Monterey High School - El Susurro Yearbook (Monterey, CA)

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EL SUSURRO VII. Farewell ! and the golden light rent through the darkness Vanished the moonbeams and fire-flies and stars, While one rosy shaft like a beckoning finger Pointed a way to the ocean afar. VIII. Then spoke the law Q'tis the law of all nature NVe must go onward, nor tarry and waitj, And through the great silence the mountains prophetic Murmured aloud of my journey and fate. IX. Through the dim spaces came Hoating their voices, Voices impellingly murmuring to me: You must go onward. O sweet child of nature! You must go onward-to wed with the sea! X.. Thus, as the sun in its mad Hush of glory Finally answered the heralding dawn, oiif of my grotto, all splashing and plashing, Spilling the sunlight, I sparkled along. Xl. Fate was a-calling me, like to all natureg Fate must be answered: one dares not to Fleeg So through the sunshine and silvery shower Dash I, and splash I, to wed with the seal 24

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EL SUSURRO lts Final Service By EARL Fimzs P-r-r-r, snap! Carr took his 'finger off the now useless trigger and looked back over his shoulder to see what had happened to Jim, whom he had sent crawling back to the study hall for more shells for the machine gun he was tending. He saw scattered, near the broken arch, the shining shells that were now so valuable, and further back, in front of the tall Hagpole that still stood. holding up the shot-riddled flag of his country, the body of his companion lying where he had fallen. Carr turned back and lifted himself to look over the cement curbing that formed the top of the breastwork he was lying behind. Ile hastily rolled over on his back again as a sharp blow, accompanied by a metallic cliclc. alnzost ended his days on this earth. He lay there a minute wondering what he could do. He was arousefl to action again by the bursting of a shell that drowned out the incessant rattle of smallgun fire near him in the school corridor. ' .-X khaki-clad figure jumped into the trench beside him. Here, he gasped, dropping a heavy box beside Carr: T saw you needed them. And before Carr could catch him he gently doubled up and fell over. VVith a shudder, Carr tore off the cover of the box and pulled out a round box ofvshells. Slipping them into the gun with a grin of joy, he once more pulled the trigger of Death's own weapon. Down went the gray who was climbing the bank toward him. The cloud of gas was filled with more men. As fast as he shot them down there were more to take their places. Several little puffs of white smoke suddenly plumed out above him and the entire gray line in front of him melted away. No, there were a few still coming on. The trigger snapped on an empty shell, and he shoved a new box into the empty one's place. A minute later the few remaining men in the gas haze were disposed of. lint even through the deafening roar of exploding shells and shrieking bullets he was conscious of a missing note. He listehed to the roar about him. Yes, there was something niissingg something that involved him. A strengthening in the roar? No, it was the weakening of-ah! I have it. he said between shut teeth: the guns on both sides of me are out of it. He looked around to see if anybody was left. A blinding Hash met his eyes and he sank into blackness. lt was dark when he opened his eyes again. Lifting his hand to his aching head. he found that his hair was wet and sticky. Then he remembered the charging line and the blinding Hash of a shell bursting close to him. The silence seemed to crush him down, a silence that was terrifying. for 26