Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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y1l111111111111111111111111111111I111111111111111111I111111111111111111111111111111111111111111l11!11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111011111111101111111111111!01111111011111 5 2 After his wife's death, Mark Twain declared, Her memory is the only i thing I worshipped. To prove that he worshipped her, never once during 4 their marriage, did he speak a cruel word. , 5 L, xxx xxx x xx What a challenge to modern young people a romance like this is! In a Z very short time, marriage like that of the Clemenses would bankrupt 4 2 Reno, Nevada. f I l I 2 Ruth Klmgelhofer 2 4 4 ' 4 I f Z 2 7 4 ? ' 4 Z 4 5 Z Z Z 2 Z 5 Mark Twain, li ht-hearted because of the su osed im rovement in his Z Z . . Z 4 wife s condition was la in Ne ro b irituals, when his wife died. Z ' 4 OLIVIA'S PASSING 2 I 1 . I u 1 f Z bolt strains of Southern music filled the room, 5 4 Z 2 Olivia lay listening through her pain, 2 4 f f 4 And love, all radiant-faced, dis ersed the loom, Z 4 bhe thou ht of Youth, the world called him Mark Twain: Z ? ? 4 4 4 3 Z , 3 'lhe joys they had shared, Z 4 I 4 5 A The fun they had known, Q I . v 5 Q The hardships they d dared, Z ' ' f 1 7 2 But never alone. Z 4 Z Z The babies so droll Z ' 7 2 .... . f ' 2 With their quaint childish ways: Z I I I 2 Memories, the toll H 2 Z Of so man dear da s. 4 ,, ,, 4 y 2 91 ff 1 Z 4 4 f Z The strains of bouthern music, ebbed and spent, Z Z Th d nd d h an memo ies dear Z fag 4 e ca ence e e um r 3 4 4,24 4 4 5-41 2 Her spirit rose, her face shone in content, 2 2 Eternal love, eternal life so near! 2 I 23 4 Anna Dora Spengler 4 5 7 4 4 , ,,,,,,,,,, , W 5 yn01110mnwa1I111111wm17m10M Q Z 1 1 I 4 Q 1 9 4 5 Z ZW111m447?y W?ffW?, 011001011111011111111111011111111101111111111111011111111011111111111110111110111111411011111111111111101111111111 111111 111111111111111111111111111111111111Z ?'W j l