Riverbend School for Girls - Vox Fluminis Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Page Twenty-Eve VOX FLUMINIS The children, hence, were slightly wild And quite different from their parents mild. One day there came a mighty Hood, Which covered all with a coat of mud, The mud was brown and dark to see And stretched over all from tree to tree. Alack and alas for my children three! For they were all that was dear to me ! Cried the mouse, when his children failed to appear. And nothing was heard of them for many a year. It seems the three had left one day With a farmer and his load of hay. As those that were lost were his favorite sons, He could not bear the other ones. So one by one they disappeared. And when of children the house was cleared, He killed his wife and burned his house- And up to date that's all of the mouse! 1 -Betty Neal, Grade X. TIMMY Timmy was a mouse. A common ordinary, buff-colored mouse. He was a clever mouse, though, for hadn't he missed the Jones trap when all his sisters and brothers and even his mother and father had been caught? Yes, he was clever! One day Cwhich is our nightj he decided to go to the Jones larder and seek for some cheese. It was early, about nine-thirty, but rather dark. Surely that old cat, Mary, had gone to sleep. He sneaked out of his hole and looked around for Mary, just to be sure, he said, then dashed for the radiator. It was such an exciting trip to the larder! He scuttled across from the radiator to the big dishpan. He could hide conveniently behind that for a moment to make sure all was clear for his next mad dash. Ha! here comes Mary! I've sighted her first. Again the dash back to the radiator. Will she never go? Oh! she's settling down for a sleepg her tail's not twitching now-do I dare ? He dashed for the pan rack. Bang! Crash! Mary's awake! There are those horrible Jones! Aha! Mary was blamed for the pans falling and they've put her outsidef, They didn't suspect the tiny mouse. Now my journey will be easier. Back to the pan, across the Hoor, and into that open crack! Aha! here's a trap! I'll just take the cheese and then sneak off ! Clang! Ho! Ho! I've cheated them that time and had a feast as well! Now I'll go home. Oh! What's that large creature? Will he hurt me? Can I go back? Is it safe ?-He's going-no-yes-he's gonef,

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VOX FLUMINIS Page Twenty-four T ACT 11. Tinie-One day later. Chapel of Cambus-Kenneth. fEntei' the venerable Abbot of lnchajfray, the Bishop of Dnnkeld, and others carrying the bier of W allacej fEnter Helen, very frail, and assisted by Isa-bella.Q . Isabella: Have courage, dear sister. Helen Cln a whispered voicej : I fear nought. My spirit will soon be with my dear Wallace. The Bishop Caside to the Abbotj : 'Tis a strange ceremony, my friend, that we must enact. Have you endeavoured to dissuade the Lady Helen ? The Abbot: Nay, brother, for while she may seem distraught to you, she has a very clear and fixed conviction that the Bruce and her sister Isabella must be married over the bier of the noble Wallace, and methinks it ill to cross Heaven's purpose. A The Bishop Churriedly crossing himselfj : Amen, Amen. CEnters Bruce in his kingly robes, of sad but stately inien. Steps forward, takes Helen's hand, kneels and kisses it.j Bruce: Fair Helen, would that Wallace were here this day to see the consummation of his efforts. Helen: Brave and noble Bruce, he doth see them. fThe wedding ceremony begins and ends.j Helen Cholding her trembling hands over the royal pairj: Be you blest in all things as Wlallace would have blest you l QBrnce and Isabella are visibly ninch affeetedj The Abbot: Claying his hand upon the iron box at the foot of Wallace's bierj : Before the sacred remains of the once champion of Scotland, and in the presence oi his royal successor, let this mysterious coffer of St. Fillian's be opened, to reward the deliverer of Scotland according to its intent. fBrnee unclasps the lork and discovers the regalia of Seotlandj Bruce C greatly agitatedj : Thus did this truest of human beings pro- tect my rights even while the people whom he had saved, knelt to him to wear them all. The Bishop of Dnnkeld C taking the diadem from its coffer and setting it upon Bruce's heady : And thus Wlallace crowns thee I -Mary Rait, Grade IX. T0 A MOUSE There was a mouse lived on a hill, And no one knows if he lives there still. He had a family of large and small Some could walk and some but crawl. His wife, a large and portly mouse, Could do nought else but keep the house.

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VOX F L U M I N I S Page Twenty-six . ...... ........ ........ ........ ........... .. ....... .- ..... ...................... .... ........ ............. .............................................---....................-..---uf ......................................-................................ .... ......... ....... ................-.. .... ...............................................-........U...--..-n Across to the pan he dashed and just as he got there he heard Mary pad-padding along behind him. This was no time to stopg his only chance was to run for his hole-run-run, as never before. Faster and faster he ran! ' Ah! safe! I fooled you that time, Mary! But I do wish I knew what that large creature was, and whether or not to be afraid of him. I may find out later. My! but it's good to be alivef' -Helen Leonard, Grade X. l1L T0 A STAR O star, You shine so bright, So long All through the night So high, So far away- So small A twinkling ray. So soon With paling hue You fade At morning Into the blue. And then When nightfall comes Your light To earth you send. -Hope Rutherford, Grade VIII. REX AND 'HIS MASTER ' Rex is a big police dog. He lived up north with his master, where they used to go exploring together, across lakes, tramping through forests and over prairies. It is very cold there in the winter but Rex and his master didn't mind, they liked it. The two lived alone together in a little hut, where they would start from early in the morning and go back at night when it was dark. Rex's master worked for a company in Winnipeg exploring lakes, and rivers. At this time he was looking for a good spot for a town, where there was a river near for navigation. It was getting towards spring and the ice on the rivers was beginning to break. The two set out early one morningg Rex frolicking around his master looking quite pleased. Rex knew that he had found the spot for the town. They were nearly there when they came to a river which they had forgot- ten was open. They walked along the bank for a while when they saw a spot which was still ice. Rex went across first reaching safetyg then his master started. When nearly across, the ice cracked and he went under.