, 1870-12-25
ANOTHER SKELETON STORY.
BI ELiKABETH 6IUAKf PHEf3.
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H6u41a1y Aa uA4 - i!4Au htsJ5 ~A'
wears spectAcios he preaches sermons ct H.
augu1aiions and dedications, and installations.
and celebrations, and anniversaries, Ano
Thanksgiving days md funerals, and on :
great many other pleasant occasions he lee
lures on total depratity, and writes his sme
with D. D. So. Of courae, tho story must
be truo.
When il happened, Groggs was nota pro,
feesor in theological eeminsIy- 10 bad
never Iec.u1ed on total depravity. He Ind
never preachAd at An Inauguration. or dedi-
cation, or an ink tal1ation. or celebration, or
a1niyeIta1E, or thanksgiving day. CT
He waa litle curly. haired college by, II
years old. He WAS nrst-ratc " firat-catch."
and the best 's grasslopfet IN the GymoA-
siunn.
He could tic sheep into the President's
cbair, md hide the JAultorTa matches, and put
4 COW into tho chapel belfrs, aud etlek in
was going On in \ secret society that he didnt
belong 10. He knew how TO put the under
takers eiSn on tho DOCTORS door, and lager
beer advertisements in the minister's hat; he
knew bow to haze freahnoen and dodge police
how TO translate Virgil, and-a Ittle-Ana-
haEis.
He could prompt and " ekip mine tines out
Of ten, without being found out, and the tenth
tame apologize for it with such a atosy from
Punch that the Professor had to laugh-and
consequently 10 forgive h,n,- Everybody for
gave Tim, everybody bore with him. Tho
worse he behaved, the better everybody liked
him At least that wns the case With the Pro-
feescr, and That seems to be how he came to
hare tie skeleton Il certainly couldn't have
been cn acconnt Of the marks sg inst hia name
in the anatomical class books, which TAN Boue-
what like this:
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It certainly coa1dnt have been bccause tha
Professor had any rcasou to 1hink he would
tAke good csre ct it-for Gogss never took
care OF anything. And tho Professor thought
moro Of that skeleton than he did-at least
the nors said sc-of his wife. or his peH at
chapel (it had cushions(, OF bis ton children,
OF his SIX hst. SO you can eae,i3 see that he
must have thought great deal Of the akele-
ton. However, they are generally those Of
rs who deserve the leaet WHO get the most in
the Professor went to New York to deliror
sn address, before the Society for vlyisec.ing
Ethe1ized Rabbits, Gogea hid the skeleton.
"aou lad better hang it up in dry, roomy
place, said the Professor. after the lecture
on the ce1etellun4 He looked the hordd
ed it's empty skull. II think you will quite
| quite enjoy it,"said the Professor. and he
wiped his FFectacles little. "Ihave found
it, do assure you. Goggp, have found that
eFeeimen excellent rompaoy!"
1e Professor looked lonely, trudgiDg away
| with hih carpet-bag to his etheEized rabbits.
GogEs felt eony for him. He took tie ekele-
| ton carefully to his room, and carefully hung
| it up in hia closet. Ooggs roomed In the
fourth s.oF5 Of ''No1th afiadlA" close under
the sitting Attic md the blistering roof Of tho
4uently, he found his closet '.a1y' place.
GoGee generally put his clothes where it would
be least trouble to get them again, and this
Vas generally on tie closet door--consequent-
y ne found bis closet roomy place. The
| skeleton had the nAila to himself and plan~
| y Of elboH-1oom. Gogeu hung him up by a
string, and rolled his best pantaioons up
into little fot stool for him. The p.ofes-
tot'a request thus faithfully attended to,
1 GoGgs shut tho closet door on his ugly visitor.
Tho creature gave Httle grin In this last de-
parting stesk Of Light, ID Tue button turned,
thanks.--dont tfoubla YOURSELF" And GoSgs
felt ~ though he was doing very inhospitA.
bio thing. SID deceived tho sarcasn- He
thought that il be we're ever in ouch reduced
circrmttancea as TO become q college akc!e,
mon courtesy to be allowed out among The
| fellows where he could sec what waa going
on. However, that vas all he thcughs aooui
It. aud that WAS the last timo ha thought
about it.
This vas the last .imo he .l,ergbt about i,
hll hal. II O'Clock tbs! night. Ho but
toEad tho door nud wcnt to Greek, and wen
to Rhetoric, and went to Calcu[as. and wen!
to prayers, and went down town. and 10 eun
Per, and ii Omiskon, and to Eats Eta, and *
club or two. nrd to fire, AID ~ ice creau
! ta1oon. aud to bod, and to sleep. but ueyr,
l - feff Ia nt. - ~ t~.tf
At half pAst II he woke rp, znd remembered
the future state inetead Of eatin- thst ,ss
harlequin. Whether from lie connection q
Theological ideas, OF fncm guilty CON scfenca
ct from tic fact that the list harlequin WaJ
oua too many, csurot esv. but AZ tl,at ;1enti
cal moment BIC remembered that there wa
dead mau in his closet.
Now the closet door opened directly upo,
the head Of liH be-,
II wcnCari il The door il ahut ~ +horc,,
GogEa. The door was, or scemel 10 be-. oui,
shut.
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at The fcnt ~ ,ho ha.1 !" tEou.hf fIorrs- II
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