Ferry Hall School - Ferry Tales Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL)

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DUST STORM A hushed stillness comes ox er the xallex Not a leafstlrs m the sultrx afternoon alr The skx ls streaked wnth a lurld hvht and a dark cloud bevms to form on the horlzon I the meadow flocks of sheep are hud dled together for protection HUHIIISI the oncommg storm The cloud rfrow larger and darker as lt de scend upon the xallex I'he raxs .M of the sun are blotted out, and the horlzon and skx are blended mto one vast bodx of blackness The cloud has rcached the plams and I5 sweepmv over the sand dunes gathermg more dust as lt comes In a few momcnts lt wlll descend upon the xallex Iluman bemvs run mto storm cellars for shelter The calmness IS broken bx the roar of the wlnd, and the cloud havmg reached the xallex breaks mto whlrlwlnds of destructlon Branches break from the trees shmvles blow from roofs There comes a deafening erash as a wmdmlll topples to the ground The stmvlnv sand moves wlth amannff rapnchtx uprootmv eaetus and bending small flowers to the earth Great drafts of xellow sand plle up under fences and around doors I'hen almost as quleklx as lt Came the storm la gone Darkness fades mto h ht The eloud mox es on The sheep are no lonver frwhtened People come from thelr shelters I4 THEL LOLIsE HEFI-'ERN xx 41 JUST TWENTY ONE Name' Just ,Iohnnx nexer mmd about thc dit lm just one of thousands Xmerlcas xouth todax No past experience n 1 l xcept ofcourse W hen I was small with Caps and wooden guns We made behexe to fivht a war I reallx chdn t know Xnd nn the hugh school band I fclt K thrlll as we saluted corps OI' World War leterans I thouffht what ecstasx To haxe the shouts of thousands rmffmff ln one s ears Hut that was xear avo I chcln t know llow rwht he was that sand Youth has no lear- I xc just turned twentx one and now I know I know and xet I don t I'or llllg I spent mx summers camping out amonv the hills' l'or thls I trned and made the lnvh school foot ball team' For thls I bullt mx three fold powers, Nlx mmd mx bodx and mx splrxt To meet the standards set for me' I'or thls I learned mx creed of peace -Xllegnanee to mx flaff mx countrx and mx trod, I'or thls I won the Cltlzen s Xledal the envx of mx class' I know thex fouvht and died and so shall we Xnd those behind Us too and on into the xears The Armx bullds the man but does lt bulld the mmd 7 I m sorrx, Slr It was just there for me to sax No no past experience ALICE HOB uw -11 ---'- V s l ,.,, r: ' I C .4 . n U C' -T I, 's ' S - 3 . r -. ' S ' '. '. Y n Q 1 I u ' s I A X h 1 1 n I L n U . m u I I n . I' 1 I T Y D T ' . ' C , - n A 1 1 i C I n n I - . .. . . . Y Y. . . . . D C . ' 1: . ' 1: ' ' ' ' . 'I I L xl r . . . . . . . ' Y . . . T . ' .. U . . . T ' C' . . U C . . 1 Y N v Q s A ., . . . . . '.. c 1 ' D ' ' 'i 7 . T .c. I. - f 1 ' . . . D Y I c. P C . . . t , v . ., t ., , . . 1 . . . Y ' u . D C . .T .' ',, K. 'If ' I . I - . . V v V I x x n T n Y it T D ' ' . . , ' ' Y , T Y Y c . c ' . ' ' ' ' . , ,y . . . . ' s . Y - I , ' ' - , S , 9 , ' ' - - ' .V ct .V I .vt .I . . . , , . . U T ' 1 . . .. . . -, -H h 1 ' f . ., l T I , W ' , Q- - -9 Y Q P b . C T T L T Q . , c T. , I . ' ' 5 . ' '. . . . . U A ' l - ' u Y - ll i n -A I D . . . . . . q'.. - f . . . Y 9 5.3

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IMPRESSIONS I- rust. Bunn Moms I' nthuslastxc greetmg In a strong huskw tone Tall proud deltx Wit upon a throne KATHERINE HEPBLRN Burnished brown halr Boush sllghtness and grace SIIIQCTIIS and frankness In a fine-chlselled face Lxxx FONT-kl'Nh Chic sophlstlcatlon Seremtx and charm Black ex es sparklmv Y acatlon on the farm Y unix Leica Warm grex ex es vseltommg 4 wmsome plquant smlle Rosx l' ngllsh lowelmes- Created to begulle Bumuu NltLuouLn P MUD FLATS There IS actuallx something magnlficent and awe msplrmg ln the sight of mud flats agalnst a ram November dawn qome people call them tlde flats, but thex are realls the same thmg Ther stretch restlesslx over mlles toward the Sound stabbed onlx bw twlsted, wrmkled stumps These Rushes, grasses and cat talls are whlpped to the ground bw the ceaseless wlnd bulls, careenmg and dlppmg on the breeze, screecll and mock the statlonars weeds llldden sloughs vnnd treacher ouslx under foot, and the dull report of a shot un re echoes from the dlkes behmd Scattered half filled Mlth shlftmg sands and water are re and green emptx shells A llttle group of shells tpgether with some famlllar feathers and murkx water lS the Indian slgn of a successful morning s toot There IS a definite smell to the flats It ls not C3SllX forgotten but Il IS not to be descrlbed The sm: Il IS like the vnld duck taste an untamed pungent tang that makes anx hunter s senses sharper as he glances around for a vsmgmg mallard Out farther than the reeds and rushes IS the sand with its lnhabltants, the splderx crab The tide laps the sand into a rhx thmlc pattern llere there IS no oozmg mud onlx solid sand There are no rushes, onlw sun warmed pools The breakers can be heard rather than seen 'No morning finds the flats the same, xet the onlooker has but the lastmg lmpresslon of the scene a wild untamed huntmv ground lux If BALLARD 41 Jw Y.- : ' I, Q u , i - 'T - el , . l , . . , . 1 . x -Y 9 vb -. Y Y l molst, slimy landmarks are really the only relief to the long monotony. T .Y ' . Y . - 9 ' 'T , , , 'Y . g - U . , U g ' f ., .T . , .' . -. , Q U i 1 ,

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MKE When Mlke was fourteen vears old he announced to his famllv that he washed to leave Ireland and go to the Lmted States Since II was durmv the potato famme of 46 thev were easllv con vmced that he would be better off at ross the ocean, and permlsslon was granted on the condltlon that he would hve wlth the 0 Connells who had formerlv been their neighbors ln Countv Kllkennv It was arranged that Mike s elder brother Ixevm should follow htm to America In a vear or two but Kevin was kllled the next -Iufrust In the Young Ireland Rebellion so Mike never saw anv of his famllv agam Ile arrived ln New York ln the summer a tall raw boned black eved bov speakmv onlv Gaelic because I ngllsh was the scorned lan uage of hls ancestral oppressors He had come over, crow ded wlth three other men mto a dum alr ess hole far below the water hne and as the shnp pltched and tossed he was verv sick The first hour ashore he got mto a fight with another Irnshman who had trled to edge ln ahead of hlm ln the debarkatlon hne Mike won Mlke worked his wav West on pralrle schooners and great frult wafrons Bv the time he reached Detroit he mould speak enough l'nUhsh to talk his wav mto a job on a lake steamer although he had never been on a boat before ln his hfe save for the ocean erossmg The tmv vessel ran mto a terrlble storm rounding Matkmac, and when the mate made fun of Mike savmv lus prav ers as he wrested wlth the spinnaker rope Mike lut hlm wnth a marlm spike and nearlv killed hum The captaln sand that he wanted no dlrtv Immigrant kllllng his crew, so Mike was thrown off the ship when the storm tleared Ile found himself m the water onlv a few hundred vards from the shore but, smce he had never learned how to swlm he had considerable dlfficultv reachmv land Itrom the spot at whu h he landed ll was a walk of ten mules alonv the beach to the hamlet called Little Ifort where the O Connells had settled Thev were glad to see hlm and ll was agreed that he should stav wlth them as long as he wished Once a week he walked to I'ort Dearborn recentlv become Chicago, with Pat O Connell, making the trlp ln two davs Thev each carried home fortv pound of ln Pat s back, as had been Intended ln the same attack Mlke was shot ln the leg and ever after hmped shghtlv When Mike was eighteen, the terrorist movement after whlch the Ku Klux Klan was to be patterned, spread to Llttle Fort, now Waukegan Late on a mght before one of the socletv s antl Irlsh celebrations was to be held Pat s father went out to the square where the enormous Mav Pole had been erected, and chopped nt down Before long an angrv crowd gathered ln front of the 0 Connell cabm, and ln the fight that ensued Pat and his father were killed Thus Mnke became the head of hls adopted famllv In due time he marrled Marv O Connell a match agreed on vears before ln Ireland Marv was ln love with someone else,but after bemg brought home twlce followlnv attempted elopements, she reslgned herself to the marrlage with Mlke As for Mlke smce he had no use for women anv wav he was not particular Thev had four children before Mlke decided to go to Callfornna Ile didn t bother to tell has famllv Make was alwavs taclturn, he sum lv dlsappeared one dav Three vears later he returned, pennnless Ile had walked out and batk ad made a small fortune ln gold, and gambled It all awav Mike never dlscussed thls adventure and Marv never dared mentlon It After the CIVII War broke out, Mike enlisted ln a cavalrv regiment Ile had never ridden a horse but he hked the looks and the speed of them Ile never wrote to hls famllv because he dldn t know how, but a wounded soldier on has return home sald he had seen Mike after the second battle of Bull Run Mike never returned from the War As he had started a flour mlll ln Waukegan, hls famllv dldn t starve Marv wasn t the tvpe of woman who would rush to Washmgton to learn her husband s where abouts she was too senslble What would her famllv do without her' But she missed Mike he had been verv good to her although thenrs was not a romantu matt h and he had great wnt for all hls nomadn tendenuts and Ins fierv temper She dldnt want to thunk of hun as havmv deserted ln fanulv allhouvh sht km vv lt was a vt rv tIt'IIlllIt PUMNIIJIIIIN xlllxl bunv what ht was rl un fore wlnn vmars latmr the War Ulllu sm nt lur a lnlaltd notne that her husband had duel lll 861 of wounds ruuvad at fnttvs rurg Nlarv wa ra In ved Bumuu Nh I.Xll,llllN A ly . 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