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Without Aid from Sherlock:Holmes «Yes -Mum, ah suttenly did sec bloody, footprints. No sush I shua' 4me, kuow when dch's a ghost aràund 1 shua' does." .Such was the. speech of Mirandyý, ýthe coloiedý girl, one late Augustda. "Well, Mirandy, I can't get hcad 'or tail of wihat you are. talking. about; *o suppose.you begin at the viery be- ~hmng.Right after I left home this afternoon t o go shopping-. I can't ace why in the world you should think -there is a ghost. in this bouse. -,Why, the idea."I Mrs. Qunter seemed as though she. weel~ibut her face was ser- ions, so Mirandy continued with heri Story, or rather started it.. -Weil, Mrs- Huntâh, I was just fin- ishing with MY janin', ah decided to 4taht to nuake dinnah. Weil just at the Ititchent door what should ah sec bunt bloody footprints. Yes mrnm, 1,ow . ah knows. dey is footprints? Why shua' ah knows, ah's Êot eyes. -Wcil maum, when ah seed dey's steps îiy heaht jestplumb stood stili. Ah knows it did.Y 'Tes, yes, Mirandy, I know, but uow let us go out and take a look at these footprints. Corne. They won't eat you up." One look,. at the kitchen was *nough.. It proved that there were footprints there.. Even on the cup- board there were streaks of red. Mrs. Il nuter opcned thé cupboard and. Then suddenly she gave a laugh and said, "Send Sam here to me, Mi- tandy.' Yes,. mean. your nine year -old son. Hurry. At--.Mirandy's caîl a very ragged -Colored boy appeared at the doorway. * Laws a me 1", It -is littie wondcr1 that 'Miranidy uttered somnething. of tbat sort, for there on Sam's face« ,ras the sawe blood red stuff as on -* 'he kitchen floor. i .',.Missy's raspberry jelly." "Look a Ibah, that Young un, wait till ah ...1 ýAt that both Samn and Mirandy dias- Î4peared. - Alice Is in Wonderland Until School Belle Ring January S.. The day daýwned bright and clear. Happy children. tumbled al over themselves to get to, school. No one lagged behind. The teach- ers smiled cheery greetings to the pupils and announced -the fun- for, the week. DPon'tthink it! The way it really happened: The day dawned coid and wet, dark and miserable. No one seemed ina hurry to get to school and if he were, -rubbers: and stick- ing in. the mud preventied it. Trhe, teacbers smiled cheery greetings to the pupils and atnnounced a test on Friday, a quiz on Wednesday and a review Tuesday. When a feller needa a f riend. --Alice Dernehi, 8R Howard Righ th Grad e, Girls Ready for Basket bail Basketbail season bas nearly begun for tbe eighth grade girls. 1j 1Monday, january 5, we had our Iast, volleyball game. Mrs. Fanck- boner, our gymnasium teacher, said she tbought it wouid be nice to have our teams already chosen for basket- bail and our captains chosen, so that we could begin playing basketball as soon as'volleyball ended. The captain of the 8A-1 tearn ic iFrances Haskens, and on ber tearn are Barbara Behr, Shirley Leason, Jane kcMilan, Fern Ahlstrand, Virginia Green, Marjorie Kresge, Eleanor Steeni and Dorothea Hacker. The captain of the 8A-2 team is Audrey Borre, and on ber team are Jean Perrili, Eleanor Beecher, Dloris Sinali, Jane Lillyý, MargaretMcClii- ton, Dorothy Anderson, Jessie Mur. dison, Mary Tr. Allen and Lilliah Hoar. We-are ail hoping for a verv successfui season. -Marj>rie Iresge, 8A Howard Getting Up for School Making Boy Wretched 8 o'clock now. Hurry or you will be late for school," Calied Mrs. Smith, who was.trying to get hier son,,utpgo a bright Monday mo1 rning. "School again... Oh Ma, just five minutes," .was the reply. In 15 minutes William ca me slowvly down the stretcb of, stairs and cer- tainly- looked. sleepy, for he had been up late the, evening before. "Williami," said Mrs.- Smith sternly, "wili you please hurry down. Good- ness, you will start the new year wrong." uGee, Moin,- why diî1 you wake me up so early ?" questioned William. "'Now William, my. boy,- eat tiis niée oatmeal and hurry s0 your teacher won't have to mark you tar- dy. Just think, of a big boy like you going on 13 years -who can't even hurry in the morning," replied Mrs. Smith. "'Oh, "gosh, oatmeal again; that's ail I get- iii this bouse. I've had it for the last 15 years,",gr .oaned Wil-. liant. William was soon ready to g ,o andl Mrs., Smith said, "Goodbye,, Sonny, do hurry so you won't be late." I suppose that this scene- took place in many homes Monday morn- ing after vacation. -Fern Ahistrand, 8A Howard Test on Quotations Will Be Held Today Mrs. Stalling, the literatur e teacher at Howard schooi, set a date for the testý on, our ."Me rch ant. of ,Venice" quotationýs. We will have otir test Janiuary 9. The quotations. are as follows: thé verse written on Shakespeare's grave, on page 20; Gratiano's and Antonio"s speech, page 24; Portia'g speech; ai smali part, of, Làuncelot's speechbon. Ceituries of Toil Help. to Advance Che mical Science The Egyptians.appear to h 'ave had the greatesti' amount. of chemical knowledge of ail nations of ant iquitv. They skillfully preserved the'r dead bodies frmdecavand'fixed co*lors in, silk 1ýy mëneans of a mordant. The Chinese ,were very early ac- quainted withthe processes.for dye- ing and the preparation- of metallic ailoys. Fromi the Egyptians the Greeks. and 'Romans derived what chemnical, knowledge they possess, but they >added lit tle'or nothing- to. it, and with the. migration -of the northern tribes and the overthrow of the Ro- man Empire a -stop "as put for the time to ail. atvancement of science in Europe. Arabs beganý soon after this ýto take up cheniistry and called themselves alchemists. About the end of the 17th century, chemistry study was again begun by, people in Europe and rapidly pro- gressedafter this. SoM*e made chemical experimeënts with beat and iight, other gases and mineraIi Thus from the l7th ,centui- ry to the 2th century, there bas been a greater increase in the knowl- edge of chemistry than ever before. -Eiiene Weakiy, 7B Howard Broken Resolutions Fail to Discourage Student Bill, a, boy in the eighth grade, de- cided to write down somne resolutions. They went as follows: Study Hard. Do Home Work.- Learnt "Merchant of,,Venice" quo- tations. Do ':What, Mother and lDad, Ask.ý .The first day at sch oi, homework wvas assigned. Bill played football. after school. went, home, ate dinner and. then he attended the'show. Upon àrriving home he went to bed, home- woik 'fnrron. Lila cu in. a a p ste the pictur~e On the M rs. GrQves, room an~d six girls froin gcv~ bter ook. ppil mae sme eins ucFront of -a-blaclk paper and thé 'titît Miss Ma.ïdsen's rôoom rec ed tickets. ses n y truntc, a as «study hard" and «à.,ways do your on the bacle. This year . we are ,gojng How's that?. Eight girls against tWo [M and ga'eu, and a homcw.ork" Not ýso good for us, bîtÇ to hold the. -pages 'with' ou leafi boys. - Kecp u irs.Petty so00 vcry good for Our. teachers, and- og $g instead of. ribbons. The bopks1 the Howard "ýIfema ' llhod"h mrs GenInsgrde .. k, moag4 :.l , ' jpldth