Elmwood Community High School - Ulmus Yearbook (Elmwood, IL)

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Ea- . ffllllk ii ii. .i 4,. y 5 ,. U L M U s The Eseapa e I say, boys, letis have some fun playing Halloweien pranks tonight, spoke the eldest of three boys, as they walked slowly home from school. I will come to the corn field at eight o'clock and wave the lantern, said Tom. You can sec it from the house and come over.'i Alright, Tom, we'll be on hand. It won't take more than five minutes to run across. You may depend on us.', Tom was eagerly looking forward to this event, as his father had promised him the largest pumpkin in the field. The Jones boys were in for fun, and they made up their minds to have that pumpkin. Long before the appointed time to meet Tom, the boys crept stealthily down to the pumpkin patch, seized thc largest one and decided to make a Jack 0'- lantern out of it. Ralph said, I will take my stilts, put the Jack o' lantern on my head, with a lighted candle in it, and throw a sheet around me to hide everything but tl1e pumpkin. I will theniwalk through tl1e field in my new regalia and if my looks 'don't frighten Tom, I'll miss my guess. Tom who was behind a near-by corn shock, peeped out when tl1e boys were gone, saying, I'll turn the tables on them. Ah ha V' After thinking for a long time of some plan to frighten the boys, he discovered Billy Bunt, the goat, quietly nibbling grass in tl1e near-by pasture. After consider- able coaxing, he managed to get the goat in the cornfield. After meditating for some time, how he could get even with the boys, Tom thought of Billy, and hurried out to see what had become of him. As he neared tl1e field, he beheld a wierd looking object stalking about through the corn shocks. Its blazing head was about ten feet above the ground and its long, white wings flipped and flopped, and occasionally a horrible, piercing cry sounded through the night like something in distress. As Billy Bunt spied this object coming through the field, he pricked up his ears and pawed the ground nervously. . Ralph mounted on his stilts was peering through tl1e darkness to see if he could get a glimpse of Tom coming for his prize. As he stood looking and thinking of the surprise in store for Tom, he caught sight of an object close by. and it made him shudder, and without a momentys warning and too late to save himself, something knocked the stilts from under him and sent ghost, pumpkin and all sprawling to the ground. After working desperately with the stilts and sheet, which had become entangled about himg he at last freed himself. Dick was so frightened at what had happened to Ralph, that without a moment's hesitation he ran for safety, but he was too late for the goat spied him, gave a bound and landed him over the rail on the other side of the fence. Tom had been watching the sport from behind a corn shock, and when he saw the pumpkin lying on tl1e ground, he made up his mind to get it. He crept cautiously from his hiding place, grabbed it, and was just mounting the fence, when tl1e goat saw him and came bellowing after him in a furious manner, frightening Tom so badly that he dropped tl1e pumpkin and umped just in time to escape the goat, as it lowered its head to strike the enemy. He succeeded by leaving the Jack o' lantern hanging on his horn. The goat could not shake it off and ran madly about the field, trying to free himself of his intruder. This afforded much merriment for thc boys, who laughed at the sport until their sides ached. They decided this was Billy Bunt'S Hallowe'en party and he had carried off tl1e prize. I.. M. C., ,27. ea -A fig I 1 9 2 6 TWENTY-SEVEN

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