Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-24
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! EDWARD BLAKE: COLLEGE STUDENT.
= BY CHARLES M. SHELDON, z
- Auhu Of "n His Steps" rMacon Kirk" 1.-THE Crucfuon of Philip Strong" 2
- "Robet Hadys Seven Days" ,
- COPYRIGHT. 1863. IN E. A By ADVANCE PunInH1Ko % CHICAGO (


and began to study. He had been to
church in the morning and expected to
60 again in the evening. His old habits
in which his mother had trained him
were still strong, and in fact he had
prided himself on the way he had
kept his Sundays since leaving home.
But he excused himself now by say
ing that he needed the time that Sun
day afforded to get caught up in his
studies. He studied for nearly two
hours, making good Roadway and
counting the time he was saving as
good to put into his debate.
At the end of two hours he went
out for a walk with one Of the boys
in the hall, who had dropped In rather
suddenly.
Edward felt a little confused to be
caught with his books open on his ia
BILE rs his visitor came in.
$50 you've come to It all right, eh"
asked Ladd as he helped himself ia
IN apple lying on Edwards table.
"Tm awfully busy just now." said
Edward a little clumsily.
II found 1t out long ago." said Ladd
carelessly. II never can get my Mon
day work done unless l put in an hour
every Sunday, especially when there's
anything going on Saturdays"
"DO many Of the fellows study on
Sunday?" asked Edward as he put on
his hat and overcoat. He really did not
know, and Ladd was a junior and had
a much larger acquaintance.
"Do they? More than three-fourths. l
should say. Oh, yes; it's the regular
thing. Sundays a hard day to get
through, don't you think? We can't
read the papers all the time. and
there's a limit to church."
Edward was silent. He was not yet
in a position where he felt like arguing
for the Sunday study, or trying to de-
fend it. At the same time he began to
justify It on the score of necessity, and
when the week was gone and another
Sunday came he found it much easier
to silence any. scruples he may have
had before. lie even picked UP Il of
his books in the morning before going
down to church, and in the afternoon
when he took the books down again he
seemed to be relieved to think that one
of the studies had been got out of the
way in the morning.
When evening came, he went over to
get Freeda to go with him to some spe-
cial service down town.
1t was a bright, frosty night, and
they walked both ways. Edward as
usual was silent until Freeda had ask.
ed a few questions.
care you working too hard. Ned?"
mo, ! don't think so. | feel well
enough. I'm pegging away at the de
bate all my spare time. 1t comes Oft
this week Friday, you know"
you have worked very hard on it,
haven't you? l do hope you will win
it," said Freeda, who, in spite of her
disappointment in Edward, that he had
not made a decision during the a
gelistic meetings just closed. still felt
the deepest possible interest in her
brothers success and was very enthu-
in her praise of his scholarly
abilities.
81 shall do my level best. Are the
girls coming out to the debate?"
Edward asked because there had
been in past years a noticeable lack of
N the part of the girls in the
annual debate.
"Are they? Why. they are coming
over in a body. You don't seem to real
ize, Ned. that you are very popular at
the ladies' hall"
Am ~ Among Edwards really
good qualities was an absence
of conceit. If he prided himself or his
morality overmuch, he IA at least
free from that pride of intellectual at
distinguished a good many college stu
dents. He was not a ladies' man. as
Willis always was, and so far he had
no special friends among the girls eX-
cept Freeda. He did not seem to are
one way or the other. He vas one out
Of a very few men in college who prob
never looked over to the girls side
of the room during chapel. And In
he managed to have a seat
at the end of the row as far from any
girl as he could get. He did not dislike
girls company. He was simply indif-
You ought to have heard the girls
talk about your great football play at
the last game on the home grounds"
said Freeda. who felt a little vexed at
silent Indifference.
Edward laughed a little. "Some day
| suppose III fall in love and be as big
a fool as some Of the other fellows.
You'll have to take second place then.
Unless" he added with a lightness of
speech not characteristic of him, ''un-
less you do the same thing, and then
you won't care"
Freeda was silent. and Edward was
afraid he had hurt her feelings in some
way.
"Did l hurt you, Freeda?" he asked
more as he used to speak when they
were together ON the farm.
"No, Ned" she replied softly, and
they both walked on for some distance
without talking.
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