Catlin Gabel School - Garrulous Pine Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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E A IT was The sprung oT IQI6 A luTTle coTTage lay nesTled ID The sun IH a proTusnon oT gay sprung Tlowers and soTT green grass lTs very whnTeness and shnmngness raduaTed The peace and happiness which ex1sTed wuThun Through The open door came The sound oT a young woman s vouce Talknng To her lnTTle boy There now Robbie dear we re almosT ready To meeT our Daddy and I beT I can beaf you To The gaTe old slow pokel The woman and The luTTle boy came rompung ouT oT The house and ran down To The whnTe gaTe by The road RresenTly a Tall smulung young man sTrode up and loaned Them and The Three walked back To The house TogeTher Robbue TnghTIy claspnng hus Daddy s hand ATTer Thenr sample supper Robbue was Tucked In bed and husband and wuTe saT on The porch sTeps engoylng The TragranT clover scenTed breeze They saT In silence unTnI The man sand guneTly Jean I may be I may be leavung w1Th The boys Tor France some day soon Don' she crned claspung his hand Tears shone nn her eyes The day came and even The hour and The Tamuly walked down To Theur gaTe by The road Tor The parTnng Robbie and Jean walTed TIII The beloved Tlgure had Turned To wave :Ts lasT good bye beTore The curve an The road hld hum Trom snghT Then They wenT back To Thenr lonely l1TTle whnTe house Days weeks and monThs passed Then word came ThaT Don was comung home I-low happy were The Two he had IeTT b hnnd' They spenT many hours preparing Tor The reTurn oT Thenr Daddy and Tllled The house wlTh all The Tlowers ThaT he loved And Then he came BuT noT Theur Daddy noT The old sTrong and smllnng Daddy oT Theur happy romps buT a plT:Tul and guerulous sTranger whose Tevernsh eyes seemed vacanT when They glanced abouT The room The besT oT Their Daddy was leTT somewhere IH The Tar away Tuelds oT France buT Robbie and Jean nursed This seemlng sTranger IH Thenr luTTle whnTe house Tull I-Ieaven mercuTulIy released hum Trom has nerve wracked exlsTence BuT They sTnll keep happnness In The luTTle whuTe house by rememberung Theur Daddy nnsTead oT The sTranger The War senT home To Them BeTh Payne 32 I N Q U I R Y The orld can oT be rong and one be r ghT YeT I'1yC6r'1r1OT TnaT on e er see The I ghT7 RuTh Te ser 32 TH GARRULOUS PINE 2I W R . l . 9. U w n w I Q wx I ' e' I . -- I,' .