Geneva High School - Legend Yearbook (Geneva, IN)

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PAGE 24 THE INFORMER accomplished After a last look and testing of pack lashings Pierre strap- ped on his webs and started of! ahead brealnng trail Charley and I cracked our whips and shouted Mush and we were ol! as knights of old seeking our fortunes in the snowy wastes of the Northland We only made about flftv mxles that day as we had to make Olll' own trail and packrng soft snow rs not the eas lest thing ln the world even lf the breaker does wear snow shoes After the camp was erected supper over and the dogs taken care of we sat around the flre smokrng and talk ing Plerre who had traveled exten srrely and had art by the firesrde of a great many camps of Indran trrbes t r us storres of the camphre and trarl and when Chrrlew asked hlm why he drd not settle rn Qrtka h replred It IS the call of the vmrlder ne s Nlanv hare rde f,1l91I' stake and left the trarls but rf tlrex don t dn they all come back The mlderne s calls and they h ue to cone Three months later x c e rn errr cabin on Duck creek mth somethrn llke five thousand dollars worth o dust to pay us for or r work Prerrr came IH and pullrng off hrs mrttens and moccasrns sard She corn mence to than we hare to grt at the end of the v. eek vue started fo Stka ruth rts amusements and cur lrfatron We arrrved after a hard pull trarl grew softer and sort trmes the runners grated drrt and rocks Pte I6 to flnd old frrends and to ones Charley and I sat in our room at the Palace hotel talk ing over our winters work and the prospects for next year because the er untrl at upon the started out make new We decided that one of us must re turn to the United States and get more capital to buy machinery and other things necessary to operate our claims Then came the question Who should go' Each thought the other should go but we nnally decided to match coins and the winner t make the trip As a result I accom panied Charley to the pier the next morning and with a. Good bye Psrd good luck we parted CH XPTER II Three years had passed srnce I had brd Charley good bye and I was stand mg In the door of the superintendent s ofllce on Duck creek Below me came the steady clank clank of the water pumps as they threw therr steady stream agarnst the slde of the clrff and too there came the qurck stac cato beat of the steam drrlls as the-v open new shafts to explore the sands below I was thrnkrng three years ago that creek had been rnhabrted by three men but novr the blllldlIlgS of C1 Frstrlrss mrne lay at my feet Charley had been out about three months Vw hen I recerx ed a long letter postmarked Chrcago tellrng of his or the Duck Creek Nlmrng Co Ldt were ln the NICI ane bulldrng and 1 could draw on the company for any rmount up to two hundred and fifty tlror sand dollars and that a shrp load of machrnerv and horses were en route Twxo months later the unload .ng had begun and shortly after I was on Duck Creek mth a gang of men ettrng thrngs rn shape Today the Duck Creek mme rs a modern bonanva and the Duck Creek Mrnrng Co Ltd rs one of the largest rn the world Whrle I was dreamrng Plerre came up mth the mall and I went rnsrde to look rt over The first thrng I found was a cablegram which had been for warded from the Prrnce Edward Is land and tearmg rt open I found the followmg Records destroyed ln fire Brmg orrglnals at once-Char le I turned to the door shouted for Al YI , , ll Il 0 . ' . . ' . ll DI Cl . I ' ' .. , . K ' ' . K. - ' . ' I - - , , . . , I ' , , v i Y ' I . , J ' Y ' . . .1 ' ' ' ' ,z ' ' . , V ' ' oll . s ' . . ' '2 V, - ' ' 1' C. ' 1 j ' . C , - C - , ' H ' v' Q 1 . 1 - ' I 't ' 'f , c , , .s,. I v . ' rn: ' . A , U . . .s- . K - I ' U l I ' -- 1 l . f - ' 2 1 A' Iexperrences and success. The offices , we V-It ' , r - '- ' ' . K ., ., .' ' 1,1 ' . . . ! 1 ' 1 A , 4 ' 7 , . F' . , . . r '. '. 'rw 5. , ' I r 1 , . ' ' ' . tt ' . , . . ' A C '- ' . 'g ' . ' ' . So l - . 1 I . , h. :. 1 K I r ., ' 1 '- 1 1 Y' K .741 . . A l ' 0' ' I ' ,, . ., , - ' ' If ' ' . 's -J ' v ' ' rv . Q ' 1 K 7. . . . I , . . . i 4' Y . . - , .. I ya, ' D I

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THF IIN FORMER PAGE 4' Plerre and told hlrn to get ready to lease for Sltka There I opened the safe and took out the orlglnal clalm records and about a thousand dollars in bills These I placed ID a. mones bolt and buckled lt around my want Then bl mbbmg my coat and hat I hur rwd out to where Plene awfuted NVlth the team and buckboald and we S8916 r1h1GG xx Pflxg liter I 'iteppvd flom a r 111 'xt the uutml .md flttmc em QOIIII lIUX1tl0ll 111 mx rordmoxs 111 shlx . ftson r tlxl L1 S ' 1 c 'ln soon .1Hf1 U15 I1 1 1 Pl to 1 ' s IO I V1 f X CIIIISUOHS IIHOHI .1 1 boys mlm 1 1 ll br L 18 1111 xxlwl on Q Ill 0 hw 1 so ollen . C0 I I m 10g ' m0 sz:-1 ed Sltka, and then it wares off, and I come back to the office But each tune It grows stronger and stronger untll some txme Then he stop ped and the sllence was blokeu only by the iar away xattle of the streets below 1 had no ldea of the btrugg'e whlch Challey was waglng agamnt his desne to return to the open lhe next du dressed 111 a resplend Q mu 51111 1 intended fx duen Is mwtlnp, .md explfuned the sltuatlon 1 1-'llllll' Ihr 11111 un mac 11 It could be openv a1'ug,f1 c llfl! Xu but aww 111511 theme 1 R , x 0 1 x cr 11 I1 mom 'nm xx .L 1'x 110 x ., v xx stludm on 1 110111 0 ' bolt xx 11 1 XG tlw 1 x 1: 1 s 4 L mmf . x N W X U s A C1 v x 'xE xE-'VM' A QT EMT A.:-xi :xg X 0 'uv 111 arflstq but ue know It not 1 on the waxes of hfe glr xs od'1y me ue 1J'11HUIlg '1 plcture sands of tmm that IJOSSIIJIQ no oi beautliul xxolk or foot prmt can destroy The llttle boy or blllldlllg after your work or architect a great c'1stle Thls casfle vull elther fall or stand, It ss 111 elther be a. great gam or loss to the bu1ldev' I0 X011 wuntxn, a IJIKUIIO that a one can com 110111 belllg assured IIS rem OdllCt1OI1 mll stand and be agreat 0 m Lo 1tS bu1lder The small chlldren a1e patternmg aftel our drawmgs Should we not be careful For are not the chlldrnn of today the artxsts and leaders of to morrow. And xt IS as we place our J ' 'J Y . 1 . ' ' - 1 ' - '. ' ' . off, .' 2 'a ' , - - . ? . 1 A 4 . uf, - ' .' ' , 2 + ' -to. ' ta' . , f ., 'mtlg ' ' M , 2 , ' - .Y . - HK ,iCOl , X les. mel 5 t, hivh Izumi slum-s :md 21 lomuyl VV! X nal' 'I ' - .d SV J . I 'limbvd into zx ' Ild on 1 'H' 11141, lied: 5.5, ' wa, huwivd to lhv Mn-I,u.1O bufllixluff 11111111 hun' :111 1, '.-' qtulzt. 1 N 1 d ' I was Slllllwljf a1dsi111L:1r1y xiuffs dvhzm-d 011 V11 heh' will l'l1:11'l1'y. I Illl'Il4'fl my yzixzvrs Qvmlld s f'1u'v :end f'!l2ll'lf'j' l'4'7llil:Itv.1 si- ov ' 1 4-In-Vk 11.111 :ut KIOXYII ulkilmxt. II was 111-ce-sammy that l de-axvuut wit. 'l12lI'1l'j'. Hf- :islwmi 11 l11111cl1'sLd'o11 -- 1 ul XYl1'I I said C 1-qu to 2: ' .' 2 the vznnp, l'ic-1112 ' ml Chzxrlvy I su ' ' folds-d 1F2l1ll'I' '. ' nt tht ' 1 I 1llSWf'l'Pll to Il X fs' 201' lnfm, I UI'I.'-l'if llI ll0l.I'S Izmir I 'us oi' nj z 'lily. A l'uI 1 cl' '-zu ax' 2 ' thr- deck oi' 2 ' 1,111 int I: sky:-s ami hw sz id: i'1'vri, I 1 'z'ti11g' for i to Sturt. ., . , hu ', ' s wislwwi than I had 11wvfx'i'.x'! iftlv 1-x' 101' :111 In It 11:1ss1-ugxrs 1011 111111 ' H 11111 1 Wwlfl l'?fYiH'l' W io no :nfl Sl lllllil bmi-rv Ul1'O'l2ll :he had wilful 111441: with il pil-k :ami :11lU','-SCYUWLI and I'l1SlH'll up ITN' gnu: blank. ol 1h:.11 Irv siiriuz' in-.1 In this um 1-1-. iilv was drv:::r-d ix. c'cml1x'uys, high- I lfuov. uh:-1 .-:mulls 1-mxjs to jrmz, bwt Izumi alnx' :xml in isis hum! was Z1 live :uv X 222.411 I 1Y'i'N1 I 21111 'q.1':'j.'-1:71 1:1 :g I 1111112011 im 'ur' to c'.1.12j. Tlx- .ww ' x1,' g'lTf1 5-+111 .1111'-in-n'xx'E:u llw':1t1-111'Q1'.:1l was :uni XNi2 f1 :Iv era- :: wi I iw'-4 fm 'ix imma 1' !'v::1h 4I 4? H gnu: Ilgxnk, r'!141:'hyv s'r',-i:'l'1s- uf xlm r11H'If..ll1 1,1g1ius'. Th. :X fwxfl ' Ai ::1f'4x'n12 :,:1ifl, :'1w iifix l'll IfS I iws u 1 QE1' 1 :Liz 1.22.1 vr:'!3i :mil f!i 1!4 f,ITiE I Eilfl f471'KrIH .N swims llwl 1 a:-:f1 1. 1HJ'?I21!J.-5.I'O'Li'1!-i VI, f'I.,Xl'1flI !'E1iK9L2t3, 'lZI. -,m.,..-.,mmn,.m-V .mf-A - fy-..M..m..,m,-,-,.m.....,,.w.,,....... ,..,,....,.,.-, ...,M.,..,..L..-..,..,1... 1 , W ff. E A . wg E 5 ' ZH l1 ----- ii Y.a:2ff-- ,,E-nun-lililliupv 1-ni1..--gg-. - -?',1-.!' . -..-T...-1-.TJ,.., Y',.',: '., '. g IZ' 'gf 2 ny . . . 7 v 1 . I ' V . K . l x , . . v