The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-08

NN1CVCNk squire OF taTuDOaru, OF
on which was neatly printed, Busy
But as Sallie was carrying food. she
was not deferred by the sign: she
Knocked and pushed the door open.
Her friend Rachel looked up from
her book apprehensively. What have
you been doing?' she demanded "Or
is IL something you want me TO do?'
Take this nice fat chocolate with
the nut on the top" urged Sallic 81
been doing? Want you 10 doY It's
nothing to get excited about. | asked
a freshman to come to your room to
rabbit this evening. Let me tell you
how it happened" she urged hastily.
Il fell in with her coming up from the
village, and | knew she was a fresh.
man because she wore kid gloves. So
l asked Aer if that was her first year,
and she said yes. and | asked her if
she had met many OF the students yet,
and she said very few; and asked her
what she was going to specialize in.
and she said German.
Then there didn't seem TO be much
OF anything else to say, so | remarked
that l had been TO the village for
cheese to make a rabbit, and she said
she had never eaten one. After that
there was nothing to do but ask her TO
help eat this one. Fancy having never
eaten ribbit! And you know, Rach.
el, l can't make it in my own room.
because that tireSome roommate they
put in with me when Blanche didn't
come back says il gives her head
ache just TO smell one"
Rachel shrugged her shoulders re-.
signedly. Very we'll" she said "TlI
ask her if it's her first year and If she
knows many people and what courses
she takes. but after that you will have
to entertain her"
Rachel" said Sallie, earnestly. this
morning in chapel the dean talked
about the upper classmen helping the
freshmen. She was very impressive.
l have decided to help this freshman.
II she can have the benefit of my three
years experience when she has been
here only three weeks, think what a
SUI l IL VIII slNt ueT!
Il shall begin" she meditated. "by
arranging her hair differently. That
is the keynote to the appearance. Per.
haps you have noticed that when the
story book heroine wishes 10 disguise
herself as waiting maid, she does her
hair in an unbecoming manner; while
on the other hand, when the work
house drudge receives the fortune OF
which she has been unjustly deprived
she at once has her hair coiffured by
a competent hair dresser. TO do the
hair, to dress the hair. to cofiure the
bair-what a difference
The guest arrived that evening Just
as the rabbit had reached that crit.
ical point when one adds the egg and
waits to see if the mixture is going TO
turn out smooth or stringy. Sallie,
bent over the chatting dish. greeted her
abstractedly and left hospitality to
Rachel.
Rachel introduced herself. since Sal
lie forgot to do SC AID the guests
name was? Caroline Conrad. Thi.
was her first year, Rachel understood
Had she made many acquaintance,
yetF And what courses was she tax
ing? German, chiefly? All, Sallie wa
shark" in German: took the Heinz
course, and Nv. and XVI. She. Rach
el. elected French.
There was perceptible pause.
girl who had been longer in colleg
would have relieved the silence b
wandering aoout the room. inspectin
and commenting on The posters an
photographs: but this girl was eithe
ignorant of the custom or too shy
follow it.
Her shyness was obvious. althoug
she showed ii by no distressing emba
rassment or nervous laughter. but :.
quietly. her checks growing pink. ~
was unusually self-possessed for
freshman. Rachel reflected. and prct'
in q quiet. unobstrusive fashion.
The rabbit passed the crucial sta,
safely. and sallie labeled 1t out. smoo
and pale and creamy.
Miss Conrad was frankly delight
with hcr hrst taste. and ate thr
platefu!s. without mentioning indig,
tion or nightmare. salHe was please
for she priled hcrself oa her sklll.
"iou cat rabbit intelll2ently." s