Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-10-05

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the part of Tom brought a smile to her
face, and after that she came to enjoy
the prank. As for Laura Griswold, she
was disposed to be angry with her
lover. but neither wished nor dared to
expose him.
But there is nothing like daring to
please a woman, and while Laura was
explaining what the magazine writer
and the principal of a young ladies'
seminary came to see both girls were
falling in with the spirit of the esca-
pade.
This room,' said Miss Griswold, Els
intended for the especial use Of those
undergraduates who are ambitious to
sit ON the bench"
"How about a sofa or easy chairf'
asked Jim In a low voice.
"Wait. Well come to that by and
by" replied Laura under her breath.
''This room," continued Laura, lis oc-
cupied by a class hat Is studying the
constitutional history of England"
She opened the door, and the young
men were permitted to look In the
room, where they saw a woman profess
sor on a dais lecturing to a number of
young women. Between the opening
and the shutting of the door these
words were heard:
up to the time Of the accession OF
George ". England had been a consti-
tutional monarchy, the sovereign being
usually a crackbrained man. Under
<ba anpfay,pfsh1n Goopuo. a. rrodto11
changed into a virtual republic. But
its most glorious half century was I'M
der the rule Of that greatest Of all Its
sovereigns, a woman, Victoria"
When the door was closed Tom sug-
gested that now England had got IN
other George it had fallen into a re-
lapse"
mot a bit of it," retorted Laura Girls
void. "Since Victoria there has been
no need of a sovereign. Victoria taught
the English people to govern them
selves. That's something no man could
do"
Women are our natural governors"
remarked Jim.
The party emerging on to the campus,
Jim asked:
whats that building with a dome
on it?"
"That's the astronomical observa-
tory"
I'VE must see that, of course" said
Tom.
1.-THE night being cloudy, no observa-
lions can be made. There's no one
there to receive u.s." said Laura.
well, now" said Jim, "that's just
the reason for u going there. / must
have a look at Venus"
"Shut up, JIM" said Tom. eff any
of the dons heard that remark the re-
suit would be serious"
The party were some time passing
yer the campus, for they were COM
paratively free from observation, but
the boys hoped for greater privacy in
the observatory, so they assembled to
the dome. Laura turned on a light,
thus giving a view of the telescope.
There Jim and Laura went out ON to
the roof for a conference, leaving the
other two where they We're.
While the couples were separated
AZ IDS Huplcllld NIdlotOuy tn6 abtIOnO-
mer, seeing a light in the dome Of the
observatory, mounted the staircase
leading to it, and, since a woman's
shoes are not usually noisy, she was
not heard by the inmates until she had
entered the room. Tom and Luella
fortunately were sitting In close COM
munion behind the stone pier IN which
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not see thema Going to q bog Of eye
pieces, she was bending over 1t, I'M
mindful of their presence. Tom gave a
cough, and the professor, Strengthening
up, looked around. Luella advanced
and, somewhat Ill at ease, told Miss
Marston that she was showing the
telescope to a visitor.
The lady received Tom with courtesy
and entered into a long explanation Of
the different parts of the instrument.
Meanwhile Jim and Laura had heard
the conversation In the dome and
learned of the approach of the astron-
omer. The professors presence, with
Jim and Laura being out on the roof,
was not without danger, and Laura did
not know whether TO put on a Dold
front and enter the dome or wait for
the astronomers withdrawal. Think
ing that Miss Marston would not re-
main long. she adopted the latter
course.
But the astronomer found Tom so
appreciative of her explanation of the
parts of the telescope and its general
uses that she showed no disposition to
leave. Then Laura and Tom were hor-
rified to see a rift in the clouds and the
moon appear. If the astronomer saw
the moonlight she would lift the shut
ter of the dome and make observa-
lions.
81 have it." said Jim. and. taking Off
his coat, he held it against the only
window in the dome that the moonlight
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