Freeport High School - Clarion Yearbook (Freeport, ME)

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Page Slvcteen The Clarlon Ceclle of the wlndow IS negllglble Her halr IS becomlngly dressed and she wears a rather styllsh navy blue dress Her finely hned face has evldently been treated so that a close scrutlny IS requlred to reveal the raxages of tlme and tl ouble Nettle IS star mg too now and glx es a llttle gasp Mother Ceclle reddens and her color deepens when Mother Marle YV0l1dOI'1I1glV artlculates the last of her startled thoughts d blushlng llke a glll too' fLet us note rlght hC19 that Mother M3110 IS the only lnhabltant of The Street who would ever dare even under such stress as thls to presume to hlnt at reprlmandlng Mother CGCIIG, Marle Desloches that IS no excuse for forgettlng to say good mornlng gently states Mother Ceclle rather hoplng that th1S reproof wlll cover her embarrassment Your Sunday dress' M016 Sacree' And how your halr looks that way' Dld your hat knock It down? And whatever have you done to your face? Mother Ceclle IS evldently accustomed to glvlng everybody adV1C6 and she starts to do so now but shakes her shoulders prob ably castlng off her old self, and d6Cld6S to stand for no nonsense Madam Desloches what can I do fo1 you thls mornlngq she lnqulres levelly VVe thought Mother Marle was startled before but now her amazement knows no bounds She looks as though she has Just recelved a basln of water ln the face She bllnks her eyes I thought you nllght have some serv ICC candles er er er I nlean I wanted some led Certalnly Red ones? courteously but oh so firmly Here they are Two ln a bo'c twenty five cents please All rlght' bowlng her out ' Thank you' Paralyzed Nettle SltS down suddenly on a stool as the door slams Mother CQCIIE laughs nervously She falls to stlalghtenlng the already stralghtened plns Nettle ab sent mlndedly opens the peppermlnt Jar cover after openlng and closlng hel mouth two 01 three tlmes She starts as lf shot when the dool opens and absent lnlndedly knocks down the Cl21Clx01 box agraln Slle 15 annoyed t thls f01 she hfls to stoop behlnd the coull C1 and get hel fact all lcd The slllgular 5ollng man has entered and lt IS Mothel Ceclles tulll to look startled She fO1gCtS to take 1llt0 account the fact that he couldnt rtcognlze her changed as she IS and blushes It IS not the first tlme that she has blushed recently as we have seen and It conles ew en IHOFG naturally than before She used to make a fine art of blLlSl llllf., when her Albelt was courtlng' her' Probably It IS the melnoly of her Albelt that OVQIPOVVQTS her now and makes her LOlllHl1l', a fatll ellol She starts for the back roonl and leaves the slngrular young m'ln to Nettle She hesltates IH the dool but It IS too late The slngular 'young man IS lookln admlrlnglv at Nettle who we see now IS very attrflctlve In her confuslon Mother CCCIIC IS happlly unaware of her mlstfzke and the curtalns fall together be hllld hel It IS Saturday aftelnoon and Mother Ceclle 1S golng to COHIQSSIOH The afternoon sun IS walmlng the western SldeS of all the bLllld1I1gS Evelythlng IS red and yellow ex cept a very blue sky and very dark shadows 'lhe Street IS vlrtually empty slnce every one 15 Qlthel at the movles at work or out of town If we are observlng we Wlll note that Nether CCCIIQ seems pecullarly llght healted If all those absent 01 busy ones of 'lhe Street could see her now they never would come to her agaln for advlce they have been rathel sulprlsed and stand oflish Ol late as It 1S But lt IS only Mothel Marle who has notlced that she actually dodged out of hel doorway and scuttled down the shady slde of the stleet untll she was sex e al blocks way Indeed here she IS now whlle looklng back over her shoulder stum bllng over a gleasy faced llttle boy who IS dlgglng dlscarded candy wlappels out of the gutter Mothel MZFIG slghs shakes her head and S1tS down agalll ln her rocker re cox ellng the mendlng' vvhleh ln her CUTIOS lty she carelessly dropped when hurrylng to the wlndow . . . . . . Y 1 . K Vs I a v ' .Y L a . ' 8 . ' I 1 .' C ' ' K , it . ,. , . . , . . X . 7 K Y . ' I . . - . . 7 . I v y , - ' . - . . l ' ' l r ' . . . 5 l , ' . . . . , y ' 7 an - - ' , u - -all . , . . , c ' ' , ' . c '. . . . V L ' r ' ' D I . . . . L , 1 . . ' ' 2 , ' ' '. x . ' , AA 7 ' . 1 I - . , L I s AL V I D ' 77 - q 1 I s J. n K v7 . . 0. . . . , a . v 1 Y, I Y C . v . ' N i ' Y . . . . - rl 1 ' n Q - . V A. ' I , , ' . 1 - . u , , , 1 . . x F , - - ' n - - . . ' - , . . , , 7 1 . L ' - U . . 1 1 K ' , Q . . . . ' - f 77 . as - as V - - , . v , u - 7 1 - - y ' - ' r.. . ,, . 1 A . . Y I . , A rr ' J - ' ' - 9 , - a l ' 's u ' ' . . , . 1 - , , - . Q . . Y Q. . Y . . . - ' 1 ' 1

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The Clarlon Page Flfteen A WOWI KN S FANCY Mother Ceclle IS leanlng far out her XVIII dow shaklng her rug It IS a small and gaudy lug possesslng as a predomlnatlng feature an lncllnatlon toward shabblness Mother Ceclle has but one rug and she shakes lt out her wlndow evely mornlng The baker ln the shop below IS lncllned to snlff ww hen he hears It begln to flap Partlcu larly as he IS usually taklng down hls front shutters Just when she does lt Well lf you have but one wlndow what are you to do It IS qulte early about seven but the street IS all astlr The blg stores uptown Vlflll not, of course, open for an hour or so yet but down here every grocery store and notlon shop IS openlng up There IS a falnt plnk haze of early mornlng floatlng oxer the clty from the waterfront Later ln the day the sun wlll glare Every fat woman on the stl eet wlll slt on her doorstep and try exhaustlngly to keep her non heedlng offsprlng from playlng tag But now the graylsh bulldlngs are softened by the haze Here and there a wlndow IS llghted by the low sun and wlnks 1tS rosy eye as much as to say Plnk clouds at mornlng Sallors take warnlng The ruff supposedly rld of dust, Mother Ceclle leans her elbows on the slll ready to start her usual mornlng conversatlon wlth Mother Marle across the way They are waltlng for the baker to stop clattellng hlS old fashloned 'wooden shutters and lron bars Mother Marle IS noddlng and Smlllng when Mother Ceclle notlces a strangely out of place young man strolllng down the Slde walk He has a carnatlon ln hls buttonhole sports a swaggel stlck and has a raklsh look about the eyes Mother Ceclle s llp beglns to curl Another crazy swell on a slummlng lark' Another dandy to turn all her Celestes and Antolnettes heads and make them have trouble wlth thelr Plerres and FIZHCOISQS' But Just now thls slngular young man catches her eye He smlles polltely and handsomely and doffs hls hat to thls slack looklng woman leanlng out of a 'vV1I1d0W ln her sweeplng cap Mr Harold Balley IS llke that' Mother Ceclle s eyes almost pop from her head as she watches hlS evtremely well dlessd back recedlng down The Street In a few mlnutes he IS lost to VIGW among store Cl6llxS sweeplng the sldewalks and fat women XVlth baskets Then strangely enough, she suddenly remembers her sweep lng cap She lmmedlately wlthdraws from the wlndow Acloss the way Mother Marle stares and then bangs her wlndow down angrlly It IS a fine mornlng about three days later Let us pop lnto Mother Ceclles shop a few blocks down The Street Nettle, the counter glrl who opens up wlll probably glve a start because she IS standlng wlth one hand ln the peppermlnt Jar You see she vtlll thlnk lt IS Mother Ceclle and ln truth lt IS about tlme she appeared Sure enough' Here she IS Nettle does start and knocks a cracker box from the counter She stoops to plCk It up and when she confronts Mother Ceclle we can see stooplng Mother Ceclle bltes her llpS and sllently goes lnto the back room to dlSpOS6 of her hat and coat Nettle furtlvely closes the metal cover of the Jar, and starts to stralgllten the papers of PIHS ln a tray, a task whlch has been attended to alreadv thls mornlng, wlthout a doubt Mother Ceclle comes out She opens her mouth posslbly to glve some adVlC6 about peppelmlnt eatlng, but exldently thlnks better of It when a cus tomer appears at the door Her expresslon changes from one of gravlty to one of smll lng welcome Good mornlng, Mother Ma Mother Marle stares rather lclly We can see that they have had no mornlng conver satlons of late Mother Marle resents mlss lng these confabs and shows It We can also see that she IS elctremely curlous as to the cause of Mother Ceclles conduct Her fllgld stare IS rather rulned by her Jaw dropnlng and her eyes bulglng out Come to thlnk of lt Mother Ceclle IS enough to make one's Jaw drop Her resemblance to the ' 1 L 1 rv, I I . - l , , L . . . J . G , ' . . . II I , . 1 v - . ' ' 7 ', KK 77 . ' v Y , A I H 1 H I . . . . . X . . , - that her flushed face is due, of course, to H I - A . . . . ' ' U , . . . . . , K l , - , - - ' rie. H U ' ' ' ' , . . , . . . . ' . A . , , .

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The Clarlon Page Sew enteen Mother C9Cll9 has alw 'lys been to confes slon every Saturday afternoon slnce her elrly glllhood She has never had any SIDS worth lnentlonlng bllt It IS always a serious 'lfl llr And thls 'lftelnoon she IS actually llght hearted' VS hit can h'ue come over her Father F1GY'10'ill ls alw 'lx s 'lmuscd ln splte of lllIY1SCll when he secs who It IS on the other sldc of the wlckct TOll'l.5 he has set tled down for 'l 11011011 of enJoxment But Mother Ceclle Ib startllng lillil He IS not a xerl dlseelnlng m'ln ln such matters but at last after three S lturd lys It penetrates hls consclollsness that Mother Ceclle looks dlf ferent She drops pellltently on her knees It IS r'ltller comfortln to have confesslon Who knows? Perhaps lilothcl Ccclle ls so llght hearted because deep down IH her sub con SCIOUS mlnd she lnows that she really has somethlnff to confess at last' But perlsh the thought' Nlother Fcclle has alw 'lys been the blllw ark of The Street the chlldren learned their catechlsms wlth her guldance and the young glllb alw lys took hel advlce IH af fllrs of the heart Her three fine daughters all safely marrled her one line son who never came back from Ypres all attest to her lntegrlty Now lnstead of talking of the mlstakes she has made IH advlslng fallen young people, she IS actually talking of herself' It seems that she has wrestled wlth herself ln the wee small hollrs tlf he l-.new what a struggle she has had'J and now she wants the good Fathers approval Her Albert has been dead these fifteen years Flfteen years are fifteen years a lonely woman IS a mls take even a WldOW And are not second loves mellower more on the key of content? Hrs extreme youth need not count agalnst hls sympathy and wlsdom need lt And how good he ls how lonely IS she' After Mother Ceclle has gone Father Freneau looks rather shocked He has done hlS best Then he chuckles He stops hlm self Just ln tlme from burstlng out laugh lng But five mlnutes later there are tears ln h1S ey es and hls nose IS qulte red He bows hls head God ls good, what He orders IS rlght Mother Ceclle the Jewel of hlS slmple French people IS passlng through thls queer phase as so many others do She might be a llttle more graceful than the others bu she ISD t' Who knows Perhaps good Mother Ceclle can make thlS case tllrn out dlffer ently than those otllels At any rate there w lll be 'lnother large grollp whlch she wlll be able to advlse No loss wlthout some gflln' Dear Mother Ceclle wlth her common pllce fancy' Nettle IS 'rgaln poslng YV1tl'1 one hand ln the peppelmlllt Jar May we add that there ls a mllror directly ln back of that part of the counter on Wl11Cl'1 the Jar rests' Yes, lNettle 1S poslng She has her head on one slde her black eves sparkllng and a baby stale much ln exldence She bares her teeth ln '1 charming Snllle and says Good morlllng at her reflectlon softly b6XVltCl'l lngly Medltatlvely she puts the dustlest corner of the dust rag IH her mouth lnstead of a p6pIl61m1nt Thls causes her to make a face XVh1C,l'1 IS fflr from ch lrmlng You see she has managed to gather qulte a blt of dust on that rag ln splte of the fact that her thoughts are occupled w lth Mr Harold B'l.llCY lNow she laughs provoklngly at the leflectlon and closes the peppelmlnt Jar, YV1thOllt taklng any' Refiectlvely she scrutl H1265 her countenance first from thls angle then from that One can see that Mr Ballev calls dally' Finally she produces a compact and 'touches up hel petlte freckled nose Mother Ceclle enters nods brlghtly and proceeds to the back room She seems qulte sprlghtly Yes lndeed, one would sav that Mr Barley calls dally' At any rate here he IS today How merrlly the door slams on the sparkling mornlrlg sunshlne ln The Street' Good mornlng Tolnette ' vlbrantly Yes lndeed, from hlS tone one would thlnk that there are other tlmes when he sees Nettle except on dallJ calls One would thlnk that there IS qulte a blt between them, and one would thlnk rlght Mr Harold Balley IS llke that anyway but thls tlme he IS ln earnest The Street IS so used to hlm that lt has forgotten hlm But Nettle hasn't nor 4- 1 .- V . , ' s Z L ' . L 1 . , . V . . . . V V . . . S, , , . , t . . ' . . , r. 1 . 4 . . . l. - y v I . . . - . C L 1 . . C .l . v - '44 v v. -. ' ' v 6 Q 4 ' ' .4 . 4-. 1 ,x , . . I A 7 L L - I . . . n- - v . , , , ,.,. L , - t . 4 , . . .' ' v L '. 1 J . A 1 n - V . V IV . , '. - ' ' . 5 C' K l . . n - . . 1 r s r v ' 4 ' C ' 4. -1 L ., . . l L . . . 's ' ' ' ' 5 ' cr ' - - u L 1, . . - . v . , ' 'y . V.. ,. .. A ,. y,.A . - ' ,, . V. u . - - . - . it 1 l i ' H ' ' - . . V ' ' C ,., .Qc , . ' . ' ' ' 'li . l,, L: vcr.. Q . . V ' ,T . 1 ' - ' 1 ' 1 ' 2 . , N, .. .Z I . - . . 1 ' . . ,- 1 . ' V' s ' 4 t'. I ' ' w A . V . . 1 1 1 ' - 4 - 1 v A p ' ' v 4 H . ' . V . . . 5 Y 7 Q C s ' Y ' I . .- r . . V . - . . . r I 3 ' . - ' ! ' . I . Y . . Y. . , r . , . .FU . H . , . . , . , . . if Pk Pk li 911 ' ' ' , . . . v ' 4 A V 1 ' 1 . Y . . . . .