The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-01
How Margaret
Spent Hallowe'en


One upon time there was a lit
tie girl named Margaret. She had
two brothers named Harry and
Maurice. They were twins and you
couldn't tell them apart.
1t was near Halloween and Mar
garet said, Mother, may I go ont
Halloween night?" Her mother
said, mo, dear, there is no one for
you to go with and you couldn't go
alone" But Margaret replied, "Oh
so you think | am afraid do you,
well I'm not. came home from
Helen's one night and it was pref
ty near 8 o'clock" well you
shouldn't Of and your not going out
alone any more
Margaret cried, but It did no
good 1t was the night before Hal
lOwe'en. Margaret went to bed and
she lay thinking how she would
like to go out tomorrow night. But
she remembered what her mother
had said. All Of sudden she
thought of something. May be she
could sneek out and her mother
wouldn't know a thing about it.
Halloween came. Fortunately
for Margaret her mother had call
crs and her father didn't come
home that night.
Margaret ran upstairs Immediate
~ after supper and locked herself
,,, No hn
that she would laugh out loud.
All Of a sudden she heard a noise.
She wondered what 1t could be and
thought she might be more quite,
She finally was dressed and started
out Of her room. She tip-toed
downstairs out the back door and
out on the street. How quiet ev-
erything was.
Now and then as she walked
along some people would pass her.
She noticed that there was not one
single person alone. The little
girls and boys were with their
mothers or fathers and the bigger
ones were in groups. Margaret
was getting frightened. She was
just little girl and wasn't used to
being out at night, although as I
said she had been out that one
night coming home from Helen's.
She thought she heard footsteps
and she was frightened. She al
most wished she hadn't done this
but as soon as she got to Helen's
house (fOr this was where she was
going), 1t would be alright. All of
a sudden she was snatched up off
the ground. She was so frightened
she didn't look to see who It was
All she knew was that she was be-
ing carried off. Oh, how she wish
ed her father would come and get
her. They carried her a long way.
Finally she felt herself lowered
and opened her eyes.
There stood two tall figures
dressed up in red.
Margaret was frightened but one
of them spoke. Hello Margaret"
and at once she recognized them as
her brother, How happy she was.
Harry said, Did mother say you
could come out alone?" Margaret
was too ashamed to say that her
mother had said no, so she didn't |
say anything. How brave you are,
come on and Wen have some fun. |
First they went to Helen's house.
They had a lot Of fun bobbing for
apples. Margaret tried and tried I
but she just couldn't get any.
They went to a lot Of other chill
dren'S houses and finally went
home. Now there was great excite
ment at home when they had dis
covered that Margaret was gone.
They sent people out to find her
But when Margaret did come no
but they all came back without her.
one said a word.
She was put to bed and after
that it was never discussed. Ever
after that she was never allowed
70 go out on Halloween.
Catharinc Fulghum, Gb, Baxter
school.