Ione High School - Nugget Yearbook (Ione, CA)

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A HALLOWEEN PARTY About twenty-five'young people in a certain town were looking forward to Hallowe'en Eve with great pleasure. The people had planned to give a certain girl a surprise party on Halloween night. This girl was not liked very well among the others so they were going to give her a surprise party and play all kinds of tricks on her and make her do things they knew she would not like to do as she was so modest or stuck up as they called it. So after planning everything for about two weeks Hallowe'en Eve finally came. At eight o'clock they all met at a certain place and then went from there to the home of the girl. She lived about two miles out of town. When they arrived at the house they couldn't see any lights so they opened the door and walked into the room. lt was pitch dark and they could just hear a faint noise coming from some place in the room. They managed to find a flash light which one of the boys happened to have. They turned it on and be- hold , there stood an object which every one knows as a ghost. He looked to be about eight feet tall. They were so frightened they dropped the flash light and there they all stood in the dark. The ghost was making all kinds of noises and started to run after them. They were too frightened to get into their machines so all started to run to town. They ran two miles. lt seemed to them as if it were about six miles. They all reached their homes safely but wondering how it had all happened and especially on that night. The next day they went out to get their machines and the brother of the girl they were going to give the party for came out to meet them and told them how it all happened. They found out all about it and also learned that the girl's brother had been the ghost. So they decided whenever they gave another party it would not be a surprise. DORIS AMICK '23. 'F -QF -15 GROVER VALLEY Just as the sun was setting behind the purple hills Harlan Grover came riding into the old farmhouse. One could tell at a glance that the old house had seen better days, but at that time it meant a great deal to Harlan. lt was that little place he called Home . He had been riding in the far corners of the Grover range and he knew he was late for supper as the well known supper bell had sounded quite a while previous. The old lantern light had been hung on the back porch by his thought- ful mother, but Harlan's thoughts were not of home. He was thinking of the cattle on the ranges. After unsaddling the horse he turned it in the pasture and rushed suddenly in the house. Say Dad, the water holes are dried up and the cattle are without water. l don't expect it to rain for another month yet. Whatl exclaimed the elder Grover, why I was to all the watering places yesterday and they were brimming over . So you told me , replied Harlan, 'ibut l noticed footprints around each hole and it wouldn't surprise me if they were made by Holt's men from Rocky Gulch. They are probably trying to draw our attention to that section of the range while they start rustling on the far side . The only way l see to stop that band of cattle thieves is to get Jud Lawson and his men to unite with us and go after Holt's gang, drawled Grover. l believe l'll go over and see them to-night, replied Harlan. He had a two fold purpose in going to Lawson that night. The first and most important reason to him was to see Elsie Lawson, and secondly he would talk to Jud and present to him his father's proposition. Harlan had been paying quite a bit of attention to Elsie lately and he began to think that she really liked him. He had a very pleasant evening at the Lawson's. Jud pro- Pagc Nineteen

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seemed as if everyone was able. The members of the club went out the back window and then we found that the Reverend Smith was not with us. We hur- ried back through the window and as we were above the fighters we could see everything that was going on. It took us some time before we could find the other members of our club. At first we thought the Reverend Smith was either knocked-out or that he had left by another exit. But at last Oswald Jenkins called our attention to a small group off in a corner by themselves. ln the middle was Reverend Smith who was doing his best to help the cause along. His clothes were in rags and his face looked as though it had been pounded with a sledge hammer. ln a short time both sides had had enough and quiet again reigned. The State Militia had been called out but was so slow in getting there that they were too late. As the game had not been fini- shed the soldiers stayed and were put on sentry duty. The rest of the game was clean and at the end of the game the score was close but in lone's favor. The people of both towns parted good friends. l told you that we would have been better off at home, exclaimed the Reverend but one could see that he was almost glad that he had come. By the time that we reached home again it was very late and as we were all very tired each one slept well the rest of the night. PAUL KELLY. 'F 3 95 THE GREATEST ADVENTURE OF MY LIFE Once upon a time a party of about ten of us decided to go coon hunting. My cousin who had come up from Oakland and who had never seen either a skunk or a coon before, was in the party. We started about eight o'clock and went four miles down in the field. We reached the fig trees where the coons always came for figs. All of a sudden we saw a black object creeping along on the ground. We all yelled A Coon . My cousin started toward it for she thought it very cunning and wanted to pat it but about that time we discovered what it was and yelled A Skunkln. She immediately retreated and not only saw this one but she got the odor and she declared she never wanted to see another. Well, the dogs killed the skunk and then we turned the spotlight in the fig trees. After watching for quite a while we saw two bright and shining eyes. They were those of a coon. We could not get him down so the boys began to shoot at it. After wasting about a dozen shells one of them hit it. Down it fell with a thump and the dogs right after it. They shook it until it was dead. My cousin wept bitterly when she saw the dead coon. We then went over in another place and ate lunch as it was then about eleven o'clock. When we had finished we started back and there ran a small coon down the creek. The dogs started after it and it ducked under the water. They finally succeeded in getting it. It was just a baby coon. But we had a pretty good hunt, getting two coons and a skunk. We reached home that night about twelve-thirty declaring that we had spent a very adventuresome evening although that probably won't be the greatest adventure l shall ever have. , MATILDA AMICK '23. Page Eighteen

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mised to unite with the Grovers, for he had some great losses along the cattle line, due to cattle thieves. The next day proved to be a busy one for the Grover ranch hands. It was found that it would be necessary to drive the cattle over the divide and into a new watershed. Everything went splendidly that year. The ranches of the vicinity had not been bothered by Holt. Many of them began to believe that he had left the country. Some of the more thoughtful ones merely shook their heads and said that he was simply waiting a while and would make a 'big haul' when they least expected it. , The winter passed with nothing exciting, save that Harlan and Elsie became more fond of each other than ever before. Then came spring and along with it the spring Round Up . This was very important as all the calves must be branded and the strays must be brought in for market. The day for the round up was set and everyone waited and prepared for it. The day arrived at last. Horses were saddled and off they went. By evening they returned with what cattle they could find. Many of the calves were reported missing and some of the brands had been tampered with. With this discovery Harlan started to see the rest of the ranches. They reported the same trouble and some of them were very indignant. lt was not a hard matter for Harlan to convince them that the logical thing to do would be to band together and capture the rustlers. The men met the next day at Grover's to start their journey. Harlan, who was considered as experienced a cowpunchcr as any of them was chosen leader. There was a desperate crowd of men under his comand and woe be the cattle rustler who should come within their sight. It was first decided to make for Rocky Gulch, as it was the most likely place to find the theives. There was but one pass through which to enter this canyon and the settlers believed it to be heavily guarded. The ranchers had never seen Holt, but from the description they had of him they thought they could tell him in a moment. As they descended into the canyon a lone rider came out of the brush, at the same time inquiring their mission. lt's none of your business , shouted Jud Lawson. lt happens to be some of my business , replied the unknown, this is my land and if you don't leave immediately l shall have the law after you. A great deal you think of the law, Holt, the way you've been rustling cattle lately , interrupted Harlan, you know what becomes of cattle rustlers in this country . Whatl exploded Holt who was taken completely by surprise. He never dreamed of being detected with the disguise he had made. You heard what l said, returned Harlan. l gues you'll have to give up now. l give up now? questioned Holt, say boy, l never give up. He con- tinued, Do you know that l have twice as many men as you have, stationed in this brush ready to fire at your first move to molest me? I happen to know that you haven't a man in that brush, replied Harlan. He had called Holt's bluff and he knew it by the surprised look on the rustler's face. I see you have the upper hand , whined Holt, but you ought to give me a chance to fight it out in the open where both sides have a fair chance. Yes, a lot you thought about fair chance when you stole our cattle, said Lawson, you ought to be glad that we're going to turn you over to the law instead of having a necktie party with you . Holt was taken with the settlers and duly convicted by law. When Holt Page Twenty