Stadium High School - Tahoma Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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IHE TAHOMA Ilow long h ue these dreams N1 no lNot1l1e1ms s g osl IIS gost h 11 s 'Nonsense 11d IJ1 Kemp on NIOIISILUI Bouefmt you Ile m ul lhe old n1111 q111el lx stlllened 11111 lool1ed tl1e phx NILI 111 square 111 lL e s I 1m mul e 1 oe Ol m 1x he you can 1 h1s I he e 1ndle-lt s s e s1 on m box s t1b1e P01 twenty years It h1s not been touehed Bu two nlghts 'lgo It w 1s l1t How I kn lm y we 1 lllgh b I Ju o c IX 11 1 h1lf IN meh shor r I1 h1s been Ileshly l1t the last W0 Illghts the frllgt tune n wlnty yelrs 1 NI Not yet docto1 bllt lt drnes me m 1d soon Ilr Ixempton w 1s now all llleI1llXeH6ss 1011 lre dbqo lutely sure of th1s NIons1eur -Xbsolutely Fhele ls no one else 1n the house but you XIOIINIGUY, No one 'Ihen It IN mfleed strange Ancl D1 Ixempton shook hls heul nppuentlx confused Af ter 1 mmute of s1lence the phy NILIIII ll se XIOHNIQUI your slumbers shall not be d1s1urbed lfllllflht H c1oss1d to h1s m11e111e e1se and hlou ht fo11h 1 small bottle Glled w1th CIIINUIQS T1l1e two b9f0lQ you retlre 1nd the str1k1ng of the clnmes sh1ll not l.NYdkQI'I you tomght NIons1eur I issure you NIons1eur Iioue 1111 alose md reached 1 trembllng hand lor 1 bottle I111Ie dld he elle m that the LLIJSUILS w1th1n had no contents I knew you would e or' 111111 wus 11111 le Dr Kempton watched the bent unsteuly f1gu1e make 1ts 8X1t He hQl11l the qulck ner yous step QQIOXX f11nte1 1o11g the hall 0LllSlll8 Suddenly he crossed to the wmdow threw up the bllflil 1nd leg uded the heayens closely hood breather to h1msel1 1 clear full moon NIons1eur I trust we sh1ll know 1on1ght A man we1r1ng 1 long black oyercoat the eollu turned up 1round the lower part of h1s face emerged from the entl ance of a large ofhce bu1ld1ng 1n the downtown d1str1ct He walked br1skly up the part11lly desert ed thoroughflre At the Hrst cross street he boarded 1 trolley bound for the Qouth S1de H rode some twentv blocks 1nd then al1ghted IH what was far from the most fashlonable res1 dent1al d1str1ct of the c1ty He c1rcled a small park and for seyeral blocks cont1nued walk 1ng 1n a westerly d1rect1on Af ter a t1me he came to 1 stop 1n the shadow of 1 large shade ree VS 1th 1carefully scrut1n1z1ng eye he scanned the resldence dlrectly xcross the stleet It w as a large old fash1oned house w1th shutters on the windows and cornlces Juttmg out t eyery angle A sohtary turret rose on h1gh An atmosphere of forlornness permeated the place The man stepped from the shadow md crossed the street ' ' I5 11 , E , 1 lk, K. A l 1 .2 . - A, 2 A1-VI xl 2 ? ' I . V V , he 1. 1' 1 ' 1 ' 111 1, I '11 .1 - h1.' . .I L. .1 ' . I1 .1 -I h .1 4 11 z lks- . -1 I . . V , .. , ,,, . y loct . ' .1 A '1 1. ' . .' sz . - ,, , 2 ' 1 2 ,H . ' L i . I . z , - .1 2 1 ' .1 ' ' 1 1' al 5 ' j lvkv. 5.2 In I - 4 Ls. . kv Lv ly' tl 1 yes. 1 2 , h. 1 ', ' l'll1'Il, l 't ', aj 1 j -1 1 ' , 1 '1 z ' exl lain 1 1 11 ' 1' ' .1 Q 1 ' , he .'t1llY s1t.' th sz me y ' ' S 1 ', 2 ' , .. H, 2 l W , . I tv V K. . A L. , Zn.. , ' t v I- 2 , 1 .av . L. 1 , .i L, . II. 'lo ow. I ' ox' ll . , - , . . , c 1 111' . u st 1 prove 1t, I . ' . 1 . measured It yesterday: and to- . ' . 1, . . . . c 12 .' S 2 2 ' .' te . . .. gk' '1 A- v ' . K. ' . . . . l ' ' H- 1 ' i . . -. - .. . t '1 j j1z Mad? I o, no! 1. , L .' -1 . , - v v 'v . ' V 1' . l - 1 V y, K n L I Y ' ' L-K, K1 , 1 2 1 - 'z .1 1 1 1 S' . e 2 1 ' .x JS. an 2 1 L - L, I , V A- 2 ' - '. ,' H ' ' y v s 'A v v Y, n' my my - .1 1 V ,' I - vv L . uxv vs ' I ' K ' ' A - . . 2 A . 11 X I - . V . ' K H V . I l e , u C A 1: 1 2 - lv . A. ' - 1- 2 A, K. - - ' 2 .- , K. ' .' '2 3 'QL' l A .Y t, ' I- 2 I. . . 0 1- .- .Z K, , , g . S . . a 1 2 1' ' I ' v v I K ' ' . , , 41 , , , ' . ' K ' ' ' 1 ' v 1 . 1 x ' 1 2 , ' ' ,, - ' yt. A. 2 2 ., v 7? - ' Q ' 2 ..' 1 1

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THE TAHOMA xlmxlx mountmg the fllillt xtepx ot tha dxwlllng As he 16412 led thy polnh lm xtopped .md tum ed xbuut undeudefl xxhxt mow n. 1 n A tl .1 seumc un me f e1f.111w 0 IC uwuuieci tw Ntepx omg mem .md Nu llthllx IQCOIIIIOIIQIQII the .1 rr 10 xromlx N In x u mx nom N111 1 stumblod ux 61 lll old box xxluch II much ate lx cl . x I muwe Ie planar xt beneatl 1 uxmlmx un xxhlch hue xxelv 0 xttelx .lm Vx 111 um mul xxlt in lux lQdCh Stepplng' up on the box xxxth some IIGSIIIIICX Q lltt thc WIYIIOXK It lt us e 0 ICN mm 1 1 x Inc Pl IJIQSNIIIO hmxuel It Nudcenlx slll 16111101 ed lt udx bleathec D1 Ixemptml .mx he xxxumz hu leg lhlll the dI1QltUl8 and pulled hlmxelf 111 Then he nmxelesslw cloxecl the xsmfioxs .md strugk 1 m.1 ch On the table Ill f1Ol1I ot hlm stood 4 candle H ht 1 .mc peeled about A ber 111 om UJIDQI .ind sexerdl Lh.111s made up the furnlshmgzx of the mum Duxt cox ered ex 0lXfhll1H xshlch the H1L1x6I'lI'lgS of the mnflla tended to mdgmfx .md make more LUIISDICUUUN T L lllllllllli wemed to 1116911 1 mustx xmell The room was exldentlx 1 bedroom but one that had not been 0CCLlDl6d m mam xefuw Af 81 txkmg '1 hmtx glance xt the fulmqhmgs thi phx SILIATI s face clourlecl Ax hu es es came back, though, .md lestecl on the candle 1 look of wmplehonslon seemed to mam fest ltxelf mt lu Lonflder 0 N I L Munn tum Qlm he crobsed the loom to whug .1 IOL el, 8111411 mg ot bxgonu x N . xxlil 4 1 u 1 Lu. 1 mu 1 1 101101 we mug thi t 1 e 1 lt dum mm n nm lf .mc I U N11 It sc-.ltul hlmwef looxm but in X ll 15: 111 .N f fr hx 1 N I N CX J 1 III fx 1 ues 4111101 to I3 mr 0 lbl ll mon ll 11.1111 plc ot tha loom and hu poxmcm 111 Q me 1. III rclatlr to Aftu .1 second hc .lroxe wow J 19 time be-xx Ul L lm lc .md gmpu hw xnxx 1.1 thlu 1119 bl xckmw to hu chan 1 19 1.11 lllNtd.IlU3 the c chxmu bqran tollmg the hour of mght Good mUttt'16d e 1 x 111.111 ummm rn mun mme 'lhen he umm drux hu ham .ICIONN hls exes, and willed hlmxclf .lx wmfmt xxx .lx the lou bank IOC Q1 would pelmxt In two mmutes IN mmfl mu .is bl.m .xx 9 bmlmcw that onulopul um Somvthmg 111 uhlte gllded N 1.1 thllx um Q LOIIIKOI pausecl lt the floor It 1119 end of 1119 hall md czuefullx tulned the knob Dr Ixempton .woke mth .1 xt ut to fmd hlmself slt tmg Llpllght .xlelt holdmg hls bleath .Incl LIIIIJDITUI the sndes f 11x c .ur Had he een dl'01lITllIUI' O1 had hw eals actuallx detected 1 famt Qllck mg noise .ls though xomume had turned the doorknob H hstened mtentlx for some fur the! sound to break the mad demng stlllnew He could hear I6 .' 'I' ' - 5 .' NWI- luck I 1 ' ' 1 t ' . - ' - L- - . .1 hin .' -l' z s 1 ' i ' 9. '-tly ' 'i ' days, stood crrltccl 1 lust. 1 Vlk' VM- tt ' ' ' -' ' 1 H0 no ' -cl tl 0 'I 'li ' 1- fl' .1110 ot' s'l- t lb'1t In cl at thl ' '1 ', 1' 1' - zbl, 21 ,1t,fi,,itt, plan t- E tion- HQ wltl the- C2'lINlll' upon ' 'Utly 1 , , I . . ., ., bot '-- hu J' - I t ll' lror. . ,,2 -. ,'I'lfl-. - '.'l, Vg lvl.. I- tl 'I 49, thx abr I f morn with 21 CCI' tin- ghz I , UI- thi, '. L-l,l il lc izil 'xx thnugh t I'1'm- . .2 . -, ly in his mind his Jzwt Imr- ho '1 f 'z picke up -mf! r II S lg. Z' A in .li 'ts' l'2ll'l'iCil to thc north siclv o' the Nfl ul Q 5 .' di. . H129 1 .' . If ' ' 1 ' - I z . x . . ' . ' ,- , , -, 1 ,., . .4 H lt, -sy -0 'xlly 1' m the Sm , 1 ,I - ,h ., A. ,. L.-lv window, the table and thv door. A, ,- A, 2 , ed tf tl .ll , l, ' It the hi mf-1 x V' 1 V. -lf 'YI X' .1 Qi. ' f',-'lf' cl t ' sg 1 zt f.1'.'f. ' 1 ' ' ' ' . . ' .,, .' L, i I, Il H .I ' ' I my H ' A I ' H v 1 Q I . A A 44 1 'sn Q 7 i hi Il' ' V IH: I ,', 1. U 115, UV0 ' -. . .' I . l ,J , cv w x .H V jd, . . hs ' km' th I'. .li ' I' ' 1 gli... l,,, ,A.-, . ., , n ' . .' ' K ' :lvl 'jzl gthh ' 'l '. It f ' ' '1 ' 2 ' :hz ' ' ' .1 H.- . F' ' ' ' yflx- h-A - -ibn K ' D' L h L L . e