The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-30
GOING /. . nUA & DlNG-sCHOOL.
Another Intercepted Letter from .
Fast Young Chicago Girl.
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DEAR ALLIE What do you think, ma
and lhuse are plotting against INV peace and
Innocence now? just imas inc all the most
horrible things in the world, and even then
you will not CUES. it; aud all Arethu.a's do
ms, too. Sac is Just like that Heather
Chinee, with a emile 90 "childlike and
bland" she will play the meaIsst games l
ever saw, and this is one OF them. l Will ad-
NIT that it always puts me in excellent
spirits to arouse her Jealousy, but she thinks
Fred. 3 eyes we're only made to look at her.
So they are going to send me to an old
bOardin -schoOi, where the teachers watch
you like cats, and put your lights out with
out ever saying ''by your leave" or any
thing, and read all your letters to see II you
have got beau, and keep you on your knees
until you catch the rheumatism or paralysis,
and cram you with physics and morality,
and all such humbux. / hate those girl
dungeons. went to one in this
State when was only eleven
years old, and U, Allie, 4 home-icker
child never was seen; and disgraced NY
seif the first day got there. A ter the des-
sert of sawdust pie wss concluded, when my
eyes we're 30 swollen that l could not see
anything but just what l ought not TO see,
the teachers and scholars su ideniy dipped
their respective teaspoons into their respec-
tive tumUlers and wipe them on their re-
spective napkins. IL seemed such 4 funny
way Of washing dishes that burst right out
laughing. The Professor lsveled his glasses
s;erbly at me aud told ME to leave the room.
l took the liberty of detesting him from that
moment. He used to make such long
prayers that the girls used to do CROCHET
work under the stools, and roll potatoes on
the floor to each other. And our chief deli
cacy was sorghum molssses. Think Of il,
Allie! Are there tears in your Cheek? If
not, you never deserve to see cream pie. or
any civilized dainty ag, Morning., noon
and night that mols-ses pitcher stared us in
the face, until desplsed 1t almo-t - much
as did the professor himself, and the morn
ing before lett ! Carried one Of the things
rlyiy up to my room, md IN the midst OF All
applaudlng multi ud., placed my toe deli
csteiy against it, and, giving the pitcher a
sudden impetus, it performed a series OF as
tonishing gymnastics through the air and
out OF the window. / never was so happy
in my life, and, as luck would have 1t. the
professor was passing underneath, ard re
come contents Desmearing his astoni.hed
features and besl black coat. II that ssintsd
man had ever allowed himself the delicious
satisfaction Of getting mad, he would have
been 30 then. His ewes dii certainly, for .
moment, have a very naughty fish, but he
came to bid me goodbye in his usual bene-
diction. And now they talk OF sending me
to convent. Could the lava Modocs be
more cruel? Just picture me, in my youth
and Innocence, shut up in a big box, with
never blessed boy to smie At or Airt with!
What manner or sense If there in living if
YOU cannot have some one to look pretty
at? I'll fall in love with pres that's
what Iil do, and cont it be fun? | tell
you some of those black eyed brothers, u Al
pretend they never see you, when they're
staring at you on the slv every chance they
get, are just the splendidest fellows in the
world to Dirt with. Cousin Miriam said
she lived once right in front Of the Caihe-
dral and next to the priests house. and
there was q retreat, and lots of fat priests
going back ward and forward, and ringing
little bells, and reading little books, and the
Bishop used to come and walk under her
windows. and look up at her with his eyes
leo awful nice and naughty for bishop, you
know. and take Cd his cap, and he had the
whitest hands, and the sweetest curls, and
such a lovely drers. all purple silk and
.aiin, and velvet. l think it 10 q kind Of
charity, too, to smile at ard notice those poor
fellows that can't be engaged or married, or
anything. / think that one in France that
married the pretty widow in spite OF the
Pope, and every body kissing his toe, il per-
fectly splendid.