Central Catholic High School - Katholikon Yearbook (DuBois, PA)

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Uhr mmtur you well know we need men Noxv ale you w1ll1ng to glxe your ex1 dence IH the matter? WIHHW had llstened sllentlx through all hls storx and flnallx answered Wlth some determma tlon Mr DZIWIH this IS a chance to do my blt for Uncle Sam and I am w1ll1ng to do any thlng that I can What IS expected of me? I am afrald you w1ll be subyect ed to a certaln amount of publlcltx and for th1s reason the depart ment has appolnted Mr Kent as a guard to you We have learned that Kelly IS try mg to get evldence that no report was made out for hlm and we fear that you max be called upon by h1m or h1s ac COmpl1C6S to say you never saw hlm or made out any report for hlm For the present Just act as naturally as posslble under these condltlons and I shall lnstruct you more fully 1n a few days said Mr Darvxln For days Wlnnx xx ent around ln a dave of fear but xx1th the consola tlon that Mr Kent s presence was alxvays w1th1n her shadow Manx tlmes lately she had been called to the phone by a man who Sald he had recelved a sweater wlth her name on It at camp and wanted to meet her personallx Up to thls tlme she had Sald nothlng to Mr Kent of these calls but when she dld tell h1m he adxlsed her to see the man saylng that perhaps lt was only a bllnd IH the case they were xxorklng upon and that he would alw ay s be near lf she needed h1m That nlght agam bemg asked to permlt the young man to see her she allowed hlm to come to her home As she had told her mother nothlng of the situation fearlng that she would worry she ex plalned that the young man was an employ ee at her offlce The fel loxv seemed to be most pleasant and after several evenings at he1 home he asked to take her to the theatel She went and on the way home the man suddenlv lost all hls courteous manners and demanded roughly Come on now Ive walted long enough tell me lf you made out Jim Kelly s draft report Wmnx looked around and seelng the ex 61 watchful flgure of Kent ln the background IH a determined manner answered No I know nothlng of lt Yes you do and you mlght as well tell me rlght noxy how much you wlll take to keep qulet about th1S matter sald the man NO1h1H2 can keep me from ex poslng a slacker sald Wlnny and she went 1nto the house The next day when Wmny told The court martlal comes up at Gox ernor s Island next week and It Wlll be necessary for you to be pres ent Can you arrange to do sol She gave her assent and went home wondermg how to break the news to her mother whom she must now tell of the case She found her mother ln a very cheerful mood and after the dalnty evenlng meal she drew two chalrs up be fore the flreplace and proceeded to lay before her best frlend her part 1n the Great World War Her mother took It much more calmlv than WIHHW had expected and Sald ln the quletest of manners after hearlng her daughter s story Wmxfrede you haxe been so qulet and unnatural lately that I knew somethlng must be wrong at the offlce or xxlth vour work I am glad that vou haxe told me for you cannot go to the trlal wlthout a chaperone You are too young I am proud of you and your work and I wlll go wlth you lf I am able V ' Q 7 ' V ' . . . Y v v.- u l ' 77 Q v v - ' v . , , . v e ' 7 , . . . ' v v ' ., as 1 . p ' , . ' r ' y 9 , ,- . . Y . . . 7 ' - U v ' ' ,v u . . , . Q . . Y . Y . . ,, ' ' V . . . . . U . . . , Y - V I K6 V . . . v , . , i , - ' xr . - ' as , , ' ' s c . I u 7' , I 7. . v - , an - , . ' v V 1 n . . H . 4 - - 7 . Y Y V . ,, . . 9 A c 1 . v 1 Y . , I . v K 4 -' K ' , Mr. Darwln about th1S he Said, 1 . . . - c Y n I u , . v , . V I , . Y - , ' y v ' 1 Y 99 Y. '- . . - , -9 , . ' A K I . . Y n . ' , 1 v ' . , . . V. . . , 1 x I , -. U . . ' ' . 1 9 , . 9 1 . . Y. , a 1 v V ' , ss ' n - , ' , , . . . 1 Y 9 1 v y ' ' 7 vo ., K ' x ' . . . . H - - Y v - x 1 V . v - , x 1 1 . v . . v. Y - . . U . . . . . ' v Y 5, 1 Y - . , . 1 . ' Y Y v ' - ' Y . ' -' o 1. Y . Y A- '