Palmer High School - Terror Trail Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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get grahuahnn The last d1sh had been put away the cat had been fed the floor wept clean Wlth unusual efractness Margaret placed the pots and pans 1n therr accustomed places Then calmly puttlng on a b1g shade hat she walked slowly out of the door and down the path toward the orchard It was there that she always went when she w1shed to be alone She remembered the last t1me she had gone down there It was 1ust after Professor Grlswold had told her conf1dent1ally that she had a surer chance of wlnmng the Morton scholarshlp than any one else ln school And now now She dropped down 1n the shade of a gnarled apple tree and burled her face 1n the fragrant blossoms at 1tS foot It was all so unfalr so ungust she thought brtterly She had worked so hard so falthfully and now the coveted years of college l1fe seemed snatched out of her reach forever She sat and thought It all over One th1ng was certa1n She must now put away all those dear dreams of college wh1ch she had encour aged for nearly four years Only a month ago how real they had been! It seemed so long that she had strlven for that prlze the scholarshlp wh1ch was her only means of goxng to college There was only one glrl 1n school who through xt all, had made grades equal to Margaret's, and thls one g1r1 Barbara Freeman, was very wealthy and had made a statement that she would not accept the scholarshlp even should she get It Th1s put Margaret at the head Then suddenly, about a month prev1ous Barbara had announced her 1ntent1on of trylng for the scholarshlp Barbara was naturally br1ll1ant and Margaret knew that however hard she worked she could not surpass her It meant so much to Margaret wh1le to Barbara-of course It was a prlze well worth havrng but Barbara would go to college anyway wh1le Margaret aga1n the unfalrness of It all swept over her as she saw for herself only an endless V1St3 of pots and pans and k1tchen floors She sat up sud denly It was wrong of Barbara Freeman to take that scholarshlp when she knew that 1t was the only means of Margaret 's gomg to college, when she knew how hard oh how very hard she had to1led for It Sud denly by some 1ntu1t1on she turned around and there a few feet away stood Barbara Freeman gazmg down upon her. She came forward and D ...-1... . 5 v S . . . ' 1 y . . .5 --3 Tt I r . . . , . 7 7 ' 1 9 . . . , . . . . . 7 7 . 7 ' 7 .7 9 , . . . . , 9 ' 7 7 , . 9 1 I. . y 9 ' 7 . . . . - . . . 7 1 ' 1 1 y 1 r

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the other, for some unknown reason, dropped behlnd, and so tomght I am happy to glve the pr1ze to one who has worked falthfully for 1t, and deserves It above all others M1ss Margaret Lee w1ll please come forward A cheer went up as a sl1m young g1rl ID Whlte wlth a spray of apple blossoms ln her belt came forward Out 1n the broad hall Margaret found Barbara Freeman stand1ng a l1ttle apart from the crowd alone She hurrled over to her and grasplng both hands crled Oh Barbara I III so happy, so happy Thmk what th1s means to mel Oh you don't feel bad do you, Bar bara1 Tears shone 1n Barbara s eyes as she answered, I am glad too M rgaret No I don 't feel bad you sllly g1rl Why should I And gust th1nk Barbara Margaret's happy volce went n we ll both be at the same college too You 're golng to Brow ar ' you? No Margaret she answered hghtly ' I've declded not to go to college next year there don t ask questlons I must go now I I ve left a note for you plnned to the old apple tree It w1l1 tell you somethmg that I can t She was gone before Margaret could say a word As soon as Margaret reached home she started stralght for the orchard By the moon s br1ght rays she had no d1ff1culty 1n f1nd1ng the note Str1k1ng a match wh1ch she had brought she tore It open and read Margaret Dear Thls note IS only to say good by to you We leave at 11 tomght for the west Papa faxled 1n buslness a month ago, and although we have kept lt qulet so far by tomorrow every one w1ll know lt all Margaret I don t want you to thmk me selflsh and horrld as you d1d the day I found you here 1n the orchard You understand now don t you Why I tr1ed for the scholarshlp what It meant to me? X ou can never guess how The match went out but Margaret had read enough She saw It all now the v1s1t to her home the contlnued fallures 1n class the sacr1f1ce' She sank down 1n a l1ttle heap, the note her hand F r off 1n the drstance a wh1stle shneked Barbara! the name dropped from her hps unconscwusly But there was no an swer only a s1lence a s1lence fxlled w1th br1ght moonllght and the fa1nt odor of apple blossoms G E '12 . . . , . ,, . . . . . ' 7 , . . . ' 7 7 . . 7 ' 7 ' ' H 7 7 7 7 A 7 ' ' 2 1 ' ' 1 7 7 ' ' 77 at . , , . . 64 ' ' 77 ' 7 7 07 ll 7 ' , . n, ent Cl ' 4 ' 7 7 7 , . - , , , .. , . . . . ' 7 7 ' 7 77 k c . . , . .. . . . . . u H . . l , i- ' I . 7 . , . . . ' 7 7 a L , . . . 7 7 7 77 7 ' 7 7 , . . . . . . H ,, 1n . a . 5 l .