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

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22 GOLD AND wHrrE. a A Washington Romance. .Tack Brearton and Bernice VVar- ren sat before the fire in Senator VVarren's cozy Washington home talking about a coming ball. When they had finished discussing the af- fair Bernice turned to .lack and said: Gene Van Lew told me the fun- niest thing today, Jack. She said that she saw you riding with that Case woman yesterday afternoon and of course I told her that she was mistaken. You wern't, were you, Jack? With an oath under his breath at all gossips and espec- ially Gene Van Lew, Jack answered, Yes, Bernie, it was me all right, but I was there in the interests of the Globe. I got a bully story about the murder from her and Masters offered me five a week more if I keep up my record. Bernice rose from her chair, the color gone from her face. Jack Brearton, you don't mean to tell me that you were riding with Maude Case when you said only yesterday that you would walk the length of the world for me and that you didn't like any one elsell' Bernice stamped her pretty foot and touched the bell, there being plenty of color in her makeup now. But my dear girl, Ilwas only doing my work by following my employer's orders. You surely aren 's offended at that. You didn 't have to flaunt your- self .before the public like that. William, show Mr. Brearton to the door. She marched proudly from the room after tearing off a dia- mond ring and throwing it on the center table, and .lack didn't know that she was peeping through the blinds of an upstair's window when he left and that she went down stairs and got the ring, and after puttmg it on a chain, wore it next to her heart till they met again, or maybe he Wouldn't have gone where he did. Two days. later in a Washington paper Bernice read the following: Miz J. L. Brearton departed on the Germania for Liverpool today. Ile was a popular reporter on the Globe and his many friends wish him Godspeed. It is rumored that he intends limiting big game. For -a space of live years we lose sight of Jack Brearton till we find him on his twenty-eighth birthday at a small station on tl1e Canadian Pacific. He is a six-footer, browned and healthy as a bear for in the last five' years he has traveled almost everywhere from Southern Pata- gonia to Northern Siberia and has had adventures in many a non- American place. i While Jack and an old friend were talking the telegraph instru- ment began to buzz and Bill sprang to the switch and after listening a moment turned to Jack. Here is something in your line, old man. No. 36 is running wild with a crazy man standing in the cab with a gun in each hand. There are only a girl and three or four men in the coach. The train is made up of a coach and a car of lumber in front. It will be here in about four minutes, as'it passed liocksley ten minutes ago. Before Bill had ceased speaking Jack was out of tl1e door and tight- ening the cinch on his horse. Bill came swinging out from the door shouting, Are you heeled'? and when J ack patted his hip Bill went on above the roar of the approach- ing train, Be sure and jump her before she hits the curve and don't take chances. VVhen the train passed the station J ack's horse was running beside the track and though several bullets whistled by his ears Jack succeeded in swinging from his saddle onto the rear platform. Jack walked through the car and drawing his gun as he went climbed upon the car of lumber, taking care to keep close to the binding out of range of stray bullets. He crawled forward till he reached the front end of the car and then taking what aim he could sent a bullet crashing through

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GOLD ALND WHITE. 21 Cliffman, the young miner, by a false note enticed Dortothy outside, when, with the help of a foreign accomplice, he bound and gagged her and then with her still in his possession left the little town and took to his lonely cabin in the heart of the wildest country in America. You who read the papers, will probably remember reading of this interrupted wedding--of the miss- ing bride--of the excitement which prevailed and of the fruitless ef- forts to find her. Six months passed, during which Hugh had almost gone crazy with grief. At last one morning he re- ceived a letter-a letter from her. It told him in as few words as poss- ible of her position, described her surroundings and pleaded and begged that Hugh come immediate- lv if he would be in time to save her from the clutches of this wretch who had her in his power. It told him of the insults she had received, of her terrible suffering and anx- iety, told him of the brutal treat- ment she received at the hands of this cur, told him how he had threat- ened day after day to make her marry him before another day had passed. And now, she said, come quick, if you will save me from him, lose no time whatever, for he is now on his way here with a minister to marry us and may be here at any time. I send this letter to you through his accomplice, who is really my friend and a good man at heart. Hoping and praying that you may be in time, I am, Yours forever, DOROTHY. It was the receipt of this letter which sent Hugh into the mountains on such a night, and the great love he bore her carried him safely to his destination. How came Dorothy to be where Hugh found her? Simple enough. Cliffman had returned with the min- ister, before Hugh arrived, and Dor- othy, bent only upon escape, plead- ing thirst, had sent the foreigner out to get her an drink, when taking advantage of his absence she set fire to the cabin, and, aided by the terrible storm got safely away. But on such a wild night her delicate strength could not last long, and be- fore she had gone half a mile, it de- serted her and she fell, longing and praying for death to banish her misery. And here Hugh found her. ELVVIN PAXTON and FRED ADDINGTON,'l1 'E'

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GOLD AND the madman's shoulder. The fel- low fell flat and before he could rise Jack l1ad'pinned him to the Hoor and l1ad thrown the throttle shut. The engine stopped not an instant too soon for there before them were tons of earth 011 the track, from a landslide. When Jack had sent the men out to stop any approaching train he went through the coach and almost WHITE. 23 ran into Bernice Warren. Jack touched his hat and would have passed but he stopped upon hearing' his name called in so low a tone that only a lover could hear. In a mo- ment she was in his arms with her head on his shoulder and-the whistle of another train blew just then but I know what I would have done if I had been in his place. IRWIN FARRINGTON, '13, 'F'