Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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Prophecy of the Class of 1912 0 the casual observer it must seem pathetic, exasperating and embarras- sing that I, a humble and a peaceful citizen, should insolently vaunt myself the most sensible person along the entire course of the river Charles, and immediately thereafter i aver my immaculate modesty. Nevertheless, these are factsg and I facts have proof. Un the thirteenth instant of this preceding month, the mighty Charles turn- ed over in his bed. All Vlfaltham was shaken by the shock. But, I hum- bly assert and do sol- emnly attest that I, and I only, was sensible to the shock, and that I only was consciously shocked, although it is asserted that at some time between the hours of twelve and one that night, as the water began to flow up instead of down the dam, the machinery of the Boston Manufacturing Company, which by the way is run by wateri- power, did for a while go backwards, and instead of turning out the usual woolen stuffs, turned out instead lambs, with the first letter slightly modified. It is also said that at about this time the Compasses of the good ship Hercules did for a while point every which way, but this I ascribe more to the violent somnambulistic delusions which Captain Cobb was about this time under- going than to the disturbance of the water. He was stealing bases in the Newton game. But how, why, or wherefore I sho-uld be abroad at this ghastly hour is not for the vulgar ken and inquiring looks of men. Sufhce to say, here I was, with the stiff, bending rows of artificial lights receding into the distance and the prancing ripples playfully reliecting the cream-like effusion of my stern light. Irresistibly I dangled my hand in the mellow waters. The boat waved gently up and do-wn, for that ever efficient and sufficient body, known as the Illetropolitan Park Commission, were in- dustriously engaged in dredging a grape-arbor in the cemetery. I glid- ed softly on. Then- horrible d i c t u - th e above mentioned shock occurred, and a most horrible prodigy pre- sented itself to my eyes. As sometimes a muddy stream cleaves the bank of a snow-white course and pollutes this stream with its sluggish waters, my hand destroyed the sparkling purity of our delightful Charles. At this ominous sight a terrible faintness overcame me while the all-sympa- thetic eyes of heaven twinkled in silent mirth at my most child-like horror. Then my hand and eyes were overcome by an indescribable itching and smarting and I was compelled to rub them. No sooner had my dripping hand lent its moisture to my burning eye-balls than a blinding flash al- most destroyed my vision. Even now when I stare at the starry heavens, a bright glare stretches across the sky, and it still strange- ly affects my eyes to stare at the sun. Then gradually the glaring blindness was swept away from my eyes and the bright light seemed to melt into the form of a