Bacone College - Warrior Yearbook (Muskogee, OK)

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THE BACONE CHIEF 35 When we had traveled for two days I thought I could see a moon which belonged to some planet, but seeing no other signs of the planet I decided that I was mistaken. After nine days more we came in sight of another planet which proved to be Mars. In about two hours we alighted and found some very friendly little people who were the first we had seen of their kind. We inquired and found that we were on the right planet this time. The people were so delicate that we had to be careful to keep from hurting them when we picked them up or played with them. They had a great number of railroads with trams about three times the size of our toy trams, and al- though we think these to be very much too small to be of any use here, they are serviceable on Mars. These little people lived in small dugouts on the hill- sides. While I was on Mars there was an earthquake which, although not very great to me, was very destructive to my new friends, for a great number were killed and also a great number were left homeless. Two days later Jesse Tiger and Murrow James came to Mars and as I had been schoolmates with these boys, it was not so lonesome for me as at first. On account of this I de- cided to stay another week and attend a field meet to be held by these little people. The day came and one of these small men showed us the field where the meet' was to be held. We were asked to be judges so we started the events among which were the 10-foot and 20-foot dashes, the 100-foot and 200-foot run, the low hurdles and the high hurdles which were about six inches and nine inches high, respectively, the high jump, the pole vault, the stone put Cinstead of the shot putj and the gravel throw. After the meet was over our small friends. said that there were some records broken in the meet. Two days later I secured supplies such as they had and. then told Murrow and Jesse good bye, and left the planet Mars. When we had traveled for a week, we again came in sight of a planet, which on closer observation I decided was the earth. We started straight for it, and in less. than three hours landed in Mexico. There was a battle going on at the time, so I left that country and made my way back to St. Louis, the place from which I started. H. G. GARNER, '17. ABSOLUTELY TRUE. Longevity is a rather fancy name for a dog, but when the particular dog is a large brute, red-headed and dreamy-

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34 THE BACONE CHIEF She has an influence upon the younger people and has that beauty of thought and life which wins admiration. People make way for her and have respect for her. Anyone coming in Contact with her will love and admire her. She is a pattern, and leader of young girls,-the most influential leader,-why? Because she is the Ideal Young Woman. If you look closely you will find that the culture of her heart and mind, and the refined nature have led her to give careful attention to her appearance, conversation and manners. i However well a woman may look to outer things, she cannot be truly loved and admired or attractiveg she cannot express the full degree of magnetism which draws others toward her, winning for her friends and influence, unless she carries herself well. She doeth little kindnesses Which most leave undone or despise, A For naught that sets one heart at ease,- Or giveth happiness or peace,-- Is low-esteemed in her eyes. She is most fair and thereunto Her lifeedoth rightly harmonize, Feeling or thought that was not true, Ne'er made less beautiful the blue Unclouded heaven of her eyes. -Tennyson. IDA R. TIGER, '16. A TRIP TO MARS. After planning a trip to Mars last summer, I secured an airship and a birdman for the purpose of sailing upon the air to the planet. ' August the 14th We left this earth for our long and ad- venturous tour of the air, and after viewing some of the large cities from the airship it was not long until we were lost from sight. Traveling this way for about a week we found that in the distance we could see a planet which we supposed to be Mars, and which we had decided to explore. In about three hours we landed on the planet and after find- ing some old acquaintances I learned from them that we had landed on the wrong planetg inlstead of being on Mars I was on the planet Jupiter. I decided to visit my old friends in their beautiful homes. I first stopped with William James, the mayor of the town, and then I visited with Paul Philpin, who was the editor of a newspaper, both of these old schoolmates, and I talked of old times at Bacone. After staying there three more days I secured supplies enough to last for two weeks and then started from Jupiter.

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36 THE BACONE CHIEF eyed, it does not seem so extraordinary after all. Long- evity was the mascot of Company M, Twenty-eighth United States Infantry, which in 1900 was stationed at Fort Vancouver, Wash. When the company went to Frisco the dog went along and also embarked on the United States transport, Grant , with the rest of the soldiers. In due time the boat pulled out for Manila. During the first twenty-four hours Longevity was as seasick as the rest of the passengers, and it was a pitiful sight to see him chase up and down the decks, howling mournfully for some one to show him the way home. During his blind and sickly rambling he ran into the pointed end of the anchor and had one of his eyes badly torn. He was taken to the hospital where the wounded place was padded with cotton and the lids were sewed up with cat-gut, making a rather pathetic, but funny sight. With the loss of the eye Longevity seemed to lose the friendship of most of the boys, and he soon became a mark at which hard-tack was hurled, but no one had the heart to kill him. Upon arrival in the Philippine Islands he quickly made himself disliked by the Filipinos because of his chicken-stealing ability, and he caused such an uproar among the natives that the captain ordered him locked up. After a week's rest the company went on an eight-day trip to the mountains, taking the dog along. On the third day a ravine of frightful depth had to be crossed. It was about ten .feet wide and was spanned by a single log. Sud- denly the diabolical plan of getting rid of the dog started some whereg the men lined up on both sides of the ravine and Longevity was enticed across. Just as he reached the middle, a slight movement of the log made him slip and fall. Down he went at a rapidly increasing rate. For a mo- ment the yells were heard and then became inaudible. Sud- denly with a noise like a cannon he struck the rushing water countless feet below. That dog must have landed at a mile-a-minute gait, said one. Yes, said another, and enough water splashed up to nearly drown a half dozen of us fellows. With a last look at Longevity's watery grave the company moved on and in five days arrived again at their quarters. As they were all seated around the fire that night, just before taps, some one suddenly shrieked, bringing the com- pany instantly to their feet. Instead of their enemy, there bounded into their midst a large red-headed dog, Long- evity. himself. It may sound strange, but stranger still. was the fact that during his five days' search for the com-