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BEISG A~ INCIDENT OF TIJE LEXTXGTOX TRIP
"Xow this package has never been opened since his death. Xobody knows what it contains." lt was the caretaker of General R. E: Lee's room in the \Vac;hingi.on and Lee Uni- versity Chapel at Lexington, who said this, as bhe was show-
ing a group of V. E. S. boys through the chapel. Uer words were soon forgotten as the boys pa::;sctl on to other interesting
objects.
\Yait, let us be not hasty; there was one boy there whose
thoughts would not leaYe the small package on the shelfI IIis name was Edward Carson. He saw the other objects in the I·oom as in a dream. IIe attempted to guess what the small packet contained, bnt none of his guesses seemed to
satisfy him. lie felt au almost uncontrollable desire to seize the package and, before anyone could stop him, tear it open and examine the contents. lie, however, restrained this
desire, but determined to wnit nround the chapel until be could get in unobser\'ed, and 01)en the mysterious bundle. Eel told himself that it would be perfectly all right for him to open the package and ju::.t take a peek at its contents, be-
cause nobody woulJ eYer know the difference. Anyway, what hann could it do~
He tried several time;; before dinner to get back to General Lee·s room unobsern•d, 1ut just ns he arrived at the door he inYariabl~· heard some noise which warned him to flee from the chapel. He knew full well how he would be disgraced
should he be caught. but his insatiable curiosity droYe him to continue his effort:::. He went without dinner that he might be able to get to the ccrveted package when the caretaker went