Immaculate Conception High School - Eagle Yearbook (Dennison, OH)

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at f .Jn 1-, LEVTSNT A 's 1 my ' haughty old woman whose portrait hung before the fire place there smiled forth the face of .1 wrnsome voung girl of sixteen with wistful blue eyes and a rosebud mouth that turned tantalrz rnglv upward at the corners She wore the same blue dress which now reposed beside the little trunk The other miniature was of Tra v Sher man whose boyish young' face met the gan o surprised Abigail the Second Hrs golden brown hair wax ed about hrs forehead 'rnd hrs smile wfrs one of tenderness Yet there was a seriousness rn the ha7v blue eyes that matured the erghteer vear old face With delight and vs onder Al7lf1'1ll took out the last contents of the little trunk This was a long envelope rrruch yellovsed with age which con tamed a parchment on whrth vxas written rn a firm young hand To another little Abigail As a remembrance of mv grrlhood day I Abigail Trent am leaxrng this little trunk to be opened on the sixteenth birthday of any d scendant of mme who bears the name -Xbrgarl Qherman The blue frock and bonnet and sun shade vs ere gifts from my devoted father on my sixteenth blrthdax Februarv 29 1746 The miniature 0 mvself enclosed rn the locket was given to my l' r1,,m l firnce hx mt when he Tracy Sherman was rn the serxrce of our country durrng the War of the Rexolution The other miniature was grxen by him to me on the aforementioned birthday I am leaving these tokens of mv grrlhood that the remembrance of those happy days may be known to a future generation And in conclusion I wish that mv namesake may enroy a life of romance and adventure as full of happiness as I re to be married tomorrow' Por a time Abigail the Second sat lost rn silent rex erie Hou really human ancestors are after all' she thought Then with strange neu tenderness she returned the yellow parch ment to its place beside the frame containing the two locks of han gently lifted the bonnet and parasol into the trunk caressrngly refolded the flimsy mass of sky blue ruflies and softly closing the little trunk turned the silver key in its lock Then as though fearful of disturbing the long rest of the old relics in the attic which had suddenly become endeared to her she trptoed a ross the long dark room closed the door be hrnd her softly and Joined her waiting mother a happier and wiser girl Rosemary Saxton 0 rllt . K C- X V ,A l ' ' ' 3 ' ' ,, ' --- 9 XJ-7 N ' t- , v .1 5 1 , I T' 71 Q . v , Y L. . . ' V . , L , ' bv X , y . .tv L' . v Y ' V ' - .iv 'A ' ' , r 1 V 1 y' I v y Q. I 1 . L ,li , ' l' 5 u 1 v . . , . . ' . 1' i 1 '- - Y . ' ' . ' , ' - ' ' ' , , 1 i' V' 4 ,- v - ' L L . -rw , ' u v A Y 4 L ' L4 ' ' - 1 - - 1- mine has been. And oh! little Abigail! Tracy and sn . ' t L 1 . . a 4' ' ll, 1. .' - ' 'l 4 Y ' is fc: an . . . . w Q ' ' , , l ' I - , ' .I ' . L. ' H . 7 . f ' I , . I , , - 1 ' 3 1 4 1 n ' m v. 1 ' ' I . . I . , K , ' V ' . . . V , ., H v . . . ' . . . , . . ' F ' ' s, , ' ' , I .V , , Y. . . , I K. . ed , L , - L, . 7 I - . v in T r 9 ' ' - . , ' . ' f ' ' ' ' , an . - + , Q , fl tx I NX 3 l

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