The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-10-04
TWO FRESHMEN.
The Professors Strange Adventure.

| Inc Is college III part OF the cuIh'
try which eastern young folks would
call he Wps', and little westsrners the
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things about it. Perhaps the queercst
things OF all about this college are the
tu WA k with the girls-for there are
lots OF girls at his college, and pretL!
ones, toU-and there are 80 many other
rules thai can t at Umpt to write about
them.
Now. it happened that once upon a
time boy went to this college, and the
first year he was one of the freshmen, Of
course. He was to be freshman just a
year, if he studied hard, but if he was
lazy, he might be a freshman for two
years. 1t is not considered proper,
though, to be freshman two years, al
though it sometimes happens so. But
this boy was a bright fellow, and there
was not much danger that he would
take more than a ye to become
sophomore 1t happened that girl
went to this college at the same time,
ana she, too, became freShman-it's
queer to call gIIl a man, isn't III
There must I've something wrong about
the college after all. In the chapel, and
in the recitation rooms, these two fresh
men saw one another, of course, and
it so happened that the boy freshman
thought that he would Ike to get ac-
quaInted with the girl-freshman. This
was not cry surprising, for the girl
was very pretty, and perhaps she look
ed like one of the boys sisters. But
am not sure about that, for the student
who told me this story forgot to say
anything about the boys family, or to
tell whether he had any sisters. Yet it
is very likely that he had, for a great
many boys do have them.
Well, this boy used to look at this girl
very often, and am told that she, alter
while began to look back at him.
Perhaps it was because he was a nice
looking boy, and perhaps she had a
brother of whom this boy reminded her.
But cannot be sure of this part of the
story, for | never heard about her fam
lily either,
A month or 80 after college began,
the boy made up his mind to get aC-
quaInted with the girl. He would have
liked to be introduced to her, but there
was that rule in the way which forbade
il; and 80 it came about that he boldly
wrote the girl note asking her to take
walk with him that evening after sup
per. There was a very pleasant road on
the outskirts of the little town, where
the college is. and he asked her to meet
him there. or course 1t was wrong for
him to write the note, but il boys and
girls never made mistakes what a tire
some kind Of world we would live in.
Why, we should never have a chance to
laugh in school, and that would be ter
iible, wouldn't it2 Well, the boy wrote
the note and sent it, but just as the girl
received it aud was reading il, along
came strict professor whom we will
call Professor Blank, although you un-
derstand that is not his real name.
"What have you theie, Miss Rose?'
he asked.
We will call the girl Rose, because a
rose is pretty flower, and the boy used
to think that the girl had one OF these
| flowers in each cheek. or course, you
understand that it wasn't real rose,
but perhaps the boy was little near
sighted and thought that il was.
Nothing" said Miss Rose, in answer
to the professors question. "Only a
piece of paper"
"Humph!' said the professor. "Only
piece Of paper, eb? And what is on
the paper"
Now. at this the girl began TO blush
until, II the boy could have seen her
then, he must have though: that she
had learned the rose multiplication ia.
BILE. You probably have noticed thai
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do. | have been told that they outgrow
il in time, and then they wish they
could do it again sometimes, oil hough
when they we're younger, their blushes
used to embarrass them dreadfully
Just why all this should be so nobody
knows, although a great many wist
men have tried to find out at variou
times.
But we must get back to the story
When Miss Rose stood silent, the pro
fessor became suspicious, and tried /,
take the paper away from her.
"Oh, please don't!' she cried, anC
tears came in'O her eyes. That mad
the professor all the more determined
and he pulled the note out Of H.
hands. Then he read it through twice
This ia pretty buSiues', mss" h,
said "Flirtingl Flirting! Right unde
my nose, too if may use such com
mon expression. IL must be punished
punished severely! Come with me
Miss Rose, and we'll attend to thi
young gentleman"
so he took her to his study, and sa
her down at desk, and told her /,
: write note to the boy, as he dictated
it.
Now" said he, "wrlte this: 'Dea
Harry You call him Dear Harry,
don't your
At this the girl began to cry. "
don't call him anything SIR" she gasp
: I'd Il never spoke to him."
The professor got little less fierc
when he heard this, but il didn't alte
hIs plan to punish the boy.
WELL" he said, perhaps have mis-
judged you. But, at any rate, write a