High Springs High School - Sandspur Yearbook (High Springs, FL)

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,, 'BQ of '- ff s Af Off The Track takes place 1n the wa1t1ng room of a small W3YS1d8 raxlroad statxon on a dark and stormy mght What a strange and conglomerate mlxture of people 1S thrown to as HI gether when a fast tra1n IS dera1led and the passengers come 1nS1de to Walt for a rehef tra1n Among them are three peppy and attractxve col lege g1rls on the1r way back to school a young man who 15 a student at a law school a fat m1ddle aged good natured Ita11an woman and her X sn ch1ldren, the wealthy and haughty Mrs Reg1na1d Vanderventer who looks down her nose at the other travelers Then there 15 a nosy old ma1d Mlss P1dg1e McDougal who spends her tmme f1nd1ng out other people s bus1ness or trymg to also a pecu11arlook1ng deafman who has a mys terlous old su1tcase whlch he never lets out of h1s hands thus whett1ng M1ss P1dg1e s mgrowxng cur1os1ty There IS an engaged couple the g1r1 bexng fhghty and dommeermg and the young manhenpecked but managlng to escape her clutches now and then The best comedy part 15 that of Sxlas Dobblns who works around the stat1on sweepmg and puttmg coal 1nto the old stove He keeps the others laughlng w1th hls nat1ve w1t ' John Morgan 15 the stat1on agent d1scovers that her S10 000 strmg of pearls 15 m1ss1ng Someone 1n the wa1t1ng room has them but who? M1ss P1dg1e w1th her naturaltenden cy for sleuth1ng looks for them and fmally locates them ln the most unexpected place the lunch basket of Mrs Guar1no who 15 thus put ln a very bad spot In spxte of the ev1dence agamst her B111 L1ndsey the prospect1ve lawyer 15 conv1nced that she 1S 1nnocent He announces that he IS go1ng to hold a prel1m1nary tr1al and appoxnts a Judge Jury etc He hlmself w1ll defend Mrs Guarmo In a very clever way he clears her and exposes the guilty party Then M1ss P1dg1e much to her regret fxnds out what 15 1n the myster1ous su1tcase I O r AVN X K V --1 e 0 7 r, - 'vw M- ff' fi'- 3 tug yo . , ' ,a f- X K1 ' A V 4 In , I, ' - ' ' ' im I-7' ' ' ' . ' - x g'fg ' ' ' - ' - I s 1 1 1 A ' ..1.. H ag The crowd is thrown into pandemonium when Mrs. Vanderventer , ' 0, .. . Q W, , , Al 1 0 O Q O Qi ' f lfzmrllll. 11 -XR. O 1 .1 Q L JIM ' ,' 11' I ' 1 , '5 Pe . I N A ,XJ :h',l 4