The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-12-01

No. i,.,-5 z his class. At the
,iets dor,N,str Z OF youthful scien-
H. 1870, q with diagrams OF
tbfclxcet an II utterances Of the
larn in ,,x,sicsE ungraspa Die prob
voice tbreaten1 puny youth Who's
dow Dorcs 40 shatter the wiIr
Last Days at o., napoleon
her i,nnossto-1oA &d ia whispe
"Sbau women 20 the quer
daily themes writ hSn cam
andible reIiaf 80 visible an ~[
the class song, - cam
Tate. Then camel ~ ~ Moll
/ .o,,,..S - ~. Mecofne so accusN
roaO.i,. M OF the last sly
ognzed the PhoeWe 49, SIS rec
Phoebe from VIII - VaSs--a
dain, the cocksug n, - . slte ols-
periority had eVaIA "a ,.,---S.I ~ Z
a Phoebe. mOreOVMo - -S, y =.
shy eyes. softly cu& ,.,;s.se. r
and curls that seer4 ~ 49,.
the yellow rose oveN- 80 .71
+ tangles of real golN pho~--e
! seemed. because of rsslics'se whc
I white gown, more go. haIss'.-.
slim and girlish. ten vo,,rs~ nrt5
/ helpless.
1T is extremely iIA.t,, :, -.
study OF literature. - pba.Sl's
and Mrs. Martins hf con, y,er.es
+ 20 pound.
/ For PhSebe's voice Nov ana ~,
/ certain. Phoebes brb came IN
great. gasp c2tches. Abe's hands
; shook so violently that stifr vale-
dictory paper clackiSd- .yeTlnxv ril,~.e
I bOnS waved.
She approached the pN~ - ~ r.
/ has come with its riot of q tai an
4 roses" but only the mI *
/ inSly her breath fluttered 1ghA
Mrs. Martin turned cold. not
know that Ernest. sitting o le 9TH
! er side of his father. was III ing in
+ his shoes for fear that his sly S~ould
i say, Byron Kelly and Shel> She
/ did not know that Tug. sitV on the
platform. was tense with ror for
fear that Phoebe would say, lZhyron.
1 Helly and Beets-" But Phoe,. sailed
past her Scylla. She roun4N her
Charybdis. Though she fanet she
/ continued not TO fail VI
AS the emigrant stands = the
proud ship" perforated PhOeb9Nd. in
I her voice. Mrs. Martin felt tte\elief.
: of one who sees the end of lohg Eaia(
/ in sight. III
And then a strange thing h pAedS
Phoebe's ValedictOry was 4OmfSd
entirely OF trite and timewOr1 phfes
But to Mrs. Martin every on4 OF tim
brought as vivid truth as their Y
alton must have carried. II came ar
her with a suffocating sense OF 9A
I row that what her child was sayuA
/ was symbolically true.-~Zt was tuA
/ that Phoebe was abZ< to face ne
real conflict of hfey3 TT was true tat
she must thereafter put the lith
things of her youth aside" 1t
true that. before her lay the beg
ming of adult responsibility"
Martin was stabbed by that convict
terrible always for women TO
q l. IL ha..
( they had been. The tears hooded<
Mrs. Martins eyes. They began
/ pour down her cheeks. to soak into
/ lace of her bod Fee.
Mr.. Martin alone caught the situa
ton. Without looking at his wifi
without speaking, he unanswered III
/ big body so shat il interpOsed betWee
her and the gaze of the assemble
Maywood-even Ernest did not CUES
/ Mr.. Martins hand stole down to h,
side and seized his wife's hand.
Flurried TO the end Phoebe NJ
aged to finish. There fOll0wGt
distribution of the diplomas. But
Martins emotion seemed TO incl s
rather than diminish. Not even
unparalleled roar OF applause
came to Phoebe with her sheep
seemed 90 ameliOrate it. AS the %
fled of the platform Mrs. Ma
. arose. pushed blindly through the
persing throng, pushed bl
= through the crowds of graduates M
their congratulations. caught up
her daughter and sesJured her
hall. she drew Phoebe into am i
recitation room.
why, mother" Phoebe excla
i'm alarm. what is the matters?
MY poor girl" Mrs. Martin
/ I'm sorry If I've been unfeelin
I unsympathetic this last year.
because I didn't realize what
meant to you, giving up these
/ years. 7 didn't understand
/ heard you read your valedict
forgive me, Phoebe, child, wo j..
Forgive you2" Phoebe
/ with a gasp. Mother nj ,<
darling, If you cry another -
break my heart! Why s.
ped abruptly and. with on 4
honest self-accusals tnat u ~ q
/ Phoebe. she added. smi =
mother. it's the truth
being unhappy this year, ~
when you we're a girl2"