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

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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

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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 AUTUMN MARY PHFLAN 19 7 rw cv, 7 E sat alone 1n the tw1l1ght Grandmother and I The ? only llght 1n the large l1v1ng room was thrown out from the old fash1oned fireplace Queer shadows Y flxckermg here and there made more uncanny the R -as f cracklxng and falhng of the glowmg embers We had ci-If 1-A sat 1n s11ence for oh' so long a t1me The dull sound of the leaves fallmg and now and then a low mumbl 1ng of the w1nd SWC8p1Dg the leaves along made us feel glad for a little warmth wxthm We both gazed 1nto the fire then I broke the sxlence Tell me Grandmother wh1ch 1S your fa.vor1te season? Lost 1n reverxe for a moment she d1d not answer and I qu1etly sa1d M1ne IS the Sprxng And why the Spring? Because I answered then l1fe seems to begm the b1rds smg anew the t1ny blades of grass peep through and oh' everythmg IS just bubbhng over It seems the lxttle rob1n w11l burst hlS throat w1th song The card1nal calls and all the world crxes Spnng Is Here Ah yes she answered IIS sprmg for then the heart IS young but all through my l1fe I have loved the autumn the tlme It 1S now Then nature IS preparmg to settle down and rest You see my dear I am 1n the autumn of l1fe Wlth the sweet memory of the sprxng Tell me I Sald why you l1ke the t1me when as the poet sa1d The melancholy days are come The saddest of the years No my ch1ld she answered not the saddest but the sweetest They are the days when the sunsets are the finest makxng us remember the hand of H1m who IS master of all And then the woods IS full of wonders' Each leaf IS a del1ght to the eye The orchards are hangmg w1th fruxt the fields are splashed w1th yellow pumpkins the nuts are 1n the woods the squ1rrels are busy and fr1sk1ng and the b1rds do not forget to sxng I remember the sweetest song I ever heard was a cardz nal s love song and yes' It was 1n the autumn Then the joy of the well f1lled cellar' The wlnter supply arranged on the good roomy shelves the b1ns of potatoes red and yellow apples squashes and sweet potatoes all snugly fixed for wmter' And so my dear each season has 1ts own wonders I . , . fi ...4 Ii. 1 ' 1 E L . . . . - N ' o 0 T 1 . l - .. .1 I ' I , ,. , , fl Q 1 1 3, , : . . . 9,55 1 I Q . . . ' - , Z .. . . . ,, 1 1 ' . 11 . . . ,, , . sl . ,, ss ,, 11 . . . . 1 I 1 1 1 ' . . 1 . , H , . ll ,, ss, - - . 1 1 1 ' , . ' U I . . . . ,, , . u ,, . 11 . . . 1 1 1 K 1 1 I1 H . ,, ss 1 1 1 ' 9 1 1 1 , - , . . ll n Q a 1 1 1 , . ll ' 11 I I '