Masters School - Masterpieces Yearbook (Dobbs Ferry, NY)

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by wondermg how she could have found out so soon, and just how much she knew Never had she taken so long to get dressed Fmally she was all ready except for her dress She put xt on only to dxscover that If was wrong Sl e to Two more mmutesl Could she take It off and change lt ln tlme? e glanced at her roommate who was just turmng off her llght and prepar ln to o downstalrs DOWHSIHITS' lhe word echoed m Margarets ears e could not face lt Someone must know by now How could they help lt? Yet who could have seen her? She had made sure that there was no one m the hall Perhaps one of the malds The clock ln the hall was strlkmg They were Uomg mto the dlnmg room' In a panxc of haste Margaret fumbled at the hooks on her dress, and tore If off In a second It was on agam rlght srde to and w1th a hasty dab at her eyes, she swltched off the llght, and rushed downstalrs just as the last g1rl went mto the dmmg room She reached blmdly for her chair and sank down For '1 few mmutes she sat In terror strlcken silence her eyes cast down her hands twxstmg and untwrstmg the handkerchlef ln her lap She dld not dare raise her head and look around the table Suppose the gurl sxttmg opposlte her had dlscovered her loss? Ever smce she had known she was golng they dlscovered that she had lost the precious rmg they had glven her for Chrlstmas It was her first really valuable plece of jewelry It was a very lovely rmg and Margaret knew of several thmfrs that her mother had sacrl Heed 1n order to get lt for her She recalled the proud look on her father s face as he had opened the tmy box After her first moment of unbounded happy surprlse her mother had carefully explamed that the rmg cost a lot of money, and that lf lt were lost she would probably never have another At the tlme Margaret had laughed and told her mother she need not have the slxghtest fear Lose 10 The mere rdea seemed l'ldlCLll01lS Why She would lock It up ex ery sm le nl ht before she vunt to bed and she wouldn t take It off durlng the day She had carrled out her good lntentlons pretty faithfully for the first few weeks but gradually the rmg became more and more an ordmarj possession and one mght not long after she had been late to bed, and just as she had switched off the llght she remembered the rmg It was too late to go back and lock lt up, so she thought Surely lf wlll be safe enough right here by the bed and so saymg she land If on the table besxde the bed The next mght she wasn t late but the bureau seemed a long way off, and It was such a bother to hunt through her bureau drawers for the box The rmg had been safe enough the mght before, why wouldn't It be just as safe thus mme? Margaret soon got ln the hablt of removing the rmff and leavmg lt around Then one day she left lt at school and forgot all about nt untll that nwht when she was tucked up m bed Then she remembered' 'S u ' , . C I I Sh . . . , - . . . , . . , g g . . V . Sh . . . , . . u . . , . . , . K - K -5 s X , 72- C , to town she had been trying to think what she could say to her family when . , . 6 .- . . , ' Y . U . . . . . . . . , . V . Q .2 I H , C , . , . 1 v Q 1 xc - ' - as - Y . . . . , ' r . b . I . i 5 4

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THB EMERALD RINIG By JUNE Woou HL stood hy the window of her room Sll1XCI'lI10', her hftnds felt cold and elammy, ind even her teeth ehattered The 'ur was so still that the short r1p1d breathmfr of the girl came in stsectto gssps Her heart pounded 'md seemed to suffoclte her The blood rushing madly through her heftd, csused her ears to roar furiously Her fingertips felt as though pricked by' 1 thousand needles, md her feet felt like pieces of ledd Once she r'11sed her achinfr eyes to the clock It was six ocloek In 1 few moments study hour would be oyer Only ten more minutes 21nd the whole house would know She sat down wefnrily on the edge of her bed and wondered rfether eonfusedly what her mother would s1y VVh1t she would my didn t matter much Mother often send very little when way down inside, her hefxrt was probably 'zehin Thett was so like her, zlwiys self sicrificinfr, 'llwsys endurinfr The thoufrht of vyhst her dis grice would mem to her mother, held not occurred to her until now, and he tried to dismiss it from her mind She must chdnffe her dress for dinner, and bfzthe her eyes Good Hewyensl 'lhe door of her room was suddenly flunff open, 'and a d'1rk mdistinfruishsble figure rushed into the room The girl 'tt the other end of the room slt IS one p1r1lyzed Rooted to the bed she tried to penetrtte the ffloom ind recofrnwe the newcomer It couldnt be, 'ind yet suppose lt were the frirl herselfl Eycry nerye felt numb Her ey es closed N L f 3 ki Q l 7 it unltnoyyn fi uit 1 it Her roommwte wheeled in surprise l uffuet' she exclumed you scxred me to dmth VVhy dicnt you tell me you yyeie there, 1nd why ill the dukness She looked 'xt her roommate questionlnfly, and as the l1tter mwde no moye to snsyyer her, she began to chemffe her clothes In the course of 1 few minutes she remsrked cfesuftlly If you expect to get down to dinner bv six thirty you hid better do somethinfr besides sit in f there 'es if you h 1d ill he time in the vyorld fhls roused the url who stood up slowly, 'ind moy ed uncertmnly 'ecross the room to get 1 dress from her closet As she w1lked across the floor h r head cleared '1 little, 1nd 'tctinfr on some IIISUHCUXL impulse she mftde some trivial remark on the defy s ey ents Her roommite busily froinfr in and out the rooms bwrely 'lnswered her Her silence only aroused 'VI1rf1rets sus 7 plCl0X'1S, howeyer, 'ind all the time they were tlI'CSSlFl0', she tortured herself 14- N 1 1. L 2 w 1 X a n V . . D 2 . V K I 1. . N 4 . . b . ' ' ' 2 2 2 s . 2 ' 2 2 . . C V C K l I Y: l K 2 4 . . C u 1 . . b Y 5 D ' v , 2 . 2 I . . 2 2 . , . . 2 . 2 U 2 . ,2 K. L Y, c -.K . . b K K 'e ' bn C Y l ce- C K I . L lv Q 44 2 1 , , C ' 2 D 1 I . .e . b -K C n I 9 ' K f ' .2 2 2 2 I . , i 2 3 2 ' b ', ' ' . ' ' 2 . l 'B Y 1 'x ' C . I . , zznel she Silt in terror-strielcen silence while th' PXTSK n fumbl'l for th- l'ght. There was :1 moment of dazzling, blinding light, and fl fleeting glance toward tl - ' ' er :xnd tl en :in hysterical cry' of ' -lief. u'h!12'.C2 .U J ' 2' . My . 2 1 '2 . ' 'l l ' ' f 2 '2 2' nil' X . ' ' L ' 2 2 ' 2 S 'I X 2 ,D 2. l Y A Y r . 2 , 2 2 2 ' , 1 I . ' ', I' 1 ' . : 3. . ' t L ' 2. I' 2 2 t ' .H ' ' . Q , . I' 2 ' '- 2' 1' 2 e 2 2 . . , . 2 2 .F e I ' I 1 . :J e x I - . ' Vx . - ', l x K . . , V . . . I I Y 1 -1 K , e 'Y :S 1 L . v I L . l . k' 1 s v 5 , A 4 LK 7 K- . I Y . Y I , 3 K K 2 C

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She turned oxer and went to sleep determmmfv to go oyer to the school l5l1lldlH0' first thlng m the mormnff 1nd fret lt Iqhe next mormnff she l1ll1I'lCCl oyer to the spot where she d1St1nctly remembered leayxnfr xt, but She dld not find her YIIIU' In frantlc haSte she ruShed from one pl1ee to mother, but 1ll the Smrchlnyf 'md 1ll the xdyextlslng rn the School hrouvht no SIQDS of the rmff The next few weekS Sllpped by, 1nd M1rg1ret h1d not told her f1m1ly about her loss Exery txme She wrote home She me1nt to, 1nd ey ery tlme she l1cked the couraffe Now She w1S going to See them, 1nd they would want to know why She w1S not WC'1I'lIlfY her rmff And then suddenly she had found 1 w1y' out of her qu1nd1ry lVlthOl1t WLlfTl11I1g the m1ttcr oy er ln her mlnd, lVI1rff1ret W'1lkLtl quxetlv down the h1ll lnto one of the Girls xoomS I1llI'0WlI'lf' 1 h1Sty ffl1nce '1I0llINl her, She h1d hurrled acroSs the room to one of the bureauS, 1nd opened a Sm1ll box th1t w1S lyme on lt, remoymg 1 tlnv gllttermff object She h1d b'1rely looked It lt before She waS on the tr1m, 1nd then C'llltl0llSlj remoymq her ffloye She h1d turned her h1nd 1nd vmtched the Stone-S Ulow 'lllfl Sp1rkle IH the Sun 'ILS they wexe emctly the S1me C0lOllI1fV She dlew 1 deep swh of rellef l1St the 'ufony of ILlllI1'V xbout the lost rmg could be postponed Not eyen IC most penetr1t1nff Sexutmy' could detect the sl1 htest CllH'-CTCIICC ln the two YIDEIQ, md M1rfrxret looked forw 1rd to 1 wonderful d xy lil tovyn She lm 1 very good tlme Her mother h1d neyer seemed more cheerful, nor mer flther more ple 1Sed wlth hex p1ogreSS ID School She h1d Gone l1p9f'lllQ on her return to tdte off her thmfs 'Hltl yy1S hurrymef to replace the borrowed rlnff when Smllttlllllf h1ppened th1t c1uSed gloye when her eyeS bec1me rlveted on her left h md fhe IIIVT w1S there 1 yu lt yy1S tum but to 'Xl u fuets lllllllfl d eyeS lt Could not h1ye m1t ed 1uc x lf hld not b en for yyher there had once been three Sto es thele were now only tvyo Une of the blef Cll'ifI10I1llS W1S gone and IU Ita place WIS 1 bl1ck empty Sp1cel As lVl1rff1ret S1t 1t the tlble now, and looked bxck oy er the d1y, She felt aS one III 1 fI'lI'lLL md 1S thouffh She would yy1k up mn 1 mmute, 1nd find lt Ind all been 1 dxmm, th1t She h1d not been to New Yolk 1t all Of course She h1d me1nt to return the rms! rlffht 1w1y, but now, now xt w1S ffone, lust, how could She explunp YVh1t could She S1y9 She Should h1ye gone to 1tS ovtner the mmute lf h1ppened 1nd tvld her yuSt how lt h1d occurred but lllee 1 llttle 1d1ot She h1d llcleed the C0l1l'lfTL to do 'mythmff 1bout lt, 1nd now th xt So m1ny hourS had el1pSed She neyer could t ll YVhy, who would belleye her? They IUIfTl1tl1CllLX6 of courSe thcy would h1ye to leye her but they neyex yyould h1ye 1nyth'n'r to to yy1t1 101 1f11n 1 trlec to Sh1ke 1yy1y the p ISlSfkI1t 11r1SSmf t Ol1U'llt9 'lllil look xround tme t1b e 16 U a ' :- ' : ' : 1 L: . b. . . 1 1 1 '31 1 11 . ,C v ' 13' S u I 1 vi l I C 1 V S L C C I I . 7 'V n it K C an V . . 1 . . K, K :I I I i K C - , . . .. S 1 1. , :1 1 . 1 . - K - l 1 It V U ' 1 ' v' ' D . 1 1 1 ' ' 1 S I' l I I Y ' sd U 7 , 4 I K x V X . 1 yu V 1 1 1 1 . b 1 1 1 . . ., I' ' 1 ' L,- ' 1 L, . At 1. ' 1: j - 5 1 ' L ' ' . ' tl 1 S S I ' N kj- ' S 1 S ' ' y. 1 1 if 2 1 1 2 ' ' ' . ' fi 1 C .1 '. I 1 1 '- 1 ' 55, 1 '1 Y. 1 . x . 1 v 1 b 1 D . D 1 1 1 . her world to fall away' from underneath her feet. She had taken off one V 'xx K 1 '. X I . , 1 '. Q li z'b' V 1 A ' 1 1 . - 1 -, f --' 1 1 ' 1 Ol 1, 1. l'1, .11 51 e '. 1 1 1- ter . n h 'f A .1 e- , f fe 1 - l . n .- 'V y ' 1 .C .K i ly g 1, l ' s 1. 1 1 . 1 . 1 t1 .1 1 1 1 1 ' I 1 ' . A . 1 ' 1 '1 '31 1. , . '1 'e ' 1 ' 1 . K K 1 .ll l 1 I I K 4' a e I A I M .t 1 Civ . K E 1 fy . ' 1 . 1 . ' .1 '. . . 1 ' Y . . K , K 1 . N . I - , 1 ' ' ' . 1 1 ' '15 1 ' 5 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' . 1 S1 . . ' S' e . ' bel ' ', ' 51-'13 ' l I l Sle il . 1 ' 1 '1' ' l. 1. ' L h ,. 5, 1 ' 1 l 1 l'.