Our Lady of Mercy High School - Mercedes Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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-if Father Benedzct makes a corrfesnon that granfzer the young lmb autboress and atones for the :emor essay 1-9- ,4 letter to jflfl Authvres LETTER was dropped on the desk of the chaplaxn of Marybrook Academy Dear Father Bened1ct I have just put a package ln the ma1l ad dressed to you It IS a copy of my book The Sword Uphfted that has recently been pub hshed Father I don t want you to thmk this 15 an act prompted by an over developed ego for xt IS rather an action of Sat1Sf2CUOI'I on my part I wanted to prove somethmg to you Father and th1s IS my way of dolng yust that But first pernut me to explarn Almost five years ago when I was a Scnlor at Marybrook I had accomphshed somethmg that I thought was mdeed my masterplece You probably remember how I excxtedly entered your office wrth flymg sheets of paper escaping from my hands I explamed to you that on those unworthy sheets of paper was my hfe s greatest work my seruor essay You took It from me ln a matter of fact way and as you glanced over the papers your expresslon d1d not change You bore strll a plalntxve d1s1nter estxng countenance My heart sank five fathoms when I saw you weren t 1mpressed I was hurt deeply hurt because I had put many hours of hard work mto xt When you finally fimshed readmg I ll never forget the way you removed your glasses looked up at me and sa1d Its O K notlung too outstandxng but 1t wxll pass Father I was mad madder than I could ever remember because I had put everythlng mto xt I had put myself mto It and I was proud of my work because I firmly belleved lt was good I st1ll cant remember how I left your office or what I sa1d but I knew when I was outsrde I couldn t cry I was too mfurlated for tears I could only remember hearmg myself say over and over I can do somethmg xx orth A TRUE CONFESSION By Norma DePrez wh1le and I wxll l w11l I w1ll Well Father Benedxct th1s IS my proof to you that I could do somethxng that was a httle better than Just O K Smcerely Exleen Rafferty A few days later Eileen recelved a letter My dear httle Authoress I was dehghted to FCCCIVC a copy of your first book but I wasn t surprxsed Th1s seems to be the txme for true confesslons so I have one for you That day m my ofiice when I read your essay I knew rt was better than just O K I recognized mt as the penwork of a youngster wlth a true talent, but I also knew that that youngster was lazy You had wntten some th1ng worthwhlle but lf I had dlsplayed any trace of my true reactxon I knew that you would have been content to put down your talented pen fold your masterpiece satlsfied w1th your masterplece satlsfied never to put that pen to work agam Erleen xt was not easy for me to take that dlsmterested att1tude that day but I knew by gettmg up your Ir1sh by gettmg you mad lt would 1nc1te you to do bxgger and better thlngs Elleen you have my sxncerest congratulatlons and also an apology one that had to be de layed five years Yours 1n jesus Chrrst Father Bened1ct Another letter was found on the Chaplam s desk Dear Father Bened1ct Many many thanks, Gratefully Erleen 69 I '46 7 . . . . ,, I , , 1 - - - - as 77 ' s 0 ' ss ' . , 1 ' 11 ' 1 . , . . - 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 . . . . . 7 - ' 1 1 1 ' 1 - 9 , . 1 1 - - - as 77 , , . ., . . . . u I - . , . . . . 1 . . - ... . , - - 9 1 1 -' . . . . . . . . . - - . . , , . . . . ' 1 - cs ' 17 1 . . . . . . . - 1 . , . - , . ' cc 1 ' ' ' 1 1 . . . . . I, , .. 71 . . 1 1 . . . - y 1 ' 1 , . . , . . ' 1 1 1 ca ' Y '

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