Berea High School - Prima Luce Yearbook (Berea, NC)

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“W-w-when he h-h-heard us t-t-talking of water, he yelled b-b-bath ! and j-j-just got a s-s-shock!” declared Toby Jucklin. Toby stuttered very badly, for this reason he hardly ever spoke.” “What’s wrong, Steve?” asked Max pleasantly. They soon found out enough to know that he had forgotten whether he left the water turned off at home or not. “Hang the luck, I believe I did shut it off !” Steve declared. “Just to think of what a mess there’ll be if I stay away a few days, and it keeps on running that way. No one was at home either, for my people are away on a visit. Per- haps the neighbors will find it and stop the trouble, but how will 1 know, until I go back? But there’s no use talking, boys, I’m not going to turn back now whether that Dowdy mansion floats away or not. Our chum has got to be found, and I’m in the hunt for keeps.” When Steve was straight again, the boys separated. Max and Steve paddled out into the middle of the stream and soon reached another arm of the channel that ran off in the same direction as that one which the other boys had started through. “We’ll turn in here,” Max remarked. “This isn’t such bad goings,” said Steve, after they had been moving smoothly along for some time. “Suppose you give a toot, Steve, and see if the others can hear you,” Max remarked. After three or four hallooes were sent out, an answer came from a stream not very far away. Silence reigned for a few minutes but Steve’s thoughts were busy. He was thinking of something that he saw while on their way to Miss Griffin’s home. In the little town of Carson which was the home of the four boys, there were three boys whom everyone disliked. They did every thing possible to cause Max and his chums to have trouble. Just before arriving at Miss Griffin’s ranch, Steve saw Amiel Toots, one of their rivals, peeping out at them from behind a barn. Steve thought the other two boys must be close around. The leader of them was Ted Shatter. Why was this boy acting like that ? was the question that Steve asked him- self again and again. He wondered why they were here at the same time that Bandy Legs was missing unless they were in the trouble. Unconsciously Steve was muttering some of his thoughts aloud. “What’s that you’re saying Steve?” demanded Max. At this question, Steve related his thoughts to Max. “Then dollars to cents Ted Shafter’s in this accident.” The boys, were entering a large channel, into which the other boat was gradually making its way. Owen and Toby were told of Steve’s thoughts. Things soon began to seem suspicious on the part of Ted Shafter and his partners. But they had no shred of evidence to hang upon yet. They continued moving as they talked, and had been moving in this way only a short while [ Page 57 ]

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rt ?rs;r sssr 1 M fast as he c °” u ,o the ' »™ » «■ ° f •» ' « oossihie fniM-h f ° Ur w arrive , d at Hastings mansion, they left as quickly as nit!! t0 arch for Bandy Legs Griffin, who had been given this was cKTriffin h tf 0 fi rind far from straight underpinnings. His real name Band v T pvq’ t - 16 ' V£ c h um s had been on several camping trips together. Bandy Legs aunt was an old maid. She owned a large amount of property, ?hr i:n,r e day ’ 0 be le , f , t t ,° Bandy Le s whom she thought very much of. witli her v 300 SaVe +i° r +- n ° d h arke y Black Bob he was called, who had stayed Black Bob w?s 16 f mC uT h u n cranberries were gathered from the swamps, the mud of T; = )Cr , W + , h rheumatlsm - He had very often been caught in mud of the swamps but being accustomed to it, knew how to save himself. chums bimneH 0 ! 7 !! £ the ,? 0yS r f ached the Griffin ranch. Max and his three breaking speed ° ° mac ime tbat ey came over the road in with record- H’f? Griffin and Black Bob were waiting at the gate said b A M L SS ? ri T n ’ Bandy L ’ l mein Clarence’s-aunt,” Max Steve Dowdv ' „ J 77.7 3l astin ? s and these are my three chums, Steve Dowdy Toby Juckhn and Owen 1 HP O f mnv clinnl ' 1 A 11 , .. . z new r rhe old lady shook her white head sadly as she replied: ri 9r J™ news my hoy; we have heard nothing or seen nothing from our poor Hone is h! n‘ he 77 us .yesterday, meaning to be gone only an hour or two. Hope is beginning to turn into despair. Oh ! I do wish you could find him.” will trv nnr S l P Wh f t i y ° U kn ° w , about k - P lea se, Miss Griffin,” said Max, “and we will try our level best to find Clarence.” oreimed wfTn 7 B i° h !° ld them what the y knew, then Miss Griffin ’’.lack Bob gave Max that would 0 be n!lwi tW ° !r 5 ’ each i° aded with provisions and other things that would be needed op the trip, such as ropes, guns, matches and the like. After discussing certain plans and ways of how he could have been lost they were to separate two in each hmt cuii couiu nave Deen iu l, distance of each othen 1 they WCre not to S et ou t of hearing Several times Steve was taken by sudden ittnf ' l c occasion, before «he boats separaf d, and then dropped to the botton o th boat H jq Sp 7 ng to lds feet as he said this, tonished the others. c ls ace ia d a blank look that as- “Why, hello, what ails Steve?” remarked Max. [ Page 56 ]

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prima luce to h und sL a ething en CXclamation ’ and ivin them h-b-j, Ob hang it all, say it for me somebody.” he said 3 J2 dtf ,he “ b ' - .m,d Th« y L;rx„ r f d , ,r ; cks , of i a° tots «« m « » p-m missing chum, (or Max knew his shoe print ' coS Werc , ll,ose m ? de . by the n 5 ftCT U maldng lieir 0t boat ' ' V l 10m y’bjdicfcTtck h Ted and Ms iends 3 the party of ' four heo-nn t f ' u 6 ’ an f gathering what provisions they needed, from going- anv further T1° ° ° W t, be tracks tmtil darkness prevented them St0 ? ped t( ? rest and eat enough to keep them from Each b v mde l u ? bre ?l° t0 keep the wild animals away from them, self Owen and Tohv $ t Up ° n which he rested him- Steve herrLtrang?sm,nft S ° Und ’, but ax and Steve didn’t sleep so well. Legs; but Max knew it wasn’Udm thou ht P erha P s it was Bandy longe to s arcli S f or Th dle ,J °ys aroused themselves, unable to wait any Z JS. 1 thC,r bSt Chum - They ate a few more of their provisions their camp ' ° n ° Ur Way at last ’” remarked impatient Steve, as they left fellows vhY ever w ' lf .r ° °° tbe move - He was one of these kind of unless they are making I bfg noise. aCCOmplishin S anything worth while, tramps h tried y to C 1eL P r ? ramps , who were camping in the swamps. The To use to Lh t 1 ovs ?,° y bu f faikd in their They saw there was the trees n ° gUns ’ therefore they began retreating to the rear” d ermfned li t f searcb - Both Max and Steve kept watch of on the part of the tramps °° ' S3W anythln S that would indicate pursuit - -- a Sd “ y would their losf chum and his pursue s lVeywe ri Vt h S h f Ught W6re “‘‘Sr i ! ti e ent sl hat I - 6 SaVC , a ydl at the op of his f °voi ry S0 ° n SteV£ be ' Oh, Steve, Steve!” came back as an answer ' Steve gave another yell. 4T ! , ? St T ! I m S ° glad you ’ ve come at last.” found him,’ boys !” W ° Uld k ' n ° W was me sh °«ting ?” asked Steve. “We’ve “T-t-then s-s-show him to us, S-S-Steve,” demanded Toby Tucklin. Cry after cry came from some nearby place Thp i i they could tell that it was near them. 7 1 16 V ° ice WaS very weak ’ but l 9 [ Page 58 |