Buffalo Seminary - Seminaria Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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SEMINARIA 1947 The Wlmluw UPPERCLASS STORY ames wmdow stood out agunst the darty cre un of the l30lI'dll1g house lake a hraght pillitlllg on a dusty wall As usual james was re adlng the paper Every mght he read thus watchlng the pantomame of the world from has t1ny vantage poant He sit on has saggang hed an ampersonal hemg notang the complexatles of m an s exastence He wlped has shmang halfhald head and turned the page A lattle dumpy m an people nes er noticed ham He was the neutral qu antaty an an eleerrae ally charged atmosphere A phalosopher of the negatave sort A m an who went through dull Joh dull food dull a1r exery day and re alazed the dullness He hmshed the hnanca al p age put down the paper looked out once at the black le ax es of Wlllfel' and turned olf the laght ames seldom spoke to anyone Has fellow hoarders hardly knew has name lt had heen lake that throughout has forty years of lafe He was the observer never the ohserxed There was no hght ID ham Eeach naght at Eve he came to has room refad the paper slept went out worked at has pr1nt1ng job and returned to read the paper agam Amhataonless he rem aaned IH has rut knowang lt was 1 rut satlshed Une day after he h ad sh axed brushed has h ur and put on has coat he opened h1s door as usual to descend to the Erst floor and anto the world He was startled someone else was an the corr1dor Thas was a dev1at1on from the rlght course of ex ents Emh arr assed he washed he maght pretend he head forgotten somethang for whach he could go hack anto has room untal thas foreagn element should das appear The Olvjeet of has COIISYLFIIICIOU was a woman about thlrty years old Slffllig on the steps le admg to the thlrd floor She sat there an cl natural manner as af a thought h ad come to her suddenly and she had felt the necessaty of stopplng She grow ely sald good mornmg ames replled sultahly He recollected that the last tame he had heen spoken to was fave days hcfore As he left the house the sky was extraordanaraly hlue ahove the crowd of hualdmgs and somher trees That evenmg as he mounted the hrst step clutchang the News ,limes wondered af the woman would stall be s1tt1ng there At the landang he was half tempted to go back down but habat prexaaled and h1s feet dragged ham up the remunmg steps There was no one there He turned 1 hat sadly mto has room A queer sound dastraeted ham as he was re adang that naght It was the clack of heels on the floor ahoae A vxomfan s walk no douht an unusually quack step Behmd at was a mean s slower tread hut James attentaon was hmged on the femanane sound He knew It w as hls lady ofthe st urs ltwas dlsturhang ham He dad not feel the aloofness eommon to ham He stopped lastenmg to the cllck at l 4 , . . . . . 4,4 4 . . 4 ,, 4 , K 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 . 4 4 4 . 2, 4 1 4 4 . 4 , 4 . 4 4 44 , s , . . . . f s s s s s , , . 4. . , , 4 4 4 . 4 4 , 4 4 4 , 4 4 . ' 4 - s s sys ' s ' s . s s - f ' ' - , 4 , . 4 4 4 4 s s- 'sa - s - s s ' s s I ' s - 4 4 4 4 . 4 4 4 . 4 4 ' ,' ,, . . , , ' , , , 4 4 , 4 4 . ' , 4 . ', , , , 4 4 4 4 , 4 , 4 4 s- vs ' s - s ' 4 ,4 . . 44 44 4 4 , 4 '4 4, . 4 . 4 ' . - ss ' s 4 ' - ' 1 s s 4 4 4 . 4 , s 3 1 s s 1 ' ' 4 ' 4 as . 44 . 4 s 1 1 1 f s 4 4 4 4 . 4 , 4 , 4 4 , '4 , ,44 4 . 4 , . 4, 4 , , ,4 4 '4 .' . ' A 4 , 4 ,4 4 4 , 4 4 4 ,4 4 4 , ' , . , 4 4 . ' , , , . 4 4 4 4 4 ,4 . 4 4 , D 5 1 . 3 . , I I .Y . , 4 4 . 4 4 4 4 . . ' ' , ' 7 . 4 4 , 4 3 ' s - ' ' ' ' s' ss s 'f 4 4 4 4 4 . 4, 4 '44 '4 4 4 . ' . . . . ' ,. 4 4 . 4 4 4 4 4 4 , 4 4 , 4 4 . 4 ' 4 4 ,4 2 1 , . , 44 , ss . . 4 , . . . , 4 4 , , 4 4 . 4 s - ' V s s - s I s 44 4 4 44 4 . s s s -s s 1 - s I 'f ' s I s 4 4 44 4 4 4 4 . 4 ,4 44 14 . . , . , 4 . I . . Y. . L L s s 4 T I 4. 4 . 4 44 . 4, ,4 4 ' , 4, , 4,4 ' . ' . 4 ' 4 4 44 44 4 4 . 4 - 4 . ss s , ,, , , , .. 4 . 4 , ,4 . . . 4 Q . . , . . . . . 4 4 , 4 3 . . 1 , 3 . V! , 1 D 1. 1 , . . 4 . 44 e 4 4 . 4 . ' ss sf sw s ' s s A- s ' s ' -' 4 44 . 4 , 4