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carry the joke so far, and that Joe got scared worse than we 

 M^anted him to. The Doctor laughed and went back to his 

 room after Joe, but could not make him believe it was a 

 joke, nor get him back into our room any more. The Doctor 

 had to set up with Joe the balance of the night and dose 

 him with nerve tonics, and send him home in the morning. 

 Joe never came back to that school again, and I have never 

 had the opportunity of speaking to him since, but I have ever 

 regretted that little cruel escapade, in which I lost a friend 

 and admirer. Joe is still living in that section of the country, 

 where he married and raised a family of excellent children, is 

 doing well and is a solid and useful citizen. He is also better 

 off in this world's goods than I am and no doubt a better man. 



