Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-29
PICKLED LINES.
I.--PI.orRINa MISCHIEF.
4 Hoariii.g- School FroIic.

one.
80, l dop "And Ir "And Ir'
shouted about dozen Of the other girls.
"All right Wen each contribute a
few pennies, AMI have a regular feast of
\ picked lines and stick-candy."
"Thats so !" cried No. 2. won't
We eu,oy them, though MY mouth
waters to think OF it."
These young girls were all pupils in a
very aristc cratic boarding school not
many miles away, where everything was
conducted on system, and the young
y ladies' were expected TO turn ont perfect
models of intellectual womanhood. Some
"a did, but, alas for human hopes, very
many graduated with but one fixed
idea, namely: tina. boarding-school was
N a place in which to have fun, and to tor.
a ment the teachers to the utmost of their
n ability.
Miss Woodward was fine principal
n and very discerning woman, but the
n girls would get the best of her occasion
ally. in spite of her keen eyes and ears !;
and Just now, after a whole month of
a goodness, they were positively pining
for mischief, and had ransacked their
n brains for something wicked enough to
shock the whole community.
The morning before, while their
n worthy principal was taking her beauty
n sleep, some one had climbed up to the
N veranda, and just before her window
"A had placed most ridiculous caricaturc
of her august sell, adorned with her
precious brown ringlets, and n set Of
teeth that were supposed to have been
a profound secret. How they got out of
her top drawer on to that figure will al
ways remain a mystery to Miss Wood
~ ward. But there they were; 80 the poor
lady was obliged to pull the object in.
and stide her indignation as best she
could, because 'twould never do to have
the story spread abroad.
The young Professor of Languages
had been tormented to such degree
M that, had il not been for an attachment
to the very ringleader of all the mis-
chief, he would certainly have thrown
up his situation for moro peaceful
haunts; but, being hopelessly in love,
he bore it all, to the great disgust Of the
M girls. who daily expected some explosion
from him. Nothing was said, and, rs
Miss Woodward had kept quiet about
the figure, they wero quite melancholy,
and felt tLat nothing but great dis
obedience, in some form, would CON-
NJ pensate for their disappointment.
One of the rules of the school strictly
~ enioined the putting out of all the lights
by $50 0o'clock. and the putting of ones
self quietly to bed but here were these
II girls this afternoon planning for picked
lines and good time in the evening,
after all the good people of the house
al should be in their beds.
1t was decided that, after tea, Nettie
Cutler, the very essence of fun and the
leader in all the mischief, SHOULD feign
Illness and start for herroom, but should
steal out the back gate and down into
the town for the goodies. So while the
Others were in the dining hall, Nettie,
having been excused on account OF a
severe sick headache" made her escape
and did all that was desired of her-and
more. She bought all kinds OF dainties
the town afforded, then stole in and
went up stairs with her large bundle,
unseen.
At 10 o'clock, when they were sup
posed to be sweetly sleeping, fourteen OF
the fifty decorous young women in the
establishment were perched on Nettie's
bed, sucking picked lines and discuss
ing more mischief.
II we could only do something to
exa'pera.e Prof Sterns, should be
satisfied" said Grace Darnley, who dis
liked the professor for something the
saino reason as the fox detested the
grapes.
They all sat busily thinking for about
aminute, nothing being heard but the
smack of lips over lines and candy.
Then, "oh, girls, have IN idea y from
Grace.
al mouths suspended motion.
You know Ma'am Woodward thinks
the professor is perfection itself, and,
although she is about twenty years older
'hah ne, thinks that those ringlets and