Madera Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Madera, CA)

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Then far away the mists And set me down with ease In the land of ltaly. A large hotel showed plainly, Then a girl in tears of relief: Just home-sick for her mother Was Ethel’s only grief. Now came a prairie scene With miles and miles of land, Plowed by the hardy William With his sturdy rugeed hand. [le had wished VOM AOn IEC) school To study, learn and know, But when he was all ready She wouldn't let him eo. It’s just the same as Hi school days, No further had it spread. Some say there’s awful danger The two may never wed. But IT have seen the future And well T might here write But Retta says be careful And treat such matters Helht. The next showed Paul a-talkine, He hadnt changed a bit. Ile vainly was collecting With all his old time wit. First would he talk in Enelish And finally end in Germany. And finally end in taking An add for the Mereury. Carried me o’er land and sea: Slow came the next in doubt. I waited long to see. Then came a large convention, Led by —who could it be? Then shouts rose o’er the hall And Henry rose to quell ; ITe spoke, he ran for president, He won, will do to tell. school-room took its place Filled with a happy throne. The teacher was before them, They sang their morning song. Then she put them at their work To study while they play. For Estella is a teacher Not found every day. Now came a life worth living Of study and of gain A large laboratory Showed he had not lived in vain. Within he proved his theories Without were stored his proof, lor Linton was a man Not afraid of the truth. Then came a suffragette proudly Carrying her banner high, Followed by many others, Her praises loud they Chive Oo I looked closer, thinki Now who could this be? Then she turned and said, laughing, Its only (N) noble Annie.

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So IT sat there silent and frightened But “ere lis face grew clear While the cauldron boiled and steamed. The house had given way Perhaps they'd stop their dancing To a mighty city street And over its contents lean. With many lights at play. More magic would then be thrown One sign ever changing And stirred into its charm, Caught my eve above the rest Till misty forms rose upward, “The well-known Fortune Teller, And gave me much alarm. Aenes Briscoe of the West.” Finally one old witch I wished to question further Came creeping over my way But a wheat-field caught my eye, And led me up still closer That was rank and tall and heavy, To the circling misty fray. And a rig was passing by. The clouds and lights took shape, I looked to see what person Then were tossed as if by rage Was seated by his side: And fell into the beautiful sitting. But how was John induced Of a fashionable New York stage. Ever to take a bride ? The audience silent and ready Now again the mists were troubled Listened for the first word : And long they shifted round So great was the silence pending Till at length they showed a forest That a pin, dropped, could be heard. And a meadow green around. Then a sweet familiar voice A girl was sitting, reading And a face not hard to tell Beneath a shady tree: Cave proof that Florence Belcher In truth it was Virginia Had sailed her ship quite well. Still studying and. still free. But the scene was quickly shifted : Then back to sights familar, A farm house came to view: Ah! well I know this street, Someone was feeding pigeons: “Tis welcome as a friend I thought I surely knew. That in foreign countries we meet. And as the scene enlarged Her home was not much changed, The house was nearer drawn : Her face was Helen’s fair, I knew T saw Jeanette And through the trees | saw With her husband on the lawn. My hi school standing there. 19

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The bells were ringing loudly The engines groaned and went; While over a desk in his car A well-known form was bent. Low down at first in the ranks of clerks He had risen above them far. And proud was he of his name Wo (Co dagnaner, Die. dy ete A black-board rose from nowhere With figures drawn in white. Before it Nellie worked and explained With all her old-time might. She too, had risen upward, Was now a high school tutor, And although she was now quite old She never found one to suit her. Now came a lady walking With dogs and cats along. And old maid curls were visible : But she sang a pretty song. Just after school was over Her heart was broken rent; So Bess retired to solitude And there her life was spent. A German class were listening, The language flowed as free As if she spoke the tongue Of her own dear country. In far away Europe On the silver flowing Rhine Bess Vanderburg is teaching The English to her line. Next came a large old building A hospital known to fame. A matron stood before it, I could not think her name. Then turning full she faced me I knew her then “tis true. But why was Margaretha In there I never knew. Now came a baseball park With crowds standing round. The baseball girls were plaving With Lucia on the mound. In Hi she started training And now a star she'll be Upon the Boston Diamond The champion battery. No more moyed sights before me The cauldron was no more. The witches stood before me But a minute; the show was o’er. I wished to ask my fate But fast my tongue was tied. And when I found it, too late— On the wind the witehes ride. CONCLUSION And so [ went, with thoughts intent Back through the farthest gloom : Over the rill, on vonder hill, Prepared to meet my doom. And gladly [ rest, without the pest, Of knowing what may be; Now you may rest, with all the blessed, For here endeth the Phophecy.