The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-30
THE SCHOLARSHIP.

term, as jewellers south of the Tweed would
.a1 it, and debate ran high among the
medical students of certain famous north
ern university, for what was known as the
Ramsay Travelling Scholarship was about
to be awarded after the searching exami-
nation prescribed by the statutes should
have been undergone, and although doz-
en- recently fledged medicos had entered
their names as candidates the consensus Of
opinion of the general body Of the stu
dents, seldom at fault in such instances
had decided that the running lay practical
ly between two men, thu most distinguish
ed students Of their year.
SIT will be a close run, ," said one who
had entered his own name, ''by way of
FORM as he expressed it, "but 1 think
Macintyre will prove the man after ALL"
"a year ago should have said so too, :"
replied another, "but he has not been SO
steady this session, and Morrison has a
better chance now.''
"Well, he's lucky man whoever gets it
Two hundred and fifty year for four
years, good time of it at Naples, Vienna
and Berlin, and probably professorship
when he comes back. Iwish it were mine. !"
"You shut up, Slime, y broke in another
with more directness of speech than ele-
gance of expression. with ten years more
Of hard work you might think of it, but
here's Macintyre himself coming"
The subject of their remarks passed the
little group, each of which proceeded to
rally him on his work, on his chance of
success, OF on his appearance as impulse
prompted He took it all in genial fash.
ion, though by no means SO nuoyant at
heart as his manner indicated, for of late
there had been gnawing as If at his vitals
the dread that, after all, Morrison, his only
possible rival, might GUST him from the
treasured prize already all but within his
grasp. OF the other competitors he made
no account. He was pressed, too, in money
matters, pressure due in some degree to
his falling Of late into habits too convivial
to be discreet, considering his position and
aims, and this pressure success in the ex-
animation would effectually relieve him
from. But failure meant ruin.
ST was first in all the professional sub
jects," he would say to himself, in esti-
mating his coming chances, "frst-that
is to say, till this session, when that fellow
Morrison began to creep up upon me with
his everlasting slowing.
"And, then, I've half forgotten my
Latin. They tell me he'll floor me in that.
wondsT wha6 possesses some of those old
fogies on the continent to lecture still in q
dead language But for that there would
be NO examination on it, and I should be
safe to win, / believe"
And ia a moment an idea struck him,
which e carried out to full fruition would,
he felt certain; insure his success. Only
the evening before he had learned, in the
casual course OF conversation, where It was
and by whom the papers for the forthcom-
ing examination were being printed At
first he recoiled freIn the thought, only to
have the temptation again, assal him and
to find him less prepared to resist tt.
tsHang it all, I'll do it, Ans fair in
love and war, and this is both. III ask
Katie to get for me copy Of the paper.
The previous winter he had INST at q ball
the daughter of member Of the firm to
which was intrusted all the printing done
for the university, from pondercus tones
of classical OF philosophio lore down to
the ephemeral class list of the first years
students A mutual attachment had
sprung up between Macintyre and the
young girl, and but for his of late some
what unsettled habits her friends would
have regarded the intimacy with favoring
sympathy Katie Wilson herself, though
not blind to her lovers failings, had given
him all the love Of her ardent, generous
nature and refused to see any ground of
distrust in future allied with that OF the
young doctor. 1t was when the two had
been discussing his prospects on his quit
ting the university that he mentioned his
homes of the scholarship
"My father was talking about scholar
ship papers only the other day. over
heard him as was passing the drawing
room door say something to Mr.. Hutton,
the registrar, about them"
"Your father? I didn't know that he
took any part in the business of the firm.
I understood he had retired years ago..
eyes; so he did, but there are still some
or the papers that he prints himself. What
they are don't know. I suppose they are
too precious for the men to have in their
hands He has done them himself ever
cfroa can remember -