Walker High School - Pepper Pot Yearbook (Simsbury, CT)

Page 99 text:

One day IasT monTh aTTer we had been TogeTher aImasT a year he sand he wanTed To go up To Sacre Coeur nn IvIonTmarTre I agreed as I had only been There once or Twnce and never around The TournsT season We Took The IvIeTro and goT oTT aT The TooT oT The large hnll crowned by The ornenTaI church oT Sacre Coeur We could as you know walk dnrecTIy up The mann sTanrway or go up one oT The many snde sTreeTs whnch end up nn The Place du TerTre The cenTer oT The TournsT aTTracTnon PIoTknn always sand he preTerred To Tace hns problems squarely so we seT TorTh on The long sTruggIe wnTh buT one resT nn The mnddle ATTer much complannnng abouT escaIaTors and how badly The French wenT abouT Thnngs we sTopped and Turned around To gaze aT Parns my cnTy ThaT I had never really apprecnaTed unTnl I saw nT Through hns eyes There nT was beTore and beneaTh us aT TwnlnghT when The InghTs oT The cnTy were nusT comnng on NoTre Dame ahead The beacon oT The EnTTeI Tower and even The sma bunldnngs hardly vnsnble n ThaT InghT added To The over all pncTure oT Iovelnness Then as we Turned There sTood Sacre Coeur large and whnTe beTore our eyes squaT yeT Tall Inke an Indnan mosque nTs dome round and pure sendnng omens nnTo The dark sky abouT nT We walked around The church passnng a blnnd vnolnnnsT a TwenTy Tranc look aT The moon endnng up aT a resTauranT called Mere CaTharnne Yes I know nT well puT nn her Trrend PIoTknn ordered a dubonneT I-le always used To have cokes buT he began To Teel Too Amerncan and Thus he was nnnTnaTed nnTo a French drnnk whnch he sand TasTed aT TnrsT Inke The cough medncnne hns moTher used To gnve hnm Then he began To reveal whaT nT was ThaT he had broughT me up To Tell I remember hns words well because I nearly crned aT Thenr sngnnTncance I-le sand he had ThoughT oT an ndea Tor a wrnTe abouT someThnng he knew an Amerncan nndocTrnnaTed nnTo French ways aTTer a year oT Invnng nn Parns I ascerTanned ThaT he would be The mann characTer and ThaT I was To be nn nT Too ATTer Tellnng me Thns he looked aT me as nT I should be happy aT The news I wasnT pleased aT all aT whaT he sand because I ThoughT ThaT Thns dd noT come Trom hns hearT ThaT he had nusT Trned To Thnnk oT an ndea ThaT would please people and ThaT could be publnshed aTTer so many Tanlures All oT a sudden a loud nonse was heard and down The sTreeT came a group oT sTudenTs havnng some sorT oT rnoT Some were Iaughnng nn Tun and some as a resuIT oT sTrenuous elbow bendnng They appeared To be French buT I deTecTed a snngular Tone nn Thenr accenTs whnch Though noT Too noTnceable led me To belneve ThaT They were Amerncans I-le remarked how French sTudenTs were geTTnng more rambuncTnous every day and I replned ThaT They were Amerncans I-Ie denned nT and called one oT Them over nn hns TrnghTTul accenT whnch could never be mnsTaken Tor French D ou allez vous7 he asked a Tanrly sober member oT The group Illnnons he blandly replned and wenT abouT hns merry maknng PIoTknn saT There Tor several mnnuTes a blnnd expressnorn on hns Tace sTarnng nnTo Thnn anr Thnnknng abouT whaT I dndnT know Then all oT a sudden he Turned To me wn+h convncTnon nn hns Tace The TnrsT Tnme I had really seen Thns and sand Im sorry I was wrong They were Amerncans and so am I as you are French I musT noT pre Tend To be whaT I m noT I m noT French and I m noT a wrnTer and Ive never realnzed T beTore You re The only person ThaT has ever undersTood me and TaughT me ThaT I was reachnng nn The wrong dnrecTnon I would noT be Tellnng you everyThnng nT I dnd noT say I was deeply moved I-Iere 95 . . . I I I 1 novel, one which would really be apprecIaTed now, because aT IasT he InTended To . i . I . . . . I . '

Page 98 text:

n Ty even more nus ge T er ou gnng eyes d aly a e mouTh whrch seems To gwe hrm selT conhdence when he needs IT Added To Thus he always seems To have an unkempT look abouT hum wearung colors whuch lusT barely avond swearung aT each oTher BUT you asked me whaT kund oT man he as ThaT IS very hard To answer In acT Im noT sure I know To Thrs day I suppose he coul b descrubed as a man wITh an deal ThaT he lusT seT Too hlgh Tor hImselT To reach From whaT I can see hs I eals have hardly changed Trom The day he goT ouT oT college I Thank ThaT IT was Harvard ThaT made hum decade To be 1 wrrTer He Tauled aT everyThIng else and wrITIng wa someThIng he could Turn To as an escape He could reveal has Ideas wIThouT The use oT a reTerence book or wIThouT men Iaughung aT has vlews To has Tace He Trred To wrITe a novel his sophomore year aT Harv rd abouT a gIrl he was InTaTuaTed wTh Hrs marks became so low ThaT hu TaTher Tlew easT Trom ST Lous To see whaT The Trouble was He ended up by payung The grrl To leave Cambrldge and To plea e hls son he Trned To have The novel publnshed Mr PIoTkIn even oTTered To pay The publlshrng company buT The publusher was a good Trlend and wouldnT permIT such a TransacTIon To Take place And whaT dud he do nexT7 Inguured her Trrend now absorbed In The Tale benng relaTed To her Then he resolved To seTTle dawn He decuded To malor In husTory a sublecT he had adored Trom boyhood because he adored The Tudy oT people and whaT They would do under gIven cIrcumsTances and how pasT evenTs were so closely reIaTed To presenT occurrences Then Teelung agaun The TerrlTIc urge To wrITe he Trned an hIsTorIcaI novel porTrayIng one oT The men In Napoleon s army In EgypT PIoTkIn TeIT ThaT aTTer sTudyIng h1sTory aT Harvard Two years he was a capable as The nexT oT wrITIng a successTul novel on The subIecT The Tunushed producT sounded Ixke a TwenTy Tuve cenT pockeT edITIon wITh The name Napoleon To recommend IT InsTead oT The promrscuously drawn cover gurl whach usually appeals To The publnc eye He even frankly sand To me ThaT IT maybe he had rewruTTen IT aTTer seeing The world a bIT IT mIghT have been more uccessTul Eh blen hrs Ta her adored The boy and gol a 'ob Tor hum IH Chucago aT a Publ c Hugh School Teachlng hIsTory To The sevenTh grade Poor grades aT Harvard pre venTed hum Trom dolng any beTTer Than ThaT AT IasT he ThoughT hed seTTle down and he did Tor abouT seven years never going ouT much mosTIy readung anyThIng he could geT hrs hands on However aT ThrrTy seven IasT year he decnded ThaT now havrng really plenfy oT money he would come To Europe a hope oT long ago when he learned abouT Charlemagne and Charles MarTeI IH HIsTory class Across The ocean perhaps would be dITTerenT A new people perhaps a new begunnung ThaTs how I meT hum He came dIrecTIy To Paras aTTer land ng aT Le Havre H s second day I rneT hum In ST Germaun aT a Table where he saT all alone He looked o luke a small Teddy bear sITTIng among The usual Terocuous Inons ThaT TreguenT The caTes ThaT I was zmmedIaTeIy d awn To hm and The TrsT hour we Talked I TeIT I knew hum beTTer Than I have ever known myseIT I began To have rendezvous wITh hum oTTen ano would sIT There TascInaTed Though sorry Tor hum In a way I began To pray ThaT he would aT IeasT wrITe a successTuI sTory 94 mag If W, lar , ra h I I I , an usu I pip In his ' '. I :I T I .N Q d 3 . . I ' ' I . I Id ,, . . K . . C . . . . . . . . . 5 ' ' I , ', 's . I I. ' ' , s s . ,. 4 . V . y . . . . Q I 1 I - y I T I , . T' I I , A I I . I I ' r I , I , , . . . .

Page 100 text:

was a man I luad known buf a year wluo really faugluf me a lof abouf lufe He faugluf me fo apprecuafe my surroundings and my friends and lue made me feel fluaf I was umporfanf un lufe Buf mosf of all I was grafeful fluaf af lasf lue luad found luumself fluaf af lasf lue would go back on a 'ob and work over uf He sand lue wanfed me fo go fo Cluucago and be flue wufe of a feacluer and I accepfed Down flue sfreef walked a rafluer add lookung man of fluurfy seven wuflu an Amerucan crew cuf and specfacles specfacles wluuclu luowever dudnf conceal a cerfaun serenufy He sfopped af flue small cafe greefed Mme Gerson warmly Tlue woman seafed across from luer sfared af luum curnously as uf slue knew luum from long ago and could nof recall luus name Plofkun lrffed flue suufcases and flue fwo walked down flue sfreef leavung flue lusfener suffung un a daze Tluey furned flue corner and wenf down flue sfalrs unfo flue lvlefro and as flue woman saf fluere dumbfounded slue couldnf luelp buf gaze back af flue closed sluuffers of flue aparfmenf and wonder uf fluey would open agaun un far off Ameruca HELEN Hfxavsy RESIGNA-I-IQIXI W? HE lnffle gurl saf un fronf of flue wundow From flue back slue was quufe ordunary flue usual lnffle gurl of abouf eugluf or nune wuflu a sluock of curly brown luaur resfless body and sluorf sum mer punafore a wee bvf neafer fluan mosf per luaps From flue fronf slue was gunfe usual foo buf one fluung gave luer claum for nofuce greaf sluunung dark eyes luke old maluogany rlclu un depflus and warmflu luer dream and slue sluuf luer eyeluds leffung f soak unfo fuer relaxung fuer funy body Her luead dropped fo luer luand and slue nodded sleepuly yawnung luke a new born kuffen un flue genfle heal Before sfrefcluung ouf IU flue cluaur slue fluougluf guulfuly of flue luffle mouse luke woman workung un flue kufcluen lvlofluer fod you nof fo suf un fronf of flue wundow you know slue fold herself un mock severufy buf uf was foo muclu of an efforf fo move so slue lay fluere relaxed Suddenly slue gof up and ran fo flue door flurowung uf open and sfandung on flue fronf sfeps Ye flue world was as slue remembered uf Slue nodded af uf safusfued comforfed Blue green brown grey and yellow mungled flue same as ever and flue birds flue beaufuful burds nof only opened wude flueur pulsung fluroafs and sang uf seemed fo luer buf flaslued flurouglu flue aur luke colored arrows Confenf Marla skvpped down flue sfaurs luuffung eaclu safusfacforuly empluafucally and sfarfed down flue sfreef walkung luke flue queens from flue books read fo luer recenfly slowly dugnufued If was a dugnufy fluaf dud nof lasf long luowever and 96 As flue sun sluone on luer face, ifs warmflu made ln., , ' , ' I .