Spence School - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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HQNOR RBI I XII N I ION lhzs zs as strcmcle ll maze use er num trod She looked ahout her yerx puzzled and qulte frtghtened Th Irghts of the street and the hrrlhance of the sparkhng srgns startled her She Ind always heen used to darkness an qulet at mghr 1nd ln the great crty she e t yery onely She won ered why she had thought it lf 1 w r t 111 t e confusion o a ng crty SIL wou l ess lunely She had le t me u mess ol country rle 'en ha run away rem tue unnppmess tnt she h1 nown tm re She rememwered walklng along the country road a av from the ullage and occasrena y eemg se me lonely mea ows an hrms It had heen nxght an the r 1 was dark wrth ack an I rmless sn ows o tue tree Tre n y tgxt ua e n :mt vt tme moon and the stars amrml at mght Bet here rhe tra c was norsy an she was emg swept along rn 1 gay theatre crowd She quickly turned down a slde street and gazed fearfully at the dark shadows that lorm d such a ctntrast wrrh the hrrlhance of the avenue he had jut le t She saw a small cluld ahead of her, and when he came closer she reallzed that he had a very old face and pmful eyes I-Ie gave her a qu1ck glance and went on Wlmy drd xt seem to her that 1n that hr ef ID tant when he luoked at her xt was as rf he too were lookxng for somethmg as rf he too were lonely? The nrght see med darker and heavxer m the small crooked streets 1s she wmde red further and further 1w ay fre IU that hrst gay ayenue On the steps of a house an old m1n was smokmg a p pe not 1 mce old man wrth whxte harr, hut a dxsheyele one x ho looked at her hrtterlx She had eh feellng that he too had once wanted s methlng looked for somethrng hut had nexer found tt How strange and how 1nd1lIerent was thls great cxty and how confused she felt' It was teo late to go home she had left and couldnt go hack She wandered on lost rn the dark alleys hopmg for somethmg to happen, somethmg that would somehow grve her courage Then as she turned a corner she paused and looked up A small church was there, a church wxth a tall spxre that seemed to lean agaxnst the stars She walked lowly to the door and pulled 1t It remained shut and she turned away laughmg harshly and w1thout humor She had forgotten that the churches close at nrght She walked on tnto more shadows, lost tn the endles maze of streets OAN XVICKMAN IX E421 the ' sl e 'e c los ' lv A f l' I .l ' ' Id 'eel e - - . I rl dl' ' ,'lV,.d d . fz l- l. le. .dk ' le. - ' 1 l' ' '. ' B . 1' twj - . -, . to 113 sf' to f nd . d '. .. e 1 ' . d - o.d . V Isl. . d v -.-.ltd f I fs. l zu ljllbl l.dhfe l. en ll e .. a whxte shimmering light. and the only' sounds had lwen the- rustling and chirping of the 1 f .fh d h' ge L' 1 j -. u n e , A 1 ' ' s f ' s ff . ' ' 1. I 4 k , . .I V S V X'

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She stumbled over cases and finally over the pttcher, whrch rn a hurry she pclced up Then she cllmhed on the narrow wmdow s ll holdmg tt t1ght The hrlght stars wnnlced at her as t mvttrng her up there Then tg her joy she y as slowly htted up Cut ot the y md ny she flew and the gentle wrnds cur ed h r faxr leclcs The house stoa hecame a llttle speclc and the rxver near by was hlce a s1l er nhhon Wlaen she could see no more Alda closed her eyes Further up she went Suddenly she stopped and lay en a cloud and w1thout eyen opemng her eyes she felt herself IH heaven Before her was standmg a laeauttful angel But she had such a rad ance surrtundmg her that Alda wmlced her eyes Then the angel got up and smxled at her Alda was really thoroughly em arrassed XVhy dldnt they teach y u on earth how to greet heayenly hexngso Bu the angel loc lced so pleasant that she gradually felt more and more at home wlth her a me the angel started tn 1r eonversanon Ytu now sae ar thls mommg when I saw you throwing tae magnets up II1 the slcy I wante more than anything else to g t you to come here But I coul nt go own to earth th1s mornlng O1 I am s gla y u are here' Al a then sal I won er why you want to see human elngs Heayen must he so marvelous' There IS nothmg that I des1re more than to ylsrt lt' But Daphne shotlc and Iw1ll show you what you want sO dearly to see How heautrtul and pure CVE!'XIl1lI1g was' Alda stopped t contemplate a tmy angel sprmlcllng stardust over hrs wmgs She couldnt understand why Daphne desxred to go to earth Perhaps If was hecause she was seemg the same heayen all the t1me I guess we are both CUYIOUS and deslre to see chfferent thtngs once rn a wh1le she thought and as rl readmg her thoughts, Daphne agreed laughlngly hut also sald It msn t hecause If IS dull, thmlc of If IH all the Vears of eternxtv that Ive heen hung I haven t yet hmshed v1s1t1ng heaven and all the marvelous and heautlful thmgs tn rt It IS much larger than humans thmlc Amon the lanets, Alda reco n11ed Saturn wlth nts shlny rm around II Antther thm g P g g uzzled her On earth 1t1s said that lanets are hu e they do not a ear yery lar e to me P I3 g 1 PP g here We are st1ll at a great drstance from them, Daphne answered, and no matter hew close we ar If talces thousands of years to go near them and around hecause the hrmament 15 so enormously large Alda gasped at all the heauttful thmgs around her and especxally as she saw Mars the planet wlth a strange red llght around rt Do you want to see the Nltllcy Way? aslced Daphne The l1ttle glrl had often heard of that enchantmg lummous hand enc1rcl1ng the heavens She eagerly accepted On they went to those hrxlhant stars that Alda admlred But the way was long and her small legs grow trred Wlaen does the Mrlky Way end'7', she asked But rt neyer does It 15 long and heautxful and goes on rndelanltely answered Daphne Then she tool: Alda ln her arms and flew haclc to her cloud wavlng her large wings The sleepy llttle grrl smlled at the angel as she sa1d, I w1ll send the magnets 1n your hc use agam and then you w1ll he attracted to xt agam Daphne threw the magnets wrth exact prec1s1on Then she gave the pxtcher hack to Alda and fIew down w1th her for a httle way The angel waved stardust over the httle glrl, who soon fell asleep, and let her gently Hoat hack to earth The mght was hrlght and the stars wmlced at her glad of Alda s y1s1t to the heayens CLAUDE GOFFART X III E41 I h I . 7 I I -7 NI I I' -A . - V- 1 V , I. ' l e ' X f, s , : . 1 ' I , . 1 I X K I- I I . er, .T . . ' , ' g r ' . g . . I i ' 1 ' I I' . z 1 . I I L ' 'A I . D. pl -. . r . ' . ' Ie' ' H ' . 1 lc '. xl sr 'd, ' ,, 5. .-L 1. ,g Q , In ,L ,d , L Ky, 'V e V' f '. d I Cl ' . ' . . .o g 'o r ' ff' d ' ..'d. d 'I' V' '. . h ' 5 . . . -. '- , x 5 5 I I I x vr I I I7 x ' X her head, Heaven is wonderful, hut earth is so strange and curious . . . Come, take my' hand ' 1 V Q 1 - v h 77 ' ' . ' V -I 0 K s ' A, . . Y Q I h v . y . ! ,, y - - I - s - s , . K . V 1 . ,, .Q , X . . . . . , 7 7 ' ll ' , ' , ' ' E . . . . .K . ,, h II u I 4- ' I 5 - N. w Y vx V . , , .I K - L I I V va te - - va V ee X , V ,Y 1 e I I br' , , 1' I ', ,' ' fr ' 1 f. ' ' ' U . . ' . 1 4 1 X I I K ,- L . 1 v 4 Q! ' 3 4 Y v rr V Y -h ' - - .as Y ,, , . . V , . . 1 . ,, . . x X . vi 3 I I ,, Y. D I , . V7 I

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