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

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Uhr illllmtur A Llttle Child Shall Lead Them WAS a b1tte1 cold w1nte1 s nlght The wlnd was blow mg fiercely and some of the ma1n streets we1e 1n total darkness Many a famlly gatheled alound the file place and enjoy ed lts walmth and 1n thelr hearts thanked God that they had such plotectlon from the bltter cold and stlnglng vnnd outdools On one of the dalkest streets a ve1y follorn rather aged man was t1amp1ng along blttelness 1n h1s healt wxth no thought of the good God above who IS ever w1ll1ng to lend a helplng hand m all ou1 sor rows and t11als Thls man was thlnkmg of days gone by The cold penetrated h1S th1n clothmg but bemg used to all klnds of weather he plodded along muttex 1ng at and cu1s1ng h1s fate and h1s God To thlnk that he should be he1e tonlght when once he had been so happy wlth a sweet llttle W1f8 and babe He plctured thelr co7y home IH a small town 1n where he was a prosperous fisher man Just at that moment a telr 1ble gust of wind almost swept h1m off hlS feet If only I had some place to spend the nlght he thought Suddenly the hght came on and he percelved a barn a short dlstance from hlm and resolved 1f p0SS1bl8 to spend the nlght 1n It He found the door aJar and openmg It a space large enough for hls body to pass through he went 1n Havlng no matches or llght of any kmd about hls person he felt around wlth hls hand untll lt came IH con tact vs 1th somethmg soft xx h1ch he found to be a blanket He law down never once uttex 1ng a pray CI of thankfulness and was soon fast asleep When he awoke he found a l1ttle glrl of about three years watchlng hlm wonder and amazement 1n he1 eyes What IS youl name M1ster man? she mqun ed 1n he1 ch1ld1sh VOICQ The s1ght of th1s ch1ld made a lump come to hls throat He sat up and lubbed h1S eyes contlnulng to stare and never an swermg her questlon There was somethlng 1n that face that voice What could It bel Is you hungly MlSt91 man for lf you ale I wlll get you somethlng to eat she contmued He noticed for the first tlme the r1ch texture of the chlld s apparel Whele am I he sa1d as 1f talk lng to hlmself I don t know MlStCT man I don t know your name But I knows you are a poor man and muvver sa1d for me to be always klnd to poor mans Wont you come and see my muvvel '7 She IS so good and has teached me to pray I say prayers for muvver and Daddy and for muvvers Daddy who I never seen vet Muvver sa1d 1f I pray and we all pray God w1ll brmg hlm to us The man gasped at the chllds talk Could It be he thought but no' no' God couldn t be so good to h1m now when he had deserted H1m IH earller X eals Hls thoughts we1e 1nter1 upted bs a sweet vo1ce calllng Dorothy I Dorothy deal V U ' ' 77 0 . ' . ., Q. 1 , .. - . ' s 5 u 1 - . . , - Y . . ' v . Y . A . . , U . 1 . 1 ,, . .N . H . . . . Y. 4 . . , . . . . . 7 1 . . 1 N a . ' r , - . . . . 9 ' , . . . . . if . ' . v . . ' '. 7 as - ' 4 9 ' ' i . . , 1 l . 7 - - sc , n - - - a y ' 1 il 44 9 ' r v - 7 7 , . . . . , - 9 as . ' ' s - 77 y - ' 9 . . , , , y Y . . . . . . , , ry v . - , Y I ' Y 7 . . , Y . . . . . - - - Y 1 - V. . V . . - i y - v U Y 44 , ,77

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kbhr iilrutur out and play among the othe1 guls Tell me mole of QOLIISCAT sald NIa11an and Ann Uilltllllltll All I can lemembel IS hung Wlth Aunt Julle and Uncle Dan ln Chlcago unt1l uncle dled and then Aunt lnought me to New Yo1k She dled hele about two months ago and smce then I haxe wo1ked 1n the faCto15 Hexe she sand as she chew of mx own mothel Was she not lJ93.LltllLll and she handed the locket to Maman Ann' Nlauan streamed That IS mx mothel s pxctule It cant be LOUIS But It IS she Sald and hele on the othel slde IS the plcture of nn fathel and agam she opened 'Q lt fo1 the fughtened Maman who eued and 1tS Daddy Surely Ann xou ale my SlStQ1 Syb1l my dalllng slster whom we untll th1s day beheved to be quletly sleeplng lll that llttle glawe at Cxeenglenn After 5 ou we1e taken dealest we tound a llttle bods 1n the lake at East Glooxe whlch we laid to lest Thls shotk was the cause of Mothels death Qoon attel she was bU116d beslde the l1ttle one Nluuel who had heald the story blewestu -Xttel seeing, the lotk et the plctules and then Swbll he knew that h1S chlld had been ltSlIOlQCl to h1m Th tnk God he Lllid as he em lnated hls daughtel It wasnt ou1 Swbll whom we tound and buued lNla1g,a1etNI Rensel 23 I l Emulatzon If xou w ant an edutatxon Just tome to oul sthool Hele we have no wasted tlme Studx IS ou1 1ule See the Class of twtntx TOUI Jollw puplls we Stuwmg hald to follow attu Nlneteen tw ents thx ee X141 x Spleue 21 -, 45 ' , 75 , ,' sc ' n , . , . , 44 Y , ' , as ' is , , , , 1 ' H ' ' . . , ., . . ' l 1 1 ,, w , , u . , . . N X . . . I V 4, Q . . s 4 1 r 1 V. . . I . , . .xi . ' ' v ' Y U Q v v . Y ' 1 Alm ' ' s . . i, . ' Y N . . ., . . 7 Y Y w ' 1 v 1. A N ivy, L v ' Y, KK , 1, ' , 1 , v . , l . 1. A ' x v ' ' Out 3 little locket, nib the D1CtU19 ran out and f1LllCkly sent tor Mr. .7 .. 'L n ,'x 'xx' x'. A ' 'sux' f m f , - ' ry , . . c X V -,- . ' 4: nr ,' , ,Y x K6 - - ' Y ,v ' , H A r , 19 ,I ,- t D 4 as C v x y A X - Y . H .. ., . H 1 . . , T ca - - n ' sm , , 'H a l ' , v J' ' 1 .7 - A -1 7 ' 3 LQ! 5 'I . v v , 14 ' , Y 1 V Y . , A Vx s' ' 'v .Y ' 5 1. Y- i ' I - xl' Av' 1 r tux. I I v ' 1 y 4 W , ' .

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ah: fiimtnr The llttle chlld ran to the entrance of the barn and ansyyered Yes muvver dear Ill be rlght ln and wlth a yyalt a mlnute the llttle glfl had gone He rose and began looklng about at the dyvelllng ln yvhlch he had spent the nlght It was a lalge 100m verv modeln and possessed all the convenlences of the present age such as a washlng machlne llon mangle etc Eyldently It was the laundly of the house At that moment he llealfl a CllllCl1Sl1 YOILC cry Here he IS muyyel deal and hls llttle XISIIOI of a few mln utes befole came lunnlng IH fol lowed bv her mother She s the sweetest looklng woman ln the whole wol ld except one thought Can I do any thlng for you my good man? she lnqulled You must be yely cold and hungry and to thlnk you spent such a blttel cold nlght as last nlght was IH thls cheerless place If you had knock ed and asked me for a place to spend the nlght I surely would have glven lt to you I haye a room reselved on the thlrd floor for lust such emergencles for one never knows but one of your deal est frlends IS ln need of help and thus saylng a very Wlstful look came lnto hel vlolet blue ey es whlch shone wlth such tendel ness Thank you Lady Thank you for QOUI klndness but I thlnk I had better be on my way No' No' not untll you haye had a good cup of hot coffee to warm y ou up She finally persuaded hlm to come lnto the house whele she sat hlm doyyn to a X915 healty bleak fast He sald llttle but the ex DFQSSIOII ln hls ey es told of the deep glatltude he felt She tl led ln every posslble yvay to draw hlm lnto conversatlon fO1 for some leason she knew not yvhy she felt dlayyn towalds thls yyavfalel I tly to do all I can fOl men lll youl clrcumstances she Sald fol It has alyvays been my hope and yvlsh to see my own dear father I know he IS llVlDg somethlng tells me so I wlsh I knew where and I know God wlll let me see hlm be fore he dles He must be old V615 old noyv because when he bld my deal mothel goodbye to go on a yovage whlch llttle dld he know was to W1QCk all hls happlness he was thlrtv five then I was only a babe when he left but he thought It would brlng hlm enough money to spend the lest of hls llfe ln ease But weeks months vears rolled and mother dled of a broken healt VVe had lost all our money and I was put IH an orphans home But when stlll a thlld I was adopted by yerv wealthy people And hele I am todav Wlth a lovlng husband and blessed wlth a dear llttle glrl and one would thlnk I ought to be the happlest woman ID the wolld I yvould be lf It Wel en t fOl my one yy lsh and hope The Man s heart was filled wlth unbounded loy At last' he had found hls daughter the llttle babe he had left so many YGHIS back Stlll he sald nothlng and h1S loy yy as a sllent loy By thls tlme he had flnlshed hls appetlzlng breakfast and rose to go The woman could not account fol the strange feellng that came over her Suddenly an ldea on curred to her How would you llke to be one of the help V she asked and asslst the galCl8Il6l lll hls yvolk' You can occupy the leselycd l00I'll and ? -f 47 , Y if ' o Q x - - n , Y ' 1 1 9 y I ,' U , ' ' H ' I v V ' . ' , K , U . .. ' as , , . ' v . ' yv - H . . . . T 7 l 9 . 1 v I . . ' v r ,' ' v a - y v - Y 7 . , ' I . a 7 . 7 v Q a ' ' ' ' H 1 . v l as ' Y , , , n 7 . . . ' -1 9 9 K V ' . . 7.x . ' I . - v ' U . . . . L 7 1 1 ' ' - , ' sc 1 ' U ' . ' . 1 A 7 v 1 77 4 a f t V he ' . . , v 'Y , of 5, KK , - , , by and my father dld not return, . . v - as - - , 44 ' , Y ' 7 7 w 1. Y . . Y L . ' . . . . . ' w ' 1 7 . Y L 7 Y ' 7 1 V a p Y. 7 Q . V Y ' , . . . y , , ' ' 1 7 v v ' n . 1 y. ,, , v - . . . . ,, . a ' ' . - L, ky , . . . a Y ' L 1 Y ' I H v Y ' ' A . y . .Y ' 7 4, I nf y Q - Y Y 1 l W . 7 V v 79 , , g v v ' v cc Y ' , l ' . A . I , an ' N . . I Y . . 7 , , ' ca v 1 v ' v Y 'I Y ' 7 ' - N . D y ln u ' - n i 0 Y . - . A Y . . . V I . I H . ' ,' ' . . . tv - ' ' 1 ' v