North Central High School - Tamarack Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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av KG ve when llghf EDamneD By Irene Guernsey LIZABETH sat down amid a roar ol applause Eyery member ol the Womans Club pressed forward eager to congratulate and pralse her It w as splendid Elizabeth' ust what w as needed' If we had a few more such enthuslastlc workers we shouldnt haye any thing to fear for the electron' These and many other exclamatlons reached her ears At last the crowd drrfted away and Elrzabeth w as left with a few of her most lntlmate frlends Oh If I were only llke you sighed llttle Maryorle Ware I dont see how you can get up and make such perfectly beautxful speeches and you are supporting such a frne candidate too Eyeryone knows rt w as through hrs lnflu ence we got equal rlghts here I-le IS so handsome too The rest laughed Come home and spend the eyenlng w ulh me Elrza beth asked Mrs Lane Catherme IS a perfect dear but smce she s married she has lost all her mterest ln pollttcs And I simply must get her interested IH this electron Good bye Poor old Robert slghed Mrs Lane Its certamly hard on hmm Robert w as w altmg outslde and the two set off for Catherme s It w as such a hne meetlng Fllzabeth began eagerly so much enthu slasm udge Randolph musl be elected mayor I wlsh l could get C '1lllf?l lI1 nrterested Robert made no answer and they walked on sllently Finally l burst out Confound It all Elizabeth when are you golng to get owe thls pohtrcar craze3 Look at Catherrne See how happy she xs Doesnt her klncl of llf look more worth while to you3 Why llttle Please dont Robert pleaded Elrzabeth and they walked on sllently agam Y 11111 rx . , J ' K ' - ,f W wwf, ,,,t,9 .. 4 , 1 . y . , .. Q . . ,, - , . - , , , , , 7 I v I v 1. 1 - f 7 , , , , - .. s V . . - . ' V v ' ,. Q ' 1 1 No, thank you, dear, I promised to meet Robert and go up to Catherines I U , 1 , .. l U ' l I 1 Y x 1 - 1 li I1 ' Cl 9 1 - Vi ' 1 ' 7 ' ' .. ,L v A X , . t 1 J s r V. X -K -. 3 - ,, ' ' ' ' ' me 1 v ' U 3 l . h H . . .. . ., . . V , . , , 415' fl.'

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'-1' r are ' 3 ,JAQ -I , u tr al but rmmedrately therr places were frlled by more of the wartrng, crow d outsrde The person clarmrng the most attentron was the prrsoner He sat wrtr head bowed low seemrngly lrfeless except every lrttle whrle when the doors opened or shut to glance up wrth startled wrld hunted eyes One could see ht was frrvhtened terrrfred broken sprrrted Hrs attorney seldom spoke to hrm knowrnv there was nothing he could do to ease hrs mrnd They must wart Suddenly unexpectedly the Jury walked rnto the room A srlence an aw ful srlence prevaded the room as they stood before the court the srlence of death The prosecutng attorneys heart leaped hrgh Every juror had de lrberately passed the crrngrng prrsoner wrthout lookrng at hrm It meant yes rt surely meant Has the Jury 'rrrrved at a decrsron3 asked the Judve stepped up wrth calm drgnrty and handed the death sheet to the judge respect fully Do vn among the spectators a woman began to cry softly No other sound was heard The prrsoner stared at the Jury wrth open mouth and dull eyes He drd not seem to catch the full meanrng of rt for almost a mrnute Suddenly ne lumped to hrs feet turnrnv toward the jury pleadrnglv hrs eyes shrnrnq brrghtly He opened hrs rrouth to speak but seemed to catch hrmself He squared hrs shoulders lrfted hrs head proudly and stood lookrng at th court then he fell to the floor senseless lhe prosecutrng attorney was at hrs srde an rnstant after the lawy r lqovether thev turned hrm over and rarsed hrm to a srttrng posrtron Suddenly the attorney dropped hrs hold and fell back a step or two Hrs color went w hrter than the prrsoners He lrfted the doomed man s face and stared at rt vrth horrrfred eyes He lrfted the man s rwht hand then he stood up shakrnv ard looked wrldly around My son' he muttered my son' U I filth! I f f ' ' 47 , 9 1 . . . .. Y ' 9 A . . . . . . ,A Y 9 7 N 5, Y 9 9 ' Z Y 'D 9 l - ' , ' .O . ' . 5 Y I . ' ' 7 ' I ' - ,, . . . . ,, . . 1 . C . 'Wve have, answered the foreman. Guilt in the first degree. He Y . l . . s M I . 1 I , - D H, - K . I I A a 1 , . E , ' .Y l . I ' 'D 3 l ,

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'-1' Cw 'S' It was growlng duslc now and the stars were coming out One by on lghts were turned on here and there There were a few subdued twltters from d owsy blrds and a famt fragrance from the flowers There was no w md only the qulvermg breezes of a summer s night When they reached Cathermes llttle bungalow xt was quite dark The door stood open and Robert and Elizabeth went up the steps without a word At the top they both mvoluntarlly stopped to talce ln the view before them Catherlne was seated by the table wlth Buster the smaller boy upon hex lap while Douglas two years older stood by her slde The lrght from the shaded lamp on the table threw a oft radiance over the llttle group Catherme x as saymg Once upon a time there llved a very wlcked man named Bluebeard Dld he really an truly have a blue beard3 Douglas mterrupted and the two lrttle faces were raised questlomngly to the mother s Elizabeth lard her hand softly on Roberts arm and drew hrm down the steps We ll not mterrupt her Bobby she whispered and as they walked slowly and srlently toward home Robert chuckled slyly and ltnowmgly to himself Che funn fauna By Ehzabeth Farquhar WAS the same old story a story to whlch has been traced the be gmmng of more than one deadly feud a story which has caused more bltter feelmgs and more harsh words than any other story ll all the curriculum of human events the story of a lme fence Hemrrch Honeteschlager was not a profane man as the world goes On the other hand he had the name of bemg the most dlscreet man and stanchest prllar of the church ln all that country side lnrue he sometrmes forgot hrm helf and sand Ach hrmmel' and sometlmes even esus Marlasl ut what IS that3 Merely a manly way of saylng Pshaw' Therefore let m repeat that Helnrlch Honeteschlager was not a profane man Seldom lf ever and then only on state occaslons dld he work hlmself up to that pltch where he forgot all about that fourth commandment YNl'llCl1 1 Lfnn e 1 ' w 1 U I Y ,,, 1 , ,J W, 4' F, , , 0 , . , s A . ' ' I a y L . . , . . , . . . - y , , - - - , - S . v - H . . . .- U . v H - . . D , . . . . , . . , . GK 7 ' 11 ' ' v a s - 1 . ' ' I K ' ' I v - . , - - rf - U - .. - H B I U ' ' - - rr an ' V .1 . . , . , , D , 'Al ' JA 'T.'l'lI