Eureka High School - Sequoia Yearbook (Eureka, CA)

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THE SEQUOIA The Duchess Augnaseo was there, She once was Irma l'r'att, And Beekwitlrs Genevieve, likewise, The Lady Ilansome-Bat. ller eoaelmian, too, sat just behind- l recognized our Nat. A milk111an 11ow came running i11, Ile l1ad a frenzied look. llis troubles to the judge he told- Someone had slwip-ed his book, And he, Steve Langford, did not know What milk to give the cook. Just as he Iinished, tliere arose A terrible hullabaloog A dippy man had broken: loose From au asylum new, And to the court-room he had come To see what he could do. The dortor, llattio Wloods, eame soon, And oiiered him some hay, It' he would come back home- with her And there would only stay l'ntil his family sent for him And gave 'tDoc', XVo-ods her pay. Judge Ilannah jumped up with a smile Then once againi looked stern-. 4' 'Till Monday sharp at one o'elock This court I now adjourn, For the lawyers and the jurors, too-, llave still some things to learn. The prisoner should have some steak, Potatoes more than one, Before thesession starts again On Monlday sharp at one. I now will look at Laing.5ford's ease And see what can be done.

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THE SEQUOIA It was soon after he l1ad gone That my mistress missed her goods, Wie searched all through the house andyard And then all through the woods, 'Twas th-ere we found 4De-kt in his cart, And with him all the go-ods. A second maid then took the stand, Miss Christie was her name, She was the cook, and made the beds, And tended to the galme. Her langualglel was quite flowery, On Dek,' she placed the blame. Lena McKinnon followed next, Her evidence was free. 'fl was a guest, saw the arrest, He is the man, quoth she, And Eden Lovejoy used the silk In her new factoryf' The latter, then, was called, and said: HI am af businless man, I have a factory in town And make a patent fan. 'Phat silk, by Tabor sold to me, XVas used to line the fan. The court a recess ordered now, To rest the juryls mind, So I had time to look around, To see whom I could find Among the many spectators YVho crowded up behind. There, seated 'monfgst her many friends, IVas Lady Hozelstong She has just returned from Germany, XVhere she His Highness won. She was Bell Carson when she left, But nlow shels Hozelston.

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THE SEQUOIA The court-room crowd quickly dispersed And I hied to my wheel, To ride back to Iny littered desk XYhere I could write my spiel And hasten to the restaurant To eat my ten-cent meal. 7 This evening I am quite content f'l'he clock has struck eleveny Since I have seen ealeh classmate- dear, Before I leave for heaven, For today in court, each one I saw Of the class of naughty-seven. .040 Mean. .0 By w. C., 'o8. The mealne-st trail in the meanest part of a God-forsaken country lealds to the meanest shack, where lives the meanest man, the owner of the meanest horse that ever scraped off a patck. But they were happy, very happy, for themea'n1 man thought the mean liorse unhappy, and the mean horse thought. th-e mean man unha.ppy. So when the moon rose over the clearingg, andthe greafsewood leaves grlistened in the silvery light the mean horse stamped and was happy, very happy, for he knew that the mean man could not sleep, and the mean man was happy, very happy, for he knew that the mean horse was not asleep. The moon smiled and sil- vered th-e Manzanita, and was happy, very happy, for it knew that the mean maui was happy and the mean horse was happy. 6' .0 CLEOPATRA. XVhen Marcus attempted' to Caesar By her smile she showed it would pleasarg Xvlllmll he swore by his honor He doted upon her, She coyly allowed him to squeasar.