The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-05-29

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ing near the end of the term she wa.
being examined with her class in Trig
Onomrtry. In order To communIcLt,
some trivial matter to Il friend Carrie
had thrown Il note across the aisle
bchind Carrie threw one containing in
formation concerning the examination
Il her sister. The two notes fell neal
each other he latter unseen by anyone
Her teacher, seeing Carrie throw hers
L Il tested that it b. brought To him
: ir umr"n>ciunely picked up the wrong
II he and carried il Ia his desk. lma%
Inc h.'r conSirrualiun when he read
aloud he Entr given him hv her aS the
one she had thrown 1t WIS useless Ia
! deny having written il. Anyone dis
! honorable enough to cheat III an exam
ination would deny II she well knew,
and he circumstances against her were
too strong
.Nun will he excused from further
examination Miss Carrie" was all that
was said.
Poor Carrie knew that meant dis
mlssal from school rs dishonesty in :,
pupil was more severely punished than
any other thing.
With palid fear >h' went 10 her dish
/ ri.,l
and sought her room.
She could hardly realize what had
happened it was all so quickly over.
Ii she could only have lived the last
ten minutes over. CAS- long as | live
I'll never write them another note, -
she sobbed. Such was her high regard
for right and honor that she looked on
this rs Il punishment for Threatening
what seemed an insignificant rule,
whose usual reward was few dement's.
Surely her punishment was too great.
The world never seemed so dark.
| In her misery she sunk on her knees
and asked God 10 help her out of her
trouble and remove the cloud that
was over her In :. short while there
came tap ut the door. 1t was mes
sage for Miss Clendon. "Would she
please come 10 the presidents oilice?
Poor Carrie, where were her dreams
now? She would soon be on her way
home, disgraced, ii some light was not
thrown on the mystery.
The president was not in his Office,
but there was the professor under
whom she was beng examined. She
dared not look at him or she would lose
her self eontrol-her eyes were burn
ing with tears.
'sIIere, Miss Carrie, is the note you
wrote. 1t was found Il few minutes
ago. | am sorry such mistake was
made. You may finish your eNanina-
tions now
Was this dream? She took the
note To which she had signed her name
when written. 1t hid been picked uI
near hc. desk and the professor under
stood how the error had b, en- made
The world smiled on Carrie once more.
The next September sac en.cred
school again aS one "f the senior class
AMI was Il mprIiiur for the scholar
ship she had long looked forward tC
poSSrs>ing Many were the ups and
4 q IL, I..E ola lion Ia
was of the scholarship and the advan-
tagrs that would be hers through II.
Aware that she had rivals, she studied
harder Than ever. Owing TO her ami
able disposition, unselfishness and con
sideraiion of others, our yOung friend
had become one of the most popular
girls in scheol-but never did anyone
hear her make fun of or criticisc 4
"new Girl. - Too well did she remem-
Der her own experience.
As the end of the final term drew
near, Carrie begun to realize how much
she had set her heart on the schol-
arship. Suppose she should fail to
win il? The examinations were passed
by all the class with credit TO each.
When finally the day for announc-
ing the victorious one came the excite
mrnt among the seniors was something
unusual. Each felt that she might 10y
a special stroke of good fortune be the
happy one, but as usual the stroke OF
fortune fell where the most work had
been done and n way prepared for ii.
Carrie Clrndon, the green, awkward,
badly dressed country girl who three
years ago made her way up the college
steps 10 the front door stared at and
criticised for her ungainly appearance
graduate, The valrdictorian of her class
the winner of the scholarship, that
sweet faced, graceful happy girl in hei
dainty white commencement gown.
Were they the same? Yes.
The above sketch is founded on ac-
iual facts that occurred nj Baptist Fe-
male college in recent years.
The scholarship mentioned will lie
offered by Baptist College next year lo
the senior student or post graduate
having the highest average grade in nj
stu lies.
BACCALAUREATE SERMON.
Last Sunday was commencement
Sunday for Wentworth Military Acad-
cmy and baptist Female College and