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

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14 Gow AND WHITE. knew they were false? and he was ready to forgive. Manning steadily grew better and when he was able to listen, Mor- ris told him the circumstances un- der which he came to be in strange apartments. On hearing the story, the boy turned his face to the wall and would speak to no one that day. On the morning of the next day, when J ack came up to see how his patient was before going to school, Manning grasped his hand and Whis- pered hoarsely, Jack, I have wronged you terribly. I found my watch soon after I spread the re- port. I had misplaced it. I told that to Manwell for I knew he would spread it over the school and I want- ed to make you lose your popularity for I've been jealous of you ever since you came. If you'll forgive and forget that childish incident, I 'll be your friend forever. That's all right, George. We'll start over again and be friends. Now tell me how you came to be in that lake. VVell, I started to go across the lake hunting. My gun was loaded and went off and shot a hole in the bottom of the boat. I guess you know the rest better than I do. Now give me your hand again and say we are to be the best friends. I do say it, answered Jackg and each was as good as his word. LEOLA GIBSON, '12. fi'

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GDLD AND WHITE. 19 I believe I know who it is, whispered George. Now, I'l1 tell you, but you keep mum until I catch him. You know Graham was up in my rooms with Clifford last night. My watch was lying on my dresser and he picked it up and was fooling with it. I missed it this morning and I almost know he- But Jack heard no more. He turned and fled from the room and did not stop until he had reached his own room. Oh, Heavens! he cried, pacing the floor, He thinks I've got it! I was looking at it there on his dresser, but I never took it off the cloth! He told that Fred Manwell and you may as well pub- lish a secret in a daily newspaper as tell him one. He 'll tell it all around over the school, then where will I be? God knows I'm innocent but they don 't. Why, I never stole any- thing in my life and nobody's ever accused me of such a thing before! Ifll - I'll, he clenched his fists tightly. I'll make him take that back-but not now, I'll have to go out and collect my spirits first. He walked down to the lake which was near the outskirts of the town. Jack sat down on the sand and brooded over the shock he had re- celved. It was a shock, indeed, for no one had ever doubted his honor before, and stealing, to him, was one of the worst crimes that a person could commit. What will they think of me now? If they really think it's me they'll probably expel me, for I don't be- lieve my pleadings and protesta- tions would be very strong against that detestable Manning. He's as slytas a fox and will make them all believe it whether they want to or not. Then his thoughts took an- other channel and he began planning revenge. How long he sat there, he did not know, but suddenly he was startled by the crles of Help! Help ! He looked out across the water and saw a white object several yards away. Quick as. a Hash he untied a row boat, which, fortunately, was near at hand, and paddled swiftly toward the place. Through the clear water he saw the struggling form of a boy. Jack threw off his coat, jumped into the water, clutched the form and brought an apparently lifeless body to the surface. Placing it in the boat, he rowed with all his might to the shore, where he laid the body on the sand. Looking up he saw lns chum, Robert Morris, coming to- ward the lake. For Heaven's sake, get a doctor here quick. Don't ask any ques- tions, but do that faster than you ever did any thing in your life. Get Dr. Wilson, he lives nearest. And Morris, with his face almost as white as the one before him on the sand, started at breakneck speed for Dr. Wilson's. . Jack began chafing the body with his hands. At first he was so hor- rified that he could not but think that the boy was dead. Finally he discovered that the heart was beat- ing feebly. Soon Morris returned with the doctor. He had partially recovered his fright and looking closely at the form, exclaimed, Why, J ack, its Manning. Jack, in his excitement, had failed to recognize him, but now it was very clear to him that it was Manning, his most bitter enemy. A strange feeling came over him as he re- called his thoughts before he had heard those agonizing cries, but all thoughts of revenge had passed away and he was carrying Manning to his own room. Dr. Wilson and the boys worked over the body desperately, and it was several hours before the boys were convinced that he was really alive. For several days it was doubtful whether he would come through all right, but finally by the aid of the faithful doctor and good nursing it was found that he would recover. Through these days Jack Watched steadily and faithfully for improvements. He had by no means forgotten the incident which oc-K curred just before the accident, but he felt sure that, after what had happened, Manning would apolo- gize for those words, ffor he surely

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Goto AND warm 15 The :Rustic Spring. It ripples quietly along Within a shady place, And o'er its waters crystal clear, Green branches interlace. No storm disturbs its placid face, But quietly it lies, And mirrors in its narrow bounds The brightness of the skies. Upon its brink of hardened clay, Grow ferns and mosses cool, And lilies, with a fragile grace Bend lightly o'er the pool. The magic concert of the birds Makes music in the shadeg But this sweet spell is far out-charmed By a fair and lovely maid. walks among the shrubbery, Trips lightly o'er the grass, And uses this phase of nature As her rustic looking-glass. MAYBELLE SCHELLENGER, '11. She -1- -x- -2- Cfhe Three Wishes. There was once a wise emperor who made a law that to every stranger who came to his court a fried fish should be served. The servants were directed to take no- tice if, when the stranger had eaten the fish to the bone on one side, he turned it over and began on the other side. If he did, he was im- mediately seized, and on the third day thereafter he was put to death. But, on each of these days the cul- prit was permitted to utter a wish, which the emperor pledged himself to grant, provided it was not to spare his life. Many had already perished in in consequence of this order, when, one day, a count and his young son were presented at the court. The fish was served as usual, and when the count had removed all the fish from one side, he turned it over, and was about to commence on the other, when he was suddenly seized and thrown into prison, and told of his approaching doom. Sorrow-stricken, the count 's young son begged the emperor to allow him to die in place of his father, a favor which the emperor was pleas- ed to grant him. The count was ac- cordingly released from prison, and the son was thrown into the cell in his stead. As soon as this had been done, the young man said to his jailers: ' You know I have a right to make three demands before I die. Go tell the emperor to send his daughter, and a priest to marry us. The first demand was not much to emperor's taste, nevertheless he felt bound to keep his word, and therefore complied with the request, to which the princess had no kind of objection. This occurred in the times when kings kept their treas- ures in a cave, or in a tower set apart for the purpose, like the em- peror of' Morrocco in these days, and, on the second day of his im- prisonment, the young man de- manded the emperor's treasures. If the first demand was a bold one, the second was not less sog still the emperor's word was sacred, and having promised, he was forced to keep it, and the treasure of' silver and gold were placed at the prison- er's disposal. On getting posses- sion of' them he distributed them