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

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SEMINARIA IO47 w 1s w1nder1ngl1ke 1h1rd He flI1C1ed he pereelved the low words of the ph ll'ltOl1I Th1t WIS the begllllilllg Although for d1ysj1n1es would nelther see nor he 1r eudences of the cre1ture qu1te suddenly she wo11ld 1ppe1r Imes would See her sometlmes Sllllldllig on the s1dew1lk her f1ee hur1ed IH 1 fur eoll1r llllghlllg wxth 1 str1y dog Another d1y she wo11ld he pl1y111g softly on the ho 1rd1ng house p11no Once he s1t wlth her on 1 crowded hus 1nd crmed to see her lb her 1nterested eyes sc 111ned the f1ces before her He w1tched her funny w1lk whleh seemed IS 1f she could h1rely stop herself from Slilpplilg By her sxde It tunes w IS 1 h1ndsome m1n who lt could be seen worsh1pped her She returned th dewotlon IH qu1ck l1ttle w1ys 1 sm1le 1 touch or 1 gesture The solld f1ee of the husband tempered the efferx es ence of the w1fe ames was the neutr1l factor so he h1d called h1mself Yet when he returned 1t nxght now he would look at h1s stuhhy b1ld gray form w1th 1 new w1stful ness Now he forced h1mself to eat Wlth the other hmrders 1lthough the re l1nqu1sh1nent of pr1x1cy cost hun much But on the other Slde of the t1hle sh Slf 1d1amond III the stony neckl1ce off1ces She eontempl1ted her fellow hum ms he concentrated on her One d1y he w1s the object of her ohserv1t1on 1 n1ght mare ofa d1y forj1mes Out of th1s mmgled pun 1nd enjoyment howex er cune They h1d come from M1nnesot1 1nd l1ved nhoxe h1s room By sprlngtxme JIITICS could h1d Cl 1r1 Good mornmg wlthout the shy ho1rse ness th1t h1d been c11stom1ry He thought she felt th It h w1sl1k 1 hlock 111 th Sld6W1lk 1 thmg to he used 1nd xlewed hut ne1ther lox ed h1ted p1t1ed nor enjoyed On d1y she sud Mr johnson you look If th sky don t you? She understood then th1t he low ed he 1uty After th lf he would HU lglllt, co11ver satlons wxth her talks ID wh1ch he could tell her of the wonder of the dxrty decaymg c1ty and of the m1ll1ons of people he felt akln to IS he hre1thed the 11r they hreathed He opened the front door Mond1y 1nd she was there ln the hung room 1lone I 1m gl 1d to see you he s11d S1t there 1wh1le There w1s no lofty conxers1t1on H wo11dered 1f sh h 1d found th It he loved h r IS he loxed the c1ty s lofty he1uty She got up w 11k d 1ro11nd lllel Slt hy hlm hy hls dun1py hody She l11d her h 1nd on h1s round shoulder Mr johnson It IS sad she sud She flew out 1nd up the sturs ames s1t long on the whlte counter p1ne looklng lf hls feet Pltllilllg up the c1rds h h gm 1 glITlt, of sol1t11re He co11ld he 1r the qLllCk step 1hoxe H re 1ched for 1 neglected p1per md uewed the world wnth hxs usu1l e 1ndor H wondered when he would see Cl 1r1 lgllli Nlght l1y on the elty .limes wmdow went out SLS-'ANI Axoriasox 1947 1 1 S I V W' A i ' -I 3 3 'HI 1 X u ' 1 11 1 1 . 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1 :11 11 3 I s, 1 ' 3 I y 1 1 -5 V, I . 1 1 1 ' A I f s 1 s s 1 ' s 1 ' , 1 'f I ' - 5 I 1 1 ss s 1 1 -1 A 3 5 N ' 3 3 1 3 1 S 1 1 3 W ' I' .,, 2 1 L 1 , K h 1 . .J .iv Yi 2 l L , I 5 hi ' V . N 5 . 'n 3 3 C 5 V ' . I I 1 . 1 f -, . 1 1 A 1 as Y F A 6 1 e . J 1 , 1 1 . , 1 , ' , 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 A 5 ' I 3 3 K 'h I Wf - . l ' x I vi 1 I . 5 3 I 3 1: Q 1- C ' ' '-1 I ' 3 ' SN W 1 5 8 Y ' ' ' 1. 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 ' 11 1 1. 1 1 1 , 1 , 1 1 11t least tr1v111l rewards. Her name was Clarag her hushand s name was Samuel. . , ' . . - ' . ,e '. 1 1 1 1 11 1 . 1 1 1 1 e 1 e1 1: R 3 1 ,Q 1, 1 , 1 1 .. q R 1 i 1 , . e 1 1 , . , 1 e , . , ,, . . , ' . ' s 1 , 1 7 I 7 , ' 1 1 1 1 . . 1 1 1 , 1 . 11 . 1 1 1 11 1 ' . e e ' e 1 1 1 1 e 1 1 11 1 1 11 . 1 , 11 e 1 ,1 1 1 I I 1 S 3 1 I. L' - . . .. I. 3 I 5 N I, J 1 V .V X fl y . L .N . . 3 1 , c e 1 1 1 1 1 1. 1 11 1 1 1 1 11. c I , 3 , , , Q 1 ,L 1, , , , 1 x . A -L ' C y , , v 1 1. -3-, 1 . . .' . , J . .,.' ' v 1