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April’s Lady

           Thelargernumberareofroughlychiselledbrownorgraynativestone,andonlyinafewcasesisthereanyattemptatornamentation.Someareadornedwithskullandcross-bones,andthisgrizzlydecorationisfrequentlycoupledwithacherub’shead.Manyareprostrateandinruins.IntoalmostallTime’stoothhasbeengnawing,untilsomeinscriptionshavebeencompletelyeffaced,andotherscanonlybedecipheredwithdifficulty.Thegraveyardisveryfullandverybowery,foritissurroundedandintersectedbyrowsofelmsandwillows,beneathwhoseshadethesleepersmustlieverydreamlessly,forevercroonedtobythewindsandleavesoverthem,andquiteundisturbedbytheclamoroftrafficjustbeyond.

           AnnetookthefirstofmanyramblesinOldSt.John’sthenextafternoon.SheandPriscillahadgonetoRedmondintheforenoonandregisteredasstudents,afterwhichtherewasnothingmoretodothatday.Thegirlsgladlymadetheirescape,foritwasnotexhilaratingtobesurroundedbycrowdsofstrangers,mostofwhomhadaratheralienappearance,asifnotquitesurewheretheybelonged.

           The“freshettes”stoodaboutindetachedgroupsoftwoorthree,lookingaskanceateachother;the“freshies,”wiserintheirdayandgeneration,hadbandedthemselvestogetheronthebigstaircaseoftheentrancehall,wheretheywereshoutingoutgleeswithallthevigorofyouthfullungs,asaspeciesofdefiancetotheirtraditionalenemies,theSophomores,afewofwhomwereprowlingloftilyabout,lookingproperlydisdainfulofthe“unlickedcubs”onthestairs.

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