The true northerner., 1871-05-26

name down here on this list-in cipher
if you like-it's safe enough. Put
yourself down for fifty dollars, and IL
warrant you your papers within three
days."
What's your security?" said Goges
meditatively, winking at the brown boy.
You may see for YOURSELF" said
Peters. "Take this list and look it
over"
The paper which Peters put into
Goggs' hand was curious and valuable
specimen Of certain phases of that "se-
we're collegiate education" Of which the
masculine mind alone is considered ca
pable.
Take this for your comfort, half-edu-
Gated girls There are ounces in col
lege as we'll as out of it, and many
young fellow does not know as much as
you do, when he pockets his diploma,
or applies for his A. M.
The paper which Peters had put into
Goggs hand was subscription list lin
cipher) amounting to three hundred
dollars, collected for the commendable
object of borrowing as Peters said,
the Examination papers prepared by
the Faculty for the students in Calcu-
lus. These papers, you understand, ap-
pointed to each man his part; and to be
possessed of them before hand, was to
insure yourself by little "cram-
ming,n safe, glib and easy pas
sage over the horrible whirlpool of Ex-
animation.
:" But three hundred"
"And fifty dollars" interrupted the
brown boy, will just do it,"
"Do what? ?" said Goggs, with his
hand at his forehead at distraught
angle. ~ don't see it. Would you
bribe the Professor? Or hire clair
voyant?''
'See here" said Peters, abruptly,
drawing his chair nearer to Goggs, "is
that door locked ?"
eyes. that door was locked"
"Well, then, see here. On your word
and honor?"
" Honor bright"
4" Fifty dollars down
" Fifty dollars" said Goggs, excited.
"Well, then: doors locked, honor
bright, fifty down, see here. Those Cal
culus papers are all made out"
"Sure of it p
"Sure of it, Are all made out-are
in the Treasurers hands-are in the
Treasurer's office-are in the Treasurer
safe-are coming om of the Treasurer
safe"
/" How to thunderr' exclaimed Goggs,
very inelegantly, running his ten
fingers through his hair till it stood up
like rising sun, all over his head.
"Three = -hundred-and-f -ffty-dol-
lars ~ said Peters, slowly, and under his
breath, 90 will have two profession gen
tlemen on here from New Cork, Thurs
day night
1.-TWO what r' cried Goggs.
1.-TWO professional gentlemen" said
Peters, SOFTLY" two professional burg
lars, if you like it better, from New
Cork, will have those papers in oul
hands on Thursday night, put them
back, and be out Of town before Friday
morning, and no living numbskull but
ourselves the wiser for it y
Goggs grimly smiled but the brown
boy did not see what he had said that
was amusing, and only stared.
You'll be on hand, you know" he
said, still staring. "There are three Of
us going with them to see that they
don't take anything they shouldn't
Painter and Burnett and |. You'd bet
ter be on hand too"
Now, Goggs had never been any
where with Painter and Burnett il
his life would have been ashamed
by daylight to be seen with either o
them.
- don't like the idea Of this" h'
said, reluctantly, see.sawing on hi
chair.
You'll like the looks of the papers
when you get a claw at them fas
enough" ;" said Peters,
' am inclined to think, said Goggs
bringing his chair down again on it
four legs with a tremendous crash
"that | shall not look at these papers
after they're got y
But you won't withdraw the cash p
suggested Peters, incredulously smiling
"That would be mean ~
We'll, n-n-noo," said Goggs, no
quite brave enough to bear being called
mean.
"And you won't sneak out of the fur
Thursday night ?"
N-noo," said Goggs once more
not quite brave enough to lose sucl
fun.
Then the door was shut and Peter
was gone, and the boy who wouldn'
} chatter lightly about little wee white
schoolgirl, in a sky-blue, dress had sub
scribed fifty dollars to effect burglary
and given his word that he would tak'
part in it !
} "That's just such fool as | am 7
thought Goggs, with u melanchod!
smile. But how could he help it now
All, that was the worst of it, There i
, the folly of foolish thing and tn
) wrong of a bad thing; it is so hard t.
help it ! Folly and wrong will 60 thei
, own ways and do their own work, gen
: orally, in spite of one.
"And then," thought Goggs again
still hopelessly smiling, there is tina
: railroad bondv
7 There was that railroad bond, indeed
r fast in that brown boys brown hand, oi
5 Thursday night; and there was Gogg
with Painter and Burnett skulkin