Halifax Grammar School - Grammarian Yearbook (Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada)

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Ik, MRo MACGREGOR As I entered Mr» MacQ-regor ' s corner grocery store I noticed how dirty it looked. Behind the counter, which was littered with scrap pieces of meat and bits of fat and cover- ed with a thin layer of dust there lolled a little old man. He was rather short, about five foot three. His torso was very roly-poly, while his face was thin, with a squared-off, hard-set Jaw„ The nose on that creature was like no other I had seen before. It was a little blob that looked half like a nose and hailf note His thick lips seemed to indicate a lisp. His eyes gleamed like a cat ' s. He had nothing on his head, no cap and no hair. The shirt he wore was a light blue coated with the dust of the last two weeks. Over this he had draped a once-white butcher ' s apron with several holes in it, that ' ll it be, kid? he asked, in a voice that made me al- most afraid to answer him, I did not say a word, but handed him the note my mother had given me„ As he extended his hand I Could see about half a dozen yellowed callouses. He read out the items and went to get them one by one. This he did very quickly and was soon through. He handed me the list and I chected over the items, You missed something, Mr, MacGregor, I informed him, pointing to the back of the note Bonny, he said slowly, I ' m fifty«five, and ain ' t never made a mistake nor missed nothing yet. Don ' t try to tell an old - man who knows he ' s right that he ' s wrong, I said nothing, but clutching the note a little tighter I turned on my heel and walked out, leaving him, ready to explode, with his goods on the counter. Howie Epstein - Age 11.10 A 3N0B He was a tall dignified man, with such an attitude towards people as you might expect from a man with a very high position, which indeed he had, Standing about 6 ft, 5 ins,, he was a veritable giant, with broad shoulders and strong arms, and he walked with an aloof gait. This man had to exercise about two

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15» hours every day to keep in shape » He dressed very finely, and wore a completely different suit of clothes every day. A pair of sporty patent leather shoes, flashy tailored pants, a white shirt with a turned-up collar, and a suit of tails J completed his daily attire. His face contradicted his clothes. He had large bushy eyebrows, and his hard, cold, steel-blue eyes - which looked very much like steel - gave him a very fierce appearance. His nose was a thin straight line, starting between his eyes and continuing down almost to his mouth - although it was not much of a mouth, Just a thin straight line. His chin was characteristic, being rather straight, looking as if it had been shaped with a file, and mak .ng an almost perfect V, His ears were different, for they were very large and they looked as if they had been dyed with red ink. All this contributed to a rather grusome appearance, and made sure that he was not handsome in spite of his finebuildo He was a Senator, and refused to speak to anyone wi h a lower callingo It was thought that he had gained his offici through sneaky practices , for no one liked him, and it was certain that he would not be elected the next term. For besides being a very dis- agreeable man he was also a very poor Senator and spent most of his evenings at very stiff, formal parties. People invited him to their parties, not because they J.lked him, but because they were afraid of what he would do if they did not. And he certainly was not the life of the party, because he Just stood in a corner with a lot of other old scrooges, complained about the food, and generally discouraged all gay festivities. The name of this pompous, sour, grouchy and disagreeable old humbug was John Smith, Douglas auptill - Age 13.II MY ¥E£ SISTER I have a little sister Whose name is Sally Ross; I ' ' m not allowed to tease her, ' Cause it makes her very cross. Now she ' s very tiny, A,nd also very shy; But before you even know it She ' ll be Just as big as I, Sometimes she ' s a nuisance, And makes me very cross. But I ' d rather have the nuisance Than not have Sally Ross, Charlie Mitchell - Age 10,9