Catholic High School For Girls - Silver Sands Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Yes even w1th Dlck Hanlm whos not worthy to hold your handkerchlef much less your arm re plred David bltterly O Mlss Nancy I waited I consrder Major Hanhn a very courteous and respectable gentleman I suppose you are mtrmatmg I should have walked wxth you' On the contrary I only wanted your snule You must th1nk me very concerted to belleve you can appease me by flatterles I shall not accept them I am weary of your contlnual concern about my wel fare It IS regrettable we must say good mght 1n such an unpleasant manner Then I must go before I have asked you what IS most 1mportant to me? Nothrng 1S so 1mportant that xt cannot wart Be srdes Im not 1n the proper mood to answer s1lly quest1ons If you conslder lt srlly that I ask 1f I may escort you to the cotton festxval I shall not ask you Please dont I know I wouldnt accept anyway Now youd better go before you msult me further Good nxght Belreve me I drd not rnsult you rntentronally I am sorry to have caused you pam O you are mrstaken You have not hurt me 1n the least Good evenmg I hope our next meetmg wrll be more pleasant Good nrght Wrth a last reproachful look at her flushed lovell ness Davxd walked out of the whrte portlcoed bulld mg He was about to descend the steps outsrde when a small figure rn a mghtgown h1t hlm wrth terrxfic lmpact The suddenness of the colhsxon stunned Davld but the whlte figure uttered a scream and was off agaxn l1ke a gust of wmd When Davld regarned hrs W1tS he rushed after the fast drsappearmg shape When he finally caught the small figure he drscovered lt to be a negro ch1ld age about frve years She was sobbmg vrolently and stared at hxm wrth wlde eyed terror Look here drd I hurt you that much? Let me dry your eyes There thats better isnt 1t7 Now tell me who you are and what you are dolng running around this trme of mght7 O Massah Davxd Ah m Josy one ob Mrss Nancy s darkres Ah thought you was another ghost Thas why Ah was so skeered ob you Whats thrs about another ghost? Don t tell me youve been runmng away from ghosts all night 16 Massah we got heaps ob trouble 1n our cab1n Ah comed to gxt Mlss Nancy Mammy done tol us ch1l luns dat rf anythm happened Ah should gmt Mlss Nancy O please we got ghosts ln our cabln Well then Josy what would you say 1f I carrred you to Mlss Nancy s7 Maybe she can help us Josy seemed to llke th1s suggestlon for her tears abated somewhat as she snuggled mto Davrds arms And so once more Davrd mounted the steps to the Lee house and pulled the pollshed gold knocker Nancy was srttrng on the arm of her fathers cha1r rn the lrbrary watclung lum play chess When she heard the knocker she xmmedrately arose Ill go Father Thomas went to the chlcken fry w1th the other negroes So xt was that Nancy opened the door and faced Davrd across the threshold After one moment of surprrse she saw the tear stalned face of Josy She took josy by the hand and led her mto the llbrary Davrd followxng It was strange to see the transformatron of Nancy s character Where once she had appeared to be a haughty selfish w1lful grrl she was at th1s moment filled wrth gentleness and SOl1C1tUd6 She lrstened m tently to Davlds descnptlon of hls meetmg wlth the httle darkle and comforted josy trll there was not a Slgh of tears Davld wondered at Nancys alfectlon for the dark ch1ld until Colonel Lee told hrm that when Josy had been born she had been grven to Nancy as a present She had grown very fond of the chlld who worshrpped Nancy as an angel But josy could not explam her fnght any further than that her mammy s cabrn had a ghostly occupant of whom she was afeared amrghty She repeated th1s fact several times We know josy but where are your brothers Abe and Moe? Colonel Lee asked Oh Massah Lee deys safe Deys under de cub bers but Mammy she would n low me to bese under de cubber she sud fo me to gmt Mrss Nancy S when de ghost wasn t lookm Ah jumps fum mah bed an runs through de doorway to do lak Mammy sez Srr Davrd addressed Colonel Lee dont you thrnk we should go to the cabln to see who th1s ghost rs? I belreve you are rxght Davrd My daughter wrll remaxn here wxth Josy whxle we rnvestrgate the cause of all th1s excxternent SILVER SANDS ss 1 - - 1 at . . i 3 9 1 - 11 . . , . f 1 1 . ' . . . L, . 1 Q1 . . , . . . , . . . , M , . Q . . 11 . , . . . . tn . . ' 1 1 . ,, . V 1 11 u - 11 . . . 1 1 , tt - - ' ' ' 7 , . . . 1 ' 1 . . . . . . , , l f 11 . , . . . , , sv. . ' ' , . - 11 11 1 . . , . 11 . . . . . - 11 . ' 1 7 , . . , , 1 - 11 . st . . . . - - f 1 . 1 11 ' ' I ' , as 1 1 ' ' , . 1 - - 1 , . - 11 u. . . . . . ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 , . - 11 f . , . . . . . 14 - - 1 ' . . , - 11 , as - - ' ' . , . - 11 . . 1 r . . . . , . f 1 1 - - . . , ' 1 . Q ' . . , 7 7 ns 1 - 11 Y ' a 4 ' rt , ' ' 1 1 1 11 1 1 . , 11 1 1 1 . , 1 . . . ' ' 4 . , . , . . at - . ' S, 1 . 0 , . 1 - 1 - s ' ' ' ' ' 1 1 ' 1 , ' . 11 , . - 1 - 11 1. - 11 - 11 1 ' 1 1 .,, . ., . , . Y .4 . l 1 1 - 1 - 11 11 u. - - ' - . , . 11 1 - Q . . . . . ' ' 1 1 - ' 11 - - 11

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' Mammy replied, in an exasperated tone Ocose, deres long tables lanterns, big fires, fiddlin Jiggm , speeches, and a little preach Chlcken and a Woman 5 heart are in besides 'very ar apart, but closely con If anytlun should happn which won t, run hckety split to necled in Miss Nancy She said she bese goin to watch out fo you bless her good heart' Shell be in de drawm room ob de man sion, causm Massah David is visitin her tonight josy Ah s leavin you to take care ob Abraham and Moe Understan, Ah don want no foohshment, and Ah spects you tW1f1S to min yo sistah Ah won t be back t11 late So saying, Sister Rebecca tucked the covers about her three children, blew the candle out, and left the cabin in silence and darkness PRUDIGAL eturn But peace and quiet did not settle over the entire Lee plantation, as it did over the darkies' cabins. The candles in the drawing room of the mansion seemed to shine particularly brightly, shutting out the soft darkness of the night. 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O no Father may I go wlth you7 I ll glve josy my red parasol rf she promlses not to be afra1d to come along If some un holds mah han Ahll come josy answered cautxously Thus the four went back to the dark1es cabms 1n search of a ghost As they drew near to the black outlme of S1ster Rebeccas cabm they could hear a nolse that sounded l1ke shuflllng feet 1ns1de the shack Josy began to whlmper softly and even Nancy was affected 1nwardly though she tr1ed bravely not to show her fear Wlule Colonel Lee trled to qulet thelr fears Davxd moved softly toward the cab1n As he entered the doorway Nancy ran softly to the dark entrance Davxd please don t go 1n there I know somethmg terr1ble w1ll happen to you 1f you do she whlspered O I wlsh we had a light Now Nancy calm yourself don t you see someone must capture the 1ntruder7 We ll have to be very stlll or we ll be heard We won t need a llght now because It whatever lf 1s--would see us but when I call you come 1n and llght a candle so that we can see what Ive caught All nght Davxd Ill Walt here ln the entry for your volce O but what w1l1 I do lf you don t call that IS I mean 1f you can t call? Nancy dont you have any falth IH me? O mdecd I do But Well then lf I don t call you m five mmutes tell your father He IS staymg back w1th josy trylng to comfort her Don t worry about me Ill be careful Davld pressed Nancys hand quxckly and then crept srlently mto the dark room The noxse had abated a httle but he could st1ll dlscern a soft rustle When hrs eyes became accustomed to the darkness he could drstmgulsh a shadow thrown m relref agamst a wmdow on the farther wall of the cab1n It was the tall figure of a man bent over a small table H was rummagmg through some papers as lf he were lookmg for somethmg Davxd dld not hesxtate one moment He lunged at the legs of the figure 1n a tackle that would have done justxce to Pop Warners reputatlon Both bod1es crashed down upon the Hoot but as the figures went down one head h1t the end of the table One lay stxll Davld rose slowly to his feet and called Nancy who SILVER SANDS qulckly stepped mto the room and l1t a candle Upon the floor lay the unconsclous form of an elderly negro Hrs clothes were tattered and torn hrs face haggard and yet there was a carefree appearance about hls features that seemed to belle h1s gullt as a robber As Nancy and Dav1d stood xn the center of the room uncerta1n what to do next Colonel Lee Josy and several colored folk mcludmg S1ster Rebecca who had returned from the ch1cken fry entered the room Evldently Colonel Lee had mformed S1ster Rebecca of as much of the happemngs of the mght as he knew We came as soon as we saw the hght in the cab1n Colonel Lee spoke hastxly I see that you can take good care of yourself as well as xntruders young man After he shook Davxds hand vigorously everyone began to exam1ne the prostrate 6g'l1I'6 Sister Rebecca gazed at the old man and then sprang back Pralse de Lawd' Its Joslah' Mah man werent sp1r1ted away' S1ster Rebecca advanced threaten mgly upon the colored man who strrred shghtly and began to rouse hunself joslah you get up fum dat fl Ebery tlme Ah sees you yous down on yo back restm What does you mean by comm back to yo lawful wzfe whenever at pleases you an skeenn 1s7 Rustle your bones out of heah dls mlnute If you thmk Ah s gwme to hab anythm to do wxf you yous nughty nustaken Gxt up now an gmt' JOSlElll looked pleadmgly at S1ster Rebecca who stared menac1ngly at hlm Why Honey IS dat any km ob a way to treat yo husban 7 Ah comes back to you an mstead ob a blg welcome Ah glts tol to go back where Ah comed fum Ahs gwme to hab nuflin to do wrf a ch1cken stealer If you wants to su v1ve you bettah g1t a gom Das all Ah got to say Honey lamb Ah swears by St Peters keys to de door ob Heab n I d m steal dem chrckens It were de debl rn me what grasped dem chxckens by de necks Ah nevah stole nufhn An Ah s pose lt were de debl who ate dem clnck ens too Now you leave mah cabm a fo Ah loses mah temper Aw Honey you know Ah cam t hve wxfout you You lived fo three months wzfout me sol spects you km stay away a few mo M , , , . . . I 3 ' as ' ' 1 I 9 U s v an ' 5 I , , . . ' ' . Y D Q . 1 1 ' . I . , U Y , . . . . I , , . 3 Q ' if ' I , . . .. . .. 1 Q ' - ' l ss - 'I - , ' 'R 1 D s ' 1 ,, . . ,, , . , . . IL , 1 Q 1 Q it ' U ' 5 , , . , . 9 I . . . .. . 5 ' I 1 1, 1 ' 1 Y , 0. , ss - - s - - ' I. ' ' 1 1 , ' . . . , , . . . , , ' 7 . . - - 1 1- de pepuls out ob der skins? What do you thmk we sn 1 - - H - 1 , ' I 5 1 1 5 1 ts 1 11 , , , . . . 1 - - - - 11 . , . Sb ' 5 ' ' , , . . . 1 s 1 0 7 , , . . 1 . 1 M ' ' 9 ' ss - - 1 1 9 i 1 1 U ' , . , . ' ' ' I U1 3 ' . , .. . . . . , . . , . , 1 1 ' 1 ' . . .. ' e as 9 , . . , . . .- . - . . , , ' y 1 . . . . q N 55 I U Q I . . , . 1 ' Q ' l ' 11 , a , . H5 ' 1 ' ' 'Y , n 1 - ' ' Gi ' U ' 1 1 ' ' ' 151 , .