Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
Mysterious Voices Alarm Young ReveIers at Night
(Honorable Mention)

QOWn OH AiiS hpA "a
i pavement, while behind him
Hans and Albert stood petrihed. "Ach,"
suffered Hans, they're coming across
the street," The three strange ladies
came straight toward the astonlshed
young men. Peter chartered shrilly,
"The widwomen, for sure. Hans.
Albert muttered, "Hnsh," with
warning finger against his lips. A little
breeze sprlnging up whipped away the
hoods they wore, showing three white
faces, with a red cross on each fore
head.
When a few feet away they stopped
and said, Good evening, ye knights OF
earth, whittier do ye hastenF
Albert being little Drawer than the
rest took off his hat, bowed and said'
with a tremor in his voice, Good even
ing ladies, l would ask the same or
your
Meanwhile Peter unobserved had
crept up and being uncertain whether
they were real or not, poked nnger
at the one nearest him and touched
real flesh He gave a cry and stared at
them. They re real, ne shouleu eA-
citedy.
Then something happened. From one
of the supposed ladies issued voice
Enthusiastically male. 1.-THE jokes up,
said the voice, and with one accord
the masqueraders lifted their skirts
ana neu. Huns Sdlus w AiSN'
he laughed and the others Joined in.
ELAINE ANDERSON.
1850 Evergreen avenue. Euclid ave-
nue. school, Age IA years.
They had been to the banquet the
31st of March. and it was after IL
o'clock, so 1t was April Fool.
These young ladies were coming
home from a masquerade ball, and 1t
was a short cut for them and their
escorts to come through this street
They had seen three young men enter
the street and saw they were near
neighbors.
They had walked a short distance
behind their escorts when they heard
them talking after the clock struck
IL. They thought 1t would be fun to
scare them.
They were dressed in old-fashioned
dresses, with hoops tlght-htting
waists, long capes, and had their hair
put high on their heads colonial fash
ion. They also wore masks.
The ladies started to cross the street
to the men, and at that minute the
moon came out bright. so they saw
the men We're pale with fear and
didn't even dare run. That made the
ladies throw off their masks and shout
April Fooll" The escorts came up
laughing. and the three men thought
they had been april fooled" pretty
bad. They all walked home together.
and none of them ever forgot that
April fool joke
LEILA CAMPBELL.
Lankershim, age Ia.
This laugh might have been called
musical, but to the three young men
1t was most uncanny. Poor SUPER
sttious Hans was stiff with fright to
la Inf In mid
hoop skirts, tight-ftting waists and
hair done up In old-fashioned style.
The three ladies stood on the other
side of the street, and although the
young men walked rapidly. the ghost
ly women were always opposite them.
Albert and Peter rusaed into an open
hall to see right in front of them the
ghost of a wicked pirate The three
rushed madly out into the street.
Now" said Peter, "let US go to that
lighted street and probably they won't
follow u.s."
They all ran as fast as they could.
vet the lighted streets seemed farther
away and the pirate ghost seemed to
be almost upon them.
Hans could hardly go any farther.
when at last they reached it and
looked back in time to see the pirate
ghost and the three women figures
fade away in the dark street
Your niece
FAY WILSON.
Grade AT, Griffin ave. school, 64S So.
Workman st.
They turned around and three stood
three ladies dressed in black. One or
the brothers said: "I am not afraid"
He boldly walked up to them.
"Hold himl Hold him!" cried one OF
the ladies.
ran and they ran. but still the ladies
followed them. At last they gave up.
hrothers fell on their knees and asked
the ladies' to spare their lives.
I'VE will spare your lives II you
promise not TO go out at night any
more"
1t did not take them long to promise
So the ladies let them go, and they
were glad to get home alive.
AS the days went by the three
brothers were always at home. Their
sisters wondered what happened to
them. because they used to go out
o,,or,r NIGHT Rut thew asked no Ques-