84 THE CINDERELLA FROCK.

gathered in like order on the left. Then
Louise Carl in a flowing robe, her hair
frizzed up into something like an uncouth
wig, placed herself in front ; and behind her,
Alice Lisle, and Lizzie Hale, bearing between
them what might be a very large square
board, a mirror, a small door, any thing
almost,—for it was enveloped in wrappings.
Scarcely were all in their places when,—

* Noble counselors are we,
Shrewd, and eagle-sighted ;
And by these our school-room laws,
Weighed in ev’ry school-room cause,
Every wrong is righted.”

chanted those on the right in easy concert.

“ Honest jurymen are we,
To the truth restricted,
Proof we’ve sounded, weighed the sin,
Here we bring our verdict in,—
The culprit is convicted |”

echoed the left hand people continuing the