Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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O O J O All Epuanhv nf Zf5larkl111l11 BY MOLI IE CRUIKSHANK O O UO E3-JURINQ1 111y t11p west tl11s su111111e1 I s1w 111 1ny a queer cl1111ct11 but tl1e queerest w L9 the st 1 e d11x CI wl1o took us ox er the d1v1de lt luppened wl1en the t1 1111 dropped 11s 1t the l1ttle town ofRedrocl1 tllit we were to cont1n11e our El Journey a d1st 1nce of nmetx IIIIICS by st1 e I tl111k It s the l1st st we l1ne of1ts kmd a 11.011111 old f1sl1 1oned Loncord co1ch dr1wn bv s1X stout horses 'I111s slnp of he 1nou11t11ns hts the sh1p of tl1e deselt be xten when 1t comes to se 1s1ck ness and surely equalled one of the sea I a1n not gomv to descmbe the ICQIIIILS of those wl1o s 1t 111s11tetho11gh I s lt w1tl1tl1e KIIIVCI' How e11s1ly I recall hllll Wlth h1s yellow locks tlylng 111 thc Wllld 1nd h1s sh1ewd blue eyes tWlI1l'illI'lglllL,lIlly Imust confess th It 111 splte of tl1e glOTlOUS SCQIICIY I QICW some not been lo1 tl1e d11ver I am afra1d I should have fallen 1Qno1n1n1ously 1slcep But lm kept 111e 1w1ke w1tl1tl1e most 111 81110118 SlOllCS one of wlnch I sl1 1ll t1y to rel 1te Ido not vo11cl1 for the tllllll of tl11s t1Ie but llLlSt to t11ec1ed11l1ty of the 1eade1 as tl1e dr1ve1 tlustcd to mme l sl11ll ende IVOI to wrlte as ne lfly 1s poss1ble IH h1s weste1n d11lect Well l1e began reflectwely th1s happend .1 I1l1lTlbCI of years back when I w IS tCI1'lPOI lf, went over 1t Blackhole not a very art1st1c name but It SIIOIG s111ted It was one of these hyar toadstool towns sprung 11p Ill 1 111' ht so as to speak A 1a1l1oacl had lust come ll1lOl10ll Cllt r1ght through Spookey Petes Tlnrst Pa1lor an the place was IUOOIHIII lh 1t IS tl1e town w IS not sum the stloon w 1 n t though Well I was depot agent 19 I was saym Hed llllllffi purtv mgh my own w lV lhc boys I1I1Cl?lllW kept 1ne comp ny when they wa nt entert11111n Spookey Pete As 1 rool Bl1ckl1oles 1112111 was kmcler scarce 1111. tr uns would go snortm by sort of hmghty hke an offn on would throw off an ep1s O1 1 1 lllf 1IIf 1 1 n 1 . O 1 O Olf I 1 fllf Jllf 1 1 II I O- X I F f 1 -1 2 O -I , 1 '1 . 1 . ,. I . Oz ' -f 12 ' ' -221 'I 'is 1 '15 ' ' .1 '-51' ' I 1' 1 I ' : ' Q . ' t 1' . :S 9 ' , f ' 1 ' ' . A . if - what sleepy in the face ol the strong wind of Horse P1'11i1'ie. If it had ' . 1 ' 1 . ' '. 1 . ' 1 ' l ' ' ' a., A ' ' ,I ' I '. 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1. 2 ' ai ' '. . ' '1 . fr va , ' , rr - K - 1 A 1 if '1 1 ab 1 1 1 ' ' L 1 I - - - l ' 1- I s -1 i . i V , . L . -L . ' ' . '. , - - Y' ' f ,' ' 1 , 1. .g ,1. , 'S I- 'I 1' ' ' . 'f , , ' ' ' f 'I s 1 ' 1 Q- L . L .'

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FP11 HILIH SCHOOL l1M11.S tle OI SL1L.l111kL but Jmerally more offn on One nxght me an the boys was havm 1 qmet httle gune of poke1 Poker D1ck had just raked 1n the pot 111 1 w1s feehn hke 1 roped broncho Poke allus was a blamed lueky tellex Bud I-l1nkly dealt 1ne a. pat hand an ace full an we w IN 1 118111 l1e1 p111ty steady Thmgs w1s gettm to look br1ghte1 Fhen 1.10116 eome the 12 30 express an g1ve '1 lon howl 'ln stopped We w1s so sur LWFISCC1. at th1s onusool h'1ppen1n th lt we dropped ou1 1 uds 111 st unpeded to t11e door I h we never ot em to heheve vet 111o11t the 11 1nd 1 held an that I had been buncoed When we looked out 11 the dool we s1w the express fellez shovm 1 lon wooden box out n the cy'1r We w1s shore cur ous to know 1ts eontents We haulet It 1ns1de though 1t was purty heavy 111 lnspeeted lts outs1des carefully By the d1m hght of our sm le lamp Bud Hmkly read Mr Cyrus Baxter Blackhole Idaho We was treed None of us know d a feller wlth a styhsh name hke th lt I1 Mebbe he s on the tram an fo1got to get off wxth thxs package of hxsn suggested Poker Dxck Anyhow the packa e w1s th 1r 111 we he 1n to spec late as to wh lt was 1ns1de Wh1skey B111 thou ht mehhe It was a Chr1stmas present but as It was September we voted tl1 lt down Then Bud mentloned lt looked mlghty hke a coffin H1111 an Poker got to d1sput1n bout th lt '1n we 11 1d to open lt up to s we 1 fxffht We all stood expectlntly around ts Wh1skey B111 pr1ed off the 11d 1n gralsbed out n bout a b 1le of hay Shore nough there w ts a dead 111 LH We was all kmder quxet He was a c1ty feller 111 deeked out 1n elgmt checked clo es B111 let the hd drop l1ke a p1sto1 crack All of us jumped an wore a k1nder s111y scalrt look It s funny how tlungs hke that works on a feller s nerves Then we held a councll what to do We dec1ded to keep It 1wh1le 'Ln see mf Cy would cla1m h1s corpse Well we kept the feller almost a week t1ll I was gettm purty fr1end1y wxth It But the boys sud we ought n t turn the depot 1nto 1 vault for the good n1me ofthe c1ty 111 sho 11d gwe the poor feller 1 decent burlal as Cy dxdnt appear an they w1s afeared of results S we decxded to hold the fun ral that afternoon Somehow xt le1ked out an almost the hull town jomed the fun ral persess1on Wh1skey B111 S3111 he dldnt know much bout the preechm Job but he would try to make 211116 xt It H d1d lt re 11 pathet1c 11ke s 1y1n the pore young feller s corpse h 1d strayed away an mebbe h1s mother or wxfe or someone else w1s w 11t1n for h11n an weep1n 1wful Ne1r1y everybody was yowhn so loud we hardly heard the rest of the sermon .2 1 . .. 1 , .1 1 1 , 1 . 11 - 1 - 1 - - 1, 1 1 1 R11 . . . Q . 1 1 Is x.. . H X 1 1 . 1 1, 1 1 n CY I 1... f 1 .1 -,A-ll x- - I 1 , , 1. 1. 1 . 1. ' ' '- . ' , U' . 1 1 1 ' ', . 1 . 1 1 1 ' ', ,. . 1 . '. 1 ' ' ' g 1 . 1. . . . 1 , .. . . . ' 1, , , , , 2 ' L 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . 1, - , , , , 1 11 1 .5 1 ' 1 I' x x 1 1 ' f -1 1- . 1 1 1 1 1 Y . , . . K , . 1 6 , 1 , 1 1 Q E K , . . . . ' .. X W .. 1 1 , .1 1 .5 i. 1 , . 1 . 6 c 1 1 . . 6 1 11 , 11 1 , . , , . . 1 , . . i .v Y, 1 . M. , . I 1 A . . , '11 ' , . ff , I , , ' ', ' , 1 g 1, 1 .1 Q1 1 1 1 . . .i . d . . . .5 1 . 1 1 . 7 I , Y . . 1 , 1 . .V . . , . . 1, . 1 1 , , . , , , , , .1 . 1 1 1 5 1 1 r .W . . . 1 ,V x , , 1 1 1 1 1 1 , ' ' . 1 1. 1 . . ' 1 1 ' 'f ' ' 1 1 . . . . . , . . . 1 . , - , - 1 ,Y . . . . . 1 1 ,, , , . . , . 1 ef , -1 v y 5 , . . '. 1, . . 1 1 1 , ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 , 1 ,1 1 1 . . 1 1 1 , , 1 1, O . 1, . 1 . 1 , 1 .. , . 1 . N. . . . . 1 1 .1. 1 , C, , , 1 . 1 . V 1 .11 1 , 1 - C 9 1 . 1 - 1 -1, , 1. K. K. 1 f- C 1 L -1