The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-25


and got permission to carry them all out
except one They were not allowed TO
have a dance. so they substituted walk
ing match and a conversation party.
They had dance music played all ire
time that they walked and conVersed' VI
course all the entertainments cost them
heavily, for they had everything in prop
er form They assessed themselves for
The main expenses, but they thought best
to earn the money for their decorations
The class went into a committee OF ways
and means and decided to cultivate nome
industries. Have you ever hsard OF the
business ventures of the juniors%
Never" said Dorothy, going back TO
the couch. sit down and tell me every
thing"
which she could still command view of
the campus.
nothing to do with the ghost, she SAID
doubtfuily "'The Prom has"
.'Digressions are allowable if sufficient
w interesting" said Dorothy. What did
the juniors dor
"Fverv girl in the class did manual la
bor of some kind" replied Marjorie. one
girl seWed dress braid on for . cents aud
the price of the braid. One girl backed
boots for 10 cents pair. Another Sltl
polished your silver. She gave her price
on each lot before she began work An
other girl shined tea-kettles AMI brass
nots Three girls waslged dishes fer the
general public. -Four girls banded together
and became caterers. They furnished
linen. silver. china, candelabra ard every
thing else necessary for spreads. Ihsy
set your table for you, and II you wahte1'
they provided the food. Two girls mani
cured hands and third girl shainpooe''
hair. One of the most ingenious girls hit
on the device Of copying lectures into note-
hooks at cents a page. She could nave
got Z cents as easily as 2. She had more
business than any one else, unless ii was
the girl who darned stocings at one cent
for very little holes cents for ordinary
holes. and cents for very big ones
"They all put up coored Slghs, ana w ,t
could tell the juniors rocnns the length
Of the corridor away. because OF tht1r
bie Dasteboard boots or their Jones q
co Caterers on the door. l never knew
such an atmosphere Oh industry Anu
because every one was workipg person
ally for the good cause, the Prom became
a fetch to the Juniors. mat Is the peshi-
ming of the ghost story.
."-he seniors became Jealous. They haf
,,a,,ar had Prom and they saw no reason
WHY under-class men should have one IL
distracted attention from their dignity
and took the bloom from their commence
nont When the juniors gave them pre-
mission to attend the Prom they ieturHei
a cold refusal They took every oppor-
tnnitv to ridicule the aftalr AT lSst .lri
hostility passed bounds. one n1sht tney
,lacod an The bulletin boards notices tina
5nnlicafed the Prom notices, but wers
beaded in great letters Cake Walk
Whenever the juniors gave a notice IN the
dining room about The Prom the sehi2rs
gave q notice that parodied IT about we
cake walk They declared that on tnS
night of the Prom they would nave thi9
Marty of their own in the gymnasium
1Shot invited every one 10 atterd, making
onlv one condition. That was that every
c,uee, shouId aprsar BACKED as "A negro.
The cake walk proved to be an impcssi-
buifv. The juniors had previously Sc
cured the use Of the gymnasium tof olh-
ner that night.
eve heard nothing more until inns Gu
rious figure in white appeared. / saw th9
figure myself and girls who were coming
home from Taylor saw IL even nearer. IN
Ieea than five minutes every one in this
nail knew about it, BY II o'clock at nisht
tbe matter was settled after this FASHION.
A white figure had passed down the laWh'
and had vanished in the shruhber.es oy
the Professors cottage. IL might be some
one playing a trick on the college BUT
would any one select such stormy nigni'
some one might to escape the possibility
of pursuit. Could any one dressed In
sheet get out of Taylor without beng
seen? That was less possible. Would any
0-rt dare to 90 down into the shruboerie7f
Certainly not And if a girl had gone
there she would have had TO come back.
The figure had not come back.
"a girl could slip off sheet and come
around by the road" suggested Dorothy
1--WE thought OF that" said Marjorie.
eve decided. however, that when you
took ali the improbable things together.
even n YOU could explain some of them,
Won had left sufficient mass Of improh-
abilities to warrant the belief In re Al
ebost ~ YOU wanted to believe in one.
T-here was not enough TO convince an I'M
beI,ever however. still there was ono
matter I forgot to mention. Every one
agreed that the figure was'very tall, much
taller than any girl
$50 YOU all concluded that IL was
shost?" asked Dorothy.
'gSot exactly" answered Marjorie. I'VE
wore ALI wise and suspended judgement,
hut / suspect that we had leanings toward
the ghost"
"TIl warrant you did" said Dorothy.
.1 can lust fancy the way you got together
and talked In low tones and told all the
ehoat stores YOU had ever heard. II was
1sght ana YOU had worked yourselves up
into a nice ghost mood. What happened
afterward2'
The next day at dinner the bell was
rung for a notice. The clatter hushed
suddenly. Then a senior rose from hef
place at the head Of the senior table.