Bethlehem Catholic High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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'gag 'Q-ffCZffvfBg'6N,,.'-xgx Q 'iii' 0559 f 45' W. gBroc-Q9 GSA C Zi slnce the woman s a1r1x al but Jack reallfed how long, moments ale when one IS lmpatlent to start so he went lnto hls 1oom to prepare fol the Vlblt to the s1ck chlld He soon re appeared and together they braved the elements for the sake of a mother s love Strange how mothel hood changes a woman He wondered lf any of the glrls he knew back home would be capable of mak lng the sacrlfices these mothers made Wlthout a murmur H1s own Mother had not ln ed very long after h1s bll th and hls only memorles of hen were the p1ctures he had seen and the storles told h1m by hls Dad Would he be here now had hls Mother l1V6d9 What d1d h1s Dad thlnk of hls sudden dlsappearance had the eXplanat1on offered by the mllltary authorl tleS sufHced Agaln h1s reflectlons were Intel rupted but th1s txme It was by the fall 1ng of a tree ln thelr path Thelr progress had been xery slow and now thls obstacle added to the delay After conslderable dlfliculty they man aged to get over the obstructlon and contlnue thelr way It s only a llttle further the xx oman sald and Jack lnwardly thanked God the journey was almost at an end Flnally they arrlved at the hut the wx oman rushlng 1nto the llttle hovel to see lf the baby st1l1 l1ved Jack followed her through the doorway and there on a bed scarcely worthy of the name a baby turned about f1om s1de to slde moanlng and crylng Jack Went over and exammed the chlld vshlle the Mother looked on anxlously He was startled at vshat he found Nothlng but small pox could cause sores hke that Dld the Mother know th1s dleadful d1sease'7 Turnlng to her he sa1d, Thls 1S very serlous, a doctor must be found 1mmed1ately. What can I do? What can I do'7 There IS no one on the Island and the nearest place to locate one lb at the malnland Jack pondered: If thls dlsease spreads, many llves w1ll be lost and all because I falled to follow the d1Ct3teS of my healt and consclence Aloud he Sald, I W1ll leave you here Yvltll your baby and you must carry out my lnstructlons to the letter, then I'll go down to see about a boat and get to the mamlandf' She sobbed her gratltude and went fusslng about the chlld trylng to qulet hlm and ease the pam. Jack's last gllmpse of them was of the Mother Slttlflg' by the baby, her cheeks wet with tears, angulsh and fear ln her eyes eyes that pleaded wlth him not to fall 1'u1u teen - ' -14: --:-.cv - ' f --.ff ,fff ' 'vl 'ff A-X-X -. r '--.-- if:--f-' .-- ' f x 5. wi T- - J,-f 447-, 3, f X ki .,..- nr- 2 , - X152 X - I ,, X ' L 'jf,: .,f,-f -Q 4 ,g 1 X777 -Vg.-ir-:TA-1.5 11- , ff..f ,- - A ,- -X X ii? 'Y I ff-' . 'LSL'-. ' 'A M I I Q gn '?-'Lf'lfdJ 'Af ' 2 ' Qfntxf ' ' ' ' N-Qi-L X'-.141 XX, . X 'ii ' P --Y ' - . J HL-' X ' ,fr ' - fi .- ii- ' I fl: bglgff. X snfxifff ' 0 - 'X V, if 'ze ' 5 ' 7 . ' ' - . . , , 1 ,A ,- K . . . Y y . . Q Q . i . , . . an , I , 1 1 . . . . 1 . . , K . , S . - . . . . . W . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . - , . . . . . . r . k 7 S , n L - I . as 9 - as , i - ' 7 , . . . . . r r , . . . . ' 7 7 Y , . , Y . . 7 .- . . . . . . . . . . U . . .

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X-qsy, 1:11:74 ggasxfxiisspt- f fe CQ if X,,7y3? Brown aqd C attention They saxx him and xxexe loxxeilng a life boat to come to his iescuel He xxould not fail The fn st xx 01 ds he spoke xx e1e Vx1ll some of the cicxx take the Doctor and me to the Island? It s extiemely uigent They xx anted him to 1est but the neixous ene11.,y in his system xx ould permit nothing of th1s sort until his task had been completed so in a few m1nutes they had staited fOl the Island It xx as comparxtixely easy, for the boat manned by eight huskv membex s of the ship s crexx to conquei the xx ax es and befo1e long, the bottom sc1 aped along, the beach They hu111ed to the hut vxhe1e the Docto1 examined the baby and pronounced the mal ady small pox Undei such cucumstances he could not 1etu1n to the sh1p so he d1s m1ssed the crexx g'1X1I1g them 1nst1uct1ons to pick h1m up on then ieturn tl 1p or at least stop to see 1f they could be of serx 1ce Shoitly aftei then depa1tu1c the xx eather changed fiom a constant dovx HDOU1 to a steady 1a1n and the folloxxing day it stopped altogethel The Doctoi xxe11t about his dut1es daily alxx avs accompamed by Jack and then acquamtance 11pened 1l1tO f11endsh1p Jack xx as p1ex a1led upon bx the Docto1 to end his 1et11ement and af ter the signs of the disease had disappeai ed they sailed fo1 better lands for a countiy xxheie Jack xx ould gain the success due to the indomltable couiage of the man 01 Ll MELODRAMA S1lence' The 1oom lb mapped 1n a D1 ofound stlllness Eveiy sound ls hushed Eight llgld nguies staie helplessly at he1 Not a bleath lb hers nothing save a muffled groan The sunlight pouls 1nto the room and ox 61 the desks unheeded Someone mox es, lelaxes looks of d1sap pioval are cast h1s xx ay Questioning glances dait from face to face, but no sound breaks that awful stillness At the moment when we could bear it no longer, when exery eye 13 fastened upon her, every hand poised, xx a1t1ng but fo1 he1 signal, and ex e1v ear strained to catch her every xx o1d, S1ste1 says softly Take th1s letter, please bllltl If Iully, 'DQ 51111111 ' T If i'.':ge-Qszfai 'f Y 1.1117 1 aging ' 'tes 1 T1 'ftffgg 5:12 lf? ' - 1'-f' --.-cgi., f, f, f - ' Y 5 . in '-2172 - ,zz -if .1 - 1 'fiffj :fmt -ff 1' 'K if 1 1 'gfiibl T- T fy 5 243 Q X 1 .ig- 77f7'451-zflix 1' 1 ' 0 V - L 't ,y b ,31- ' Y - L'- -f 3g' Llef ' ' T x-1 -- 5 P guide his craft ill direct lille of the great light's beam and attract their 1 ' l x 7 J. 1 ' 1 7 1 J 7 1 1' 7- ' 1- 1 'A- 1 1 , 7 ' ' . , . . , . Y . . ff Y' , . , . . x I YW Q , Y! 1 11 ' 1 S , 1 7 A1 1 7- ' ' 1 1 A1 7 ' Lv L. 1 1 K7 1 . 7 A1 1 2 ' 1 1 L1 7 1 1 1 ' 7- A1 , 1K1 A1 ' 'Aw 7 1 1 7 L1 1 -A 7- L7 11 1 7- 1 1' , . 7 1 1 if ' 1 1 - C 44 , - H 1 w I 1 S is 4 1 1 . , I 1- V, . 7. . K 1 . L . . .Q 4 , 1 .7 ' ' ' . 1 1 ' 1 1 1 3 7 1 S 7 1 1 1 ' 7' 7- 7 ' 1 . , . I 1 ' 1 .ki l K1 A . , I V V kv I ' 1 , v kv 1 v . vy 1 . 1 . 4 , 4 - .. , h L0 x . .lIu'c, 1.29.