Madera Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Madera, CA)

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the story. On such occasions, Mr. Jack fled from the room. He had attempted to capture it but so far had not been successful. On this particular day, the Shavers were to give a din- ner party for some of Dorothy and Jack’s friends. Mrs. Shaver decided that Jack’s photograph had created enough disturbance and so, wishing to save him from any more embarassment she threw it into the fire place and then went out to cut some flowers for the tables. Just as she left the room, Dinah, the cook came in, and seeing the photograph in the fire and thinking it had fallen off the mantel, rescued it before it started to blaze. That evening when dinner was about over, Dinah came in and going up to Gladys, handed her a photograph and said in her loud voice, “Oh, Missah Gladys, heah dis heah pietuh T done foun’ obeh dah in deh fah-place. Sech extrabagance, I nebeh do see.” “Oh, Jack, here is that horrid picture of yours again as you call it,” cried Gladys, teasingly. “But I don’t see how it got into that fire for T left it in my room.” “T ouess I'll have to explain,” said Mrs. Shaver. Then she said that she had wanted to help Jack out and so put it in the fire. Dorothy had been sitting by unbelievingly listening to the explanation. When Mrs. Shaver finished speaking Dorothy quickly snatched the picture from Gladys and, vazing at it intently, suddenly broke out into a hearty laugh. “Well, if that isn’t a good joke on me,” was what she said when she got her breath again. Of course everyone wanted to know what the joke was and so amid the laughter of the jolly crowd she told the story of her mistake in believing that this picture of Jack's was a girl in Yosemite. After the last ripple of laughter had died away, Gladys said, “I agree with mother, that we have had enough fun out of this photograph and Jack enough dis- pleasure, so, | make a motion that we hold a grand celebra- tion and burn it.” “Second the motion,” cried Jack. So amid gay laughter they gathered around the fire place after promising Jack that they would never speak of that photograph again, they watched it go up in flames. Jack looked happier than he had since the photograph had been taken for his troubles were over and because his pursuit of the photograph was ended. Wanderer’s Yachtlied (Translated from German) Above all the mountains is rest, In the trees One scarcely can fecl the breath Of a breeze; Each bird of the forest’s asleep in its nest ; Wait only a while and you too shall rest.

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mirror; but no “glass” jingled as he broke its smooth sur- face. Gladys screamed but since Jack was well able to swim he soon stood dripping on the shore. The girl’s screams brought the others to the spot just in time to see Jack emerge from the water and swim to land. Of course they all thought it a good joke on him and had a hearty laugh because it served him night for being so vain. It was too cold for Jack to keep on his wet clothes, so the girls wae had brought along some extra clothes to go swimming in, kindly lent him theirs. When he was all dressed he lonked so funny that when he wasn’t looking the girls took a picture of him standing before his “mirror.” The trip to Glacier Point had to be abandoned for the day, because of Jack’s misfortune, but much to his sur- prise, the girls seemed quite eager to get back to camp and started on ahead. Jack and his mother walked slowly and took in the scenery lone the way. When they arrived in sight of camp the girls came running to meet them. Gladys, who was in the lead, was waving something fran- tically in the air, “Oh, Jack, look at the picture,” she cried. He, thinking it a picuure of some friend through the mail, hurried to see who it was. Imagine his surprise when he saw it was his own picture just as he looked now, dressed in his sister’s clothes. He took it good- naturedly for he thought that they would leave it when they broke up camp. However, he was tired of being joked about that ple- ture long before they left ae The girls were very eare- ful to keep it out of his reach for if they hadn’t it wouldn't have existed long. One evening, just at dusk, he determined to ect that picture and burn it up. So, going into the eirl’s tent, he picked up a photograph that was lying on the bureau and later he put it into the camp fire. He was a very sur- prised boy the next morning when he saw G ladys with his photograph and at once came to the conclusion that he had made a mistake and burned the wrong one, Jack’s the city. A few days before he left the valley the girls sent picture to Dorothy, his ae girl friend, in i They wrote on the bottom of it, “One of our friends” but didn’t explain anything. she didn’t recognize Jack and thought i t was some girl they had met on their camping trip. Immediately after to see Dorothy. After she said, “You haven’t Yosemite.” “Why, what girl do you mean? said Jack, very much surprised. their return to the city, Jack went hearing all about their fine times told me about the girl you met in I didn’t know about any,’ “T mean this one,” she said, as she showed him his own picture dressed in the girl’s clothes. “Why that,”’—he began and then suddenly stopped, very much confused and blushing violently. Then when he refused to explain, of course she took it for granted that he thought a great deal of her and her tone changed. “Tf Gladys hadn't a me to return this to her, J would give it to you as a keepsake to remember your new friend by.” she said very indignantly. Poor Jack, not wanting to explain the picture, him- thought that he would have Gladys tell her all about it and keep himself out of an embarassing position, and so took his departure. self, Dorothy immediately sent the Peaetape to Gladys for she didn’t want to see any more of They had been home only a few ae but during that length of time a great many people had come to see the Shavers. When they told their adventures in Yo- semite, Gladys, much to Jack’s mortification and embar- that horrid pieture and told rassment always brought out

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Ohe Pursuit of the Photograph Dick Carter and his father had been traveling in ruins there, for Mr. Carter was a scientist. Finally, they had discovered some new ruins and investigated them, but Dick had to return to his country to go to College, leaving his father to work on the ruins. Dick was a student at the Boston Institute of Technology. While he and his father were working at the ruins, a picture of the most valuable part had been taken. Dick and his father appeared in this picture which was very valuable because of the valuable collection of ancient relies it showed. This picture Mr. Carter had sent to Dick to lave it copied and, as it was so valuable especial care had to be taken of it. Dick had received it at the postoftice and was walking down the street watching an altercation be- ween a policeman and the driver of a taxicab who had been arrested for speeding, when he discovered that he had lost the precious picture. Quickly he retraced his steps to the vostotfice. All the time looking anxiously along the street or the package. After he had gone over the route twice without finding it, he inquired of the policeman whom he saw if they had found it. None of them had and he was going away discouraged, when a small newsboy stop- ped him saying, “Say, Mister, I just saw a gent pick up package from the street here.’ “Where did he go?” asked Dick, “And what did he look like?” “tie had a brown overcoat and brown derby hat on.” unswered the hoy, “And went up that side street there.” Dick hurried down the street looking anxiously for a man with a brown overcoat and brown derby hat. ite Going NELLIE SECARA; 713. rypt and the Holy Land for several months, investigating tor several locks, he was beginning to be discou raged when, turning a corner, he saw a man answering to that de- scription going up the steps of a fashionable ooking house and carrying a package in his hand. Dick sprinted along and reached the house just about half a minute after the man did. He rang the bell excitedly and then stamped around wondering why somebody didn’t come to the door. Finally a butler opened the door and gazed stonily at him. “Say,” began Dick, “I want to see that man who just came in; he has something of mine. Quick or he'll get away with it!” The butler continued to stare and started to close the door, but Dick hurriedly brushed him aside and ran in. Hearing voices in a room nearby, he went in that direction and arrived in time to see a girl, standing with her arms around the young man who had just come in. He heard her say, “Oh, sweetheart! I thought you would never come, and you brought me a box of candy! Tow dear of you.” Then, as she saw Dick, she screamed and the man turned with a frown on his face. “What does this mean?” he demanded. “That package!” Diek grasped, newsboy saw you pick it up. ture.” “T don’t understand,” the man said, “This package contains a box of candy. T don’t see what connection it can have with your picture and T think that you have forced yourself upon us; vou had better explain.” “Why,” said Dick, trving to be calm, “I had a pack- age sent to me by mail containing a valuable picture. 1 “[ dropped and a It contains a valuable pie-