Hillcrest High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Dalzell, SC)

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omethmg was strange Icould- feel xt m my bones a pecullar sensatxon a dlstmct premomtlon that somethmg wasn t qunte rlght They d been predlctmg lt for weeks every mght on the 7 00 news I heard chance of flurrles tomght and tomorrow So I dldn t expect any thmg when I crept to the wmdow that early February mormng Whlte flakes had been de scendmg for the last cou ple of hours and a substan tual one or two mches lay unspolled on the ground The moxst flakes contmued splralmg down occasnonal ly drlftmg off on sharp eddles of current The sky was pale gray and the black barked trees the snow had melted on thelr trunks Only thexr branches and twngs carrxed the burden of the whlte mass I ascended the bus steps and sat back to observe the extent of the nights unex pected vlsxtor All the red clay of the flelds had been covered over as well as the stubby weeds that usually thrxved through a South Carolma wmter It gave the whole earth a feelmg and appearance of conn nutty a rustxc comfortmg country scene By the tlme 1t reached school the excxtement of a wtsh we had long ago given up on had lnfected ever one wlth a kmd of Insane o We reverted 1nto chxldren experlencmg the thrlll of thenr flrst snow fall Scoopxng the flakes to gether 1nto a txghtly packed ball our targets and propelled them Down the halls clumps of snow melted m small plles by lockers and we dared anyone to stop our snow ball bombardment or the sun to come out and melt our ecstacy mto nothmg ness contrasted sharply with it as i y-

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