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The subscription price for Tm: WlDE‘AXl'ARE 'Lrnn.ln2 for the year 1882 will be $2.50 per year;
FRANK TOLSEY, Ijunusnsrt, 34 and 36 North Moore Street, New York.
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. ‘ TOMMY BOUNCE,
Ji’.,‘ lN ‘COLLEGE.
$1.25 per 6 months, post paid. Address‘
Box 2730. " ,
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Autlzorbof "Bob Rollick, the Tank-ee Notion Drummer," “T7ze Slzorlys Jifarried and Se(tled,Down,” “.Ebenezer Orow,” “Stump; or, Little,
Oh, My!" “ Chips and Chin (,7l:'n," “ Tom, Dick, and the
,” “T1mzblt'ng Tim.”
“Tommy Bounce,” “ Sltorty; or,Kz'cked
into Good Luck,” ‘.‘ Tommy Dodd,” “ Shorty in Search of His Dad,” “ The SItortys’Tn‘p Around the World,” etc., etc.
CHAPTER I.
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' is commencing the relation of a new career for an
old and well-known character to our readers, a few
words in the form of a. synopsis of what has passed
during his former career may bewell, more especially
for those who now take up these chronicles for the
- first time. , i '
Tommy Bounce, the son of his dad (who at his age
was very muchlike him), had been attending the
academy of Professor Slam, where, although he made
creditable progress in his studies, was nevertheless
such a. mischievous fellow, and, in connection with
others, out up somany pranks and played so many
jokes on the teachers and others connected with the
school, that he and another, by the name of Bill Gunn,
were finally expelled and sent home to their parents;
this being the only way, in the opinion of Professor
Siam, that he could relieve himself of the personal hot
‘ were continually sousing him
< (as tons ofthousands offormer readers will pleasantly
, xemember), and restore his school to anything like its
er,repntation for gravity.
Si mt they went, and away they went with flying
in 4, regretted by their school-fellows, but gladly
7% the management. .
“ q aps it would be interesting to know all‘abont
how rommy Bounce was received home after, being
"fired out" of Professor Slam's school, together with
his particular friend and fellow mischief-maker, Bill
Gunn. But it is enough to say that the reception was
on the part. of his dad, although, as usual; his
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warm,
mother was inclined to smother it for him aswell as ,
ossible. ' -
p “ I'll ux him," thought Mr. Bounce. 9‘ I'll take some
of the devil out of him, if hard work and short rations
will do it. I'll put him into the store and makes.
drudge of him; l'll:'l '.
And just then he stopped, while his mind reverted to
his own advent in the same store so many years be-
fore. ' ’ '
And as he reflected, a smile gradually stole over his
race for well he remembered how full of the "old
boyi’ he was hlmselfwhen he was 3 young boy and
with all his wrath and indignation he could not but
admit that Tommy was simply a“Chip of the old
. ,. .
“ But never mind," he added, after he had enjoyed a
reflective smile. “ I remember now In father put me
and it is my duty to serve in in the same
way. Yes, if he will Snot behave at school I’ll make
him behave in the store at work." '
And so Tommy was taken into the store and put to
hard labor. 1 i ’
it rather went against his grain, but after surveying
the situation for a few days ina quiet sort of way, he
concluded that he could worry a little fun out. of it if
he tried hard. ’
There were five or six clerks and two porters there
for him to operate upon, and so he began to study
their peculiarities. c '.-
One of the porters, Dennis Olltag, was a subject for
fun, for he was one of those iiandy Andy sort of Irish-
men who was forever making mistakes and saying the
quecrcst things ever heard.
Tommy cottoned to Dennis right away and as he
was the son ofthc boss, of course Dennis iounti it no
hardship to fall in with him. in fact before 9. week
harl passed he was ready to swear by m. ‘
lint Tommy was keeping remarkably quiet for him.
in fact in sick.
Mrlnally the dinners began t
but when Tim sat down at noon to eat his bread an
meat, he would find bread and butter and perhaps a
smoked herring. '
This ofcourse made him mad, and he would swear
that “ Mistress 0'ltag would ust catch the diril when
he went back to their alace n the evening," and she
generally did, althoug swearing that she never gave
lm in herring for dinner in all her life.
On the other land, Tim llicreg smiled theusmilc of
the happy, and inwardly congratulatevlhimse on hav-
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ing the nnesi. wife in the world to manage on the sly to
give him bread and meat, when bread and butter and
red herrings were the best he could expect; and, in
fact, the best he ever got.
This went on for several days, to the utter demoral-
izatlon of Mrs. Olllag and delight of Tim liicPeIz.
And there were two clerks who brought their din-
ners as well. Finally the trouble between the porters
ccasedanti the same thing began between the two
clerks. And they were not disposed to take no notice
of the matter either. One of them got a much better
dinner than his landlady usually put up for him, and
the other a much worse one. But finally the one who
got the worst of the. exchange accused the other of
changing grub and then there was a riot between
them, all ofwh ch Tommy enjoyed greatly.
But on the whole he was behaving much better than
at school, especially when at home. True, there were
several strange things happened about the house for
which no account could be given, but which old Eben-
ezer Crow‘ the family coachman (who was still in the
employ1of.ir. Bounce, as was hisiwife and son, George
Washin 11 Abraham Lincoln Crow), fclttolerably cer-
tain were the tricks of Tommy Bounce. ,
Yes, Ebenezer was still in the employ of 'l'ommy’s
father, and was growing gray in the service, as was
his wife, the cook. As for their son and heir, George
Washington Abraham Lincoln, he had grown to be
quite a lad, and was employed as hall-boy. ‘
But Tommy behaved so well ‘at home that they all
began to think he had turned over a new leaf and had
sown all his wild oats.
Of course, they only saw the outside. They didn't
know about how often he dbzappeared from the house
after the family were in bed, and what rackets .he
would go on. getting back in time to put in an appear-
ance at breakfast, at all events, and so,‘ by working on
the sly, he got to be regarded as a good boy once
more.
Fora while he and Bill Gunn kept up their corre-
spondence by which each was posted regarding the
fortune of the other, but finally Bill took a trip to Eu-
rope with his mother, and the letters between them
ceased entirely after a. while. .
Well‘ while Tommy was thus havin his run “ on
the strict Q."l‘," his mother was doing a in her power
for him, and continually telling his father what a
shame it was that he should be denied a college educa-
tion, and fall back upon the drudgery ofa mercantile
life when the splendors and the honors of a profes-
sional carcer were within his reach. She protested
against it." -
" Oh, yes." the old man would an , “ you are for
making a fine gentleman of him, but tell you it can-
not he done."
“Why? is he so much like ‘you, my dearfl’ the
mother would ask, with a little wormwood.
Then liir. Bounce would get mad, and have no more
to say about it. at that time.
But she would be sure to bring it u on all sorts of
occasions, until he finally made up h s mind to send
Tommy to college. .
Allt is Mrs. Bounce.,would impart to her hopeful,
and so Tommy was kept well posted regarding what
was going on. In truth, be had no taste for a mercan-
tile life. and after working a few months, he made up
his mind that he preferred school to it.
lie had no idea oicver fitting himsciffor an of the
learned professions. lie hadn't had half a be lyful of
fun yet, and, until he did have, he had no notion of
bothering his head with an thing else.
But in order to fii..hlmsel for college, he was obliged
to go through with a course of private instructions to
make up for what he had neglected at Mr. Slam's
school.
And so he was placed under the tutorshlp ofa min.
lster, who woitit upon hlmsclfto fit him for entering
collcge.
e soon found that Tommy was notonly ex- ,
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ccedingly quick to learn, but, in fact, had already
learned much more than anybody supposed he would
have done who had watched his course at Mr. Siamls
boardingechool.
The parson was it very learned man, and, of course,
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a very pious one; and, of course, again, knowing that
his pupil's father was a very rich man, he took eat
interest in Tommy, and held him up ,as being a very
promising scholor.
Yes, this he did, notwithstanding several tricks
fastening together of the two halves of odd sermons,
and getting him greatly confusell,as wellas confus-
ing his hearers the next Svgiday when he attempted to
preach from what he supposed a single one, and the
one he had written for the occasion.
And during the year that Tommy was undergoing
this preparatory course of study, old Ebenezer Crow
and his son, George Washington Abraham Lincoln,
came in for a. number of rackets which especially
made the old man think ofdays that wer passed.
in short, while laying very low and s ‘emlng to be
about it. ‘
Once or twice he had met some of the boys who stil , -
went to Slamls school, and they laughed and talked ;
over again the rackets they had enjoyed there, al- 1
though they all said that the life had all gone out of tho ., -
school since the departure of Tommy and .Blll Gunn.
But it is safe to say that neither Elam, Josh, Hop Ski,
Mr. Slam, or Miss overripe thought so. - -
5 Well, and so at the end of a year Tommy passed a.
successful examination, and was admitted to Yale
College as a freshman. ,
It was an event in his life, as it is in the life of every
young man who enters college, although Tommy was
not much ofa “ freshman,” save in name. '
By this time he had grown from the schoolboy we
have seen him to be a tine-looking lad; is good speci-
men of Young America, and at theage of seventeen
he was an adept in all the maliljy sports, and an out
and out thoroughbred in everyt n . .
, lie made a very favorable impression on the senior
and junior classes, and they at once saw that “one of
the gang" had come to the school, but nevertheless,
he was a freshman and according to the custom he
would have to be put through a course at “hazing ''
just as though he was a regular clod. .
And Tommy Bounce was not long in finding out
that he was among a lot of the brightest, gayest
smartest, best young fellows that ever congregate
beneath the hovering wing of Alma am-as col-
leges are often called-and that he had got to look
sharp, and play utrump every time in order to keep
his on up. i '
But they went for him, and as here is a good chance
to introduce some of the characters; who may here-
after figure with Tommy,l will present them to the
reader. '
Itwas the evening of the third day after his install:
meat that about a dozen of the wildest fellows marched
into Tommyls room very politely, pretending -that
tbeyulitacll only come for a friendly call, just to get ac-
quu er .
First, there was Bill Digby, a tine-looking young ibi-
low. about twenty something of a sport, but as full of
mfschletas ever ommy Bounce was himself.
ball nine. tall, very shapely and goodolooklng, and
with .more interest in the Climber than he had in
either Greek or Latin; Joe Brick, Jack Wilda, i-‘rank
llackaboy. George lilossom, Charley Pepper, Marx
liarmcr, ‘Fred Morton. Ross Smallcy, Abe Skinner,
Dick llcnson, Sam Bedloe, and many others whose
names will appear from time to time. . '
Tommy rose to receive them‘ in fact, he was very
glad to receive them, for he had begun to boas lone-
some as a borrowed dog, and was ready to welcome
anybody, almost. - ‘
" Bounce. we have called to see you,” said Bill Dic-
by. walking in ahead of the others.
" llm devilish glad," said Tommy.
" We thought ouid bc,n-eshmcn are generally glad
to see undergrax uatcs and sophs. licrels the Blmll.’
he added, turning to the others and introducing
em. i
“Gentlemen, I'm glad to see you all. Take what
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which Tommy played upon him, one of which was the ,
the best boy alive, he was having nearly as much fun’ L
as at Mr. slamls school, only keeping more quiet
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