Wethersfield High School - Elm Yearbook (Wethersfield, CT)

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She wondered if Heaven were llke that The shadows deepened from rose to purple to black the stars peered out and Sally Ann alone and melancholy began her nightly vigll Over what was she watching? Over the dead past with its joys and over the future ID which she could see only pain and sorrow The present she did not thmk about it was sufficient in itself The interminable hours dragged dully by a slight breeze ruffled the leaves one by one the birds awakened and poured forth their loyous matins the scent of food was wafted out on the air the morning sounds mingled in a gentle harmonv and the sun rose The laborers came down the road whistling and singing They seemed to be very much excited about something chattering and gossipmg as they shuiiled along in the thick dust One word leaped out of their conver sation and struck Sally Ann like a tongue of flame burning its way into her memory It was a simple Word of one syllable but It was one which she had heard much m her younger days Merely the one word Barre For a moment her heart sang she forgot her mental shackles that one word rejuvenated her whole spirit Then the old pressing weight settled down once more and her eyes grew dull and lusterless An old whlte haired man stopped patted her gently mumbled a few kmd words and passed along down the road just a few words maybe six or seven but they warmed the heart of the love starved dog and bright ened her whole day The cause of all the excitement came down the road as he passed Sally Ann he glanced casually at her When he had passed a little beyond her he wheeled and walked back He stood looking at the old dog as though trying to recall something then he walked thoughtfully up the flag walk and knocked at the manse door Mrs Lancy answered his knock and for several moments they stood talking about the laborers and their only half interested in the subject under discussion and of having some thing on his mmd which he would rather talk about After a few mo ments he said I thmk I recognize the dog out front Is she yours? Do you know where she came from? Is her name Sally Ann? Yes that is her name but she doesn t belong to me She did belong to a man by the name of Dana who owned the next plantation He is dead now so she haunts this house She lsn t good for anything she is par alvzed You are welcome to her if that IS what you want I certainly do want her She IS a fine dog and I can remember what 1 fine pal she was to us when we were children Vlr Dana was my uncle I dont believe that she is really paralyzed It is probablx homesnckness that makes her behave that way Well do as you like with her If she stass around here we are going to put a bullet through her head She is an uncomfortable sort of creature to have around I wlll take her and I thank you for all your information about the laborers Good morning ' He picked his hat up from the ground where it had fallen durmg the conversatlon and walked slowly dow n to where Sally Ann lay a ghost of her former self 5 i s Q - 9 . i i 2 , 5 - 3 ' 3 3 5 V , . . - . , , ' 5 , - - ' s , . , . Q V l . v qualifications. The stranger seemed all the while to have an air of being . . . . V U - . ,, . . , . . , - V in .. - , - 7 Y ' . . , . 'i . 9 ' 5 - ' ' V as 1 Q! . V . I l 1 ' 7 s I I I ' . 1 . I . , . . . Y . V in , . .. - - . a ' I v if ' . Q. Y. . V . 4 x , 4 . , I V Y Y 1 , , 3

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TWILIGHT AND EVENIING BELI When day stlll llngers but some few stars begln falntly to plerce the Lenlth then It IS twlllght Then IS there .1 hushed sweet beauty dlpplng from the sky Then IS there peace ln the world The splrlt of the swlftlx approachlng nlght IS tantallzlng mvsterlous vxlth IIS drooplng darkness Thus at thls falr tlme of day a certaln xagraney of splrlt often compels us to go forth ln search of rest for weary mlnds The world before us sllps gently from one costume to another as faster and ever faster the sun gathers up IIS tralllng rlbbons of llght Then appears ln the vest the nevl moon as dalnty as 1 frost flake and far more lovelx IS she rldes the sea of nlght tovtlng a sllver star Softer deeper grow the shadows and as the llghts of heat en are llt one bv one so the llghts of earth shlne out The xery calm of the stars IS awe lnsplrlng The sky IS so vast so vast that for onee we reallze hovs puny IS Man howl small the earth As darkness hugs stlll more eloselv a melancholy feellng seems to overspread the world Perhaps If IS the anxletx for the sun s return Perhaps If IS the fear of the eves of the dark T e nlght has a thousand eves And the day but one But the llght of the whole world dles Wltll the settlnls, sun THE HEART 0F SAI LY ANN A long l1Ly june day had ended ln the bflgllt glow ot the sunset Sally Ann sat starlng across the blossomlng eotton flelds just as she had strange spell for three years The negroes sald that she vms ha nted bv exll splrlts and thev sent thelr Wltbh doetor to eure her but ln reallty the spell was homeslekness that elutehlng hand whlch eltehes those far from home A traln drew up nolslly before the rlekety log statlon A slngle per son deseended and the traln jarred on The stranger gaved about and 1fter standlng undeelded as to whlch dlrectlon to take he strode down the road away from the manse before whose gates 51C Sally Ann Sally Ann ralsed her ewes for .1 moment and 1 half lnterested eager look eame IDIO them then the blank xcarnlng wlstful LKPFCSSIOD agaln settled llke .1 Benda mask ox er her faee Every move she made and she mowed only to and from the house meant an hour or two of searchlng paln Sometlmes an CXPYCSSIOD llke that on the faee of 1 drownlng man eame lnto her eloquent eyes In those moments the polgnant agony was unendurable She longed for the aerld pungent perfume of the breakfast flres the spley green eoolness of the plne woods and most of all she longed to see once more the famlllar faces of her old frlends ln her natlxe Vermont She dreamed of her llfe when she had been small Agaln she romped ln the fragrant hay fields agaln she felt the cruel yet satlsfylng blte of the gale drlven bllzzard agaln she smelled the bltter odor of the fall leaf plles blazlng hlgh and she WlI'lCCd vxlth paln I a 4 V - ,y Y , , ' - . , 1 h ' Y Y I , .7 . . Y K . -I I ' . I v g , ' r v V ' H , a ' I 7 . '. . A D I ' rf lil ' 1 I V 7 . . ,, L Y 1 -O. '29, N J ' ,, K V - V V , s l ' , ' s Lf -1 I . . i y . been slttlng when the sun had rlsen. She had been under the power of Cl .' ' ' . ' . Ve. , '- nf U Q . 4 F- . U 1 - ' l , I if I Y i Q x V . i-.T . , E . I yn T 1. . S , . ' I . . ' 1 . y . . . . ' 1 ' 'fs . Q -' , ., ' l. , ,' I. ' X, ' sl VI 'Y is - A . - . i . . x Q Q . Y K i ' g my I V x ' K 1 T U - . , . . k , - Q -

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une once more but what a dnfferent une' Vermonts grxppmg rugged wmter had strengthened and hardened and beautlfled both the appearance and the soul of the dog who but a year ago had been ready to dxe Her greatest w1sh was to repay those who had done so much that she mxght enjoy herself She watched the baby Bab wlrh tireless eyes when ever that watch was gxven to her une a tnme of cool green grass and t1nklmg brooks of lazy after noons and restful mghts what marvellously glorxous weather to go plcmckmg The place chosen by the Danas was Ideal a thlck grove through whxch ran a sun spotted brook and 1n the center of whlch was a tmy mossy clearmg a gem of perfection as a pncmc spot In the mlddle of the mormng they started Along the way the youngsters chased brxght butterflles and lagged behmd to plck the meadow flowers The older folk sat down on the moss and pme needles and talked waltmg for the truants to arrlve Babble and Sally Ann alone were m1ss1ng at lunch txme A strange occurrence Belxevmg they had hldden to frlghten them as they searched the rescue party proceeded cautlously What a long way back they must have strayed We are nearly home Do you suppose they are at home eat1ng up the fresh cookxes ln the pantry7 Sh don t talk loud they may be behmd the next IFCC They were behmd the next tree the dog stlff and growmg cold the child white and sobbxng Bits of brnght orange toad stools lay near them and a long stem protruded from the dog s mouth The lnttle gxrl told her parents rather lncoherently that Sally Ann gabbed the pltty brella out my hand dus as my was dom to eat nt There IS a partncularly beautlful spot nn Vermont It ns a deep can yon along the sncles of which grow glgantlc fragrant pme trees The deep blue of the sky and the golden brown glmt of the sun 15 all that dlsturbs the depths of the rex erently murmuring stream ln the fall the glorxous scarlet of the graceful cardlnal flower transforms the brook into a sweep of blaze In the sprung blue flag blossoms reflect the heavenly blue On the bank of thls beautnful spot the Danas have built a small log house lt ns thexr summer home And there where the Water IS coolest the pme needles thxckest and most fragrant there hes Sally Ann fanthful unto death E11 abefb Elmer 29 PAI Q IN POVERTY Pals nn poverty me and Splke l,lWlI'! two llves ID one Workm and beggm and dom the 1 e And mmm a llttle fun Poverty? What s a thmg llke that When sunshme and lov are free? What s money to me lf I have Spike And Splke has a pal luke me? Allrr Iumlefn 31 . , . . J , J - , ' 1 v ' J y - 1 ' . . . x i . . - s v 1 ' - x - v u i Q! me Q . - as 3 3 ' bi 1 1 , . . . . U ' ' s - an , 7 . . . . k l ' K . . , K . , . ' s m , .N , . 1 4 , , , 66 93 Ak . , , . . V , . ' 1 ,- n - 1 - v K k . . , . , . . , . . - u - , . .