Winchester School - Oui Dire Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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OUI- DIRE 65 For a time all was silent as she was very busy writing. She used a page and began an- other. At last she sighed, gathered up her pa- pers and began to read. This is what she read: 'lDear Tommy:-Mother and Daddy are very serious. It's no joke any more. They must sell, and Ol 1ny beautiful grove, I can't bear to part with it. Father is very sorry, but doesn't seem to understand how I feel. The trees must be cut, he said, and the house built, for he has to have the money by next October. I can't-just can't part with this place. I wish I could tell the 'awful beast' who is going to buy it just what I think. Lovingly: Betty. Down on her knees she went and out through the little opening, She crossed the lawn to where a large oak tree stood. A small. tin box was nailed to its trunk and on this box in large black letters was written: Private! Mail box. Betty slipped a key from out of her pocket and undid the little padlock. She removed a letter she found within, and carefully placing hers in its place, shut and locked the box and returned the key to her pocket. After settling herself once more comfortably in the hammock, she lazily unsealed her letter and began to read. Suddenly she gave a little jump and sat up. These were the words that had caught her eye: H--And about your grove. Don't worry. Father is the awful beast who is going to buy it. The trees are not to be cut and we-you and I-are to have it for our playhouse just the same. Yours as ever: Tommy. E. L., 'I9. The elevator to success not running, take the stairs. N. D., 'IQ. THE REVENGE. Dick May, a small boy of about eight years, was sorting the apples that were to be sent to town, and seeing one larger than any of the others and more perfect in shape and color, laid it aside to take to a certain blue-eyed curly- headed Susie that Dick had met at school. Therel He said as he hid it in the fruit cupboard, if anyone finds that and takes it, I'll-f- Dick, Dick, hurry, dinner is ready, called Mrs. May from the head of the cellar stairs, so the threat was never finished. After dinner both the boys went fishing and had a fine time. Sunday passed Wlthmlt Hllytlling special happening, but towards evening Toni, Dieldg, elder brother, happened to have been sent to get a jar of peaches for supper, and seeing the big rosy apple, took it and ate it without any thought of how it had got there or to whom it belonged. Monday morning Dick, after finishing his chores. went to get the beautiful present for Susie, and who could describe his anger when he saw it was not therel He fairly flew up those stairs and into the kitchen. XVho took that apple that was in the fruit cupboard? he cried. I did, answered Tom, why, was it yours? You? cried Dick. HNone of that, Dick, said Hrs. May stern- ly here is your lunch, now run along to schoolf' Dick knew he would have his revenge some day, but said nothing of it. That afternoon as he was walking home from the school-house, he saw that the bars were down and that some of the cows had wan- dered from the pasture. I'll not put them up, thought Dick, nbc- cause Tom has to bring the cows home this evening, and it will serve him right to have to hunt for them. On reaching home Dick played in the barn and then did his evening work. XYhen he had finished he went to the house to study a little before supper, but as soon as 'he came in the door Mrs. Hay said: Dick, I want you to go for the cows to- night. I have other work for Tom. Chl why hadn't he driven the cows back and put up the bars? Oh! why hadn't he? But now it was too late, so he went out, and after an hour of hard work, he returned home with scratched face and hands from following the cows' footprints through the woods, but all the animals were there. XVhile eating his cold supper Dick told the storv of his hunt for the cows, omitting that he had seen the bars down in the afternoon. But that night when his mother came upstairs to tuck him in, he said: 'tMother, I saw the bars down when I was coming home from school, but I left them there to pay Tom back for eating the apple I had saved for Susie. Mother didn't speak right away, but when she did she said: VVell, I hope my boy will know better next timefl And Dick was sure he would. M. L., '19. 4l

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ml oU1-DIRE S XXl1'l.l.fI feel like fl boy again. hlllilk-11111211 nizikes 111e feel so young like, I 1X'l'.Il1llC1'! llhey get in the XYHQOHJ. 5.1111 l.l.' -111-t up. Roger. it is ten 111iles to lIe:1tt1 s C111'11e1's! l.iet up! 1.iet up! 1111111-ls this tl1e place, Sainuel? I see notliing but four 17111419 and ll re1l thrashing l1l2lL'll1llL'. S1x111'1f1.f'lil111t is 1111 auto a1111 I have lear11e1l to push it along. Xl1111.v-Your three visits! I see! But will it go? S.1x11'1iL-1111? XYhew! ,lump i11! Dont be sc21re11, which road, Xliria? 'l'11ose three le111l to villages, tl1e otl1er i11to tl1e country. 1111111-'l'l1e country road, Samuel! XYe will feel 111ore hoine like. Uh! Uh! There goes llly prize chicken feather! I 11111 so scared! l'lt-ase, stop! My best honnet's O11 tl1e back of llly he-1111! 1111! 1111! There goes tl1e l1orse blanket: 1 llllfl it 2110111111 llly shoulders to keep X1'2ll'1'l'l! S1vx1t'1i1.+lJo11't be scared! llreat life! Isn't it? ,lust flying through the air 111111 no hoss to fee1l! Steady ol1l fellow, w11oa! whoa! Are you holding tight to tl1e sides, Kliria? NIIlil.X+Slll'l'l11Cl, it is line! But, ol1! Xvhat is that? S.v11t'1i1.fXX'e are 111ur1lerers, wife: I have 1'lll1 KIOXYII Zl chicken! XllRliXfI.OOli ! ! l-ook! .X 1112111 I'L1l1111llg'll11S way with Il pitcl1 fork ! ! 1 13111111511 'l11x12sfl1ere, you ricl1 city folks give 111C o11e dollar for that chicken! You city people with your ZlllltJ1llOlJllCS 1lo us no good! tfiainuel gives 21 silver 1loll21rl! Kliidvsf lur silver 11l1l1lX'Cl'SZ1l'y, Sainuell .xllll to pay Ll dollar for one chicken, 1111, 111Lll'ilLfl'! XX'h11t's that? Iilll shot! Iilll killed! S111 1'1-:L--Oiily a hlow-out! M1111.xsf1'Jl1! Xvhat fu11 we are l1L1Y111g! S.vA11'1LL-My ol1l erick in llly hack is here again, so we will go back! Kl1111.v-1 wish I 111111 lJ1'ULlQ,'l1l llly li11i111e11t along! 1111! Xvhat is that? Right in tl1e road, Il whole flock of chickens! S.1111'1iL-f'l'1111t farmer hlones has 10111 some other f11rn1e1' about that IIUIIEII-, 111111 tl1ey l'l1C2lll to rob us of our silver. Klllil.X+Il1lU yonder corn Field, quick! Quick! 1Il2111g! Crash! And both are sitting on tl1e corn stul1b1es!1 11111511211 l11111wNw.Xre you two crazy people, or :ire you on Ll joy ride? S1111151. 11x11 Kl1111.1 ,lI1J1L1l'I'lllCRf-Ntl, we are on our silver Z1ll11lYCl'SLl1'y ride 111111 saving our silver from you! ACT 111 5111110 115 5511110 0110. Sauzzzcl rolled 111 slzatvls tlllll llliria with lzcnd 170111101 np, and aruzl in ll roller tonic! for I7 sling. S,vMt'EL-Xvell, Kliria! Are you satisfied, wife? 11111111-It was grand! Samuel! But such queer feelings 2111d starts all tl1e w11ile! My knees are wobhling yet. Let's buy another horse with tl1e silver for our anniversary a1111 let the city folks l1ave their autoinobiles. ll. Rl. VIQ. lTHl2 ENDJ lfcho 11ot tl1e wor1ls of others as a parrot does, D. H. VIQ. LOST AND WON. 1111 one side of the large Ross estate there grew a line group of nr trees. .fkround them tl1ick and dense bushes grew up and vines wound lllC1l' way up the trunks of these trees, thus joining tl1e111 together and forming a 5Cl'CCl1. .Xt tirst glance a stranger wo11l1l think there was no way to enter tl1is paradise of trees and bushes, but O11 close inspection o11e could see there was a s111all parting through which a lit- tle Zllltl i1111isti11ct path ran, and by crawling on 112111115 and knees one, witl1 consi11erable care, 111ig11t e11ter. Inside tl1e underbrush was clear- ed away and the weeds pu1le1l up, leaving the Qlllllllll carpeted wt11 soft, velvety 111055 a11d groups of pretty ferns. Between two of tl1e lZll4QC5l trees a l1an1n1ock was swu11g a1111 here Z1 young girl was accustonied to lie, reading-or sleeping ZIXYHY the Z1lllC1'l101Jl1. She was there IIOXY, but sl1e was not reading. No, nor sleeping, for from ti111e to time sl1e w111111l toss restlessly and utter a low sob. But wl1y 511011111 sl1e cry? 1111 tl1e table beside l1er were several hooks, a box of candy, a1111 a glass 111 lCl111l112l1lC, but she tonclied none ol tl1e111. She just lay there crying and thinking, evident- ly trying to l'l1ZlliC Llp her n1in11 to soiuething. liinally sl1e stood LIP. She was a pretty girl now about thirteen. Ifler face was tlushed Hllfl her eyes were re11 from crying. She clenched her lists a1111 stainped her foot, 'lIl1ey Sll2lll't,H she 1lec1are1l aloud a1111 crossed to tl1e other side of her grove. She knelt dow11 and drew Zl box from hel1ind tl1e bushes. 171-11111 tl1is she took Zl pencil and paper a1111 began to write. 'l'hey shan't, she 1leclared again. I shall write to 'lloininy Clllll tell 11in1 all about it. They sl1a11't,ISay! i N

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66 OUT-DIRE MABEL'S SURPRISE. It was a cold, rainy, and altogether disagree- able day. Xlabel, sitting in a disconsolate little heap upon the window-seat, flattened her nose against the win-low pane and tried in vain to see something pleasant and cheerful without. But as far as her eye could travel there was nothing in sight but the driving rain. dingy street lamps, and ceaseless trallic. How I wish, she said aloud, that something pleasant would happen! Mother is out and what will she say when she reaches home to hnd me here instead of at school Mabel had come home from school that day indignant and tearstained. She had vowed that never, never would she return again. The girls had been mean, unbearable. 'l'hey had made her feel more deeply the insignilicance tif her lit- tle cotton frock and had noticed, she was sure. the patches. She had heard them giggle and whisperingly point her out. And now she was beginning to wonder what her mother would say. ller train of thought was at that moment in- terrupted by the door bell. Surely it could not he mother home so early. She ran swiftly down the stairs and swinging open the door. stood speech- less upon the threshold. For there, dripping with rain, stood six or seven girls of her own age. XYhy, why, how do you do! stammered Mabel. 'tXYon't you come in The little procession entered and removed their wraps. XYe have come, said l.ois Clark, to apolo- gize for the way we acted toward you todayf' Yes. chimed in Alice Martin. Wie certainly were horrid. liy this time they were upstairs in Klabel's lit- tle room drying out their wet garments by the tire. XYe wanted you to know that we were sorry, so we came to tell you so. All the girls are sorry, added Elizabeth Xkiil- lis, but they could not all come to tell you, so they asked us to tell you for them. Plain dresses are much nicer than fancy ones and are far more suitable for school, and as for jewelry, we thought it odd that you did not wear any, but now we see that you were more sensible than we and we have decided not lo wear any hereafter-that is, un- necessary jewelry, such as a great many rings and bracelets. and we want you to please come back to school tomorrow and be friends with us.'l l was silly too, to he offended so easilyfl said Xlaliel and I forgive you with all my heart and know that l shall like your school and that we shall be very good friends, and so I know that you will not mind if l ask how you happened to change your way of thinking. N Of course. we don't mind telling you, said Margaret simply. It was our school that did it. Oh!'l exclaimed Mabel. HI am more sure than ever that I shall like your school and I hope it will help me as it has helped you. 'tI know it will, replied, l.ois earnestly. And now, exelaiired Mabel, let us go into the kitchen and make some candy. t'Do you know, remarked Mabel thoughtfully that evening, as she and her mother sat together in the library, I have discovered that things in- variably turn out entirely differently from the way you think they are going to. And her mother smilingly agreed. BI. H. '19, THE STORY OF THE GOOD SWEET PEA. Characters 2-The Good Sweet Pea, The Cross Sweet Pea, :X liuttei-Hy, Little Mary. Synopsis :-The Peas are planted, the different dispositions of the two Peas, the advice of the llutterflyg the death of the Cross Peag the tri- umph of the Good Pea. ACT I. Cross Pea to Hood Pea:-It is so dreary. and dark under the earth, 5 flood I' ea :-Never mind, we shall soon be in the sunshine. Cross Pea:--I wonder what the world is like. ls it dark and dreary? it itl PC111- kil't NS selves. Uh, no! it is full of sunshine. Pea:-Wie shall wait and see for our- ACT II, The peas sprout above the earth. Cross dreary. Iiootl world is Little to climb Mary comes to put strings for the peas upon. l'ea:Y.Xfter all, the world is dark and Pea:-You are mistaken, my friend, the full of sunshine. ACT Ill. Cross Pea I-I.ook at the string she gave me. it is all knotted knotted string, Good Pea :- I will never climb up such a But I do not have any to climb up. Cross Pea 1-I wonder what is on the other side of the fence? flood Pea :- I am sure there are Howers, foun- tains, and many other beautiful things. Cross Pea :YI think it is a marshy swamp. I ..i....eQ-a.tsmniin-