Joplin High School - Joplimo Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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A Qljam illrnm the gi?-nnk uf Gite man 5 gfife EAN MALCOLM ever SIHCG he could remember had been forced to work Beslde h1s father he had been taught to tO1l Day after day they Worked together 1n the fields only ceaslng at the commands of necesslty hunger and fatlgue Jean at the age of twenty was a large raw boned youth wlth the stolld worn face of the average poor farmer Already he sllghtly showed the characterlstlcs of over work shoulders stooped shambllng galt and a llf9l9SSH6SS that seemed to be Wearlng heavlly on hls shoulders no mat ter where he went or what he d1d Jean s conceptlon of the world was rather meager for he had never been any further from home than Versallles a small country vlllage thlrty mlles awav But tlme never lay very heax lly on Jean s shoulders for now that h1s father was gettlng too old to steadlly keep hls place behlnd the plow he was gradually assumlng entlre control of the llttle farm To the north of the Malcolm place was the farm of Jacques Marsannes He was consldered very prosperous 1n that part of the country h1S famlly enjoylng all the luxurles of the average bourgeolse H1s daughter Berthe was sald to be the most beautlful creature east of the Chanteclalr though It IS true that probably no more than half of Jacques Marsannes nelghbors had looked upon the g1rl for her entlre edu catlon had been carrled on ID the clty of Beauchamp Twlce a year she came home for a few days Though It IS Sald that her mother mourned her ab sence lt IS hardly to be expected that thls vlvaclous young g1rl felt any pang IH leavlng her monotonous l1fe on the farm for the pleasure of the c1ty One day the news spread about that Berthe Marsannes had finlshed hqr schoolmg She was to come home and awalt the lnevltable marrlage that he1 parents would lmpose upon her In her honor or mayhap more ln respect for old man Marsannes money a party was to be glven It was planned to hold the gatherlng at the parlsh house The rector Father Colombel readlly gaxe h1s consent and all plans were hastlly pushed for ward It was to be on Saturday nlght On the mght IH questlon Berthe was met at the statlon by her parents and a sort of delegatlon who were accompanylng her to Father Colombels house The workmg people for mlles around were ln attendance when the llttle processlon arrlved Berthe was ushered ln as lf she were a queen and made much to do over but through It all she seemed bored and a tr1He plquant She seemed to reallze that she was outslde her sphere among all these rough strong smelllng people She was used to the soclable meet mgs of the c1t3 to the ehte of soclety and never ln all her l1fe she knew would she be able to hold anythmg ln common Wlth all these rough but well meanlng folk M and Madame Marsannes d1d not fall to percexve thelr daughters dlspleasure and were somewhat dlsappolnted 1n her behavior When questloned as to her conduct she pleaded a sllght headache and begged to return home Thelr acqulescence was finally obtalned and as they were haVlDg a falrly pleasant tlme themselves arrangements were made by which Berthe was to be drlven home alone f O' 0' 1 9,0 L s , A , c 1 1 . , , , . .. . . 1 1 1 1 . , . K - - i - . . . . K , 7 ' . . . , , - Y , . A 1 1 . ., , , 1 . . K 7 7 y V . . . . N . ' . . . 1 - . , ! . , . . 1 1 Y ,x, . . . . , - A 1 , , - ' 7 ! Y ,, . . , . ' ! 1 1 , 1 1 s - V . . . . . . - , - 1 . . , . L u V . . . , . . . . . , - - Q l . 5 A n ,A ' . - ,. 1 1 1 1 7 - , . , . . . . , . l . , . 1 . 7 . . . , 7 . .