Hamden Hall Country Day School - Perennial Pine Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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HIS BEST JOB B. G. Stento thought how queer it would seem to be able to do the things he wished to do. Nine months was as long a time as he ever wanted to spend in jail at one time. It had seemed like a particularly hard stretch this once. After all, what if he did forge a check for three hundred dollars? Nine months was too long a period in a man's life to be cooped up as he had been. For two years he had been lucky. Then he was caught. Now he was a changed man. He would do no more forging of checksl As B. G. crossed the street in front of the new grammar school a piece of white cardboard fluttered across his path. He never would have noticed it had it not borne the name HHugh Naltersn on the front of it. He stopped and picked up the white object. It was the report card of the son of Judge Walters, who had sentenced him to the nine months in Atlanta, and it bore the signature of the judge. Stento saw his chance to obtain revenge and a little money at the same time. Forgetting all his promises to himself, he hurried to the cheap hotel where he knew that two of his old friends, Babe and Louie, would be. They were there, and B. G. told the two of his plan to use the signature he had found to Nsign a check in the old guy's name.n All afternoon B. G. practiced the name HJudge N. Roger Waltersn until he had the name exactly as it was on the card. Then he very carefully traced it onto a blank check from the bank where the victim had his money. Next he filled in the rest of the check. After he had finished his work he showed it to his friends. Babe pronounced it Wthe best job youse have ever done.W It had always remained a mystery to Louie how B. G. came to be caught. He had seen the check at the same time as Babe and he, Louie, also thought that it looked very authentic. Then one day Louie came across the report card from which B. G. had copied the signature. After he had looked at the card for a moment he sat down, very hard, and laughed very heartily. Babe asked him if he felt Wall right,N for Louie was not prone to laughter. Louie regarded Babe intently for a second. Then he said, HLook at this report card ------ four D's and an F, I1 Hugh Walters ever showed this to his father he would have got a lickinf, I bet.n Here Louie stopped to catch his breath, and then he continued, HHugh signed the card himself so that he wouldnft nave to show it to his father, the Judge. B.G. forged a forgeryin Carolyn Bushell, '45 TREES OF THE COUNTRY Trees of the country in rugged rows Just like a giant hood A tree is a tree wherever it grows In the yard or in the wood. A country tree is mighty and free A guard of the richest sod A country tree is a brother to me For it was planted by God. Phyllis Benin, '45

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Rosrsup .mn THE THIEF There was once a fairy named Rosebud. One day Rosebud's mother made some cookies. It happened that a horse-fly lived near by and he smelled the cookies. Rosebud was playing in the yard. Mr. Horse-Fly wanted to taste the cookies, but when he came to the yard, there was Rosebud. He took Rosebud in his wings, and flew away with her and the cookies. He flew to a poppy, where he laid her down, and started eating the cookies. Now it happened that Mr. Horse-Fly was a little bit sleepy. So he lay down and went to sleep. Rosebud's mother came to find Rosebud in the poppy. They both looked at the horse-fly, who was having bad dreams because he ate too many cookies. Then they went home. Barbara Hells, Grade 5 THE WOODS RAIN In the woods Rain, rain, I like you. when it's warm You help the flowers grow. The sun shines down. when it's hot The woods are warm. You make the water flow. Peter Bennett, Grade 1 Charlotte Ann Chase, Grade l A BLACKBIRD A blackbird lit on the roof of a shed, There a bright shingle he spied. H nAh, ha, here's something for men, he said, Then under the shingle he pried. Joy Davis, Grade 4 NY BIKE I have a brand new bike, It's mostly red and white, And everywhere I go, It's shining in the light. Jack Curtis, Grade 5