The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03

- IL speak Of such thing. II
farly makes ne shuddsr
TO hear the word
why. Nell" answered her cnum. you
We're sopnomore last year. You surely
couldn't have been hased. What painfut
experiences could have come TO 30 prpms-
ment member Vt your honorable cla~sv'
pont laugh 81 me my dear 1t wss
really too tragic an aRsir. thought q
the ume my hair would turn gray"
wen. ~ didn't, anyway" replied neg
chum. 50 tell about your terrible expert
ence. ! supposed you had no end Of .
5000 time last year"
"rou won't be content now until 7 have
told you," said Nell. rather regretsulYy. so
! WI csniess. though feel quite . Dit
ashamed Of the whole AFFAIR.
You see. when Dick came hom> from
college he poked fun at me because We
girls gave banquet to the girls VINO had
just entered and entertained them and AL
that
That IL no way to treat them. Dick
told me. You ought to hase them. Make
them understand that they are freshmen
ana you are sophomores and should %
treated accordinsly.'
Il just laughed ct Dick and told him
our way showed We were more refined and
civilised than men. No gfri would demsan
herself by making poor. homesick fresh
man more miserable than sne was before
/ loftily informed hiuA don't believe I
Impressed him much, for he only replied,
Girls are such mufA' Brothers are too
frank sometimes.
When told the ssSis what Dich had
said some Of them thought No was r:sht.
There In that Rose Liftleton," spoke up
our class president. she says the freshmen
have more knowledge and better manners
than the sophomores. and that they should
take precedence OF us. would Just lkA TO
give her good scare
I'VE agreed Rose ought TO get q isuon.
10 one niGhf when she came into our hail
where she had no business-we bounced on
her and told her to give three cheers for
the sophomore class.
That would be too dsgradIng.' she said
In the snubbiest way.
Then she must be tortured until she
y more submissive,' announced our presi-
dent In her most sepuIchral tones.
"Of course, we didn't dream TO hur, Rose.
but We did want to give her q good scare.
10 We blindfoldsd her and led her 10 ths
top floor
Now be careful We told her, 'or you
VII fall hfty feet and be killed Then one
OF the girls threw a pillow In front Of her
when she tripped We caught her and ure-
tended TO be awfuIgy frightened at her mar.
row escape. Instead Of being impresued.
Mss freshman Just jeered at NJ. One Of
tne s'r:s dressed up - ghost. but our vic
tim only laughed.
I'VE made up our minds to do somsshins
terrible. - We led her 10 q closet, in which
was skeleton. took OF the bIindsoh. and.
after showing her right into the arms az shs
skeleton. locked the door and ran away
Don't look 10 shocked, for We only wanted
to srishten her and she certainly was a
miGhty impudent little freshman.
wen. when she had been locked M
ABOUT ten minutes we came back. Every
thing was stilI We opened the door. and
actually my heart stopped beating. There
wss Rose sitting on the floor with That hcy-
rib'e Old skull Ia her hands, paft,ng and
csressing ~ and talking 10 herself In shs
werdest. most hears-breskin9 msnner
When the door opened she looked up q ~
ana rave the siIiest smile and then vent
on TALKING 10 herself. or rather 10 the skuIl
Her hair wss hanging down ana hsr dr~s,
vas AZ muased up. Why, II wss simply aw-
f'il. And sne didn't pay the least attention
10 us after the FIRST glance but went an
singing ana talking 10 that skull. - a IL
wss alive.
"scsred7 why. We were aimoss cr~sx
TO think that our fooIishness had ruined
the mind OF mat poor giri and made her
q mnatic. Two or three Of the girls began
TO cry. and our class president said. IN
what she tried 10 make mid and sootn-
ing tone:
"'why. what ID the matter. Rn~.. dear,
Oct no. please. II was all Joke
hut I can tell you We felt q good deal
more Ike murderers than persons VINO had
made = joke Rose just looked up and
Eave that silly smile again. and then went
on with that horrible grooming song "a the
skull I couldn't stand ~, but burst out
crying:
on. shes gone crazy. and n 10 an our
fault. What shall ws DOT What shall
we dor
Just 49, I said this Roses mood seemed
10 change She Jumped up and gave the
most uncsnny shrek Then she began 10
tear around the room. yelling and srrrarn-
ing. Her hair was flying on, behind her.
her eyes buIsed ana she kept singing, or,
rather. shrieksuG.
The dead are after me The Head are
after me. Don't. please don't, harm a poor
girl
Actually was too scared 70 faint
simply crouched down IN a corner and
shrunk into myself Removse, Wei. I
never appreciated what the word meant
until that minute. And could sec an fns
other giris folt the eare way None Of ~
knew what To DO and We huddied IN little
groups all over the room. ~ Thoroughly
frightened. penitenf. whifs-faced a lot Of
Girls as any one ever saw IL must hsvs
been I've rnlnu'es-buf 10 seemed Ike ave
ecntnriss-w5en one OF the girls sprang
Up and said:
Oh, can't etani Tits any longer
am going 20 hurry out and get Mrs Evans
You know she ~ the college physician
And then the end came. Rose suddenly
stopped snriskins and aid In her coossss
draw.
Wen. girls. hope you have enjoyed
yourselves THE evening. ! arm sure have
We we're TOO relieved % be angry bur
when one or two % tne girls tried - laugh
they vent into Mysteries We al forxavs
Rose. though. fer she organized and made
= splendid success % our college, fh~axrf-
Gals. You REMEMBER she took the part Of
Ophslia CHICAGO Chronicles.
The - a1tattoa of Cuha.
IL speaks e'oauentiy ~ the contrast be-
tween the American and tire Spanish re-
girns in Cuts that the Illness ~ on.
American soldier with yellow fever Ten
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