Randolph Central School - Hilltop Yearbook (Randolph, NY)

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of bells and always some tambourrnes that were heard soundlng over there towards the brrdge Because at home when the populace rs happy they must dance and as rn those trmes the crty streets were too narrow for the farandole the frfe and tambourrne players settled themselves on the brrdge of Avrgnon rn the fresh wrnd of the Rhone Both day and nrght they used to dance there There was especrally one good old pope called Boneface Oh' how the tears ran for hrm when he dred rn Avrgnon He was a. prince so lovable so gentle' Every Sunday after vespers thrs worthy man used to go to hrs vrneyard and would srt up there rn the good sunshrne hrs mule near hrm hrs cardrnals all around Next to hrs vrneyard the thrng that the pope loved the best rn the world was hrs mule She was a beautrful black mule sure footed a glrstenrng coat of harr carryrn her lrttle lean head proudly all decorated wrth rrbbons and wrth the gentleness of an angel srmple eyes and two long ears always movrng whrch gave her a good natured look All of Avrgnon respected her Everyone knew rt was the best way of berng rn favor wrth the pope and wrth her rnnocent appearance the popes mule had led more than one to fortune as a proof Trstet Vedene nd hrs wonderful adventure Thrs Trstet Vedene was such a mrschrevous boy that hrs father Guy Vedene a sculptor of gold had been forced to expel hrm from hrs home because h drd not wrsh to do anythrng and he had a bad rnfluence on hrs apprentrces The rrrschrevous one had frxed hrs rntentrons on the popes mule for a long trme and you are gorng to see that rt was something shrewd One day Hrs Holiness was rrdrng all alone beneath the ramparts on hrs beast There Trstet accosted hrm nd sard to hrm whrle Jomrng hrs hands rn an arr of admrratron Ah' Goodness Holy Father what a good mule you have there Let me look at her a lrttle Ah' My pope a beautrful mule The emperor of Germany has not one lrke rt And the good pope excrt d sard What a good lrttle boy' How gentle he r wrth my mule' And then do you know what happened the next day Trstet Vedene entered the srngmg school of the pope where ever before only the sons of the noble not stop there Once rn the servrce of the pope the mrschref maker contrnued the game that had succeeded so well for hrm Insolent wrth everyone he had only trme for the mule Frnally the good pope who felt that he was becomrng old reached the pornt of grvrng hrm the care of guardrng the stable and of carryrng a bowl of Frencn wme to the mule 1Nor drd thrs make the mule laugh erther Now at the trme for her wrne the mule saw frve or srx lrttle boys from the srngrng school arrrve who slrpped mto the straw wrth therr srlken clothes and rn a moment a nrce odor of warm caramel frlled the stable and Tlstet Vedene appeared carryrng wrth cautron the bowr of wme a la francarse Then the martyrdom of the poor beast began The perfumed wme that she loved so well which kept her warm they had the cruelty to brrng to her there rn her manger to make her smell of rt a d when her nose was frlled wrth the delrcrous odor the wme drsappeared' The beautrful lrquor of rose flame color all went mto the throats of those gam ns But rf only they had stopped wrth stealrng the wrne' One pulled her ears another her tarl Qurquet clrmbed on her back Beruquet trred hrs barette on her head but not one of those devrls thought that the beast could wrth one ,ood klck send them all to the polar star Bu no she dnl not get angry at the chrldren rn sprte of all that they had done rt was only lrstet Vedene that she held a grudge agarnst For example rt was only wher he percerved that one standing behrnd her that her shoe rtched and truly she had a good reason Thrs rascal of a Trstet played such wrcked trrcks on her Then one day didnt he have the rdea of makrng her clrmb up the belfry or the srngrng school wrth hrm way up above on the trp of the palace? You may rmagrne the terror of that unfortunate mule when after havrng twrsted for an hour blrndfolded rn a wrndrng starrway and after clrmbrng I do not know how nang steps she found herself suddenly on a platform dazzlrng wrth lrght and a thousand feet below her all of a fantastrc Avrgnon the houses not larger than boxes Ah' Poor anrmal' Such panrc' All the wrndow panes of the palace trembled from the cry that she uttered . . 1 . 1 I v D ' . I ' I l I ' ' A ' I I - V - J Y 2 , v Z ' V . ' 1 1 . a, ' . 1 U- Y ' ' Y 1. Y . . M . -' . ,. A .r A , ' 9 , S ' , U ' . . 'es ' . ' ' , .4 and nephews of the cardinals were accepted-If that isn't a plot! But Tistet did , - . 1 ' ' ' I x -1 1 . r U A ' l A I. . ' 'T ' , ' . L , - - ' ms V -w ' I Y' - v - r I I I I

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TH HOIX INICIVI A star Sholle lll the sllxeled skx -Xnd shed Qoft ladlallce flonl on lllgll The shepherds Quaked at the xxondrous slght And Angels Xxlth sxxeet muslc fllled thc nlght The flocks Followed vxlth protestlng bleat As l0CkS Sharp plerced tllell llrl.Sl,Qlllll,Q' feet The Wlse Men Gulded by the Sllllllllg stal Tllell vxay Traxersed thex, tlom afal The xlllage Illumlned Bx the brlght star s lays They knelt Alld bowed thell heads IU xx orshlp there To Hlm, Thc Saxloul, born IH Bethlehem NH INIAC INATION -XLIOSS the hlghest I1lOLllItdlll -XLIOSS the xxlndsxxept sea -Xnx xxnele and ex elxxx hele Nix fancx CAIIIQQ me across the xx 1d9St deserts On xxlngs as soft as fleece -Ind Ill mx fal flung fancy Nlx yxandellngs nexel cease lm Sherlock Holmes, Im Scotland Yard, lm Pelshlng Grant or Lee Iln cllllthlllg Im ex QlWtll1ll2' That I exer hoped to be Woxx some bux passes, tlckets 'IHC such If thex Xxallt to roam, But Ill spend mx monex on othel tl'lIll2S TA 8 0,06 5 For flfteen leagues around my mlll when one speaks of levengeful man h says Dont trust that man He IS llke the popes mule that saved lts klCk fol SSVQTI y6aI'S I searched hard for a long tlme to flnd whence thls proverb could come what vxas the papal mule and the klCk he av d for seven years No one here could glve m any lnformatlon You wlll flfld It only ID the Locusts Llbrary an old flfe player told me laughlngly SIDCE the Locusts Ilblary IS at my door I went to shut myself up ln It f0l a week It IS a marvelous llblaly admlrably fltted out open to the poets day and nlght where the llttle llblarlans make muslc all the tlme I am golng to tly to tell the story to you as I read It yesterday mornlng ln a weather colored manuscllpl vxhlch was well scented wlth dry lavender In AV1gHOH at the tlme of the popes there were from morn to nlght DFOCSSSIODS pllgrlmages streets covered wlth flowers and tapestrrles arllyals of the cardlllals on the Rhone banners ln the vxlnd soldlers of the pope slnglng., Latln the l1ng.ln,, IC , ' ' I ' . ' . I I' H K-' - . K. --.Y A I , is Y- S v J l v J . . v - v - . nc l A ' I I . ,. 'W ' ' Y ' I 'l I Q . 7. v . I . X , A V v -.i v - V . I e 7 I 7 . K l v , ' 1 l ' . ' . ' - . Y ' ' v , , ' 1. l , . v ' . . y . . . Y -l - . ly I v W lv 'fa ' . 1. 1 . . 'V v v - Lay awe-hushed, its narrow ways And wander right at home. ' - . .'3 v ' 7 . v 7 1 - V' ' ' - x . -B. G. '36 6 Ll 6 G1 ' ' . 1 ' , - P

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What is the matter? What are they doing to her? cried the good pope, rushing out on his balcony. Tistet Vedene was already in the yard, pretending to cry and tear out his hair. Ah, Holy Father! That's the matter! It is your mule. Goodness, what shall we do? Your mule climbed up the belfry- All alone? Yes, Holy Father, all alone-Here, look up there. Do you see her ears sticking out? One would say they were two swallows. Mercy, said the poor pope, raising his eyes. She must have lost her head! She will be killed!-Do you want to come down, wretched thing? Pecaire, she would ask no more than that, only to come down, but how? The stairway? One must think not of it. That might be climbed but there would be a chance of break'ing her legs a hundred times in the descent. There the poor mule grieved thought wholly of Tistet Vedene. 'Ahl Bandit if I get out of this-what a kick tomorrow morning! This idea of a kick gave back a little strength to her heart without this she would not have been able to hold out. Finally they succeeded in taking her down from the height but this was a serious task indeed. It was necessary to bring htr down with the aid of a block and tackle and a litter. And you may imagine what humiliation for the popes mule to be seen hanging from this height her feet dangling in th air like a Junebug on a string And all Augnon was watching' The unfortunate beast dld not sleep that night because of 1t Then she thought of Tistet Vedene and of the pretty kick that she was going to give him the next morning But while this nice reception was being prepared for him in the stable uo you know what Tlstet Vedene was doing? He was going down the Rhine singing on a papal galere and was going to the court of Naples w1th the troup of young nobles that the city sent every year to be near the queen Jeanne to practice mce manners Tlstet was not a noble but the pope wanted to repay him lor the care he had just shown during the day of the rescue It was the mule that was disappointed the next day' Ah' Phe Bandit' He suspected something' she thought shaking her ribbons vith fury but Just the same you will fmd It when you return your kick I vs ill save it And she kept lt for him' Seven years passed then at the end of those seven years Tlstet Vedene returned f om the court of Naples He had learned that the first mustard maker of the pope had just had arrived When this trouble to Why Holy Vedene? Why yes ad died suddenly in Avignon and since the position seemed good he great haste to become a candidate plotter Vedene entered the room of the palace the Holy Fathel recognice him he had grown so Father do you not recognize me any longer? It is I Tlstet Vedene' the one who carried the wne a la francalse to your mule Ah yes yes I mememb r A good little fellow this Tistet Vedene And HOW what do you want of us? Oh a small thing Holy Father I came to ask you By the way do you have your mule? Is sh well? Ah' So good' I came to ask of you thc position of the first mustard maker who Just died First mustard maker you' But you are too yaung How old are you? Twenty two years and two months lllustrlous pope Just five years more than your mule Ah' Goodness the worthy beast' If you knew how I loved that anlmal Wont you let me see her? Yes my child you shall see her said the good pope excitedly And since xou love her so that good beast I do not want you to live longer far away mustard maker Come find us tomorrtw after vespers we will give you the insignia of your office in the presence of our chapter and then I will lead you to see tue mule and you will come to the vineyard with us both And now the next day when vespers were said Tistet Vedene made his entrance into the yard of the papal palace All the high clergy were there the cardinals in red robes the abbeys of the convent the monks in Judges robes all all up to the glvers of holy water and the one who lights candles and the one who extlnguishes them There was not one lacking Bells flrecrackers music and always the tambourine players who led the dance over there on the bridge of Avignon wand-4 Y . V . , 1 ' 1 . . Q . . . V. . ., , . . . ,. . . . y Q. . Y . . v . n r - ' n g ' - . . . , . V. gn . . . . . . - . . - , 5 . r . ' - ' in . ' . . 1 , 1 h' ' ' , . M ' 7 ' 7' l Y I ' ,, W Q . A . . , . - . , . ,, I. - F- Y still . e . . . . - Y ' U ' - .T I. YY , . . . ,, - . . . . I N 1 i A. f ' ' u ' . 11 - - 1 - , - , , - .i I 1 from her. From this day I attach you to my person in the position of first - , , . . , . . . y , A V U I Y I I , . .H . , , , ' -ee' ze,-, - 'hit..:m.1-5-11 mrs, . ' ' ' r , I .--1