The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-06-10


sEsneEovenrhe stage? And, see; there's
b pink bow on every girls chestr'
The class colors,p was the smiling
answer.
abruptly. Again she stood at her WIN
dow, eyes uplffted to the wonder and
the beauty of the early morning. That
was the meaning behind II all-the
commencement Of pew day In the
sky; the commencement of a new
striving ann achieving IN these young
lives; -ross coiored dreams and ambI
ttons, ribbons Of dawn Huttering With
hope and promise tn every little grad
.hdte's heaft
Kftfy's Sptew' came at hast She
had been elected yaledictDrian of her
class. Eff1aheth listened spellbound.
10 this dmktng Judge every thought tn
II was inspired by genius, every sem
tence q poem tn prose, while through
thu Whole reading ran flashlights OF
TIM child Feasibility with her first
don hinged IN her fat little arms, Kit
ty with her first medal won at the
'HnfaDofo school fastened upon her
proudly msRvfng breast. Kitty With her
haf1 dome up for the first time and the
laEt tnch out OF her Sunday dimity.
And When the good natured house.
burst into applause Elizabeth Dnged
to g@u op her chain and shout, ~Shes
fnfne, all miner
kfte1 fhs benedfctfun.s bush dubbed
over reaction Of chatter and laughter.
NhouA al the freak In front Of you"
tine careessiy high voice drtfted over
Ehzabetbs shoulder red currants,
purple ribbons and Q dress handed
ddEn 'ffumsthe ark, a country mother.
! soVpQsR bubbing UP at commence
meut to huinfiiate q poor little gradn-
ahar'
A crimson spot burned Effzabeeh.s
eheeR. Thsre was mist before her
aWA and an ache grfpped her throat
RUtD strong was her habit Of unseff-
fshness that she was scarcely cun-
sctnus Of her pain Her one thought
w1s 10 snip away hafoe hnmf1iaffng
Kttts.
The opGnfng Of the nearby side door
pEumtad Instant escape. and she has-
fengd toward tt. She did not know that
the band was playing. She did not
nnt1ee tho graduates fling down to the
Same dndR. She did not hear the NUT
tesd protests Of the people that she
passed
Ono moment. mafamD At the door |
On usher Bid detafuing hand upun
hen eIesvUI
Che shEana bach as though the fa1
zl}hs whfoa fine approaching were am
ap6ar1hdH@ horrur. There she stood. |
h0tfnnIesR trapped tn crowd whers |
kitty coul9 not fad TO recognize her.-
and be hulMliatHd! And yet a sudden
10y Naped IN her heart as she felt |
KttfysH eyes upon her. It had been SO
mary months since she had had the
child 10 her arinsl With these CON
fffctfng em0ffons she breathlessly wait
ed The white lime flashed on uur
broken Kitty had passed her by.
"6adn you may go now
E1fzabat6, STARED racantly at the ustb
Rs and foffered ont Of the haIl. Lffe
tt9p SAA4sAR 1AAlly-qlIe pfHI6, the DTU10e /
lse u5 IN INST years 40 longer belong
ed1D hen, 6ut to this gay outside world |
where Ahs vas an Intruder. ~The
ihfId 9gs. ashamed Of har mother:
She stumbled ON. There was a while
6f65 -Huup her sttngfng eyes where the
Bfztnata 0ocked on the campus, then
sdafacb6 white agnzs With oun.
sbutrhed INNS darting toward her.
sNnf1p cried KITTY. sYop dear
llzmA zoo pretending pm cousdues /
:1md Vim I sdtscoraeed yoo I Al
pan mH0 unka end ruined tfp
. g1.bn4 Kntp raahered Efzo
- ..QeNA are looking andA.
J I'm 10 e the who's wur4n eeru
2eAnu81 5oar leughed Kitty WIN
8 3UtMrktsa on mn7zae. eueoe
3Ale7 Esgspt the, HInshmo schouA !
u N ~ home end wsu hare Z
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