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

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wha illlrntur .IIUIIIISL jlivpt OROTHY Gardnel was a changed glrl slnce he1 serlous lllness 1n March Thxs was not strange for a glrl who had neglected her relrgxous dutles and was brought almost face to face wlth her bod knowmg ln her healt she was unprepal ed When S1Ck she prom lsed that lf her llfe was spared she would never pass a Cathollc Church wlthout maklng a V1S1t That was slx months ago and she had not once broken that promlse It was now late m August and two school f116lldS were XlS1tll1g hel and her slster Ruth Many were the entertalnments and pleasures planned by the slsters for thelr fr1ends but the crownlng one was to go Into the c1ty fifty mlles dlstant and hear the most famous smger of the wo1ld Mlle The four g11lS were to go mto the c1ty on the QIX o clock tram and Would arrlve at then' destmatlon IH plenty of tlme for the wondel ful con cert There an aunt would meet them and act as chapel on for the evemng The day dawned dark and cloudy Of course th1s put a damper on the sp1r1ts of the g11ls but at noon the clouds passed away makmg the afternoon an ldeal one and under thls spell the glrl s enthuslasm reached xts hxghest pomt At last the car a1r1ved at the door drly en by a younger brother of the glrls They drove down State Street and as they came to the Church Dorothy 1ns1sted that they stop whlle she went ln and made a v1s1t The car came to a standstlll though none but Dorothy went 1nto the Church She knelt ln p1 ay er a few mmutes and as she got up to go out she thought she heald somethmg drop but glanclng down and seelng nothmg declded lt was her lmagxnatlon Gettmg mto the car aga1n she was gleeted wlth crles of Hurry 01 we w1ll mlss the tram It IS late now we should have stalted ea1l1e1 They wele soon at the statlon and as the traln came thundellng ln DOI othy went to get the tlckets She felt IH hel pocket for the pulse and d1SLOX Bl ed lt was gone Huuledly she sealched the other but not bemg able to locate It went to tell the others Dlsmal CFIES went up as she told them and they sald Why d1d we gne you all the money? Now vse w1ll haxe to go back for mole and we w1ll sulely m1ss the tram Qulckly they got ln the cal and dloye xapldly down the street As they passed the Church someone sald Pelhaps you dlopped lt 1n the Church go 1n and see Dolothy went lll and sule enough thele was the pulse m the pew whele she had knelt She bleathed a sholt p1 ay 91 of thanksgw 46 Q ,, tea Q Q , ' 5 , l - . 1 . , . . . L 1 . w . . . 1 1 V . N 7 . 1 ' 1 . 1. . V Y .1 Y. 1 . Q 1 7 .Q . . . , 1 1 1. L 7 1 , 1 7 7 . . . , . y 1 ' ' v x ' 1 , 1 . . 7 - x , H 1 1 . 1 . ' 7 1 1 ' 1 77 y 1 ' ' Q. . . . 1 1 , 1 1 ' 1 7 1 ' 11' y 1 , 1 V . 1. k K y L 1. H 7 . 7 ' 1 v V 1 ' . 1 . 1 7 1 1 . '4 r ' 1 1 y 1 ' y w . ' l! LS , , ' ' 'L ' 1 , l 1 ' V7 1 , ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 v 7 l' y 1 , 1 1 1 1 y 1 - . . L 1

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wh: Hir-ntnr All right' my son do as you please but not a cent of my fortune wrll you rnher rt You yvrll haye to get along the best yvay you can Go Lord Gerald left the presence of hrs angry father Four weeks after the above scene finds Lord Gerald and hrs brrde on board the Mar rana bound for the U S Lord Gerald rs now pennrless the only yaluable thrng he possesses rs a r rng that hrs father had once grven hrm on hrs brrthday Thrs short trrp to Amer rca was to play a strange but rmportant part rn therr future One nrght a great storm arose and the lrves of all on board were so much rn danger that the lrtc say ers and borts were ordered out One ot the passengers was a very old man most shabbrly dressed He accosted Lord Gerald askrng hrm rf he wou'd protect hrm Lord Gerald readrly con sented and drd everythrng rn hrs power to comfort the old man When the storm had abated the passengers were ordered to therr rooms but the old man resisted sayrng he was afrard to go back He was shakrng as wrth the ague and Lord Gerald not findrng rt rn hrs heart to see the poor man rn such mrsery rnvrted hrm to spend the rrrght rn hrs room In the mornrng there were no signs ot the tragedy of the nrght be fore In a few days all were glad to see the rnvrtrng shores of Amerrca but Lord Gerald and Rose had a str ange feeling come over them for they knew not what the future he d for tlrem rn this strange country They were about to step off the boat when a cabrn boy hurrred up to them with a sealed letter or rather a note and hastrly openrng rt they found rt to be from the old man yvlrom Gerald had befrrended beggrng them to come to hrm tor a last farewell 'lhey retreated to hrs room and stood dumbfounded rn the doorway tor there rn place of the old man stood Lord rf to welcome them both rnto them y ou are a son to be proud of How can I ey er beg y our forgry eness 7 When I refused to consent to your marrrage rt was only rn a fit of anger because for the fir st trrne you were gorng against my wrshes but noyv I see the wrll power the strength of character you haye and above all the char rty rn your heart I drsgursed my se f and rntended followrng you but I could hold out no longer and noyy wrll you both come back to share our once happy home wrth me ' Of course too grateful to refuse they accepted The answer Rose gaye to hrs rnyrtatron rey ea ed yy hat a noble refined cultured woman she was th r.h II rrr at my rn - 45 rr ' , Y ' ' . v . v . .. . 7 v 1 H I V L Y 1 1 ' ' , tx ,' yr , - - . . , . . . . . Q. '. v Y . I n . L . 7 . L 1 ' T, r' 3 ' ',-Arr v, -K4 f Z S fx . . . I ' r ' A , . 9 ' ' 1 r 1 y ' . ' , . 1 ' 'Q l Y . f . ,- , . 1 v I . 1 , v ' . 1 7 y . I . A K t Dunsberry, Gerald's father. My son , he said stretching out his arms as ' ' 65 Y 1 ' v ' Y L . .' l Y V I ', I 1 ik! ' -'Y 1 ' 4 . . , y . - , ' h , , 1' v ' v . ' ' , r . v . . - t . . ' v' v r , 1 , ,' , x - y t , . - . v ' ' 77 I 1 ' 1 y I - I . Y . . Y. K . Q v , 7 . v - , Kind hrarts are gardzlrs, Kind ou' ts are roots. Kind words are blossoms, Kind deeds are fruits. I ' X R 'I ,

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u,hv fiirntnr mg and lllllllefl to the cal In a sholt tlme they agam came lll yleyy of the statlon but only to catch slght of the depaltlng t1a1n B1tte1 was the dxsappolntment and the gnls leproached Dolothy If you had not 1n slsted on stopplng at the Church we would not have mlssed the tram They reahzed that the only thlng to do yy as to go home and spend the even mg thele as the next t1a1n would not get them to the clty 1n tlme Phe evenmg was by no means a pleasant one and they all 1et1red ear ly The neyct mornmg when thev came down to breakfast M15 Gardner exclalmed Glrls you should all thank God you were not on the last even mg s tram for thele was a telrlble accldent and not one of the passengers or l2131l'll'I19I1 escaped lnjury Just thlnk what mlght have happened lf Dorothy had broken her promxse and not made the v1s1t to the Church maklng a y1s1t and each tlme they thank God for thelr escape flom death due to Dorothy s V1S1t Grace Harrls Z4 Irturu I turned to the dlctlonary For a Word I couldn t spell And closed the book when I found 1t Feellng su1e I knew It well I thought to my self How was 1t'? Wlth a sense of lnward pam F01 once mole I was doubtful So I turned to the book agam Th1s t1me I lemarked How easy As I muttered each letter o ex But when I got to the mkwell Twas gone as It went befole I selzed that dlctlonary And sped lts pages thlough And under my face I put lt Wlth that doubtful mold new I held It dovsn fast vslth my hand Whlle I g11pIJ6d It yy 1th pen qulte fast And I howled as I traced each letter Iye got you now at last Wanda Bukoyy skl, '24 T I 47 . . ., Q 1 ,, y . - . Q i T V I. 7 . . , ' v v . ' - y 4 . V I , . , . ,, . Y ' - . , . u , . . , . . The result was all four girls never go by a Catholic Church without . T. . . . . , . . ' YC , . .. 0. CWB' 77 'D Y 7 V' ll ' 7, . u , 1 . Y ' ' , as ,yn , . 7 . Y y 1 . 7 u . . . 7 I 1 7 ' 1 Y y' f . -. . V. . I 9 T I ! as v , , H n ! '