And it kept jumping about from one side of the bridge to the other . Oh , I hope none of my readers will ever be so frightened as I was then . I was too frightened to run back because I was afraid it would chase me and I could n't get past it , it moved so quick , and then it just made one spring right on me and I felt its claws and I screamed and fell down . It rolled off to one side and laid there quite quiet but I did n't dare move and I do n't know what would have become of me if Amos Cowan had n't come along that very minute with a lantern . And there was me sitting in the middle of the bridge and that awful thing beside me . And what do you think it was but a big umbrella with a white handle ? Amos said it was his umbrella and it had blown away from him and he had to go back and get the lantern to look for it . I felt like asking him what on earth he was going about with an umbrella open when it wasent raining . But the Cowans do such queer things . You remember the time Jerry Cowan sold us God 's picture . Amos took me right home and I was thankful for I do n't know what would have become of me if he had n't come along . I could n't sleep all night and I never want to have any more adventures like that one . CECILY KING . PERSONALS Mr. Dan King felt somewhat indisposed the day after Christmas -- probably as the result of too much mince pie . -LRB- DAN , INDIGNANTLY : -- `` I was n't . I only et one piece ! '' -RRB- Mr. Peter Craig thinks he saw the Family Ghost on Christmas Eve . But the rest of us think all he saw was the white calf with the red tail . -LRB- PETER , MUTTERING SULKILY : -- `` It 's a queer calf that would walk up on end and wring its hands . '' -RRB- Miss Cecily King spent the night of Dec. 20th with Miss Kitty Marr .
They talked most of the XXXXX about new knitted lace patterns and their beaus and were very sleepy in school next day .
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