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

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O O O 1 O Ihr illauxrw-1 illrhnught Zllllllll' BY MARY LASPY O O O J O li-i EIKNOW some of you do not beheve th1t fumes evel ex ed l tthcn u ele nevel lil wuezd ll e w lence thls wxerd tlle spring th Lt country whose every foot of l Lnd teexns w1th lef ends of s unts md heroes wwrxlors ind httle people Mxny ue plone to hush nt such L countly is the llnd of l nn o Sh inter but they h we never rldden xlong the lnoun tun piths ind throuffh the lonely Qlens to wlnch these be Lutnful legends of the supernaturul ue ittached fhey know IlOtl1lI1g of the bC'l.l1llCS of the plice and the wlld nn lQlllltlVCI1C9S of the people of the Emel tld s e Far up the slde of one ot these mount uns 111 tlnt pirt of the coun try ne xrest the 11nd oi fam o 5h21nter lxved J Lek McGow tn md has wlth J1ck1t w1s otherwlse He Llw Lys found tnne to be present tt all the merry lI1'lk1YlgS of the PlI'1Sll Espem Llly w ts he to be found enjoy mg hnnself at every d mee for nnny nnles Lround Jack Mcifowin w IS llways tl16f1YSt to beqln the d lnce md the 11st one tlred As he hnnself sud he Could pg hom morn txll Illglll He wls never LS h tppy when the t1me for the Nloneymore Fm wmth the dinces Lfterw nd lt the Mlherfelt rolled round When httle Elsl the pxxde and loy of her f1thers he ut wis ten ye mrs old Jack declded th it he would tlke the whlte Cow to the tur to sell her so that he mxffht buy some bricelets for the colleen On hxs w ly to the vxllt fe just ts he w is tlll Illllg xnto the Nldherfelt ro Ld he was overt lken by an old frxend who pexsuaded hnn to st ny t A neirby tavern untll the next mornxng when they both would stlrt e mrly so as not to nuss the r nces Upon re tclnnd the f2'llI'QI'OL1Rtl9 both decnded that they Ind never seen the place present so gxlx tn tppe 1r1nee Elsas bl xcelets weze soon bought 'md detosxted nn the poeket of J lcks gle mt co at Then o I1 1 1 ,Ht 2 1 QH1 2 r ll I . o . . . U U O s I s I I O11 1 1 'll' 1 1 'll' 1 1 :pw 'Q 9 ist ' : wu ' yo w - ' ' ' that W' 1111 -d l '. ' 2 2 2 , 2 ' in X 2 . 2 , , N. ' , k. :I ' L. 1 2 ', 2 2, 2 ' . 2 2 ' E ' 2 f 2 3 2 ' 2 2 2 2 ' 2 . 2 ' 2 K ' 2 ' 2 : 2 6 L 7 ' - 2 ' 1 3 ' 2 ' 2 . ' f ' ' - 2 ' 5 2 . ' ' 2 ' .. ' '2 I'l . 2 ' ' A 2 ' 2, ' 2 2 - 2 . 2 ' ' ' N ' , ' ' 2 W A 2 2 wife Shebe. Shehe was busy from early morn until dark night: but 4 2 ' 2 . 2 2 2 ' 2 2 - 2 ' 2 . 2 '2 2 S ' - ' ' 2 2 2 ' 2 . ' ' 2 lf 2 ' ' K ' 2 2 2. ' . 9 ' 2 . 2 ' , H ' ' ' . ' 2 2 ' 2 5 2 as ' ' 2 . ' 2 . 2 2 ' 2 ' 2 , . '2 , ' ' - 2 2 ' '2 ' . ' . 2 V' , ' . 6 . 2 . 2 ' 2 L '. ' 5 2 2 S ' ' ' ' - 2 . 2 ' -2 ' ' Q 2 21 2 2 2 ' ' C 2 2 2 . 2 ' A ' R ,. ' 2 ' ' fi 2 2 2 2 2 ' '. 3 ' -2 1 f- 5 , 2 1 ' ' 2 2 '12 2 . 1

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THF HICH SCHOOL 'IIMES s1nd whlch mount to the L1b but w11l hurry onwqrd by 1 Flowery pith whlch lelds WOODWARD knowmff th1t Sub h as prep ucd them so well that they need not fear the unexpected te t At the end of the qu1rter Sub w1l1 1 mn do h1s ptrt fox e1ch and every one of us SCHALL reCe1Ve 21 card upon whxch wlll be nnrked all ls 1nd no l0s1n red When th1s mventmon IS made what '1 rehef xt wull be to the poor freshman 'ts the hour of I'CtlI'CI'11CIlt comes not to be scourged to hbor as was the quirry sl we but sustwmed md soothed by an unhlterxng trust 1n Sub he wlll wrap the drapery of hls Couch about hun and he down to pleisfmt dxeims ef 'U We QE C f oo jf f XX X 3 U ' Zz V l 4 ZW A Z54A7zJ x-X 6,6 0 j .f 'R- LL., 4' , ,ff fy 9-Jtv I f X tY ,ff xg? X ,,. P- 4' - 1 ' . 5 - rf 1-1 - 7 . ' 1 , ' 5 . ze - 2 ' 9 . . . ' :gf 1 1 - K ff Y 77 QCP' V ' 77 1 . 2 , .4 2 . ' 11 m - rf - 4 Zu' 1 , ' - X 137 ': CLA v I, N . ' -' 'v V' n 1 .fl - ,- fi2 2 :ti al ,1 'V' ' l if .. ' rf f-Q XX qv n gr cgrx 'I If l ' -f, may f f -p 5 f fe ' e ' V :fy gy , -- F. , 1 V , : if ,1.:Aff'1l me ff r , . ot e 'N .. nf' f V '1 f ra -Vw '. Sf? . ,, 4 IIN.. Z A-. ! .4',9x w f 4 -4- ' -' 1- 1 ,Af - X , - ' V, Y, l -, 'L U 5 -:2?l 'Z f 5' ff' ff '- I 1, , rf r m 1!f , 'f ff ff' '?,f'ff If ky. A ,, t lffff' ,f . , I' 4? lx, - G , I il' ' , . l, 7 ' . I 2 my f , .14 . 'I WL ' . ' ' ! , .i fl -i 'J ve -x ' - ff , M- 'ff ' 3, I R pi M' H u. W -.S S, . , -f ' iii' 3.1 1,

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES what a round of pleasures' The hours passed hke mmutes the days l1ke hours untll before they real1zed It xt was All Hallow Eve Thxnkmg of how angry Shebe would be and of h1s neglected farm Jack started for home lett1ng h1s horse take 1tS own way The more he thought about It the more he dreaded the reachxng home and h1s Wlfe s SCOld1Dg As Maherfelt was but a short dlstance he declded to go on to the dance regardless of consequences As he traveled along the mountam a short dzstance from Money more he saw an old abbey a httle way ahead of hml He could not re member ever hav1ng passed th1s on h1s way to the falr and began to wonder lf he could have lost h1s way On looklng agamn at the burldmg he saw a br1ght l1ght whlch seemed to be comxng from one of the wm dows Thus was surely not the old abbey where a ghost had so often been seen prowlmg around at nlght' Jack stopped h1s horse and was just about to turn around when he heard someth1ng hke the dlstant sound of mus1c He moved forward 1 httle and the rustle of the leaves beneath h1s horses feet sounded to hzm hke the tread of the ghost Agam he stopped and agam started on but the musxc had so enchanted hlm that he could not resxst gomg a l1t tle farther As 1f drawn by some maglc power he gulded h1s horse through the dark glen Whence could lt be commg7 He had heard often of the beaut1ful musxc w1th wh1ch the fa1r1es celebrated the annl versary of the1r obtamlng the Caldron of Shame of K1ng Hugh the overlord of Erln who had refused to g1VC h1s daughter Malas hand In marr1age to Pr1nce Fontam because he was a member of the Bardxc Order of Erm Surely the renowned muslc of the faxrles was not more beautzful than th1s' Suddenly the horse came to a stop and Jack found hlmself IH Gleann na Cac1lle that dreaded place of revelry of the ghosts and farrles He d1smounted and stealth1ly creepmg along ID the dark stoppmg at each new rustle of the leaves saw a brxght hght shmmg a short dlstance down the glen The mus1c seemed stlll pluner and more beaut1ful As he slowly crept along he at last founda place where he thought he mxght dxscover the cause of the llght He eagerly parted the branches of the trees whlch were obstructmg h1s v1ew and to h1s great amazement found h1mself m fa1ryland There were fa1r1es l16lC f'ur1es there and fa1r1cs everywhere gather ed for the very fest1val about whxch Jack had been tlunkmg Merry httle elves were runnmg everywhere gathermg stxcks for the tire whose hght from whxch Jack had seen when entermg the valley lt was burmng brxghtlv g . , . . . . . . ,f ,, 1 1 ' 1 , . . . 0 . . y v , . 1 - , c . 1 . 1 . , . I . . , . - . . v . L , - - ' , cf 91 - u . V. . r I, . , 4 . . . . ,, . - - V L l 1 1 - f v . 2 4 . 1 2 . , s 1- 1 . 1 4 - v 1 1 v 1