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

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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, . . . ,,

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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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That sald the prmce IS a gate of rubles Roses and rubxes are the symbols of love In the next garden are great beds of long soft l1l1es and the gate IS of pearl They are the symbols of pur1ty Unless we remam pure and always love each other the bad faxrles wlll come and change our hlxes and roses 1nto ashes I w1l1 show you the good and the bad fa1r1es soon He led her to a bench and gave her a tiny diamond upped wand of gold Wave thxs wand twlce and the bad fa1r1es w1l1 appear on the lake wave lt thrlce and cunnlng httle nymphs wxll come frollckmg before you Mary waved the wand thr1ce Up from the shmmg surface of the lake rose the damtlest httle creatures she had ever lmagmed They seemed to be made of m1st and sunshme Thelr wmgs were l1ke those of the angels ln her prcture book but shone wlth all the colors of the ra1nbow Hundreds of them thelr damty heads wreathed with flowers danced before Marys en chanted eyes They showered the grass before her w1th soft flower petals They all danced together 1n a rmg around a fountam then suddenly dnsap peared from vlew ln the falling spray Mary dellghted wxth the beautxful l1ttle nymphs desxred to see the wlcked fa1r1es She waved her wand twxce A dense crowd of hldeous dwarfs stood upon the shore of the lake Thelr eyes gleamed red and they were makmg such furlous gestures that Mary was frlghtened and begged the prmce to send them away These mlserable men can do you much harm he sa1d Be careful not to provoke them Then take them away take them away' ulck' cr1ed Mary I hate them' I am afraxd of them' The prmce waved them away and much loth to go the hzdeous creatures Who are those wonderful people cornmg toward us dear Prmce? Are they your father and mother? They remmd me of mme Oh' oh' how how terrlble I am' I had forgotten my mother and father Oh dear' Oh dear' Take me back to them' I must go' Take me back' Look a httle closer at them httle prmcess they are your own father and mother Don t you recognlze them? They occupy the throne now Mary was overjoyed She thought she couldn t be happler even m para dlse She went on walk1ng w1th the prmce more and more dellghted wlth the wonders of the palace grounds Suddenly she heard a cry of angu1sh She saw a crowd of the wlcked httle dwarfs of Whom she had been so afrald chaslng some one down a path whlch wound 1n and out among the trees She heard a loud cry for help It sounded llke her father s volce It was h1s voxce She could see h1m runnmg down the path near the lake The httle dwarfs were gaxnmg on h1m They were almost up to h1m She screamed and screamed but no one seemed to hear her The prmce had disappeared She tr1ed to run to h1m but could not move What could she do' A moment more and Whats the matter sweet? Are the wlcked fa1r1es after you? Mary looked up 1nto her father s calm dark eyes Oh' she crled D1d they hurt you? How d1d you get away? No they d1d not hurt me laughed her father You have been dream mg here by your httle spr1ng And httle glrl whlle you were down here mother nearly went to heaven but God was good to us and sent her back to stay longer w1th us The doctor says that lf we take good care of her we 11 have her a long long trme Isn t that good news? I am prormsed a good pos1t1on too so we wont have to worry any longer about the old wolf 11 64 9? ' ' IC' ' ' ' ' ' . . A ' ! Y ! it u 1 Q u 1 . . 1 . , . . . , y h 1 ' , - ! 7 ' l it . ' SY ' 66 , . i! Sl Q ' 79 ' C6 , . . . ' 99 - 9 Q . 9 mutterrng and grumblmg, fur1ous1y hastened back 1nto the lake. SK , D I . . , . , . ii ,, . . . 7 1 7 ' 77 ' 7 . . . . . , . . D , . . , . . li ! I ' ' Y! y ' ' ' r CC V! ' C6 ' ' 99 if ' 99 . if ' . 9 9 ' ' ' 7 1 7 1 Q . 5 , - . . , ! 1 !9