Central High School - Red and Black Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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cf THE REDANDBLACK TWO BRAVE CROOKS Bu Sara Finkelstein EE Mabel emltted a whlstle and smoothed the newspaper whlch she was reading Llsten to this For the past week many robberles have taken place ln the southwestern sec tlon of thls clty Polrce will be on double duty Citizens of that sectlon are warned when leav mg homes to bar doors and windows as burg 59 lars have operated dur mg absence of resr dents Can you beat that The Wellers were rob bed last night of fifty dollars which was to pay the rent rs Weller fumed all day because she had to for felt her bridge party and pay the rent out of her pm money Edrth was mdngnant What a shame what a shame' drawled ane Her poor bridge party You know ln a way those burglars commxtted a good deed towards the bet termg of humanlty As Professor Rogers says Humans have stooped to the low est degree posslble when they mdulge m bridge Oh hush Edith turned away ln dns gust What was the use of dlscusslng serxous matters with younger sxsters3 Ffhrlu lllllmlll J They d never understand Wrth a deep slgh as of resngnatlon she addressed them l suppose we ought to start dressmg lf we mtend to leave at 8 00 lts 7 25 now Kayo ane and 2 Mabel dashed off to thelr room Edrth fol lowing We made lt ln thlrty minutes declared Mabel after glancmg at the clock Not half ad X Edith was busy glv lk mg orders to her older brother And when you leave turn out the lights test the gas see that the doors are locked and turn off the radlo Mind you don t forget She turned to Mabel and ane Well we d better be going or we ll mass the refreshments All set3 So long The three sisters left for their aunts house where thelr parents were spending the evenmg joe yawned carefully rose from the couch combed his tousled brown hair adjusted his tle splt on his shoes then rubbed them donned an overcoat and cap carried out has sisters lnstructlons .i . . ' . . - 'v' nn .vu -I ' t ,ll I lf . . l . . . . . l think it's shocking. l Q Qi Q l X I li-1 X R l l I ' . - ll I Q 'NVQ Q ' -- Joe' , - Q M ' L Q? X rs- 0 I ffl , ' , - tl' X ll ' , . . ,gli W 5 v .U s W X X K t ' ' all 1 rl J ' 1 ' U ll X 'Y ' . J A .' I . ' , Joe. '

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S X lx! X 'K 14543: 31441411 4-6, THE RED ANDBLACK as much as he could remember of them and left for the neighborhood show Two susplcxous flgures hesltantly p proached the now seemingly deserted house Each held hls right hand over a bulky hlp pocket They stopped a mo ment to exchange whispers and the gas light threw a ghastly pallor on their faces Beads of persplratlon stood out upon their foreheads The smaller of the two was affllcted wlth a nervous twltchmg of the muscles ln hls face The other licked hrs llps with a tongue whlch seemed cleft to the roof of hls mouth All rlght let s get a move on It was thelr first Job The bolder of the two rang the bell Cettmg no answer he rang again Then he turned to hlS partner Well Shrimp lt looks like the coasts clear Shrimp nervously shook hls head extracted a skeleton key and adjusted lt ln the key ho e They carefully entered the vestnbule There was a look of triumph on Boy as the taller of the two was called and even Shrlmp attempted a half scared smile Boy nudged hlm So far so good huh? Thelr Joy was short llved for almost lmmedlately Shrlmps face took on the look of a hunted man hls eyes bulged his lips were dralned of thelr color and the twltchlng of the muscles ln hls face Increased threefold As for Boy hls swaggerlng alr dlsappeared he stared ln credlbly at Shrlmp gulped twlce hrs adam s apple worklng queerly They had left the door slightly ajar but now they neared lt for the sake of convenience Two voices floated down to them from the room above lr must be explamed that the Cromplors llved on the second floor Yep lt was a deep and sonorous bass l got my SUSPICIODS and lm going to confirm em Ya know l dont llke the looks of them two guys nohow lve sworn to the cop to keep my eyes on them and when old ake says something he stlcks to lt thlck and thm Thats the way to talk ake You leaving now3 Leaving nothlng l m going down the front way for a mmute lve got a lm germg susplclon that them two guys are on these here premises rlght this mmute That was enough Boy and Shrxmp the house slammlng the door behind them and ran down the quxet street as lf demons possessed them nor slackened then' speed untll there was considerable dlstance between themselves and the house An hour later the Cromplors returned ane stlfled a yawn as she lnserted the key Into the keyhole You d never thunk anything would happen ln this nelghbor hood lts so quiet ThlS key behaves queerly Mother Wonder what s the mat ter Ah there As the five trooped into the vestibule strams of music greeted thelr ears After all my instructions joe left the radlo golng Wont he ever learn to be more careful3 Ednth looked disgusted Think of all the money hes wasted Thrrtu um , I 4' , . . . a - . ' ' tl il I ' 1 I - lt 1 - I o ' 1 . ' .I A ' ' ' . . u 1 . . . . 1 J ' lt 1 O . ll A. I . u ' . , - . . . - All ll n - . I .. , . , G Q - - - -- - exchanged Heetlng glances, dashed out of . , . . , Y . . . - U Y l . 3 1 ' . I ll . ' ' . , , J ' 1 , - 1 ' 1 Y ' ' - ' T . . . , . . . . Y 1 , , . .