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

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XX .X X x 1 x x x X X x x 5 x x N X XX? X E S X X -X XNX X w SXgX?XNSXgS g Sx5IxxxxxxQy Axxwxmxx xxxxx xWfa.r xxxxxxxxxxxxxmxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxvxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx x xxxxxxxxxx x xxx xxxx x xxx x xxxxxxxxxxxxg x '1'HE ONL Y WOMAN 1 111,111,,....- ,,,,,,,,,,,q N x x Q Q x Someone said we all fall in love at least once in our lives. Even Mark Twain was not excluded from that strange phenomenon. When a friendship sprang up between Charles Langdon and Mark Twain, neither dreamed that lvlark would become young Langdon's brother-in-law. x x E x Q 'Q Q x x Q 1 111 1 11111 x lt was through Charles that Mark Twain met his future wife, Olivia Langdon. Charles was the type of boy who worshipped his sister, and he always carried some token from her around with him. He wore Olivia Langdon's picture near his heart. When Mark met Miss Langdon, imme- diately he fell in love with her. If Mark were alive today, and someone got up courage and asked him if he believed in love at first sight, the only answer he could make would be yes. x 1111111 11 111011111011111111 1 11111111 x x 5 x 5 x x x x 111001111111 1 x When Mark was first introduced, he was, for once in life, speechless. Olivia's fragile beauty made him forget there was anything else in the world. 1111 Since Twain was much in demand as a lecturer, many months passed before he saw her again. All this only increased his love for her. The first person he told about his love was Charles Langdon. In many love affairs, there is a kind, sympathetic soul who acts as a go-between, 'This burden, as it often turned out to be, fell on Charles's young shoulders. He was rather shocked at the news which he received because he couldn't believe such opposites could really love each other. Samuel Clemen's rough, unkempt and jovial personality was exactly the opposite of her delicate, ten- der, and serious one. But the old saying, opposites attract, again held true, and Olivia finally confessed she loved him. His courtship was filled with humor as only his could be. He wrote a friend that he was refused three times but never gave up hope. Mark Twain's beautiful love for Olivia Langdon very seldom has been equaled. She was the only person who could tell him what to do, and he'd do it without further argument. In fact he rather gloried in her power over im. ll It is almost unbelievable that such a romance could happen to Mark N Twain--but then the oddest occurrences always seemed to find their way into his life. Mr. Langdon Olivia's father, thought that the man who won her was very lucky--and, indeed, her fiance was conscious of the fact. A real friend- ship arose between Mr. Langdon and his son-in-law. A strong bond united them--Olivia's delicate health. As a surprise, he gave the newly wed couple a magnificent house. 111111 x x 11111111111111111M110111111111111 111111111 Q x x x Q x x x x 1 11111111 111 10111111111111111111111111111 11111101111 x flllfllffflfhlVI!!!WWIIHIIIMWIWMXMXIX x , 11l111n0m11.v I x Married for thirty-four years, they passed through wealth, bankruptcy, and the death of his favorite daughter. Their sufferings brought them all closer together. W0 1 1 I 114 1 1 1 7 7 f 7 1 4 7 f 1 I 1 1 1 7 I f lflllflffll lflflfflffl S Xxxxxxxxxxxx x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxmxxxxmxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxmxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxw N X X ix his N Nxxkxx Xxxxm X xywsxxxw Www xx xc Xxxxxxxpx x w Wm W W N

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