Hudson High School - True Blue Yearbook (Hudson, WI)

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TRUE BLUE sion on the face of the preacher they rise up in mad insurrction, and the Keyerend and his little family are obliged to flee to Siberia where they re- main icr a long time. The Emperor locks himself up in his highest tower alter having placed a firm guard about the treasure room, but through the treachery oi his private secretary, Donald Williams, Christian Burk- hardt, a young American, who has invited the heathen to revolt, is able to gain access to the treasury and to make way with an enormous ruby which is worth half the kingdom. Christian hides the ruby securely in a box and sets sail on the fastest beat for America. Just off the coast of the Hawaian Islands the ship is wrecked and Christian the only survivor, having lost his precious box, is washed on the shore of the Hawaian Islands where he is rescued by Nellie Palmer, a heroic young girl. She has become a wonderful opera singer and is taking her summer vacation after a strenuous and successful winter spent in singing jazz music in cheap vaudeville in company with Myrtle Young and Luella Lystad, the famous and graceful tee dancers- From this time on Chris- tian remains in company with Madamoiselle Palmer, whose devoted slave he becomes. But now to return to the little box with its precious burden, tossed about on the briny deep. Suddenly a huge aeroplane looms into view, piloted by a dashing young maid, Doris Johnson, her golden locks streaming behind her in the wind like a veil of sunbeams. Swooping low over the water, she catches sight of the littic box, and with a daring loop the loop she manages to grasp it in her hard, and sails away toward the east. She is extremely- delighted on discovering the contci.N of the package to be a shining ruby and holds it m the light to catch the full gleams of the sun. But alas, just as she is passing oyer San Francisco her fingers slip and the dazzling gem goes hurtling down to be lost in the depths of the city below. Just at this moment Adolph Ilolden, his black hair slicked back from his lined forehead in a pompadour, nervously twirling the ends of his jet black mustache, sees a sparkling gem drop before his eyes. Adolph is a detective cf the highest degree, in fact a second Sherlock Holmes. He seizes it in his clutching fingers turning his beedy black eyes up to the sky from which it seemed to drop. Just as he does so he sees a face disap- pearing from the window of the fourteenth story of the building just above him. Wilh a tiger-like leap he reaches the door of the building and taking the steps five at a bound he eventually gains the upper story. Gently pushing on the worm-eaten door he inserts his crafty face in the crack, and beholds in the dim and dusty room a silent red head bending over a pile of books. On coming closer what is his amazement to see his old time class mate, Jack Gillen, his face now lined and pale and his back bent, scratching away at a sheet of manuscript and mumbling fanatically to himself. At the s' .ht of his old friend, Jv jumps up and greets him with joy. In the conversation that follows, he tells Adolph that he is a rising young poet and is devoting his life to writing a masterpiece on tem- perance. When he finds out that young Holdon is a detective he tells him that he recently lest a very important page of his masterpiece and that he suspects Ragna Olson, a young actress who has a very bad reputation. Upon hearing this news, Adolph leaps up, shakes his friend’s hand and starts cut hotfoot on the trail of the wiA ed damsel. That night he meets her at the stage en rance, and takes her to a cabaret. Her chm-m is so great, however, that he can scarcely believe the awful stories he has heard about her, and in a desire to shew off, he tells her about the wonder- ful gem he has found- Upcn hearing this she flatters him and vamps him 19

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TRUE BLUE Luella’s another real pest These four with Agnes and Mary Can whisper and chatter with zest. Now John G., Oh dear me, Has brought trouble and woe To the heart of many a teacher. And Loren sedate, Known as “Sticky” of late, We anxiously watched from the bleacher. There are Margaret and Myrtle And coy Helen K. Just what shall we say of these lasses ? For like Doris and Esther Their teachers they pester And often upset History classes. Quebec, you’ll remember, Was built on a bluff. Fred’s arguments are, I have heard. A siesta each day, Is essential, he’d say, For to go without sleep is absurd. Now Helen and Esther And sweet Doris J, Must surely be sent to some college. For in high school they’re late, They get just 98 And are sadly in need of more knowledge Stephina’s the lady Who types with such speed And Adolph knows how to keep score While William and Charles, Now Kealy and Jensch, Are Siamese twins no more. The world’s dreamers, dear friends, Have been doers as well; So those who have slept in their classes Will awaken in time And stand right in line To catch Mistress Fame as she passes. —E. M. J. Class Prophecy. 192(r It is in 1929, during the reign of Harold Bleier as Great High Emperor of China. He has at this time for his private secretary a scheming young man, Donald Williams, in whom he foolishly places much confidence. At this time there is a great call for missionaries to help Christianize the heathen Chinese; and recalling an old time friend of his, who has be- come a preacher of the gospel, he sends for the Rev. Stanley R. Beggs who has recently married a daughter of a Presbyterian clergyman. Rev. Beggs and his timid young bride set out immediately for China, taking with them their old family servant, Margaret Douglas, who rules the little family with a high hand. They say farewell to all their home friends and after making a last visit to Charles Jensch’s fairy farm where he raises the highest grade egg plant and milk weed, they set out on their way. They reach China safely, but when the heathen see the stern expres- 18

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TRUE BLUE until, completely captured by'her wiles, he hands over to her the ruby. The next day is the lcng looked for day set for the Notimal Horse Race in which the two world famed jockeys, Fae Gridley arrd Laura Jones, are to ride. Of course Ragna is present and losing her head in the excite- ment of betting, she stakes her precious ruby, in a bet with Helen Koehler, another promising young actress, on the horse ridden by Fae Gridley. When the race is finished, the horse ridden by Laura Jones comes out ahead on account of the slight difference in the weight of the two jockeys, and Ragna is obliged to hand over her ruby to Helen Koehler. Helen gives it at once to Fred Hanna, a crafty moonshiner, with whom she is infatuated. Fred has a small still hid away in the Rocky Moun- tains, whre he makes a very fine grads of liquor, for which he receives an exceedinglv high price. All one night after he has received the ruby, he sits in his hut, examining it by the dim light of a lamp. Suddenly he hears footsteps approaching the door, and thinking that government officials must have found him out, in his terror, he drops the ruby, which falls by chance into an open bottle of liquor standing near him. While he is out investigating, his servant, Esther Heggen, of whom Helen is very jealous, closes up the bottle and sends it with a number of other bottles in a ship- ment to William Kealy in New York. William Kealy is a young doctor just beginning his practice after years of study . He has as an assistant, a well tiained nuise and former classmate of his, Lillian Leaf. One morning the young doctor comes from the operating room to the next room, where the nurse is work- ing and takes a half empty bottle of stimulant from the shelf, which he intends to give to the patient, lying at the point of death in the next room. As he takes down the bottle Lillian notices a shining ruby almost concealed in the bottom of it, and being a greedy person, she wishes to obtain posses- sion of it, but she can think of no way of getting it without letting the Doc- tor see her. Finally, which is very seldom, a bright idea comes to her and she falls to the floor in a pretended faint. William rushes to her and pours the rest of the bottle into her ha’f-open mouth, sighing heavily as he thinks of the great waste upon an unconscious person. As soon as she feels the ruby in her mouth Lillian comes cut of her pretended faint and thanking the Doctor walks out of the room. As she is journeyin'1- swiftly homeward she chances to pass a tent in which a “Holy Roller” meeting is being held, and Lillian enters and sees Sigrid rolling about on the ground in a frenzy of religious fervor and thinking that she is doing it to reduce, Lillian shamefully follows her example and rolls about upon the ground herself. Finally disgusted at not feeling any thinner she gets up and walks out, without even greeting her friend, and Sigrid still rolling about chances to come upon the ruby which had slipped from Lillian’s pocket. She picks it up, and in a little while, starts for home. On her way home she meets Mr. Lylle Halverson, who has recently been married to {he belle of Lakeland, Miss Doris Merrick. He is very much upset, and as usual, confides his troubles to Sigrid. He tells her that he was out the night before with an eld sweetheart of his, and that his wife has discovered this, and is very angry with him, and he doesn’t dare to go heme. Sigrid advises him to bring his wife a lovely present, and tells him that she will sell him a ruby which she has in her possession. Lyle immediately takes her up on her elfcr and after putting it in a lovely box he brings it home to his wife Doris who is so pleased that she forgets to be angry with him. The next day she leaves the box on hci dresser and her little deg, Tootsie-Woctsie mama’s little darling jumping upon her bureau seizes the box and scamper soli with it into the street. 20