Central High School - Almanac Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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giving de Great Original an' Only Genuine Representation of San Juan Hill. 4 Of course d' Spaniards an' Boers wuz licked and had t' trek their baggage over d' kopje to d' spotje w'ere d' victors said. But the grand finaly w'ich Wuzn't on the bill of fare, wuz a special exhibition of fire-works. Fer w'ile cl' men wuz at dis circus, an' d' women wuz - discussin' who wuz d' aut'or of David Harum, an'-w'y shirt waists was goin' out of style, d' ships got on Ere, but before de 'engines be- gan to play on de ruins of d' ships, an' d' ire lines wuz established, a big storm came up an' put it out, so d' game wuz called on ac- count of rain. Afterwards dey- left Sicily an' went to Italy. An' now, Dink, comes d' part' I don't like to speak- about. It's embarrassin'. Y' ought t' read it yerseli but you can't, an', as some feller said, If d' mountain won't come to Mahomet, w'y it's 'up to' Mahometj' so I'll explain. D' feller wot wrote d' story smoothed it over as much as he could, but de only way I can look at it is, dat in a moment of forgetfulness Eneas jes' common got loaded to d' brim, an' had a bad. case of d' willies, for he t'ought he went to d' f-1 M LET? Jes, common got loaded to d' brim.

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arm punchesg but Entellus wuz dead 'next to d' science, an' didn't even counter. All of a sudden Entellus tried d' pivot blow. Say ! It wuz a terror t' Wildcats! But Dares sidestepped an' Entellus fanned the air. W'y, he swung so hard dat wien he missed he landed in d' ropes! Datis right. Dat miss put Entellus in a luvly grouch, an' he sailed into Dares an' didn't do a t'ing! Oh, no! Say, he cleaned Dares' clock good and proper! He swatted him around d' ring, an' gave him d' solar plexus an' a headache till d' referee parted 'em, an' Dares tirew up d' sponge! f as ' al I A .4 fb , 1-.l - - , 1 L 5 4 ' ' . A ' fXf gel L Mb M W 4 - WFS -.- g Y iL,,,,,.fr.fiY V lf Y A , Ju ! .Qd9X.y' iY?z:? 5'xx A 7 Yjltg Y L - A ,, i,4.,f- .-.g ,.,:,, ,- ..- f Efmx jf xxcwgs , 1' --. Arirf 5 -Trl 'L P' - gas. gs , -sc y X rWi w'e'r ' ef-if . g ri m a ,r,A,,a..,Mfa e B . P . r '?'A7 ' L -,- ffdfffiimi 3 .. 1 I 'TSA ' wr 5 ' lflfllflfllll Y - f i . i pf in U I ' ,ff 5 .-T . ff ' f ' f S , ' H W ' 5 -:gf N , If ' I ' s s f s g ' .- 'e ,.......n jg ' ' , 1 - -ff- -J 1 a ' , 4 'a . , 34315225 1 6 fi' X , . . f 5' 'V Q 3 - umrr Entel1us was dead next to d' science. -Den dey had a shootin' match wid bows an' arrows, an' it wuz a summer game, an' no mistake! W'y, Dink, I wouldn't be seen dead shootin' a bowan' arrow! Itls as bad as an air-gun! D' handicap didn't work right, either, for th' fellie wot pulled in first money at A hundred-to-one shot didn't hit the bullseye at all, but he fixed his arrow wid a match an, some turpentine so it burned up in de air, an' d' farmers in Sicily t'ought dat a gent wot could work that kind of a con game must be about 4-11-44. An' he cert'ny wuz handy wid d' shells, for ZEneas himself couldn't spot dl phoney arrow, an' wuz taken in wid d' rest of 'em by dat amateur magician widout a license! D' last t'ing on d' program wuz a drill by Teddy Ascanius' Own Rough Riders,

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bad place an' saw a lot of ghosts an' t'ings, an' he saw double, fer he fought a dog had free heads, an,--oh, well, Dink, it wuz a sad case, an' I wuz so disappointed wid him fer gettin' half-seas over dat I passed him up an' didn' read any more about him, an' don't know wot became of him after he went to d' dogs. He's all right, but he won't do, see? Wot's it all about? did you say? Say, Dink, come 'ere, come 'ereg I'11 tell yer jes' wot a Senior said t' me about it. Say, I says, feller, tell me wot it's all about, any way. Jimseyf' says he, Hjirnsey, I don't know any more about it dan a rabbitg an' say, D0 you suppose, Jimsey, you could put me next to a 'handy 1itera1?' U