Eureka High School - Sequoia Yearbook (Eureka, CA)

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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

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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 cap up some more stairs-then you're at the party! There are all the little girls, Mary Erliardt, and is that-yes, t.hat's Ona. with a beautiful pink dress, and there are Susie and Katie. And then you take off your hat and Huff your hair like the rest are doing and someone puts their arm around you-its Ona! and you go down the broad low stairs to a. big room with slippery tloors and rugs-and th-ere's the Little Boy with the Brown Suit! Ile has a black one now, though, with a big White collar, and th1ere's th-e Fat Boy that Miss Paine called XYaltcr, and Billy Hess, and the Bed Head- -ed boy, and everybody. I They were playing a. game, and every time a little girl came out of the 11ext room she laughed, and everyone laugh-ed, but Betty did not kn-ow whyg she wondered what was behind the door and Why they closed it so quickly after each little girl. She heard Ona say it was Postoffice. Then some- one called her name, Ona pushed her, and she Was in the n-ext room. It was small and dark, and p-rett v soon she saw the Fat Boy. He had his hand in his pocket and was looking at the iioor, scraping his foot on the carpet. Betty looked at him and he looked at Betty. She was be- ginning to be afraid, and she wondered why the little girls had laughed. The Fat Boy came closer, and pointing to a. dark corner he whispered, f4There is an old main, sleeps over there sometimes. He has four legs and three arms, and he biteslv And then he laughed. But Betty, territied by the d-ark and the Fat Boy, screamed an-d pounded on the door. Someone tore open the door and sprang at the Fat Boy, and together they rolled on the floor. Then the Fat Boy's mother came in., and they stood up and stood glaring at each other. And then Betty heard the Fat Boy explaining to his mother: UI never meant to do it, I never meant to make her cry. They went out into the next room, and the girls gathered ,round Betty and put their arms around her. Then the Fat. Boy's mother came in and told each little boy to get his partner for supper. Betty was sitting in a. big rocker, and the Little Boy with the Brown Suit ran and S11 atehing her hand, sat down with her, and the Fat Boy rafn to the other side and caught her sleeve 5 but as nei- ther wished to give her up, they held on and glare-d. The Fat Boy's mother brought three little sticks. Betty wondered what they were for, and the Boy with the Brown Suit to-ok one, and the Fat Boy took one, but when the Fat Boy saw his he cried, and said he would not eat. any supper, and went away in a corner and sulked. . But Betty and the Boy with the Brown Suit led the march into a big room with a long table, and there W as pink ice cream, and lady fingers, and lemonade with cherries in: it, a:nd candy, and a. caake with six candles. The Little Boy in the Brown Suit sat next to her, and he gave her his