Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-14

ton was TOT.
He was not a church member, and he
had never called himself a Christian.
He had. however, always believed IN
prayer and on that night following
bis talk with Freeda he prayed before
he went to sleep, and his prayer took
the definite form Of asking that he
might find honest employment enough
SO that Freeda could 60 back into the
hall. He could not make himself re-
alize that it was the right thing for her
to be working her way through. 1t
was all right for boy, but girl was
different.
January came on, and the college
term opened with the growing excite
ment of the Cuban matters, and there
was more than one exciting debate
over different phases of the question
In the debating society to which Ed.
ward belonged. All through the COL
lege feeling ran high against Spain.
Edward spent good deal Of time
studying the whole subject. He ran.
sacked not only the college library,
but all the available libraries In the
city for information, going back into
Spain's history from the beginning.
The more he studied the subject the
more deeply interested he became. He
also took up the more involved ques'
ton Of International law and the rela'
tons that different countries sustain
ed to one another. He had one or two
discussions with Willis over certain
points concerning the questions of in
reference and arbitration and had no
difficulty in getting the better Of him
In argument. Willis did not know any
more about the subject Of internation-
al law than Logan, the man of all
work. about the college, but every hint
of possible war walked him up out Of
his usual Indifference.
"Tell you, Ed" he would say, 81
wish there would be war I'm tired
of Greek and Latin and chemistry and
mathematics and all this everlasting
pegging into the old books. If war
breaks out. III enlist SO quick that
mother can't help it,"
wouldn't your mother be willing to
have you go?'
81 could talk her over all right. l can
prove to her that the Spanish can't hit
q barn door Mt ten PAGES, and there's no
danger. Just nothing but fun and glo-
ry."
81 guess you would find that there is
something more than fun and glory in
any kind OF war. General Sherman
ought to know, and he said that war Is
hell"
Cant be any worse than comic Sec
TONS" replied Willis carelessly. for If
there was anything be hated it was
mathematics. I'D sooner walk up to
a loaded battery than go up to the
blackboard with one of those rest prob
lens that old Quad always gives me
to solve Guess he'll be glad to have
me go to war. know lots Of times he
would be glad to shoot me If he could
do it without being arrested for as
sault"
The month of February came on, and
Edward still could not find anything to
add to his work so as to increase his
income. Freeda was still doing the
work in the professors family, and ev.
cry time Edward went over to see her
or talked with her as they met in the
college class rooms she insisted that
she was perfectly able to do it. Ed
ward thought he could detect a worn
and anxious look about her, as If she
was trying to do too much, and silently
and doggedly he determined that the
minute he found more to do Freeda
should return to the hall.
He had been out one afternoon look.
ing for something down in the city and
was detained very late at one place,
where he was finally disappointed in
not getting what he had expected. As
he came along the main street past the
newspaper offices he saw great crowd
about them and went over to get the
news.
1t was the evening Of the 18th Of
February, 1893. The startling news
had just flashed over the country Of
the sinking of the Maine. Edward
read the few lines stating the fact Of
the disaster, and after waiting little
longer he hurried up college hill.
The news had already reached the
college. Willis was declaiming excit'
eddy to a group out on the steps of the
hall as Edward came up.
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