Albany Academy for Girls - Academe Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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Asn Dows 1H1 I M 'lhe nlne of us who d1d11t hase patrol that nrght hnally put awav our tangled knlttmg, collected our prles of unanswered letters, threw back on the benehes the p1llows on whlch we had been Slttlllg for brrdge, and Gathered Llp the cards from tl1e counsellor room floor lt w1s eleve11 otloek t1me for 1ll good eounsellors to be 111 bed Soon we were lLlfT1l3Cl'lllg down the lodge steps lllll sleepnly good mghtmg four of tl1e group who l1ad started trudgrng up the l1ne wh1le we hwe stauncl1ly marched down the hne, tl1e re 1so11 bemg tl1at tl1e SCIHOYS llved up the lull wl11le tl1e Mrddlers, aged ten to tl11rtee11, were encamped down the ro 1d We were all uneasy ln tl1e hrst place, ll was one of tl1ose mghts wl1e11 C.NCI'Wfl1lllg1S very stlll 11ot 1 rrpple of a breeze or of tl1e gl1ss l1ke l1ke I xery sound earned tlllkl was I'.1lSCLl to tl1e hfth power Also ll was a Change D1y Nrght Change Day w1s when e1mpers terms exprred Calwavs tl1e best ones, II seemed to usj, and a new buncl1 of spolled M 1mmas Darhngs arrn ed for tl1e fOllOW1l1g two weeks lt would be our job to take the daLed look o11t of fl1ClI' eyes and see that they put he 1lthy gI'1I1S on thetr bronzed faces By tl1e end of two weeks the OIICS wl1o h 1d found themselves and had turned out to be Real Campers would leaxe us, for we had llways found that the few w 10 would never crack '1 smlle or those wxth sad1st1c tendeneres had been swned up for 1 month or sm weeks As we walked down the l1ne, we shone o11r l'l1shl1Uhts III the campers faces yust to make sure they were lsleep and also to prepare ourselxes for what to expeet 111 our classes on the morrow Suddenly we came upon a11 unusual ttngle of camper lllll tent Hlp The poor ehrld w1s lymg l11lf ofl l1er bed and h 1d become twlsted III the smotherlng folds of cam as Deftly to these eommon dllheultles As soon as we h1d ll1VlLlttl M1ry os tent for 1 llSII11lllLlI6 chat before ret1r1n1f, Putsy st rrted YLLOLIIIUHQ Marnres estplolt of the mgl1t before lllll, of eourse, she dldnt tl1111k lf unusual to hnd her IHlSSll1g e 1use she 1ssumed she w IS rn tl1e Short House QThe Short I-louse w IS the senrors b1tl1 house Putsy, wl11t are you IlllClIlQ 1bout Kathle 1nd I asked 1mp1t1e11tly We l1 1d he 1rd Mar111e k1dd111g Il70LlI l1st nwht, but we Llllllll th111k any thlng unusual had h1ppened Oh, dont you know Iutsx beamed awldly She would haxe told us myway IS she loxes to tell 1 good story no mttter how mllly tlmes rt s been told before Llghtlng 1 clgarette she began Well, last n1ght wl1en M 1rn1e and lane were checkmg up on the semors about elew en thrrty, they found that Barbara Peters was not IH her bed Well they flashed the1r hghts around the h1ll and s1w a wl11te hgure Wlllklllg' to tl1e Short House They thought at onee that ll w1s Blflllfel Well, then Mtrnle lllll IIITL went to bed, b11t you k11ow MJTIIIC, Putsy llWdyS put 111 a good Word for l1er slster, she yust h 1d to make sure tl1at B1rbar1 was back rn bed She pumped out of bed, went to Barbs tent 1nd fou11d l1er st1ll IT1l9SlI1g She thought ll w as terrlbly strange for her to be 1w11 so long so she hurrred to the Short I-louse but B1rb1ra wasnt there From J Page Eleven UP 2 ,1't . . , D' 1 -X ' as - ' - vs l S 4 - ll ' s 1 14 vw ' i X ' 1 Y 1 s l 1 1 N' ' 1 1 1 . r u ' . , ' 1 . 1, 1 gf A- 1 K- v lk- 1 L- . 1 1 , L. 3 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 . ' ' lf ' 1 , 2 , fl. . h 1 - ' S , 1 .. ,, lean untangled her, straightened l1er out, and o11 we w11lked, quite used 1 5 3 - - J '1 Q ' ' 3 - .... 3 1 1 K 1 r ' ' 1 ' 1 ' . 1 11 1 l 1 . A 1 A. 1 1 I 1' . , I r I L K A Ls b ' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' . ' 1 . - , , : ,ku . 2 ' . - . is 1 7 - I 1 l . y - 5 . ' ' ' lf 1 1 '. nt ' ' V' 2 1 1 . ,. . , K, , I .'s . is s ' v , 1 . , 1 . 1 ,, S 1 V ' . 1 ' . 1 'D 2 Q. ' 'SS' s ' 7, A , A1 1 1 Ll,

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MIIIIIILUS Island eont11ns m1ny of my hrsts Alre 1dy I I1 ne seen hummlng blrd fly blekvy 1rels I I ye 1ls for tl1e hrst tlme pllyed on r I reed orgm Smce I'un1ee and I flght oyer vyho sh1lI pl1y the Ofglll lfter breakfast, ll IS agreed th1t tl1e hrst one to I'II11Sll should be 1ble to play hrst Tomorrovy I m gomg to FIIHSII before she does So far I don t know vyhlt lt IS hke to pl1y the orgln lIHI11LtllIlCly xfter e ltlng Fr1d1y the whole flllllly went out wlth 1 lobster hsl1erm1n to w1tel1 Inm pull Ill crates of green lobsters I-Ie g1ye us enough to l1st untll we yyould leaye MHIIIIICUS It w1s 1bout sbt thlrty that eyenmg th ll I w1s sent to the eellar to get some Daddy c1IIed them by 1 funny n1me Brmg up two of the erust1eeans ple 1se, he sald Tremblmgly I obeyed I went down the btsement stnrs wondermg whether 1 lobster would be wntlng for me llltl would sw1llovy me up IS the wl11Ie h 1d onah 'Ihe lobsters werent where my father I1 1d Sllll he l11d put them SIIICC they h 1d elecreleel to cr1wl 1round 1nd explore So I I1 1d to look for them When the thought struek me, hke 1 bolt of llghtmng, that at any mmute 1 green thlnv mrght slowly creep out from behlnd 1 boy, I was terrlhed Suppose th ll I were to scre1m lllel no one woulel l1e1r me Daddy h1d told me to pnek up the lobsters by thelr tnls so thtt they eouldnt get their y1ws 1round to my hnvers Then I notleeel two lobsters together If only I could stop shaklng I could make 1 gr 1b for the1r t11ls 1nd run upstznrs to get away from any that IHIUIII want to follow Hxlf an hour later I was keepxng one eye on my supper plate 1nd the other on the plate of lobsters Mother told me that when they are reel they 1re 1bsolutely dead, but I w1sn t sure th II they were I kept looklng IK them so that I could run lf one of them crwyleel oil the pl 1te 1nd started after me Thls IS 11 house w1tl1 an outdoor refrlgerator where vou can haye a frog s1l1d If anytlme Tbls IS true because our refrlgerator conslsts of a deep water vyell lll the slde yard under my wmdow Instead of haylng a bucket If the end of the rope rt h1s 1 flat wooden drsk vyhrch Hts the well and on which yye pl 1ee our butter mllk 1nd lettuce I IITI, by my own request, the pull her upy er 1nd let her downer of tl1e lee box tray Once, 1fter mv serles of jerks 1nel stops 111 pulhng her up, I w1s pleased to see a frog sxttmg on top of the lettuce Mother sald You m1y plav wlth I11m out here but dont mlke 1 colleetlon of them We yust cant have frogs yumpmg around on the fllI'I1lIUl'L But I do h1ye 1 bottle of QFISS IH whlch I put wrxsshoppers Tlns lnorrle to my tllSgLl9f, l11s to be left on the In 1ck porch so that the grasshoppers are free to roam 1 as they please, out of doors ffl' 5 Now, that lf IS vrowlng dark, I wonder W lf my grasshoppers are asleep I vyonder lf ' TQ, they do sleep There s only one W 1y to hnd 5..- 1 e 11t IS to wo elownstn s llltl c Q Oh, oh I he n tl1e people eonnng out of ehureh EA K ki Id better hurry before I m dlseoyered I st ll Q I haye my shppers on Oh vyell, Mother wrll N7 neyer see th m under the eoyers VIR., Mmm Croomrltow ay 1' Page I cn , . I- - -, 1 .' + 1 kt Q 1 .Tu 1, -, 1' '1 111 1 xo, ' Q ', 1 ll e'11 , ' 1 . a ' 1 ' I2 1' 1 1 ' 1 , , , . ,. . ,. ,L . s . 1 1 . . ,, . .1 ' D 1 V 1 n 1 hy x I , 1 y is u 1 , Q I . .- 1. s . s . . 1. - . ,- ' . y 1 Y rw r -I v 1 v ' 1 r u C n is L xl' K K L- , es ' 1 A K , Ke. -K. n T I p Y . . 1 - . , . . 1 . . . . I . 1 1. . 1 y 1 , 1 -,' . 1 . -' s .y 1 . ' 1 1 1 1 I 1 g . ' 1 1 I '. 1 3 -1 . g '. 3 . , 1 '1 1 1 fi . g . , . - ' . 1 y . .. 1 s 1 , ' ' ', lfl 1 . f 3 ,' ,. .. ..,. . , . ., . 1 , 1 . 1 . , U '.. - 1 - , s 'I- ., ef - -. AL ' ,Y 11 s s 1 . . ' 1 1 ' 1 . , . . e L I - 4 I xlv, -Y 1, 7 D K' Vu ' ,ff : -1 I y A .1 I 'I 1 U 'I 1 ' ' ,, 1 , '- -,. - , , ,, I I nn, and tl 1 . , . 1 r. 1 lmole. 1 4 , 1- , ,, , , .. ' . 1 -1,1 f - 1 ' 1 4 - I Q I .W Q , . . t - JC 1 . 1 5 ' - Q ' '. fl e 1,111 - I . 1' .. , .1.- Q.. ,y y . - . K - 'V' . L I 1. I ' If A s 1 'll' I J' ,4 'X ,. ,

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where she was standtng Mtrme eould see a whrte hgure drsappe xrmg dow n the steps to the beaeh Well, she dashed after her as fast as she eoulel, but when she reaehed the steps Barbara had already crossed the narrow plank to the dock oyer the water ufzthout allzng 111 She was vyalklng out on the dock headed for the end Marme saw that she was sleep walkmg and tore down lfter her 'IIHI eertnnly was elose It s good Mdflllt m 1eIe II III time Ixulue sue But, she eheln t' Barbara walked rlght off the end' Well then what happened I yelled unable to stmd Putsy s dramatnc p ruse mueh longer Oh Marnle Slfllply Jumped III after her, pulled her out, 1nd e tlmly sud Don t you thunk we tl better vo thus w1y And then she yust quletly led het to the He rlth I-Iouse my gosh, she gl tnced II her w :teh II s tfter twelye' We tl better scoot' Soon we were 1Il headed for our tents ean and I stumblmsf to ours at the end of the llne We were practrcally asleep when out of the stlllness of re nwht I hetrd 1 klnd of SCUYIWIIIU tround ne tr the tent em I thmk the skunk s eome buck I wluspered I-Iuh the skunk She was almost asleep Yes, If s-oh, no, lf s a camper a New One' We Immedlately yumped out of bed and confronted a terrlbly d1stressed chtld When we had conyxnced her that we were counsellors and would help her lf posslble, she finally told us what was wrong Her tentmate had dtsappeared' She had gone to the Short House and hadnt come back' lean and I lmmedlately prctured a body bobbmg on the lake and hurrled 1n that d1rect1on As we passed one tent, though, we heard the sharp tones of the tentI1ne bulhes, Natlca and Cvnthra Rushtng over to shut them up, we found that IIICII' trrade was dlrected at some forlorn creature who was drooplnv deyectedly on one of the beds VVhen eyer she got a chance the New Camper IIISISICLI, I tell you th1s IS my bed' Now go way and let me sleep' Well, we were certamly glad to End her there rather th an III the lake tlthough we re1l1Led that there would be plenty of blttles when the bullles would try to pay her back for her error Extractlng the er1m1nal from her lccusers, we left the tent wlth the New One 1n tow Wh tts your name and tent number w lnqulreel IS soon IS we h 1d qureted her dovyn Pu -gig dently she h ldn t been able to find her ovy n tent on f e-QWJ, her vy ty bzek from the Short House Im loyce and thats my bed buck ther she sud, POIIIIIIIU to the tent we had yust left Before we eould reply her worrleel tentmtte tppe rred Intl lm ruled her oH to the rlght tent em md I flopped Into bed exh lusted but qlllfl usee to thls sort of IIIIIIU In fret, we h ld re IL led the point where we I1 ld lelrned to sleep wrth one 1 1 e tr open We vyerent though to be lll'sIIll'I5Ckl my more th ll night Page I nfffzfe a x - 1 1 s -1 , s S sxs 4 l x n H if I Y . .. , . . e . , . .. . . .5 4 1 we 1. v 1 1 A ss fs 1 -I 1 n I I I 1 yy V1 .1 . . .. . . . . - . Qi I. .. - . - .. Lt N17 ' ' , . . . . . Z . . , . . . .. , D . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . e . . . 1 . I 5 . . , . .. Il . , . - , , ., . . Z., , . . . be . . I. , . . , . . ns 'YH , . . se M' Sw - v vw ' 'l ' V . . , . . . . D . sv s 5' v s - v . ., V . . , K Q 2 1 ' ' ' L . ' . I ' ' . .. , D.. e . I I I . L syQQ - . . Q I f . . , . , ' . y Iv 'P' e fx Q . ,. . . ' . , . , . X - Iv' e . . . , Y . ,l, , . . k . . . , se Q vw 'ss I X al . x 1 I s s s u X .1 5 1 A . V X , ' ' 1 ' 1 'z ' 1 I XX - - 1 , n I l ' X e 4 . e . X ..y . . ,. , , -1 ,. I .1 A. . my , . .. . . , . , . , L . ,. ,