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imp was sleeping peacefully.- This was exasperating. Unceremoni-
ously we woke her up and questioned her. • Ùo, -she hadn’tS een-or
heard a'thing. F urtherm or^’sjjè/resolutely reused tó he frightened.
TMs was maddening. If she had dared to- joke about it we would
have massacred her then and there.
j '"Marion and I now decided do tik e up our abode together and
that day I had an inspiración. We made 44pllection of,tin cans
and boxes' antFstrutíg and piled them all qvqr and 'in front’of the door.
W e calculated that the gho%t or burglar would have an accompani
ment to his nocturnal labors that 'night and tired-from all this work
we were both actually-sound asleep when Everything broke 'loose
at once, Marion gave one agonized moan ,and g asped me;like a
drowning pet-sqn. Then a light flared up out. in the hall, burned fo r
a few seconds and then went out. -Following.this^'foqtkteps"pattered
down the hall in-the direction of-Ajice’s room. Struck' by a common
impulse we rushed down -the- hall and flung heiCf'Sqm.'do^i’open.
She w.as huddled miserably in the center of the bed,
“You Tittle wretch,^ ’tye ’shouted in udason, “was-thak-ÿtou?” I
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g-g-gues-S'tep^sbe shivered, ‘T walk in my-sleep sometimes,’
and when the match burned my fingers it woke me up.”
7¿ It wilb-be charity to draw a veil over the scene that followed.
- W. Eaton.
T o June
The -summer winds a load of fragrance bring;
For , thee, :oh j une, the treasures .sweet they steal
From locust, rose and flowering pea, nor feel
’Tis theft, for thou art queen of summer. S Sing,
Qh birds, a welcome. Make the echoes ring,
For June, the month of months, is here. Reveal
Thy heart, qh blushing j rose, thy thorns^ çonceal,
T h y , choicest^, fairest buds unfold and flipg
The Spring has placed the crown upon her' brow '
And filled her path with bloom; a carpet green
Upon the meadows-spread.' The“ world rejoices; great
The Junepibh nature'; smile, oh flowers ; A>o^v
Yqbr heads, 9b trees; for June, the June"Is g-peen.
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race Parker'.