The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-17
A Geological Party.

"Miss Rogers requests to pleasure OF
your company at Geological party on
Wednesday evening, April 10Th, at
eight O'Clock"
A geological party! Had I ever in
my life heard of such thing before
I vainly racked my brain. No an
swering thought came, so I was
obliged to give up all ."ope of appear.
ing before Miss Rogers in the guise of a
lion, polar bear, or any other danger.
Gus member of the animal kingdom,
and await developments at the "men-
agerie," as my teasing brothers at
once began to call Miss Rogers house.
We live away out in the country,
and any entertainment outside the
regulation church sociable and fort
nightly reading club creates a good
deal of pleasurable excitement. So on
Wednesday when a knock came on
my door at promptly half-past seven,
and brother Harry asked if it was al
most time to start, I concluded his
curiosity was as great as my own.
When we reached the house, we
found number of the boys and girls
already there, but no animals ap-
peared : nor did we see anything in
either Of the large parlors in the least
suggestive of a menagerie or geological
garden.
After pleasant, social time aud a
into the back parlor, where the chairs
had been arranged in half-circle
around large blackboard. On each
chair had been placed card, to which
was attached by narrow ribbon,
tiny lead pencil, and on one side Of
the card were printed, in vertical line,
the numbers from one to twenty (there
were twenty guests. We were asked
to place our names on the back of the
card we held then hat was passed
in which had been placed slips of pa
per, carefully folded. Each one of us
drew out slip, and promised as we
did 50 that he would not tell any one
what we should find written upon it.
l found upon my paper the word
camelopard and the number five
Now the "master Of the ceremonies"
explained: GAS number was called,
a person holding a paper containing
the same number must walk up and
draw the animal indicated Oh hisslip,
upon the blackboard"
Such a groan filled the room There
wasn't an artist among us, and the
thought that must deliberately walk
up to that blackboard and make an
apology for camelopard really caused
ME to shiver! But 1 plucked up
courage and looked about me, and
when [ saw nineteen more dismal
faces and nineteen groans, it seemed
that the managerie were about to APP
pear. Number one and number
twO," called the "master of ceremo-
nies" and a girl and boy walked
bravely up. Their pictures were
drawn, and then began the fun and
guessing. Number one diew such a
respectable looking animal that 10 one
doubted it was cat, and as such it
was "entered Oh our cards." But
when we came to guessing on number
two, there was great difference of
opinion, and such laughing! Pm sure
if two or three geological gardens
had been merged into one, they could
not have made more noise, There was
much questioning as to which could
boast two humps-a camel or a dome
dairy. Number two" would give us
no satifaction, so we each put on our
cards very secretly of course, for it is
against the rules of the game to show
your card) the name of the animal we
it to be.
After twenty animals had been
drawn, amid great deal of laughing
and talking each one passed her card
to her right-hand neighbor; then u