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' | | 16 Beadle’s Dime Library. “Every College and University in the whole world has a hard set of students—but my opin- ion is that Yale is none behind, eh?’ and Joggles rather chuckled over the doting ex- pression. ‘Wal, it’s always been so for years and years, and years,” spoke up Sam Keeler. ‘Why, I might go on and tell you some of the biggest kind of scrapes which have oc- curred hereabouts; but arter all, ain’t it to be expected that when you put several hundred young fellows together, under one roof, the devil will be to pay afore they quit? ‘Old Yale’ has sent forth great and good men inmy day, who, while they were at College, were raising the very deuce—just the same as you fellows are. Lordy! how it makes me feel once in a while, when I take a retrospect,” and as Keeler brought this out, he sighed, and giving the bunch of flesh about his neck a,se- vere shake, the boys smiled freely at his va- rious expressions. LIBER XIL ‘ It had been agreed upon by the members of the ‘‘ Philistine Society,” that every Freshman who undertook to show any amount of import- ance and pomposity on his arrival at Yale, should be duly ‘‘Smoked Out,” notwithstand- ing the severity of all restrictions to the con- trary. And this was to be put into execution by some of the clique. ‘‘Gentlemen,” said Derby, of Florida, one evening while in convention, ‘‘there are two late arrivals at Yale—two young, green Freshmen—and they must be ‘‘smoked out” at once. One hails from the blue State of Connecticut—the other from Delaware ; and both of them, gentlemen, are exactly what we need in executing the order with dispatch and success. ‘‘Mr, President, I now move that six per- sons be appointed to “‘smoke out” these two personages who, since their arrival, and that occurred some three days since, have been swelling themselves out like a bleached shirt ona windy day. For my part, I am willing to be one of the six, and run the risk of all the penalties if caught in flagrante delicto.” ‘Allow me to say, Mr. President, that I must certainly come in for one of the im-im- immortal six, and have an im-im-im-important to do in that case,” stuttered forth Jog- gles, who as usual was more than “‘half-seas- over.” “Sit down, Joggles—you will be all right for a job,” proclaimed the President, with a smile. ‘Then I’m sure of being con-con-considered one of them, eh?” asked Jog. The President bowed. ‘‘Then JT’ll take my seat deliberately,” and down he sat. ; After a little discussion, six persons were appointed, viz.: Dersy, of Florida; JoGGLEs, of Louisiana; SuE-carao, of Michigan; Hance, of New Hampshire; Tru, of Ohio; Peprer, of Maine, to carry into effect the “smoking-out system,” the method of which may be easily understood by reading the following account : It was agreed upon that each should disguise himself, and meet at She-cargo’s room, at a certain hour of the evening. Joggles was to furnish the long pipes, tobacco, and matches. Derby, of Florida, was to introduce the mat- ter to the Freshman, by introducing himself. “Now then, gentlemen, if everything is in readiness, I will slip out of the room, go and knock at the Connecticut member’s door. Let it be understood that after I have been in there for about ten minutes, two or three of you must come up and make an excuse for visiting him. Is it all understood?” ‘All right, Derby,” said Joggles, whose sobriety, on this occasion, was remarkable, ‘(Am I addressing Mr. Boggs, of Connecti- cut?’ Derby quietly asked, as he rapped and presented himself. “You are, sir,” was the reply from a slim- looking fellow of about eighteen, who looked as though he had come to College for the sole purpose of displaying himself. “Excuse me, sir, for calling, although I have never been introduced to you. I feel as- sured that it is no more than a duty, however, for certain reasons, well worthy of notice—” “No excuse, sir, if you please—for I warmly welcome you,” interrupted the young man, “I took the liberty of throwing aside my usual studies, for the evening, and making it a point to call,” continued Derby, as they ex- changed cards, and passed the usual compli- ments. This was enough. ; *‘T congratulate you, sir, upon coming to this venerable seat of learning—a place so justly celebrated in the annals of history, and whence so many bright and shining stars have gone forth; for neither your parents nor your- self could have done better, in your selections. You see,” continued Derby, in his easy style, ‘* Yale College is so well known that its fame is matchless, and I am certain, that after you have become acquainted with the general body of students here, you will feel perfectly at home. Mr. Boggs, you will find a pretty hard set of boys, take us all together, yet we area pretty fair gang, however—” “Yes, but it’s very natural to find rather gay circles here, I understand,” interposed the innocent new Freshman. ‘‘Very true, Mr. Boggs, very true. As there area few technicalities which you may not be aware of, I thought I would call and point them out, so as to save you from being duped at given times, merely for the want of infor- mation.” “Thank you, sir. You are, indeed, very kind, and I shall highly esteem your good friendship, and consider you as one of my best friends. I am very ignorant in regard to your rules and usages here, but undoubtedly one can soon learn all the particulars.” “Oh, yes,” rejoined Derby, with a smile, ‘¢ one can soon ‘learn the ropes.’ I was think- ing of it this evening, that as other students came and told me, it was my duty to reciprocate —and that is why I called on you to perform a similar duty.” All was lovely enough, Derby went on ‘“‘ stuffing ” the poor fellow in divers ways. He told him that he must get up at such an hour of the morning, year in and year out; then run two miles; then return and take a cold shower bath; after that, run round Yale Col- lege three times without stopping to rest; black his own boots, draw his own water, clean his room, make his bed, read two chapters in the Bible; then peruse the “‘ College Rules”—and all this before ‘‘ Prayers.” Derby gave him to understand it was very essential that he eat nothing but white bread and butter for break- fast, as he could learn easier, and to ‘keep back his appetite” for a good, healthy dinner! He proceeded to point out with great perspicu- ity the various duties of a student, which he said were rather irksome at first, but in a short time became quite easy and pleasant. ‘‘ We contrive, here,’”’ said Derby, ‘‘to gain all kinds of exercise.” Here some one rapped. “Ah, here are some chums—I said you would have callers,” observed Derby, as the door opened to receive Joggles, Hance and Tim He gave each an introduction, ‘‘Then your mission here was to inform Mr. Boggs of the rules and usages, it seems?” said Tim to his chum, “Yes; all right, gentlemen,” said Derby. ‘Ah! all is right, then. We have fine weather, Mr. Boggs.” : ‘Very fine, indeed, sir.” Joggles had landed himself on the side of the bed. “You will find this Yale College a great place, sir,” said Jog. “Yes, sir.” “Some of the hownds here, too, Mr. Boggs.” ‘*Tt’s very natural that there should be,” was the reply. “That’s a fact,” rejoined Joggles, with a nod of the head. “Rather of a hard Faculty to deal with, but then you must look out for the odds,” remark- ed Tim. *¢ And always go in for the odds, mind that,” spoke up Joggles. “One thing is certain—yow certainly go in for them,” observed Hance, with a smile, ‘‘T don’t know how it is,” said Joggles, as he suddenly placed his hand to the side of his face, *‘ but as sure as I eat hot cakes for supper, every Tuesday and Saturday nights, an old, confounded rotten back tooth will begin to jump up and ache like the d——1.” This remark created a general laugh. “T must go.” “‘Go where, Joggles?”’ ‘* Why, to my room, Tim.” ** But don’t go.” ‘* But, my dear fellow, I must get my pipe out, for that kills the tooth-ache. Come,” said Jog, ‘‘all hands go to my room, and let’s have a good smoke,” “Oh no, Jog.” ‘Then, if you are too confounded lazy, I'll bring pipes and tobacco to you, provided Mr. Boggs has no objection,” said the cunning Jog- gles. “Certainly, you can smoke here,’ replied the Freshman, in a meek tone. “‘ But, do you smoke?” asked Tim, “No, sir, I do not smoke; but it makes no difference on that account. You will please bring the implements.” ‘Very well, all is rightly understood then,” observed Joggles. ‘‘I’ve got a plenty of pipes, and a plenty of ‘Mrs, Miller’s,’ in my room,” This was enough; the curtain was lifted—the act a go, for acertainty. Back came Joggles, with a lot of long pipes, and with him the re- maining members, who had been appointed to assist. ‘* Couldn’t help the intrusion, as Joggles said we must come in and have a smoke,” spoke up She-cargo, after he had received an introduc- tion. ‘“‘No, we could not help it, I assure you,” added Pepper, of Maine. ‘Glad to see you—happy to make your ac- quaintance,” replied Boggs. After a short discussion, each of the six dele- gates heldin their hands a long pipe, filled with strong tobacco. The pipes were soon set a-go- ing, and the six worthies puffed away with all their energy. In a short period of time, the small room in which they sat was filled with a dense cloud of smoke, which had no possible vent, as both the door and window were closed, owing to the severity of the wea- ther, it being in the month of November. The Freshman sat himself down by the window. ‘‘Better join us, Mr. Boggs, for here are other spare pipes,” said Joggles. ‘“‘ Never smoke—beg to be excused,” was his mild answer—and it was meek enough, They had placed over the end of their pipes a bit of paper, so as to enable them to throw forth a large volume of smoke from the bowl of their pipes, and puffed away with the gravity of Indian chiefs. | ‘Hope the smoke has no effect upon you?” said Joggles. ‘Oh, no!” but it was very evident from Boggs’ endeavor to suppress coughing, that he was almost stifled. “Give me a good pipe, with one of these eighteen-inch stems, and you may have all the cigars,” observed She-cargo, coolly. ‘‘ That’s what I say,” rejoined Tim. ‘** Great fun, this!” added Joggles, The Freshman began to look very pale. “Mus'n’t lisp this, Mr. Boggs; for, should the Faculty learn of us smoking here, they would haul us over the coals, and you, too,” This remark fell from Tim’s lips. ‘‘ No fear of that, for Connecticut people in general are no ‘ tell-tales,’ and—” “ Nothing will go from my lips, gentlemen,” suddenly interrupted Boggs, as Joggles spoke. * All right, then.” “Do you intend to pass through a general and regular course, while here, or do you take a partial course through college?” “Sir?” he very meekly asked. Hance repeated it. ‘* Par—par—partial course,” said the “sick- ish” Freshman, who had too much pride to own that he felt indisposed, ‘*Have you chosen any profession, out of the many?” asked Tim. The room was now full of smoke—‘ so thick,” said Jog, “that a fellow might cut it with a case knife.” ‘ Boggs began to sigh. ‘Gentlemen, you must excuse me for tell- ing you, but I’m sick—very sick,” and he had no more than said it, before he began to vomit freely. ‘Ah! well, here goes my pipe, if that’s the case,” said Tim, throwing it upon the floor, with a smash, ‘¢ And mine.” | ‘* And mine, too,” added another voice. In fact, the six pipes were instantly smashed, for as soon as a student yields, and ‘‘ owns up, man-fashion,” that he is sick, then they who Comicbooks: com — eee ’ eee