Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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12 THE MAGNET ing in the beauty of the scene as June bent over the lilies, her cheeks burn- ing with the same vivid red. “June,” his emotion overcame him. “June, listen.” She looked up, startled both by the sound of her Christian name and the tenseness of his voice. | “I must tell you that I love you. Iam buta poor physician. But I intend to start in with surgery this fall, and I feel confident that in time I can build up a respectable practice. All I ask now is—will you be willing to wait until I can ask you to marry me ?”’ | “John, I'don’t want to wait. I want to help you win your way upward and onward.” ‘I think we had better wait, so I'll not ask you to marry me—yet.” Two years later there was a pretty wedding in Tennessee. The bride, Mrs. Barrow, carried a beautiful bouquet of Lis Rouges. Before starting on their wedding tour they sent half a dozen bulbs to Mr. Paul in Wash- ington, asking him to accept them as present; as his offer was the means of their engagement. BERNICE L. PrRouty. A Chinaman’s Journey build a kite. He went into a bamboo forest and cut a bunch of sticks. He had enough to build ten or a dozen good-sized kites. He then went to a dry goods shop and bought several yards of fine Japan- ese silk. After this he made a kite about ten feet tall, and eight feet wide, Then, to fly the kite, he must have some string. He bought a few cents worth, and fastened it to the kite. There was a strong wind blowing, so he decided to try it out. He walked about a mile out of the town to a high hill. There he sat down to rest while he unwound enough string to run with the kite. After the kite was up, he sat down and let the kite pull the string out as far as possible. The weather was very warm, and it made the little Chinaman sleepy. In spite of himself, he fell asleep. Then, as he slept, he dreamed of a beautiful foreign country across the great Pacific. This country was called “ America.’ In this country was a state called ‘“ Massachusetts,” and in the state was a town called ‘“‘ Leominster.” He dreamed of all this while he slept. His father had once worked there and had told him all about it. Then, in his dream, he wrote a let- ter to his father, and told him that he was about to make some money, and eome home with American goods and money. In his dream he saw a crowd of boys standing on an important corner @).: day, in China, a boy of about twelve years of age prepared to

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THE MAGNET II Many people have brought him bulbs which have proven false. There was great rejoicing a year ago, for the bulb was thought to have been found; but when it was fully opened, it hada black heart. They are searching for them all over the world. In aswamp, you say! I wonder why they have not been found by the horticulturists ?”’ “It is private land, Dr. Barrow. My. great-uncle lives there. He cares not for flowers, but does care if people trespass on his land. He is very stern, even savagely cruel; so people leave his land alone.’’ “Ah, Isee! But you could getto them. Were there many?” “There were quite a few, but I could not get them.” “You must.” ‘‘No, my uncle is very angry with me. He once cursed me, forbidding me to ever set foot on his land again.” At this moment Miss Forsythe was obliged to answer the door bell. A messenger boy stood on the steps. “ A telegram for Miss Forsythe.’ She signed and stepped back into the office. She could not help shaking, for she had never had a telegram before. She opened it and read : Your uncle, Charles D. Forsythe, dead. Béqueaths property to you. Come soon as possible, [Signed] Ludwig James, N. P. June sank nerveless in the nearest chair and held out the telegram to the doctor. ‘“ The Red Lilies,” she gasped. CHAPTER II ‘There, Miss Forsythe, you may rest here. Noone will ask you any more questions,” said Dr. Barrow as he sank into his chair in the Pullman, which was taking him and June south to Tennessee. Yes, Doctor, thanks to your help we got off quickly and quietly.” “Home! home! How sweet the magnolias smell! It is eight years since I’ve been here, Doctor. They seem like centuries. Listen to the nightingales! Wasn't it nice that we could get the old servants back? It seems so homelike and you won’t have to stay at the hotel.” So June and Dr. Barrow staid on at the old homestead. One morning after breakfast June said, ‘Well, Dr. Barrow, since you go home this week, I promise that you shall see the lilies today. Put on your heavy shoes, for the patch is exceedingly rough.” This was not the first walk they had taken since coming south, they had become more acquainted and were excellent companions. Each hid all emotion from the other—the doctor because he felt he did not hold a position high enough to marry, June because she felt her love unrequited. At last they came to the swamp. Inthe dampest, most ugly spot bloomed the lovely giant lilies. All around them were bogs of grayish peat- like moss. It made a striking contrast with the wide red cups of the lilies. “Oh, you darlings!’’ were June’s first words. Down she went on her knees in the wet, caressing each separate flower. Dr. Barrow stood drink-

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THE MAGNET 13 talking in an excited manner. On their hats were what he thought pecu- liar colored ribbons, and he wondered what they were for. He called one of the boys to him and asked in the best English he knew (his father had taught him a little) what the bands were for. In a proud tone, the boy said, “Those are blue and white ribbons which represent the Leominster igh School.” To this the Chinaman replied, ‘“ Me likee to go to the schoolee.”’ This made his new companion laugh, which attracted the attention of the rest of the boys. They walked up to the Chinese boy and asked him sO many questions that he got mixed in answering. At this point of his dream, he was awaked by being hit by something. He found himself not in China, but in the very place he had been dreaming about. He was fastened to the string of his kite, and on one of his fingers he saw a piece of paper with some Chinese writing on it. This is what it said: “ We tied you to your kite string, and fastened six other kites to yours, and let you go. (Signed) Enemies.” Then it was that he remembered that there were a bunch of boys who were deadly enemies to him. He had escaped death from the Pacific by being held up by his seven kites. MILTON PRUE, ‘14. Athletics in Public Schools SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE SPECTATOR BEFORE PUPILS AND TEACHERS OF L. H. S. DATE ANONYMOUS. rumor running quickly about the audience. One after another you smiled and nodded in greeting, and this is what the rumor said: “Sh, beware, he is silence and observation personified.” Now, I did not come here with the intent of inspiring such terror, but I might suggest to the boys in the left balcony that they be on their good behavior lest I be pro- voked to write a treatise on manners in the presence of speech-makers. But I am not a speech-maker; rather let me inform you, teachers and pupils of the Leominster High School, that you are the first, possibly the last, to be honored by an oration from the silent gentleman. The subject, though not of my own choice, is one in which I am highly interested, “ Athletics in Public Schools.” . - You are, | feel, all deeply interested in this subject, as some spirit has been aroused, I am told, by your efficient gymnastic teacher and coach. He has probably already told you that athletics in every form are beneficial to health. I repeat it. It is for that very thing they have been created. Hence in no form are they without bearing on the subject, and even box- A I just now mounted the platform, I seemed to catch a glimpse of a