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

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Susan was terribly frightened and opened her throat in a piercing scream for help when she woke up from this exciting dream' jane Barr Eighth Grade PART II A few nights later Susan was wrestling with her lessons again when the phone rang Her heart Jumped a little but she sand to herself Dont be silly' You re only thinking of that old dream' She ran to the telephone and forcing some gaiety mto her voice answered Hello' Anyone watching her could see how the voice at the other end of the wire affected her She turned deathly pale A strange boy s voice was telling her that one of the girls had a crowd over for an informal good time and asked if she would not join them if he might call for her how soon she could be ready Susan was terrified' What should she say? Her parents were out for the evening and she knew enough not to disclose this fact But should she refuse to go the stranger might try some other trick' He must be arrested and put into prison before she could ever feel safe' uickly she decided to let him come there would be time to get help before he could arrive So she told him that she would be ready in about twenty minutes and hung up the receiver only to take it down immediately and call her uncle who l1ved in the neighborhood She tried to explain things and succeeded there was to be an attempt at kidnapping his niece in the course of the next half hour He came running over and by the time the boy was expected plans were arranged for his reception At last the strange young man arrived and Susan trembling like a leaf led him into the reception room where her uncle and two stout policemen awaited hlrn A pair of handcuffs were snapped around his wrists before a word could be said The boy was furiously mdig nant and demanded that they telephone to Susan s friend He claimed to be visiting there The girl was called to the telephone She answered Yes certamly I sent Bob over after Susan He is one of my cousins What' Well of ALL THINGS' So the flushed youth was released from the custody of the Law by his embarrassed captors but Susan was in no cond1t1on to go anywhere but to bed Ruth Thompson Eighth Grade EI C1 THE BELL Tmkle tmkle tmkle lxttle bell You can t fool us for we know you well' You mean Studies' lips you seal' But you call us for a meal So tmkle tmkle tmkle lxttle bell' Bettie Henry 24 28 ! - , l . . , . . . . . . ,, , ' Q ! ' s ' ' ss ' ' ' - sc Qs 3 ! I ' . , . . l . . . . . , 7 ! ' ! in giving such an exaggerated account as to alarm him into the belief that 7 Q 1 . a . , ! . 9 . I , . . ,, . ' s 9 '-' ' ' 31 il . . . , 39 T , ' . . Y . , . , . - 9 , . it ' YL ' T- v . Y v . 1 . v . ' ' ! .. , ,

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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

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Cfhe Stucho Colleqe Gir1's Room