Geneva High School - Legend Yearbook (Geneva, IN)

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PAGE 20 THE INFORJVIER I T1-113 MAGIC PE RL CHAP'l I R1 I The R411 Ill Uenasshun Pea1l or tl1e Mxplc Pe'11l '1s lt vv IS commonly call ed was sud to be the l11.,est and most be lllflflll gem 111 the vvoxld one t1n1e lt had been lll the posses ll Ol the Nhlmdo but he had IS '1 1d l 111 111 h1p 911 t to lP Rljlll l,9Tl'lSihlll Thls took place l'l ' T en tle IN l vv lost slght of llfltll tl1e yea1 11f'4 when gem coll1cto1s d t Xv'lS 111 s'1 P- keepmg 1n one of the manv Rlludlbt temples ll'1rrv lor'11ne the rlch old steel merchant vv'1s a collector of r'1re gems especmlly pearls But lorfune though a great financler was a D001 gentlem tn of adventure so he dec1ded to employ l'1ck Ralelgh '1 profess1on al CllI'1O collector or 1n other words a professmnal th1ef to get the pearl for h1m lxow Jack Ralelgh could Il0f be call ed a common thlef or plckpocket b11t rather a. gentleman of adventure If you W0llld have seen h1m on the streft yo11 wo11ld qulckly have taken h1m fo a vvell groomed b11s1ness m'1n 'klen who wanted some rare Jewel or other CllI'lO would always go to Tack R1 lelzh He IH some manner would manage to get the art1cle Then he vvould sell It to the collector ga1n1'1,, a h1gh profit but Stlll the collector wo11ld get It very cheap When the VVh1te Star lmer W1ll helm s'11led from port Tack Relel h traveled vvlth her '1s a first cabln pas senger The vovage was uneventful and the captam of the sh1p well pleased sald they had made a record tr1p As Jack Ralelgh stepped upon the wharf he wondered how he was golng to get possesslon of the rare pearl But Jack who was somewhat of '1 IhllO9ODllOI' dec1ded that where theres 1 w1ll theres '1 way and as he vv '1s vv l111led tovv '1rd the llO tel 111 '1 111n shfultle C'llJ he le'1n1d b'1cl1 and made 1111115 for ettm., pos sesslou ol tht Xllgll Pe'11l PH NP FFR TT H1 1 was ru nr, tl1rou h t e sheets he notlced that tl1e tovv I1 vv 1s fPCOI 'lt0fl lll H1 s and l lllPIS thou h 1n honor of some one vvhenhe 1r11v ed at thehotel l1e ask ed tl1e clc1k a ble Fast lnd1f1n vvhy the tovvn was decorated 1n such a manner The clerk 1n very bad Fng llSh told h1m the Iast of the P'1rsee s had dled 'md they we1e mourmng for h1m The Parsees vvere a tr1be of Hmdus of h1gh caste Wh1le they l1V6d thzy were really the Tllllllg element ln T'1 dm unt1l ltS 1nvas1on by the Fngllsh Then the power of the Parsees was gone forever Now the Parsees have '1 pecuhar costum about the burlal ceremony The deceased is placed 01 '1 platform bu1lt on four poles drwen 1n the ground HIS body lS adorned w1th all h1s jewels and valuaxbles Here he IS left guarded by '1 score ol' voung men unt1l h1s flesh was dev our ed by the vult11res So was the body of the I'1st of the Pharsees placed Tack from mere CllI'lOSltS demded l1e would go and take a VIGW of the body He soon arr1ved at his destmation and was look1ng at the body when suddenly he could hardly suppress a cry of surpr1se There set ln a bracelet on the dead mans arm was the Maglc Pearl Jack thought qulck ly He declded he would wait until . l - 1 I NX , ' 1 'A , . , . ' 1 1 1 , ' 1 -- .1 . 1 ,. . , .1 - 1 1 C ! . 1 : 11 ' 1 1 ' :1 - , V , y , 4 , 1 , ' , '1 1 sz 1 , H , 1 1 1 1- .1 , 1 1 Q -1 3 1 ' ' . it 7 . . . . f 1 1 S 5' '- '.1,z 21' s1o ' , 1 . '1 , 1 , 1 1 box o 1 ' 1 ls , glv' 1 tl ' , A1 ' 1,4 , 1 : , '. . 1 . h .1 ,, As.1'l' '1. the g the M1111 1-89. h 1, 1111 .112 L , D , ' 1 I ,. ,, . mi i , - I- l 1 , 1:11 , 11s , .1 1 1 J W . . . , .l 5 ,, Y ,1 ' ' X 11' I ' . 4 . Y ,K v J K' ' X ' y Ar lc' I 7 .1 ! ' V ' ' , 'c rl , ,' ' 1 . A ' , 1, . 1 1 . . 1 ., ' 1 . , 1 1 ' 7 . . 1 v ' f 4 , 1 , g 1 L , C ' . 7 1 ' . 1 . ' ' ls . J ' Y ' L . . ' Y ,K 1' v ' -1 . . ' J 1 . K 1 , ' ' v , , 1 . - A 1 ' 1 ' ' 5 ' ' ' v ' ' 4-1 ' ' , 1 A 1 1 ' C l A c 4 , . ' 1 1 1 - ' . 1 I . D K , 1 . ' V C I I 1 , L ' , . . . U , . 1 A A A . I YC. 1 JI , 1 ' ' ' ., , W c . 1 , , y 1 V, ' A 1 ' 1 1 . 1 , 1 1 . , , A Y ' ' ' ' , , 1 1 ' . U . ' '- -A y

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I FRFTSEI EN 1 Mi 12115 ' t fl Olllf 1114 CltSlll1 SQOIIS lll I XX C 11 X151 Ol lOt111 1 11111 NX 1s 111156111 114111 school 11st X1 ed11c1s1l11 We 11onder 11h1 1Ruth Shoemaker was tardy one day last week The Freshman class 1s the l'11g,est Class of the G H S At the beg.,111n1n, of the term the class started With 26 puplls 'llld the1r filst ye'1r ended Wlth the same number The class has o1 er five dollars 1n the treasury Thusthe class has a good standmg and we hope to all come back next year Some people don t kno11 a Joke When they hear xt Some people do the1r spoomng 1n the aud1tor1um and others go to the postofhce ThlS IS so SBTIOUS and 11 advxse those to cut it out Thls year the Freshmen don t study Latin but they get the whole thing in ln Enghsh class Why did everybody look at Mary Pontius when Ervin P mentioned get ting the shot to Petroleum by Mon dll!! Milllksn Hn Freshman algebra, when he thought the poor Freshles dld not have their lessonb Holy smoke, I'l1 'bet you little rsacals have done just what I told you not to do But nevertheless, the Freshies had their problems just the l8m0. 1s11111 ll c 111111 1010111181 111 1 1 11111 1. 1 1 '- I 1 '1111 111 s111el1 11111 11 16 e lb there hlgh school that h1s the talent as the GCD61 1. I-l1gh School Professor M1ll1kan 1S rushlng the season a l1ttle as he had on tan Ox fords and s1lk socks the othex day to buy su twkets to tomght V1h'1t Ile for h1mself Do you more than one g1rl Milo IS golng the BQIIIOI' play only needs one think he wants Looks hke 1t' The other day in Freshman Fnghsn Mary Houdeshell got exc1ted v1h1th often happens and as a result fell out of her seat Alta F1nk owned an inJured eye for a few days Millikan is always cross ln algebra Well maybe he v11ll change soon An advise was given to the Freshies the other day by the Professor, never to go to live in Illmois, for the old bachelors werge taxed twenty tive dol lars We wonder why he is so inter- ested' Say, 'tis funny how some peopfe will do s thing such as putting over shoes in s young ma.n's overcoat pock et, mil then blame it on some one else' 'l'I1!-I 1Nl1Y1lZl11i1l PAG2 19 if K -, -m -,Tgimt -Km Y, I ,- - ,.. FV1 , ,fg V 11 1... gr 1.57 1:7 . - su... 11 I1 ..-.1 ' K 'L 1...,. af... D 1, ge-uurrvw -f.' uv suv:nlvw'u11MA'4'nhrm1.1.M- want -1'-0--121111rwnvz-s'a--rv1nf1v.:+:Lvr.-.ww-2-1 1 .'-: .v.u.'vun:1w1r ,-.n.1n..,-,Y-3 'l 111 I:1:t:1111' :.a1ss 1111s 1121115 1 v1-1',1'1 So 1 11z1y Tilly I1'o1'11 115111 111:1111- 1,11 int ' Lf 111.1 .' 1 11 :11'e 11-ry 1111111-1 :PX1'l'1l 11,1'1Is1, Irtil' fi 1111:11:1 2lIlj'1l11I1'I 111 of their 1l'i1f'll6I', Mr. Cl1'1ffey, jFl't' l111r 1,-11111111111 3111216121 i11 11151 - 117115 : 1 -lass. 1111 11 1I11sl115' 'us llll all-izj ' 1-. ol' 11111 l1'1'11s111111111 111111111 12151 11'1-111-1, The 111111115 111111 11o11' all 1'1-ry 111111' 1 ' prc-1: fi for tl , - tl 1111- Pe- DO' -Y 'f ' x '11 ' 4? W 1t1'o11 High Sc'l1o11l to 1111 111-111 111 C111- ' 1 4 5 1-7 'ne '1 .X111'il 23. W1 all de,:i1'11 0 vin ' . l ', 'l 1' een ' 'z ' . ' L 'rug . . . . 1' , I , , . . . - , x 1 L C -1 . 1 . 7 ' . . t ' 1 1 s ' - 4 , - . . Q ve ' ' l ' ' .. I 1 . 1

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'I Ill INFORNIFR PAGE '1 the me Ill o11 of tl1e glld.IdS was attlaft ul thcn hc would slcze the IVIHQIL 'exrl Quddrnly l1e gue a cry an Ollllid to thc sky Xbout 't 111 le o 0 lIIsllllt fould be secu an afI0llIl 1 1 f 1 ll t tx a t X Ill lh l'1.'lXOS ltten lon was 'lttractcd to r s 5 qu k see h1s cl1 rncc QIIIICIIQCI tl1e bmcelct KOIIIUIIIIIQ the Nllglc I'ral from the dead mm s VIIISL I ut 't young, 1I1ndu l1ad seen the '1ct1on Qulck as a uae he drew h1s keen edged dagger and w1 h a sna1l of rage leaped 'lt Jacks t'ro'1t But lack dodged a second sooner and Wlth one blow he la1d the IIIIIKIU on the ground unconsmous Ruf the others hearmg the noxse ot the commt turned and dashed to ward Jack He q111f-kly d1ew h1s au tomatlc 111QtOI and began firlng 1nto the tlnck of the crowd 'Ihcre was cry of dlsmay from the nat11es and Jack was prepallng to repeat 111s llr mg when the natne he had strr k down crawled up behlnd hlm a11d Tack fell w1th a kmfe wound IH hs back CH AFTER. III When he awoke l1e found h1ITIS9If to be 1n a room whxch he took at a glance to bethe propeltv of a man of wealth '1 he walls were covered YVIUI tures and the floor also was w1th beaut1fu1 rugs of some suzrs Bes1de hls bed there small stand covered wlth med1c1nes and a small bell He 1 ng tl1e bell and IH a few mxments tl e door oren ed and ln stepped a b1oad shouldcrecl Engllshman, whom Mfg Judged to be about thlrty the o. 'o tw years ol age Jolly glad to see you so much bet 1 1re DIC covered odd rl stood a ter donch know loomed the En, 11 hman ln L b1g l rss YOICP s and so 'illl I sa1d lack ll 1atl1er a weak your hoyr to out 1n a izw mole dau as I hum sou wor ld IX l ,O th1 1k our 1111 ll! esr w d1d M1111 fl lark el I you see 21 party l1 of 1111 nds ZIIIKI l1d wele olt I'IlIIIl and xe l11ppe11ed to come upon thc scrlp So we needed ha httle exercl e hanxwax donfh know drawled the Fnghshman w1th a merry twmkle 111 his eye Jack thanked his rescuer hearulv and they had qulte a httle chat And say by the way remarked Jack where IS my coat Ere 1n the next room hell get lf or you answexed the Engllshman 1 Mr Leland by name The coat was qu1c-kly p1ocu1ed ald lftck much to hls satlsfactlon found the IIIE1g1C Pearl safe 1n a secret poclf et whele he had placed xt before he was attacked The tfne passed QXVIIIIIIX and Jam was soon ableto travel Mr Ieland had prouded h1m w1th a ste1msh1p trcket and lack was able to sall Just three months after he had been at tacked by the Ewst Ind1ans Durlng the wow age Jack s stateroom was entered twxce by thlex es but nothmg was m1ss1ng Jack knew the reason for th1s rand all too well and he real1zed that 1f he valued h1s l1fe he must gwe the Nlamc Pearl to Har ry Lorame as soon as posslhle When he arzlxed 1n port he hnrd a calb and proceeded to the house of Vlr Loralne He notlced as he CHRIS from tl1e house that he had been watched from the oppos1te Slde of the street by a huge Hmdu A few days later he was srttlng 1n . C A, A A . I L I ... Tdf-f- : , i ' ' ' ' ' - , f'- -, e : ' ' 4' 's . ' 2 ' .llf 1,1 . . 1 ' fz' d Ye,f - ' I p' 1 . 1 . I. L' - ' 'H ' I 1? he S 'sz 1 ' ' f' ana, ' 'e' 'I high i11 the uir. So l igh IIIKI -cd 't re' Ya.., z M' ' 1 , drt vler s+-1 llled 21 giant lite, llutven 't hat the biff l'I11ulisl11:1:1n, but l1'd 't ' clislaxwfl would be Ili'lll'CI the roar ul' l1'y 1 j lucky to .'-:111c. the proyellwr, and the engine, 1'l1'.-l llo ' ' it Ilillllilxll thut I vs -1 - SOYIINIPLI like at lmattory ol' Gatling from those IIOIIIIKIS at all, asked QHIIS. . . ' '. e 11 . 1 H t' ' K . 2 XV I , 1 1a j ' Ulf' 'his curiosil ' and .lac-k, ir' to 1 , ' '.' 1 ' ' g . '-' '1 ,..iT' '.:,f-,,'1'1:,- ' 1' :':. ' z' ' . 2 ' , P 1' , . ' ' ' 'S . ZA' . .' . . K v ,,. ' ', .. .. A., V. f, , y It . ' .I .Br Ir, D , '. J 7 ,. . , . , I -, V C , A v't - x AY . I v'4 ' ' .1 1 . . ' '. . . . ,. , ,,, V . . ,, Y . ,, . , , . 1 Y . . h. ,, . I , .1 5 J? 4 , . ' . .- V ' , ' ' ' 1 kv . ' I - 1 1 ' 1 V Y 1 . . .A L I x . V, I, . ' ' ' i ' ' . I . 1 . I ,. . Y. L . 1 , - 1' L . , Q 4 ' - v v7 . I , , , . .2 4 . D It ' 1 ' K 1 I , ,L A K . A I v. . . I h. Y . A .12