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

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Uhr Mlmtnr The day of the trlal came and Wmlfrede and her mother were estabhshed IH a sulte of rooms at one of New York s qulet hotels At ten o clock they entered the court room filled w1th mllltary offlcers Wmny began to feel nervous but agaln the reassurmg flgures of Mr Darwm and Mr Kent f1lled her mth a determlnatxon to do her share 1n condemmng the man who had dared to try to dodge hls duty to h1s country Finally the Judge and jurors took thelr places and the prlsoner was brought ln under a heayy guard of Marmes He apparently pald no at tentlon whatever to any one or any of hlS surroundlngs Mrs Quin lan seated 1n a chalr not far away from Wmny s leaned forward and gazed lntently lnto the face f James Kelly At last he was forced to stand up and speak After hls flrst sentence she gave a low crv and falnted quletly awav WIUUV rushed to the Sld6 of her mother and anxlously trled to revxve her Flnally Mrs Qulnlan opened her eves and strange to saN they dld not rest on Wmny as mlght be ex pected but upon the prlsoner and she muttered My son' Wmny was struck dumb for the moment and sald Why mother dear what can you mean? You can t know what you are saylng Yes mv dear answered Mrs Qulnlan that IS your brother Jack who left home several years ago Go ask hlm to come to me after the tr1al Wltl a feellng of agom IH her heart Wmny went back and gave her evldene w1th a trace of unvn 1l hngness ln her tone But who could blame her? G1v1ng evldence agalnst her own brother she knew was breaklng her mother s heart After the trlal the prlsoner was lead 1nto a llttle room where for the first tlme ln years he looked 1nto h1S mothers face He recog nlzed her lmmedlately and when he learned of hls slster s presence and who she was he could no long er restraln hlS feellngs and slnklng mto a chaxr covered h1s face w1th h1s hands After he had regalned sufflclent control of hlmself he told how he had been bribed by a wealthy young man to take h1S place IH the war Later reallzlng that he was dolng wrong he had demanded the rlght to enter Uncle Sam s ranks IH h1S own name The man threatened hlm and 1n order to keep hlm to h1S agreement had brought thls dlsgrace upon hlm Mr Darwln who was present at th1s 1nterv1ew at the request of carefully uuestloned hlm Later he came to Wmny and sald that he had freed Jack of the accusatlons and that he w ould be entlrelv at llb erty to Jom the Army of hls own accord IH the name of Jack 0u1n lan Wlth no dlsgrace attached to It The other man should suffer Weeks later there was great re lO1C1Hg at the Qulnlan home Wm ny s efforts not only helped to keep the wealthy son from bemg a slacker but had also made her mother happler than she had been for years by glV1I'lg' her a khakl r-lad son who carrled the mme of Qulnlan to honor Thls shows methlnks God s plan And measure of a stalwart man Lowell Mary E Consldlne 22 Y 1 . . , , l 0 1 I , . . 7 ' I , 7 v , . . . . . . , . . . , v . Q n Q a . , , . . . , . vu Q o 7 , u . y I ' L g x in I ' ' 0 ' v 9 ' . v . Y V . . , . - I . ' 7 . . A - 9 . . n I - 0 9 S ! ' , , . . , , n u , o . . . , . . , , ' v 7 7 Q ! ' ' . . . Wmny. then drew Jack 3S1de and , . . . v . 1 ' ' A ' , ' . . . , A - , , . . . , ca 77 , , . . , . . . . ,, , - a - N 9 y - H ' . ax rv , , W , . . . , . H . . , I Y I , . . .- - if , . ,, . . X . , . H , , , . ' A 9 y K s , Y! V - . . . . . , . , .

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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- '

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Eh: The Daughter LLNOR GIQX the onlx chlld and sole helless of the mllllonalre Jlm blel had been brought up aftel a sx stem O1 lglnated bx that astute old cx nlc hel father BOIH to mlsel able pox 61 tw he had fought hls wax up out of the Cltl s slums tleatlng othels as others tlcated hlm cllmblng surelx llke hls hundl eds of proto types and Wllllllllg ln malllage a pennlless glrl of blrth and beautx w ho dled shortlx aftel the blrth of hel daughter Ellnol To Grey the outslde wolld was Just a howllng VSllCl9I'IleSS ln whlch man starx cd StlLlg'gl8Cl anc achlex ed too late one to be kept from Ellnol He had no more hls llttle glll than wlth hls alt tleasules that It had taken hlm years to collect A hlgh class nurse and companlon or QOYGIHQSS sup plled the place of pal ents to thls unusual glll and she grew up a stlangel to hel onll pal ent A hald man was Jlm GIGY glasplng and pltlless feellng that hls fellow belngs could as he had done Qllfll1l6 haldshlps unalded starve ln the streets fl eeze he 1ll and helpless ln challtx hospltals Appalled bs thls non nature Ell nor gl ew up the xelw opposlte wlth a cllsposltlon so unselflsh that all loved hel and blessed her f0l hel QQHQIOUQ offerlngs GIQN s one fad was to glse thls chlld an lncome SLlfflC19lltlX gleat to lender her a powel among her lnfellors To the majolltx of glrls thls would have meant molal llllll ln Fllnol It bred a gl ICIOUQ sweetness Elirntnr 0 Jim rey Stllxe as he would endow hel as he would GIQX could nexel speak to her of hls past llfe He would see agaln lll fancx as he sat OXQI the nle the old tumble down shed outslde the cltx that had been hls home hls mothel busx oxer the wash tubs 01 stoxe Clluflglllg mls elable flglltlllg awal bt3I'V3.tl0Il bltterlx raglng 3ga1IlSt llfe and ltS buldens hls tather acaleless use less ne er do well And Carol hls slsterl P001 Carol' Thele wele tlmes when he would have glven much to haxe seen and talked to hel and xet he dal ed not seek hel lest Fllnol mlght come ln contact wlth the sole llnk connected wlth hls past 90 leasoned Jlm Glex uncon sclous that hls daughter and hls slster had already made each w as altogether ullaware of the othel s ldentlty One dax w hen El lnor and Mlss CIQVVQ her gov elness H918 taklng a walk thex saw a woman falntlng on a dool step Ellnor called a cab and took the woman to a doctol who Cll3g'll0S9fl the case as healt tlouble w th no cule but rest and qulet All the necessaly arrangements had been made at once f0l the woman s lemoval to a sanltallum A xear passed peacefullw and the onls change ln the GIQX mansion w as the decllnlng of lts owner who sat at home fOl dals at a tlme so lonelv and delected that Ellnor longed to cheel and comfolt hlm At fllSt her 9ffO1tS met w 1th llttle success but flnallx GIEY grew to walt fOl her comlng and to mlss hel when she was gone In thls elexenth hour the father healt awakened and sale fol celtaln llfllllltlllg memol les Jlm counted ls v 4 v v ' l Q- v v 1 , l . ' K l ' sc ' , K I ' , , Y ' Y ' l v 1 v I 5 vw , t , A . 1 . . , - , K ' .' A N v L Uv, 4 kv 1 1 - 's -. v- . ' . v y - L v . 1 Y . Y , - 3 . K v y . , - ' Jw . ' vw N 1 U v l ' , . . . . , - . ' . , . , M, . v N 1 - Q v ' K . v ' K ., , - - . , . 1,'Y . - 7 Q I 1 , V K y ' ' - ' 1 ' i w . , N , 7 ' Y , . , . . . u '. N I Y 1 D' ' .a . ' v I ' ' ' I 7 n L. - w n w A ' ' J- ' . thought of S-pellcllllg l1lS. FIOUIS Vlth othel s acqualntance, though each ' ' l ' . .7 ' ' v v v 7 1 -1 - v l f ' ' H , T ' ' JS, K - 1 Kuna' v u 1 v tv ' 1 . s v ' V V ' ' 1 . 1 1 f 0 0 ' c v 'Q 1 1 A c, - y ' A v ' K I I 1 v , v 1 . I . n Q A , . . . ., , ' ,' , ' , v I w 1 v . ll A . . ., K , Y l I . 1 V I . . A ' , 1 - , 0 K. Y . . . . ' ' ' ' K K ' C 1 n , ' , ,9 .. v Y. . L . lf L ' A ' . ' , . v v L 1 xx ' ' r - L. ' 1 , A V . ' ' 1' A A 1 Q ' ' 3 ' A ' ' ' Y. L v . . .