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By Jack Joseph Smith
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winper soons.Two football teams this year, The Blue will win then ell, I wonder -
how many the gray will lose; Blue and Guay. Sky and almost skys No matters This
year everyone plays§ He had walked into the reotory and up the old wooden stairs,
and was-now seated at his desk, He stared at his hands for ante and then wrote
his first notation of the days Monday, Ask Michael Frost if he thinks he is the
toughest kid in the school; Or nots
She was a black and white nuni You saw nothing but her cloth and face, when her
A Goterity was really the thing that made sure your eyes went no furthers “he leaned
a bit over her epogeals and told me to come to her deske !
Father Pace ‘woula like to see you in the rectorys
oneys
You have been causing a lot of trouble in this class, You know ‘that, don't yous
Yess
Well I'll be talking to him later, so make sure you tell him the truths She said 4:. i
the truth as if she was yellingy,no lies, no lies, no lies
Should I go non
Yess,you may go nowy and make sure you get right back here as soon as he dismisses
yous
Iwalked out of the still room and down the echo hall, past the hater © eritend
office and through the large front doorss A strange excitement came over me as-I ren
up the hill against the crisp winds
Seer. -
Father Lawnegan wants to see me, I said at the rectory doors
The house lady directed me into the dining room, and I sat down in a large streight
chgir-and waited with my arms resting on the long leather table; I heard his footsteps
on the stairway and I sat up strong with shoulders back and eyes ahead and set