Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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MIXD AND HAND. u approaching car. As it passed over his body, several people saw the tragedy, and screamed ; but it was too late. He was carefully carried away ; and, as people looked at the still, white face, and the bruised hand still grasping the quarter, none thought to say, He ' s only a tramp, for the tramp had become a hero. Mabel Walters, 10 A English. Gusts of blinding smoke rolled from the smokestack. Clouds of hissing steam issued from the straining cylinder-ports. The earth trembled ; dust collected in her wake. A hoarse scream from the whistle, a clang from the bell, a glimpse of a toil- ing fireman, an engineer grasping the throttle, and the Fast Mail had passed. Walter Newman, 10 A English. An Impromptu: Rapidity of Action. THE FAST MAIL. AN APPARITION. (H IIE railway track lay gleaming in the X sun. A faint singing noise came from the rails. Noticing this, I remarked to a companion, Here she comes. Here she came, indeed. In an instant the faint noise was a roar. A massive body of black, gleaming iron tore madly toward the town. On she came, swaying, pounding the rails in a mad endeavor to increase her speed. TT FEW days ago, while walking along X a country road north of the city, I met an apparition which exactly fitted my idea of Huckleberry Finn ' s father. As this specimen of humanity approached me I noticed that he was very tall ; that the part of his visage which was not cov- ered by a bristling beard or hidden by an old army hat was of an ashy paleness ; that his head was set low between a pair of broad shoulders. He wore an old blue coat, tattered and threadbare. His hands, which were thrust well forward in his trousers ' pockets, w T orked automatically with each step. His legs were long and bowed, which was made more noticeable by the tightness of his old grey trousers. His shoes were very large, fastened with buckles, and at each step flattened a square foot of dust. With a gruff Howd ' ye ' ' he passed out of sight over a hill. John Dooley, 10B English. HER DARLING. ' TI WAS in the month of June, when the X flowers were out in all their pristine beauty, that my brother was riding on horseback through a shadowy wood, on the outskirts of Indianapolis. He had ridden some distance, w 7 hen the path led in the direction of a river. He followed the path,

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s MIND AND HAND. defense of the weak and helpless. He comes as a deliverer of the English people, and is set forth as a just and generous king. His strength and valor are devoted to the interests of his down trodden subjects. His noble treatment of his selfish brother, the Regent John, is evidence of his generous nature and gains for him the title of the lion-hearted for another reason than that of personal bravery. The picture of Richard which is pre- sented in The Talisman is not nearly so pleasing as that in Ivanhoe. The jeal- ous, savage nature of the man is distinctly brought out. He is no longer the strong, tender-hearted father of the people, but the rash and arrogant leader of fierce and un- scrupulous warriors. Even here, however, with all his tyranny, the noble courage and fitful generosity of the man are in evidence. Richard I is of that type of character formed hy the blending of the Norman and Saxon races. He has the fiery courage of the Norman combined with the obstinacy of the Saxon. His impetuous nature he inherited from his Norman fathers, his perseverance and impatience of wrong- doing from the Saxon. The two views of his character taken together form the ideal knight of the time, and we can easily see why the name, Rich- ard the Lion-Hearted, of England, has be- come a synonym for all that is regarded as admirable by the English speaking people of the world. Stella Dean, 11 B. An Impromptu. ONLY A TRAMP. ©NE warm day last summer several la- dies were sitting on the lawn before a large house in one of our principal streets. Some were idly turning the leaves of magazines, some were talking, and all were trying to pass the afternoon in some way to keep from noticing the heat. Presently a man came shuffling along the street and stopped hesitatingly at the gate. Then, seeing the ladies, he came slowly up the walk. Stepping before an elderly lady in the group, he took oft his hat and said, in a low voice : Won ' t you please give me a dime? I ' m so ' But she looked up only long enough to say : No, in a voice that permitted no re- monstrance, and then resumed her inter- rupted conversation with another lady. He apparently did not have courage to ask any of the other ladies for alms, and was returning to the street, when a young girl, sitting somewhat apart from the rest, looked up from her book and asked him what he wanted with the dime. To buy something to eat, he muttered, and was passing on, when she opened a jeweled purse which hung at her belt and gave him a quarter. Thankee kindly, Miss, he said, as he passed on, and she noticed that tears stood in his eyes. Why did you do it ' r asked several ot the ladies. Why, he ' s only a tramp. Yes, indeed, said the elderly lady, who had refused his request. But before the girl could answer, every one was startled by a cry of horror. Absorbed in their conversation, they had not noticed that the maid who had charge of a small child belonging to one of the ladies had left it for a few minutes. While the tramp was in the yard, the child had noticed the gate, which had been left un- latched, and had toddled out into the street. When the tramp left the yard, he noticed the child playing outside, and started toward it. Seeing him, it ran on, right in the path of a motor coming down the street at full speed The tramp ran forward, grasped the child, and set it down beyond danger. He tried to get off the track, but fell directly in front of the

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in MIND AND HAND. and just as it took a turn around a bend in the river, and where the water was the deep- est, he heard some one crying as if in great distress. He discovered a young girl, wring- ing her hands and moaning in the most de- plorable manner. He asked the reason of her grief and learned, between her sobs, that her darling ' had fallen into the river. Upon looking down the river, about four or five yards from the shore, he saw a little child. Its hands were raised above the water, while its little head bobbed up and down with every curve of the waves. He sprang from his horse, leaped into the water, and soon reached the little one. Carefully hold- ing it above the water he made for the shore, and gently placed it in the arms of its distressed nurse. Tears were flowing down my brother ' s cheeks when he turned to take a last look at the dead child and the grief-stricken nurse. Just as he was bowing his departure his eyes fell full upon the face of the child, and judge of his sur- prise when he noticed that it was a doll with a china head. He turned for his horse and just caught a glimpse of him as he darted into the wood. He can not bear the sight of a doll since, and often declares, if ever he meets that girl he will politely inform her of the trouble that the rescuing of her darling ' cost him. Florence Bowlus, 9 A Grade. WOODWORKING SHOP.