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

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES for IH my excltement I had forgotten to ask the boy 1n vxhlch d11ect1on the troops wele statloned Wh1le I xx as crouchmg behmd a tree pon dermg what I should do someone came up behind me and somethmg struck my head Then exelytlnng xx ent black When I gamed con sclousness I xxas lylng on tlns cot The gualds haxe been NCIY k1nd to me these three months and you have been more th xn kmd You ask 1f any of the runne1s vxent as far as B611 ut Bysant'P I do not know That IS what worrles me and no one w1ll glve me nevxs of them I do not th1nk of myself but of my people I am alxx ays sxymg to mx self Why IS It you are al lovxed such comforts Mu1 ad althou h IH a prlson 1n Altat xvhen your famlly and your 1 xce are qtalxlllgv A1e the Ame11cans help mg them or d1d11 t any of the lunners get to the coast? And I some t1mes xx hlsper But perhaps I can escape Perhaps I mlght get away soon and help my people I am sure By sant that lf I xvere only out of thls cell I could help and saxe them from some of then hudslnps But do not tell anyone vxhat I have sald my boy bec xuse one can never tell xx hat a Tulk w1ll MISTAKEN IDENTITY KA la SUIIZIILZ Pzchcznlsmzj MMM EAR PECGY Ivhen I left you standlng on the sta D tlon pl xtfo1m xely much red as to eg, es and nose Q 'haf-N ne1ther of us knew that I had an adventure 1n store J' f I got off of the t1a1n 1ust as I alxx ays dxd xx hen I came ' to Vlqlt Aunt Samantha You know Sis college chum Bess Burk extended an 1nv1t1t1on xvhen she v1s1ted us last so I coafced Ma to let me v1s1t the Bulk s 1n stead of Auntle xx1th her tabbles and parrott Well to contmue While I was standmg there an oldlsh man came up and sald You re Mary I m sure Well I am Mary so of course I Sald Yes and I plesume you are Mr Burk? I supposed Bess vxas on the othe1 SICIC of the statlon but he ushered me up to a great blg Hudson wlth a bebuttoned chauf feur He told me that Bess had been tl welmg and was detamed 1n some place out East that I was to make myself at home and all that sort of thlng CI dldn t hsten ve1y well because I xxas too busy gazmg c cf 7 4 N . . V I . . L L. Q - I , c c I v sv . v g . - . Y . . . I., I . 1 N v v 1 . T . 1 v 2 ' C ' 4 v 1 y 1 , Y c . ' . c c yn J f v vw 1. ' y U ' ' . 1 L T .c U. , C V I N 0' . . . . a f 9 o J 'Z 2. I T. ' ' c . - - - r , , yy , V I x CL u x - . v . H V 1 . a V - n V . y . 1 1 A y w .4 1 1 1 ' . c . c v C K , ,Y 2 . . v do. . W ' A ' I ,' 'L -' . r A. M., 17. 4 . U ' , A I .- I I '- .o. . f f 1 v - . 7 c , cs Tc I '-, 4 . n ' N ' M? L. C c K . 4' , 1 . T 1 c c 1 V . . . xg - l fl kt C 9 , . . I . ,x u a 1 . 1 u t . . - Cl ' K l I . . , . ' . , I L. ' A - W . V. . w . c . c . , - , ' ' . . '. , ' cr 1 s - y 9 n , . , ' cr , 9 a K 1 99 , , , - - . . . .. . , c . - 1 14 - . . . c 1 c c c Q c ' ' 7 '1 4 1 v ' a

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES 5 It was very dark that nlght and I stumbled along down the mountaln path feel1ng somewhat weak because I had not had anythlng to eat that day but I made ffurly good progless I d1d not have much trouble 1n gett1ng past the Turklsh camp at Sayhbln because most of the men were out searchmg for the A1men1ans and only a few sleepy sentlnels stood about I soon same to the Wahr el A1de and here guards were keepmg close watch so I had to swlm across I was then very wet of course and my clothlng belng very heavy somewhat hlndered me I was feelmg ox eryoy ed at gettlng across the r1ver when suddenly a man stepped from behmd a tree and screeched Another Armen1an dogl I turned and ran away as fast as pos slble w1th the Turk 'h1s scxmltar 1n hand runn1ng after me I xx as out of breath and he was nearly upon me when he stumbled As qulckly as posslble I turned on h1m and by some mxracle I took the sc1m1tar away from h1m After a fielce struggle I kllled h1m and hurrledly exchanged cloth1ng vslth h1m As I was button1ng up the coat I heard footsteps so I ran on There were no trees or shrubbery ln sxght and I was thankful for the darkness I was approachmg De1r el Kamur when I saw a grove of small trees and not hearlng neath a tree and rested awh1le then started west keepmff on the outsklrts of the town Everyth1ng was qu1et because the people were st1ll asleep I had passed the second town safely I went on and soon came to the Nahr Danenr Its brldge was also guarded As It was gettlng hght I took H1016 caut1on and kept away from the road I could see the men standmg on the brldge and although I was dressed as a Turklsh sold1er I was ce1ta1n they would know that I was not one of them I vsent up along the bank untll I came to a place where I was sure I could not be seen from the brldge and here I plunged 1nto the water and swam across I wrung the water out of my clothxng as best I could and straxghtened the un1form As I was golng around a l1ttle h1l1 I came upon a boy carrv mg water from a well He supposmg I was a sold1er gave me a drlnk and one of the sandwlches he had 1n h1s hand I made h1m belleve I was on my way to Belrut wxth a message from my reglment and I asked h1m lf there were any troops at Altat He told me that there were no troops m the town but that there was a camp down the h1ll about half a mlle away Th1s frlghtened me and as soon as I could w1thout makmg the boy susplclous I started across the h1ll keepmg behmd trees I heard someone talkmg and look1ng dovsn the h1ll below me I saw three sold1ers and not far away was the camp I had came nearer the camp mstead of gomg away from It . , C . , C I ' 1 u . Y 7 . , . i 9 1 W- 1 7 . . , u ' U , - . , . , . . . . , . . vis ' ' I . . , . . , . the soldiers following me, I plunged among them. I sat down be- . 7 7 . O o C -Y - I , . , . 7 7 ' 7 7 . . . . . , 7 7 7 1 , Y 7 ' 7

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES 7 at the wlndows as we crawled th1u the down town streets J I was certa1nly amazed when we stopped before an 1mmense house and there were foot men butler and everyth1ng swell but when I entered the hall and a lady all dolled up took two of my fingers and called me My deah I actually w1shed I d llstened to Ma and was at that mmute at Aunt S 1m mntha s teachmg Theodore the parrot a new slang phrase Everythmg was bad enough but Mar1e was the end of the l1m1t She was the I+ rench mald Now 5 ou know V1ve le ro1 IS about the extent of my knowledge of the F1 ench language bes1des the Ou1 ou1 Mons1eur and I employed those two phrases constantly Mar1e thot I was fluffy After Id dressed for d1nner I saw Mar1e lookmg for my 1ewelry I flashed my class r1ng but Im afrald It dldn t 1mpress her I mformed her that I had a d1me and r1ng at dress to d1nner and was glad I had bl ought It because I hadn t dreamed Bess folks were so r1ch In all my perplex1ty how ever there was a l1fe saver Bess brother Arthur QI remembered hear1ng her speak of a brother Mat ty but concluded It was A1thurs pet namej was a d1 cam and he helped me over so many embarrassmg s1tuat1ons The next mornlng Bess1e came but Peg It wasn t Bess Burk at all Here I was an utter stranger 1n the home of the Shelley Lark Bourgues and they d been expect1ng Mary Cornell1 to 1 1s1t BGSSIQ F1nally the whole affa1r was stralghtened out and I left for Aunt Samantha s 1n the suburbs I never was so glad to see Auntle Theodore and the tabb1e cats Arthur brot me 1n h1s car I ve an engagement w 1th h1m ton1ght and Theodore keeps scream 1ng Arthur IS commg so I re'1l1ze xt IS t1me I stopped wr1t1ng and prepare for the Commg of Arthur ' 7 y 1 y v . A I c r v v . ' 7 . 1 7 7 Y Cl 77 7 7' 7 ' 7 . llc 1 , I I 1 c , J I . I c , . . . I , . I ,, . .,,. as ' ' ,' rr 7 ! 'K ' K . . , . . - u A A 1 , w 1 1 , u . 1' . u home and her attitude became more respectful. I wore my party . 4 Q . , , . D 7 7 I - , , . ' KK - 77 ' v 1 . 7 Y - , I . . Y , . Y ! X ' ' tl !7 9 7 , . A K 1 ' 9 , Y- . Q u . - . ,, . . ,, . . . . . . , I L L C4 ' !9