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Such was the night of the eSth of October, '9~J and Oil that night some of the Sr. boys met to consider the pantry question. After much discussion and deep meditation, taking not less than thirty seconds, it was unanimously agreed upon that it was better to be than not to be, and if they could not be out of the pantry, they would be in it. They were convinced that they could 110t be out of it, as "to be" meant to "exist," and they were so hnngry they could not exist. So they determined to be in it before midnight. Having acquipped themselves with all sorts of keys. long keys and short keys, round keys and flat keys, mon-keys, skeleton keys and keys that were not skeletons, they wended their way to the object of much concern. They soon entered the kitchen, but here they stopped. for the pantry door rage up before them and mockingly exclaimed, "Thou shalt not steal." They were astonished! \Vho had thought of stealing? The keys were tried, but alas! Some were too long, some were too short, some too large and some too small. NOlle could prevail upou the lock to yield; but they got in . How? Oh, by a little trick of theirs; it matters not how they were in, and then such funny things happened. One fellow fished out a hcart from a pan of chicken and swallowed it, R(h)illc-h(e)art and all. Upon being asked why he took it whole, he answered that "he was Mills enough to grind it Ever since that night he has been par- ticularly fond of the h(e)art with the attached. (This, 110 doubt, will cause the Mills to grind-(his teeth] ) One fellow declared he could balance a pitcher 011 his lip by -p]acillg the lip of the pitcher to his 0\\'11; he attem1Jted it bill the thing was full of rich milk, .'30 he had to drink or get strnugled: therefore, he drank in self-defence, at the same time drinkillg ill the milk After having performed these and many such tricks they thought on their departure; but now the trouble was great which they encountered. They were com- passed about by things, such 805 pies, peaches, jellies, pickles, etc., crying- "Take us out of this many long days have we been in here; Oh, take lIS out!" And thus they took compassion upon them and took them upon themselves, as many as they could carry, promising the others a speedy relief; but they never came back. They never came back, because some said it was a case of misappropriation of goods. and dignity raised its hands in holy horror nud broke faith with us, so the boys would not go more, as their intentions were misjudged Bnt dignity was gone, old Dig. had them and they had to dig for themselves. They did it, Why, they dng fully one-half hour trying to remove the putty from nronud one pane of glass. It was {)11 Hallow 'een night and the fel lows were to have fixed up the dining-hall, hence the diggiug of the putty Before they had removed the pane the sash came out and now the boys' time had come; with a bOllnd they sprang through the window. leaped on the floor, but __ that is just c-hat they did, bllt; they butted right against de- tective Stone and (W)right by his side another detective. This one yelled "run !,' They ran. Remember, I said they ran. If yOU want proof of it ask the boys. Being Important thal an account of the exploit should be given, the writer, after much per- suasion, was induced [0 go, for the Srl111e reason he was induced to run when the C0111- maud was given. There was this (lifference, however, not so much persuasion was needed. 57