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

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her mother dred-oh so long ago and the nerghbors burred her father just the day before we found her She heard someone say somethrng about an Orphan Asylum and the poor frrghtened baby ran away that afternoon She had eaten nothrng for nearly two days' You have made her very happy and comfortable my dear her father spoke krndly Irene went on But do you know what has rmpressed me rs the prety of the lrttle thrng She says that her Mother Mary takes care of her and I have heard her talkrng to the Blessed Vrrgrn just as rf there were really such a person there rn the room Yesterday she sard to me that as she wan dered along the road the day I brought her home she had told her Mother Mary how lonely and hungry and trred she was and she Hnrshed wrth And she brought you to End me and be so good to me' It was so prtrful' Irene choked down a sob as she turned to leave the room Her father quretly rose and followed her As Irene entered the srck room the chrld smrled at her She seemed to be happrly excrted though her pale face looked more ethereal rf possrble than usual Unclasprng her hands she crred rn a sweet hrgh treble Dear Lady Our dear dear Lord rs takrng me to heaven to lrve wrth Hrm and my dear Blessed Mother Mary' But I asked Hrm to let me wart trll you came back because I wanted to tell you good bye and to thank you Irene hurrred to her srde with an exclamatron of alarm but the lrttle one quretly folded her hands agam rarsed her smrlrng eyes then relaxed gently mto that sleep from whrch none awaken The older grrl fell on her knees besrde the bed and wept softly In a few moments she lrfted her face from her hands and notrced that her father was kneelrng besrde her tears rarnrng down hrs pale drawn cheeks He put out hrs arm and drew hrs daughter close and Irene burred her head on hrs shoulder She had never felt so near to her father as at that moment The form of the chrld lay lrke a sleeprng cherub There was an unearthly beauty rn the countenance that struck the beholders wrth awe They knelt and gazed rn srlence for some moments then her father started to speak hrs vorce shakrng wrth emotron Srnce your mothers death I have been a trartorl untrue to my God May He forgrve me' Yes yes' my father let us return to God and to Hrs Holy Mother' Let us hope rn he that she may keep us safe' We wrll never turn away agam' Kathleen Bernardrn 24 El E A FEARF UL MYSTERY Incrdents are often rnterestrng and entertarnrng especrally when there rs an element of problem or of mystery rnvolved Not long ago somethmg occurred somewhere between a well known resrdence and our Scrence Lab oratory It has to do wrth two grrls here at school one of them a stately Graduate and the other her younger srster one of our promrsrng Preps One fine afternoon these two grrls felt the call to the sorl and decrded to help therr mother drg rn the garden Soon they came across a small green snake Of course therr Frrst thought was of the Brology Class and so after a short search for more they secured a crgar box made rt comfortable wrth a handful of earth put the snakes rnsrde and fastened the lrd carefully Then they started for school Upon arrrvrng at the door they were told that Slster was attendrng a lecture and she would not be down for some trme So they prled several 26 s 1 . , . ' !9 rs as 1 I , . 4, . . . 1 9 1 ' ' l 9 ' 9 l ! , . . . , ! 9 ' ' as . . - , . l 9 ! . . . . H . ' ! ! l 9 ' ! Q! . . . . . 7 4 Q v . . ! ! ' ! . . . . . . 9 l . . . . U . , . . ,, ll ' , i.. Y . . r-- . . ' !7 ' 9 1 , . 9 - 9 . H . . ,, , . ' if ' Y! ' ' 9 Y I l , . .

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Phlllp Sydney gxves an lnterestmg example of the dlfflcultles of the Ehza bethan play goer You shall have Asla of the one slde and Afrlca of the other and so many other kmgdoms that the player when he comes m must ever begln wlth tellmg you where he IS or else the play w1ll not be concexved Now you shall have three ladles walk together to plck flowers and then we must belxeve the stage to be a garden By and by we hear news of a shlp wreck m the same place then we are to blame 1f we accept It not for a rock In the open unroofed space about the stage stood the groundlmgs elbow 1ng each other and cr1t1c1s1ng the actors on the stage Sometnmes playgoers who could afford It and wlshed mlght have a small stool and s1t upon the stage ltself Then as now the people crowded to WIUICSS a new play The actors of the Ehzabethan tlmes were by no means amateurs The audlence was keen and cr1t1cal and admxred the drama xt demanded true art from 1tS favorxtes The bareness of the stage and the lack of scenery was not entxrely a detrlment to the play for lt forced the actors to use thexr greatest sk1l1 to make for what was lacking and thls very s1mpl1c1ty may have helped to make only the more lmpressxve the actmg of a Burbage a Kemp or a Shakespeare Helen Fltzsxmmons 23 lj lj ONE OF MARY S LITTLE ONES In the cxty of Naples there l1ved a ret1red merchant wxth h1s only chlld Irene a beautnful glrl of e1ghteen Ever smce the death of h1s w1fe ten years prevlous to the tlme of thls mcxdent the bereaved husband had turned from h1s God ln the bltterness of hls grlef and had led hlS ch11d 1nto paths of unbelxef The father and daughter had grown more athelstlc wlth each passlng year The daughter mdeed stxll cherxshed some famt spark of hope for her father restramed and smothered these deslres and influenced her to profess an mdrfference towards rehgxon that she d1d not honestly feel One day wh1le dmvmg outsxde the c1ty the horses suddenly sh1ed and Jumped to one slde of the road Lookmg from the carrlage Irene gave a cry and sprmgmg out bent over a little form clothed m scarlet that lay by the slde of the road It was a t1ny gxrl whose flushed face and labored breathmg showed her to be 111 w1th fever Her eyes were closed and Irene strove ln vam to rouse her Fmally she lxfted the chlld mto the carnage and desplte the protests of her father who feared contagxon she mslsted that the chnld should be taken to thelr home There were no houses rn the v1c1n1ty of the place where they had found the l1ttle one and Irene urged the mhumamty of leavmg her there Neither was she wxllmg to take the chnld to a publlc hosprtal On reachmg home they summoned a doctor who declared that the fever was the result of seml starvatlon and exposure and that her cond1t1on was too ser1ous to admit of movmg the patlent so Irene assumed the responsr b1l1ty of car1ng for her lxttle protege One evenmg upon enter1ng the slck room Irene stood quxte stxll 1n the doorway The settmg sun shone upon the lnttle upturned face on the snowy plllow The chllds hands were Jomed m prayer and she lay there lxke an adormg angel Irene could not but marvel at the p1ety and devotlon of the chxld Her own eyes filled wlth tears and the dear old Faxth of her own babyhood qulckened her heart wlth the glow of 1ts lxvmg Flame That evemng she sa1d to her father m a faltermg volce I thmk this ns so sad The doctor says that the poor l1ttle thnng cannot l1ve She IS such a sweet fra1l creature and so patxent and grateful' She tells me that 25 . U . . . - - , , Q I 9 7 - , . 7 . ' . . ,f , . , - . . , . . . , , . , : . . Y I Q l ' 1 , I ' 9 . . . . . . , 7 ' 1 ! 9 . i , . , . . . wlthm her heart, and often felt an rmpulse to prayer and devotlong but respect 9 ' i Y . . . . . u . . h . , , . ! 9 3 . 1 Y ' 9 3 - y - y . . . . ' . , . . . . ' 1 ' s . - u a q .66 o a n f a , u n l . 1 ' ' I

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books on top of the box which they had placed on Sxster s desk and left It to awa1t her comlng Some t1me passed before Slster arrrved brmgmg wlth her several other Nuns to see the grand exh1b1t1on of snakes Very gently she slnpped a plate of glass over the top of the box before openlng lt and took every precautmon posslble m order to prevent the escape of the exh1b1t At last the cover was hfted and all bent close to look Oh' fearful mystery' The snakes had d1sappeared' A problem that fills the mmds of all concerned IS WHERE HAD THE SNAKES GONE' Certamly they were not to be found 1n the box CLet s put em ln a bottle next t1me grrls J Margaret W1ll1ams 24 in E A SUFFICIENTLY VALUABLE DOG I used to enjoy teasmg my dog jerry One day I had a mckel and showmg lt to hlm I jokmgly asked hlm lf he would put lt mto his pocket lf I gave It to him For answer he gave a short bark whlch I have smce decxded must have meant Yes' I kept on teasmg hlm and qu1te accldentally dropped the nlckel erry lmmedxately plcked xt up and wltn me at hrs heels raced down the street When he had gone some drstance he stopped to rest and set the mckel r1ght down m front of h1m just as I was about to grab lt he plcked It up and began runmng agarn He was t1red and d1d not run so fast thls t1me so I steadxly gamed on hxm As I finally stretched out my hand to catch hrm by the collar he gulped and swallowed my n1ckel' My only consolmg thought was that my dog was worth Eve cents more than I had pald for hlm However smce h1s value was mcreased at a corre spondmg expense I concluded that I would never show him another mckel Ruth M Dougherty Elghth Grade EU A STORY WITH TWO MORALS PART I Susan had been studymg Anc1ent Hxstory unt1l she fell asleep over the wxde open book but suddenly she awoke It was the telephone rmgmg' She Jumped up and answered lt A boy w1th whom she was unacquamted was askmg her to come over to Dorothy Kane s to an lnformal dance Her mother and father bemg out for the evenlng she accepted and he sald he would be over ln h1s machme as soon as she could be ready So xt was arranged and she rang off Susan ran upstaxrs and soon was a complete transformatxon wrth sparklmg eyes and rosy cheeks 1n a lovely l1ttle dancmg frock and some twenty mm utes later was speedmg away m the strange boy s auto But to the g1rl s astonxshment the machme came to a stop before one of the ultra fashxonable hotels Why' exclaxmed Susan I thought you were goxng to take me to Dorothy Kane s' No I don t even know the glrl A frxend of mme helped me End your name and address and the name of one of your school frlends I just wanted to tease you . . , . 1 1 . 1 Q . . s , , . . . 1 9 ' . . , L , l V 9 - 1 - 1 ss as , . , , - J x n 9 - - 1 ' 9 , '1 . 0 y - , . T . , . ' , . . , . . 1 n 7 1 ' . . , . , . . ' sa vs - as . . , ' s sr ca v - - ' , . T . - as