Central High School - El Centro Yearbook (Fresno, CA)

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' 0 dawn d ha ily It seemed as if not a better Sunday morning e. pp . S . day could have been chosen for the wedding. Even the biggs seem- . ' 7 . Sn.. ed to knhw that something unusual was going to happen. e u beams shone thru the pine trees upon the glistening dew of the' grasses and the sky was as blue as blue could be, with an occaion- al white cloud floating lazily upon the air. The people were all excited. Everyone had been invited and it was a rare treat for them. It was to take place at ten o'clock but long before that the people had begun to arrive. The bride was dressed in a plain b t rett fine linen dress. You may be disappointed becuase she U P Y was not dressed as elaborate as you have seen brides but remember this takes place back in a mountain town and not in New York. Almost all the people had now arrived and the bride and her attendants, the bridesmaids and the flOWeT girls were ready. It was ten o'clock exactly, but the groom had not yet come. The people were becoming uneasy. It was now a quarter past. While they are waiting for the groom to arrive let us take a look at the churchi It was small but had been decorated beauti- fully. From each corner and window extending to a pink bell, which hung above the altar were streamers of pink and white paper, with sprigs of wild roses pinned on them. The altar was surround- ed by all kinds of mountain flowers, by ferns and also by roses. Then of course, the room was decorated with greenery. All the ladies had their hair curled. Sone had good luck, but others A were too curled or not curled enough. Their dresses stood our very stiff for they had been starched the night before. Some of them who were not accustomed to having their hair curled and their dresses starched, because they had not use for doing it here in the mountains, looked very much out of place. It was now a quarter to eleven and Mr. Lee had not yet arrived a number of the people started going home and when the clock struck twelve the rest followed. They said he must have run away and deserted her, but she would not believe them and said,H I know he is true to me. I have faith in him, He must have been hurt or he would have come.H The girl and her parents waited the whole day but he did not come. Searching parties were formed who looked for him for many nonths but nowhere could he be found. Days, weeks, months and even years passed by. Still nothing was heard of him. The people vere now sure that he had run away, all but the girl. She never xarry for she believed that he had met with an accident or he lould have come to her. Fifteen years had now passed. The little village had grown o be a large town. The wedding that was to have been was almost orgotten. Most of the people had either moved away or died. he Van Buren family stilllflived here, they had not forgotten.

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One of the neighborfs horses had been lost and as it was a valuable horse the owner was very anxious to have it found. Some of the searchers heard it moaning in a deep and rocky ravine, Then, was only one way to get down to this ravine without falling. They quickly came to this place and went downn. Just as the last rays of the sinking sun were slipping down behing the purple hills, they came upon the skeleton of the man, Mr. Lee, with the wedding ring still clasped in his hand. Dagmar Hoyer '27. ,fk2kPk'iO5H2vkPk2FPF2fPHKh4'FHi0F10lfFkiHPF Ikfkikvkikivivivkfkfkivkllfiflklbif' PiOiUF1l0ifPI0F4UFli0F1F1k40!f1FP90k40kPFHlf1FPk TOMMY'S DREAM It was a very hot day in June. Tommy sat doing his Algebra. It was so hot he could not study, and too, Algebra was his hardest lesson. ' Tom y had been worried for weeks and weeks on account of his Algebrag he was afraid he would not be able to pass in it. There were only two more weeks of school and each day brought him closer to the dreaded examination. His father had promised him a watch if he would pass in every- thing. Tommy had been wanting a watch for a long time. He knew if he did not get it this time, it would be a long time before he would get a chance to earn another. The night before examination, Tommy could not sleep. He tossed from one side of the bed to the ether. Finally, he fell intoff a troubled sleep. Now he had been interested in the storied of King arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and he had always wanted to be a knight. He had just been reading some of those stories and now he began to dream of them. WYou too, can be a true knight if you only mind the rules of knighthood. Just be kind and louureeous to everyone and always ready to help others. Be steadfast and nonest even in little daily happenings. It isn't an easy life to Eollow, but it is splendid nevertheless? Tommy awoke. It was a curious dream. Who could have been talking? He smiled and said, 'I believe I will tfy it? Just then, the Smile died out for it vas the day of his Algebra examination. He jurriedly dressed and lens down to breakfast, but it was nowuse trying--he could not eat L t ing. At last the hour arrived, and brought the dreaded Hexamu. Hour ,fter hour, Tommy worked over his Algebra problems. But to him, .lgebga had always been a terrible dragon. He felt he was losing -roun . Directly in front of him sat Lloyd Stone--the smartest pupil t school. This had always been his easiest lesson of course his aper would be correct. Then, a great temptation came to Tommy.