December 1921 School Magazine

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Dec., 19-1.

bRISBANE GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE.

girl. Joyce gave one scream and then-- Margaret Duncombe poked her with the tennis racquet: "You must have been having a night- mare," she said, laughingly, glancing at Joyce's terrified face, "fo- you have been screaming and yelling as if you had met a tribe of aborigines. "Yes," said Joyce faintly, "I did meet a tribe." Then she wended her way up to the school, without listening to their eager entreaties for her to relate her recent experiences. IRIS V. JENKINs, Upper III. B.

then suddenly they also faded from view. Then Joyce's heart Jumped, for descending as it seemed from the top of the gymnaeium roof came a horde of black men. Grinning, gesticulating, shouting, banging their trum- pets, flourishing their swords, they swarmed down on her. Joyce rose up at once and in her turn began to shout Latin to them. At the moment it was the only language in which she could think. But the black men took no notice of her. They took their knives from their sheathe and advanced to the shrinking

The Joys of Youth.

A friend's goodwill and charity, A teacher's praise for carefulness; To love with all sincerity,

What are the Joye of youth? To know A mother's love and fond caress, A father's kindly sympathy, A brother's manly thoughtfulness, A sister's true fidelity, A comrade's proved unselfishness,

T'be blest with health and girt with truth; These are the joys that belong to youth. D. McC., Form III. A.

A Day in the Bunyas.

proposed to eat on our ret urn. We were amazed to see huge iguanas on the tree trunks, basking in the sunlight which filtered through the leaves. There was 3 wonderful variety of orchids, lovely both in colour and form, and the ferns, from the dainty maiden hair to the huge tree- ferns, were a sight to behold. There were many beautiful little creeks trickling down the mountain side, the most beautiful of these being Tim O'Shea's Creek, the waterfall formed by which was also very charming. The birds were very numerous, and crowds of gaudy, 'hrieking parrots frequently flew overhead. In the bird reserves, we s'w many birds, including some of the rarer water fowl. Here the birds are allowed to live un- molested in their native surroundings. It was delightful to hear their musical callsand songs. Once we were startled by seeing a bla5k dingo skulking past, but he quickly disap-

What can be more delightful than driving in a car with a blue sky overhead and with your destination some pleasant picnicing place in the country. This was the thought of all as we glided along the road towards the Bunyas, which as yet appeared a blue range of hills on the horizon. After a few hours' journey, as the roads he- came unfit for cars. we mounted horses pro- vided for us. After we had travelled for a time in this manner the track bLcame too steep for the horses, so we prepared to tra- verse the rest of the way on foot. The climb was rather stiff, but when at last it was over, we felt well rewarded for our pains. The scene was glorious, and we could see for miles in all directions. In some places we could not see the treetops, 0o high were they, and so luxuriant the intervening vege- tation. The Bunya pines, from which the mountains derive their name, grow to enormous heights; we gathered some of their nuts, which we

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