Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES bon hke way up the ch1mney Father came 1nto the room soon saylng Wake up B11ly boy I have some pleasant news Torn has been here from Caroway s plantatxon and he says that we may have the two Shet land ponles And that IS the reason I had forgotten all about the sad story of the wood fire unt1l now THE RACE FERN M KERN 17 fk,.,,, HE McFarland home was saddened by the death of the the father and husband W1th1n the house were con R3 ,A GE-1 '03 and Jack Dorothy the youngest was SIXICCD mne Q11 K CMJ teen year old Jack had just returned from school cealed Mrs McFarland and her two ch1ldren Dorothy Word had been recelved that Mr McFarland had mortgaged h1s home for a large sum of money to en able hlm to carry on h1s busmess Th1s came as a shock to the entlre household and Jack reallzed at once that he would not be able to re turn to college He longed to complete h1s educatxon but sa1d nothlng to anyone about 1t untxl a month had elapsed after h1s fathers death Then one day at the dmner table he spoke to h1s mother on the sub ject I am very sorry my boy rephed h1s mother but we must take thmgs as they come Young Dorothy seemmg to real1ze how Jack must feel saxd Jack you w1ll go back to your unxversxty and finxsh your course xf I have to go on the streets and beg I mean to find a way for you Bless you httle sxster but I am afra1d you are too young to real xze our s1tuat1on The next mornmg whxle walkmg down Maln Street she notlced a large poster ln glarmg colors Approachxng she read HORSE RACING Aucusr 15 Make entrxes before June 30 Inquxre at office 2nd floor corner Mlchxgan Boulevard and 18th Street F1rst Prxze S5 00000 ' ' 1 1 11 - 1 ' 1 1 , . 1 - - 11 1 . , . 69.1. X A12 . I ' - I A X s.. x ',, I ' .J , , Q I f 9 . l . 5 fpx X ' 1 1 1 ' iff' 1 I fy? - - ' . E ' 1 5 ? 'gal F ' I ' - , - - 1 . . . , , . 11 ,, . . ll 1 1 1 - 11 1 1 5 5. . . . . . 1 1 11 11 . . . 1 ' 1 ' . . . ,, 1 1 . , I 1 1 - 1 1 - -

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vf '5'0'3T of Q E THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES JUST A DREAM EMILY HITCH 17 sat around the fire that nlght Father Mother Beth and I How well I remember' I lay before the open flre rn the grate makmg bu1ld1ngs wtth my blocks Father sat on one slde w1th h1s arm around Beth wh11e Mother sat on the other her pretty fingers busy at some fancy work Father smoked h1s long meer schaum plpe and Beth looked mto the fire I knew what she thought of we d1d It often together weavmg dream stones from the tmy 1nv1s1ble creatures and strange black shadows We stayed just that way for a long txme Presently Father started to tell us a story It was that old one about the flax when the lxttle gtrl count ed the sparks as they flew up the ch1mney He had just fimshed the story when old Mose called Father 1nto the hall and soon Mother and Beth followed I lay there thmkmg and dreammg Pretty soon some one was talkmg I couldnt tell gust who xt was Then I couldnt under stand what It meant but now I know One spark one spark one spark more of my lxfe slowly dymg out Ah soon I shall d1e Gone forever and who w1ll m1ss me? What have I done to deserve th1s slow horr1b1e death wh1ch I know 1S commg to me? My whole l1fe It seems has been preparmg me for th1s slow torture How I wxsh 1t would cease When I was young I looked forward to what seemed to me then my hfe as I would l1ve lt Do you hate nasty cellars where you l1e an the cold dreadmg the approach of a horrlble rat wxth black beady eyes? Do you hate the sharp blade of an axe? Do you hate even the thought of that awful rendmg stroke that tears clear through the heart of your sutferxng body? I was happy when I held the new leaves each sprmg Then I longed to be away IfI had but known' The w1nd as lt s1ghed through the leaves or moaned thru the branches pleased me But that awful longmg was st1ll 1n my heart And now when l1fe IS gomng gomg slowly never to return my heart ached as lt never d1d before For what good have I done 1n my 11fe? I have warmed the llttle boy who rs sleepmg so soundly on the hearth rug before me I slowly opened my eyes The Ere had nearly dxed away leavxng the room almost dark only a soft pmk glow through the Whlte ashes I sat up and slowly one by one a few last txny sparks made the1r rxb 8 1 , . .113 :IQ S 1 ' X ' . . ', . ' A , , 'fo 05 ', . . . . . I . 1 v ' A 4 fx U Q3 . . . ' 4, . ii 35 ,bi , of 'I 'D - , . I , ' so ,, . . , . . , ,. , 1 - . 1 I ii 1 n 1 1 ' 1 ' 1- Y 1 ' Y ' 1 1 , . I , . ' Y . , . ' 1 , . . . . 1 1 ' t 1 ' I 1 . 11 , . ' 1 1.-1 1 . l n 1 I '

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES She read quxckly and hesmtated a moment then re read It A thought dawned upon her Could she rnde? No she had not r1dden for at least two months She had been xn the hab1t of takxng a long r1de every mornmg when the a1r was fresh and pure and before the sun had rzsen but her horse had not been xn trammg for a long tlme Stxll she could employ someone to r1de for her No that would not do e1ther for then she would not be helpmg Jack If she could only rxde' Why couldn t she? After consxderxng xt all mornxng she resolved to enter and to rnde her horse Bob She would not tell anyone except the man who would enter her as one of the contestants Hastxly she went to the office and goxng to the clerk asked to see the manager After wa1t1ng an mtermmable t1me as xt seemed to her she was mvtted to come 1n How do you do saxd the man at the desk as he slowly turned around Are you the man who has charge of the racmg Yes Im Mr Tolhver the manager Have you a frxend or rela t1ve who w1shes to enter? Yes slr It IS myself You? What' Am I dreamlng? Surely a young gurl hke you doesn t w1sh to race? lmpossxblel You would be thrown and maybe knlled I am not thlnkmg of the consequences for myself only for my brother I have declded that I w1sh to rxde As t1me went on Dorothy and her horse were xn traxnmg and the day of the race arr1ved Jack had asked her to accompany h1m but she had polltely declmed Two hours before the event she went to the grounds and pre pared for her part The hostler was attendmg to her horse The first bell rang telllng them to be ready As the horses and the1r mounts ap peared the eager fans cr1t1cally watched them Jack very enthus1 astlc was saymg Number nxne wxll w1n and not knowmg h1s s1ster was the rxder remarked to a frlend how much the horse was lxke h1s s1ster s The horses were all m l1ne The smgnal was g1ven All started Number one was xn the lead Dorothy at once knew xf she let Bob out now he would be txred before the race was over so she held hmm back Several r1ders were m advance of her In a few seconds Bob was last 10 1 ' ' ' - - 1 . . ' . , . ' . D . ' . l Q ' , . . I . . . . Y Y , . ' . ' n . . . . . . . . u . ,, I I ' H ll ' I H 1 yy Il 1 ' ' , . , . - I ' ll ll ' 11 , . Who may your friends be? ll ' ll .. . . . 1 ' ' ' IU As - - 7 l I I 1 , - 1 . I . - u ,, . . , 1 ' 1 ' , . sl . . . ,,l , , , , 1 1 1 1 ' I i 1 I