The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21

at Miss Taylor's select and highly NOR
al and refined school for girls to ar
range for the attendance OF his ward,
Fanny Hartnett, aged seventeen, his
attention was called to the fact that
the school buildings were surrounded
all windows above the first story were
frosted and impervious to masculine
gaze. Further. no pupil was allowed
outside the fence without a chaperon.
Miss Taylor, who had barely turned
forty-seven and carried the idea that
II was twenty instead, then went
on to speak Of the lectures she gave
every Wednesday night Of the care
taken to keep newspapers and novels
| from her pupils, of the early hours for
bed and Of the fact that the only man
about the institution, except couple
Of servants, was Professor Balch, who
had charge Of the higher mathematics
and was an old bachelor Of the most
incorruptlble principles.
Then she had a number Of questions
to ask about the young lady, and the
deacon had to admit that now and then
the latter gggled, she also chewed
gum, she had been caught reading
novels, she had had a beau, and she
| loved to go to n circus.
"In fact" said Miss Taylor, "she Is
what you would call 6lp?"
yes, | guess so. Not too flip, but
little Flip,
81 see. Well, while this is not re-
| formatory, we do now and then take
| In a pupil in order to cure her OF flip
pancy. The fee Is little larger. but
we warrant perfect cure"
The deacon was willing to pay lit
| tie more, and the financial end was
soon settled. A week later the new
pupil arrived. Perhaps Miss Fanny
was flip. At least, she was In good
health and spirits, inclined to look on
the bright side, and she could sing
some and whistle more. In the village
where she had been brought up she
was considered something Of a tom
| boy, but the phrase was not used to
her detriment
She was given to understand by Miss
| Taylor what was what and sent to her
dormitory. She offered no protest or
argument, but from the way she set
her jaw and compressed her lips Miss
| Taylor anticipated rebellion at no dis
tant date.
One OF her methods OF compelling
the young ladies to walk the chalk
| line was quarterly reports. Every
three months each Of the girls was
called into the private lecture room
and her derelictions announced to her
and recorded on blank.
1t depended upon that girl to make
immediate Improvement, or the report
would be mailed away to father or
| guardian. AS matter OF fact, no re-
port was ever mailed. as such action
might have resulted In financial loss to
the school, but the threat had always
proved very effective weapon.
1t came to be whispered about as the
regular quarter day drew nigh that
| Miss Taylor had been saving up many
complaints against Miss Fanny and
that there must be many tears and
|
hands OF the deacon.
Much curiosity and considerable anx-
iety were felt, save 10y the delinquent
herself. She giggled and whlstled and
bribed the grocers boy to smuggle In
gum, and when the fatal day at length
arrived she went smiling to the sacri-
fee Miss Taylor kept her on pins and
| Too IN
let the scare strike in and then soberly
began:
Miss Uartnett have received sew
eral complaints against you and have
grouped them under the term counts.
l will read them TO you:
"'Count 1. That on the Sd of Sep
tember, two days after your arrival
here, you tried TO tear a board off the
fence I'm order to look out 1t is believ'
ed, but not absolutely proved, that
there was n young man on the other
side Of the fence at the time.
"'Count - That on the second week
OF your arrival you made use Of such
terms as "hully gee" "come off," 'too
thin" etc.
| 1ouul -. L nat oll sc lulItH Nt'h
you were chewing gum and eating car
amels.
"'Count 4. That while going TO and
returning from the postotlice in charge
OF Miss Lee you refused TO cast your
eyes down or look i'm another direction
on meeting various old and young men.
"'Count 3. That on certain night In
the fifth week OF your arrival and
while you were supposed 60 he asleep
I'm bed you were as matter of fact
sitting up In bed and singing about an
old darky whose name was Uncle Ned.
"Count q. That on one occasion you
mounted TO the roof OF your dormitory
by way OF the stairs and scuttle and
waved your handkerchief at some
young men playing baseball.
"'Count Z. That il is believed though
not proved, that an epistle Of a scnti-