Hathaway Brown School - Specularia Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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Panza king of it. A sudden turn in the road brought them in sight of thirty or forty windmills. 'K Ah! cried Don Quixote, here is a noble undertakingg in front of me are thirty giants whom I must subdue and conquer in single combat, and help to free the land of such vile monsters. Sir Knight, , replied Sancho Panza, those are not giants, but windmills, can't you see the sails spread to catch the breeze ? But Don Qnixote paid no. attention to what his squire was saying, and prepared himself for battle, talking all the while. H There will be plenty of plunder left for you, Sancho Panza. See what long arms they have, but, no matter! If they had as many and used them as well as the giant Briareus, Don Quixote would 'right them, and by so doing win great honor. ' You will certainly get hurt if you try to fight a windmill. That shows how little you know of war- fare, if you are afraid, go hide yourself in yonder bushes and pray for your own safety and my victoryf' Then, calling on his Lady Dulcinea to succor him, he put spurs to Rocinante and charged with all his might at the supposed giant, which took him up and around, fling'- 'ing him with such force on the ground that he could not move. I Sancho Panza, now really frightened at seeing hismaster in such a plight, ran for- ward to see what he could do. Did Inot tell you to be careful, that they were nothing but' windmills ? Windmills they are, responded Don Quixote, for the stole my books, is changed them into deprive me of the giants. wizard, Freston, who jealous of me and he windmills in order to honor of fighting with ELLA WHITE, .IQO2. KAA1 fibabemoiselle be la Eeigliere. PAR JU1.Es SANDEAU. Camedia en Les personnages de cette comedie sont: le Marquis de la Seigliere, vieil ernigre francais, Helene, sa filleg la Baronne de Vaubert, autre emigree, et Raoul, son filsg Destournelles, avocat de Poitiers 3 Bernard, jeune soldat de Napoleon et fils de feu Thomas Stamply,ancien fermier du Mar- quis. La scene se passe en 1817, au Cha- teau de la Seigliere, dans le Poitou. ACTE PREMIER. Le matin de bonne heure le Marquis et sa iille attendent la' Baronne et Raoul a dejeuner. Ils parlent de Thomas Stamply, l'ancien fermier qui est mort. Le Marquis et sa famille ainsi que la Baronne de Vaubert et tous les partisans de QZLCLZIVK acies. la royaute avaient ete forces d'emigrer pendant la Revolution. Leurs biens furent confisques et vendus -aux encheres. Le vieux fermier du Marquis, Thomas Stamply, avait alors achete du gouvernement la prop- riete de la Seigliere. Il y avait .recu le Marquis it son retour au temps de la Restauration, et lui avait a sa mort rendu tous ses biens par un acte de donationg tout le monde alors croyait que son iils Bernard etait mort dans la campagne de Russie en 1812. , , Le Marquis, qui ne connait que les vi- eilles traditions de l'Ancien Regime, ne voit rien de surprenant daus l'acte de Stamply et croit que celui-ci a fait simplement son- devoir en lui rendant ses biens. Tandis 13

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Mews from Spain. I. IIIBQ Gastle ill Spain. I shall be an old maid. I know I shall, and live all alone in a big, big flat .with servants,a dog, and an Angora cat. Then I shall have horses and carriages to ride and drive as much as I please, and be able to go and come at ease. I shall love no one, and no one will care for me, and people will consider me eccen- tric and queer, and -talk of my latest whims and notions, when they meet 'to sew for charitable purposes. There will be many things in which I shall excell, such as letter writing, for by that time I shall be able to spell g also paint- ing and singing, for in the future I shall be capable of drawing a straight line and car- rying a tune. As to order, everything will have a place and be kept in it too, for things out of place will drive me to distraction. Oh ! and when I am dead, people will call me a funny old thing when I have never made a joke in my life. I hope that what I have written will con- tradict history completely. ELLA WHITE, 1902. 5' II. Eon Quixote. A good many years ago there lived in Spain a gentleman who was known every- where for his great fondness for stories of chivalry. Finally his mind became so affected that at night he would often lie awake trying to reason out such conceits as this: It stands to reason that the reason for reasoning such a reason is no reason at all. At last this demented gentleman decided to go out into the world as a knight-errant. He thought that he really ought to .do this for his own sake and for the wor1d'S, He E I 2 had an old hack-which was all skin and bones-but which suited his purpose very well, so he gave it the name of Rocinante g he had already called himself Don Quixote of La Mancha. Of course such an illustri- ous knight as' Don Quixote of La Mancha must have a Ht suit of armor 5 so this ingen- ious gentleman inspected his great-grand- father's armor 5 it pleased him very well, all except the head piece, or morion, which had no protection for the face. He supplied this great deficiency by making a face pro- tector of card-board. r But what good is a knight-errant if he has not a lady, even if he has a famous war steed and an invulnerable suit of armor? Don Quixote thought that he ought to have a noble damsel for whom he could perform many deeds of valor, so he chose a pretty farmer's daughter-without. consulting her about the matter at all--4 and called her Dulcinea del Toboso. After everything was arranged to his taste, Don Quixote set out .one hot July morning, on his horse Rocinante and wear- ing his full 'suit of armor. ' He thought that the surest way to meet with . an adventure was to let his horse go its own way, so' this he did, but much to his disappointment, night came on and nothing unusual had happened. At last he arrived at an inn, but to his eyes it appeared like a castle with a moat and drawbridge. EMMA H. POWELL., 1901. it . III. Don CD,uixote's- BDVGUTUPZ 'llillitb tbe Illtlinoa I ,milI5. Along the country road, riding, one on a stumbling old plow horse, and the other on an ass, went the crazed Don' Quixoteof La Mancha and his squire, Sancho Panza. Don Quixote was explaining to his squire that when he conquered an island, which he might do any day, he-would' make Sancho

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'T que Helene, qui a des idees plus modernes et un tres bon coeur, reconnait que Stamply a fait beaucoup plus. Elle l'aima pour cela jusqu'a sa mort et conserva sa memoire, et rappelle cela au Marquis. Sur ces entrefaites les convives vien- nent et le dejeuner est servi. Apres le de- jeuner M. Destournelles arrive et le Marquis et Raoul partent pour la chasse, Helene aussi sort et la Baronne et Destournelles restent seuls. I1 lui fait un olTre de mariage mais elle le refuse categoriquement et quitte la chambre. L'avocat est tres en colere et dit qu'il se vengera. Alors Bernard entre et les deux font connaissance. Bernard dit qu'il vent rentrer en possession de sa propriete que son pere a donnee au Marquis. Destour- nelles promet de la lui procurer et pense ainsi se venger de la Baronne, parceque son Els Raoul est le fiance d'He1ene. ACTE DEUXIBME. Apres le depart de Destournelles et de Bernard, le Marquis et Raoul reviennent, et la Baronne dit en secret au Marquis que Bernard est arrive et qu'il lui prendra sa propriete si le Marquis n'est pas sur ses g211'dGS- Le Marquis est tres etonne et ne veut pas le croire. Bernard entre,le Mar- quis le recoit avec amitie, Helene aussi est tres heureuse de le revoir. M. Destour- nelles arrive et tous se mettent fi table, avant qu'ils aient fini le repas, on apporte une lettre pour Destournelles,1aquelle lui dit de venir in Paris immediatement. ACTE TROISIBME. Pendant les six semaines que M. Des- tournelles est 51. Paris, Bernard demeure chez le Marquis qui devient son ami, Ber- nard, de son c6te, tombe amoureux d'He- lene. Lorsque M. Destournelles revient de Paris, Bernard lui dit qu'il ne prendra pas possession de sa propriete, at cause de son amour pour Helene, mais qu'il s'en ira a la guerre. L'avocat trouve cela ridicule et appelle Helene pour lui dire que .Bernard veut aller at la guerre. Elle demande at Bernard pourquoi il veut partir et enfin celui-ci lui avoue qu'il l'aime. Au mo- ment ou il trouve que Helene l'aime aussi, la Baronne entre, suivie du Marquis. Bernard part et dit it Destournelles qu'il s'en va pour toujours parceque Helene l'aime, mais qu'e1le est la liancee de Raoul. Destour- nelles lui ordonne de rester et va trouver le Marquis. ACTH: QUATRIBME. Destournelles trouve le ,Marquis et lui explique tout au .sujet de Bernard. Le Marquis est tres supris et ne sait que faire. Alors l'avocat propose que la meilleure chose e faire serait de marier Helene e. Ber- nard. Le Marquis hesite mais entin il con- sent et il appelle Helene. Cependant elle refuse de revenir sur la parole qu' elle a donnee if Raoul, qui l'aime beaucoup La Baronne et son Els entrent, parce qu'i1s ont entendu par hasard une partie de la conver- satfon entre Helene et son pere. Raoul est tres genereux et cede Helene a Bernard malgre la colere de sa' mere. Ainsi fmit la scene, tout le monde est heureux excepte la Baronne, qui voit ses projets dejoues, mais qui malgre cela, accepte sa defaite de bon coeur. KATHERINE LYMAN, '99. I 4 1 . E ik