The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-11

Miss Goree and Miss Whitfield passed a most satisfactory Nnd even brilliant ex- animation. They were so composed, so confident, so fresh and blooming-that was the day fer She pink dresses-that | the audience broke into applause as the last question was answered correctly. Among the visitors from a distance was a distinguished looking man who seemed unusually eager to catch replies to ques- lions in Natural Philosophy. Mental Phi losophy, and even when a recitation was given In French. he seemed to derive more pleasure from it than any other enc in the audience. Unless times have changed, the dear little graduating class surely whispered In each others ears Who is it?" He seemed too serious looking to be old and too serious to be young. He knows you, Charlotte said the others. who is hcg' 'I met him last summer at Tuscaloosa and his father Is president of the University.
 "Ie is a ministerial student at Prince ton now" whispered Charlotte"
 On Seniors Day great dinner was given them by Dr. Jewett in the Old Brown house, and each graduate had an escort. duly selected by the president. The young ministerial student was chosen, by accident ] suppose, for Miss Charlotte. She found 1t very hard to talk with him, for he was quite serious.
 
 mind; what it was he did not fully dis close, but told her that he would like to call the day after commencement to talk about something that was of vital inter- est to him. and which he had come all the way from Tuscaloosa to say. The qua Tdian was present at the examination and at the banquet He showed delight in every act. pride and interest in every word spoken by his beautiful ward Con fidently, he mentioned to an old friend In Marion that he had decided to marry. Commencement was held in those times in the Baptist church, wisch sit- uated north of The tucson, in front of the cemetery. The night came. Miss Charlotte read her essay last and quickly left the stage. Music follow q. and at its conclusion there were congratulations of the sweet girl graduates. floral offer ings and the mingled sounds and con. fusion of the happy voices Of parents and children long separated The guardian came forward to the platform and lin- gercd behind the others, thinking I sup pose, that his words were best spoken Tn private. But as the girls left the stage he asked for Miss Charlotte, no one had seen her. He fingered until the audi ence had gone and concluding that she had gone with her classmates to Tine Judson, went back to the Eagle Inn and spent the night in untroubled slumber.
 But Miss Charlotte. In her white grad uatinE dress she had ripped down the back church stairs unafraid for Mir Joseph Smith. whose love the magnolia blossoms had successfully told, with q young married friend of his was awas ing for her there They drove to an olS cci- onial home down on Main street and The rich owner Of Gainswood returned to his beautiful home sighed. and alas. ''to It's empty walls" and the young preacher 10 his theological seminary each with his story untold
 A year afterwards when the beautiful Charlotte was widow and bore in her arms her little son. many said She has passed in one brief year through the greatest experiences that come to a hu- man being-for in that year-that year of her deepest happiness and deepest sor- row. she had also become a Christian
 Two years passed. The theological stu dent was through with his course and already the pastor of a city church. Some one asked him why he did not marry. 'I am just waiting for the first bit of white to appear on a certain young widow s bonnet" ne said. So, within n year. the important words which he had kept unspoken so long were at last ut- tered. anG the preacher won the cause. Judson history goes on. Other romances have been. and others may be-