Amador County High School - Skip Yearbook (Sutter Creek, CA)

Page 29 text:

'4:1 'V'.' I ' ' r,c.,-a ' 'A ff -C'!Q5'i'M as A' . it La, e , fgf' I ,Cayce aX+gfL'Zi pill mxanwmyj Al will ixfif ' ' ' T ff .f if? if ,fl--aayfi'',,,4nI-fi CI ,A 5 ,I , s i T: I , X r lfviig liifzifx ml' Qt I Lf 1 - f ,MQ avg 4 ' - 2 -,- F aff ,X pf' '-.L ff f 1 ' - rf' ,,g,,,L' , x Abi: ' E Zljsiif A ' AA- gpg it I CJ Y- as-'H-f6xTggxv,gt14,'l'iiiail5H4,iJlSA M KMC A127 CAESAR AND MARK ANTONY There was an ancient city, And it was known as Rome, Caesar and Mark Antony Called this place their home. Caesar fondly loved this city, It was first in peace or war: Antony forgot it for a woman, And thought of it no more. But Caesar's love and loyalty To the city of his heart, I Was the cause of bitter enmity, And Brutus' poisoned dart. I.'d rather I were Caesar And had the death he died, Than live on as Mark Antony, Knowing my city I belied. -Lillian Fontenrose, '2'8. THE STRONG KNIFE The rain was pouring down the afternoon on which the sewing club was to meet at Aunt .Iane's home, The stormy weather prevented Uncle John, her husband, from making his daily rounds about the town, so he was obliged to stay home. However, he made light of his trouble and contented .himself by amusing the ladies with stories of his experiences at sea. Seated in the midst of the sewing circle harem he began to relate the follow- ing experience. Wal, I can 'member 'way back in the thirties when I was nigh twenty. A right smart man I was an' handsome even if I do sa' so myself, I was' the best dresser in town an' all the gals would fal' for me. Why, do youikinow, I turned 'em right an' left. Wal, anyhow I had a great likin' to the sea, so ta please myself an' ta free myself from the dames, I took to the sea an' I wuz jest as much at home as a duck is in water. I wuz on a line that run from 'Orleans to Cuba, an' I recollect I made four hundred an' eighty-nine trips over them there same waters. Then I sort of tired of the same trip all the time so I worked fer a spell on a boat thet IQTW

Page 28 text:

A '1K -. f' l'f fq.jg .i-'r 7 - I ' W AA V, .,bf ,-Ai, fy -AVV,, ,VV', lsxiv g -6 4 ' ' LLM, ', ' ', l If -ie? Ft' '- ' a ff' 'H Vllalfaifif lull gygix , N ' 5 433, 4, ,---N -,a 4, as wx-Qbauigiifilmjnlftfifr. ,MM .KV gag ffiffibili X Y :X lg.g QHNq:5wNK-',,1gunU,,',.vfq.:kL'g.-N ,J ga.. lTwentyl because to hear him talk he could do most everything there is to be done an' what he couldn't do wazn't wuth doin'. 'Can I read Spanish? he sez, 'well, I should say I can. I can read Spanish better than any Spaniard around here.' A'Well, then, I sez, Hef you're such a whiz, read this note to me. USO I give him the note an' he started readin' it to hisself fust an' when he finished he turned to me putty mad an' he sez, 'You son of a dog, you dirty sheep stealin' coyote, you filthy piece of bacteria, you rotten specimen of humanity, get out of Arizona at once.' NVell I see that he's sore so I beat it out of Arizona an' went to Wyoming. I got a job as bartender there an' pretty soon I'd made a bunch of friends among the fellas thatcame there to drink an' play cards. There was one fella that I liked betta' than the rest an' I made him my particula friend. One day I ast him ef he could read Spanish an' when he said he could I ast him ef he would read a note that was written in Spanish. He said he would so I gave him the note an' I ast him to read it out loud right away because I didn't wanta be called names again like I'd been before. Here Bill stopped and Dick who was so excited, he was clawing his nails into his hans sez to Bill, Yes, yes, go on and tell us what the note said. I never found out, sez Bill, with a grin, A'Because just then I woke up. -Lillian Fontenrose, '28 COMING TO THE WEST Folks rushed to the west in the days of '49 Driving teams of oxen, which Traveled onward in a single line.- Onward they went in their mad desire for gold, Under a blist'ring sun, across the arid plain, O're the snow-capped Sierra's, thru' the blinding snow so cold To the land of flow'rs, gold and sunshine, No more folks travel to the west after l869 In slow moving wagons 'neath a burning sun With Hostile Indians sneaking along behind: For a road of steel now binds the east unto the Golden NVest, And they speed along in trains so very swift That from the whirling scenery their eyes have to rest. Nothing, one thinks can ever go more fast, For the continent is traversed in five short days. Now the airplane does start from the east at break of day And does arrive in California when the sun is sinking in the west. -Marie Thym, '27.

Page 30 text:

, I ' ' It - -s ':v-za ' . -', 5 T ff -,. , ' v'1'?7filE'QL. ..1' .f'- I 1:-1 1554 ' 'TX ' ' T T- TT ' 7' ,139 I A 4i -II 4? -ff Q . A, fer., .- I 'H II, I I -X we ,, ,Q KN L 'mffk ,F I if I R, - -' P ' 3 N . .. ifla' -e. -dr-H 'arf Y Af-,Q'fif41 -M ' fi. ' IIIII -. -tn-1 '- ' fi -I -2 IIinIIIIldI'II' IIII!! Tc nt:-ft nr-xg i x :IJ -5,1 wi X J A1 tx ' ' X --L. ' xg -A 69 I '4l,l1iL..?4IigI-w ..fIL.S,Q-lu. run up the Mississippi River. We used ta carry a few passengers on this here river boat an' I 'member one day, oh, I never 'ill forget thet day, when I came inta the dinin' room an' every person was a eatin' fresh water fish. I started fer the kitchun ta see if I could get some, but I only reached the door, 'cuz I saw thet the cook was standin' over the stove a fryin' fish as fast as he could: too busy ta turn 'round The fish were a flyin' in the Winder one after another an' 'twas all the cook could do ta fry 'em fast 'nough, The reason fer the hull thing was thet the boat had run inta a school of fish an' they was so thick thet every time the ol' side wheel would come up it 'ud bring a fish up with ut, pitch ut thru the Winder an' right inta the fryin' pan. Jest as I was 'bout to leave a wallopin' big sword-fish came thru the Winder but instead of goin' inta the fryin' pan the dern thing hit the boiler an' blew the Whole d- - - engine ta pieces. Why, John, don't forget yourself in front of the 1adies, interrupted Aunt Jane. Oh pshawl Janie, you know I wouldn't, but I got so excited thet I was actually livin' thet day over. I The ladies were amused by this story and wished to hear more, although they were rather skeptical as to its being true. Uncle John did not have to be urged greatly: he delighted in this pastime, so he continued. , Thet was not the worst of it. Though the engine was blowed up the ish kept comin' in so fast thet they kept the side-Wheel spinnin' along and kept the boat goin' up stream as fast as ever. But pretty soon the boat was so loaded with fish thet she begin to list to larboard. It was mornin' on the third of July. The sun was lookin' down from overhead and 'twas hot as blazes. Somethin' had to be done or the ship would go down. The side Wheel was turnin' so fast it began to smoke. The smoke kept comin' up through the hold and I could hear the water sizzlin' like it wuz touchin' somethin' hot. I got down inta the hold and saw thet 'twas the paddle wheel on Iire. To save the ship from sinkin' ar burnin' up, I had to cut it off so I whipped out my jackknife and whittled it off in a few minutes, it being some fathom or so throughg and while We lost our paddle we saved the ship for the New Orleans' line. - - --Bayra Richards, '26. I I wtnty-twol