Academy of the Visitation - Crescent Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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her shoulder The old man stared down at them At the lrttle grrl wlth hrs wrfe s face and name and at the boy wrth hrs own son s eyes and name the same name that he hrmself had borne so proudly for more than half a century See here s a plcture of my father and mothe sa1d the boy openmg a locket whrch Mollre wore around her neck on a stout strmg The Major looked down at the faces of hrs own son and hrs young wrfe john Calvm the boy strarghtened He had never been called by hrs whole name before and he loved nt Everyone called h1m Jack I am your grandfather The boy drew back Then slr I thunk we had better go You don t want us He started down the steps wrth Molhe I do want you I am a lonely old man and I do want my sons chlldren You drdn t want our mother sard the boy harshly When your father marr1ed your mother then an actress 1n a musrcal show I was carrred away by wrath that the Brewster name should be con nected w1th such a calling as the stage But years of lonelmess have changed me and I would be glad to welcome her and you rn my home today Won t you come? No I thmk we had better go Thrnk boy you are my own grandson You have no home you are hungry you cannot care for your slster I have plenty for us all and th1s great house Go? Of course you re not gomg He turned to the lxttle grrl who was slttmg on Mammy s lap eatmg away on a pxece of the stolen pre th1s brg house and have all the dollles you want and play on this great brg lawn all day long He stooped over the lrttle grrl and held out hrs arms Come he sald tenderly Moll1e stood up and looked gravely from the stiff proud figure ot Bruvver to the old man Her l1ttle woman s heart decided for her Wlth a llttle smlle to Bruvver she ran straight mto the old man s waltmg arms We ll stay wlv oo Gran pa she sald I love oo After some happy moments the old man went to the door and called Ephrarm brmg down Master jack s hrgh cha1r for my granddaughter and set three places at the table my son s chrldren have come home to me Ollvxa Hrldebrand College I EU GENEROSITY Grvel the streamlet murmurs Boundmg to the sea There are freshlets ln the moun tams To replenrsh me Take the blossom whxspers From my petals folds What mrser rose IS rrcher For the fragrance lt w1thholds9 Welcome to our concert' Brrds smg from each tree Our song but grows the sweeter For outpoured melody Shlne laughs the sunbeam In the sun there s store Of llfe and warmth and beauty For countless aeons more Learn my soul the lesson Taught thee every hour By streamlet and by sunbeam By Warbler and by Flower Happmess 1ncreases By that wh1ch lt rmparts Boundless IS the treasure Hrd rn generous hearts CCS a 1 . ' ' . 1 ! 1 rl y - .. vv ' ' ' 7 'S l It q ,y n I Q , . . . 6, , . . 1, l CC ' ' I . , , . ,, . . ll . ' ' 19 CC I ' 7 99 ' U ! ' H . . . 7 , - . . , , . Y! - cc , ' as , . L6 ' ! ! ' Y 3 ' S S ' li ' ' . . . , . . , . . . You want to stay with your old granddaddy, don't you? You can live in 7 ! ,, . . , SC 99 ' . . 7 3 ' 7 . , . . . . . n c , u . I Ci 3 ' 7 !, I 66 37 . 1 v - ' H . . , . . ' 9 1 7 ' ly , . - , u ' '9 K6 ' H . , , ' cs 1 3 ' IV ' YV 9 ! ., . Y U if 7 , . ' ' 99 . ,, . . . I ' 9 Y 9? I - 9 ..

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very lonely The blg st1ll house and the spreadlng elms that crowded the lawn seemed to brood protectmgly over the proud old figure The boy d1d not notlce hxm but crept quletly towards the rear of the house Suddenly there were sounds of commotxon at the back of the house The old man jumped to h1s feet The patter of quxck bare feet followed by the heavy slap slap of an 1rate mammle s broad feet sounded on the lawn The old man reached the last step of the veranda just ln time to catch a small strugglmg boy Mammy arrlved a moment later pantmg and angry I-Iol 1m Marse kase ef yuh don t yuh nevah km ketch 1m agm kase e run l1ke a greased pxg Yas suh e km an e s dun trxed fer to steal the ple whut I se dun cooked fer yo suppuh suh Trymg to steal was he? sald the old Major gruffly Look at me boy The boy ralsed h1s proud lxttle head and answered the Major s gaze w1th h1s deeply frmged v1olet eyes The Major started vnolently No he sand to hlmself nmpossxble But he looked more kmdly at the boy Speak chzldl Why dxd you try to steal? Why d1dn t you ask Aunt Becky fo1 some thmg lf you were hungry? The boy threw back h1s thln shoulders saymg m a volce of qulvermg prxde It wasn t for myself slr lt was for Molhe Troy The old Major and the waxtmg Aunt Becky both gasped Whom d1d you say you wanted It for? sa1d the old man Ins voxce tremblmg wxth suppressed excitement D1d you say for Molhe Troy' Hurry boy tell me What IS your name? Tell me who Moll1e Troy 159 Tell me at once Moll1e she s my s1ster Oh you aren t going to send us back are you? us back' Send you back? What do you mean back where? I want to know your name and how your s1ster happened to be named Molhe Troy My name IS but you promxse not to send us back? Go ahead boy I dont know what you mean but I wont send you back Not unt1l I find out a few thlngs anyway Well my names john Calvm Brewster and Molhe Troys my lxttle s1ster We ran away from the Home cause they were go1ng to make me go away cause I am gettlng too old to stay Mother made me promlse never to leave Molhe Troy so we just had to run away They wouldn t let me take her The boy s volce broke The recollect1on of h1s troubles and h1s wean ness had broken h1s proud Splflt The old man looked at the boy The startlmg resemblance of those great dark eyes to those of one he had loved the fact that th1S 11ttle beggar s s1ster bore hls own wxfe s name could It be p0ss1ble9 Who was your father boy tell me hls name and where he ISD My father s name was john Calvm Brewster and he was kxlled at the begmnlng of the war Mother dled just after that and they put us ln the Home cause we dldn t have any money The old man s eyes filled wlth tears The prxde of years that had sep arated hlm from hxs dearly loved son melted away as he stood looklng mto the eyes of the chxld whom he knew was hxs own grandson Chlld he sald brokenly do you know what my name ISD It IS john Lalvxn Brewster and go get your llttle s1ster Ill not hurt her Aunt Becky hurrled off with the boy and soon returned with the llttle glrl ln her arms her shmy black face wreatned with smlles and followed by a small but exclted process1on of lxttle darkles She put the llttle gxrl down on the steps near the Major The llttle thmg crled out sobbmgly for Bruvver He ran to her and stood beslde her hxs arm caressmgly la1d on 8 ' I , . . . , Y . , . H , ,. , . ,. . 1 1 7 . . . , , . . ' 9 Q 8 I! , . gg ' fl ' ' KC 9' , . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . ,, ., . . . , ' ll' ' U9 ' ll Y ' ' 7 . . . , A - - - as . . , . , . . . . I . U , . . . . ,, y 7 7 ' H . . ,, . . . . ' ! . . . ,, . . , , I . i . . A l! U .. , - , . ! ' 1 9 ' I'1l work hard for you. I'll do anythlng, but please, please, SIT, don't send !! Il . . , . . . ,, C6 ' T ' S! S4 9 5 1 ' Y ' ' 3, . , . ll 5 ' ' 1 ' 7 ! . , . . , Q , , . . . , ,, , . . . . . . . i . , - , . 7 . . , . . . , - . . so , ' ' vu S 9 ' if Y ' ' U s F s - 1. as , . . lt ' l, ' LG . ' ' ! 7 7 ' , . - . . , ,, , . . 3 ! n 11 . ' ' ' h ' 9

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THROUGH THE GATE OF DREAMS What a lovely day' The sun showered great sheafs of golden lances down through the rrfts ln the trees upon the fresh green earth They flashed back from the waters of a t1ny spring and burred themselves rn the cool green moss that clung close to 1ts side Wrld roses flushed wxth pleasure and whlspered gay greetmgs to the cheery wh1te frxlled daxsres They nodded stxffly to the buttercups whose gold lay far beneath them rn the grass Not so far however but that Mary Summers blue eyes would find them out Mary loved them all the trees the flowers the bxrds all were her fr1ends But today Mary was thmkmg l1ttle of her woodland frnends Her heart was sad She was thrnkxng of the dear mother lymg pale and thxn at home 1n the blg darkened room and of her father s weary and unavarlrng search for employment She had wandered down to the sprmg but she drd not feel llke playmg She looked around her and thought how happy all th1ngs were the flowers the blrds ln thelr nests over her head A blg tear splashed down her soft cheek She fell on her knees ln the long grass and lnftmg her tmy hands she whxspered earnestly Dear God make me grow rn a hurry If I were only erghteen mstead of elght I could be a great help to my mother and father Nobody thmks a l1ttle glrl lxke me can work O dear God please make me b1g The httle grrls prayer ended she sat down agam and watched a hum mxng b1rd flymg around the roses It began to soar up 1nto the sky stralght up the long shrmng sunbeams that fell across the grass It began to shme and to grow larger and larger But was xt a hummrng blfdp Mary watched lt eagerly It flew nearer and nearer unt1l she saw that rt was a great shmmg alrplane The wxde whxte wmgs fluttered slowly down and settled m the meadow Out stepped a handsome young boy dressed 1n a dark velvet su1t wearmg a thlck gold cham around hrs neck He seemed to be commg towards her How strange' Such a flue young boy couldn t want her dressed ln her old patched gmgham She glanced down conscrous of her bare feet But what had happened' She couldn t belleve her eyes Instead of the old faded dress her hand touched the soft folds of satm She looked 111110 the clear waters of the sprmg and was startled to see her round llttle face with 1ts frame of sunny curls sm1l1ng up at her She was a prmcess beautlfully dressed' The prmce beckoned to her and she ran to hrm Joyfully He put her 1nto the arrplane beslde hrm and soon they were spmnmg stra1ght out 1nto the blue sky the world so far beneath them that the forests looked lrl-.e dark patches and the r1ver just a gleammg thread They flew towards a far dxstant mountaxn and the great whxte wmgs settled down once more but th1s trme near the most gorgeous house that Mary had ever dreamed of It was all whlte and was surrounded by lawns and gardens full of flowers Thns xsn t my home Why are you stopp1ng9 crred Mary But rt ns your home You are gomg to be a prlncess and lxve here You shall have everythmg you want Come let us walk through the gardens Hand 1n hand the two children walked across a w1de lawn The prmce stopped before a gate ln a hrgh stone wall covered wxth vrnes Thrs IS the rose garden he sand It rs Just for you and he opened w1de the gate Mary crred out wlth dehght There were roses roses all ove Great clusters of red and yellow and whrte blossoms hung from the long green branches She burxed her face rn the fragrant masses She filled her arms wxth the gorgeous blooms Oh she crxed how beautlfull Her eyes caught a red gleam 1n the dlstance What IS that? How xt ghstens' 10 . 1 1 1 ' - 1 1 1 ' . . . , . . 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 ' . , . H . . . , . , . . . . . ,, . , . . . , . 1 ' Y , . . . , . . , . . 1 1 , . 7 . . , . , . , . - 1 . , . 1 . 1 . . u - - 1 - 11 ' . . . U . . . . . ' 11 . , . . . . . U . . 11 ' as ' ' 11 ' 1 - 1 1 . , , L. 1 . . ' If U ' n ' 11 . , , . . . 4, . . . ,,