Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-08
sHETURNED SIDEWAYS.
Peculiarly Perplexing Predicamenl
ofa Lot ofVassar Girls.

"The extract from the Baptist Record.
er, printed last week, writes q Pough-
keepsie correspondent, "recounting the
fix In which twelve Baptist clergy
men who went TO take q swim found
themselves, reminds me of the follow
ing story, which has Just leaked out
through young Vassar graduate re-
Gently married. 1t Is rather unseasou-
able but will bear repeating neverthe-
less:
"A small party of giddy girls from
our college up the Hudson started out
for an early constitutional under the
chaperonage Of young and rather in
dulgent teacher. 1t was excessively
warm, and they had not proceeded q
great distance when it was found nec-
essary to call halt. Accordingly the
party sought refuge from the hot rays
of the sun in a grove on the banks of
an inlet on the Hudson. 1t was very
secluded place, and they had not been
enjoying the welcome cooIness very
long when the boldest of the young la
dies proposed that they go in bathing.
OF course all hands were at first shocked
at the very idea, but the cool water
looked so tempting-besides the very
boldness of the project added tinge of
excitement to the, danger, and the rest
ofthe girls were soon a unit in favor of
going in.
"The teacher was more obdurate,
but on the seclusion of the place being
pointed out to her not only relented
and gave her consent, but agreed to go
In with the others. No sooner said
than done, and with the mutual un-
derstanding that all should keep a
sharp lookout for intruders, the six
lovely nymps were disporting them
selves in the delightful cool waters. So
delightful was it, In fact, that prudence
was thrown to the winds, the danger
of discovery being lost in the pleasure
of the moment. -.-.. ..........
"With what CONSERVATION, therefore.
it may be judged, did they view the
sudden appearance of three gawk-
looking young countrymen on the
bank Of the little inlet near their cloth
ing. They retreated in dismay to deep
er water, while the countrymen were
just at that mischievOus period of
mans existance-seventeen--when the
gravity of such situation could not be
forced into them through the auger
hole, planked themselves grinningly
down, determined to see the fun out.
"The prisoners in the water at first
tried shouting but the boys only grin
ned. Threats, pleadings and promises
of reward If the boys would go away
were alternately resorted to, but the
boys only arranged themselves more
comfortably on the seats and grinned
harder. -.
when all known expedients had
failed and things were becoming des-
perate, one of the disgusted nymps
suddenly caught sight of something
that promised solution to their diff.
ficulties. It was nothing more nor less
than an old dishpan which had evi.
IDENTIFY fallen into 'innocuous desuetudei
and lay on the bank some distance from
the boys.
"She communicated her plan to the
others, who eagerly acceded to it, and
the teacher, being the oldest, was dep.
utized to carry it out. Accordingly
she turned sideways to the boys and
slowly backed toward the beacon oi
hope, !. e., the dishpan. After stumb'
ling and almost falling several times
she finnelly reached it. Seizing it tri.
umphantly she swung it boldly around
in front of her, and with this as sort
of shield started valiantly toward the
boys.
IA scream of horror from the girls in
the water and roar from the boys
caused her to look down to discover
oh, horror of horrors!- that the bottom
was out of the pan.