The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-04-21
MBtGIlaneOns Selections.
ONE OF GOGGS' STORIES.
By ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.
aGoggs?'' said the Professor.

"GoggsY' said the Professor.
Goggs jumped. 1t was quite
time. The Professor had called him
twice already. If it had been any
body but Goggs he would not have
been called again. AS it was he
came OUT of his brown study half a
second too late; he had lost his
place and his wits together, by the
time the Professor said
"Translaten
I-would-eat," said Goggs, and
stopped.
"I-would-eat," said Goggs
again; and stuck.
What would Goggs have eaten2
Notody knew much better than
Goggs. The fellows all turned to
the textbooks, while Goggs stopped
and stuck. He had stopped in the
middle of an enliyening little story,
which ran something like this:
A gentleman (Goggs thinks it was
Darius asked. another gentleman
Goggs thinks that must have been
a barbarisn) couple of dozen cen
turtles more or less ago, when people
were not as particular about their
diet as they are now, what induce
ment be would take to eat his father
and mother! Said the dutiful son, 81
would not eat my parents for any
thing"
Said Goggs-only Goggs could
have said it-said Goggs, looking up
into the Professors tace with cheer
full confidence
~ aOOIId eat my parents for moth
ing, sir."
That's sufficient, sir!' said the
Professor.
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 ruefuIly in his
room tipping back in his chair to
think about it after dinner.
Goggs was rueful for more than
one reason. In fact, his Greek blum
der was the least of his troubles-it |
was too funny to trouble him very |
much. Indeed, he had only made il |
in the helpless despair of far more |
grief.
Next week was Calculus ExaminA
alton. 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 benevolently |
expose himself; whether he should |
take Prussic acid or have the crampl
in swimming; how it would answer
to commit some petty theft and so
get safely into the lookup till Exam
ination 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 a 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 |
bonds), and of being summoned |
suddenly to New York to look after
1t; how it would strike the Profes-
sor's impressible fancy if he should |
go to sleep with his feet in a pail of
cold water some night, and have
dyptherie-these, and many other
ingenious reflections had filled the
soul of Goggs, when the Greek Pro-
fessor put t. him that delicate ques-
ton about his parents.
These and many even sadder re-
Elections filed the soul of Goggs, sit
ting alone in his room, tipping back
in his chair after dinner.
A big brown bov, who headed the
wrong end of his class, came in while
Goggs was sitting alone.
"Hilloap' said he.
30, it's you, is it?" said Goggs,
more surprised than pleased; the
brown boy was not in his "set;;" in
fact had never been in his room be-
fore. "It's you, is it? Well! Sit
down, then"
The brown boy sat down then,
without waiting for a more gracious
invitation.
"E1iSap said be AsstA.