Northeast High School - Nor Easter Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

Page 22 text:

-i,M....g. -f-K - ,,, , ,,..a,,, Q A- gg , - nan-true'-viii! W' ' 'I f if-u2+F-li'1.f 5' If .. 18 OP' QHSIQI? open sky, gained possession of himself by silent prayer. He entered and was welcomed by his wife, son, and daugh- ter. What was decided at the meeting, father, asked the nineteen-year-old boy, Ulysses. My son, the Indians are planning another raid and Berkley steadfastly refuses to help us. At the meeting were many men of the servant class, good men, who have the well being of the colony at heart. A young man from the next county, and by name Nathaniel Bacon, besought us to take up arms and defend ourselves. Even though our religion preaches against war, I have volunteered to aid the settlers in resisting the Indians. A silence of fear and dismay greeted this announcement, until Ulysses spoke. Father, if thou goest, may I go too. Thou mayest, if thou so wishest, my son, but first ask thy mother if she can spare' thee. Mrs. Bradley, a frail little woman of indomitable courage and pioneer spirit, hesitated. Every principle of her religion denied the necessity of war. But the plantations must be pro- tected, even though she and Faith would be left alone with only a few servants. Yes, Ulysses, thou may go with thy father. Cn the following morning the two men set out, their muskets on their shoulders. They were to join the vol- unteers at a nearby plantation and wait until definite reports on the move- ments of the Indians were learned. Altho it had been a smiling but heart- rending farewell, Mr. Bradley felt a vague presentiment against leaving his wife and 'daughter alone, for be- cause of their Quaker belief, they could not seek protection from their neighbors. After hastily assembling at the place of meeting, the volunteer band began the weary march, hoping against hope that they might thwart the Indian at- tacks on the settlements. I-Iours passed until suddenly, arrows fell upon them from all sides, and among the first vic- tims fell Mr., Bradley and Ulysses, mortally wounded. At the plantation, Faith assumed the responsibility of overseeing the slaves who harvested the cotton in the fields far distant from the house, or mansion, as it was called. At nightfall she turned her horse homeward, but upon reaching the man- sion, she found only a heap of smolder- ing ashes. A heart-broken cry came from her lips as she flung herself from her horse and began to search for her mother. But no trace of her mother could she find. She had either been carried away by the Indians or had perished in the burning house. Oh! Oh! What shall I do? Mother! Home! All gone! Oh! VVhat shall I do? Where shall I go? She was brought back to realiza- tion by the piteous moans of Samson, one of the negro field laborers, whose wife and children had also perished. Samson, what shall we do? We are the only Quakers within forty miles and we can't go there tonight for we might meet the Indians in the forest. Oh, Mother! Mother ! and the pent-up tears came at last in floods and torrents. When she again achieved self-control the timely dark- ness had settled down, hiding the cruel ravages of the Indians. Samson, we can't leave here l Taking from her horse, the saddle blanket, she spread it on the ground and lay down. Everything is gone! And next week is Thanksgiving! What have I to be thankful for-oh, what have I to be thankful for, when my mother is gone? And her sobs gradually ceased as the oblivion of sleep enveloped her. Gradually a light illuminated the darkness around her and an old man walked toward her, his hair hoary with the frost of age, his eyes gleam- ing with sympathy and compassion. My girl, don't fret and say you have nothing to be thankful for. Your parents and brother are happy with fConcluded on Page 261 Sof 'I Ani if Th I An Ali w in tii A4 B1 ca pt ba th ur IV tk bl pi nc p: pe u

Page 21 text:

el- into thru nar- eeps min- the L all and .lt is lens, and Jody lrive tally also ably neu- the grac- The iker, vv is next eak- 'oot- 'ink- . its ture that the 1 of ' the ,eats Lised pro- 1t is e of na- the .tchg Jject OF' QEELSTQP 17 one,s heart to unnecessary harmful in- fluence. If, as was shown in a recent experiment, the poison from a single cigar placed in an aquarium will kill 3 fish in twenty-five minutes, what effect, then, is the constant use of it going to have on our bodies? Its influence on the eyes and kid- neys is a very disastrous one. lt very often causes chronic kidney trouble, while invariably the eyes of a smoker are weak and oftener than not, he be- comes almost blind in his declining years. Next we will consider the effects of these stimulants on the mind. After working for many hours the brain becomes tired and refuses to act rapid- ly. The first resort of 99 per cent of our business men is a good cigar, the next a drink. In their view these stimulants quiet their nerves, brace them, and wake their brains up. On the contrary, the opposite is true, the liquor deadens the brain, kills all rea- son and judgment, while tobacco de- creases the efficiency and mentality. Both interfere with the steadiness of nerve action and normal judgment, thus becoming the frequent cause of accidents. Here, too, the effects of debauchery are visited upon the chil- dren and the children's children on thru the ages. We find the army of the insane to consist largely of drunk- ards and their families. But the most'terrible of all the considered effects is that tobacco and ,alcohol have on the morals. Al- though this, too, has a direct connec- tion with the mind, we must consider it separately since its results are so alarming. Aside from the mere ,sin of drinking we find that it scatters evil and is more infectious than any other sin that we can name. There is no other sin which has such terrible consequences. It greatly lowers the standards of manhood in our country. lntoxication makes men brutes and causes them to do things they would not think of doing otherwise. Crime upon crime is continued by the drunk- ard, in fact, fifty per cent of our crime is the outgrowth of liquor. The following report from New York verifies my statement with appalling exactness: During the last year there were 28,519 commitments to the jail and 3,615 to the penitentiary for crime committed under intoxication. The sin is passed from one to another, from the guilty to the innocent. Because of the fact that tobacco is considered much milder than alcohol, the habit of using it is commenced in early life. The boy believes that he is showing a manly attainment by smoking. However, he knows his parents do not approve and he smokes in secret and lies to cover it up, there- by doubly sinning. Solitude in such cases is the Devil's workshop and Satan soon performs his work of de- struction. T have certainly proved in a meas- ure, in the preceding lines, that the lack of knowledge of the effects of alcohol and tobacco on the body, mind and morals is disastrous to the nation and individual. Let each and all, therefore, study these things until their knowledge is so deep and strong that they may help young America wherever they find him to have a brave heart, a clear mind and a strong arm. Thankful Even in Distress. 1 LOTS ADAMS, '2l. A man was striding hurriedly along the footpath, his head lowered, his care-seamed face deeply furrowed with worry, his shoulders so bent that the gray homespun cloak flapped about him like the loosened sails of a drift- ing boat. His way led to a large com- fortable house constructed of huge logs. Before lifting the latch, he paused and with face upraised toward the

Page 23 text:

: vic- 'sses, Ll the laves fields sion, iorse man- lder- came from r her Jther been had ther ! Lali T Lliza- 1son, 'hose ed. We forty 1ight 1 the and at in Lgain lark- the ere ! Lddle found gone ! ving! -oh, when sobs +n of , the man loary .earn- on. you Your with OP' QHSTQF 19 Summer's Farewell. NORMA MILLER, '21, Soft' stealing thru the corn a spirit came- The moonlight touched a heap of whithered leaves, And as the spirit passed, they glowed with life And rustled softly 'neath the nod- ding sheaves. The spirit paused, and gently laid its hand Upon the brown leaves in the silver light And then passed on, the soft, cool zephyr sighed' As silently the form slipped out of sight. Along the highway, dry, stiff golden- rod Bowed down in sadness as the spirit passed VVith slow and silent melancholy step, Where once spring's hoyden winds had traveled fast. Deep in the silence of the great dark wood, The spirit sought and looked, but all in vain, A Nowhere was there a single flower alive, just deadened stalks washed by the Autumn rain. Then, in despair, out to the open plain The spirit wandered in the lonely g night, But e'en the grass was sear and dry and dead, And chill was the moonbeams' clear white light. 'c The zephyr moaned, the spirit was alone, Alone, and in a world where all had died! The spirit shuddered, for the night was cold, And drear brown Autumn guarded every side. Home. MARY KLAVETER. The institution of the home has been in existence since the beginning of time. God made the first home for Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. But this home wasn't a success be- cause there was not unity-one was pure, and the other was sinful-so God banished them. But a semblance of the home continued through the ages until God gave us-perhaps as a model -a perfect home, the one of Joseph, Mary, and the Christ. From the first, their quarters were low and humble, but there was so much interior love, purity and obedience that there was no need of an ornamental exterior. The true home of today should be patterned after that home as much as possible. There must be complete understanding and unison, the chil- dren must be obedient, and the pax'- ents forceful, patient and pure as is+ in mortal's power to be, else it is not a true home. But, even if all these: requisites do not exist, there are, at least, enough of-them to make that word dear to every human heart. There are many scenes that come to one's mind when the word home is spoken. There is the visualization, heightened by an accompanying emo- tion. Webster says, Home pertains to one's dwelling or country, one's prin- cipal seat or habitation? If one thinks of this version in connection with the word, imagine how many pictures- could be drawn. There would be the tenement house, the mansion, the average, house and the proverbial. - ' 'rf'-'-' --M-'-'-v--var-pw an.m...1ga:,.:-:ma 'Tf:.3f w.:l F- :..--,.., . .- v - - - : 'kg 1,