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

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Her remarkable qualxtxex 'md tho e or her companion: at once attracted respectful recognition and parentb gladly brought their daughtere to profit bx the adxantages of a conx ent edu cation lxew hopee und fresh tourage came to the support of the eager nune 'xnd Qtininlated them to renexxed effort xn the dxQch'xrge of tlxexr responsibilities l ittle did thev dream ht mpendxnf di 1 tu a I lxcrtwlxe their trien K and Sxstcri ot Ka lxasltxa rnfl Sxxcep 'txx IN exerx xestlge of beautiful Menard fxcmdemy on the me tdow banks of the lovelx Ukaw Rixer that bent in '1 graceful curse to the north 'md xx eat of the ronxent 5, xrden The flood l lxl'Xl thc Nprxng of N4-lf thc flood xx xterx of the 'Xlx 955117151 1 x trtlnxx ed the southex n Illinois xlxore l he gentle streaxn th tt trossed the Kaskaskxa mmdoxx 11nd bu mme a rushing torrent that burot its b'xnks and spread through the town 'md countrx Slde till the people xx ere obliged to ni rke use of boats in gOlll ' back 'md forth Gradxxallx the xx 'dere begxn to CIlQl'0'lCll xpon t e tonxuxt garden e uxornxnff f rxxx xx ed S 1 xl the ltxttlxzxx oor beg'1 to S in o 1 IU tl tix nn xxx x o proteetion trom the xx tter md tht Nxxttr- 'xnxl children xxert igcd tx x 1 s Ill hw took their nxt 11 cn I it eimrf imc ies mc x pd Qu but lhorouglx x enxx xul the cxtxtenxtnt ot their un rc ec-rented lreedom from dxxciplxnx cut tiltx sham tlxx memorable experience Nletntnnc N N ie is x o 5 no Lnritlt xxxt xlr xcux x5 or txt ri in xx iutiorx it n lun x'1 1 1 1 ll Nm: , oft li 'gg E:f tl1txx:xeox'x.' do k b. , B ' S ,, F. ,', I A. , , K ,Z-, , . , 7, . k. ' ' . ' fx . ' : 5 -. '- . -'z W . i 1. .4 C V' . Y . I r . . b h' '- it x . Un ' g ln ' g Blass the 'ell cax' in. and the ftr nee rl 1 ' ' H Q . n :ink ' t th' u . Ex' jtl' g 'z s czxrrivd tu the :ec nd ilour for obl' fx i zxccvpt the hospitzllitv- ul their frieidr 'x 'glxx-r land. The disorgzxnizvd boarding sr-howl happily ronxm-d the bluffs. ' ' 1 s 'x l - Nl . l I l : l slept in , ll, V f xp ,'. , . . 7 - ' p ,- ' l ' - ' ' -. .-Xliw D' girls . -d 1 ' :ayg tl lllixniy llist- rieztl ltvvit-xx' 1X ol. l. X .. J, Bi.'l p K- 'l ll: l l '1'l nothing of the diff tre .r.' ' l A u 'af on lxix xxxxx' to liztskxxskizt to ' ' live to tl 'I their nexx' lxislxxxp. liiglxx lfl'XCl'l'llfl XX'illiuni lg 1 'ter. lle x '. s ncconx mzxnicd :mlm lxx' llcverend 'lull 1 lixnon, Cdl.. 2 n '

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