Central High School - Red and Black Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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ms .Q N 5-L -.li .4l'.4au.4lulna' .AP'.4!' 41' A-' .1 .1' 41' .1 41 .-quail' THE RED AND BLACK she would glve her arm prettlly to the conductor who always helped her on She new er falled to turn and glve him a sweet smlle and her age old l thank you When she got to town she would elther go to some church dolngs or would trxp through Maas Brothers buying pretty blts of rlbbon and lace She never ex clted herself and through the hottest tropl cal weather she was cool and unflushed I can remember only one tlme when l saw her m a posltlon she dldnt know exactly how to handle gracefully The Port Tampa street cars ran on the half hour and lf the motorman saw a passen ger hurrying down the road he usually walted a few mmutes for hlm One morn mg Mrs Pratt was late and he walted untll she got there As the conductor took her arm she sand l thank you so much for waltmg for me Wnth a kindly laugh he sald Oh that s all rnght I had to Walt longer n that for my wrfel l dont thmk Mrs Pratt could qurte flgure out which one of her gestures to use so she slmply found her seat and watched the waves of the bay glxsten ln the sun Mrs Pratt had sllver gray halr and It rather shocked the neighborhood when she had lt bobbed It seemed to me that rt was ln perfect keepmg wlth the little tmt of rouge on her cheeks and her lace parasol The flappers luke Thelma ones called her cute the middle aged women thought she was a sweet old Ihwtl soul and had a tendency to mother her The other grandmothers of Mrs Pratts own time didnt have anythlng to say about her On Mrs Pratt s eighty fourth blrthday Mrs McM1nns ran over wlth a llttle re membrance and lt seems found her ln a mood entirely out of her character For Mrs Pratt was complaining l try so hard to be patient but lm gettlng so tlred l m all alone ln the world and l feel that l ve accomplished my work here on this earth l ve llVCd a long time l know It IS a sm to wish for death but somehow l feel Ill be happy when lm at rest A few months later she died Mrs sugar and gettlng no answer to her knock went mslde She found Mrs Pratt ln her bedroom She was lymg wlth her sllver head restmg on a dainty embroidered pll low She had on a fluffy nlghtgown with ruffles of lavender rlbbon around the neck Her thm hand rested on her breast as lf It had fluttered there ln one last gesture A smxle was frozen on her wrinkled face Nothing ln the room was out of place The bed was smoothed It looked as rf Mrs Pratt had arranged her self for death and such was the gentle and peaceful end At the funeral no one dropped a tear for Mrs Pratt Not one person wore black or mourned her loss As she was lowered into the ground they all smlled oh so tenderly for the rest that had come to the dear dear httle old lady' ' V s a .. , , . . ., tl n O , . . . . . y . , - , ii . A ' . McMinns went over to borrow some . . , , . . . , 1 . . . l ' ' , . . . . V - , I - I Iaiuur

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'l all 3 Q '- X Xe .ff lggarglllsllxz 4 444 THE RED ANU BLACK THE BLACK BAG B1 IDIL d Uuruu c s O the persons hurrymg homeward from their dally labors the slight figure of an old man clad ln a long black ulster of anc ent deslgn was just as famlllar as the motley of sounds ommon to a basy corner uch as State and Canal reets A preclsely sux o clock each evenlng hls slouched fig ure wlth short rapld strldes hurrled across State Street wlth an occaslonal nod to the traf hc officer as he passed pa r tn c u l a r evening th e dally routlne was suddenly broken by is e shr screech of brakes as the flgure of the old man dashed rn front of an auto and hesxtated ln lts path The car a shlnlng limousine topped abruptly but not until the old man had been struck to the pavement A crowd gathered Many rubberers pu h d through the circle hopmg against hope that the vxctlm had broken both legs They were doomed to dlsappomt men however for the unfortunate lndl v dual had struogled to hrs feet and had 1'r tarted ln search of somethmg muttering to hlmself The black bag Where IS the black bag3 Meanwhile the crowd mcreased and the pollceman pushed hls way through the circle and lmmedlately recogmzed the eccen trac old person of regu lar habits Oh rf that were only me gloated one of the spectators That car be longs t B Rutherford the steel magnate and l d certalnly ma e thls a The old man however seem i ed only con cerned with the recovery of hls bla k bag and was searchlng frantlcally for the elusive b t of baggage when the police man appeared with the desxred artlcle m hs hand The artlcle of the old man s dxscomfiture prox ed to be merely a very worn hand bag The amiable officer whxle bu ly engaged ln collecting data on the accxdent allowed the queer old person to hurry through the crowd v.hxle the envn ous audxence groaned The well groom d sedan continued on ' L 'J' .f .' is t . . ' . - . I l , ,T , y H - ' w JI . H - - I l' o . , 9 , O , ' 0 0 f' , t Y f . l k . But on this N , prohtable day. D . l l- 7 - v ' -+ I t h ill mwulw-'f C cl S . . N . L, - ' f V ,L ' . x7 e - ' k '.? III-1.1.x