The next morning a huge notice was posted on the bulletin board.
"Any one who tells a ghost story, or discusses departed spirits, in
this institution or on the grounds thereof, shall have all privileges
suspended for a period of six weeks.
"By order of the Superintendent."
CHAPTER XVII
RUBBING ELBOWS
"Chicago, Illinois.
"Dearly Beloveds:
"Nearly I am converted to matrimony as a life career. Almost I feel it
is worth the sacrifice of independence, the death of originality, the
banishment of special friendship, and the monotonous bondage of rigid
routine.
"I have just come back from Mount Mark, where I had my second visit
with little Julia. She is worth the giving up of anything, and the
enduring of everything. She is marvelous.
"When I first saw her, just after Aunt Grace brought her home,--I think
I told you that I went without a new pair of lovely gray shoes at ten
dollars a pair in order to go to Mount Mark to meet her,--she was very
sweet, and all that, but when they are so rosily new they are more like
scientific curiosities than literary inspirations. But I have met her
again, and I am everlastingly converted to the domestic enslavement of
women. One little Julia is worth it.
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