Columbia College - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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immediately the injustice done to the Malcolm home. - She repeated to herself over and over, Do unto others as ye would that men do unto you. Finally, she confessed to Daego and the preacher her thoughts, and asked them if Lucile should not be sent home. She remembered that Marguerita was the age then that Lucile was when kidnapped. The preacher advised her return, with a true confession to her and. her parents. Daego was willing. The minister expressed an earnest belief that God would spare their child if they asked Him to, after having made restitution to the Malcolms. Daego and Cloe called Lucile to them. They explained all, telling her how much they had come to love her. Lucile graciously forgave them, and vowed ever to love them, even though they had wronged her. Her clothes were hastily packed. She, with Daego, boarded the next train for Mount Forest. It was easy for Colonel and Mrs. Malcolm to forgive, since they had their daughter there to plead for and bespeak her love for her Gypsy father and mother, as she called Daego and Cloe: then, too, they had the love of God in their hearts. Upon hearing the story of Margueritais illness, they requested that Daego let them pray with him for her speedy restoration to health. Accordingly they knelt and prayed. A sudden violent ring of the doorbell brought them from their knees. Lucile went to the door. Soon she returned bearing a telegram for Daego. Marguerita will live. Her fever is gone.-Cloef' VVith joy in every heart, Daego bade farewell to the Malcolm family, with a promise to accept Colonel Malcolm's gift of the pleasant oak grove for a building site. Lucile, happy with her true parents, desired her beloved Gypsy parents and sister near by. -G. M., '14 N27 gif.. KW O FIFTY FIVE

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Yes, returned the chief, and it goes against the Gypsy in me to accept an insult. The child shall not suffer. I am ashamed of your weakness. lfVhere has your hot, high blood gone to? VVill you be insulted by an Englishman? Fie on you lu Cloe could not bear this taunt, so left the room to do her lord's bidding. During the night, they departed from Mount Forest. Vanished en- tirely from off the face of the earthf' said the detective and police force. It is too heartrending to dwell on the intense grief of Colonel and Mrs. Malcolm. Sufhce it to say that they spent immense sums of money in a vain search for their child, shed many fruitless tears, and prayed many unanswered prayers. , Two years passed, still no word of Lucile and the tribe of Daego. Lucile's birthdays were remembered. She was still the subject of prayers and tears. Mount Forest remained unchanged. But we know the tribe of Daego still existed, though no longer organized. Lucile was still living. She was then ten years old. She loved Cloe as a mother, and Daego as a father. They had been kind to her, and told her over and over that she was with them because her mother and father desired it so. No wonder she was contented. Daego and Cloe had purchased them a beautiful farm and house. Wfhy had they purchased a farm, and settled down to such quiet life? you wonder. Because a little girl had come to bless their lives. Eight years have passed over the sands of time. In Mount Forest, Lucile has become a beloved memory. All hope has been crushed in the hearts of her parents. It is a sad home, in spite of the fact that God has made the inmates submissive to their sorrow. Many times have the parents dwelt upon what might have been, and could be were Lucile permitted to be with them. Happiness has been almost supreme in the Gypsy family. Lucile was then a beautiful young woman of eighteen, the pride of Daego and Cloe. Little Marguerita was her mother's joy and father's life. They had prospered in a financial way. . Alas! The joy was too complete to last. Marguerita, then eight, was stricken with scarlet fever. Doctors' skill was useless. She would die unless succored by a higher power. Daego and Cloe realized that she would not live by man's ability, therefore sent for the Methodist minister, and asked him to use his religion to ward off death. Rev. Dormer came readily. He knelt upon his knees, and earnestly be- sought God to deliver the child to them, through the merit of Christ. Daego and Cloe listened to the prayer in awe. VVhen finished, they wished to know to Efhom the minister prayed. They wanted to know all about Him. Mr. Dormer, ex out man that he was, gladly unfolded the gospel to them, telling them of the great hge of the Heavenly Father for man, and urging them to love their fellow- me . ' . ' fl e ta ked of the Golden Rule. Cloe was gloriously converted, and realized FIFTY-FOUR

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Crashes ' e . t GQ to chapel, and I see EV.. 1 fix . Aj The d1ff'rent crushes there. X ,g if XX'hat is a crush, do you ask me? iii: 'W And why we have them here? U M L3 A Y A ! i l u , XYell first l must tell you the truth- They cannot be explained. Theylll be found where'er there's youth, And are ofttimes but feigned. But l will venture just a few, And look to you for aid, If they my message misconstrue, And on me make a raid. Now who were crushes here this year? XYell now that is quite broad, For while they really might not care. To tell it might be fraud. V The first l noticed they were these, Dear Neta and her Ed. They seemed each other well to please, To others wholly dead. But then I must correct myself, Since they led not the band, For Lula hrst, the little elf, Made Mattieys heart expand. When Carrie Lou came on the scene, Edith felt her heart beat. To win her love she well did mean, For she thought her so sweet. fggffgzllsgiixx QQQWEEEEI W 4- ,pA a....-wg 6 FIF7 YKSIX Of course, when you see Blanchie small Nell you are sure to see, Perhaps not far along the hall, For near to Blanche is she. Now Sadie with her winning ways. Soon captured Gracie C. And ere there had passed many days. Another crush we see. Then lda, in commanding way, Took Gladys to herself. ln spite of what the others say, She put Ed on the shelf.