Buffalo Seminary - Seminaria Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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SEMINARIA 1948 Would you call a baker somebody7 h h ad asked Hardly I mean someone who h as a bag house and w1ll gaxe me lots of clothes I want to glye bag partres and mvate barons counts and dukes and I ll hue pheasants and pe aco ks to agues and caxaar Yes she had been arrogant and too proud of h r be auty but she had learned Noc astle could compare wath th at llttle apartment behlnd the bakery The katchen wath lts gnngh am curtams and the monstrous stOXe whach lnSlSfLd on smokang no matter how mu h Walhelrn tried to repur at How many evenings they had sat at the tabl Wllhellaa re adang has paper and puffing on has plpe w1th the appearance of a contented cow whale she knlt busaly and trned to conxey to ham the latest gosslp And the shop Its If wath :ts glc unxng whlte cases' What happy days she had spent there answermg the many requests for bread and rolls Every day Frau every hour on the hour Magda h ad trapped an to tease for 1 gmgerbread cake Such l1ttle thmgs' How unlmportant they had seemed for they had been the everyday occurrences of I routane But oh af only th at routlne would govern her llfe once more rf only the bakery would rase out of the charred rubble af only Walhelna would sang agun as lae kne aded soft dough af only Magda would laugh lg'llI1 as she sprmkled car aw ay seeds on huns af only what portent those two llttle words hold' All Europe as saying them an a hopeful VOICQ Anna glanced about the room terror seazang her Of the hue occupants who had been her compamons for the last hour only the garl and the old man remaaned A lattle boy now sat an the pllot s pl ace an old woman an the albano lady s Funny she had not notaced them come an But she was too frlghtened to ponder the questlon After the crappled glrl s turn came hers and who knew what awa1ted her7 To ease her frenzaed mand Anna began to trace wath her eyes the jagged crack an the wall Slowly dellber ately as af her lafe depended on It she sought out each tany crevlce She h ad been sattlng an the kxtchen patchlng a dress that naght when the alarm had sounded She had paad no heed The bells had often rung thelr message of danger but the planes had always passed oxer They had no reason to stop for IH the area there was but one factory and that was hldden an ordanary farm buald 1 1 1 3 1 3 . e 1 1 1 . 1 . 31 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 ' . 1 '3 1 1 1 3 1 , , 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 11 '1 c 1 1,1 1 '1 . 3 , 1 1 33 1 1 1 c 31 , 1 ' . 1 3 1 3 1 11 1 3 3 1 . ' S 1' I - 5 ' I h ' 3 3 . 3 ' 1 - 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 ez 3 31 1 : 1 3 1 1 31 1 3 1 ' 3 , ' 3 : ' ' 1 1 A ' 5 wi 3 1e 1 1 3 1. 31. 1 1 1 1 ' 3 3 3 4 1 . 5 r 3 3' ' 4 ' ' I'Ieadenburg had waddled an to exchange opanaons about the local twosomes, and ' 3 1 1 1 1 3 31 3 1 ' 1 . ' 1 ' y ' ' 2 s 2 sm ze , 5 3 2 5 hx 2 4 3. , S I 2 I 5 A 3 ' 4 W ' 3 I 3 ' A Y I 5 3 1 1 72 1. 3 1 3 1 g 1 1 1 1 I . , A s, 1 1 1 5 1 4 1 ' 3 x I 1 I 5 - 1 5 I 3 ' ' 1 ' 1 3- I 3 3 A V3 ' 1 1 1 , . 1 , , ' , 1 , ' 1 ' :1 3 1 3,1 1 1 1 . , 3 ' I 1 3 3 I 5 ' - 1 3 ' 3 1 1 5 e, s 1. 1 1 1 ' Y K 9 L Y I , . 5 1 ' 1 1 3 5 ' ' I 4 ' 1 1 1 , ' ' '

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SEMINARIA 1948 It IS not that Anna replled In the bombmg ID the same bomb1ng 1n whlch Magda and I were separated I was hurt and I could tell you why your fears are unfounded anterrupted Mass Mart1n gl ancmg swaftly at the shawl covered face but you had better see for yourself She needs you and I thank you need h r She as an the next room Frau Volk Cro an there and ay Magda I am your mother You wall see that eX6rytl11l'lg wall be all raghr But my The woman h ad opened the door There w as nothang to do but obey Anna went an and the door clos d behlnd her The lattle glrl sattang stlffly on a ch a1r ne ar the wlndow turned her head expect antly She was xery small for her age wh1ch was ten and her body was too than wlth stack l1ke legs and spmdly arms Taed to her long thack braads were two brlght yellow r1bbons whlch Mrs Clme the school teacher had spent a whole day securmg and they were a und contrast to her faded dress Anna opened her mouth to speak but the lump an her throat made words amposslble untal she knew She cleared her throat sexeral tlmes and at last the words came Magda You re my mother aren t you7 Anna nodded Aren t you7 the ehald repeated Yes Magda I am your mother Anna crossed the room and stood before her daughter It was tame to hnd out the worst She pulled the shawl from her face Magda look at me Wlth a poundmg heart she wnted for the chxld s re ICUOII to the purple blastered cheek the crooked mouth the lawld scar whach pulled her eye anto her nose But Magda dad not look She gust stared at her mother s stomach llke one an a daze Look at me' Anna screamed Look at me' Slowly the ch1ld raased her face There were tears an her eyes Oh my lattle one' Magda my lattle baby my dear lox ely baby' Sobbang Anna took the lattle garl 111 her arms She was no longer afrald for Magda had looked at her wlth the dull expressaonless eyes of the bland BREND A ZAPI- 49 16 3 ' i e , , 1 ' I a ' f L , H 2 . U . s s K 3 A a 6 ' 3 'x ' s , I ' N I 4 wa h . I H . I a . s. , . Q, . a . M I H Y L- sq 2 L 3 3 5 . 1 V2 A A . 1 P ' ,Q 1 .e ' . ' s ' 1' ' g ' V 2' ,L ' s i s f z . a 1 1 , ' 2 , ' 2 ga 1 ' 5, .. , . f L , ' ' ' ' g' aa V Q ' . z a . 2 , D ' ' ' impossible. She wanted to run to the child and embrace her, but that was also ' 1 ' ' . s s vt - . 2 Q., ,, . ' xv , . L. 1 ' -Y , . H c 1 ' . Y l Q 5 . 3 1 f ' s ' s s s 'v' a ' A 5 ' 5 5 ' , , . . ' ' . . . , 1 . ' ' ' 1 L . 1 . 1 ' 1 . 1 , . I .1 5 1 . , . , a , I , . . , y' ' 1 5 '