Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-22
LET'S DIE TOGETHER !


LET'S DIE TOGETHER!
very amusing scene occurred few day.
ago, in a neigh boring city, not a thousand
miles from this, wherein q number Of the fra.
ternlty were prominent actors, about which we
have laughed off a threatened attack of win
ter fever, and through the same means have
lost q number Of buttons from our Jacket
Our readers are honestly entitled to the par.
tlcuiars, and shall have hearty laugh too
Ha hs. ha!
The editor, (which for short we will call
Quill having business to engage him much Of
the night, had wisely provided nice broil to
strengthen the inner man, and having care.
fully slowed it away for future reference
stepped out for q short time to manage some
necessary business The foreman and a typo
Whom we call Quad and Rule soon came In,
and chanced to find the stake What a fine
chance for a joke on Quill; eat the delicious
morsel he has prepared, and when too late
laugh at him that's it-bright idea-ah, We
have him on the hip, The juicy steak is
broiled, and eagerly and hastily devoured.
after having given it fine brown roast Quill
comes and goes to his labor suspecting nothing
wrong. Quad and Rule could not long retain
their mirth at the rich joke they had PLAYED
the secret must out. Thanks to the careful,
provident Quill, the steak was ine,'
Quill, comprehending at once the " hole
state of affairs, determined richly to repay
the boys for their left-hand joke, so instantly
assuming the gravity of an owl, and the soil.
citude of a matronly shanghai, with great
earnestness, grasping Quad by the arm, ex-
claimed:
My God! Quad, you haven't eaten that
poisoned meat"'
Yes" responded Quad, whilst his face
assumed an ashy paleness, his limbs were
seized with n trembling, and his eyes stood
out an inch from his forehead
"Great God then you are poisoned, and
in few minutes will be dead man. Strych-
nine was put upon that meat 10 kill wolves {"
Every person in the office knew that strych-
nine had been procured that day to silence
some wolves, that, with their howlings, mada
midnight hideous. Each, therefore, now rushed
forward to the scene of conversation, eyery-
thing in the shape of business was suspended.
and each waited in breathless agony the ter
minatiOn of this tragical scene
Poisoned. strychnine death 30 groaned
the thoroughly afrighted Quad. ooh nv
God, save me-" and he rolled his eyes be-
seechingly, an instant for the first time hea-
venward, then hastily placing both hands
upon his stomach, he hissed, "Ah, We gods |
feel the death gripe-the poison has hold of
my vitals! Oh-h-h-h. Save me-what shall
[ take q"
Quill suggested grease, oil, lard, soap, any
thing as az aEtidote. Devil Jumped down to
the press, and IN an instant returned with a
large bottle filed with oil-the article used on
the press. Quad grasped it spasmodically,
disengaged the cork, and placed it to his
mouth. The limpid stream rapidly flowed
towards its level, and the bottle would have
been emptied had it not been asrested by the
hand Of Rule, whose quick eye measured the
remains Of the fast disappearing, life saving
antidote. The remainder was hastily dis.
patched, together with all the grease that
could be found in the Office.
CONSERVATION and fright now reigned in
that once happy offce-prayers were breathed
for the sinful souls of the two unfortunates.
The crisis was hastily approaching, when an
other entered and quickly learned the awful
state OF affairs, viz that the young men had
taken strychnine.
"To the Doctors, for Gods sake-haste -,
screamed the new conner. This was some.
thing new and unthought of in the hustle be-
fore. Quad sprang to the door, and was
about vanishing, when Rule moaned out:
"Stop moment, Quad, wait, 1 will 60 If
we die, let die together, like men %
The Office Of DR.. N was reached in a mo-
ment-the victims examined-said thero was
little danger, the poison, if taken, would have
done its work before. Quad was not satisfied; |
he saw only-death before him; could get no |
oil; Doctor was out Pale, haggard, and |
trembling in every limb, he rushed out, fol- |
lowed in the distance by all the boys, from |
the othce-breaking through two doors Of a |
establishment, he shouted to the |
proprietor in sepulchral tones:
coil, grease, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - |
D, am poisoned! haste, or I die 0h-h h-h /
ah h-h-h! The pains of death are severe. /
O-o-o-o-o-o !" The frightened keeper could |
only furnish the little lamp grease on hand, |
and hastily put on the FIRE pan of pork. The |
wretched victim almost in the agonies of /
death, his knees, like Belshazzar 8, shifting |
together, seized ladle, and with his breath |
half cooling the accumulating fat, rapidly |
drank it as the sweetest morsel. The over |
burdened stomach could not endure every /
thing; a tenderness and upheaving ensued, |
and the victim was led back with difficulty to |
the office, physically prostrated. Quill was |
absent-the secret had leaked out-the boys |
couldn't hOld-they Uttered, laughed, gig |
sled-the thing was out. Quad and Rule |
'melt mice, very strongly-their strength |
and vigor instantly returned. No oil, the |
press couldn't run that night, no one dare |
mention the name of it. Doctor called next |
morning, bill was promptly met. Weather
was extremely cold, yet that house was too
hot for Quill for a number of days The boys |
xontt endure the sight of pork, grease, or
butter.
On Saturday, Quad still pale, was passing
1own street-a stranger called from behind.
asking where was a drug store, he wanted
,trychnine to poison wolves
With murder in his eye Quad turned upon
him. Stranger took him to be a madman,
and hastily fled, hotly pursued-hats Hew of |
IN the wind still bareheaded as for life, each |
lerved himself-away, away, until lost from
sight. We have heard Of neither since
Quill has returned to the Office
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