John McDonogh Senior High School - Onward Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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MCDONOG H CHATTER Pa1t IN Ed came that nlght and the next week Petel saw Colette danc1ng w1th Ed 01 golng h1k 1ng w1th Ed Ol gomg somew here w1th Ed so to keep h1s mlnd off them he devoted all of h1s tlme to h1s mus1c On the last nlght of thell v1s1t the elderly Clarks gave the voung people a dance to whlch seve1al people from the cltv we1e 1nv1ted Ed had found out about the part Colette was playmg and was very much amused That mght at the dance he clalmed he1 and walt7ed he1 mto the mus1c room Lets talk shall we About what You Colette Im m love a week but Ive never felt thls Way befole about anyone When one gets to be mv age It doesnt take h1m long to hnd out what he wants Do you th1nk you could learn to love me? Ed Im sony Is thele someone else? I dont know fol sure me I hands ev es eves and h1S faded hall very spalse around the temples She lemem be1ed anothe1s eyes and ha1r another to whom she had told her dreams about kmghts and shmmg armour Ed was agam saxmg Why Why couldnt you love Ed had captuled he1 two and was lOOk1I1g' 1HtO he1 Colette saw h1s faded glav I43l couldn t you love me? Colette took her hands away and stood up saying almost 1n a VVh1Sp81 You have no shm 1ng armour Its Petel I love he1 healt was slnglng but he only cares for h1s muslc Colette stood on the steps of the house to wave goodbye She was 1n her black dress w1th the scarlet cape Agalnst the whlte house and the snow she was beautlful Peter had to con trol hlmself He wanted to take her 1nto h1s arms once more D1d she not love Ed? He had acc1dentally seen them together last nlght 1n the mus1c room Eds head close to her own her hands folded 1n h1s Ed telhng the glrl he loved wolds that he days before to say He could not tell her now Perhaps she had made promlses to Ed Dear Peter how fool1sh you ale whlspered the breeze but Peter d1d not hear He was Col ettes kmght but he was golng away The llttle b1oken CO0k19 had been the end of her dream Petel too thought the dream over He could not forget Col ette Her ey es her l1ps her VOICE haunted h1m her v1s1on appear ed upon h1S muslc and he could not play Weeks passed lnto months and sprlng Wlth all her fragrance and beauty filled the earth It fllled Colettes heart and Peters but then hearts w ere lonely K , , A . - 7 7 , 77 1 J f . 1 7 Y 1 v Y 7' ' 7 ' .' . ' ' - ' , cc - 7 y ' ' v' . ' Y- 7 . ' ,sv 7 n ' . ' ' ll 7 , , rv , , v ' , 7 . V. Y . . H Y 7 7 V ' ' ' - av 7 u 7 - S ze 9 , , , Q' 1 Y - v - , xc vv - - , - ' 1 H ' ' ' ' . Y 1 1 7 ' 5 v' v 7 - v 7 ' w1th you. Ive known you only hlmself had planned only a few 7, , 1 ' , . V 1 - ' vi 1 1 y . . , . ' r ' 1 Ac , - 7 . Y r , ra , ' ' ' 7 7 79 u 66 7 9 ,,v,.vr , . V , H . N - . 4 . cc 9 , , -v 'W be . . rr , v y s vs i A ' 7 Y . . , u . . Q Y 7 . . v ' ' 7 7 v . 4 1 v . 0 V. ' . .V Lv 9 . . . . ,, 7 1 Y ' 1 4,'1 v ' n ' ' 7 7 ' Y . 1 . , . . . , Q .1 ' 7 Y ' Y' H , Y ,