Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-02-06

/ will wager dozen baskets of champaign,
that can do it,
"Done!" exclaimed the other, graspine
| his hand. But how on earth are you tt
get up there ?''
Just as Cieth Ayles got into the cham.
Der at Miss Kings. He climbed up the
| pillars to the balustrade in front of thu
second story, then he had to rake ths
water pipe to the third. There was little
projection there; he crept along that, and
got into the window. Now, this is moth
ing to that"
but here there are four stories''
A cold shudder crept over me, and my
heart beat so, 1 fancled the. Y must hear it
| for l began to have some i'd Ia OF their IN
tentions.
Yes, there are four; but just look at it.
Here, YOU see," as he pointed towards the
tower, "s broad piazza under each row
Of wiudows-gooG resting 9laces-and the
pillars are just the right site to climb. But
[ was telling you about Cleth. He bel
with Paul Fakes, a real 'iavage jealous
tempered fellow, just as bet with you
now. He got in. and got out, and no one
in the school ever knew it He took faith
full note of everything, particularly the
features of the occupant. He cut off one
| of her curls and carried it to Paul. He
had no idea that Paul had the remotesl
acquaintance with any of the girls. But
| knew all tie time that Paul had been
introduced to one of them. and had been
flirting desperately with her for six
months. Now, it happened that her cham
Der was the very one. Cleth found pho
tograph upon her table. and carried it te
Paul along with the curl, to prove that hi
had won the bet. But he showed it to thret
or four of us fellows first. 1t was a pho.
tograph Of Paul himself. Aow we laugh
ed at Paul about 1t; and oh. how enraged
he was He challenged poor Cleth and
shot at him; and now if you-''
''You needn't fear me, for I have not
been flirting with any of them; least of al
should happen to wake up"
II won't wake her up, I assure you.''
"But you never can get down again
without being caught
"Can't 1, though? I'm a good path
finder, and never get lost.''
'You will try it tonight, you say?"
Tonight at two O'clock"
And they walked off.
was petrifed with establishment for a
few moments. AS soon as could collect
my scattered senses, 1 fed to the house
and rushed up to Vestella. All the soci.
ETY. members were with her. l burst upon
them with the terrible news had beard.
Nellie de Lisle fell at once into sweon.
Anna Vesey screamed and wrung her
hands IN terror, while Florlla Carter and
myself insisted upon reporting all to
madame.
mo, no, girls, do nothing of the kind. 81
said Vestella, as she calmly sprinkled
water upon Nellie's face, and tried other
means to restore her. 1--WE will arrange
it better than that. Come up here, all of
you" she continued, after pause. as
she saw Nellie beginning to revive
Come up here, after Mdlle. Westron has
been through, and will show you trick
that will astonish you"
The hall teacher went her rou nds every
night at ten oclock, to see that the lights
were all out, and the girls In order. And
that night, after she had retired, we
noiselessIy slipped up to the appointed
place. Vestella had closed all the blinds.
and dropped the curtains, fastening the
two side windows and leaving the Sash
of the front window up. She waited for
about an hour, to be sure that all in the
house were asleep, then cautiously lighted
a lamp and proposed her plan. 1t was
adopted, with many suggestions and i'm
>pT1yements, and much suppressed laugh
ter from theHest Of us, Who bad now lost
all feaI, and were ripe for Jun.
we took the mattress from the bed-it
was new one, very thick and heavy-and
set it up edgewise, just the distance of it's
width from the window. Then having
taken out the bed-rope, we made a slip
moose in one end, and spread it open I'M
der the window, raising it little from
the moor cy means of a circle of thick
books. Vestella took the other erd in
her hand. and, having extinguished the
light, each OF US stationed herself in the
darkest corner, beside the mattress, ready
TO push it over at a signal from her,
1t was now one O'Clock, and we waited
IN breathless suspense. The clock struck
two, and we were ready to drop with
fatigue and drowsiness; but soon after, a
light rustling, away down below, reused
US to high pitch of expectation. He
was coming. How could he get alono
with so little noise? He must have been
experiences in such UNDERTAKINGS. In a
few seconds we heard his hands creak, as
he grasped the balustrade, and Immediate
ly his head ard shoulders were thrust
through the window. The mattress seem.
ed to startle him.
He looked around, listened, then seem
lngly impressed With the necessity of grea.
Ter caution. he gently set one foot upon
the ii DOT, then the other, then stood erect
and looked and listened again. Vestella
pulled the cord with all her strength, and
down he went. Down went the mattress
upon bin, smCthe1ing his excla ma tiops. if
he uttered any. Each of US flew to a corner,
and held it down with all the force we
could muster in our trepidation. We