Middletown transcript., 1872-08-31
Stlett Stufp.
THE STUDENTS TRICK.

"oc .Hps$, u Hltuittl STUDENT NJ tue
College in Georgetown, ID. some few
years aga, was foppish. cgo,istic fellow /;
aud for some reason or other, vas dislikcd
by portion OF his fellows students. the
greater part of his enemies being members
Of Il certain "club. accustomed TO meet
at room, in their boarding house and
there form plans successiyely 'pln,ing
leu desperately in 1--we with young Miss
in Il, Who, he was informed. was the
daughter ot a wealthy gentleman living nn
Bridge street, Although he was nnar.
quainiei with her. he took il iu,o his head
TO write her n short note aud express 10
her his love. COUGHING it in the usual
rarm language of lover. and directing
il 10 the care Of the gentleman whum he
hnd been informed was her father. he
made known bis secret to n friend, aud
gave him the note for safe deliverance
Now. il so happened, that Jon's urbane
friend, was n prominent member of the
celebrated club. 10 which We have be-
fore alluded. aud instead of delivering his
note to the place where directed, he car.
ried il straight to the club room, where
bis fricnnG we're congrcgutcd in jovial f,-
miIiarity. il made known bis intended
mission ns post-tey; aud politely hin.ed
that il would be n good plan to open the
mail among them. aud examine its con.
tents: at the same time 1ineng down
Jocs note, wrapped up in a piece Of old
newspaper.
"Sinee the mission is only of love, it
can't be very important" says one.
No; and sure as live. the document,
is unscalcd suppose We take peep into
it. boys said another. at the same time
taking up the note, which had been .laid
ON the table" aud running bis fingers into
the ends Of il.
The contents were soan open 10 the
gaze of all. aud anxiously tho arifnl stu
dents took their turn ut reading and laugh-
ing over Joe's supposed secret When all
had read il, proposition was made to re-
tain the note among them, and have one
Of their number answer il. Lots were
cast, to see who should perform the deli.
cate job. and it fell upon Bill -. who.
by the way, wrote u fnc, easy hand. we'll
calculated to be mistaken for lady's Ac.
cordingly, the note was answered in an
adroit bu, modest, appropriate manner by
Bill :; and expectation was on tp-toe for
some days ut the clnb.room for Joes re.
ply.
At last il came, filed with many thanks
for her kind conlcsccusion 10 answering
his j; and with exhibitions Of more arden.
love than in the irst. The game of the
club worked well--and Joe was deceived.
His second note was also detained and an
swcrcd as before. by Bill. with such
"swect sentences as the others saw fl 10
have introduced in it.
Pur some six months. Joe was in this
way deceived. sll the while getting deeper
in love; when the club concluded to bring
the matter to close by capital trick up.
on that devoted worshippcr at Cupid's
shrine. aud the following brief note was
consequently dispatched to Moss: my
Dearest Joseph We have continued
our correspondence for some months, dur.
ing which period | have never met you
viii you do me tho favor to call at father,
residence. II possible. this evening", Thi.
whole affair Ia unknown to my parents
having been continued solely on account
of my deep love for you. and therefore /,
avoid their displeasure. our meeting thil
evening must be strictly private. plcas,
come around 10 the back door, knock gen
tly three times, when will open the win
dow above, and inquire who is there 2