The daily Alaskan., 1914-12-02
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 Party -g .gf.Fs 5E0I- a ha At Which There Was an
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By ESTHER vANDEVEER

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 Papa" said my daughter, Helen. two weeks from today will be Hal ioween." ,-.r,
 Whats HalioweenT
 "Oh, papa, how ignorant you arel Halloween is the evening when young folk bob for apples bllndfolded. strike at suspended bags full of nuts oraean. dy and throw peelings over their shoul- ders." ...-L1s G-4s,T .t .--.E .fgy
 What do they throw the peeltngs over their shoulders .for7" --, ---, ,s
 "Why. the skins in falling win take the shape of a letter That letter Is the initial of the person the one throw ing it will marry. If girl, looks into mirror sheli see the face of her fu. | lure husband" 5Hs 70 ..Es2. zi5.., .-. s..
 Halloween Is for girls, presume"
 Not at all. lt,s-for boys the same as for girls" ..f....sgg .F=1srs
 Well, what about your party%
 Mamma, says that 1T you, consent we will give 1t at the Cedars." .-.
 The Cedars Is our country camp. We had returned to the city after Labor day. n month before, and now 1t was proposed to go back for Helen's party. She looked at me wistfully. 1 remem- bered what such things were to mo when wasaa yOungster and melted before that look Indeed, I always melt before that look. gave my consent, l
 This Is what happened at the Hal; loween party It came under my rob- seryatlon: hut. not having woman's perceptive faculties, saw nothing in It The story was told me by my wife, and tell 1t here as she told 1t to me
 The young persons assembled for Halloween at the Cedsrs were between sixteen and ,twenty-two years of age, though those above twenty were men. Some of them being too old to bob for apples or knock down bags when blind folded, 1t occurred to my wife to in- vite sort of sbluestockiug elairvoyant or something of, the kind, who was to tell weird stories suitable to the oc- casion. She was a Miss Somers, thir- ty-fve years old and altogether an odd person. '-..- '..'' .'' '-'~ -.S-
 On Halloween after dinner the young folk assembled nthe large apartment used fOrca living room. at one end of which was an enormous fireplace. The night was cool enough fer blaze, and logs in plenty had been provided. The room was sealed. the rafters above be; ing left bare. On the walls were the heads of animals which I-something of a Nimrod-had slain, while several skins from the same source covered the pine iour.e,a1 tu E-csr -Ga ~ig 1 NIlsS c,vEIIos. =--~s~A -harRRlf in the center of the group before the nre, which gave the only light in the room' and began her stories. They. all pur- ported to have come under her own observation and were intended to show that for every boy and every girl there was somewhere In the world mate It did not seem matter to her or to the youngsters, especially the girls, that this was impossible unless the nair were born at the same moment There were. several other big gaps which were not filled. but this did not seem to trouble any of the listeners.
 Miss SoIners had an eye on her lis- teners and observed on her right a young man, Joel Harker. in whom 6 love for the marvellous. judging from bis features, was strongly developed On her extreme left. partly in shadow, sat girl. Marjorie Winthrop, one of those feminine creatures made espe- ciaTly to love and be loved. Barker was twenty-One years old; Marjorie Winthrop was not quite eighteen.
 To q close observer it was evident that Miss Somers WAS casting or try, ing to cast-a spell over these two: This was norireahle since, while telling her yarns. sh,. would first look at Joel, whose eyes as Indeed the eyes of all- were fixed intpntiy upon her, and then urn tu Marjorie. It seemed, that she was attempting by will power to draw fhrse TWO together. Al times, Willed by her. JaF!. would look from her to Marjorie; linen after an interval Mario .ic would look at Joef.and always with something of the expression indicating rhat she regarded him as her own es- recial property. "
 The young people listened to Miss Somers' stories and chatted till g o'clock, when they separated in order that each might 90 of alone in search of Halloween experience. The camp was situated on the margin of tiakee. surrounded by hills. the latter being part wood and part open. The young fellows, to whom the Halloween part of the affair appeared ridiculous. vent Into a room where there was billiard table to play and to smoke Joel liar ker disappeared, and 1t was not known where he had gone. As for the girls some of them went to their rooms, some ont in the boats, while others scattered themselves on the shore Where Miss Somers went was not no | ticed- -....-} E..-..
 This rowing about by night was ia cilitated by a full moon' which gave ample light. .--.-.-- .. - ---=----.=.
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