Wheelock College - Wheel Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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-1. WHEELOCK p s 81 I 1 cett, yet as your Ward it will be Wright for one with such strength of sinew .as you, Canlet no harm come to me. CCI offer my love as my Bondf' he replied in true knightly fashion. The boat slipped off down the stream. After they had gone for a while our hero felt that he would be at a better advantage if they -were to land on an island near by. They found a charming spot under a weeping willow tree. Now came the chance. He knew his words well. How many times before the mirror he had rehearsed again and again. He Cald well it is, we alighted here my budding lily, for my heart Burns with eagerness to tell you a deep secret. It is for your hand in marriagethat I plead. Keep me waiting not for your answer, but if you love me truly, sing from your trilling throat. sweet notes, and I shall know that all-is well. Uur heroine shy as she was about water was ever so 'brave in love, and she sung clearly, c'Do Remy -but alas, she never got further for as she turned she saw an expression of agonized fear on the face of our hero. , - Myst.ified shejumped up quickly, but as she did so she caught her hair i'n a spider's Webb. As she attempted to disentangle herself she felt the hot Breath of a Wolfe on her face. She was paralyzed as he began to Crouch as if to Spring on our hero. A He, shaking with fright whispered, She is more tender, Ah, So Young and sweetf' I ' 'cSpeer 'em, Kellamf' shrieked our heroine, but all was lost on this most heroic masculine. He had dashed to the brink and had thrown himself in, there to let the Waterbury him forever-or at least until he could swim around the boat. - :xc as fx: 'flVIy dear, I thought -you never would come. I was getting so bored, sighed our heroine laughing. Qur hapless hero peered out of the water just in time to hear that beast say, HI waited for the psychological movement all right. Do you think he got on to the disguise?,'

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80 . WHEELOCK An Heroic Tale It was on a most delightful Summerls day in which all green things seemed glad to be alive for there was naught to Klarr their beauty, that our Noble hero sat impatiently trying to Reed on a park bench while awaiting the arrival of his lady love. Not that it was an extraordinary thing for him to do, indeed Daly for a fortnight both had left their Holmes at precisely the same hour each afternoon. Qur hero made a striking appearance even to an unprejudiced eye, but to his own he was superb. He was clothed in a Brown Taylor made suit, a perfect fit,-you never would have believed he used to be quite the most impossible of village Hicks until he entered Cornell, where he learned to di Spence with his Loud manners and acquired the habit of quoting poetry to his ladies fair. ' Presently our hero espied her coming towards him. She always has two large St. Bernard dogs on a leash. She called them .lack- son and Jill son and although our hero declined to dislike anything belonging to Her, l think he harbored a grudge against those canines, for do you know just as he would get on his knees begging the hand of his lady, the beasts would slip shyly off and this heroic gentleman always ended the proposal in a merry QFD Chase after the pets. As to the heroine herself,-she was the slim willowy type, quite a Gibson girl. She adored Longfellow, but despised Kitchen work and anything to do with the butcher, Baker or Candlestick maker. But suffice it was for our hero that she sang like a Xightingale and loved naught but him. After the greeting our young man glanced hopefully toward the tranquil blue lake, half enveloped in a thin Hayes and suggested a quiet Rowe. Our lady discreet as always answered rather fearfully, c'Albee it, Sweetser, that Lord Robertson, my nephew once removed by marriage was dexterous in regatta, l myself hold a timerous feeling towards water in greater amount than that obtained from the Faw-

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82 WHEELOCK Ships and Smiles 'cGracious! I should have thought the .Mongolia was docking in the Fenway! Bob was heard to remark on the eventful morning when the transport Movzgolia docked at Commonwealth Pier. Like Peace Day, we arose in the dark and chilly dawn. Perhaps we did make a little noise getting ready, but can you blame us? Some of us had personal friends on the boat, and those of us that didn't were excited on general principles. There were several adventures of interest on the way down. First Alu hlanson, with her usual c'pep, rushed ahead and caught a subway train, but sad to say, she found herself on the train, alas fa lassj alone! Then Anna held up the mad rush to the dock by spilling her vanity case all over the street. Arriving at our destination, we ran down the aptly named Fish Pier. There we collected and appropriated convenient running boards' of empty machines. It was not long before the good ship .Mongolia appeared on the horizon. As she approached, the whistles of all the little tugs and Hshing schooners screeched their welcome. Bedlam reigned supreme. The transport sailed in majestically, an enormous gray ship swarming with khaki figures. The more venturesome soldiers even climbed the rigging, so anxious were they for the first glimpse of the good old U. S. A. When they caught sight of Qld Glory waving in the breeze, and their loved ones waiting in crowds on the dock beneath, a lusty cheer broke from a thousand throats. Then soldiers and people, too touched for further demon- stration, silence covered all as the transport made her landing. This was their welcome home. This was the perfect tribute to their supreme sacrifice. hlarch on in glory, Oh, noble twenty-sixth! VVell you deserve our heartiest welcome, and warmest praises! Soon we were forced to come down to earth and wend our home- ward way. Wie departed with a warm glow of satisfaction in our hearts, agreeing that this certainly had been a worth while trip, and an experience long to be remembered. JOSEPHINE LOVELAND.