Girls High School - Journal Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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A Little Bit of Aa'w'ce The wedding bells are tolling, Two or more souls are gone, All the guests are Weeping, And all begin to mourn. Here 'comes the bride a-shivering, Hesitating down the stairs, And every one looks with eager eyes, To seewhat the Martyr Wears. Her dress is long, and plain, and White, A shroud it surely resembles, And underneath that deathlike robe, The poor bride shakes and trembles. Oh! Doesn't she look happy! The murmur goes along. But, oh! that poor bride felt so sad, And the murmur was all Wrong. To her execution Went the young girl, With nervous steps and strides, And then she met her fatal doom, no The doom of all young brides. Weddings are like funerals, Nobody gives you a smile, So, girls, 'stay single for a time, And LIVE for a little While. T 4' IRENE SUMMERFIELD, June '20, c1Ei1:I5 leigh Scbnnl Qlnurnal J U N E, 1 9 1 9 Page Twenty-nine

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tion of their lesser intellects. Just then some soldiers appeared and, directedtby Gretchen, they carried Clyde to- his quarters. A few minutes later he opened his eyes, and saw her anxiously bending over him. He blushed painfully. It is kind of you,', he said. I indistinctly heard you tell them not to hurt me. Why? She did not answer, but handed him a glass of something which-he drank mechanically. Tell me, he persisted. You would have no need to ask me now, if you had not gone off so rudely that day, she replied, and her eyes gleamed, more amused than angry. Forgive me, he pleaded. You are different from the others. Now her eyes lighted with unmistakable amusement. She leaned forward as if to confide something to him, then seemed to change her mind, and she backed away towards the door. I am the same as all my people, she said, and then left him. y The first signs of spring came to the village, but a secret spring had already blossomed in Clyde's heart. I am American and she is German, he said over and over again, and I love her? Then the word came that the Americans were to leave the village i11 forty-eight hours. At first Clyde thrilled at the thought of leaving the hated country, and then he thought of Gretchen. ' ' Home! America! The patriot in him cried, but his heart cried even louder, Love! Gretchen! He prayed for a wise decision. That evening they met. We leave to-morrowf' he said, unsteadily. Don't tell me you are sorry to leave Germany! she cried in mock surprise. You are right, he slowly admitted. Pm a traitor. Then he, twice her size, looked at her, hopelessly, helplessly, and murmured, If only you weren't Gretchen ! Her eyes danced, tenderly, rather than amusedly: You foolish boy! she cried, I am as American as yourself! To get the correct local color for the novel I am writing, I live among these people as Gretchen Schwartz. I am sorry I, distressed you. I, too, leave for Paris to-morrow, and so after to-day I shall e in Mrs. Clyde Hill, he supplemented, as a thousand emotions of joy and relief brought tears to his eyes. ' The next day, as the troop train sped across the German frontier into a more happy world, the officers, car was a scene of hilarity. To the future Mrs. Clyde Hillf' a lieutenant toasted. Long may she reign! l To the hero of my story, the girl answered, and Clyde wondered how it all would have ended if Gretchen had been--Gretchen. M BETH LYON, June '20. G5ivIS-' leigh Scbnnl ilnutnal Page Twenty-eight J U Y If 1 Q 1 q 1 '49 5 1.

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