And the condition itself is a ridiculous one -- no fairness about it . You made the highest marks and you ought to be the winner . It is n't as if you were wronging Stone or any of the others who worked hard and made good marks . If you throw away what you 've won by your own hard labour , the Fraser goes to McLean , who made only seventy . Besides , you need the money and he does n't . His father is a rich man . '' `` But I 'll be a cheat and a cad if I keep it , '' Elliott muttered miserably . `` Campbell is n't my legal name , and I 'd never again feel as if I had even the right of love to it if I stained it by a dishonest act . For it would be stained , even though nobody but myself knew it . Father said it was a clean name when he left it , and I can not soil it . '' The tempter was not silenced so easily as that . Elliott passed a sleepless night of indecision . But next day he went to Marwood and asked for a private interview with the president . As a result , an official announcement was posted that afternoon on the bulletin board to the effect that , owing to a misunderstanding , the Fraser Scholarship had been wrongly awarded . Carl McLean was posted as winner . The story soon got around the campus , and Elliott found himself rather overwhelmed with sympathy , but he did not feel as if he were very much in need of it after all . It was good to have done the right thing and be able to look your conscience in the face . He was young and strong and could work his own way through Marwood in time . `` No condolences , please , '' he said to Roger Brooks with a smile . `` I 'm sorry I lost the Fraser , of course , but I 've my hands and brains left .
I 'm going straight XXXXX my boarding-house to dig with double vim , for I 've got to take an examination next week for a provincial school certificate .
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