West Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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'V 1 f ,, , ' ' .' 'A I The Prince Returns from College 626 A. D. HAT, HO! cried the King, as the Prince entered his father's courtroom in his 1919 five-passenger flivver. Why in the h- don't you wear chains? Kelly-Springfields, pater, but I'll answer all your questions --3--4 after I ind a parking space for little Lena, replied his son, as he ' came to a stop at the foot of his throne, after running over several of the ladies-in-waiting. Where can I park the longest? Leave the can where it is and come up here! roared the King, now thor- oughly aroused. He threw his scepter and hit the Prime Minister in the eye. That personage threw it back and hit his Royal Highness in approximately the same place. 'iTwo orders of beeksteak! cried the court jester, and was almost drowned by the contents of a fish bowl thrown by the Queen, who had just appeared on the scene. In the confusion that followed, the Prince got safely out of the room with- out having even a single hair of his well sta-combed head out of place. Light- ing a cigarette, he sauntered over to what looked like a servant dressed in a tin suit and asked the way to his room and where the elevator Was. Receiv- ing no reply, he lifted up a lid over the place where the servant's face should have been, and found that for some unknown reason the man had gone off and left his clothes. Left to his own resources, the Prince went through sev- eral rooms, finally coming to the wine cellar. Brushing aside the cobwebs from a small flask, he took off the stopper and sampled it. This is outrageous! he managed to say after much sputtering. Not even fifty per cent. I must speak to father about this. Shouldering a two-gallon keg, he set out to find a bedroom. About two miles farther he found a room to his liking, making, however, a mental note to have the wine cellar moved up closer. He was awakened only once that night, and that was by the King. Move over, commanded his Royal Highness. You had all the bed last night. The next morning the Prince woke up with a slight headache, which was soon gone after a plunge into a fountain outside the window. After dressing, he folded up the bed and went to look for the ice box. Not being able to find anything in the way of food, he decided to go for a little ride in the Lizzie. He found the car still intact in the courtroom. Getting in, he drove out of the room into a large reception hall and down a long Hight of steps, finally coming to the castle gates. Finding them locked, he picked up little Lena, climbed over the wall and drove on. In hopes that he might find a lunch counter open, he drove around town, but was disappointed and started for the country. About ten, down the mountain on which the castle was situated, he found a little cottage in which the owners were just sitting down to break- Page 132

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.ff GF 0,1-Hfgbs 4 5 'E ty ,Y is 9 'W I . 1, . , y' I R, 449' J 1 ga. IW, . vm- azz ,, v A A swf? ,fffflf 'LQ 4' f ' It was a fine large fort that they built, with the big bowlder for citadel and outlook. There were inner and outer walls and a moat and everything else they had ever read about in stories. When they had nearly finished the fort, Emma disappeared. A few minutes later she came back from her home bring- ing a small roll and a long, slender staff. This is our pennant, she said, and'now let us select the first defender. The choice fell upon Harold. Emma gave him the banneria sheet of heavy paper cut in the form of a pennant. He fixed the staff in the sand close to the big bowlder. On the banner Emma had done in crayon the long word Char- acter. And she had spelled it correctly, too. Perhaps she had asked her mother how-I don't know. Harold was watching now for enemies who would attempt to destroy the fortress and take him prisoner. He had not long to wait. His companions made a rush for the fort, all of them armed with the tools with which they had been digging in the sand. They did not reach the fort, however. Nan fought the other two back, and made first Emma and then Dan give up to her their weapons. I want them, she cried. I want to take the fort by myself and have all the glory. Is it fair to share the victory, you say? What do I care about fairness? If I am stronger than you -- Come on, Foe Selfishnessln shouted Harold from the fort, guessing the part Nan Was acting. I'll meet you fairly and down you forever. Foe Selfishness was not so easily overcome, however. Nor was she willing to meet the Captain of Fort Character fairly. Throwing something over the outer wall, she ran back toward her companions as if giving them the attack. Harold waited until the enemy was at some distance from the fort. Then his curiosity got the better of him. The Hsomethingn his enemy had thrown into the fortress gleamed in the sand a few feet from him. He leaped into the space between the inner and outer walls and ran to the object, to find it merely a bit of tin glittering in the sunshine. At the moment he was off guard, Foe Selfishness slipped in through the forbidden entrance. The captain of the fort turned to find his enemy defying him inside the outer walls. But, Eoe Selfishness, you agree not to come in on that side. The enemy laughed. Captain of Fort Character, have you not yet learned that Selflshness doesn't care how she gets her ends, if only she can get them? she cried. But she shall not get them! And with a big effort, into which he put all his strength, Harold drove the enemy out of the fortress. 1 Oh, but I am glad to be myself again! Nan exclaimed, as she went back to her companions. I don't like being Selfishness the least little bit. ' ' When Harold had driven back Foe Laziness and Eoe Cheating, Nan, Emma and Dan were each in turn made captain of Fort Character, By fighting hard and watchfulness they succeeded in putting to rout a great many enemies: Foe There's No Harm in a Lie Once in a While, Foe Put It Off Until Tomorrow, and- But you can guess the others, can't you? Try it. FORREST B. CRANE '30 Page 131

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.fr I O91-H1645 5 1 ii, i glgvigi? A ,, y at t 4 ON ' fi, ff , , yvrf I lrr, ,gh 9 a. 541- IAIA Mff K fast. After eating his ill. the Prince thought that he had better get back to the castle. I must get back, he said, and ask pater about that wonderful recreation of the kings and feudal lords we read so much about in the Alma Mater- riding-the-serf. When he returned to the castle it was almost noon, owing to the fact that it was a long uphill climb. At the appearance of the Lizzie the courtroom was empty in a surprisingly short timeg only the Queen remained. The King was nowhere to be seen. Have you seen the King anywhere since yesterday? asked the Queen. If he's been out with that chorus girl again, I'll get a divorce and marry that handsome movie star that was here last week. A sudden recollection made the Prince pause. This is no place for mel he yelled. l'm going back to college. May I go too? asked the Queen. Yes, go to, replied her loving son and sailed out of the courtroom whis- tling lt Ain't Gonna Reign No More. He was never heard of again, but a traveling salesman said that he had seen him in a large hotel in New York. Whether he was a waiter or not, he didn't say: anyway you can't believe everything these traveling salesmen say. ERNEST PFLOCK, '27 gr 4 ff 4,3 , J Q Page 133