Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-29
NOT MOVED BY THE SPIRIT.
Et Vas Something Entirely Different Thai
Touched These Campaigning Girls.

Down by the shores Of Alcyon lake in
New Jersey the camp grounds newest
attraction, there have sat ever since the
camp opened a beyy of summer girls.
Their costumes were bewitchingly cool
locking, their laughter contagious, and
their presence lent added charm to the
Deautle Oh tue snJUutu, picturesque Ovuy
of water down in the woods on the east
Of the famous groove. They sat along
the sloping shores, reading novels OF
listening TO the swish OF oars as they
watched the boats glide across the
bosom of the lake. They lolled abouti in
graceful poses and permitted young men
10 whisper nothings 10 them as they
welded their fans. Now it is all
changed The pretty girls don't sit by
the lake any more. They eye it ask.
ance, shudder, whisper to each other,
laugh. and avoid the vicinity as a singed
cat keeps away from the fire.
This marked change came through
what approached the dimensions of 9
general panic in the famous old camp.
meeting grounds. The meetings had
progressed for two days and had begun
to assume the feryor and interest fol-
which Pitman grove is so famous
throughout the land, when one evening
a great commotion arose. A pretty cir
in a batiste dress so fidgeted and
squirmed in one Of the front rows that 9
good sister was sure she was feeling
the spirit" The good sister touched the
pretty girl on the shoulder and u
INJURED encouragingly in her al Tn.
pretty girl gave one shrek and fled
from the auditorium. She made
umo has IL that as o as she reached
her room she gave herself over TO a de.
voted and industrious scratch.
Meantime other pretty girls, and some
not so pretty, had gone through the
same motions in the Auditorium meet,
ing and had fed precipitately. The
good danes and the devoted brethren
we're sorely perplexed. They ascribed
it all to the rebellious spirit ~engenderec
oy the devil, and fervid prayers wer,
offered for the misguided young women
That night, when the meeting closed
amid more turbulence than the good
people cared TO see repeated, the action,
of the dozen or more young womer
passed from lip to lip, and there wal
much maryeling over their nys.ericp.
behavior. Next morning none of th.
offenders were TO be seen. but toward
dusk the text evening one Of them
ventured out Of her cottage. aud ovei
by Fourth avenue she ran across an
other.
"Oh, Jennie!' exclaimed one.
"Oh, May exclaimed Jennie.
In concert they shrieked ~Ticks!'
Then there were condolences, and 81
the two sauntered on they sought oui
sequesiered spots, and. after carefully
looking all around. each bent over anc
went through many mysterious mo
tons. That same night all the othei
girls who had aroused such connection
In the meeting met as by appointment,
and after the first expression of horro,
and dismay they shouted "Ticks!"
Then II was learned that the girls had
been in the habit of spending consider.
able time down by the shores Of Alcyor
lake. This is an abiding place Of sand
ticks. a species of bug that is harder to
get rid of than a country cousin in win
ter. The sand tick Is industrious. digi
under the flesh, and has to be cut out
The password at Pitman grove il
Ticks"