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Page 29 text:
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VALE” As you start this commencement with hearts courageous On the path that kind fate has made easy to tread. Let your young buoyant spirits and laughter contagious Never fail nor forsake you, but lead you ahead. As the sun quickly frees the trees, bushes, a.nd mosses From their burden of snow on a balmy Spring day, So your smiles and kind acts will annihil¬ ate crosses And will vanquish the cares that encum¬ ber your way. Keep your eyes on the goal, never fumble nor falter, Play with zest every moment of life’s busy game, Offer ease and vain pleasures, though dear, on ihe alter Of exalted ambition for honor and fame. And remember the days we have spent with each other In hard study and play, mixing learning with fun, Your kind teachers profuse with advice like a mother, Your stern principal guiding like a father his son. For we too will remember your bright, hap¬ py faces; The two Charlies, the playful, wellmean- ing, no doubt, And our basket-ball Banta who shines at foot races, And our Comstock, the actor, more agile than stout; The sweet manners of Anna May Canavas ini, The entertainments of Gladys, the sociable dame, Joseph Glikbarg in eloquence rivalling Heney, Veta Jones, the sedate, sure to gain her high aim; Anna Burleigh, the quiet, conscientious stud¬ ent, And Rowena, the learned, who never forgets, Seth Mackay, often studious, thoughtful, and prudent, And our Kitty, the gay, who neither wor¬ ries nor frets; Clever Jessie, whose tongue never wearies of chatter, Isabel Gilbert the gifted, in music and art, Genevieve Farrell, the artist not less than the latter. Ever ready for action and doing her part; All of you we’ll remember with tender affec¬ tion, With best wishes and hopes for your future career. And quite oft we will muse on the fond recol¬ lection Of the four years of study enjoyed with you here. MARTIN SINGER, 25
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HOW A GHOST HELPED VERYONE expected that when old Mrs. Rutledge died she would leave her vast wealth to Jeane Murray. Jeane was the sweetest and most lovable girl in the whole village, and pitying the lonely old wo¬ man, who, as far as t ' hey knew, had no kith or kin, she had gone often to see her and had spent days at a time in the great man¬ sion on the hill. No thought of the riches, which someone must eventually fall heir to, entered her mind. She continued her visits until the old lady died. Then, for the first time the village gossips instilled the idea in her mind, but she gave no sign of it. After the funeral everyone awaited eagerly the reading of the will—but—no will could be found. The mansion was searched from dome to cellar, but there was no sign of the document. After many days of careful search the great house was boarded up and the town settled down once more. The hope of going to Europe and cultivating her lovely voice, which Jeane had cherished in secret, faded away and she took up her old work on the farm as cheerfully as ever. No heirs were found, in spite of the care¬ ful search of lawyers, and for almost a year no one went near the house. Then one eve¬ ning a little negro boy passing by, saw some ripe apples in the yard and climbed the tree, which grew close to the house. Prom the highest branches he could look into the room which had been Mrs. Rutledge’s library. It was almost dark, and a boy, driv¬ ing home his cows, heard a terrifying shriek, coming, it seemed, from the roof of the man¬ sion. He stood still and waited in the shad¬ ow of the wall. Presently he heard the scamper cf bare feet and the negro boy dashed around the corner at full speed, his tattered coat flying in the breeze, and his eyes nearly popping out of his head. Shaking with terror he gasped—“I seed her, I tell you I did!—Sittin’ there writin’ at her •old desk. Oh Lawdy! Jim, I sure am scar¬ ed! I seed her as plain as day. Oh Lawdy! Lawdy!” i] q The frightened boy danced up and down 1 as pale as he could be under the circum- 8 stances. Jim listened excitedly and finally u gathered that the negro imagined that he ° had seen Mrs. Rutledge seated at her writ- Y ing desk. v “En then she got up and nosed ’round, jes’ like she was lookin’ for sumpin’, then—she weren’t there at all. Oh Lawdy—ef I don’t say mah prayers ever’ night fer a month. 1 sure am scared stiff,” and the youngster scampered home to his mother. No one believed the tale when it was spread and everyone laughed at the silly child. In .just a few months, unless some heir turned up or the will could be found, the great wealth would revert to the state. Everyone thought it a pity that Jeane could not have the benefit of at least some of the money, but the will could not be found and no one came, so nothing could be done. After a time the negro and his story were forgotten, but in less than a month vague re- g ports came from the residents near the man¬ sion—reports of strange noises and lights gleaming at midnight in the house. The timid refused to go by the house after dark, j while the less timid ones laughed and jeered at the idea of a ghost. One night a pillar of the church, passing that way, hurried home to his wife and shaking visibly, swore (?) that he had seen a light in the old library a,nd soon afterwards a light passed from room to room and a soft wailing was heard in the still evening. His wife laugh¬ ed at him, but was careful to spread th news. The reports finally reached Jeane’s ears. She laughed heartily and said: “Poor Mrs. Rutledge! Can’t they let her rest in peace? She was lonely enough in life without return¬ ing to that cold, empty house” Still the alarming reports came in. Final¬ ly one night a party of young people, feel¬ ing unusually brave, decided they would prove whether the ghost of the old lady really was there. Jeane, much against her will, was hurried along with them. Reach¬ ing the mansion, which was very dark, and perfectly still one of the boys broke aw r ay the boards from a window and with much whispering and giggling they trooped thru 26
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