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

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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

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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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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES They had only two more rounds' She leaned on Bobs neck whxsper mg ln hls ear Go Bob we must WID' He seemed to understand for he qmckened hxs speed He soon gamed on them all but one could see that xt would be close Whlte Cloud was xn the lead Number one soon txred and fell back She knew xt was gomg to be hard to gam on Whlte Cloud Bob we must wm' We must w1n' Do your best' Bob contmued galmng but they had only a quarter of a mxle to the tlnxsh The spectators were shoutmg Bob made an effort to pass Whlte Cloud Go' Bob I know youre trred but we must' Faster' Please' Bob responded wlth another blg effort for hls m1stress The manager was shoutxng Go Bob' Go' Bob d1d go gaxnmg the race by one foot When the race ended hxs rxder slxpped from h1m exhausted A crowd gathered but Mr Tol hver reached her first and then rushxng through the crowd came Jack she asked to see Bob As they entered the stall Bob looked longxngly at hrs mxstress w1th an express1on of satlsfactxon on h1s face Dear old Bob she saxd we won You are a hero' The crowd had followed them and as she stood pattmg Bob Mr Tollxver took from hls pocket a wallet contamlng the prlze As Mr Tol hver presented lt to Dorothy he expressed h1s admxratxon and con gratulat1ons Wnth flushed face Dorothy recelved the prxze modestly thankmg hxm then she turned to her brother extendmg the wallet to hun He looked at her queshonmgly Take It Jack I dld lt for you I want you to go back to col e e FEAR KA la Edgar Allen Poe I PAUL B WH.-u.LoN 17 ' ICK tock txck tock Why dxd you do xt? Why dld you do 1t7 mocked the clock whose very txck I had grown to hate The house cat wh1ch had always purred so contentedly before looked upon me wxth accusmg eyes and shrank from me when I sought to stroke zt I could not forget the deed even the wxnd as xt came down ' 11 , . 1 ' ' . . . sc . ,, 1 ! 1 ' , . , . . . . . ' .. V . I ' ll -H 1 - n . , , . . . . n ,, I 1 1 ' ' . v . . i , . . . . ' I ' I - . 1 . I 1 who had recognized her in the race. After she had rested a short time ' ! H u - U av 1 4 v ' ' l I ' . . V . . . - . l . ' . . ' Q , ' I li o I a ' 1 ! ' ' 1 g H . , l . , . .... ,, , , , . . . 1 I , . I . .