East High School - East Echoes Yearbook (Green Bay, WI)

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T H E A E R □ P I A N E Ids hat and overrent, When 1 reached him. In told mr that hi- had made up hi miwl Ww iliii: very night for his country homi-, :md that [ should never a.sk him !■-■ another house party. He added however. rbm ho appreciated my kind nr in want- ing to show him a no-eatlr-d gay life. ' 1 -VI -in ' Slaughter. ’ ] -n. 0 — A BEAUTIFUL EXILE tin li small island in the Pacific, too far from civilisation to have a nw by which ii was universally known, lived a lighthouse keeper and his daughter. Aieu. For fourteen years they had been hen-, giving Sheii best care and mtention to the Lighthouse. Aleta w;is now it young girl «[ eighteen who was Iw-ginniug to realize the lohi-sumere-ss nf Iiht surrounding!, und often yearned fur the hind her father mo often mhl her about, Hpi father wai very particular ubotic her education, und spent all his spare time instructing her, and it 1 m doiihifiil whether she could huyp obiainedl a better instructor elsewhere . Alct:i enjoyed silting with her futh.-r while he told of his former life and rim advantage. use would have hail, hut for vermin reaaoiH which he aL ways managed in evade. Father, dear, when are you going to taite me hock homo? ' ’ This wai lV- ntucs- lion askwt tilin ' and time- again, 1 lu she always let ii drop when she saw (hi- pained took in her father ' s eyes. Humi- to her was the land which he delighted telling her about. On this particular morning Alcta was sitting on c h - nicks, gazing lisikssly ai-russ she waters, and ihinki ng of the busy world so far awny. w follow her in her 1 i: ought until wc n aeh the mainland and I here lei her w.indpr lit random, while wp turn otir attention in a group id I hive high silnwnl graduates, Ralph Montgomery, Irving Moiin. ' Ms, and John Martin, everywhere known ;is the Liirei M s tn-sJ I’m tired nf this old city, Nothing Inn rush and push ;d| day Long. jrud Itaiph Montgomery, with 1 discontented sigh. Well, if you ' re not satisfied with it, why don ' t you get nut of it for a while? S ' SL bet you ' d he glad Lu get hack to l I n- Hear nhj rush and push again,’ ' said Irving Matthews, whn grr.iily enjoyed city life, und meant to make the In-si nf it. Listen, ElnJpb, you remember last summet when we three went on our trip in your yacht. Well you remember that island we snipped ai Lure a use of the storm ' . 1 There was only a nian oil iIijlL island, so why not gn 1 here for a three months ' vara- » ion? I ' ll st u trip you to gn there soH s.uy the whole three months. Will you? ' said John Martin, who was well known for his stumps, as he raLieil thm. ' You know well enough, Jack, that I never take a dare. tif course, I ' ll go, seeing that you are no ansious to get rid of me. 1 -Elii how in ihc world am 1 going to get out there-? 1 ' ■‘Oh, that ' s ohv enough, Lend us your yacht Tor the summer, and wi- ' H take you ihere and tumble you oil, head fitsi. We ' ll give you a idee rhmnee jn n- t up, Don ' t expect us to came for you before your time is up. though. I ' m sure you ' ll prefer that life to the rush arid push of the eiLy, said lack tCLwingly, ' ■f ' oniL- on. Him; wy ' H get you ready for but whin’ll your dad say? .said Irving, folding not a lit He guilty for UTgitig him as lie did. ” 0 h, he won’t care. He s been recommending salt wnti-r in me for an :ige, already. f n(;e ‘f’wr-rit y-s.p(ie n

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T II E A E R O V I V X Sir Roger at a Week- End Party A ,-hnr lime afn-i i hm I returned to N ew York, from Sir Roger ' country home, ] decided to micrUun. at a woefe-end party, at which Sir Roger was to h, j the spu i u( honor. ] bad mode sill In- plans tu show Sir R wer a any life. ia the hnri time ih-Li i i h 1 would he with me. Msrat 11F the gumtH arrived on blrulay, Ki!rl;iy evening: l took them to She theatre, is w-re amusing to see the expres- Loii on Sir Roger ' s face. shrougliou; the [ ' lay. During a very tragic scene, Sir Roger drew liic attention of the whole audience hjr crying aloud, excitedly: “Shoot iha. man and I will kill jura! At :ir. i I »■:» niiew]iiii emharrs ed to have my friemi make such a Hjteetade of himsoff- 1 later wider l.owl. how t-vor, Shat Sir Roger, never having winmoud that type of play before-, had been overcome by excitement, and, more or Its, by fear. The next day l funk t hi- (Kitty on :s djlit seoJog trip, mostly for Kir Floger ' benefit. E thought ii would be rather 31 nOvr-Hy tor Kb Unger to ride nm the elevated railway. We iriul not gone very for. however, before my friend become the ■ enter of iittmclinii ■ One could almost -jpo Isis hair stand straight uit, and lib tiny black eyes had grown os, large at dollar . So far, the week-end party bail Iktu n stfi ' inniu nlu- fur any friend, Sir Itugi t. That evening S here was to be a Tango FYirty, A« Sir Roger was a gay old. bachelor and 41 great lover of pretty young girl , I knew he would enjoy being among them. At firwi w(- wL-re mere spectators, hu; after a ahort time, Kir huger grew rather fidgety. He wu. :i jolly g md fellow, and ulirarLi il tlu 1 attention uf many girls. One pretty little maid, with u very ehamninft wjiy. finjdly [K-rciuiriixL him to try the new utc]xt with her. [ was really quite surprised at Sir Roger, but admired him for his courage. He mustered the :- . i , ];.- h auiifuSly. until hi partner told hm to dip. Not ki-KKv. lug jnsi what he meant by ihe term. D5|I M lie turned Low.ard her, :nu 3 made a very graceful how. At Lh is , a [it id of laughter resounded through the h-ill. Sir Roger, emlKUTunt-ed almost In ie:i r.: :u iu-Il an error. (Id from the room 1 followed after him, currying bni’c Tw. nt y- ix

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THE A E R 0 P L A N I From iIiill day pnopamions were muds’, and every article raooded for n three months ' vacation was procured. Two weeks Later the yacht left for the “Me ol Exile, lls the boys?- called it. A It- c ;i sat on the shon? iu? some tfnve, still d re a ining of the world .ihe so longed I ci wt. S ' .id ' i’Tiiy she Lunki,-:: up and Haw a small sptvk mi I hi horizon. Tills mthr-r surprised her. h« she sttoed up and toilet ' d more dnsidy. shading tor «yt«. Wlml could ii be? Finally she thought of her spyglawe . and run to act them. Instantly she saw the object she had just been wishing for — a boat. Probably it v. ■ ! iil ii h r home. Willi a try of delight she Lulled to tier tot tor. Kill tor, hit hi-r, rtutie hi-n-! Ltxik ' A IkkiI is raminf; itt l;isl. 1 ■tvnruii-r why? sin 1 inquired. “Why. what ' s the matter, father, aren ' t you glad? ' ' ■eiid she. very much disappointed. She looked at him ami save that familiar look of pain in Ids eyes. What ™uld it mean? Sthe meant to find nut soon . “I i tiiwl to cginn; yra, it h:.irl to conn . were liis only words, a» In. 1 turned and walked away with a deep igh, As the boat neared store, Aleta bewail to fee] shy about meeting strangers, and derided to gu to her favorite save until they had gww ISy this tisin- the I Kiys iahth 1 uii store. imrJ were soon busy helping llulfili pilch Iti;- lent for hi tong vjsii real. ax he prefercrd to •call it. Just at thi moment (he lighthouse keeper came tip lo greet them, and was rather surprised when, he saw that A let a was not among them. WrU, Ik’ij-. ' . L niUs-L say I l:;U LE is guud tu see xkmetiacly fur iniri-. JEy llie «;iy ii looks, I Riuiw yeni intend in stay a while And pay me a visit; dont’ you? ’ ' Oh . not nu thal i«. not .ill of u- .ire isoiug to atay. Jfusl Ralph here, said ■lark, pointing to Ralph, “Well, Well, llut ' s grit. How did you ever rr.i ] pi n tu ■•l:nn-v this deserted place for ycnir visit ' ? Oh. he’ll explain in you -after vre ' re gone. I ' ve heard his reasons no often that I fed I could not stand having them again, •.aid Irving with a twinkle in his eyes. Now that we ' ve got you here safely, we ' re gomii to go rigid hack so you won ' t ehange your mind atom slaying. “No danger- dd Ralph; and wit h il lost wjivi- of his hand, to turned toward the lighthouse, with tto keeper at his side- lly the lighthouse door they stopped., botli silent for a time. Then fhe older man awoke as from a reverie, and add: Well, I do declare! This wilt be just the thing fur Alvta. Shell have a compan- ion now iluit she has no often wished (or. Why. wto i A him? I didn ' t iitpnw there wiw anyone else on Ibis inland, aaid Ralph, with -■ lone of disappointment. To- to sure- there ' s someone else. My own daughter. Ah! there she rom.es now. When ALeta saw the Ikisit leave, she ventured hark to the Li rlit. hpusu-. :mr| wjim rather xurfprisvd to see tor fsiiliii with a osmium ion, ns she thought she had scon them all leave on She torn. Shi- wo in ho[K that they hadn ' t seen her approaching, and turned quickly away, hut her Tat her called to her. Aleta, come here, dear. I want to speak 10 you. SJto came rather Jowly, but finally Incgon l i slit briskly. iT not engctly, toward tor father, Aleta, I want you to mod why. man alive, I ' ve forgotten to even ask your name ' said the Lighthouse keeper, not a little confused. Pnire Ywenty-c ii;ht