Washington telegraph., 1854-10-25
A Male and Female Academy Tale.

The Knickerbocker Magazine, for September,
has the following, relating how professor was
sold A correspondent relates how at Male
and Female Academy" sundry couples had broken
the rule which prohibited the Gagged birds to as
sociate:
And at length it had come to the ears of Il e
faculty that such was the case, and that on sundry
occasions pairs, male and female, had been OBJ
served t, enter the front gate of the yard from the
village street at unseemly hours of the night in
direct contTavention of the statute in such case
made and provided This was a breach of dis
cipline not to be tolerated by no manner ofmeans,
and, remedy it was proposed in solemn con-
vocation of the powers that were, that one of their
number, whose room was conveniently situated
for the purpose, should keep careful watch and
ward, and that when he should see guilty pair
approaching from their nocturnal violation OF the
law he should stealthIly creep out, pounce upon
them. and having caught them in fqg"aRte de'icto
they should before the assembled, school, be made
to feel the terror OF the law.
This scheme soon became known tossome of
the Sinners and no sooner known than counter
plot was hatched. 1t was determined that one of
the boys should array himself in the dress of la
dy or in so much of adF's d. ess as he could get
and he knew how to get on; that another young
gentleman should accompany this counterfeit
young lady upon an evening walk. and that when
they returned they should take good care to be
seen by the official spy.
To obtain the necessary materials for disguise
descent was made upon the painting room
where the yourg ladies kept the garments which
they used while pursuing their studies; there
gown, shawl and hood were procured, and with
these we made what served our turn for lady on
the occasioh-not very graceful, certainly, nor
calculated for close inspection but 'she] did, as
the sequel showed. Thus equipped, the lady and
her attendant gentleman sailed forth
1t was about II o'clock, OF beautiful summers
evening" the moon shone brightly in the mid
heaven, and not sound was to be heard save the
faint chirp of the cricket or the iar-of bark OF
some sleepless cur. The faintest foot-fall was
painfully distinct The guilty pair passed through
the front gate into the village street and in a few
minutes returned. as it had been arranged that
they should be- detected at this stage o. their
crime.
As they entered the gate, signal was made bv
one of the conspators to attract the attention OF
the official look out
He approached the window ofhis room, locked
out. when 10! to his eager gaze in plain sight, ap-
peared the offending pair. apparently unconscious
OF their danger, and enjoying with great austo
their stolen interview, He quietly slipped out OF
his room and passed down to The steps in front
and there, in the shadow of the Building awaited
their approach. The pair stopped about midway
of the yard, and seem to be gazing al the stars
The guardian of the night grows impatient and
saunters slowly towards them. They commence
slow retreat. He quickens his step. and they
keep their distance. he grows furious at the ari-
dacious attempt to escape, and breaks into a des
perate run
And now commenced a race. the like OF which
| may never hope to see again. The lady and
her attendant take to Eight like startled deer
The steps of the pursuer and pursued resouuded
through the deserted street like the charging OF a
squadron of horses. On, on. they Aew: the pur-
suer gains the galantry of the gentleman leaves
him, and with it he leaves the lady: and now poor
thing, what shall she do! The footsteps behind
her grow more distinct every moment, she strains
every nerve, but her dress impedes her steps, II
will not do; she must either yield to her fate OF
else adopt desperate and last resort. And then
in her frenzy throwing aside all maiden moGesty
she sezes the skirts of her dress and quickly
drawing them up around her waist, with freed
limbs she darts away, and is soon beyond the
reach of pursuit.
And the pursuer? There he stands the picture
OF astonishInent and chagrin. When he saw the
first upward movement of the lady's dress he had
stopped. the was modest many transfxed with
horror at the idea that such depravity should ex-
st, and be displayed before his face and eyes; and
next, as the upward movement displayed pain
OF stout calf skin boots and cashmere pantaloons
tbs consciousness OF having been sold flashed ove
his mind and completed his discontinue; which
was in no wise diminished by three hearty cheers
from the threats of the young scamps who hat
bought him cheaply. He crept back to hi.
room a sadder but wiser man..