Stern College for Women - Kochaviah Yearbook (New York, NY)

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► o o o o A story in the Ambrose Bierce vein ► ► ► ► z o ► ► ► ► o I FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN H.i.e you ever found yourself alone? 1 mean alone, on a dark night on a deserted train platform or on a dark street after midnight. If you have, you may have noticed that the mind can play funny tricks on you. Evelyn Albert visited her friend, Geraldine, who was quite ill. Evelyn was about to leave . . . Well, I have to run, honey, because it ' s past 12:30 and tomorrow I must go to work. She closed the door and walked down the steps. The nig ht seemed cool for the middle of July, but never- theless, it was a beautiful night. She felt very much relieved. Poor Geraldine, she said to herself as she turned the corner. Even in this beautiful weather she can ' t keep the windows open. It ' s so hot and stuffy in there. Evelyn walked down the block until she came to the subway. She stopped and fished for her token. She found it, de- posited it in the turnstile and started down the steps. Halfway down she sud- den ly remembered that she had forgotten to buy a newspaper. She went back up and at the top of the stairs she heard her train coming. Quickly she bought her newspaper and ran down the steps, but she missed the train. As she stood there, various thoughts ran through her mind. I won ' t be able to get up tomorrow morning. If I come late again, who knows what will happen. She started to count the stairs to pass the time, but her thouL ' lit returned to her job. Oh dear, you don ' t think the boss will fire me, do you ' ? He can ' t do that to me. After all, 1 diil hear him say that I was indispens- able and that I am the best secretary he has ever had. Poor Geraldine is always ' ' trm ' sick. What she needs is a change ol climate, because if she doesn ' t move, the doctor -aid she won ' t live long. How . .m -he ino e ? She i . 1 1 1 ' t afford it. By MARILYN SINGER Brooklyn Suddenly a chill came over her. She heard the train in the distance coming nearer and nearer. She moved up against the wall of the platform. I just got the funniest feeling. I feel as if someone is going to sneak up behind me and push me off the platform. Oh well, the only person on the platform is all the way down at the other end. I ' m just being silly. Ah, here comes the train. She got on, took a seat, looked around and saw only one other person in the car. She studied him. Her eyes met his. His eyes were glassy. Oh dear, I hope he isn ' t drunk. That ' s all I need. I hope he isn ' t a dope addict .Oh no! She turned away. She could feel his cold, glassy stare. It sent shivers up and down her spine. He got up and slowly walked towards her. She told herself to be calm. He stood right over her now. He stood there for a minute, just staring at her (after all, they had voted her the prettiest girl in the office). She was very frightened, but she didn ' t utter a sound or blink an eye. She just sat there, wait- ing, hoping that he would go away. They stared at each other. Then he said : Pardon me, ma ' am, but is that news- paper yours? He pointed to the seat with the newspaper on it. Her eyes fol- lowed his finger. She told him that it didn ' t belong to her. He took it and went back to his seat. She heaved a sigh ot relief. She got off at Stillwell Avenue to change to another train. She walked up the stairs, across and down to another platform. Not one person appeared on the platform. She found herself alone. She became frightened again. I ' ve got a funny feeling that something is going to happen to me. Evelyn Albert, how silly can oii be? Nothing is going to happen to you. I ' ve made this trip too main rimes for anything to happen. Just o o o o o o o I z o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o z o o o o o o 1 o o o z o z o o o