The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-03
A Dream Of Fred
GTiCGS1UTg'S Future.
THIS THE TITLE OF DR.. RAMsAY's
LITERARY ADDRESS.
The Situation Ten Years Hence Beautifully
Described, Etc Etc. ETC.
/ Oonoladed from bod Ia.t issue

Al the next NEE ing Of rhe Monitors
Council, he pre,ented himself, and re-
quested a trial The rlqaest was grant
cd. Delfose refused TO prosecute On th'
ground that 1t might seem now TO bG
pique, since Chamberlain had seemed
to beat him in both athletics and
studies Finally senior named DE-
Quick was appointed to prosecute.
Bolivar was accepted 10 conduct the de-
feuse When the appointed time foi
the trial came. the Monitors sat a'
court and jury, and heard the testi.
mony Of Bolivar. Of Miss Megivale, Of
Miss Maaon. and Of the professor con-
cerned Then Chamberlain was put On
the stand, aud denied taking the sheet
from Miss Mason's desk, denied seeing
or copying it or any other. and denied
knowing st oil that tho sheet was 10
his room or the copy in his desk, and
asserted his perfect innocence
The case seemed settled against him,
when Bolivar introduced the chief pre-
fessor In chemistry, who identified the
ink Of the copy and the ink # sheet
Of an examination paper prepared on
the same examination, and declared
that this ink was not the same as
Chamberlain used that day on his ex-
animation Mt only so. but tho guilty
lux was shown to be Miss Merivale's
This vas 90 astounding and unexpected
that the prosecution asked for postpone
ment At the next meeting Of the Coun
Gil the case was dismissed Miss Meri
vale having gone from the institution
leaving written confession that she
did Il in order to help Mr.. Delross and
to hurt Mr Chamberlain Delrose him
self stood up. confessed his past unjust
belief against Mr.. Chamberlain, and &C
knowledged his present conviction Of
Mr.. Chamberlain innocence aud So.
periority.
In the next session Mr. Delrose vas
still Mr. Chamberlain's close competi-
tor for first place in the new junior
class. A month after the session open.
ed Bolivar, the peerless, was token i'll
The illness developed into q delirium.
aud the patient was crying constantly
for Annie. No one bat Chamberlain
knew what II meant, and at first be felt
himself helpless for Annie Mason had
not returned TO College Her father had
suffered financial reyerses. losing almoit
all his wealth Annie had bravely gone
out to help support the family. and had
accepted a position in school in Wash
ington. Soon Chamberlain saw what
TO do. He took the next train for Wash
ington, aud went direct to Miss Mason's
school AS soon As he found her he said
to her: miss Mason, Mr. Bolivar Is
deliFious, and is calling for you TO give
him that last kiss Do not be embar.
rassed. he told IL all 10 me that night.
No one else knows, but l perfectly un-
derstand. " Two hours afterwards she
and he were speeding on q trolley car
through the electric lights Of Frederioks.
burg to the College Heights and In q
few minutes more she was along with
the dying Bolivar No one knew what
took place She reported in short
while that he was rational; and she
called for his mother, who went in and
saw her darling die; for she always
called him 80. Miss Mason said sim.
ply, as she came from the death chsm-
Der, "What a wonderfully strong man
and good man he was ~
Chamberlain went TO his own room.
and wrote a sonnet on his friend. AT
the funeral in the first Methodist
the Pastor, Rev. DR.. Stump,
recited this sonnet in his remarks. He
had once served this church when Ii
was the only Methodist church in the
,ity, and now had come back to it aft
er filling pastorstes in Washington and
Baltimore. He had known young Boil
war as q boy, and been loved by him,
as by 80 many others. Il was pathetic
10 hear him tell of the noble young life
lnce so bright and pure, now moved
away from us like lamp around a cor
ler, and then to listen to him recite
with emotion and tears:
A sound Of woe is on the trembling air
The young and strong, the good and |
gifted dies.
In noble form and soul he bore the
prize
Of years Of parent'love aud patient care.
Proud manhOod's strength in him did |
meekly wear
Such grace and kindness that in Us
did rise
A love and reverence, and brothers
eyes
Looked fondly on his future. sovereign,
spare
The Darling and the Friend, the need
ed man
OF might and goodness. But II can
not be.
The mystery Of Providence doth hide
The ann. while faith believes the hid.
den plan,
Whispering TO our grief, Eternity,
And Heaven. and the loving Christ
that died
No one since Saunders. the founder Of
5he College, had so won the heart Of all
Is this lovable. self.sacrihcing young
man. How tender. then. must have
been the ties that bound him and the
owed Of his home together. The mother.
md all Of them, were visibly affected, |
rs the College choir sang, to Annie
Mason's sympathetic playing, q little
hymn which Chamberlain had composed
after visiting the mother the next day
after son's death.
The weeping. left behind
When reapiAg angels kind