Perry Township High School - Petonian Yearbook (Perryopolis, PA)

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THE PETONIAN 53 Milly looking at him with wide, opgn. eyes, he wondered how soon that if . V' . . last beat would come. 'Was 'there not some qu1ck'wzfy to get rid of a little of his wealth? Recovering from the slight attack and thinking to find diversion, he asked Milly to come up to the house with him, Seated in a large old fashioned room with a wide open fireplace Milly, youth, and the man, old age, talked. He found out from Milly the conditions of things at home without the girl herself realizing what she was telling him, It was getting dusk and Milly had to run home. She slept well that night and dreamed of the great house that she had so abruptly visited that afternoon, but awakened to a gray cold dawn and to the realization of the fact that to- morrow was Christmas, with little in the house to eat and no toys or gifts for the children. All day Milly and her mother cleaned up the house and about six o'clock an old fashioned carriage drove up and who should it be but the gentleman of yesterday's acquaintance. ' Can you guess' the rest? Christmas at the little house was real Christ- mas this year and on little ,Milly's plate at breakfast she found a platinum wrist watch. The old man had found from her mother what she wanted and had hastened to give Milly what she wanted most. together with many useful gifts. And what of our gentlemen friend and his solitary Christmas in a big lonesome house? He too found happiness and miraculous to say found youth, though not youth for himself in years, but the youthful spirit typified in Milly and her little bro heis ard sisters, Thus often does happfnlessqeome from doing good to others. W' 'wyafp if 1 l if A I ,,i:'x l ii-f,.- tl l'W!:': it xt: 3 V

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52 THE PETONIAN mattered the world, its sorrows, its heartaches, its tears? Youth, beauty, and love is aptly expressed in this daintily formed, though poorly clad piece of humanity who walked along pondering the wheres, the whats, and the whys of liie. People passing Milly on the Stiljeetbeithier stopped to stare or craned their necks, much to the pain of that poor member. But all unheeding, she walked on. She didn't know she made such a picture. And it wasn't altogethervher looks. ,In societyicircles Milly would not have fitted as a beauty, but iti'vvas.the youth he'ri'tl'iat 'attraeted these life' hardened kworlidllyh viltisempeoplel who isoririixvlfully their' heads' T and maiiyifhlafd 'tears in itheir eyes sliecfto the nieiiioryfof'th'eir'lostl'iroulth: ' .E - ' ' 5' N tw. .,.frlE:'.1i?f 1' . ' Go with me-now to the gr,o1,inds of,the most? aristocratic mansion of which , A 5 .. the,town-nboasted,lParklerwood'., Even though it was December the weath- er was like that of spring. An old man with-gray' hair, puffyfface and Hlmy eyes, supported. by a cane walked over his spacious grounds, over fterracedlawnsi and through the niiniatuFe'ltforest that now was stripped bare and stood 'out 'aunt 'and solitary 'ivith its drfbranclies Hutterin in . . .V . ', , . 3 7 g the breeze. ' ' ' 1 ' V Everything about the place was old. The house was of an old Eng- lish style, that stood majestic and aloof. The owner was old, the servants were old and even thechickens' in'th'e' chicken yard-werewold. The 'gardener was aged 'and withered. f The trees in thevgroirnds had weathered the 'elements for sizitlyiyears :dr more. And5 into -this atmosphere of age flut- lterediyouth inpersdn of Milly. She ha'd'wandered from the busy avenue, 'through paved 'stlreetsinto the old-fashioned driveway of this mansion.. - at ,, MH: , . f The man walking hand in-hand with old father time and with one 'foot in the grave, the other being.-supported by the cane, waslbitter. iLife 'was exacting now her dues fromffhimh He,-feltibitter that wealth, could not bring him youth and happiness. But lo for, the rniracle! Vylnto musing steps little Milly. V i A Oh T beg your pardon sirfi stepping :back with fear in her eyes for she had been so absorbed thinking about Christmas that she had not noticed where her footsteps haddled her. I , F Wi ' 't ' W' if -saffagmr. Our hero, for such he is, answered gruffly not thinking it would sound .soiharsh That's all right doxunott allow strangiers on my grounds. 0h sir I'1l 'rightfiiivzfyf' iBlilI 'what was-'fthie matter? Hadiftfshe said 'the' right thing? NVl'iy57t'hef'old mafiiufasdactually turning' pale. -But iiolilhne wasn't'ilturningwfpialle Nivithihaiiger, ithwas 'his bad heart that had :missed 'anofl'ierMbeiat. iS'oirie'day that Same heakt iitas going to miss one ut6o irh'any'fbeatslland.Aleavelthiiin'Ito the':iiie13cy 'Eif'the'idevil for didn?t'the 'Bible sayMthatfuit'i's'ieasiei ior'1aTcarnel 'to '4e'1ite'iiUthe eye of a-'needle-than 'ai rich hfzihhitoi'eiiteirktliii-'9kingd'oinof heaive1ii? f-'iA5A'h'Q Sf15OC1 thEre','with

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L54 THE PETONIAN if f I THE COUNTY CONTESTS 1 it ' , ORIGINAL ORATION The annual Fayette County Original Oratorical contest for the George IL. Moore Silver Loving Cup, was held in the German Township High School auditorium, March 3, 1924.! There iwere seven County schools en- tered. 1 First honors went to NValter Larson of the PERRY TOWNSHIP H'IGHf'fSCHOOL'for his oration HEROES OF OBSCURITYU which appears this issue of the PETONIAN. T - i 4: nk wk it ik READING ' The Fayette County Reading Contest was held at Perryopolis, March 17, 1924. Margaret Stickle represented P. T. H. S. and although we did notwin we were proud of the showing we made. W The High School auditorium was crowded to capacity which is proof of the interest in literary work this year. We expect to win the Owen R. Brownfield Loving Cup next year, ' sf ar nr 1- in g 1 PERRY WINS AGAIN PERRY won another victory over Fayette County schools when james Swartz brought home the I. C. Sutton Loving Cup from the select oratorical contest which was held at South Brownsville, March 31, 1924. This cup is a new one and PERRY TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL will be the first name inscribed on it. Pk is in 4- is DEBATING PERRY entered the debates for the first time and was rewarded with some degree of success. The affirmative team which was composed of Ralph Martin, Leland Kefiler and Gladys Coldren, alternate, was eliminated at South Brownsville, March 24, 1924. The negative team which consisted of Agnes Lynch, James Wilson and Arthur Martin, alternate, was more successful and defeated South