North View High School - Southside Echoes Yearbook (North View, VA)

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SOUTHSIDE ECHOES 3i to him, in spite of all others who pleaded for her. For several weeks she was in perfect misery about him. She said, and did, all that was in her power for him. He was afterwards sen- tenced for the crime, but before he was carried to prison, new evidence was discovered, and he was set free. You can pic- ture how rejoiced she was. She was so happy that one would have thought she was losing her mind to hear her talk some- times. They were soon afterwards married, and no one ever saw a more happy couple. Thus their life was ever a happy one.

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SOUTHSIDE ECHOES 3 C it fully, why she was getting such marks, but she promised her faithfully that she would try afterwards and do her duty. She fell very much in love with one of the young men of the town. He was very attentive to her. There was to be an entertainment given by Polk Miller, in the town hall, the fol- lowing Friday night. This young man made engagements to take her. On Tuesday evening she met another very handsome young man. She made engagements with him to go out riding on Wednesday afternoon. He came at the time set, and as they went spinning down the street in their automobile, something was said about the grand play that was to be in town on Friday afternoon. He finally said to her: “May I take you?” She hesitated for a moment and then said, “Yes.” She thought the other young man was so fond of her that she could do with him as she wished to and then make it all right with him. When time came for him to fill his engagement, he went to her home, but found out that she had gone. He became very angry at the idea of her breaking the engagement, but only said : “I will fix her.” These young men happened to be great “chums,” and they afterwards related to each other their experience. They de- cided to drop her entirely. You can imagine how disappointed she was. She wrote to them and tried to explain, but they still kept silent. Several months passed, but everyth ing seemed dark and dreary to her. She finally met a very handsome young drummer. He paid her a lot of attention, and took her to every play that came in town, and everything he could do to make her enjoy herself. She remained quite faithful to him. She never broke an engagement with him, for she had learned a lesson about not being true. Some months afterwards he was arrested for a serious crime which had been committeed. She remained very loyal

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Stops of tfje H outfjlanti “Long as thine Art shall love true love, Long as thy Science truth shall know, Long as thy Eagle harms no dove, Long as thy Law by law shall grow, Long as thy God is God above. Thy brother every man below. So long, dear land of all my love, Thy name shall shine, thy fame shall glow.” This was well said of our dear old Southland. For it is an ideal land, abounding in song and rich in story. It is a land of contentment and joy. Even in colonial times, the gay Cav- alier and cheerful Huguenot lived lives of splendor, refinement and ease. Society has always been at its best in the Southland. Courtesy, gentility, politeness and all the finer arts of the soul seem inherent in the very soul of the South. The old Southern colonists enjoyed liberty, prosperity and contentment. They lived on their large rich plantations attended by their faithful slaves who loved them and who were always ready to obey their commands. Hospitality was one of the many virtues of the old Southerners. Their homes were open to all friends far and near. Their stables were filled with the finest bred horses, and here and there they often gathered for a fox hunt or a horse race or show. Holidays were celebrated at first one home and then the other. The people, old and young, would gather for an Old Colonial Ball. The spacious rooms of the old brick house would resound with merriment and laughter. Those were joyful times. They were not only so then, but remained so until the Civil War. The South was great in political force and strength. Some of our greatest men came from the South. Our first President,