Butler High School - Butlerite Yearbook (Butler, MO)

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Svi,-:Neat nhhing, Well, it's all over now, but we fellers sure had a. good time while it was goin' on. I wish I had another sister to get married. It's lots of fun to stick around when no- body even dreams you're there, an' just watch an' listen. You see, my big sis has just gone an' got married. She was engaged for six months though, before she finally landed her dear Oscar. Me and Sam jest had the most fun while they was engaged. VVhy, we was under the sofa when he popped the question. You see, we saw that he was struck on her an' we thought it was about time he was sayin' somethin'. I heard Sis tell Ma that Mr. Long was goin' to call that evenin' an' Ma she says, Do you think that young man has any seryus in- tentions? Then Sis's face got all red and she says, Why-oh-er-yes, I think so! So me an' Sam we decided to see if Mr. Long had HUY.5C1'YL1s 'te-ntions. WC just crawled under the sofa and waited. We didn't have very long to wait, 'cause pret- ty soon .they come in. Sis, she set down, but Mr. Long seemed awful nervus an' kep' walkin' around the room, but pretty soon he set down too. He kept openin' his mouth an' sayin' Ah-hem, an' then he'd shut it again. He sure was nervous. Me and Sam, we was gettin' nervus too-. There wasn't much room under that sofa an' there wasn't much air neither, an' we knew we couldn't lay still much longer. Besides, there was a littlehole in the bottom of the sofa an' the saw-dust kept tricklin' down my neck. I stuck my finger in the hole but my arm got awful tired. No, we waSn't very comfort- able. VVell, by an' by Mr. Long took his courage in both hands an' got up an' walked over to Sis an' fell on his knees. I thought sure he'd stumped his toe on the carpet, but don't you know, he didn't even try to get up! -He just said, fast as he could, Gertrude, I love you. Will you be my wife? an' then he stopped an' gulped and started to say somethin' else- an' then gulped again. I admire my sister. She always knows what to say. So she says, Y-yes, an' then he put his arm around her an' the-n -I sneezed! I couldn't help it. I got so excited that I forgot an' took my finger out of the hole an' that saw-dust got up my nose. ' My goodness! but that feller ju1nped! Sis, she says Oh, what was that! Mr. Long walked over to one end of the sofa an' Sam whispered, Oh, golly, we're goners! Then I wriggled out at the other end an' Sam follered me an' the-n we beat it. But I got one look at Sis as I went by. I-Ionest I did feel sorry for her. I-Ier face was all red an' she looked like she wanted to cry. Well, that night after supper, Mr. Long came down to our house again an' he an' Dad an' Ma was in the library fer a long time. Then they called Sis in too an' Ma :orne out pretty soo-n crying like everything. I thought maybe the house was on fire 31' Dad was sick, so I said, What's the matter, Ma? Ma she grabbed me an' kissed me. Then she blubbered, Gertrude is engaged. She's goin' to marry Mr, Long. Well, I didn't see nothin' about that to cry about, so I says, What you crying for? I'd think you'd be glad she's landed him at last. He's the one to be cryin'. Ma, she cried, as she run off upstairs, Oh, VVilliam, how can you! just then Dad opened the door and said, Come here- VVilliam, so I went. an' he said, William, this is your new brother. Shake hands with him. I went an' did it, but you bet I didn't want to. But after I got one look at his face, I didn't feel so bad. He wasn't a bit nervus now, but he was smilin' an' lookin' happy like. I liked him lots better. Then he says,' Well, Billy, I'll forgive you for Seventy

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Prize new THE FATE OF THE E PLUS STUDENT. All alone he sat and studied, Bent on making straight E pluses, Studying, studying, by the lamp light, Burning midnight oil profusely. Honor sought he in his folly, Sought to graduate with honors, As he studied by the lamp light, Taxing, straining, all his senses. To him came his school companions, Begging him to leave his studies. But his soul was lost in study, And he heeded not their pleading. On into the night he studied, Past the witching hour' of midnight, Till his head drooped on his bosom And he sat there still and staring. Thus they found him when the day broke with his open book before him, But he did not read its contents He was cold and pale and lifeless. On a rising ground he's buried With the sighing pines above him, And they whisper ever, ever, Of the folly of this student. T EMMETT BULLOCK us. Sixty-nine

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Siva manning-Qlnntinueh spyin' on us. I don't blame you much. I did the same thing once when I was a kid. Things was pretty slow for us kids after that for about four or five months. But about a month ago, Sis and Ma began to sew. Me an' Dad had to keep out of their Way all fight. They didn't hardly give us nothin' to eat either, Why 3 feller c0uldn't sit down on the sofa or in a chair without settin' on a paper of pins or a needle or two, An' Ma an' Sis was all time holleri11', William, don't set down on that! or Be careful or you'll mash that dress! I asked Ma what she was doin' an'. she said, Why, we're making your sister's trousseau! . I said, Vxfell, if she can't be true to him without all that stuff she'd better leave him be. One morning Ma said, VVilliam, you must keep out of the way this Week. We'll be very busy. Your sister is going to be married next Sunday evening. Well, I kept out all right. NVho wouldn't with the house all tore up? . So they cleaned and scrubbed an' cleaned 'til they couldn't clean. no more. By Friday it looked fine. An' Saturday morning, Ma says, I'll make the 'Dride's cake this morning. And Vv'illian1, you must not come in the house. I told Sam, and we watched. Ma, she got a great big pan to make the cake in and I said to Sam, VVell, there'll be enough left for a week. But Sam whispered, ukeep still. You see, we was behind the flour chest, way out of sight. . Pretty soon the telephone rung an' Ma went to answer it, so we crawled out. Ma had a big cook-book on the table an' I saw where it said 2 tablespoons salt. I said, Sam, let's put the salt in, an' Sam he said, 'fall right, so we went in the pantry and I found a box that has Salt on it. I thought two tablespoons of salt wasn't enough so I put in four for good measure. Then we stirred it up an' left by the back door. ' You never saw so much fuss as we had at our house Su-nday morning. Every- body but me was nervus. By night Sis was scared to pieces. 'Bout eight o'clock aeople began to come. Before long the house was full. I had on a high collar an' it hurt my neck an' chin. Pretty soon everybody got still an' a woman began to play. Then Sis an' Mr. Long came walkin' in. They was walkin' awful slow an' Mr. Long was lookin' awful handsome. Say, but Sis was pretty. I-Ier dress was made out of some lace stuff and there was a long thing made out of lace, that dragged behind her. I thought sure she'd get her feet tangled up. Well, they stopped in front of the preacher an' he said a lot of words an' they was married. Then everybody went to supper. They ate a long time and I was Scared there wasn't goin' to be nothin' left. By and by they got through eatin' everything but cake. Then Sis took the big :alce knife an' cut the big cake. My! but it looked good, Then they started to eat it. Sis took a bite an' looked scared. Then Ma took a bite an' looked still scareder. Then she cried quick like, Oh, what's the matter with this cake? It's awful! And then I happened to think about the salt and my face got red. Ma saw it and she says, :'VVilliam, did you do anything to this cake? Ain' I said, I jest put some salt in it. Ma screamed, Oh, William, you'll kill me yet! Bring that salt here at once. I got it and gave it to her an' said, Here 'tis. Ma held it up an' on it in big letters was, E-P-S-O-M S-A-L-T-S E-X-T-R-A S-T-R-O-N-G! I HELEN LOUISE CLARK '19, Seventy-one