She remembered there was a piano solo, very loud and crashing, it seemed to her, and there was a tremendous humming sound.

The sea was growing very rough, she thought.

A storm was brewing somewhere.

Then the wind died down again, there was a complete and utter silence and she seemed to be entirely alone.
"I have great pleasure in announcing," she dimly heard a voice say, "that the annual freshman prize, so generously donated always by Mrs.
Gray, is awarded this year to one of the most brilliant and remarkable pupils who has ever studied in Oakdale High School.

My language, in this instance, may appear to be rather extravagant, but the pupil, who has been under the eye of the faculty for many months because of her most excellent standing, has achieved a unique success in the history of the school.