American Agriculturist, October 20,1923 
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All the Old Games—and Some New 
(Continued from page 271) 
frogged surtout; “and should you,” he 
continued, drawing on his gloves, 
“should you stare at me with those im¬ 
pertinent fishes’ eyes of yours, I should, 
most certainly, pull your nose for you.” 
“And I should as certainly throw you 
out of the window!” I nodded. 
“An impertinent young jackanapes!” 
said he again, and went out, banging 
the door behind him. Glancing from 
the window, I saw him catch up with 
the other two, and all three walk on 
together down the road. Sir Jasper 
was in the middle, and I noticed that 
his hands were still deep in his pockets. 
Now, as I watched their forms get¬ 
ting smaller and smaller in the dis¬ 
tance, there grew upon me a feeling 
that he who walked between would 
nevermore come walking back. 
And, in a little, I called for and set¬ 
tled my score. As I rose, the pretty 
Looking Forward to Halloween 
The Easiest Sort of a Party to Have — And the Most Fun 
A HALLOWEEN party is always en- 
. joyed because it is the most in¬ 
formal sort possible. A hostess who 
sends invitations should decorate them 
with a Jack-’o-lantern, a black cat, an 
apple, a bat, or a witch, all symbols of 
the season. 
A row of welcoming Jack-’o-lanterns 
should be .suspended over the entrance 
to the home where the guests assemble 
at the stated hour. Several Jack-’o- 
lanterns bobbing about the lawn and 
porch should be the only light to lead 
them through a dark hall into a lighted 
room. 
The rooms may be draped with 
pumpkin-colored cheesecloth, and dec¬ 
orated with pumpkin receptacles, filled 
with golden rod, asters, autumn leaves 
and ferns. Also have shocks of corn 
in the corners of the room with pump¬ 
kins heaped around the base. It is bet¬ 
ter to take up carpe^g or rugs and 
remove all ornaments and unnecessary 
furniture. 
The games may all be simple, but 
nevertheless , cause much amusement. 
Have a “Pumpkin Plentiful” presided 
over by a girl dressed as a witch, who 
urges guests to reach in and grasp 
their fortunes. This large pumpkin 
shell should be filled with small articles 
which are supposed to suggest the fu¬ 
ture to those that draw them. Another 
pumpkin is presided over by “Peter 
Piper,” but instead of keeping only one 
wife in a pumpkin shell, he keeps a 
number, which prove to be gingerbread 
and doughnut dolls, which soon disap¬ 
pear with cider, from a huge pitcher or 
jug. 
chambermaid picked up my knapsack 
from the corner, and blushing, aided 
me to put it on. 
“Do you think I have fishes’ eyes, 
my dear?” I asked her. 
“La! no, sir—handsome they be, I’m 
sure, so bright an’ black an’ wi’ little 
lights a-dancing in them—there, sir, 
go along wi’ you!” 
“By the way,” I 'said, pausing upon 
the worn steps, “how far is it to Deep- 
dene Wood?” 
CHAPTER X 
WHICH RELATES THE END OF AN 
HONORABLE AFFAIR 
S OME half-mile along the road, upon 
the left hand, was a stile, and be¬ 
yond the stile, a path—a path that led 
away over field, and meadow, and wind¬ 
ing stream, to the blue verge of distant 
woods. 
Now, midway between these woods 
and the place where I stood, there 
moved three figures; and, far away 
though they were, I could still make 
out that the middle one walked with 
his hands—those tremulous, betraying 
hands—thrust deep within his pockets. 
And presently I climbed the stile, 
and set off along the path. 
“Sir Jasper!” said I to myself. 
Somewhere in the background of my 
consciousness I had a vague recollec¬ 
tion of having heard mention of such 
a name before. 
“Sir Jasper!” said I to myself again. 
“It is a very uncommon name, and 
should be easy to recollect.” So I 
walked on through the sweet, wet 
grass, racking my brain. 
When I again looked up, the three 
figures had vanished where the path 
took a sharp bend round a clump of 
oaks, and, determined not to lose them, 
I hurried my steps; but when I, in 
turn, rounded the corner, not a soul 
was in sight. 
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One old Scottish test will cause much 
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