The School for Scandal.
A great boarding-school scandal is exciting attention in Philadelphia, which prides itself on its young lady seminaries. Not long ago an elderly gentleman drove up to the door of one of the most prim of these institutions, disembarked his trunks, and introduced his “ daughter” to the matron. The daughter was tall and handsome, tastefully dressed, and promised to be quite a popular pupil. So when the father wanted to put her at school she was gladly accepted. Then the father said good-bye, and after leaving special instructions in regard to the earo over the young girl, drove away. !bText, a roqm was selected for her, in company, of course, with the usual number of room-mates. Several days passed by, the new comer was growing very popular with the other girls as well as with the teacher. Her wardrobe was extensive, her manners attractive, and there seemed to be a certain charm about her that all recognised, but which none could explain. She herself seemed happy ; her disposition was pleasant, and she laughed a great deal. Sometimes, the girls couldn’t understand why she laughed, but a slight explanation satisfied. Well, a month passed away; the young lady was a great favorite, hardly less so with the girls than with her room-mates, and she' Was becoming quite accomplished. But one day she sent a trunk off fur some reason, and pretty soon left quietly herself. Most of the household were astonished, and immediately the alarming story spread that she was nob a girl at all. The teachers tried to hush it up, but it wouldn’t be hushed. The room- mates of the decamped young lady were besieged for information. Then the story got out of the school, has been verified, and the result has been a perceptible commotion in society circles. A bold and audacious fraud had been perpetrated on the managers of the school, and a smooth-faced youth of about 20, introduced into the boudoirs of a fashionable young ladies’ seminary. Any wonder a sensation should ensue 1 The scamp has not been captured, and efforts are being made to hush the affair up.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume VI, Issue 286, 4 May 1875, Page 7
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