Medina High School - Mirror Yearbook (Medina, NY)

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THEMIRROR 29 IMITA RE QUAM INVIDERE CARRIE CHILDS O NUE upon a time there was in the land of? the good King Daniel. He was loved by all his people and he constantly thought of doing them some kindness. There also lived in -- two men, who were fond admirers of tl1e king. One was a peasant, living on one side of the palace and the other his brother, who lived on the opposite side. They used to stand by their cottage doors and look longingly at the castle, thinking of good King Daniel. VVheneVer he would come from the palace door to stroll in his gardens, they would watch him with utmost adoration. The older brother, Harvey, would place his hand on his wooden rake and strut around as the King did, for he wanted to be like him, but Joseph would simply watch with an expres- sion of envy. Things could not go on this way forever. and so, as time went on Harvey would come strutting into the market place and shake hands with some fellow peasant with an evident inimit- able manner. As for Joseph, when anyone spoke the king's name he was filled with hatred. One d-ay Harvey came up to Joseph and patting him on the back said, Well, my good man! How are you to-day? His tone was in the same pitch as the King's and his smile and pose were in an exact imitation. D-l said Joseph harshly. Speak of him to me, you fool, and I'll ring your neekf' ' Several peasants looked up. They had never heard anyone speak of the King in such a manner. The King happened to be riding past at this time and heard J oseph's remark. Immediately he knew something was under foot. He ordered the carriage stopped and descended. Joseph grew white and Harvey was stricken with fear. What is the trouble, my good men? he said, as he scanned their faces. Between the breaks and discords he managed to get a brief summary of the affair. The people waited at the end of this talk for the climax. The king stood silent. Finally he said in stern, determined tones, My people, it is better to imitate than envy.

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28 THE MIRROR seen great men revolutionize the world time and again, I have seen them die and fade back to tl1e dust. I have seen battles, earthquakes, volcanoes and everything that mortal man has done in his struggle for supremacy over the beasts. But to what purpose have they struggled I? Unly to die and decay, finding blessed relief in that way from their paltry fifty, sixty or seventy years of toil. All but me! I have sickened of eternal life. The time was that I feared death as a pesti- lence, now I would welcome it with open arms. There is only one thing that I can do to escape my immor- tal fateg that is, to find tl1e antidote, which I had so carelessly left in the lost cave. Until that is done, gentlemen, my soul knows no rest. Until that little bottle is found I must travel from one mountainous district to the other o'er all the world to find my salvation. You may not believe my strange story, you may even doubt my sanity, but before the very God whom I have to eliminate from my life, my story is as true as I have told it. Gentlemen, I am done. With a dreary sigh, he shook his shaggy head, wiped his tear- dimmed eyes and with a staff in his hand, he started forward once again on his weary and endless road-a broken man tired of everlasting life. Since then I have grown up, married, had children who are about to marry. I am old and gray and still every once in a while I hear of the Nameless Pilgrim searching, ever search- ing, for the power which would release him from earthly care. A year or so ago I saw him and again heard his strange tale. He had not changed, except that his sigh was more dreary, and he started on his journey with wearier footsteps praying with every breath to the good God to let him rest in his lost cave once more. 9' lb ' ' 0 W' w...-- - ' , 0 ' f-93 ARM.. Mk N ' ' - ?s'. B .

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30 THEMIRROR FLIM-FLAMING MINNIE-HA-HA DORIS BRowN WHITHER she came, who she was, how long she intended to stay, the people of Minnie-ha-ha, a small town in the West, cared notg for why should they care as long as she had brought such an era of prosperity with her. - All the town looked up to her-even the Mayor's wife, who loved to be called the Mayoress of Minnie-ha-ha, known gener- ally as a very snippy person who thought herself much better than the rest of us. So when the Mayoress, as we must call her, called on a stranger we were assured readily that the stranger must be out of the ordinary. This was another reason why we must admire the stranger, Miss E. G. Lawrence, to be exact. The first week after Miss Lawrence 's arrival the Mayoress called and invited her to dinner the next evening. This fact alone was enough to keep the village gossipers busy-for you must know by this time that we have as fine a line of village gos- sipers as there are to be found in this section of the country. But on the following morning when looking over the Minnie- ha-ha Daily Record underneath the account of the Mayor- ess's dinner party I found this article: The Mayoress's dinner party intended only to be a social event turned out to be just the opposite. During the evening the talk ran to business affairs and Miss Lawrence announced her intention of purchasing the several downtown lots of the Mayor if he were willing to sell them. Before departing for home the transaction was made. ' Miss Lawrence intends to beautify the property a great deal and before the next two months elapse hopes to have the Senior Film Company occupying the build- ings which will be erected there soon. At the next meeting of the Board of Trustees the matter will be presented and 'voted upon in order to secure the support of all the inhabitants of the town. Minnie-ha-ha should be proud of Miss Lawrence and do all she can for the interest and welfare of the Senior Film Pro- ducing Company. As I threw down the paper in disgust I wondered what could be the matter with her. Was she crazy? She looked certainly just the opposite, for she was tall, blonde, and charming. But then I thought one can't tell always by outside appearances. The