Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-06-28

giving them other names; envy, he
fancied was but noble emulation; hatred,
self respect in iepelling insult; and un-
charita bleness, a yirtuous contempt
and abhorrcnce for those who affected
to look down upon his beloved parents.
He gloried in outstripping all other
boys, but to outstrip his hated cousin
conveyed to his mind an exultation al
most fendish; and they who should
have watched over these baneful feel
ing, and crushed them in the bud, en-
couraged them, and nourished them in
the generous soil of the noble boy s
heart, VIII re some fairest flowers would
otherwise have hourishe0 luxuriantly.
For some months, Lindsay had kept
the superiority, and Fosters pocket
money was at Il low ebb, when woprizes
were to be gwen: one for the bov who
committed the greatest number of lines
from Horace to memory, and the other
to him who translated the largest por-
ton of Virgil. For some time previous
to giving the prizes, the boys repeated
their tasks weekly, and Foster and
Lindsay redoubled their efforts, but for
a time they were nearly equal.
AS the period drew on, Foster began
to get ahead. The pale, care worn
countenance Of Lindsay told ofthe hard
work by day and night. Not a mo-
ment was now devoted to play; Virgil
and Horace were his constant compan-
ions, while his devoted friend Crawford
sat beside him on the play. ground. anx-
ious)y watching his pale cheek, and
wishing it were possible for him to do a
share of the work.
'Do come, Willie, and have a game
of ball. said he to him few days be-
fore the prizes were to be gwen; you IL
kill yourself, man, if you study so hard;
you're getting as thin as nv greyhound
did, when Foster starved him when l
was away from home
v must beat him. said Lindsay,
though | die for it; and YET were it
only myself, I would give in; for my
head aches constantly now, and Call
not eat for thinking about it.
DO, dear Lindsay, give up the con-
test, said James; why should you make
yourself i'll for paltry prize, when
everybody knows already you are more
clever than Foster, and able to beat
him whenever you like
Ay,' SAID Willie; but his father and
mother don't know that; and if he beats
me, they Il eXult over poor mamma
with their saucy looks, all the time
pretending to condole with her on my
defeat. No 7 he cried, getting into Il
state Of great agitation; There are three
days and three nights yet, and I'll work
like a horse, and I'll drink green tea to
keep me from being sleepy, and III
beat him yet, cost what it may
He kept his unholy resolution. He
gained both prizes; but the exutitlon
of his parents failed to convey to his
mind the happiness it was wont to do.
Exhausted and worn out, he laid his
head on his mothers bosom, and burst
into a passion of tears.
Put me to bed, mother, he said my
head aches dreadfully, aud | am really
i'll.
A dangerous fever was the conse-
ouence, lie recovered however, and a
few months in the country served to re.
cruit his wasted strength, and in win
ter he was pursuing at college the sys-
! tenn.
The prizes gained at the end Of the
first session by William and Robert
were nearly equal; the latter, however,
was in full bodily vlgor, which William
began to complain of pain in his side,
which became very troublesome after
long study. a summer spent in the
mountains again restored him to his
usual health, and he returned to town
determined to get in advance of his
cousin, if possible. At first he sat up
: one night in the week, then two, and
, as the session drew to close, he neve I
slept four hours at a time. His fellow
students looked up to him as prodigy
the professors held HIM out as an ex-
ample to others; his parents glorled In
, their son; snd his friend, James Craw-
ford, was only one who seemed 10 have
, anv fear tor the result.
One day, toward the end of March,
he said TO his friend: u wish Wlllie,you
would take walk with me in the coun-
try, now and then. You have got a
nasty cough, and see you often put
your hand to your side as if in pain
'Ohl it's nothing said William; i
got little cold when my fire went out
one frosty night, and was SO busy with
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