
scientific research. Cyril looked upon
his enthusiasm for his profession as
praiseworthy. but inexplicable, 1t
seemed to him that Henry crawled
upon the earth. while he scared in the
vast of heavens blue. Such was the
bond which united the two hard-work-
ing young men who walked along the
chalky road that bracing afternoon at
the end of December, to pass week
well-earned holiday under the friendly
roof of Malbourne Rectory.