Notre Dame Preparatory School - Towers Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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I L Il qf kk !! seals on xt Why green, I wondered as I took lt But I dmdn t say any thlng I was playmg a part too and I was golng to do mme as Well as they were do1ng thelrs Then the tall gentleman told me to take the letter to the Honorable Sand Yung Lang ln San Franclsco Oh I sa1d to myself wlll they ever stop thlS Joke? I was be1ng pol1tely shown to the door when I suddenly began to real17e that thxs was no jokmg affalr They were SCIIOUS I stared at the men These men were not made up' Thls was no costume affalrl They were really Chlnamen I-Iow I ever got out of that door I don t know but I soon reallzed that I was out 1n the open a1r after havmg prously begged the ard of every sa1nt 1n Heaven' I dlmly remember stumblmg past some woman I was strll holdxng my small travelrng case CLuck1ly I had checked my bagj Then falntly I heard three knocks on the door I had just left I thought then that that must be the woman for whom they had mlstaken me I lost no txme nn gettlng away from there as I stlll held the mysternous letter I was determlned to gxve that to the pol1ce I came to the next whlte house but was almost afrald to try It A Well I s1ghed lt can t be any worse than the one I just left So I went up boldly and gave the knocker a good bang thls tlme No more gentle taps for me Adventures Never agam I had enough adventures to last me for some tlme to come But what was thls The door opened slowly xery slowly I stepped mto a hall so d1mly lxghted that If was almost dark What? Igroaned More adventures' Just then the llghts went on suddenly and before me I saw a sea of faces no a crowd of people all yellmg Surprlse It was the last straw Thxs mdeed, was too much I could stand no more Very quletly I dropped, and the floor came up to meet me' ANNA WICKHANI tv +66 67 le J A., ll IMI ff- I 2 4- zz EW .' Nm N f is -- we -ii IW' 1 ' ' Q Lim, K m e ya g:'5': !, nr ' 1 .. I' :::x5:Z' gg.-if 'R H . I -, . I Il , l I ,x! . y T ,Il II I M ,, S .,' - ' - 'l' lu., Y 1 ' . , . , L . 3 I x 'A . x 3 . 1 ' . 1 1 . 1 I x I y 'I X' 3 X . I N , ,, , ' j s , , I 1 1 . , , 3 . , xi . 1 1 ' ' Y

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f RN owefs SURPRISES ILL I slghed slxdlng down comfortably 1n my Pullman chalr here I am bound for Auntles and the Chrxstmas holldays I know there w1ll be lots of fun and all that but I want adventures' Auntie had wrxtten that the boys were to gne a masquerade party the evemng I arrned so that I mlght watch out for trlcks on Hrst gettmg there But I vxanted adventures real adventuresl Idly I plcked up the evenmg paper Flarmg headlmes Government Suspects Chinese Conspzracq to Learn State Secrets Promment Stalesmen Have Dzsappeared Foul Play Feared Woman Suspected as Go Between I read It all the xx ay through and thouvht how IIICC lt would be to be a Secret SQIVICG detect1ve Gee I thought dlsgustedly women never have adventures So I sat there thxnkxng of what I would hke to happen untll the tra1n pulled mto my statlon As I came out of the brlghtly lrghted statlon lf seemed to me to be a very dark nlght A fog or mlsty ra1n made everythlng mlserable Surely one couldn t hope for adventures on a dreary nlght l1ke thlsl Callmg a tax1 I sa1d Number Brooks Street and got rn It seemed a short tlme and we were golng up a very dxmly llghted street It must be because of the fog I wondered absently Automatlcally I got out of the taxl automatlcally I pald the drlver and then I automatlcally stopped I looked around me My There vsere qulte a fevs changes on thxs street slncel had seen ll last but I looked for a whlte house and flndlng lt started up the walk What was that blg whlte house next door That must have been bullt lately for I knew of but one whzte house on the block Well reachmg the door at last I llfted the knocker and I gave my own partlcular knock three taps The door was opened lmmedlately by a Chinese gentleman ln hlgh caste dress I stepped 1nto the hall thmkmg that the boys were certalnly domg thmgs mcely There were tapestrles hung everywherel Soft carpets and cushlons and most strxklng of all two stralght rows of Chlna men down the long hall As I stepped mto the dlmly llghted hall they rn perfect unlson made a deep bow Hmm I thought they thlnk they are puttlng one over on me Well two can play that game So drawmg myself up to a dlgnxbed posrtxon and feelmg llke the Queen of England Czarma of Russxa and Empress of Austrla all ln one I put mv head up and started very majestlcally down the length of the hall I was met by a tall gentleman mn evenmg dress I thought to myself that he mlght be very handsome but I couldnt be sure because he wore a mask I knew xt was not erther of my cousms Bob or Dave but perhaps he was one of thelr best frrends I-Ie handed me a blg letter wxth three green assays, J 4. ml -aflgfh -I - 4? ,Elm .-1 To ,D 'l,1,Uj2,t 1: , 'X 'feels l.. 1 f , -zggfz' M Lazrll-, - s g . ,, ,. J- .i::::t' iw, Rv' ' -r umm sf -I - uv- ' - -1 lx-'.' ' A . . . Y . . Y , . - v I l- . . . . . , ,. , V D . . . , , v v l'1 v - . . V . . Q x . z , . . T f ' f ' . , Al 77' An A ' ' . . , , Y . . , V , V ' V 1

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u H S HT' QCWQFS l Lwyig THE TRIUMPH OF SPRING Grzm IVznter paces through the town fahales hrs :cu breath XVzth bleak delzaht stalks up and down And smzles o tr Summer s death Hts Capt of snow ts alzstenznq white Hrs hcad rs artu and proud Ht pauses zn Dtctmbtr lzaht o tteate fazr .Summer s shroud Thr moon has ucarmtd hzs chzlly hear! He smzles hzs peace at last And Tzme aoes on tt :th fltfzna start loor IVznter aats fast Soon blossoms burst thezr cozy shells Each robed rn tarzeal hue And tht sunlzqht lauqhs zn Utlttt dells tSu.tet Sprznq as born anew' M R GRIIIINI 28 TO YOU Among the stars FRIENDSHIP IS yy rut xn letters brlghtly fatr TIS frxtncls hke you dtar fr1enCl of mme haye stryed to tract 1t tutrt One yy ho knoyys all about you and lox ts you just the same Ont who rtyels tn your smlles and sufltrs for your pam NVho Ill1I'lk9 agalnst all odds that you art not to blamt Wino yy hen tht clouds obscurt tht sun makes courage seem worth wh1lt Vylho counts no sacrlfice too great to m1kt tach tear a smlle To sootht the achmg mound and btar tht hurtful dart XVIIII you XVhtn tht shaft of 1ns1nctr1ty h s found IIS mark too true Tls such a frtend dtar you hayt proved our ytars of frlendshlp through The btst of the best of all good thlngs IS my ardent wlsh for you JEANNE BLTLIR 28 -if 63 fx- .1 'n - tl W l .ang :C Ns, ta 'ff my 1 !5 nfs ,ii Al ' '31- ,, Q, fa 4' JI' Q-. 1 ll' t 0 G 7 -Ea. .--. 1 -' 4 , ,1- ,,' lm' .,. ,. JW l m r-U ' w 1 -. H sf Q' Y A ' ' M.. t K' 1 ' f . , - . y 1 . . . K t K 1 ,lv I I l I P sl I J I I ' I I 7 I 4 , . Y. . J ' ,t L t . , 4 I 'V , P t I J fi v N ll I n' I , . , . . A I L . Y 1 I I I Y T1 7 I y 3 7 1 7 I Y ' 3 Y I . ' K ' 1 my V 1 s 1 ' 1 . , t . u X . t . ' 7 I Y X 3 P Y . s 1 1 3 Q . Y .t l I , 1 V3 V3 l . v I . . . Y , , 1 -. 3 4 L .-