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,' .

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E H lTs Turmng :Ts Turning yes success The exper1menT dld noT Tall' The happy shunnng Tace oT The wnzened old alchemusT Tells us ThaT BUT leT us leave hum To enloy The resulT OT hls welrd brewlng and Turn To examlne has dusky room Wall he care dnd l hear you say7 No no he ns Too absorbed an hrs work There besade hum on The corner oT hus Table laes a paur oT bellows To Ture up has Turnace See IT as covered w1Th sTrange TesT Tubes and seems lsnked To The adlolnlng wall by The 1nTrlcaTely spun web oT some busy spider long leTT undusTurbed And look In The back corner no over here can T you see me7 here ns The coal Tor Tuel and on :T resTs The Tnre Tongs buT whaT ns ThaT queer cone shaped obge T near IT7 Well we don T know so leT s pass IT by remand me and l II ask hum beTore we leave l-landlly near hum IS a TaT and xnTrlgulng reTerence book on a rack heaped wnTh papers and supporhng a greaT meTal charT oT The paThs hns Tasclnahng unsTrumenTs Scraps oT papers beakers lnTTle shapeless lumps oT rock and meTal luTTer The surTace buT There as a quamT old brass lamp sTandmg unluT on one slde and a curuously carved uvory chesT whlch rouses IU me aT leasT a greaT desire To peek rn To discover The conTenTs The book however lyung wuTh The page held open by a wooden ladle holds buT luTTle nnTeresT Tor me as :T ns wrlTTen In some umnTell1g1ble language buT beTore we have Tame To search Tor more oblecTs l Teel he IS looking aT us and Tearnng To dlsTurb hum l Thunk we should scamper ouT oT has way One wall we see ns covered wnTh a ragged hangung hndlng goodness knows whaT which when our gaze Tollows :T To The Top leads us To Tund even In The raTTers a nook To pack away his Treasures Surely These cannoT be very asTonushung lookang so luke mere old rags and books and packages sTull one never knows whaT mughT be unslde Them BUT come now sTop looknng around and leT us say goodbye Tor our Tsme as up and no longer shall we be permuTTed To conTlnue our pleasanT vnsnT w1Th our l1TTle old Truend And remembe we musT all Thank Mr Edmund Dulac Tor Thus Trnp because QT was Through hrs lmagunahon and hrs power oT nllusTraTnon ThaT we were able To Take Thus gllmpse nnTo The alchemusT s shop Manda Wernlcke 33 22 TH GARRULOUS PINE T E A L C H E M l S T oT The planeTs. l-Tis back is Turned To us, so we can examine wiTh lnTeresT