Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-09-24
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How She Came to Withdraw One
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i OF the Camp Rules. ~
-, BY CLYDE LAWRENCE. 5Eas
Copyright. 1909. by Associated Literary
young ladies, wish to make an Inn
portant announcement said Miss Oar:
boy, teacher OF the class In French Ut
the Wellington private school for young
ladies. ~ /! pm FL: 81 s}a
!, The fourteen young ladies' looked np
In expectancy. ?. =. fE$ & N" n.
During The summer vacation. be-
ginning two weeks hence, shall have
tents on the shore of@the lake. and!
such Of you as can arrange It with:
your parents may summer there.
There will be boating. bathing and
fishing. Fresh meats and Vegetables
Will be supplied every day. It Is q
new departure, and I hope it viii be.
success ~ &C.. =: r MI \. :,s,1 NJ
It was seen that she hadn't quite
finished yet, and the applause was:
withheld. . ..*s.1; < *3,sSt s ! ii3
1T will be young ladies' camp ii;
the strictest sense Of the word" she
continued. mo members of the other,
sex will be permitted near it. Farmer
Jackson will see to that. That Is all
Hand In your names as soon as possi-
BILE, please" e 49,. o " 5s53>|
"But won't our brothers and cousins
be allowed to come to see u.s." asked
Miss Harden for The rest Of the class. 4
Impossible" she replied in French.
I'm your case Miss Harden, happen
to know that you have neither broth.
ers nor cousins. Of the male sex" =.
But have az ~. - %$+'2
. No. she didn't say it. The teacher
opened her eyes very wide and drew
herself up and frightened her. % "a: a-2s
Miss Pearl Harden was fatherless,;
and Der widowed mother had only q.
limited income. There were other pu-
pills who had to consult the matter OF
income as well, and when Miss Oar
boy had made ap her list for the sum
mer camp it toraled seven names. SIX
OF them had no complaint Of the rules
10 be enforced; the seventh said moth
ing. but seemed to be thinking great
deal.
Vacation came The camp .s.was
pitched and occupied. and Farmer
jackson took a shotgun into the delds
with him and kept an eye 90 the app
breaches tofthe camp :sE7
Everything went along quietly for a
week, and the enemy was. lulled into
a sense Of security. No pirate craft
approached and Farmer jackson went
10 bed with conscience free from kill:
ing. Then Miss Darboy took chances.
She wanted some things from her room
In the village, and she arranged with
the driver Of the provision wagon to
ride up With him. ID s:s: !,
( Hallway to town wheel came or
the vehicle, and after gazing at the
/ wreck for five minutes the driver an.
nounced that no four wheeled wagon
could continue its mad career on three
wheels. This meant that Miss Darboy
must walk. She gave up her errand
to 60 back to her charges. The boy
showed her short cut across the
, fields and went off with the horses, but
he did not warn her to watch out for
a red and white bull pasturing in one
OF the fields. f..
! Miss Darboy soon had use for all her
French exclamations. She first heard
rumbles like distant thunder. then a
savage below, then q trembling Of the
earth and the sight Of a creature bear.
ing down upon her. She ran. Of
course. There were two shade trees
standing close together, and she reach
al ono ana had GAINED . nerch ten feet
high while the bull stopped to snln
at the hat that had blown from her
head. Women are not natural climb
ers, but under stress Of peril they have
been known to add that feat to their
many accomplishments.
i 'fGo away-go right away from
hereT commanded Miss Darboy in
both French and English as the bun
came up and paved and beloved. He
absolutely refused. Then Miss Dasboy
called for help, but no help came.
j An hour had passed when the bun
went to the creek to drink. Ro didn't
forget tho lady up the tree. however.
He kept looking back. and she realized
+. that to descend would bring him back
: 'on the charge. He had satisfied bis
thirst when be suddenly emitted a
/, below Of defiance and went dashing
!. seFoss dc neld. There was another
intruder. This time. 1t was a: youas
man. He heard the below, SOW the
bun and &C once made TOR ths trses;
He came up at q hot pace. made q