Sutter Union High School - Gold and White Yearbook (Sutter, CA)

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GOLD AND I do? Mrs. Graham said, Why my child, what difference does that make? , A I am afraid, replied the pale young lady, that if I give him no money he will kill me. Would you please lend me fifty centslf' Mrs. Graham, seeing nothing else to do, opened her purse and handed the young miss fifty cents. Will that be enough? she said. Oh, yes, answered the lady, Thank you so much. The man had by this time alighted WHITE. 11 lon the ground with the Wells-Fargo ox. The young lady walked up to him and held the fifty cents out to him, but he frowned and said, I would advise you to stay in your place, stand back. ' The frightened young lady hurriedly returned to her place. After opening the box and getting its contents the man told them to go on and disappeared in the woods. The once merry crowd took their places on the stage and resumed their journey. ERMA ADAMS, '13. 'E'

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is 'I. . A mw- .N - E 1 The I feel the sweet, warm sunshine, The kiss of balmy air, And know the young spring's footsteps, Have made the brown earth fair. I breathe the breath of roses In summer's golden glow, Seasons. And hear the reapers singing Adown the autumn row. And through the long cold winter When earth lies still and white, Still I am waiting, waiting, Till He shall give me light. CLARA WEBB, '13, 'I'-P+ The Hold- Up. The daily stage always left the little mountain town of Birchville at about five o'clock A. M.. The road wound around the mountain for several miles after leaving Birchville and then emerged upon a plain at the foot and ran down the bank of the river. One fine spring morning the stage left Birchville filled with a merry crowd of young people. The stage was one of those old-fashioned coaches with the seats on top. The stage went rapidly down the wind- ing road while the young people talked and laughed and enjoyed themselves to the utmost. The stage driver being a young jolly fellow joined in their merriment. He told them a story of a hold-up when he iirst began driving stage, Whlch was very interesting as well as funny, for he told how excited he was and how he acted. It caused the crowd to laugh exceedingly. They were nearing the top of the hill when a man, dressed in an old suit with a hat pulled down over his eyes, told them to stop. The stage stopped immediately and the merry crowd, now somewhat subdued, dis- mounted from the stage coach. He lined them up and told them not to move from their places. He then climbed into the stage and took the VVells. Fargo box. Wliile he was in the stage a very comical thing happened. A young lady who was of a very nervous dis- position said to the lady standing be- side her, Mrs. Graham, I am with- out money or jewelry. What shall

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12 GOLD AlND WHITE. An Oriqinal Story. 'fWell, here's your train, Jack. I guess the long-looked-for time has come at last. Do your best at your books and write to us often, said Mr. Graham, as he handed his son a shabby brown valise. Good--bye, father, I'll do my best. Good-bye, to the rest of you, shouted J ack as the train pulled out of the station. The long-looked-for time had really come at last. Jack could hardly realize it. Since he had grad- uated from the little school on top of Wilson's Hill two years before, he had dreamed of going to the great bustling city to study with swells, as he had formerly term- ed some college boys who had come to spend their vacation near his home. These boys had given him such a glowing description of col- lege life that .lack determined that he would get there somehow. His parents, although not wealthy, had been in very comforta- ble circumstances up to the last two years. when, owing to a failure in the wheat crop, they had to econo- mize more than was pleasant, and so could not send Jack to college im- mediately after his completion of grammar school. But now they had got on their feet again and Jack's dream was realized. As he sat in the car Wondering if his destination would ever be reach- ed, the conductor sang out Prince- ton. Jack clutched his valise in one hand and his overcoat in the other, and was the first to alight. He was at first dazed by the mob of people at the depot and the differ- ent trains, trucks, Wagons, car- riages, and automobiles, fso many be had never seen together beforej He soon realized his position, how- ever. and made his way up the street inquiring as to the whereabouts of Mrs. Pagne's Boarding House on Laurel street. With much difficul- ty he found the place was just a block from the college grounds. The next day he started to school. The first days were ones of hard trials for him. He took to his books with a determinationlnto do his best, as he had promised his father, and soon became one of the best students in his classes. It was in athletics that he won the admira- tion of his fellow students. On the track he was a genius as his friends expressed it. Jack Graham made a great many friends among the students of the school, but he had one bitter enemy. Before he came to Princeton, George Manning had been the champlonnof athletes in the school but Jack, with some little practice had surpassed even him, and Manning's popular- ity was shifted to Jack. Manning, being of a jealous disposition, was very indignant at seeing his former honors given to another. He was continually finding, or pretending to find, some flaw in Jack's work or his character and tried in every way possible to shake his popularity. He did not succeed in this, however, for Jack had really more friends than Manning and they, or most of them, were stead- fast ones. One day there was great commo- tion among the boys. George Man- ning had lost his watch, and he be- lieved it had been stolen. He had convinced most of the boys that it had been stolen and all were wonder- ing who the thief might be. No one could 'tthink of any one who was mean enough to do such a thing. But Manning saw another place where he might again attempt to dis- grace his rival. That afternoon Jack overheard Manning talking to Fred Manwell in the labratory. George, who do you suppose could ever have taken your watch? You surely misplaced it for I don 't see who in this school could have taken it, he heard Fred saying. No, you bet I didn't misplace itg somebody's got it, I tell you! and say, between you and me,