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——— 24: ooo, * Hope I may live a good many years, but un- certainty flies afore me constantly,” and he sighed. ‘Well, Uncle Keeler, I hope you will live a long time yet—” **T know you do, Joggles—I shall never for- get you—never. Going home now, I s’pose, and there live on your money, eh, with that dear mother of yours ?”’ ‘‘Only for a short time. I’m going to be a preacher, Uncle Keeler.” ‘‘ What! a preacher? Well, well, that is something new to me,” and he shook his head. ** Ah, I see, that is the wish of the old woman, I reckon?’ ‘‘ Even so—and I will obey her commands.” *‘ Good on your head, and may you live to reform the world,” shouted out the old fellow, patting Joggles on the shoulder. They at last parted, but it was truly a very serious time, indeed. He made the old man a fine present of a gold watch and chain on the day of his departure. It is said that it pleased him so much, excitement got the advantage of his cranium, and on the strength of so nice a gift Keeler could not refrain from ‘treating ”’ all his friends who happened to call in; and aside from that, of getting ‘‘awfully tight” himself. ‘Old Santa Cruz rum” got the best of him. Joggles’s leave with the Faculty was a very affectionate one, as he had asked “ forgiveness for his transgressions,” and had come off A No. 1 during the regular exercises of the Graduating Class. As for the other conspicuous members of the ‘Philistine Society,” many of them proved themselves worthy of the highest commenda- tions. Ogleish rattled off “the Valedictory ” in excellent style, while She-cargo, of Michi- gan, did high honor to himself. So did Steve, of Virginia—Derby, of Delaware—Tim, of Ohio—Roarer, of Kentucky—Dan, of Vermont —and Harry, of Rhode Island. At the “‘ breaking-up meeting” of the ‘* Phil- istines,” some liquor and cigars suffered. To tell the truth, all, with the exception of Joggles and one or more of the other members, took it upon themselves to reach that tapis when they take the liberty to ask, * Hic—hic—hic, who says Im—l’m—dru-dru-drunk?”’ Songs were sung, speeches made, and ‘‘ friends” invited in. Nat, of South Carolina, made a brilliant ‘‘ farewell speech,” and Jed, of Tennessee, sung— ‘* Farewell, old boy—farewell; We are soon for to go——"’ Uncle Sam Keeler was present on this “ glori- ous occasion,” as he termed it. His friends took the liberty of presenting him with many presents, such as a silver snuff-box, a pair of gold-bowed specks, a case of razors, with ac- companiments, several large gold rings, a hickory staff mounted with gold, a beautiful brace of pistols, together with pocket handker- chiefs, letters of condolence, jack-knives and money. Each one was presented by the giver, prefaced with a short speech: some delivered in Latin, others in Greek, others in Spanish and French. This created a deal of laughter, as the old fellow was obliged to make a speech in reply returning thanks for the same, All this had been contrived; but on. the part of Keeler, he supposed that he had just been in- vited to be present as an act of politeness. When Steve, of Virgiuia, advanced, holding in his hand the case of razors, he bowed very politely, and then addressed ‘Uncle Sam” in Latin. ‘* Old Fatty ” stood and listened atten- tively, and on presenting them, replied in a laughing way: ’ “Sir, Pll be darned if you have got the start of me, anyhow, if you did pitch into the ‘hog Latin; for as long as I can guess whatarazor is made for, then I can bet that you’ve hobbled out a lot of words, wrong end foremost, concern- ing the same. I thank you for the fixings, and will keep them to shave my phiz with.” Then the crowd would laugh heartily. When Ogleish presented the brace of pistols, he ad- dressed Keeler in Greek, and to have gazed on the expressive features of the old man, as he stood listening, would have caused a saint to have laughed. All stood about the room feel- ing full of merriment, for this was a part not ‘‘Set down in the bill.” After he had finished, he handed them over. The cry now was: ‘‘ Hark !|—Listen to the reply.” “From what I could make out,” said Uncle | Samuel, in a jocund way,-‘‘of his rummaging lingo, he wants me to keep these pistols, and when a fellow fairly insults me in downright earnest, to challenge him, or right up and let him haveit, slam-bang. I'll doso; andI thank you for ’em, as I can keep away the ‘ buggers’ now.” This speech caused a deal of laughter, as Ogleish merely asked him in Greek, to accept of them from’ a valued friend. Bouncer, of New York—the roaring member of the ‘ blood- and-thunder school ””—presented the old man with a hickory cane, mounted witha gold head. He did it in fine style. “Yes,” said the old man, as he swung it back and forth in his hand, ‘“‘1’ll keep it, and like ‘Old Hickory’ himself will I say—‘‘ By the eternal gods! I’ll cling to it as I do to De- mocracy !” This brought ‘‘the house down,” as the say- ing runs; for the old fellow took the liberty of displaying his eloquence, and the uncommon strength of his lungs. It was a rich time. After all was over, the entire company marched down to the old man’s “big back room,” when, to use his own expression, he did the “clean, handsome thing.” He not only brought on the ‘‘best he had in the house,” but gave a supper, when he made a great speech, full of many a queer and comical idea. He then sung an old song known as ‘Betsy Baker.” Ata late hour of night they parted. Morning chme, and in a few short hours an- other scene had dawned. Everything looked gloomy and lonely, for scores and scores of students had taken their departure. 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