Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-20
From Every Saturday.
ONE OF GOGGS'S STORIES.

BY ELIzABETH STUART PHELPS.
:" GoGGs said the Professor.
Goggs jumped It was quite time
The Professor had called him twic,
already. If it had been anybody but
Goggs he would not have been called
again. As it was ne came out of his
brown study half second too late
he had lost his place and his wits to
gether, hy the time that the Professor
said,-
TRANSLATED"
"I-would-eat, ''said Goggs; and
stopped.
"1-would- = said Goggs again
and stuck.
What would Goggs have eaten
Nobody knew much better than Goggs
The fellows all turned to the text books,
while Goggs stopped and stuck. He
had stopped in the middle of an en-
hvening little story, which ran some
thing like this =
A gentleman (Goggs thinks it was
Darius) asked another gentleman Goggs
thinks that must have been barba-
aian) couple of dozen centuries more
or less ago, when people were not as
dOOtt tHCI tlct stS tucN dIt
now, what inducement he would take to
eat his father and mother9 Said the
dutifUl son, 81 would not ca. my pa
rents for anything, ="
Said Goggs, only Goggs could
have SAID it.-said Goggs, looking ur
into the Professors face with cheer
ful confidence
'.I,cossJd eat my parents for nothing,
sir ?
"That's sufficient, sir ~ said the Pro
essor
In half an hour that story was all
over college. Everybody agreed it was
the best thing OF the term Goggs
himself was inclined to think so, sit
ting ruefully In his room tipping back
IN his chair to think about it after
dinner.
Goggs was rueful for more reasons
than one. In fact, his Greek blunder
was the least of his troubles it WIS
too funny TO trouble him very much.
Indeed, ne had only made it in the
helpless despair of a far more appall-
ing grief.
Next week was Calculus. Examination.
Whether he should fall down stairs
and break his ann; whether he should
visit the city hospital In hopes of a
smallpox case to which he might law
fully and benevolently expose him
self: whether he should take PrussIc
acid or have the cramp In swimming
how it would answer to comnait some
petty theft and so get safely into the
lookup till Examination week was over
if his sister would have typhoid fever
and telegraph for him to come on
What would happen if he should "bar
ont " for few days In the coal-closet
with hole in the door for bis chum to
stick his dinner through; what would
be the effect of losing his property
that week Che had fifty dollars in Grand
Smash Railroad bonds), aud of b eine
summoned suddenly to New York to
look after it; how it would strike the
Professors impressible fancy if he
should go to sleep with his feet in q
pail of cold water some night, and have
dlphtheria, these, and many other
equally ingenious reflections had filled
the soul of Goggs when the Greek Pro
fessor put to him that delicate ques
tion about his parents.
These and many even sadder refiec.
tions filed the soul of Goggs, sitting
alone in his room, tipping back in hi
chair after dinner.
A big brown boy, who headed tie
wrong end of his class, came In while
Goggs was sitting alone.
"Hilloa said he.
30, it's you, is it /" said Goggs
more surprised than pleased; th'
brown boy was not in his "set" il
fact, had never been into the room be
fore. Its you, is it Z Well Sit down
then.
The brown boy sat down then, with
out waiting for more gracious invita-
tlon-
"Hilloa said he again.
"WeH2" said Goggs, gloomily.
"Met Sky-blue up Chapel to-day,
said the brown boy with confidentia
nod 'sShe was got up gorgeous,
tell you.
"Ah2r said Goggs more gloomil,
than ever. He did not like this. I
did not strike bis fancy to talk "Sky
blue with this Peters poy "Sky
blue was sucha wee, white, soft, dain
tylittle lady! and Peters was SO big ant
brown So he only said,-
"Ah2"
"Hilloa. said Peters again, whel
he found that he could do nothing will
''Sky-blue
'sWelllr y said Goggs again.
What would you give TO get gral
at those Caldrlus papers this week
"Td giye-fifty dollars !" said Goggs
thinking of his railroad bond 81
brought his chair down hard on its fou
legs.
Would you though 2 /" said Peters
smiling peculiarly. @Just put a
name down here: on this list-in 6;
Pher if you hke,-it's safe enough
Put yourself down for fifty dollars all,
III warrant You your papers in thre
days9"
whats your security ~ said Goees
meditatively winkiug the brown boy
You may see for yourself, sal,
Peters, "take this list and look
over. y
The paper which Peters put int
Geggs hand was curious and valuabl
sPecimen of certain phases of that :" Sc
we're collegiate education, of whicl
the masculine mind alone is considere
capable.
Take this for your comfort, halted
ucated girls There are ounces in col
lege as well as ont of it, and many
young fellow does not know as much a
you do, when he pockets his diploms
or applies for his A M.
The paper which Peters put int
dogg's hand was a subscription list (i
eipher) amounting to three hundre
collected for the commendab]