THE children planted pumpkin seeds early in the season and hoed and
cared for the vines themselves, that they might have their own pumpkins
for Hallowe’en, and what fun they had with them! And how delightfully
scarey they were, when made into Jack O’Lanterns! Some one said they
were pumpkin ghosts.
Two dreadful ones were placed on the gate posts to frighten Papa when
he came home after dark. He guessed right away who had put them there.
Others were carried about on poles with sheets hanging about them, in
solemn procession.
[Illustration: A JACK O’LANTERN]