Eureka High School - Sequoia Yearbook (Eureka, CA)

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THE SEQUOIA After the reading of tl1-e parcliment we all hasten-ed homeward, our 111e1 Ves S0'II19Wll2l1i. unstrung by our 1111Cil1lflly 9'XIH:'I'lCIlC0 of the morning. It was IIUWV about noon, no birds' song Q'l'0i'Il1'l1 our -ears, 211111 instead of the cool dew there was the hard, burning Qlilllllllill to walk on. N9VE?1'tl11Pl'l?'SS we hastened on, and after a tiresome illlll glo-only walk we reaehed our l1otel. I had a. QI'ilIl1lf2l,I,llP'1' and gra.nd1notl1er who lived i11 the town of Yuma, and about a week afterwards I left the party at the hotel to pay 111y grand- parents a, visit before again l19f.l111'I1iI1g' to svhool. lC1Il.lt.IIl9l3' by accident I inade the ill'f111illI1f21I1l'P of the girl, Mary 1'11lis1wo1'th, whom I found to be a most delightful 1-ompanion, and in whose 1-o1111pa11y l spent. much of my time dllltlllgj Illy six weeks' stay 1111 Yuma. Soon after my arrival in tow11 I was told that a law s11it l1ad been going on between Mary's unele 211111 someolie wl1o was a stranger i11 the f10'VVIl, over some 111i11i11g property. Soon after tl1e finding of the parelim-e11t was il1l11'011I11'9t1 they had settled the law suit and both tl1e unele 211111 the stran- ger had suddenlly left town on business. A good mleteetive from St1ockto11 was called i11 and put to work 0111 tl1e vase to see what he 1-ould lllilkli o11t of the iinding of the Sk9l1Pt0-11. About two Ill10llfllS afterward there appeared i11 the '4Mo11nta1i11 Echo, the daily newspalper of the plat-e, a pieee with the f0'll10-XVlIl,fI startling lieadlinesz HStart1i11gt'ri1111eof1 ra111lk Ellisworthg After Murderinlg his Own Brother He Keeps Niece From Her II1l1'P'I lIi1Hi't2.H 'l'hen followed an i1I't'01l1I1i' of 11ow the stranger, captured i11 San Francisco, l1ad turn-ed States evidenee, get- ting off wit11 light punisliniteinit, and had told of the manner in whieh he and the guilty 11'I1I'lP had l'l12llIl19'd Jo-e Ellisworth, Ma,ry's falther, i11 the rave, but they hald l1ad a disagreement about the 111i11ing property, which they knew to be very valuable. The unele was C'i1pf11I'E'Il in S21,l'I 2l1II19Ilf0, ainsd was tinally S't'I11 0I1l PIl to San Quentin for life. Mary Ellisworth then sueeeeded to her 1.'I1llP'l lf2111l.i'P, the Glenn mwine, worth, today, many t.11ousa.11,ds of dollars, from WVl11l'll she lliltl so long been kept by her win-ked 11111t'l9. , ,,,, ill 111 E EET:- he First Party. By M. S., '08, Many things seeined strange to Betty, b11t then she was only tive. XVhy was it that Grandma fVl1'11H1b shook her head illlll remarked, '4Eleano-r, yo11

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THE SEQUOIA tl-ry of the cave fl'0lll our lnillds. Following a llllljj disllsed path we tllrlled a sharp llltlltl alld stopped ill frollt of the cave. 'llhe ballk of red earth, probably the lIlil.l li of some land-slide ill f0l'lll0l' years, was a little higher up the hillside. All 2l1'0lllltlill'0tlil1'li l'llil'2lllt't' to the cave grew the little red flowers which some ill the party called Indian Fire l'll0XV8l'S', tthey seelll to take the place of the llettle wllicll grows ill' the northern part of the Statej. 'Phe birds seelned to welcollle us hither. A red-top wood- pecker was pounding on 21,11 old Slltlg' near by, 21,1111 on a fallen log near the llltlllill of the cave a, y0ll0XV-lltlllllllll-QI' was lN'tlilllgJ,' illl lIldllSl'1'l0'l1S tattoo. We all clustered around the mouth of the cave, alnd of course sonle wanted to go ill. T'here was a lfight inside, the ligllt of day, which filtered ill fllI'0llQ'll Zlll old shaft fllilf had been Slllllil-'ll lllftl the cave. Roldly we en- tered. For a little way all wa.s beautiful, the delicate lllilltlllll-llilll' fern tnot the tive-tillgered fern wllich one calls lllaid-ell-llair ill Hlllllblblflfl lilled the sides of the cave, tllick IIIOSSPS spread a. soft carpet ullderfoot, tlllll al small wllite iiower, 'KSlll00tllllg' stars, seelned to giv-e oft' light in the Sfllllll- 4l2ll'lillt'SS of the cave. But as we followed the main tunnel we suddenly turned a sharp' bend. All the beauty was gone from the portion of the cave beyond this bend. Large bowlders lined Olll' way, sllarp rocks hung down from the low top of the cave, it became so dark tllat we had to ligllt candles to see our way, and the llllg-0, spider-like crickets would drop fI 0lll the top tlllltl sides upon Olll' faces Zllltl heads. After we had advallced several lllllltll t tl yards someone discovered a side tunnel wllicll brallclled off to the left, tllltl as it ll1 0+llllSlt'tl lll01'9 lllyS- tel-y than the lllillll tunnel, SOIIIQ' entered it, while the rest l'0'lIl2l-lllllfl ollt- side to await the result of their investigations. They had not been gone long when one of them littered a ery of ZIIIIHZCIII-Ollf, 111111 all CZIHIC hurrying back, their faces stralngely pale, saying flltlf they had made il- horrible dis- covery. I, witll a few other adventurous spirits, entered to see what they had found. There, before me, in a, niclle ill the rock, sat the skeleton of at Illtlll, his cloftlles., rapidly decaying in tllat damp place, hallgillg in shreds fl'0Ill his tleshless body, his hands and feet in chains. Near it on the rocks lay a IDilI't'llII1l0llf, yellow witll age. One of the llltlll stepped up to examine the body, illlltl picking up- the parchment read it flll'0llg'll. Tlhen at the so- licitation of sollle of the more curious IllClIlb0l'S of the party, he read it aloud. It proved to be a will Ill2ld0 Ollf in favor of a t'0l'iIll.Il Mary Ellisworth and gave her all the rights to a certain Glenn lllille. Une of the members of the party wllo knew the girl well, said tllat she resided ill the neighboring town' of Ylllllfl Zllltl tllat she was tllen living witll her llllt'lP, her father llaving disappeared very mysteriously about twelve years before, and her motller having died soon afterwards.

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THE SEQUOIA humor the rhild, when mamma handed one a set-ond tart? XVhy rouldn't lit-tty 4-arry a basket like 0na's to kindergarten? l5etty's was square and made of red and white straw, atnd the thin slit-es of bread and butter were wrapped in a plain napkin, but 0na's basket was a small one of opent work straw, whit-h flared at the top and had a long thin handle, a11d Untafs bas- kt-tt had rake in it wrapped up in a fringed napkin! Why t'ouldn't one be big and play jat-ks and jump pepper-and-salt like Katie lless and Mary Erliardt? Um-e when grandpa. was lying on the lounge-grandpa. was near-sighted-lietty left. her jumping rope out on the port-h, tshte did S0 want to jump' peplrer-and-saltj, wenrt in to grandpa, and turning her chubby arms faster and faster, she jumped peplwr-and-salt! tirandpafs sleepy eyes did not deteet the dereption, but drawing the little girl to him he patted the bright hair and 1-alled her grandpa's smart little girl. And now as Betty trudged on her way to kindergarten with her little red and white basket, she was trying to decide what had been the excitement of the day before at srhool. Little girls in white aprons had gathered tos gether in knots and talked in whispers, but Betty had stayed wit.h Miss Pafine, for Betty was the ntew little girl. liut this morning when Betty was sedately walking up the brirk path rarrying an apple branch to Miss Paine, the Fat Boy, who had made a fave at heir the lirst day, bustled up and gave her a large white efnlvelop-e. As lit-tty entered, Miss Paine looked up from the bright rolorted yarns she was arranging. lloubt and perplexity were pit-tured on the little girl's face as she handed the envelope to the tea 1-her. Miss Paine laughed and kissed the troubled up-turned fare. 'iXVhy, lietty dear, this is a partyfyou are invited to Waltz-r's party tomorrow alf- ternoon over at the big red house with the stone walk antd the trees in frontewthe big, pretty house you pass on your way. lic-tty's heart sang. She wondered if' the Little Hoy with the Brown Suit would be there. 'Fahey said he was the superintendeut's son, and he knew how to do everything, and he watsn't afraid. Una-e whetut Miss Paine played the mart-h at noontime and they were all lined up around the big red 1-irrle, it 4-ame the Little lioy's turn to rho-ose a partner. Bettyls eyes were on the tio-or but she felt that the Little Boy must be looking in h-er direction, and she did S0 ho-pe that he would choose her. 'l'hen he stepped into the ring, walking boldly up to her, and pointing his finger at her he said, You! 'I 41' -K' JC- il' -lf -K lit-tty's last 1-url was liuffed and the hat with the blue streamers was tied on over the bright hair, and with her haml in Aunt. Eett.a.'s, Betty was on her way to the party. One must walk very slowly up the front steps and wait till the man opens the door, thont you follow somebody with a white