. The Haverfordian, Vols. 12-13, 1890-92 . r night,Mireio is rowed over to the island, and pro-ceeds towards the convent. The day isintensely hot, and exhausted she sinks uponthe sand; but the wood-gnats arouse her, andshe arrives at the convent at night. Thepicture of this girl, exhausted by her longjourney, kneeling upon the chapel floor andpraying for peace and rest, is one of rarebeauty. A sweeter, fairer picture is hard tofind. In the morning the sisters find Mireioand care for her. Mireio lingers parents come, but she fails to recognizethem. She does not recover consciousnessu
. The Haverfordian, Vols. 12-13, 1890-92 . r night,Mireio is rowed over to the island, and pro-ceeds towards the convent. The day isintensely hot, and exhausted she sinks uponthe sand; but the wood-gnats arouse her, andshe arrives at the convent at night. Thepicture of this girl, exhausted by her longjourney, kneeling upon the chapel floor andpraying for peace and rest, is one of rarebeauty. A sweeter, fairer picture is hard tofind. In the morning the sisters find Mireioand care for her. Mireio lingers parents come, but she fails to recognizethem. She does not recover consciousnessuntil Yincen arrives, and there, as the softevening light steals through the chapel win-dows, these lovers, to whom fate has causedso much sorrow, are happy for a short , however, Mirieos strength fails, andYincen, heart-broken, dies by her side. \Ye linger fondly, pensively over this lastscene. The delicate hand of Mistral hasgiven us a charming pastoral and a sweetand pathetic picture of two innocent souls- THE HAVERFORDIAN. 149. T HE second annual meeting of thecollege Athletic Association was heldin the new srvmnasium of the West ChesterNormal School. This is the first publicmeeting, and, considering the great successthis time, these meetings will in all proba-bility become a permanent feature. Thestudents all turned out in force, and thegymnasium was well filled with the friendsof the college. The running track wascrowded to overflowing with enthusiasticstudents of the Normal School. It is esti-mated that in all about 900 people werepresent. There were handicaps in eachevent. The winners of the different eventswere as follows: Running High Jump—First. G. K. Wright, 93, 5 feet 5inches; second, J. Roberts. feet 3A inches; third,S Morris, 91, 5 feet iM inches. Rope Climbing.—First, W. E. Shipley, 92. seconds;second, E. S. Cary, 92. 13.\M seconds; third, H. Scarbor-ough, 94, seconds. Standing Broad Jump.—First. A. Knipe, 93, 9 feet 7inches; second,
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