University of Michigan Law School - Quad Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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1 4 I I 1 l f V 1 I 1 , , , I a 1 v Q ! E l I I ! l I e A ,l 'I ,tl lv I V. in 1 X i. Y l ,, 351: l, iz it g,.. :Wg My lil I 1 - Q l'r 1, CC 'f ld 'li , I I be llast waltz HE ball was slowly dying, But yet we two delayed To watch the day! break slowly, While the dreamy music played The last, sad waltz. The last'7', ,I heard her whisper, And caught her tender glance, And, sighing, 'fYes , I answered,- The' last we'll ever dance, This slow, sad waltz . I wished that with her dancing I could glidewon for aye, Nor hear the music dying, Nor hear her sighing say, ff The last, last waltz . I would my arm could always About her waist remain, Buthno, we stop forever,f We'll never dance again A sad, sad waltz. I imagine that you wonder Iust why we stop so soon, Or why our dancing's overg But she's to be married in June,- No more slow waltz. A, M. S

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BRADLEY M. THOMPSON

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mv Zlient, mr. Bartbwav HY XVADE NVARREN 'Ql.'I-IAYER I-IE FIRE was burning low in the grate and objects in the room were becoming more and ll ll l Will 3 l more indistinct, as the glowing coals slowly lost MM 5 S their brilliant color and began to glaze over lm il i HH with a thin gray ash. One single piece of coal I ll l' remained unconsumed. It was a sturdy little thing, deprived of the support of its comrades long passed away in smoke, it had leaned up against the front bars of the grate and was now bravely burning and snapping, sending out merry little jets of flame which cast weird, transient shadows about the room. I had been restless and uneasy that night, and after an ineffectual attempt to go to sleep, I had risen and, throwing a dressing gown over my pyjamas, had gone down stairs to sit by the fire and smoke- a pipe. My thoughts were far from cheerful as I sat gazing fixedly at the glowing embers. Some people might have wondered what it was that made me so discontented and moody. I was rich, very rich in fact, was happily married and settled in one of the pleasantest of our large cities. But among my roses there was one thorn which was a source of great chagrin to me. I was a lawyer by profession, but in spite of my enthusiastic devotion to my work, I had not been a success. To be sure, I had picked up numerous little odd jobs and small affairs which influential friends turned 'over to me, but I was ambitious and yearned for higher things,-for a real case in which I might have a chance to show my abilities,-for up to this time, during the two or three years of my practice, I had never had a real case. I was loath to believe that it was lackhof ability or energy on my own part, for I had been devoted to my profession, and in the few little cases in which I had been employed by my i 1 I fl ,,,,,.iJ