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Bellefonte, Pa., March 20, 1908.
The Case of
Miss Hartnett
By MADELINE LEWIS.
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When Deacon Joab Whitman called
at Miss Taylor's select and highly wor-
al and refined school for girls to ar-
range for the attendance of his ward,
Fanny Hartnett, aged seventeen, his
attention was called to the fact that
the school buildings were surrounded
by a fence eleven feet high: also that
all windows above the first story were
frosted and impervious to masculine
gaze. Further. no pupil was allowed
outside the fence without a chaperon.
Miss Taylor, who had barely turned
forty-seven and carried the idea that
it was twenty-seven instead, then went
on to speak of the lectures she gave
every Wednesday night, of the care
taken to keep newspapers and novels
from her pupils, of the early hours fcr
bed and of the fact that the only man
about the institution, except a couple
of servants, was Professor Balch, who
had charge of the higher mathematics
and was an old bachelor of the most
incorruptible principles,
Then she had a number of questions
to ask about the young lady, and the
deacon had to admit that now and then
the latter giggled, she also chewed
gum, she had been caught reading
novels, she had had a beau, and she
loved to go to a circus.
“In fact,” said Miss Taylor, “she is
svhat you would call flip?”
“Y.e-s, 1 guess so. Not too flip, but
a little flip.”
“1 see. Well, while this is not a re
formatory, we do now and then take
in a pupil in order to cure her of flip-
pancy. The fee is a little larger, but
we warrant a perfect cure.”
The deacon was willing to pay a lit-
tle more, and the financial end was
soon settled. A week later the new
pupil arrived. Perhaps Miss Fanny
was flip. At least, she was in good
health and spirits, inclined to look on
the bright side, and she could sing
some and whistle more. In the village
where she had been brought up she
was considered something of a tom-
boy. but the phrase was not used to
her detriment.
She was given to understand by Miss
Taylor what was what and sent to her
dormitory. She offered no protest or
argument, but from the way she set
her jaw and compressed her lips Miss
Taylor anticipated rebellion at no dis
tant date.
One of her methods of compelling
the young ladies to walk the chalk
line was quarterly reports. Every
three months each of the girls was
called into the private lecture room
and her derelictions announced to her
and recorded on a blank
It depended upon that gir! to make
immediate improvement, or the repoit
would be mailed away to father or
guardian. As a matter of fact. no re
port was ever mailed, as such action
might have resulted in financial loss to
the school, but the threat bad always
proved a very effective weapon.
It came to be whispered about as the
regular quarter day drew nigh tha!
Miss Taylor had been saving up man)
complaints against Miss Fanny and
that there must be many tears and
promises to keep a report from the
hands of the deacon.
Much curiosity and considerable anx-
fety were felt, save by the delinquent
herself. She giggled and whistled and
bribed the grocer's boy to smuggle in
gum, and when the fatal day at length
arrived she went smiling to the sacri
fice. Miss Taylor kept her on pins and
needles for three or four minutes to
jet the scare strike in and then soberly
“Miss Hartnett, 1 have received sev-
eral complaints against you and have
grouped them under the term counts.
1 will read them to you:
“Count 1. That on the 3d of Sep-
tember, two days after your arrival
here, you tried to tear a board off the
fence in order to look out. It is bellev-
ed, but not absolutely proved, that
there was a young man on the other
side of the fence at the time.
“Count 2. That on the second week
of your arrival you made use of such
terms as “hully gee,” “come off,” “too
thin,” ete.
“Count 8. That on the third week
you were chewing gum and eating car-
amels.
“Count 4. That while going to andl
returning from the postoffice in charge
of Miss Lee you refused to cast your
eyes down or look In another direction
on meeting various old and young men.
“Count 5H. That on a certain night in
the fifth week of your arrival and
while you were supposed to be asleep
in bed you were as a matter of fact
sitting up in bed and singing about an
old darky whose name was Uncle Ned.
“Count 6. That on one occasion you
mounted to the roof of your dormitory
by way of the stairs and scuttle and
waved your handkerchief at some
young men playing baseball.
“«Connt 7. That it Is believed, though
not proved, that an epistle of a sentl-
mental nature was tied to a stone and
thrown over the fence and that it was
meant for you, and you received it and
boasted that Uncle fam didn’t run all
the postoffices in the country. There
are reasons for believing that on the
next night you threw a letter over in
response.
“:Count 8 That at various times
you have argued that there was noth-
ing wicked about the circus or the the-
ater and that yon have said that yon
pitied old maids: also that you have
giggled when my uname and condition
in life have been discussed. Further,
that you have said that you would be
married before youn were twenty-one,
Further, once more, that you have re-
ferred to Professor Balch as lopshoul-
dered and squint eyed.’
“There are the respective counts,
Miss Hartnett, just as they have been
prepared to go to your guardian, and
now you may tell me what you have
to say in offset—that is, 1 don’t suppose
you have anything to say.”
“Oh, yes, 1 have!” replied Miss Fan-
ny as she drew a paper from her pock-
et. “Yes, | have something to say, and
I have also grouped it under the term
counts, I will read them, if you
please:
“ ‘Count 1, That upon my arrival at
the school 1 was told of about 500
things I mustn't do.
“‘Count 2. That 1 was sent to a
dormitory about as bare and poverty
stricken as our old garret at home,
“‘Count 8. That 1 have had about
half enough to eat up to date and
want to get out and steal raw turnips.
“Count 4. That one evening 1 got
out into the yard. and while snooping
around | passed Miss Taylor's room
and looked into the window and saw
Professor Balch holding her band in
one of his and patting it with the
other.
“Count 5. That the night in Octo-
ber when it blew such a gale a lot of
papers were blown from the profess-
or's window. One of these he didn't
recover from the yard next morning
was a half sheet on which he had writ-
ten two verses of poetry to Angelina's
eyes. There is only one Angelina con.
nected with this secluded school, and
she is not a teacher.
“Count 6 That we don’t have blan-
kets enough on the beds to keep us
warm.
“Count 7. That the only three girls
who get sweet cake are the three who
keep asking the principal when her
| rants sevens birthday will arrive.
“Count 8. That this secluded and
highly moral and refined prison for
girls’ "__
Colleges & Schools.
“Just one moment, Miss Hartnett,”
| Interrupted Miss Taylor in her sweet
est tones, “1 think we are at cross
| purposes.”
“Yes, ma'am.”
“When | come to look again at the
record 1 read you it appears to apply
to Miss Harker instead of Hartnett
Similarity of names, you see.”
“Yes, ma'am.”
“And when you come to look again
at your record” —
“It seems to be a couple of verses
of poetry that 1 scribbled off last
night. 1 hope it is not against the
rules to write poetry. ma'am?”
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“Well, no, not if you submit it to the
teacher. You may leave this, if you
will, and 1 will look it over and see if
your meter is correct. You may go,
my dear. Please tell Miss Vaughn to
step in here. I must tell her that she
doesn’t seem to have the interest in
her studies to be expected of her.”
Thoughtful Man.
A lady who Is subject to heart dis-
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neighbor. and while sitting at table
her husband rushed in without a hat
and in his shirt sleeves,
“Be calm!” he exclaimed hurriedly
to his wife. “Don’t excite yourself.
You know you can't stand excitement,
and it might be worse!”
“Good gracious!” cried the wife.
“The children” —
“They're all right. Now, Mary, don't
get excited. Keep calm and cool. It
can't be helped now. We must bear
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“For mercy sake,” implored the al-
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worst!”
“Well, if you will have it, the conse-
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I've tried to prepare you, and if you
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