The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-10-14
TIVE EXILE
BY sQUIB.

| Tweezle and were schoolfell0ws, and
one trait OF his character will eKemplify
his peculiar philosophy. Peregrine,, be-
ing SO easy and good. .natured, shared
the fate Of all easy folks, and was al
ways put upon, and became, in fact, the
scapegoat of the whoie school. If any
riotous urchin had committed a lault--
broken window, knocked down pie
woman, or drawn a oaricature of our
pedagogue upon the wail-Peregrine
was pointed out as the delinquent.
Straigntway the awful ferule was put
into requIsition, and Tweezle and
its thongs became more intimately ac-
quainted than was at all agreeable to
the former. Tweezle was at this time
but seven years old; but his ruling max
i'm had even then penetrated into his
brain, and become tue guide of his con-
duct and his consolation i'll distress.
hour pedagogue, Mr.. Thump'emwell, had
4 a vile, who had a very iuOrdinate notion
\ Of her own excellence, both mental and
! corporeal, and very supreme contempt
| for her husband in bOtn respects.
| Thump'emwell, If rumor spoke truly
lnow and then experienced from this at-
| fectionate partner lew proofs OF her
superiority, which she manifested by
imprlnting upon his cheeks the marks Of
| her delicate fingers, and letting fall
upon his eyes the full weight Of her
| dainty fist. One unlucky morning some
satlric cal rogue-illnatured as saJirists
IalWays are-dreW with chalk upon the
| wall very tolerable representation OF
one OF the striking scenes above alluded
| to, which had on the previous evening
agreeaDly relieved the dull monotoDy Oi
the scnoOlmaSter's life. When Thump-
l'emWell came down in the morning, his
eye rested Immediately upon this sketch
| Of his connupial felicity. He gaZed upon
| it Tor minute i'll awlul silence; and
then his eyes sparkled with fury, and
| his lace grew 50 red, and the Veins OF his
| forehead SO swollen, that we thought he
would have sufocated. CIencuing his
hand, and striking it against his desk,
IupsetUing at the same time an ihkstand
all over his nankeen neither garments,
| he, with a still, small voice, ordered US
all to stand up. The dread summons
was obeyed, and we stood in line
across The room. Thump'emweH WAS al
| ways in tremendous fury whichever he
spoke low and blandly, and we aceora :
| ingiy prepared ourselves tor an explo-
| Slou.
| snow, my dear children" said Thump-
l'emwell, "you know l love you sin
cerely," and the hypocritcal wretch
L SeIZGu uOlu VI MS IeIule DIS u6 SPOKE; !;
land should die with grief If one OF you
| ever came to the gallOWs. Do you hear Pr
| "NOW," continued he, after pause,
Il was telling you that l loved you all
dearly; and, as l love you, must save
you from the gallows. Now, the little
latrocious vagabond who made that draw
iHg is sure 10 be hanged; nothing can
save him from it, unless / lind him out
and fog him, and contiue' him for
three days upon bread and water. You
see, therefore, my dear children" con-
tinued ne, still i'll the same bland voice,
'sthat my affection cOmpeis ME TO punish
the offender. Therefore, 1 ask you VINO
did itY
No reply.
"Teil me, orI will fog every soul of
you, from the biggest TO the least. Who
was the atroclous little reptile that had
the audacity to do it2"
Still there was no reply; and Thumr-
tiemweli lifted his ROD and brandishedlt
in air, passing the fingers of his LETT
hand lovingly through The thongs as it
descended.
Still general silence prevailed; every
one looked innocent; and the real Gull
prit certainly the most innocent of all.
Again the question was asked, and
all eyes were directed toward poor
TweezIe, who, though guiltless as the
babe unborn, stood trem cling at the bot
tom OF the tile. His countenance was
pale, his eyes were doWncast, and his
knees Knocked together. AS the fierce
look uf the pedagogue was turned TO.
ward him. my pour friend Thought that
be might as we'll have been guilty, since
he was sure to bear the punishment.
sit was you, was IL, you ineorrigibIe
rascal?" said phunp'emwell, seizing
the unlucky Peregrine by the nape of
the neck. ''Now go, sir, aald rub it off,"
Tweez did as ne was desired.
"Now, my dear boy,D said Thump'em- |
well, "come here"
pweedle knew it would be of no use
to resist t, aud 80 he went.
In minute atterward the Instrument
ot torture assembled and descended in |
rapid succession, and the screams ofi
the unhappy sutfererresounded through |
the apartment.
"Pll teach you. you imp, to make sport |
of your superiorsW said phumpemwell,
after he dflogged him till his arm was
tired. And now," added he,, ''come
with mel" '9
Tweezle, still believing, as If he had |;
the lungs of ten urchins, was dragged L
by Thunp' emwelF to little dark, dusty
room, used as the prison for Juvenile de-
and there locked up. We all
OF us heard him roaring for about five
minutes, when the noise gradually sub.
sided, and he was as quiet as if he had
dropped asleep. Feeling acuteiy for
hisIf suffsrings, and indignant that he
should have undergraduate severe pun.