Commercial High School of Brooklyn - Annual Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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fi 1, I , LZ: ,I J ' :di ' '70, ffgfy W, 3, A ,xg :qu . 4 h . 1. .V 'V gli ,,f 1 P1 , 2 1 . Y fa, ,f ', 5. ,' in sv' fs .i i , I ! ,' .ii if I v Y, . ,: . I I G O 9 I I Lifting the Cloud I . By' G. F. RlENA'lID 4, RANK Liv1Nes'roN 1 fi, p Wes the son of a I 'I S' prosperous and well to do merchant, and lived in the simple, unassuming, town of Westwood, New 'Qu 1 i . fgiiwlfis ilk if York, to which I f moved at about the age of eight. My 5-'rf Y, l birthplace was .Bearer 'these great me' tropolis, but at the time mentioned, I was so unfortunate as to lose both of my parents ina railroad accident. Then my uncle in' Westvxfood offered me a home, which I readily accepted. r Frank and I' grew .up as schoolmates, 'Falthough he was three years my junior. H Infact, our friendship ripenedinto an affection more like that of 'brothers , than of chums. I ,finished my course atpreparatory school -two years earlier I than Frank 5- not on, account . of any particular brilliancy- on my part, but litcfiuse of the greater maturity of my I minc F' I j .It was in 1858 atthe, age of nine- tttn, that Frank entered Yale College, I where Iwasthen in my sophomore it ll lhe whole country, at that time, was 1'0Sl3lGSs with 'the great question of p sllvtiy and being at best ia person p ilcnous of frequent change and ex- titeinent Ileft the college, and entered li irmy ' i t . Blllllx was with absolutely no ex- LllllZl0I1S one of the most restlessly am h:1'D10us individuals I ever met. He a ' . won fi scholarship in the college . 'Til MS Str-lvlllg harud to retain the li wel hls Classmates that he had d . . ield in Westwo successful 0 In thls he was and ' - his Qifidufiting vslirythlng pointed to Very high honors. i 15 f , K I C D I ' 1 . C 2 I I I f C . fl .7 32' 1. 3- . Q q x 1 . K 1' 3 Ci I is 1 L , - I X ' , 7 tl Y s 1 It . d u ,. . fi C I 7 . 'i 7 I . . I L 1 f ' X 1 I ' Tc, i ' w li. 1 ' , U 7 I 1 Q ' . , C C . I F .- ii f'1f?',2 ir? , lf,-if . , 1. wi' ., ' 1iH'j l, sf -I , ,-..,-.-- ,....,.? A misfortune, however, soon overtook hint, and brought his college career to a sudden termina,tion. One day, during a recitation, he was drawn into a heated argument with another student, Albert Campwell, by name, who had come from Frankis home town. Campwell was of a de- cidedly sullen disposition, and, even as boys, when attending the same school, he had always held a feeling of enmity toward Frank, probably petty jealousy of the latter's superior ability. This feeling had in no way abated at col- lege, andthe lost no opportunity to be disagreeable to his fellow townsman. As a result of the dispute, the two students were requested to report at the office of the Dean. Therefore, the next afternoon, according to the ap- pdintment, Frank entered the office, but the'Dean was not presentj i l'HVery strange, muttered Frank, 'CI must have made a mistake in the time. No, ,I'm right, but where is Doe? Punctuality' is the topic of half his speeches, and besides, this sanctum is pretty tightly locked up when he is not in it. . ' A His musings were interrupted by the entrance of their subject. He proceeded to reprimand ,.'., in his most pater- nal manner, indiscretion, and then dismissed The boy felt that the matter was at an end, and was more than surprised, when, the next morning, he received a note from the Dean commanding his immediate pres- ence again, at his office. p What can be the matter now, thought Frank, as he made ready to obey the summons, I have lived in the path of goodness, truth, and

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fax 'f A x J RAY WHS prof 'Qu to 1 me fm we UQ . QQ Yor moved at about the 5 niripllnlace WHS Beam In-oholis, but at the T was so llnfortunafo 3 my lmrellts ill 3 film: 'Vhen my 1111016 In me il home, which I l'lI'2l.llli and I grew ul iIll1ll01lg'l1 he was th1'G6 ln feet, our friendshil uI'l'eetio11 more like tlnm of chums. I H1 at preparatory school tlmn Frankg not on lmrtioular brilliallcy because of the greate mind. It was in 1858, at teen, that Frank eute where I was then it Near. The was restle slavery d , 311 being' 1 flf3SlI'0llS 0 Whole emu ss with the I' f frequent memellt, I left the co' the army, ' F rank w ceptiolls, 0 HS. with Q: ., ue of thx mblll0llS il had and Won a SCll0h11-Sh 7 ' , had was Strmllg' hu , 0 s . hold ivel 1118 Chlssmz Suv- H Westwwd. fCCSSflll his . 'and 0N'o1'x- 31Hduat1ug 1fliViduads Wlill x

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218 The Ledger general rectitude, since I left the cubby-hole of the old man. As he entered this apparently despised Hcubby-hole, the venerable old professor was busily writing. For some moments he seemed perfectly oblivious of Frank's presence, and the latter stood respectfully, waiting to be spoken to. ' Finally, the writer looked up, sharply eyed the young. man, and said, 7'Frank, I regret very much to have to summon you before me again, but when you entered my oiiice alone, a short time since, there were fifty dollars, in bills, lying under a book, on this table. After you left me, I discovered it was gone. As you were the only person in the office, during the few minutes that I was across the hall, circumstances point very strongly tonyou as the per- son who took this money. As the man talked on, Frank realized the seriousness of the charge, and stood almost speechless, liism heart beating hard. In a moment, however, speech came, and he said, 44Why, Doctor, I saw no money while in here, and if I had, I certainly would not have touched it. It is very possible that someone else might have entered before I did, and made off with it. UNO, said the Doctor, I heard you come in here, as I entered the opposite room. Now, Frank,I do not wish to be hard with you, and shall not, in any case, resort to the law, which is merely revengeful at best, but I give you until to-morrow morning, to come to me and acknowledge your guilt. That will end the case, so far as I, personally, am concerned. Your failure to do this will, of course, mean that your expul- sion from the college will follow. I cannot return 'that which I did not take, nor acknowledge something I never did, said Frank, Hand if my expulsion is to be the penalty for what I know to be an incorrect suspicion will leave as soon as possible. , I He turned, without further word and sought his room. Scar-001, wimf out knowledge of what he was u doing, he packed his belongings into hi- trunk and prepa.red to go. A glance nl the time-table showed that he had twenty minutes to catch the next train for his home. The sooner the lie1e.1.o1-J' he muttered, and walked rapidly to Lim station, As he rode-along in the train, his thoughts became clearer, and the anger and grief which mingle at such unjust accusations, gnawed at his very heart. He knew the esteem of his friends would be lost, but worse than this, was the thought of his parents, and the! manner in which they would take his sudden home-coming. A A few hours later, Frank could have been seen walking slowly, with lits of hurrying, from the Westwood station to his home, where, at that time, his father and mother were seated around a comfortable log tire, in the dining- room. Before the hearth, a great St. Bernard dog stretched himself, con- tentedly. The mother sat nodding over her knitting, and his father was read- jh-, Livi11gst011, HS D 011100136 ki ll 4'l'lil1'lil ls tllaliivinggitrli. . s. - 1-xolannefl Mroved toward I WSC glld ITL' what jg Ilik -iill'll5'f'F?an 'ther with asir .gasped his U10 the door. .-X1 t he 011611951 this ii llS S 1' . home at L are V011 doing ' kr ' r ou S10 ' ,, voor? ANY d 655- . V y 5 cc T 1l10l1ll9T: an D- I lhoi he sank despalfi , -Gulf H '. bucilinilf, H1 have been will 8 A ' elled f1'0m W . nd GXP . . glgilillcliiivhat 's that 'Z it fa urn they both lhnulc in horror- Wnit! Father and 11101514 tell YOU my SWE' befme. me, replied Frank, pl6815112 unhurdening his ll63I'T, llf 7 fully all that had happened. . 0utrageous! Preposierons id out his father. My poor boy, said his think one could suspect you i deed. I am relieved to know ' ll0ll0V6 ill IHS, said Frank. Certainly We doli' sms, lW0, H1 unison, but, we-1. I . , , . .a 4 . nvingston, I must admit the 1. , - Faces are 3J331HSi you. and ec' H y natural for the los-is lf! 0 ' ' K' ' P pmlon that You were 1 xi ing the latest war news. iept but little that 1 The prolonged silence was at lcnfilli broken by the old gentleman, who lifted his eyes from the paper, and said, Alice, Commodore Du Pont and Gel'- eral Sherman, at the second at'DGmPl- succeeded in capturing two forts Ht Port Royal, which is most iidifall' tageous to them for operations against Charlestown and Savannah. At this moment, Frank reached the front gate, and after some he mounted the stepS, and swllllg the old' time brass knocker, on the door. sita110Y if HYQS Subjeff. li lr th ,eatedeonights that follmwdp events of tl andowr in his e Vcneral Qonglt fateful dai' ani 'hich wa e1unal1O11 of the ,. 'hen th Salmosi Geri-in Q 6 11 ' l 2 One ills betanie k . mornulox llilxx '07 N I I hat shall I d I said lu 3 0 ,',Erelh3tinlliHl'2l I van di ,L S Q at Hivful ml llnnd , I 1 my b , lit that the I knoll' 1 dk and thi Oks will Q. HSS I 'WW 'Q obrlmv