St Joseph High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Escanaba, MI)

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i7?f.'he3jDur.pIt aah Qin? e- .-- .... t POP'S RAINY DAY STORY It was one ot' those dismal, rainy Saturdays. All morning long Maw had been at her wit's end trying to amuse her seven darlings and at the same time do her housework. True, her seven were little clears, but wl1at a trial on rainy days! At Mawls repeated eommand. Frank Jr. had practiced his daneing lesson until l1e 'had declared that he had daneing eranip in his legs. Peter had practiced his piano lesson in sueh a manner that tour of the neighbors sent in a eomplaint, and six ot' the keys would no longer play. Dave had broken two of his violin strings in his repeated etforts to play Turkey in the Strawn in a new way. 'l'he breaking ot' the strings put an end to the new way and the old sereeehing. What the other tour children had done in the eourse of the morning would have driven an ordinary person to distraction. But Maw was no ordinary person and she knew her darlings. 'l'hey were so high strung aml temperamentall When Pop Came home to dinner. wet to the skin and grumbling about umbrellas full ot' holes, Maw announeed her intention ot visiting her triend, Mrs. N. Bink, Jr., regardless ol' the weather. She had had enough ot amusing those ehildren for one morning. Pop assented with a grunt. lt was his afternoon otf at the otliee anyway. ae vs s vs as lt was two o'eloek. Maw had departed. Peace and quiet. reigned in the lirotherton home. l'op had his nose buried in a gorv lnystery story and the kids were looking at magazines. and-tor a wonder--really quiet. Pop, glancing up from Uris book, inwardly eengratulated himself on the faet that he knew how to take c-are and amuse his boys. Ile turned his eyes again to his book with a sigh ot' eontent. but his eontentment was short-lived. Aw, heek,', eame from l 'rank Jr., as with a grunt ot' disgust he threw his magazine on the tloor with a bang. 'l'heze ain't nothin' to do on a rainy day. l wish somepin 'nd happen, he ended with a growl. lle turned to Peter, who was lying peaeetully on the floor, turning the pages ot' an aneient magazine. l'eter's shins ottered an amazing opportunity and Frank .lr. believed in not letting opportunity kneek twiee. He gave l'eter a kiek in the shins that elieited a howl from that individual. 'l'hen the tight was on. with the other five watehing and yelling. l'op had eome to the most interesting part ot his story. 'l'hings were beginning to happen. He was oblivious to everything around him. A Just then a magazine Hung by Peter at Frank hit Pop smaek on the head with a resounding eraek. This awakened not onlv l'op but likewise his wrath. Say, you hoodlums. whateha doing anyway? .-X father ean't even have a little peaee in his own home any more! Here, you young bantams. eut that out. he bellowed, as he tore the two apart. l don't eare. l wanted somepin to happen. howled Frank .l r. lt you kids don't stop bawling and fighting. l'll just dust your trousers good and proper. promised Pop in a threatening tone. 'l'hese words had the desired etteet. 'l'he erying eeased. Aw, gee. Pop, you never amuse us. Maw told us stories this morning and played with us. All you do is read. We wanna do somepinf' whined Frank Jr. Whaddaya think l am. a eireus ? eanie from Pop. 't.Xren't you kids old enough to alnuse yourselves ? 4'Well. gee. you eould tell us a storv. pleaded Frank Jr. teartully. Oh, yes. retorted Pop sareastieztlly. 4'You saw what happened to me last time l told vou a storvf,

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se oo RQ 'W abehejlbutzplt anhlainlfl UAW, Pop, ehorused seven voices pitehed in seven different keys, 'tplease tell us a story !', Pop groaned, Whatever did I do to deserve this ?', At this juneture, Peter stopped his well-timed snitiles to give voiee to a bright idea. Say, Ilop,', he began eagerly, 'fwhy don't you show us the pietures of the kids you used to go to sehool with, and tell us all about 'em? You know, Pop, they're in that book-that annual you keep on that high shelf in your loom, huh Pop? A gleam ot' interest shot into Pop,s eyes. Well, now, that's a peaeli ot an idea, son. Who would have thought of it but a smart boy like you? Now Peter, just you go upstairs and put a eliair under the shelf so's vou ean reaeli the book and bring it down. But mind, be eareful liow you handle it.!', As Peter ran upstairs, all signs of the previous diseontent vanished like magie. l'op's eyes held a musing, tender expression as he peered again into bygone years. Presently Peter eame running down the stairs with the annual elutehed tightly in his arms. He landed in the room with a hop and a jump, let the book drop on the floor with a bang and flopped himself on the floor beside it. Well, say, began Pop. Is that the way I told you to treat that book? Bring it to me, he commanded. Aw, eome on, Pop, and sit on the floor where 'we ean all see it, begged Frank Jr. and the rest added their pleadings. Me sit o11 the Hoof? said Pop. Wha.ddaya think I am? Why I'd have rlieumatism for a month it I did. But seven pairs of hands were already tugging at his arms and trouser legs. and in another moment he landed on the floor with a bang. IIe sighed with the resignatiou of a martyr as the seven crowded about him. As he began tenderly turning the leaves ot' the worn tingermarked annual, his mind turned baekward to those happy days. It did not require mueh ettort to reeall what had happened to his former elassmates beeause he had kept in toueh with them more or less. l'op's toueli was loving as he eaine to the first page of Senior's pietures. Well now, he began, this tirst one is Ilene Iioeiner. He was a wow when he was in school, lemme tell you. A great kid, too. IIe's the one I was reading about in the paper the other night to your Maw. IIe's running for Senator this year, and he'll make it, too. 4'Wlio's the next one, PopI broke in Jaek. 'I his one?,' asked Pop. 'Why, that's Xia-k Rink. You all know what happened to him beeause he's living right next door to us. happy with two pairs ol' twins. 'tls that how he looked when he was a boy ?,' asked Frank Jr., interestedlv. C'Why, say, Pop, he eontinued, 'gtlie two oldest twins look just like him when he was young. You know what, Pop, I Iieked one of them oldest twins yesterday, I don't know whieli one, but 'ust after I gave l'im a blaek eve he velled for his . P . . dad and his dad eame and ehased ine. I made a faee at him and he yelled that I looked just like you. D Well, eame lielligerently from Pop. wait till I see him. t'Aw, eome on, Pop, who's this one? interrupted Peter, with an impatient pull at Popts sleeve. g Y Pop ealmed down. 'Now this girl is ltfditli Gauthier. Slie's a tainous hair- dresser in New York. Hot a shop of her own-and everj.'tliing'. All kinds ol'