Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-15
Goqgs

Goggs
O fpenitent)
(promises better.)
2 (improved.)
o (discouraglng)
0 livery discournging. }
4 hopeful
1t certainly couldn't have been because
the Professor had any rear)n TO think he
would take good care OF it-for Goggs
never took care OF any thing. Add the
Professor thought more of the skeleton
than he did--at least the boys said So
than be did of bis wife, or bis pew at
chapel Gt had cushions.) or his ten chill
children, or his silk hat. So you can
easily see that he must have thought
good deal Of the skeleton. however,
they are generally those Of us who des
erve the least who get the most in this
world, and the fact remains that when
the Professor went to New York to de-
liver lecture before the society for viv.
sectiug etherized rabbits, Goggs had the
skeleton.
You had better hang it up in dry,
roomv place, said the Professor after
the lecture on the cerebelIum. He looked
at the horrid thing all over regretfuly,
and tenderly stroked the empty SKULL
1 think you will quite-9uite ENJOY it,
said the Professor, and he wiped his
spectacIes little. Il have found it, |
do assure you, Goggs, | have fnund that
skeleton excellent company.
The Professor looked lonely, trudging
away with his carpet bag to his etberized
rabbits. Goggs felt sorry for him. He
took the skeleton carefully to his room,
and carefully hung it up in his Closets
Goggs roomed in the fourth story Of
North Middle close under the sitting
attic and the blistering roof of the blind
less, shadeless, dusty dormitory-conse-
quently be found his closet dry place.
Goggs generally put his clothes where it
would be least trouble to find them again
and this generally was on the closet
foor-consequently be found the closet
'roomy place The skeleton had The
nails to himself and plenty of elbow
room. Goggs hung him up by string
and rolled his best pantaloons up into
little foots,ool for hun. The Professors
request thus faithfully attended TO. Goggs
shut the closet door upon his ugly visitor.
The creature gave little grin in the last
departing streak of light. as the button
turned. as much as to say, Comfortable
quarters -thanks-don't trouble your
self And Goggs felt as though he WAS
doing very inhospitabls thing, and de-
served the sarcasm. He thought if he
were ever in such reduced circumstances
as to become a college skeleton. he
should take it as no moro than common
courtesy to be allowed out among the
fellows where he could see what was 60
ing on. However, that was all he thought
about it, and that was the last time he
thought about IT.
This was the last he thought about it
till half. past l | o'clock that night. He
buttoned the door and went to Greek,
and went to Rhetoric, and went to Cal
culus, and went to prayers. and went
down town, and to supper, and XII Omi'
kron, and Zeta Eta, and to club or two
and to a fire, and to an ice cream SALOON,
and to bed, and to sleep, bat never
thought Of the skeleton till half past l 1 /.
Al half past IL be woke up and re,
memhered that he meant to have looked
over Palsy on the future state instead OF
eating that last harlequin. Whether
from the connection of theological ideas,
or from guilty conscience, or fromthe
fact that the las: harlequin was one too
many, l cannot say, but at that identical
moment be remembered that there wss q
dead man IN his elosst.