Analy High School - Azalea Yearbook (Sebastopol, CA)

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son of the falling parachute the men of the black ship destroy¬ ed the “Monsit,” so that she fell to earth and then went in quest of Jim. Jim had made the best of his time and was far from the place he had landed, after having noted the location carefully. The men of the ship saw Jim and landed near by. They tried to get Jim to tell where the gold was but they were unsuccessful. They then threatened to shoot him if he would not disclose the hiding place to them. Jim refused and they were about to carry out their threat when they heard a noise in the air. It proved to he the motor of another aeroplane. Help had come at last for the men of the “Mon¬ sit” in answer to the call Jim had sent out. When they saw the ship nearing them the men of the black aeroplane tried to get away by going in the opposite direc¬ tion, but they flew directly into another aeroplane which had made a round-about tour. The men were taken prisoners aboard one of the aeroplanes. Four of the men of the “Monsit” had been killed during the fight and the rest were injured more or less. Jim found Frank unconscious near where the remains of the “ Monsit ” had fallen. Frank soon came to and together with the hag of gold, which Jim had recovered, they went to Wilmot on the aeroships that had rescued them.

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shall fire on you.” “What do they mean?” asked Frank, getting a little angry at receiving such an answer. ‘‘You know we have about six thousand dollars on board for the men at Wilmot. I think that they must have heard of it. But we miust act quickly. What do you intend to do?” ‘‘They look as though they were desperate men all right,” said Frank, ‘‘but I do not intend to give in to them that easy. Tell the engine men to stand by the engines and the rest to be ready with their guns and we will try to oiuitrun them.” Their enemies soon saw their intention and started to fire at them, purposely missing them in order to scare the men of the Monsit.” Seeing that they would not give in they aimed directly at the ship. After they had fired a few shots tl e% got the range and then some of the bullets commenced to come uncomfortably close. The men of the “Monsit” an¬ swered them, but neither side did much harm. The wireless man then sent to Harrisburgh for help. When it commenced to look as though it would be a race 1 01 life between the two, a shot from the black ship struck the ‘‘Monsit” carrying away her wireless apparatus and a part of the ship itself. Frank knew that the ship could not last long now, so he called one of the men to him and told him to get out one of the parachutes. He then asked for a volunteer to take the money to earth by means of the para¬ chute. Several were willing and finally Frank selected Jim Craig, the wireless opera.tor, to perform the dangerous feat, because he knew that Jim had a quick mind. ‘‘Get into the paiachute and when we are directly over the river we will let you drop.” A moment later the cord was cut and the para¬ chute shot through the air like a bullet for about two hundred feet, then it opened and dropped easily to the water. Those in the black aeroplane did not see the trick that had been play¬ ed on them, not even firing at the parachute, although it would have been hard to hit being so small. When Frank saw that the black ship was still following them lie knew that the money at least was safe. After landing in the water Jim swam to within ten feet of the shore and there deposited the money. The next mo¬ ment he saw the “ Monsit ” being boarded by the men of the black ship. Finding that they had been fooled and suspecting the rea¬ ds )

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By Joe Williamson Fourth Prize RTIIUR was not angry at the captain, but still he couldn’t see why he had been taken out of the box in that Petaluma game, right at the time when he had been do¬ ing his best pitching. In the game preceding this one, no one could deny that he had pitched rings around anything that Crawford had ever done. And yet—well, Art couldn’t understand it, but, to the astonishment of the whole school Crawford had been put in to pitch this game. Three days had passed since the Petaluma game and the great game of the season was but three days off. Between Santa Rosa High and Analv there had always been the great¬ est of enmity. For the past three years there had been a great deal of excitement surrounding these games, and this year the two teams were very evenly divided. After considering the matter deeply and consulting a few of his nearest friends, Art decided that surely the blame must lie at the door of Sam Crawford. He could tell by the look in Sam’s eye, when they passed, that he had been up to one of his tricks again. But surely, Art thought, the coach and Crawford ought to “be wise to” his lies by this time, and pay no attention to them. If this should be the case—if he had been put on the bench on account of another of Sam’s lies—Art resolved that he wouldn’t show his feelings, but, from then on, in practice, he would play with a renewed vim, and make Carter put him back on the team whether or no. This was certainly a wise step for Art, for if he had acted “sore” at the captain after what Crawford had told him, things would certainly have been bad for him. It was the night before the Santa Rosa game and Carter was still undecided about his pitchers. That night Harry De Bar, Arthur’s room mate, came back to school after a couple of weeks vacation, due to illness. He had left school the night before the Petaluma game, and had not yet heard about Art’s trouble.