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

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through at rnterxals Lours could tell at a glance that he had been more John than 'VIcGrnn1s for the past xear Hrs frne athletrc porse was the same and hrs thrck black han xx as as dark as ex er After the greetrngs xx ere oxer John began hrs storx You d nexer guess Lours xx hat a lot of srdes there are to tr rth tellrng It s frrghtfullx complrcated ex en to a man of mx rntellrgence lt max lead to tregedres but rt has rts funnx srde too Here s an ex ample I xxas at a socral gatherrng one nrght last Iunc A noted author vxas there also Of course hrs books xx ere drscusscd anl prarsed hrghlx For obxrous rea ons I took no part rn the conxersatron as I drsllke hr xx ork heartrlx Suddenlx he turned to me and sard Hoxx drd xou lrke mx last book Mr McGrnnrs'? What xx as I to do I xx ouldn t sax I don t knoxx I haxen t read rt because I had and xxorst of all I hadnt lrked rt Wrth exerx one lookrng on I told the truth as I saxx rt You see that resolutron pre xented me from exen tellrng a xx hrte l e xx hrch xvould haxe been krnder both to mx self and the author What can a person sxx orn to tell the truth ansxxcr when asked hrs oprnron of a frrend s xear old chrld xx hrch rs naturallx uglx '7 Hoxx could I ansxxcr xx hen asked hoxx I enrox ed a burnt drnner when I cant stand anxthrng thats burnt? That frendrsh resolutron cut off exerx loop hole I couldnt exen tell the brll collector I xx 'rs out when he came around It xxas axx ful' At the present trme the onlx frrends Ixe got rn the world are those I haxent seen for a xear and hax en t corresponded xvrth for the same length of trme You knoxv I couldnt verx well explarn that rt was a Nexx Year s resolutrorr because that drdnt change the fact that I xxas tellrnf., thc truth as I saxv rt I told a dxrng xxomarr of the death of her husband and the shock caused her death I couldnt help rt for she asked me a clrrect ques tron and I couldnt exade rt The xxoman xxas mx onlx srster You can understand hoxx I felt Altogether the last xear has been a mrngled comedy and tragedy and Im through xx 1th Nexx Year s resolutrons forex er Tak mx adxrce Lours and frght shx of em Too late John Lours ansxx ered 'xl hrle I xx as xx artrng for xou I concluded that rt xx asn t farr that xou should bc the onlx one to sur ter and I resolxcd to tcll the truth the xx holc truth and nothrrrg but the truth for thc next xear but I m gorrrg to be 1 hcrmrt on a mountarn top for thc rrerct txxclxe months Wrse mfrrr srghcd John McGrnnrs Nfif 223'-P ,tn -M JI 5 ' U ll I' 1 - Q v l . 1 . V N i . . 1 Y 1 . . . . ' , 1 1 1 . 1 , . K l . 1 0 . 1 7 'w 1 1 v Q 1 , 1 . G . ,. 1 V ' . Y . 1 1 , 1, 1 1' 'l . 7 1 r 1 , ' , 1 , 1 ' ' A ' ' 1 7 , ' Y ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 ' Y , 1 , 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . H v V . '. . 1 ' 1 ' ' ' 1' n x1 ' ' 11 1 1 1 . 11 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 , 11 ' 1 ' 1 1 , 1 . 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 A . 1 . , . ' 1 1 . ' H 1 - 1 - , 1 - 1 - r . , , I ' ' H , 1 , . . ts Y V I 1 Y Y, , v v v , O K ' K 1 7 1 X ll v Q . . . Y. y Y r - 1 - V 1 1 1 . , ' 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 . U . , 1-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 , 1 1 . l . 1. , 1 v s- . V . - V v v 1 1 1 . . . , 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 'w v - I 4 ' I 1 1 ' 1 v 1 v 1 K 1 . 1 . t 3 , v , 1 1 1 v - a C L I 1 Y L v a if - v . , v l Q u L 7 ef ' 1 9 1 1 I 1 1 1 1, 1 V 1 . I I , ' Y . . L . , v I v I 1 . I l ' n I 1 1 . 1 1 ' V Y ' ' ' 77 1 T x L L A ll Y' , N 1 v - ' , Q 1 A X ' - , , 1 1 1 1 ' ' v . V V 1 Y 7 l Q . 1 1 as , , , ' 1 1 1 , , 1 L 1 ' 1 1' .T 1 1' 1 ' 1 1 1 Y '- . . , 1 - - i , r vs 1, 1 t . n 1 . U ' ' 1 11 1 ' ' . 1 I 1 , , 1 1 1 - . v , ' 1 1 ' ' 1 1 L 1 ' L - ' , 1 , X , 1 x x 1 v x Q I 1 , 1 1 . 1 1 ,Av .1 , 1' ' ' 1 Z 1 - 1 ' 1 1 1 ,A 1 . 11 ' 'Y ,' ' ' 1 c , 1 ' ' 1 1 sw-,- :ff 1. f ,., 1 lg ' ' S. - ' 5 1 I I , L' N 112 -r . 11 .1 , v' ..,, ,, ,, onqf'-' .1 1 N-: 1 - - - '4 ug., :- ..1-lr ,S ' -.pt-' ' 'Jr pg- --4.1.5 ' . 1311'- '-,QH - , I nrr 'u: Q ' , f 4 - -. . 'luml L : RIN PAGE TW FNTX PIX F

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RE GLVED THAT A Sketch llx Jeanette Sllllle Nexx Yeal Q tlme agaln Qald John llICGlIllll9 to hls pal LoulQ Courtlel What do xou Qax xxe make a l9NOlLltlOll9 A leal one I mean not a flxe mlnute one Ale xou game Its all foollshness l1ll1llNLllCd LoulQ lcepllx a he ops ned lllg longlashed ha7el ex es xx hlle a sllght I'll1lC culxed hls lpQ aQ he looked at h1Q pal xx ho xxaQ fldgetlng at the othel Qlde of the flleplacc IH thc readlng loom of the Elk Q Club Oth6lWl96 Id do t You I6 a IIUUJIIOUS llal John xx hx dont xou resolve to Qpeak the tluth the xx hole tlllth alld ll0tl'11llg but the truth for a XQHXA7 That Q lettlng xou off too casx Ill tell xol xxe ll fllp .l rom a 1 the loser promlses Qolemnlx nex 91 to speak dY'XtlllIlg llut the tllltll f0l the vear of one thousand llllle lllllldled and txx entx foul IQ lt a go? Louls couldnt folego a mlle as he aQQented It xas 90 llke John MCGIHHIS to declde to do a thlnf, leallx Qellouslx alld then to Qettle It by fllpplng a C0111 AQ h1Q name suggested John lVlLfJlHll1S had txxo entlrelx dlfferent Qldes The John lde xx 39 the 99110118 Qlde a Qlde ln cllned to loftv sentlments alld QGIIOUS thoughts alld plomlQes the other the MCGIHUIS Qlde that suggested fllpplng a coln to Qcttlc e questlon xx hlch the John slde thought of Nothlng shoxxed theQe txvo 90 clearlx perhaps as the fact that to h1Q lmmedlate 1 mllx John M Glnnls was always John nevel Johnny or Jack Hls fl19lldS and assoclates always called hlm MCGIHIIIS Louls h1Q exuct opposlte and therefore hls beQt frlerd called hlm one Ol the otnel aQ hls mood mlght be Name lt' called out John as he fllpped the COIN hls dalk eyes shlnlng wlth excltement Talls' Talls It IS Louls sald John as he stlalghtened up Noxx I xe got to tell the entlre truth fol a 5631 bhall xxe meet hele a xeal flom to day? It s as good a place as anx So lt was agreed and thele xxas a txxlnkle 111 Louls exe as he watched John s Stfalght musculal flgule DZQS tl1lOLlgll the dool He knew It would be ha1d fol John MCGIHDIS to keep hls plomlse but he also knexx that he need not feal that John xx ould bleak hls xx Old for although he told manx llttle lles nobodx could sax that he dld not keep hls word once It xx as Qolemnlx glven It was Januarx fllst one thousand H1116 hundled and txx elltx flV6 Bx the flre place ln the lfladlllg' loom of the Elk s Club txxo men faced each othel aftel a xeal Q Qepalatlon Thex xx ele Louls Coultlel and John MCGIHHIS Louls dleamx hazel ex es xx lth thell long lashes and hls sensltlxe face also that of a dleamer had lemalned the same but John had changed The COIHQIS of hls not so Qpalklln as uQual black ex es had llttle llnes alound them Hls face xx as COl1tellt6Ll at the ples ent tlme but It xvas that of a man xx ho had Quffel ed al d could not lose the memolles of that Sllffellllg It xx as as though a tlllll xell had been thrown oxel h1S gax Qlde the NICGIHIIIQ Qlde alld lt onlx Qhoxxed L , , - - , ' 20. u , 3 - - xx - - - - . . . A , . . . , . l Q ll v v v , -, - Q V . ' . Y ' ' l y ' 7 ' . V nv n v - xx ' Q Q - - Y . . t .., . s 1 t AQ 5 , , v . ' , ' ' . . ', 1' 4 . kv L S i A r ' . L , v v K , -A . U' I ' x 1 . A ' , ' . 1 1 . . 44 - - - Y . . . . - v . . - . , . . . . l l . . , , t V I 1 v J u l 1 K K Y V v Q 7' 1 . ' U ' ' v Q v 7 v . ' ' ' x . V - . - . ll ' IN K' L' K K K' Y ' L1 J 1 -.Iv Q I K ' . , , v- . ' H v , E . l . . ' ' 5' l' .., . 'x ' S . f 7' ' v' . ' . I' . T . . . . . 1 i .,. .V Y I . r ll . , l J . .. S ' , . ' f . , L - t L 1 A I- L , , S M A . 1 A th . Y . Y. . Y . . L Y I' ' . . . rl! . Y - r , , . -ct l, C ' ' , , cc an sm H - ,- , . . . . . . . 1 I . . ., . . . K A , A ,1 x . u ' la ' ' - , . , . l . . . . u - lr . K6 - - - s' ' , sc 7 1 v s l - 9 ' . y . Y . y . e 1 - - - 9 K 1 , as . 1 V v. . .1, Y 7 ' 1 ' 1 . 4 , l . . . 1 . , y q v Q . Y 1 v r V . D v Y . . s t . v A x tv u v '. ' 1 . v '- ' . - l 1 . ' 7 . . V . Q , Y L s . . v J . ' v Z 1 '- . ' x t . . . t . n ng Q Q s 1 V . v V v v . ' 1. nf L A . . . Y 1 Q - a 9 ' . ' ' ' ' 'l ' g' -' - Y ' . ' K - ' ' v 1 -1 l 7 1 D v . I . . , ' ' V L . , 4 . . , I . PAGE TWENTY FOUR

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