Central High School - Cog N Pen Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Pat—“Take and be darned. Oi'll meet yez оп me return tr-rip.”” (The patrol disappears in the offing and Pat leans over the side to determine his location.) Pat London, Sirrah, an’ now for the dur-ity wur-rk. Kitty, an' can ye see the sign below? 'Tis Act 3—Scene 1 (Same as Act 2— Scene 1, Above London) ( Pat extricates an object from a bundle and lets it gingerly over the side of the ship by means of a rope. He decreases the altitude of the plane and wings his way in graceful curves above the home of Silas Slick- shoe. His eyes are smarting with the strain of picking out objects in the dark and identifying them. He locates the ploughshare, the hayrick, the mowing ma- chine and just as he is about to give up in despair he sees the object of his search. He maneuvers his machine with such accuracy that the immense anchor at the end of the rope catches the flivver squarely amidships. Then the plucky little plane strives to rise with the added burden. ) Pat—' 'Now that we've accomplished our mission 'twould be heart br-reakin' to lose the Henr-ry.”” (The ship rises slowly. А third copper appears and eyes the dangling Ford suspiciously.) Cop— 'Seems to be a new kind of ballast you have there.” Pat— Obh, no! chase Ог та just after makin'. Огт only totin home а pur- (Suddenly the plane dips and starts falling. Sure as a plummet it drops to earth, the Ford swinging wildly on the anchor. Pat closes his eyes and wonders if his key to heaven has grown rusty from disuse. With a crash they land—in the top of an apple tree. Pat hears the apples drop and is filled with dread.) Pat— 'Tkere's a spicial law agin the landin’ in an apple tree. Shure an’ if it had been an oak tree Oi'd be a feelin’ better.” (He gets out and surveys his loss.) Pat (looking up from the ground) — If ever а man was in a barrel it's Oi at this minnet. Oi can't get the thing down on a ladder. Guess ОГ] have to take the jitney hame. (Whistling to his cat he climbs in the car and starts for Paris. Pat soliloquizes. ) Pat summons tomorra for the apple tree bizness. Огуе got the that | happy.” “Oi suppose Oi'll be sur-rved up with a But so Oi'm For-rd wint afther Finis Afterword The next day Harry Hicks received a note from Silas Slickshoe. It read, “You can keep the Ford; the aeroplane is a later model and suits me better. Enclosed find bill for damages rendered to my apple tree last night by said aeroplane, operated by one Patrick Pennypacker. When you get your airship I'll race you again.” Pat sat down heavily. “Ву all that's holy, ОГ! swear Oi'm the most unlucky divil.” “Meow?” Curtain The Last Big Game of the Season—May 29

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COM (s JUNE ЛӘ GE ACTI LABORES IUCUNDI Faculty Adviser of the Class nf June, 1919