Litchfield enquirer., 1871-04-27
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 The papers which Peters put into Gogg' s hand was Q curious and valuable specimen of certain phases of that "severei Collegiaks education" of which the masculine mind alone is considered capable. - - f.Aso ...-e ss,s
 Take this for your comfort, half educated girlsl There are dunces in college as well as out of it, and many young fellow does not know as much as you do. when he pock. cts his diploma. or applies for his A. M. :.
 The paper which Peters put into Gogg's hand was 8 subscription list tin cipher1 amounting to three hundred dollars, col leeted for the commendable object of ''bor- rowing" as Peters said, the Examination papers prepared by the Faculty for the stu dents in Calculus. These papers, you un- derstand, appointed to each man his part; and to be possessed of them beforehand. was to insure yourself. by little ''cram ming" 8 safe. glib, and easy passage over the horrible whirlpool of Examination.
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 "And fifty dollars" !" interrupted the brown boy, twill just do it."
 Do what?" said Goggs, with his hand at his forehead at distranght angle. "1 don't see it. Would you bribe the profes. sor? Or hire clairvoyant." gs1a T
 ''See here" said Peters, abruptly, draw. ing his chair nearer to Goggs. ''Is that door locked?" ,- - ~A' "Yes. that door was locked" ~-r-s.-
 "Wsll then: doors locked, honor bright, fifty down. see here. Those Calculus pa pers are all made out" -'.@ .i-l
 ssSure of it?n 7'.''.'e' &> a s.Snre of it.-Are all made out-are ir the Treasurer's hands-are in the Treas urers ofice-are in the Treasurer safe are coming ous of the Treasurer's safe. {" "How to thunder!' exclaimed Goggs very inelegantly, running his ten fingers through his hair till it stood up like ris ing sun all over his head. 'sThree-hundred-and-fifty-dollars, ' said Peters. slowly. and under his breath, twill have two professional gentleman on here from New Cork, Thursday night.
 1.-Two whati" cried Goggs a Tsza4
 'Two professional gentlemen said Pe' ters, softly, ,-''two professional burglars, if you like it better, from New Cork, will have those papers in our hands on Thurs day night, put them back, and be out oI town before Friday morning, and no liv' ing ing mum skull but ourselves the wiser fol
 Goggs grimly smiled; but the brown boy
 
 amusing, and only stared. g z-IeY. 2
 You'll be on hand, you know, he said still staring. ''There are three of us going thing they shouldn't. Painter and Bur.
 Now, Goggs had never been anywhere with Painter and Burnett in his life; would have been ashamed by daylight to be seen with either of them. .g, ,~ it# g
 ''I don't like the idea of this,' he said reluctantly. see saving on his chair. 9g
 'You'n like the looks of the papers whe1 you get 8 claw at them, fast enough" " said Peters. 'e '-' -sraea B
 'I am inclined to think.' said .Goggs, bringing his chair down again on it's four legs with a tremendous crash, ''that l shall not look at those papers after they'r got!"
 "But you won't withdraw the cash ?" sug. gested Peters. internationally smiling. 'Thai would be mean!" ..-.s...g- '7' '@'@'
 "Well, moo. !" said Goggs, not quite brave enough to bear being called mean.
 s'And you won't sneak out of the fun Thursday night?" ..,.,, a,e,2 F,g,s
 ''N-noo," said Goggs once more; not quite brave enough to loose such fun. 4a
 Then the door was shut, and Peters was gone, and the boy who wouldn't chatter lightly about little wee white schoolgirl in . sky-blue dress, had subscribed fifty dollars to effect q burglary, and given his word that he would take part in ill .,4,.e,,
 .''That's just such 8 fool as I amp thought Goggs, with melancholy smile. But how could he help it now?y lAh,s that was the worst oft. There is the folly of foolish thing and the wrong of bad thing; it is so hard to help it! Folly and wrong vii go their own we've and do their own work generally, in spite of one. ..s-sf .sse1E
 'And then, , thought Goggs again, stil hopelessly smiling, "there is that railroad bond!" e sa53EE .~,sI saI.E.T as@ s1l There was that railroad bond, indeed fast in the brown boy s, hand, on Thursday night and there was Goggs, with Painter and Burnett, skulking about the college yard outside of the treasnrer's office. wait ing for Peters and the professional gen, tlemen" from New Cork, That was a eleven o'clock. The affair was to come of at half-past. So that Goggs had half lar hour in which to skulk--and think. szB.. If you had been in Gogg's place, what should you have thought?
 We'll | That is just what Goggs thought 'sBut won't see the papers," concluded Goggs. ."Ill see the fun, but not tue pa pers.' l''@
 Now, as we all know, Goggs was doing exceedingly wrong, and he might have broken his mothers heart, besides getting into State prison. -but what can I dc about it? Goggs did not repent and gc back to his room at the last moment, but how can help it? | am compelled and ashamed to say that he waited, skulkine about the treasureris office for half -pasl eleven and the professional gentleman. Let me hasten to add, however, now and here, that Goggs was correct in one point he did not see the papers, IT. - I. The half hour, and the professional gen. tlemen. and Peters, came together prompt ly. s7ss2 Z.-sss 7t'
 s.From the station," whispered Peters hoarssly. Trains just in.s I had to wal an hour and Q quarter for lem, hid behind a telegraph pole the whole confounded timelp- Te 2A sp 19IsEs35
 Yo9 hold yer, ablab,' . said one of the professional gentlemen politely. .sHeavt ahead and show the job" s4gssa.s4 They had very black whiskers. these pro fessional gentlemen, and very clean linen, and very line broadcloth, and very sleel hair, and very, very large diamond rings Goggs never felt so mean in his life as he did walking up the college steps between them, to help ssshow the job. However hA did if. and faa II aaid a0 nauCh rant he