Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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THE SPECTATOR I7 A diamond of unusual size and quality had just been un- earthed. ln order that this diamond should reach Cape Town safely, as no guard would be sufficient to repel an at- tack ofthe savages, the company was obliged to resort to a stratagem. Being a friend of the mine foreman, Nlr. Clutch was admitted to the secret and permitted to help in its exec- ution. On the appointed day six armed men set out on foot to Durban. From Durban they could travel by rail to Cape- Town. One of these men carried a small box containing an exact model of this extraordinary diamond. Six hours later three men, equipped as tourists, andin- cluding Mr. Clutch, set out for Johannesburg on their way to Sofala on the eastern coast of Africa. All of this journey was made on foot and in the native chairs carried by negres. This party carried the real diamond which was apparently carelessly mixed with a large collection of shells and corals. The first party, as was anticipated, was attacked when but twenty-five miles from Kimberley and relieved of their burden by the natives. The second party reached Sofala af- ter four weeks of traveling, unmolested. Here they boar- ded a vessel and soon arrived in Cape Town with their treasure. g im

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16 THB SPECTATOR the water's edge, but there all aid was sacrificed to new clothes. What! Quitters are you? shouted the volunteer oarsmen. The person might not be saved now, but at least the boat could pick him up. So my comrade and l, rushing into the water up to our knees, shoved the boat before us, when suddenly the keel stuck in the sand. We strained and tugged until at last the boat floated, we two marched out of the water, heroes already. In the meantime the life-savers were tiring, and also a complete story was circulating about the sea's victim. Yes, its Miss Brown, of Chicago. She went in by herself, when the undertow and ebb pulled her out to sea. The body could no longer be seen, but all hoped to have it found. At first the boat took the life-savers aboard and then cast about for the drowned person. After a few minutes reconnoitering, the boat suddenly headed for shore. Had they given up the search? lt so appeared to the indig- nant crowd until the boat grated on the pebbles, Then the mass quickly dissolved. The heroes, their new clothes dripping with salt water, with down-cast eyes and dejected hearts, slunk away thru the unused streets. That evening the Daily Reporter published the fol- lowing: TOP OF PILE MISTAKEN FOR DROWNING BATHER. This afternoon, during the lowest tide for weeks, an old log used for tying Hshermen's nets, appearing in the troughs of the waves, etc., etc. A Diamond Stratagem BY J oHN H. CovER, '11 ADR. CLUTCH, a retired business man and a lover of travel, lately related an interesting incident which happened during an extended journey in Africa. He was at the time visiting the Kimberley Diamond Mines which were in their infancy. A contention between two native tribes had made the route to Cape Town unsafe for the shipment of diamonds.

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18 THE SPECTATOR he 'ileligb School Spectator JOHNSTOWN, PA., SEPTEMBER, 1909 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 15 CENTS. PER COPY, X0 CENTS. BDIIOFIRI B110 1511501655 Staff. T EdIIOf-In-CI'lIef, CARL E. GLOCK xoxo. Assoclate Edltor, - ALBERT W. WALTERS r91o Literary Edltors. School News Editors, MARGARET E. KREBS x9xo WILLIAM HOTCHKISS 1910 MARIE ITELL xoxo. FRANK CRAMER IQIO WALTER KRESS 'om Athletic Edltor, Exchmre Editors- SEWARD D. DAVIS mo. LILLIAN MOSES 1910 BLANCHE SNYDER IQIO Afffiltflu- N sochty Editors. ELSIE HI CH A xgxo MARY E. JONES 1910 General News EdII0l', MARY ROSE 1910 HERBERT GRAHAM 1910. Chlef Buslness Manager, IRA M. DEMPSEY 1910 Assoclate Business Manager. WALTER SUPPES IQIO Assistants, HARVEY GRIFFITH IQIO JOHN H. COVER 1911 JOHN B. WEIR 191o WILLIAM THOMAS IQII GEORGE S. COOPER 19m W. FRITZ MAYER 1910 DONALD CUSTER XQI2 THE SPECTATOR ls published monthly during the school term. Address all communlcatlons to THE SPECTATOR, Hlgh School Bulldlng, Johnstown, Pa. Entered at the Postoffice, Johnstown, Pa.. as second-class mall matter. In order to insure publication in the current lssue, all MSS. must be handed In to the edltor not later than the gd of each month. Editorial I R eleven years the Spectator has been published by the pupils of High School, each year with increasing success. Now, with more pupils in the school than ever before, and with such a brilliant record behind to spur onward, the twelfth volume of the Spectator is launched. The staff desires that the students of High School realize that the Spectator is their paper, and the representative of 1