Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-28
THE SCHOLARSHIP

IL was the end of the winter session, or
terra as dwellcrs south of tho Tweed would
call II, and debate ran high among the
medical students of certain famous north
erI 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-
On recently fledged mcdicos had entered
their names as candidates tho 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, the most distinguish
cd students of their year.
''It will be close run, said one, who
had entered his own name, "by way of
form, as he expressed 1t, "but l think
Macintyre will prove the man after all. /"
"A year ago should have said SO too, 4"
replied another, "but he has not been SO
steady this session, and Morrison has a
better chance now"
"Wcll, he's lucky man whoeyer gets It,
Two hundred and fifty ycar for four
years, a good time Of 1t at Naples, Vienna
and Berlin, and probably professorship
when he comes back. Iwlsh 1t were mine. T"
"You shut up, Simc," broke In another
with more directness of speech than ele-
gance of expression. "With ten years more
of hard work you might think Of 1t, 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 or on his appearance, rs impulse
prompted. Hc took 1t all in genial fash
ion, though by no means SO buoyant at
heart as his manner indicated, for Of late
there had been gnawing rs 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, q 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 tho cx-
animation would effectually relieve him
from. But failure meant ruin.
Il was first I'm all tho professional sub
jects," he would say to himself, in esti
mating his coming chances, "ilrst-that
is to say, till this session, when that fellow
Morrison began to creep up upon me with
his everlasting 'stewing.'
"And then, I've half forgotten my
Latin They tell me he'l floor me i'm that.
wonder what possesses some of those old
fogics on The continent to lecture still in a
dead language. But for that there would
be no examination on it, and should be
safe to win, believe"
And In q moment an idea struck him,
which il 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 1t was
and by whom the papers for the forthcom-
ing examination were being printed. At
first he recoiled from the thought, only to
have the temptation again assail him and
to find him less prepared to resist It,
Hang it all, I'll do it. Ais fair in
love and war, and this Is both. I'll ask
Katie to get for me copy Of the paper"
The previous winter he had met at q ball
the daughter Of a member of the firm to
which was intrusted all the printing done
for the university, from ponderous tones
of classical or philosophic 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
hopes of the scholarship.
-.
ship papers only tho other day / over
heard him as / was passing the drawing
room door say something to Mr.. Hutton,
the registrar, about them"
Your father? l didn't know that he
took any part in the business Of the firm.
/ understood nc had retired years ago."
Eyes; so nc did, but there are still some
of the papers that he prints himself What
they are don't know. 1 suppose they are
too precious for the men to have i'm their
hands. He has done them himself ever
since / can remember"
And then the subject was dismissed for
themes more attractive than examination
work. But the words thus lightly dropped
had left their impress on the young mans
mind and on their next meeting he re-
turned to the subject. II his suspicious
were correct, what papers would Wilson be
so likely to retain the printing of as those
of the various scholarship examinations
And IL SO certainly Of this the most impor-
tant of all-the blue ribbon of the univer-
sity.
"Couldn't you find out" he asked,
"what the papers are your father takes the
trouble to print himself?"
impossible He does them In his libra
ry, where he has small printing press,
but all the sheets are kept locked up In his
safe"
Tentatively, gradually, but mono the less
surely, Macintyre worked toward his OBJ
ject, and IL 1t ever crossed the mind Of the
innocent girl that she was being made an
intermediary in a very trcachcrous action
1t was only moment ere the suspicion
was dispelled 1t would have no actual
bearing upon the result Of the forthcoming
examination, he was careful to explain.
He was already sure of success and they
would get married and would 90 abroad