Central High School - Caldron Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Their guide led them across a rustic bridge into the wild part of the grove, over fallen trees and through shrubbery. Finally they were led down a steep l1ill and over what had once been a bed of a small stream. ' One ofthe girls became disgusted and cried out, Where under the ? She happened to think that there was an older person with them, and said: XVell if you had to carry this cake, you wouldn't lead us in such places. Still l don't care if you wnnt to eat mashed Cake. At last they came to a table and decided to eat their lunch rather than carry their packages and baskets any further. Here there were so many mosquitos that each one had to use her handkerchief to keep them away. The waving ofthe handkerchiefs must have attracted the same two boys that they had met on their arrival, for the crowd had hardly been there five minutes when the boys appeared on the scene. XVell, the girls didn't know what to do or what to say. They didn't want to ask the boys to stay, and they didn't want to give them too much of a freeze out at once. The result was that Miss C. did most of the talking. The boys stood around awkwardly, and looked as if they wished they had never come into that neighborhood. Finally they left, going right across some low, wet ground and followed by the warning cry of the girls, There are snakes in there, to which the boys answered, XYe can stand the snakes, XVl1ere upon one girl said, They can stand snakes, but not such a 'freeze out' as this, The crowd now decided to eat their lunch. The cake was not mashed as it was supposed to be, and it was placed in the center of the table. The sight of the lunch made the girls forget all about the boys, and in a short time all were talking and merrily laughing. It was now nearly time to return to the city. The somewhat tired picnicers climbed into the coaches and were soon spinning over the country roads on their homeward journey.

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The Ex-Junior Picnic. iowa , 'fr 'r ' , Y . . . . 'J Q Q- , f 4 H1'I last week of school had coine, bringing joy to some and sorrow to others. I can't say that the juniors were not glad that their P 151' , : ,W g B 3 vacation was so near, but I can say that they were sorry and almost heart-broken to lose one of their best and most popular N K E ' i In teachers. J 2, ' I Q6 liizaw- 5 Miss C. had been offered a fellow-ship in the State Vliiversity of Pennsylvania. The juniors were proud to think that one of ' A J 37153 their instructors should be given such an honor. So a crowd of junior girls gathered together and discussed several plans by which they might show their appreciation for Miss C. They finally decided to give a picnic in her honor. TMDL' C13 The questions now came up. Whom shall we invite? XYhat shall we have for lunch, and XVl1ere shall we give the Q picnic? All these questions but the nrst were decided upon. The girls, ex-juniors now, were undecided whether or not they would invite the boys. They knew the boys thought as much of Miss C. as they did, but they didn't want to invite them. They were also afraid that it wonldn't be right to exclude them. I am afraid they were a little jealous of the boys, so they decided that they would not invite them. .-Xt last the appointed day came and a merry crowd waited for the coaches that were to take them to a beautiful summer resort north of the city. XVhen the coaches arrived, all the girls scrambled to get a seat next to Miss C. But as every one could not sit beside her, they took tl1e next hest thing and sat as near to her as they could, On their way, the girls talked over the question that was so hard for them to decide, and said they hoped tl1at they would see none of the boys at the resort. You can imagine how they felt when the first persons qhey saw when they reached their destination were two boys of their class. Entering the grove, the jolly crowd was beseiged by two news reporters, much to the sorrow of the crowd who did not want the uninviterl ones to know about the picnic. You see the two boys they inet did not know the particulars of the case, and had no way of Finding out unless some of the girls would tell them. After the news reporters found out all they could, the picnicers decided to hunt for a place where they might eat their lunch. One of the girls said, I know a good place where the rnosquitos are not plentiful. The whole crowd answered, Alright, you lead the way and we will follow.

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A Street Incident. L '- Of , - rift if' V t 3, j l XX Ab very W?tl'1ll. Iuyery one was either wiping the perspiration from his face or using lns handkerchief to hide his starchless collar. fm U i The hootblacks were as warm as tl1e rest of humanity, hut at least one of them seemed to he taking things easy. He was sitting , f 'Q l on a hox and leaning against the store, with his hat pushed hack on his head, a cigarette in his mouth, and his feet drumming , ,dst V 02' Q, against the box. Below him, near his hoothlacking material, was a smaller urchin, seeming quite happy in his employment of , U 4 . GD nt 5 watching the stuff. ,jf X ., , 'IS Vp the street CHFIIE a white-headed, aristocratic looking man. His face was flushed and he seemed worried. He looked at r A , C K the huildings and names of the streets as if he was searching for some place, As he looked up and down the street as if he was 9 searching for some place. As he looked up and down the street he passed our hootblack several times. He was evidently a stranger in the city and had lost his way. He seemed very much put out about it, and apparently hated to ask any one to help l1im. Finally he conquered his pride, went up to our hootblack and said: I should like to go to the Union depot. The little I'Elg-llllllzlslll took l1is cigarette out of his mouth, held it lvetween his tingers, pushed his hat farther hack ou his head, looked at the old man awhile, then drolled out: XYal1, yer kin go if yer wanter. I haint got no objections. Two or Three Times. Two or three glances and two or three smilesg Two or three notes, written in the meanwhileg Two or three times called to the front seatg Two or three times caught when trying to cheat Two or three times sent from Chemistry class: Un account of talking to some pretty lassg Two or three times, two or three minutes lateg Because of the many decrees of fate: After two or three weeks keeping strict to these Please seek for admittance to easier schools, rules