Litchfield enquirer., 1871-04-27
ONE OF GOGG's STORIES.
BY ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.
'Goggs !" said the professor.

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 Goggs jumped. It was quite time. The it had been anybody but Goggs he would came out of his brown study half second too late he had lost his place and his wits together, by the time that the Professor said.-
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 "I-would-eat, said Goggs; and stop.
 'I-would--eat." said Goggs again and stuck.
 What would Goggs have eaten? Nobody knew much better than Goggs. The fel- lows all turned to the textbooks, while Goggs stopped and stuck. He had stopped in the middle of an enlivening little story, which ran something like this = Agentleman (Goggs thinks it was Dari- us) asked another gentleman lGoggs thinks that must have been a barbarian) couple of dozen centuries more or less ago, when people were not as particular about their diet as they are now, what inducement he would take to eat his father and mother Said the dntiful son, ''I would not eat my parents for anything" d .a.,
 Said Goggs, ,-only Goggs could have said it!-said Goggs, looking up into the Profess sor's face with cheerful confidence,-
 Y aoould eat nag payents for noksing, siri'' "That's sufficient. sir! said the Profes- sor. sef. --s fa. s- tt
 In half an hour that story was all over college. Everybody agreed that it was the best thing of the term Goggs himself was inclined to think so, sitting ruefully in his room tipping back in his chair to think about it after dinner. W% saE ;zs
 Goggs was rueful for more reasons than one. In fact, his Greek blunder was the least of his troubles,-it was too funny to trouble him very much. Indeed, he had only made it in the helpless despair of a more appalling grief. s- ss Next week was Calculus Examination. Whether he should fall down stairs and break his arm; whether he should visit the city hospital in hopes of smallpox case to which he might lawfully and benevolent. {. ly expose himself; whether he should take Prussic acid or have the cramp in swim. ming; how it would answer to commit some petty theft and so get safely into the lock- up till Examination week was over; if his sister would only have typhoid fever and telegraph for him to come on! What would happen if he should ''bar out" for g few days in the coal closet with hole in the door for his chum to stick his dinner through; what would be the effect of losing his property that week he had fifty dollars in Grand Smash Railroad bond), and of be- ing summoned suddenly to New York to look after it; how it would strike the Pro fessor's impossible fancy If he should go te sleep with his feet in pail of cold water some night, and have diphtheria, these and many other equally ingenious refec | ho6 llx.1 o&d l. Greek Professor put to him that delicate question about his parents.
 These and many even sadder redectioni filled the soul of Goggs, sitting alone in hil room, tipping back in his chair after dinner
 A big brown boy, who headed the wrong end of his class, came in while Goggs wal sitting alone. | "Hilloap' said he. @ 4a 5a
 70, its you, is it?" said Goggs, more sur prised than pleased; the brown boy wal not in his s'set"; in fact. had never been iI his room before. 'It's you, is it? We'll Sit down, then" 15
 l The brown boy sat down then, without waiting for more gracious invitation. , 1 "Hilloal" said he again.
 "Well?" said Goggs gioomily.
 l "Met Sky-blue up Chapel today" said the brown boy with confidential nod.
 ''She was got up gorgeous. I tell you"
 'tAh?" said Goggs more gloomily than ever. He did not like this. It did not strike his fancy to talk Sky blue" with thii Peters boy. ssSky-blue'' was such wee white, soft, dainty little lady! and Peters was so big and brown. So he only said. = s.Ahl''
 '.Hilloar' said Peters again. when hs found that he could do nothing with ssSky. blue.n saesssss-a
 .Well?" said Goggs again.
 .'What would you give to get a. grab a, those Calculus papers this week?'' lHl xEf
 .sI,d give-ffty dollarsl" said GogRs thinking of his railroad bond. He brought his chair hard down on it's four legs.
 ssWould you though?" said Peters. smil ling peculiarly. " Just put your name dowt here on this list ---in cipher ifyou like, ---iti safe enough. Put yourself down for fifty dollars and I'll warrant you your papers fl lthreo days?" Gat .a -H6Iaa1a