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

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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 . .

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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 the ch1mney howled the accusatlon My nerves were gone I slept only to dream of gallows and of graves W1th shakmg nerves and blood shot eyes crmgmg at the sound of a voxce I tr1ed to drown my sorrows rn hquor Stmll ln my drunken tits I could see the fingers of the dead man pomtmg at me and could hear hxm say Frxend betrayer mur derer fiend' DESERTED ANNA McK1rrR1cK 17 MQWM HE old frame structure weather beaten and dxlapxdated stands alone IH a deserted farm yard The w1nd has .J IAN 12 Q Q: - , - 1 , e i. ' L ? played havoc with the shattered shingles of the slop- , f ing roof. Rusty hmges loosely attach several broken, X P: ,fm X . . . ' My Q' fl - I d a I I unpalnted shutters to the crumbly sldes of w1ndows Boards are here and there worm eaten and decayed Weeds ID the neglected yard are so h1gh as to almost shut off the v1ew of the house A sohtary owl rests upon the frayed doorstep and lends xts mournful cry to 1ntens1fy the dreary lonelmess of the place The home once hvened by happ1ness and cheer 1S now sadly d1smal1y deserted DRQUGHT EMILY HITCH 17 HE quxet country road sleeps laz1ly through the summer day Not a breath of amr shrs the dr1ed leaves on the trees Through the stxll atmosphere comes only the monotonous drone of bees or the subdued call of a smgle bxrd as xt H165 across the expanse of blue sky The sun beats down on everythmg steadxly and merc1lessly The road lS ttuckly carpeted wxth dust whxch has spread from passmg vehxcles over the waysnde plants and flowers These are thickly populated w1th grasshoppers whxch when they jump from stalk to stalk send down a mxnxature shower of dust