Joliet Central High School - Steelmen Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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A Strange fgfzt SECOND PRIZE STORY, lay lVIARkil'EIl1'I'PI I-Irmsixs . T was late when I retired that night for I had been busy sewing J on a dress that was to be finished early in the morning. After I had completed 1nv task I crept wearily up the stairs and went directly to bed I must have been asleep about an hour when I was awakened by a st1 ong brilliant l1 ht shining directly in my face Lookine up I sa n that It came fi om a lantern held by a most hoi rlble looking man who vias standing on the little balcony which ran around our house His hair was red h1s face round his small sharp eyes sunk deep beneath the heavy evebroyx s which stood out clearly against his white face ai d his yx hole expiession one of intense hatied I his other hand he grasped a stiletto Finally he stopped his fierce scrutiny of me and as I lay xx atch ing h1m I saw him look acl oss the street into a 1oom where befoie the open Hie asleep in a chan was a woman the exact plctuie of myself Glancing at the man I sayx him ieach down 1nto h1s pocket and get a penny He looked at me then at the woman and flipped it the balcony of my neighbor raise the xx indow steel softly up to vyhere the woman lay and stab hei I t11ed to cry out but could not I was spell bound hoiiified and unable to say a yyord oi move a finger to help the sleeping woman I knew no more I had fainted The next mol ning as I was reading the paper I saw this stai tlmg head line Insane Man lVIu1ders Supposed Vhfe' I 1ead the aiticle and found that a man described exactly like the one I had seen the night before had escaped fiom the asylum and killed a woman whom he supposed to be his xx lfe She had l1ved at Ashvx ood Avenue That was next door to nee In the aftei noon as I was standing by the windoyx I looked out on the balcony and saw a penny with the head up and I yxondei ed what would have become of me if it had been tails Nm teen , 7 L t Mr Q I S A , . .C .g K . . . 1 . L . D ep fv ' ' . ! G . - Z 1 , S c ' , I. . Q t' ' IV, . . E. S 4,1 .N V . A ,. Lg D Q Q H . 1. . . L . , , Q 7 - tu 2 1- 4 I C 1 , , N A 7 A7 K A ' I. I K C V cc ' va ' c L . c , c I y - To my utter surprise, I saw him leap across the narrow street onto 7 Y ' ' 's' 7' ' , 7 , ' , 7 K 7 'A 't I N. . x A - V an ' 1 1 s I . ' . V ' ,A ,s I , ll. c A I 'A ' C -' : , . 7' 1 1 ' a D . ' 7 A ,, 7 .L Y. 4 I I -1- K 7 0 1 a A 7 wi ' ' y . . 7 7 1 U X 1 ui- A l - - riff f H - 5 -

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With one cautious glance at her stained hands and soiled pina- fore, she stepped into the skiff, to be ferried across. She put her hands into the water to wash them but it had no cleansing element. The fairy only smiled and Barbara flushed at showing her ignorance, The whole court came laughing toward them and the queen -said, 'Tis but a playmate my fairies, Come kiss her welcome my dearsf' The yaporous dress of the fairies contrasted strangely with Barbara's limp, torn gown. But soon she forgot her apparel and froliced with the rest. It was the blue bells which interrupted the scene by tinkling the supper hour. Barbarafs earthly appetite was much afraid it could not be appeased in this dainty world, but even it was subdued when the feast appeared. Downy dandelions were used for stools, the green cool grass for tables. Barbara reverently tasted the savorous bit placed on curling violets. The tiny morsels seemed to increase her thirst and she timidly asked for a drink. The fairies, delighted at the sound of her voice, ran to fulfill her wish. They brought her in cups of the climbing honey- suckle drops of the sweetest dew. Cup after cup was drained of its life-blood and Barbara's head grew heavy. The fairies sang soothing murmuring music to the tired little girl and soon she slept. Barbara! Oh, Barby, where are you? The jerky voice. showing fatigue and anxiety, brought back the sleeping child from her world of dreams. -E. G. S. ix NPV. ' 1 . T ' . ' Elgllfftll

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iw., J. T. H. S. DEBATING TEAM OCONNOR BEADLE SCHROEDER