Andrews High School - Andronian Yearbook (Andrews, IN)

Page 87 text:

1101-100 A N D R 0 N I A N :ox-11--xox'-11-2--co.xoxoxoz- 1- 3--an-11--1-'xl 113114 . so ! ! ! After this the subject dropped, and after a long silence, or a long one for Barbara, she remarked, Mother, where do you suppose dad is? This was a subject seldom discussed any more in the Channing household and therefore Mrs. Channing was taken by surprise. Really child I don't know. Why do you ask me? You know the last we heard of him he was in New York with a good position. I'm not in- . -as --J: -,wiv . terested any more and I've ceased to worry. What made you think of f for money. But I don't know his address, so 1 might as well forget it. The next day Barbara was all smiles and made a trip to the post i otlice after every mail train from the east. She felt sure she would get a reply from her Aunt Polly that day. Finally about six o'clock, when she was beginning to feel rather dis- couraged, she went to the office again. There were several letters for her, but none from her aunt. Then she was disappointed for sure. She took her time on the way home, feeling like she hadn't a friend in the world. Hello, Barbara. i Barbara glanced up quickly. Oh, hello Rex, I didn't see you, she remarked, as she found herself face to face with Rex Crofton, an em- i ployee at the Union Depot. i Been dreaming huh, who is it now? i Rex, please stop kidding me, I'm not in the mood tonight. j Well cheer up, Barbie. I just left a telegram at your house for you. j You did? Oh good, and with that Barbara was off. I hope it's good news, called Rex, and started on with a half-smile Q on his face. Wonder why Barbie doesn't like me any better, he thought. i I guess I'm not educated enough for her. Barbara reached home in about a minute and burst through the door like a small cyclone. Q Where is it mother? she called. I Where's what ? asked her mother from the kitchen. i Oh do hurry mother, my telegram, of course. I Just a minute dear. Here it is. I Barbara tore it open at once and read: i Very sorry, but cannot see that I am under any i obligation to help you. Polly Grey Q Barbara burst out crying and sank into the nearest chair. l R-r-ead this mother, she sobbed, handing the message to her mother. Mrs. Channing read it and then came over and put her arms around her daughter. There, there dear, don't take it so hard as all that. I've got an idea. Do you remember that man who was here this summer wanting i I ! 1111 iuifiuiuioi 21 1 vin-in-1 -1011211ri-linilliv-iiiui nioinif-3 viuiniuiui-0:1 Fifty-one him ? Oh I just thought that if I knew where he was I could write to him fi

Page 86 text:

.qi .1 1- up --L 1--1-1115-ieuuqmEvan:-mat 2-waocsoea-ie ozovqs- 3 l l l l ! l E l u .. qi., . sci Y 'Sl E ! ! e i 6 0.0 4124, hw iffy 11-1 if Very well, you may write, but please be very careful what you say. Don't make her think we are living on the county, or anything like that. Mother, you're a dear! exclaimed Barbara, kissing her affection- ately. I'm sure great Aunt Polly will help me, since she was so keen on education. So Barbara went to her desk and prepared to write. She lost no time thinking, and this is what she said: My Dear Aunt Polly:- I know you disinherited my mother and told her you never wanted to see her again, but you see I'm not mother. Now Auntie, please read carefully! I want to know if you will give, or loan me the money to go to college. You see all my friends are going, and I do want an education so badly. If you will loan me the money I will promise honestly to pay you back as soon as I can. Let me hear from you at once, 'cause I'm getting pretty nervous these days, since it's only about three weeks until college opens. Your loving niece, Barbara After finishing her letter Barb snatched her hat and hurried to the post otiice. Coming out she spied Maxine Trayer across the street. Hello old top, she called, how's it come you are down so early- someone sick at your house ? -this as she crossed the street. Oh, why all the good spirits, Barbie? First time I've seen you that way for a long time. What's the reason, have you just received a letter from one of your city admirers ? No, I should say not, they're the least of my thoughts. There's nothing the matter. I just got up right for once. Barbara had decided to keep her letter a secret. 1 Well, here's where I turn, Barbara. Coming over and play tennis this afternoon ? Yes, I expect so. No, I wont either. I think mother needs me for something. Oh, you changeable thing, you don't know from one minute to the next what you are going to do. Well ta ta, don't do anything rash while in your present state of mind. Barbara went whistling down the street and reached home just in time for breakfast. She pottered around the house all day and in the evening she and her mother took a walk. They hadn't much more than started when Barbara began talking about what she would do in college and making plans, just as if she was positive she was going. I wouldn't plan too much dear if I were you, advised her mother. You see, I know Aunt Polly a lot better than you do. I know mother, but since she has no other relatives, and so much money she certainly can afford to send me to school for four short years. A N D R 0 NIA N --1-I--f-W

Page 88 text:

ozoigf ini ! ! ! U Q me to take charge of that confectionery store? Well he was here just Q a while ago, insisting that you and I take it over. Don't you think that I would be fun, and you could still keep your friends ? Q Oh mother, I know, but I never was so disappointed in all my life, Q said Barbara, wiping her eyes. What did you tell the man '? J W. I told him I would call him tomorrow and give him my final de- cisionf' Well I suppose there's nothing else to do, but I wanted to go away Ri to school so bad. t if I know dear, but you know we don't always get to do what we want i to do and often have to make the best of things. Come on now, dinner i is on the table and will be cold. ' During the meal Barbara was pleasant, but rather quiet, the way one g feels after a good cry. After the dishes were washed they moved to the i piano and spent the remainder of the evening playing and singing. j The next morning Barbara was down stairs bright and early. She i appeared in the kitchen door with her old smile, but with the faintest of j dark circles under her eyes. i Good morning best of mothers, I'm ready for action. How soon do i we start Y i Good morning dear. Do you really think it advisable to accept that i offer? You see you have just as much to say about it as I have. i Of course, hurry up and call that man so we can start planning some- i thing that hasn't an if in it. i Mrs. Channing returned from the phone in just a few moments. i Everything is fixed up. I'm to go down this p. m. and settle a few i minor affairs with him. We take possession September 1. I A couple of hours later Mrs.-Channing came down stairs dressed for i the street. 1 Where are you going mother? Barbara inquired. g Why this is my morning to do the shopping, isn't it? i Oh yes, I forgot. Well run along. Be sure and bring me a letter. i Barbara busied herself around the house and before she knew it her ' mother was back. : Here's your letter, exclaimed Mrs. Channing, handing a small white ' envelope to her daughter. Q Why it must be an invitation of some sort. I wonder who's turned Q ambitious now? H'm, listen to this: 1 Dear Barbara: Q You are invited to a send off party at my home Wednesday even- l ing, August 22, given in honor of the following, who are leaving for col- ! lege: Mary Jane Baxter, Rex Crofton, Harold Dutton, Louise Winters, Q Helen Chadwick, Stuart Craig, Arden Philips, and Bonnie Lee Hudson. g Cordially, i Maxine I I 0:4Nl1uilr1nin1n1Dririniuiuiliuilvivil in :ui 11-1 ri:-ini: 1 '11 iuiukvviu-2 slain: sin Fifty-two '11-1-1-11-1111 113 In-1111111 1-4 1-:ning A N D R 0 N I A N ho:-2-1 3-194123: r: 141111 :min n ,111 1 4111. :ui i ! U u Q Q U H Q ! U i ! H II 11010