Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-01-31
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NO. 22
1The Professor I'd the Pudding.

A Professor in, NJ England College.
had become soms~~SY Nous to a students
mess. for the reason thai he constantly watch |
ed them, and tried to find out something to
report against them. Our Professor thought
that they played cards, and the boys deter,
mined to minister to his suspicious. One
day when they knew the Professor was
eaves-dropping, they quietly talked over the
prelimlnaries of game of whist. at 8 o. clock
that evening. The Professor was in great
glee at this discovery, and determined to
detect and punish the card-players. The
students saw that be had taken the bait,
and kept close watch On his movements.
Meantime one Of the boys engaged good
housewife, living shard 1 &c make d hasty
pudding. and have il ready, piping hot, at
precisely 6 o'clock. Scarcely bad the col
lege bell rung the hour, when the pudding
was brought to the mess room of the party.
A scout soon conveyed the intelligence that
Professor P. was approaching from his
house. The pudding was poured reek-
ing hot, into the pocket of pilot cloth
overcoat which had been fixed with lea
/ luCi RoChCU ioi VIC OCCdolou, duu Tue COdt
was hung up on wall in convenient posi-
ton. AS soon as the stealthy steps Of the
Professor was heard on the stairs, conversa-
ton began in moderately loud tones, as fol-
lows: Clubs is trumps-why don't you
follow suit? We are two by honor and
two by cardsl' say, Jack, is that your
ace ? &C., Sc. Presently, crash went the
door, latch, lock and all, upon the floor, and
in burst the triumphant Professor upon tAe
of course-terri6ed sinners.
There was no mistake about it-he had
really caught them playing cards. SO othought
he, for they were In the utmost confusion.
One had his book wrong side up; and an
other had no book at all, and another still
had slate working out an algebrie problem
in dictionaryl while the fourth be detected
evidently depositing something in a coat
pocket on the wall All that was it-he
was hiding his cards there and SO walking
up to the coat, he exclaimed:
You need not be so studious all at once
young gentlemen! exclaimed the Profes
sor, in sriumph. You cannot deceive me
The business Of card playing has been car
ried on too long in this room, and now yor
are detected but what have you been hiding
in that pocket, Mr.. Herbert 7 addressing
the last mentioned student, who stood sba
king with terror, apparently trying to aid,
the coat from view.
Hot hasty-pudding sir, was the very
candid reply.
Yes, hasty-pudding, I'll warrantf shouted
5 the Professor; stand aside, sir, and I'll brn
you out your puddingy and thereupon, wit
a look of malignant triumph, he thrust his arr
;, into the pocket to his elbow, and with a ye
: :. of disappointment and direst agony, and chi
. fallen at least four inches, from its natural po
/ sition, he drew it out reeking with the he
y pudding, and rushed from the room. He ha
l. the good sense to keep the matter to himself
h for he was told truly the contents of the poe
;. ct, and could not complain. The student
% graduated a short time after; but with IL
: highest honors; and the worthy professor W
u spared the modification of having the aft
IL divulged to the public until it appeared
II the newspapers after he had retired from /
If professional labors in College.