Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-11-14

might help me To a solution of the problem
She read character with such ease and IA
so much influence on the best girls Of nor
than one set in the school felt sure tha
IL she would she could End my witch "a
me. But she was so Shrewd and in a guie
way had SO much influence over me that
felt morally certain she would get all th
facts in the case ont Of me in two minute
and probably despise me afterward Thi
conviction checked me every time | Wa
tempted to approach the subject with her
and later on, when / became engaged t,
! her most intimate friend, | could not bu
be thankful for my discretion. Girl lover
at boarding school do not often keep any
thing interesting from each other, ant
somehow | would not have liked Louise tc
know about that girl
OF course as time went on gave up the
/ idea of discovering her identity, but l am
sure l shall never forget her, nor cease tc
| ask myself who was sheY
L T.
had a bosom friend, am rather proud OF
the fact that one episode in my life has re
mained untold. l scarcely know why |
have never spoken of il to any of the girls,
unless it was that could not bear to have
them misunderstood or criticise him. He
always said knew things without being
told and understood things beforehand
However that may be, never could Judge
him harshly; that is certain, or bear to
hear any one else do so; and Louise was
always so straight-laced.
OF course Louise was my best and dear
est friend, and anything had to tell she
usually heard. had friends in other sets
however and that last year at school, when
We were put 20 room in different wings. |
had good deal Of fun among the "giddy
girls around me, without Louise or any one
off our corridor knowing much about it, |
remember debating a long time whether or
not should tell Louise about the frolic
planned in my end of South Hall for Hal
lowe'en. She could not join if she would,
ior few girls had the temeritv to cross from
one wing to the other after lights ere out.
If she knew of it and was not with us She
would have beer worried almost to death
and there was no knowing 10 what lengths
her conscience might not have driven her
She was the most pieus little darling aid
as sweet as she was good.
SO decided not to tell Ter any Of our
plans, which were as follows: First. 10 lay
in provisions for n feast, which was TO be
spread in my room; TO have apples, eggs,
salt, balls Of twine and all The other para
| phernelia for trying our fortunes ready 20
hand, and to bTibe Becky, the housemaid.
to put out the light in the lower hall
which usually burned all night Also to
borrow Miss Farron's alarm clock, TO wake
my roommate early for an extra hour OF
practice, and set it for twenty minutes 10
twelve. Then our lights went out rs usu-
al at ten o'clock, and We all went to sleep.
l slept so soundly that the borrowed alarm
vas wasted on me. and the first thing |
knew my room mate was shaking me Wig
orously. The lamps We're lighted and the
door stealthily opened to admit mothley
crowd of girls in bed room slippers, night
wrappers and shawls.
| We set to work at once and the goodies
soon disappeared. Aurelia Lane had q
copy of Burns poems, with notes, which
contained a full description of all the
| Scotch Halloween ceremonies. and We
followed these as closely as we could
The three dishes, one with clean, one with
murky water and the third empty, were
consulted, and | remember well how
laughed to find had three times chosen
the empty dish which signifed old maid
dood. 1t seemed so very funny, as l wal
the only girl the crowd who was engaged
The ball of yarn was thrown from tn,
window, where it was caught either by in
visible hands or by the rosebush below; a
any rate it stuck.
Apples were pared in front Of the mir
ror, salt cakes were baked and eaten anC
lead was melted and poured into pail o
water very successfully, as all the figure
looked remarkably alike and so could b'
imagined whatever each girl ehose-a sur
geon's lancet, a soldiers sword, journal
lists pen, etc. At last their remained onl,
one spell to try, and no one seemed verl
anxious to try it. ! finally volunteered
| thinking meanwhile how hOrrified Louis,
| I,. 6 -.
me minute instructions. "Take the yoll
out of this hard boiled egg and ill it "
with salt, then you must 20 down stair
backwards, slowly, eating the egg as rol
60 and thinking of The one you love best
| Then you must turn and come upstair
backwards. After you get back 10 you
room you must not speak word TO any
body, but so straight to bed, when il th
one you love Is to be your fate, you vii
dream Of bin helping you orera stream, o
fiiiing your pitcher at a we'll or reseuri
YOU from drowning, OF some such thing.
''No wonder ] remarked "after swal
lowing all that salt - ''But don't yoi
dread the corridor aud tho long flight @
stairs." asked my roommate.
"No, if Becky kept her promise, it's a.
dark, and I'm not afraid of the dark"
"Ah, but Connie, take off that raglal
and those slippers; it says in her bed
gown, bare feet ard flowing hair, ejao
ulated Aurelia, as ! took up my egg ans
started for the door | was rather loail
to do this, but did not Ike to spoil my
reputation for daring, SO arrayed solely il
my Mother Hubbard" night wrapper an'
my long hair, which | shook out arounC
me, babe the girls "A tragieal adieu aB'
sailed forth. Becky had been q, good a
her word, everything was dark as Erehus
BY the sense Of touch alone | made M
way down my hall into the corridor aud e
the staircase. GraSpng the banister raj
with one hand turned and began my de
scent Ugh the bare hardwood step
were cold And surely heard noise il
| the lower hall. Nonsense" thought |
there is not soul brave enough to ven
ture down here in the dark but myself, an'
| am half afraidW
So on went slowly. had made botl
curves in safety and that horrible egg wa
almost gone. felt sure | was very nea
| the foot of the stairs, horror of horrors, my
foot came softly down upon-not th'
smooth, hard step-but something alive.