A GAME FOR A RAINY DAY.
While every hour of a pleasant day by the sea-side or in the country provides its own amusements, on a rainy day young people are apt to find that time hangs heavily on their hands. So it happened, one day last month, that the girls staying at Sandy Beach Hotel visited Miss Walker in her room, and begged her to suggest some new game for them.
After a moment's hesitation she said that she had thought of a game that might be new to them, though she had played it when a child.
"I shall want one assistant," she said, "to whom the secret of the game will be intrusted; the others will have to try to guess it. I shall remain in the room with the rest of you, and my assistant will go out. During her absence I shall place my hand on the shoulder of some girl, or upon the piano, or on my own shoulder, and when she returns she shall tell you who has been touched."
Nobody seemed to know anything about the game, so Miss Walker chose Alice Milne as her assistant.
The girl went out of the room. Miss Walker laid her hand on the girl nearest to her, who happened to be Clara Lane, and on Alice's return asked, "On whom did my hand rest?"
Alice at once replied, "On Clara."
"Right," was the answer.
But the girls, thinking they had found out the game, said, "You touch the girl nearest to you, Miss Walker."
"I certainly did on this occasion; but the position of the girl has nothing to do with the secret."