Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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JUMORS A Little Girl ONCE upon a time there lived a little girl named Ruth. Ruth was very poor; her father had to work hard, and her mother did not have enough money to buy clothes. One night some- body knocked at the door, the mother came, and what do you think she saw? — A bag of gold! Come, come, father and Ruth. Ruth clapped her hands for joy. O mother, mother! cried Ruth, we are rich at last. The second night another bag of gold came, and the mother cried, Ruth, will you watch to-night and see who comes to this house? Yes, yes, mother, said Ruth. Ruth watched that night. A man came to the house. He did not see Ruth, but Ruth was watch ' ing all the time. The man put down the bag of gold and went away, and who do you think it was? Why, Santa Claus, after all! Joyce Birks, Form I. In the Evening Oh! it ' s good to have a home. And it ' s good to live right there, And to sit beside the fire In my old easy chair. And sometime J when I ' m lonesome. Then I turn the lights down low. And listen to the music Coming through the radio. Phoebe Anne Freeman, Form Upper II. I 28 ]

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maison pour eux. II visitait souvent li nuuson et racontait souwnt aux cntants Thistoire de sa vie et du portrait. Julian vecut longtemps et donna do la joic a tous les pauvres autour dc lui, qui Faimaient beaui..oup. Juanita Cronyn, Form Upper V. Scene d ' Omnibus L SCENE que je vous raconte se passait dans un omnibus a Paris. C ' etait un heau jour de ' printemps pas trop chaud, pas trop troid. Dans cet omnibus il y avait deux vieilles dames qui etaient assises Tune a cote de I ' autre. Une voulait que la fenetre soit ouverte, Tautre voulait qu ' elle soit fermee. On appela le con- ducteur, et les deux dames commencerent a discuter. Le premiere dit: Si la fenetre est termee je suis sure de mounr d ' une attaque d ' apoplexie . Et le seconde dit: Si la tenctre est ouverte je suis sure de mounr d un rhume . Le pauvre homme ne savait que taire. Un monsieur qui etait assis dans un coin de fomnibus et qui avait ecoute toute la conversation sans bouger se leva alors et vint trouver la conducteur et lui dit: Monsieur, ouvrez done la fenetre, cela fera mourir Tune, puis vous la fermerez et cela nous debarrassera de Tautre, et, de cette fagon, nous aurons la paix. a c -n t it- Mary OTRACHAN, Torm Lower V. La Belle Nivernaise UN MARINIER, Louveau, se promene un jour, dans une rue de Paris; il voit un enfant aban- donne et I ' emmene sur son bateau: La Belle Nivernaise . II a peur de la reception de sa femme, car ils sont pauvres et ont deja deux enfants; mais il promet de ne plus boire et peut garder Tenfant. Victor se fait aimer de toute la famille. Un ami de Louveau, Maugendre, qui vit seul dans la foret, ayant perdu sa femme et son tils, demande a emmener Victor, mais Louveau, quoique de plus en plus pauvre, refuse. Un jour le commissaire apprend a Louveau que Victor est le fils de Maugendre. Louveau, qui aime Tenfant, ne park de cette nouvelle a personne, mais il a des remords et va trouver un pretre, qui Toblige a tout avouer a Maugendre. Maugendre emmene son fils, et, ambitieux, le met dans un college. Victor s ennuie et tombe malade. C ' est a son chevet que Maugendre et Louveau, qui a du vendre son bateau, se rencontrent. Maugendre est riche, il achete un bateau neuf pour Louveau. Tout le monde est tres content. Apres la benediction de ' La Nouvelle Nivernaise , on pense au mariage de Victor et, de la tille de Louveau, Clara, qui s ' aiment depuis longtemps. Marjorie Tooke, Form Lower VL

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The Anti-Aircratt Gun TT WAS the Spring of iqi8, cool and sunny. In the distance could be heard the dull booming ot the guns, but otherwise all was quiet and peaceful. Suddenly the drone of an airplane broke the stillness, beconiing louder and louder. Flying at about seven hundred teet, a Sopwith ' ' camel came into view. It landed on lUh Squadron ' s tarmac and Peter Drew leapt out. He made his report to his commanding officer, and then made his way to his quarters. Just taking a bite to eat and a cup of hot cotfee, he threw himself down cn hi,- bunk after taking off his helmet and goggles. He had only been asleep for about twenty minutes when his mechanic rushed in, rousing him. He told Peter that the captain wanted him. Peter got up, found Captain Gefferson and s aluted. Drew, you are to go up for observation work at once, said Captain Gefferson. Take the camel ' and try and find the position of the enemy anti-aircraft gun somewhere near Remington Woods. Yes, sir, answered Peter, saluting again, and ran off. Five minutes later a biplane rose gracefully into the air. In it was seated, grim-mouthed and tense, Peter Drew. He mounted higher and higher towards the ceiling ot clouds. When he was a thousand feet up he turned the nose of his plane west towards Remington. At last he reached his destination and flying lower, until he was five hundred feet from the ground, he took out his glasses and scanned the surrounding country. Suddenly he caught a glimmer of something to his left. Banking, he flew towards it, descending until he was only three hundred feet above the woods and that gleaming object. Looking more closely he saw that he had found what he had been seeking. Taking out his especially fitted camera he snapped several pictvires of it. Then banking again he rose steadily upwards. All at once the instrument board in front of him was shattered. Glancing up and behind he saw an enemy machine, clinging to the tail of the camel and trying for a fatal shot with his machine-gun. Peter tried banking and twisting, and at last his opponent was off his tail. Looping, Drew found himself above the tail of his enemy; looking through the sights of his gun he saw the black cross on the plane. He pressed the trigger, but the German had made a wonderful Immelman turn, and so eluded Peter. Suddenly he realized he was heading into enemy territory; so, banking, he was at last headed towards home as he knew he must get those vitally important pictures back to the ' drome. Peter must act quickly for at that moment he realized that his enemy was on his tail again. Pretending he had been hit he let the plane go into a falling leaf, the wind screaming through the stunts and ailerons he watched the earth rushing up to meet him. When just over two hundred feet he flattened out and zoomed upwards, but the German had not been tricked into following him down, and was now giving chase and firing incessantly at Peter. Peter suddenly heard his engine splutter and stop; he kicked hard at the rudder bar and pulled at the joy-stick, but all to no avail; the engine had been hit. So, unstrapping himself, testing the straps of his parachute, he climbed out onto his wing. Walking along to the end he jumped and counted ten, and pulled the ring, his heart in his mouth the while. Hurtling through space he wondered w hether the ' chute would open. After a seemingly long time the tiny pilot ' chute came out, pulling after it the large one. Five minutes later he had landed safely. Crawling on all fours, standing upright and making a dash for cover or lying prone in the mud or tall grass, he progressed. After lying for about thirty seconds, while a German passed by, he saw before him an airdrome. It was night-time so he had not very much difficulty crawling closer. He saw an airplane with its engine running and only one mechanic beside it. He therefore leapt up, taking the mechanic unawares he knocked him down and leapt into the pilot ' s seat of the plane. Taxiing along the ground, not taking any notice of the shouting men, the plane rose into the air and headed towards home and safety. Half-an-hour later, over the airdrome of 1 3th Squadron, an enemy plane circled. Although it was night-time everyone saw it, as a Very light had soared skywards from the airplane: the signal that the occupant needed the landing lights. The anti-aircraft gunners manned their guns, ready if the German machine tried to do any harm. To the surprise of everyone the plane made a beautiful landing on the field. A figure leapt out and came running towards them. A burst of cheering came from the throats of the forty men gathered around as they recognized Peter Drew and knew by the joy expressed on his face that he had succeeded! t t- tt tt Jane Seely, Form Upper 11. 1 29 ]