Stadium High School - Tahoma Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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THF TXHOM 5. Xxrthrn r few drvs the Qreat Khan was rn our lftlngdom N1 my trmc he c rnre to me woorng me tempestuously only to be detr rntly repul ed Prnally rn a great burst of anger he threatened to use hrs mafrc upon me and rmprrson me wrthrn these jewelled th ypstlclc whrch you rre now hol rng Strll l was defrant because l knew that my lover would krll h n rf pcrssrlnle lhe Qrrc rt Khan gave me one day to thrnlc rt over rnd when he found l would not comply wrth hrs wrshes came t rrry out hrs thre l hc ard hrm sry the magrc words felt myself r w snrrller ind then l uddenly crught srght of my lover mal-crm., re rdw t thrust hrs dagger rnto the back of The Great Khan But the spell hrd worlced l wrs enclosed rn the jewelled chopstrcl-.s rnd my prrnce hrd been too late even though the Great Khan wrs derd Because of thrs complrcatron he became wrld wrth grref rnd trlrhed hrmself wrth the same drgger which he had so recently thrust rnto the back of hrs enemy And that the xorce ended wrth Thc Woman Wlth a Homemade Past N1 rrgaret Bare Oh my dear not re rllyl Drd he honestly tell you th1t3 l nex er drd see a man s0 crazy about a grrl He sent you those wonderful flowers md candy twrce 1 weelc how do you work rt3 ean st rndrng a lrttle out of the group of grrls gazed envrously xt the pretty bobhed harred grrl rn therr mrdt ean looked her cxer crrtrcrlly wonderrng why rt was that the boys flocked to her rde whrle ean wrth about as many attractrons was forced to be contented wrth a brd now and then mostly then There rs no use trlkrng rt s easy after you get the frrst three and the first three would appear rf l would offer a lrttle somethrng out of the ordrnary he thought on her wry to the last perrod class lt s up to me to furnrsh somethrng rnterestrng a lrttle mysterrous and completely fascrnatrng but what shall rt be3 all that evenrng he thought of everythrng she knew that would lend an added enchantment to her charms The evenrng papers brought a suggestron rn a rather unusual way As ean opened to the edrtorral page to read the l999th rnstallment of Her Husband and Hrs Wrfe she notrced that a new story was startrng on the opposrte pige Wrlma the Woman Wrth a Past a strrrrng story of lrfe at gay Deauvrlle and portrayrng vrvrdly the affarrs of a captrvatrng wrdow Thrnkrng that perhaps there mrght be a hrnt or two rn answer to her problem Jean hastrly read the rntroductron As Wrlma entered the lobby of the famous Deauvrlle hotel three dukes two krngs and a count put up therr glasses that they ' X . rf X lc' I Q ' 4 'S ' 'Z . L - . bi 7 S I 1 ' f k f A v 1 ' c . S A' ' 1 ,'- jr l I jf- . 'E ' k ' ' . e ' J . ' 0 4-. V' at. -' .2 'L ' , Lf cr ' .' 2 , 2 S '2 N In , ' U K' Q -' cr 'ju I ' . 2 n ' 2 ' . ' ,E K. R t .. K. K, . . ' .. B 1 sz A l aw ' ' J ' a sob, 'tis the story of these chopsticks. Q J c r z ' , . ' , 2 . . 2 . , . Q, 2 ., . 2 , , I E ' - . 51. . . . S' J 1' ' ' Q '. ' ' 1 ' ' . 2 , , . I ' . 5 nn V . s j 2 ' ' 3 . 1- V ' bi f f . . f ' ' K s ' J . z - 1 y A r s , :

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t IAHO t ousands of years ago n who I narnc the vonce contanued proudly as Prancess La Qhee Kong whlch when trans lated means qweetest Flower of the l and Sax hundred years before Chrast the lxlncdc n ot China wa ruled by a very gre at and wrse Kang who was my father llas wafe was a very be autaful little peach blo som chrld tso he alled er S e w as as delicate and exqul ate as our most traga e ac rata Q bow When l was born both were xery happy and a l scemed to have the vlrtues of each l promased to be a xery loxely young prrncess But unfortuna ely a plague swept tht country and when rt w as oxer my beautiful little mother was dead or one entrre year mv father and l were an extreme mourn mg t cr parttcap ated IH no st te a urs sal ned no oc ments receaxed no guests and dad not once appear an publac l very year ercplred rt was necessary to go bac unto our ordlnrry IC agarn for l being only ten years old had become xery wealc as the result of such melancholla The '-ardens were opened the state naaehlnery was started guests agam thronged through the palace and court and a gay lafe e sway throuch all te realm splte c t arly en months more passed before l was agaln a gay llttle prance s N ou xery lalcely lcnow that at was custom ary for the Chinese and especaally prrnces and prancesses to marry xery early Soon after my brrth a marraage had been arranged whach was to take place when l reached the age of twelxe My father had srgned a con tract wath a nelvhborlng prince but unlllce most of such matches at seemed to he a very fane choice Both the prance and myself had great lands and money and were very young and beautatul Although we had seen each other a few tlmes at had been a case of love at first slght with both Naturally l was very happy and burlt about my prrnce many fancaful tales an whnch he always played the part of the hero an l the herorne fhen as at out of a clear sky my father receaved the news that the Great Khan was comang to wan my hand' He was the most powerful monarch of all the land and to go agarnst ham was to court death When he heard of my beauty he cletermmed to have me regardless of all other promtses As l had been brought up from babyhoocl wrth ham regarded as one to be feared at was not a verv gloraous prospect for me ln desperatron l broke the unwratten law of modesty and went to my lover 3SklU2Z. has help He promised has help though at might be futale I8 T H Q AA . M A h 3 : ' j . A d am 9 Nly . - A' ..:. 2 S , v ,. g V . . . Q 2 S z ' a A A A z ' - sr ' A A 3 cz h D. -Ah '23 . J AFA if J Azfl sz ' A c'- l. ' ' M ' z . z 'S . ' 2 . 1 Q . . , B- - 1 ' ' ' A 72 tv r A j. Nly fa h X 2 A 'A 4 A J a :ffl -. :Ag Cl 'u- one synapathizecl with us, for they. too. loved my mother. When the f . A A as ' j ' 'lc A A 1 l'f k .' ' k AA , j 2 ' ' 2 S, ' ' A A h ld 5 ' gg z h ' . ln 3 A at' his. nez t, AA A f A ' 1 A 2. ' 2 , , A , z

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THE TAHOIVIA mrght survey her fascmatmg charms A few mmutes later tn her room she received three large bouquets of rosebuds two corsages of orchtds and a box of violets with mvttatnons for dtnner provnm., once more the powerful charm exerted by thxs mysternous womm to be contmued tomorrow That nlght as she crept between the sheets ean was turnrng over ln her mind the story she htd read Suddenly she sat bolt uprtght ln bed X woman wlth x past she repeated softly wtth a llttle laugh thats what lll f only my past wtll be sort of homemade When Jean came back to school xfter the faster wac xtlon therc was such a change ln her that she :au ed x gre xt xmount of com ment Have you seen ean3 She s the best lookmg thing lve seen for ages What ha she done to herself' Hush here she comes' and the grrls all turned to look Something had happened to e n Her long dark hnr was waved and coxled closely to her head her dress was long draped and long Jade beads gave Orrental cxst to her grey eyes and small face mxktng a fasclnatlng and wholly attr xctrve appearance But nt was not her clothes that aloofness that changed her sO ln a short tlme It was known some how that during Easter vacatlon ean had met a wonderful Lnlver stty man who was simply gone on her and his name was aclc Mrller He sent her Flowers and candy and took her every place and hrs prcture was just adorable so ean s chum busan declared so ean and her affarr was talked of and the boys partlcularly were Interested not 1n the affarr but ln the new ean There was sttll more excitement however when ean appeared one day wtth a modest dxamond on her left hand She became the center of all admtratlon and found herself the most popular gurl ln school But a month or so before commencement the gurls began to wonder 1 little why ean dldnt rntroduce ack to them why rt was they had never seen ack There were a number of gurls who jexlous of ean s populartty began to suggest that there was no such person as ack lVl1ller and that he was just a falry tale The cllmax came one afternoon when one of the gurls who was partlcularly envious of ean stopped her IH hall and asked her why she drdnt bring ack to the Summer Ball to be glven three weeks later l hardly think he could come ean answered slowly He ns very busy just at commencement tlme you know Well the other went on l just wondered rf you werent playmg a. lrttle joke on us for when l was down at the Florrst ghoppe the other nlght l notrced a bull being sent to you for sux vlolet corsages and a ack always sends you vlolets l just won dered what the xdea was she ended wrth a tlny laugh Oh' jeans face flamed what a mean thing to say l wrll brmg Jack to the Ball and show you Oh how perfectly horrible' and she walked away leaving the gtrls standing ln a group there 20 1 ' ' , U ': ' Je- V ' ' ' . Q ' ' ' ' K ' ' S T' s 2 Q 1 2 ' . ' . x' . ' . X 'r A. X an made the change. There was an air of mystery, and alluring . I k an . I A J' 11 1 ' I - I A tl. x . 'I' .I I ' ' N ' . . L . 'I . Is. . ' . 4 ' ' 'I I I J . , c v. b I 1 5 . . J 1 Y . ' v , l - .