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

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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-

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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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lost it on the street and a newsboy saw you pick it up.” “Qh,” said the man, “I dropped this package and picked it up again. That was what he saw. But I saw a young lady in a limousine stop and pick up a package. But | will show you that this isn’t your package.” so he took off the wrapper and showed Dick it was only a box of candy from one of the leading confectioners. Dick went slowly down the steps and started down the street again in pursuit of the picture. He went back to the street again in which he had lost the photograph and tried to find some person who had seen the young woman in the limousine. It seemed nobody had seen her, so he went home and sent an advertisement to the leading papers to be inserted in the personals. He waited anxiously for a week and received no an- swer. He was beginning to fear that he would never hear from it again, when one morning he received the follow- ing letter: Dear Sir:—If you will call at 1264 Elin Street, I think you will find your picture. ALICE MAYNE. After his excitement on receiving these tidings abated, be hegan to notice the handwriting and signature. The writing was fine and dainty and the name suggested a re- fined person. “Just the girl [ve heen looking for,” he asserted, “TT vo right now and get my picture and get acquainted with her.” He found the house with quite a little difficulty on ac- count of the crooked streets, but at last he found it. It was an imposing structure and looked as if its owners might be wealthy. When his ring at the bell was answered, he asked to see Alice Mayne, who had answered his advertisement. He was ushered into a room in which sat a very pretty girl. He could hardly speak for looking at her, but she came forward and said, “You were the person who lost the pic- ture?” “Yes.” he said, not taking his eves from her face. “Just the girl T have been dreaming of,” he said to him- self. She gave him the picture after he had described it ard they conversed for quite awhile. He was growing more in love every minute and finally remarked that the picture was very valuable and then told of his numerous adventures in search of it. “Ye.” she said, “From the advertisement I learned of ‘ts value. I doubted it, but my husband, when he brought it home. said it might be valuable. He is quite a scientist limself, you know’ —but with a groan, Dick had seized his picture and loft. -- QUID oo ee 29