Joplin High School - Joplimo Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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JQDLIMQ ne ll at lt Ill dcllghtf llx hu t umlte tim When ha 1 umm I14 1 -X 11 m ummm hu ew tell on the blue emelope He plCk9d X the mlm xx lN llIlmlNt Lk 1 Whit bid txste he thought ll QI us ustu fm usc pufumu wtltl0Il61X fm 1YH1tltli ns Iu e 'ull held the enulupe ms hg imlshed hu dlctitlrm fOl the d u N thlt all Nll questlrmcd lhompxon No Lnxwer H1 mm 41 xx 1 I ll f10INfhlLlg,0 l8X9HlI1glI1th9 flume fl xgrmee 0 huge lecl ot xmlets rmlx cllmlx ccmsuous that he wax not actually at h1s 1 tu N c untlx pl xc Wcu thu I umlm I'I1g'llNh or he turned mt a tut to imcl llmmymm S un tlxul quu 10f11Ilg1X upon hlm md that hlghlx lllfllgll mt pm fm xx mx summ IIIIX sent to the 0UtQ1 office lla true the mmelopa h uplx md 16 zched tm the expectul card qome thmg, wit md se mmglx l1lXL dung 0 his mont hngel md Albrlght g wpul xx he X ux h xt xt xx lN 1 shmt Curl of the softest brovxnest halr with 'hm moxt be llltlflll 11101111 llghtw m It th it he had exer seen XX ho h ul sent It VS xx them mxthmg m the emelope to shovs who h ul hun the pmse vm of the cull ' He shook the em elope A few Xl0l9tS Nllghhtlx mtlulul md 1 c Llcmlxr when f01 the month 01 Mzy fell on the cexk Vih xt on e nth he 4 n mul xtul under hu bre 1th md then carefully mexs Lge no but wh xt xx IS th xt 7 He looked agam The tvs enty S1Xth date xx IS enameled In 1 llllg' of blue Ink md the foot of the c llendar had on It I 10m Me I ob Alb11g.,ht xx ms not 1 10TY1dY'ltlC fellow and there Vv IS xery l1ttle sen tlmnnt m hu m lla UI he nm 1 luuel But III some mt mglble wav thls l1ttle mx sterx gllpped hlm Of couue he rdlected that s gomg It 1 l1ttle too strong V1 curl of he1 h Ill the fnst thmg, pmb xblx 1 llS8 IDX wx IX but vsho could haxe sent ' Who lb Nh And he mentallx IQXIQXX ed hh 11st of women acquamt mgex Nlmt of them xx eu mulled 01 bumnesx women None of them ham h 111 llke thlx mux IX he ded uefl and found th xt he had been ab sentlx curlmg the brome tendrlls Th xt vs IN the fourteenth md Pub hid 1uNt xccepted in lmport mt czwe xxhxnh mx olx ed much h ud work f01 hlm Soon the memorx of the lTlC1d9I1t bee xme 1 llf1tE1 md tuntu md xx hen the case came up he had practlcallv torgotten It E xrlx the next mornmg he hLlI'l16d to h1s ofhce There were paperQ to strfughten out md fm 11 st lt9l'Y16I1tS to m xke so vshen the ofhce boy entered mth 1 p wkdgg fm hmm he h1d It placed on the desk md contmued hls xx ork Then mth 1 mutteled execratlon at hw pen Albrlght reached for m 911861 An expanse of blue paper met hm exe InQt'mtlv he thought of the QHCITCICCI dlte Yes lt vs IS the twentv Qlxth At once all curoslty xx ork forgotten ex es xhm ng he opened the package The same vvhlff of xlolet gleeted hlm md hn L uefullx llfted the huge Illlss flom the box lhes xx ere stall flesh and UQCI to then stems vs as anothel calendar sheet 'lhls tlme the blug llng' encllcled the fhst of June' When' uhntled Iob Thu xx gettmg CXCltll'lg And he burled hls ffice m the flesh firm eu Onlx then did he 11011106 what vszw 1n the bot Lom of the box A tmx Vqu ue of xheex lmen edged xx 1th the d3.lI'ltl6Nt of lace xx IS cxumpled up m one comer is lf tu mg to hlde And '1 h'lNdk9lChl6f' He p1Ck6d lt up caxefullx It too exhaled Q . 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JQDLIMQ 4 l I DI AR sud llttle Mrs Anduson lllltttlllli., mgltltcdly flom hel trunk to he IITIITIKIING plles of Llfltlllllg, on the ch urs we s1mply I hi 1 ED hxm to go but he IS futhful to th it exxctmg business eyen IH th1s IIISUITQI xble he it I RINOW the t11p would do h1m good md wh1t1s Lblother T01 lf no to do wh It h1s s1ste1 w xnts h1m to when It IS fo1 h1s own good? Inez IXIOTFIS Nmllbfl xt her fuend s mdlgn mt eunestncss R 111 I cant su I haxe no lDl0th91 you know 1nd Iye nu 91 h ld the ple lslllt of meetmg yours Mls Andel son looked hu xstomshed Clbllldl Ney 81 met I ob' Why you were both at the lzs dmner p ll ty I g ue md the one before then l9l'l9Ct1N6ly N no I lemembel now He cxme 1n only for 1 few mmutes md you left eally th it eyenmg Why how odd' When I get blck flom Swltzerl md Ill C91tllI'1lX IQITIQCIX that mlstake Hel ey es paused IH then fm xl SUIXGW of the room Here Casu xlly look It thls lf you w mt to see 1 flne looklng man Th It s one of h1s lltest photogl nphs Then w1th the ghost of 1 scheme d ll1C,1llg' m her ey es she 1dded llII10C,6IItlX but I ye IICXQI seen the woman yet who could mtelcst Ieglllll plcture out of I mylmd but Cdoubtfullyj I don t know You sec It s the INILLLELI that counts w1th hlm And as she left the room on some D1 etext she slyly obsery ed Inez who w as yery much mtelested 1n the plcture M1 Robert Albrlght more than fulhlled the expecfatxons h1s fond s1s tel had rused and the strong y1r1le f1ce that looked Ine7 stra1ght IH the ey es show ed the possessor to be what one of h1s own sex would haye c llled ill m m The glrl placed the plcture back 1n the exact pos1t1on It hld OCCLIDIQCI before md started 1n search of her frlend She re xched the door paused and then wlth a contemp uous laugh xt hereelf retraced her steps md long and eagerly d1d she scan the plcture and each strong feature IH It Then Bess s words took on a new s1gn1ficance 1ts the INTEL LECT th It counts w1 h hlm whlle a dlrlng half formed plan that raced Into her thoughts qu1ckened her bre1th md brought a shy almost un canny smlle to her IIDS Mr Robert Albrlght sorted oyer hxs p1le of mall absently An ewtrn sultry breeve blew lnto h1s ofhce accentuatlng rather th IH Cl1I'IIlYl1Sl'1lIIg the heat All related to the last blg case he had won letters of congratu latlon one or two frlends taklng adyantage of the1r so called frlendshlp to condemn hls attltude and others from would be cllents These he had laid by for hls secretary to dlspose of when that smooth faced 1nd1y1dual himself entered handlng h1m fl small blue em elope wlth 1 QDSCIRI dellx ery yust came slr md a deprecatory cough Th1s master of hxs was not accustomed to recenlng dfuntv blue envelopes addressed IH 1 femmme hand Another lnyltatxon was Albrlghts annoyed ment 11 esplanatlon and the m1ss1ye was calelessly tossed on the desk whlle he plunged mto h1s busmess correspondence The subtle fragrance of ylolets was wafted to h1m by the desultory VV ,. ' 4' 1. ' ' , 11 , 11 11' 7- 1 7-' 1 1 1 '1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 , . , 1 1 , 1 4 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 U 1 1' 1 L A 1 . 7' ' 2 1 1 I , J 1 ' ' ' '1 ' ' ' . 1. ' 1' 11 1 1 1 1 . 2 1 . 1 ' . 1. . , . 1 1 . 1 c 1 1 ' 1 , 1 ' 1 ' ' 4 1 1 ' 1 1' 1 1 1. 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 c 1 c 1 1. c 1 . 1 ,, 1 . i 1 Q ' V v Y! . . r ' 1 1 ' . 1 1 'fu' ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 tk v . ' . . 1 1 . 2 z . X. .. ez l K , 1 I 1, 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 . ' 1 J 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 , 11 D . , 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 14 ' 1 1 1 . 1 ' 1 77 U ' 1 a z,. 1 z I 1 ,z - 1 , 1 ' 1 1 5' h 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' . ' 1 ' 1 1 v ' C 1 ' 1 2 v ' 1 1 L1 2 1 ' . 1, 1 A 2 '1 W v' A , 1 1 ' v 1 y f ' 1 4 'I A C C t . 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' H 1 'Y 1 1 1 D 1 1 1 1 -I . , I 1 . 1 4' ' 1 ' 11 1 ' A 7 ' ' 1 . 1 z . j 1 . z ' . 2 s . 1 1. 1. 1 1' 1 ' . 1 1 1' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 . 1 L . , 1 2 ' 1 t1, U ' 1 1 1 K1 1 1 tv 1 1 ' 1,t1 ' '1 1' 1 1 ' 4 11' 1 1 1 1 1 I . h1m. He s slmply absorbed III that llfllllfl law. Of course, I know you re a 1 Z 1 ' 1 ' 412' 1 12 , ' V1 ' 7. A1 Vx' ' vu rw P 1 vw . V Y' - vw . V - . . . 1 . 1 a v 1 1 y v 1 v v 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' I '. .' tc s : .' .'- 1 A 1 ' 1 1 1 1' ' n 1 ' 1 1 ' ' c 1 , - . , 1 4 1 ii. K Y! C C 1 n C 1 v ' 1 ' ' I 1 1 y C n 1 1 C y 1 1' 4 1 1 1 1 1 . , . . 1 , 1 1 , c 4 f ' 1 1 I ' . ' V L , C nr 1 Q 71 v N ' v v' ' . K. :QS :IC :QC ' YN - 1 1'4 ' 1 ' 1 ' - 1 1 1 . , 1 1 c ., ' z , 1 . 3, . 1 - V 1 l . 1 ,. .. ' 1 7 . 1 l ' 1 1 4 n 1 x n 1 A C 1 1 . , , 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 - , . . , . . . . v l . ,, . . ,, , A 1 ' L1 , . ' . 1 . . , . . Q . . I I v V. H . . Y L , C 1 C K ' . . ,, .N . . -1 .' ' ,. , 2 . . 1 s : C. ' s f 1 y s, ' z 2 U ' 1' ' V 1. 1 ' '1 1 1 1 1 ' , . 1 - c , , 'w ' v v 1 1 1 1 y ' ' ' ' 1' 1 1 L C I s 'C ll Y' ' 11'

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.govrlmg the t1 12,1 mu ol the 11olzt lllfl 1 he held It to his 1 1c1 1 1111661 little th11ll shot thlough hlm IIo11 I would llke to meet Me to t 1lk to he1 even llltl px lCtIC 1l ltobelt Allnlght 11 ho 11 IN not lomantlc and cared nothmg fo1 11omen stood holdlng thc 11olets 1nd dle lllllllf., lhe tust ot Iunc c 1mc lllfl 111th It 1 scolchmg sun md sc1rcelV cooler bleeze Iob 11 ls not feelmg 1n the best of humor H IN case had been de Ia1 ed 1nd then 11 ho 11 ls We an111 IX I He had hlmself worked up lnto a state of HQINOUS 1rr1t1t1on NX hen Thompson sllentlv brought ln a box 111apped 1n common w1 lpplllg papex 111th 1 speclal del11 ery stamp on It 1nd 1ust '1s sllently left I suppose that s mother clate of cu11os1t1es from Bess Hang Swlt zelland an1 11 a1 ' he exploded and 1mpat1entl1 tore off the paper A da1nt1 blue box met h1s e1e Qulte anothel explesslon dro1e the 1rr1tat1on from h1s face 1nd he qulckly opened It Fhls tlme he found no mass of purple bloom Only thelr fa1nt elus11e I1 1g1ancc lose to meet hlm emanatlng tl om 1 cloud of soft sllken chltfon It feels l1ke a lJLltt9lIlX s Vtlllg looks he connded to no one IH partlc ula1 smoothlng It 111th 1 Cllstllltt teellng ot pleasure Methodlcal foot steps wcle he lI'Cl but lhompson entermg s1w nothmg s1ve th It hls em 11 IN e11dentl1 1er1 b11s1 l'he next month h1s c1se 11 as to come up It w IS the hardest one Bob had e1e1 lCC9Dt8ll and m my doubts as to the final outcome were expressed by the newsp1pers and h1s acqua1nt1nces That da1 ln the close sultr1 court room w1ll always I1ve IH hls mem or1 and at 1ts close h1s case 11 on fr1ends and cllent trxumphant he shpped 111 IX to the ofhce Thele he unlocked h1s desk and br1ng1ng out all the N1lGHt l1ttle tokens eloquent of her 11 ho sent them he placed them IH a row on the desk bowed h1s head on the scarf Me he murmured drow s1l1 I am so tlred so tlred The phone rang S long d1stance talklng dl 111Ied a n1sal mono one and here s the pal t1 call1n 1ou There was the usu 11 cl1ck 1nd buza then the astonlshed Albrlght he'1rd 1 low perfectly modulated XOICQ asklng Is thls Mr Al b11ght'7 Yes A sllght hes1t1t1on Then Thls ls Me I wlshed to congratulate 1ou upon your splendld defense 1nd tell you how much I l1ked vour Albrlght mterrupted bre'1thIessI1 Is th1s Me ' Who are you where do 1ou llX8 please? I cannot answer 1ou Her XOICQ seemed falntex 1nd further away You must ne1 er know me I The buzzlng became worse and after many attempts at reconnectlon central reported the party gone Somehow Bob had ne1er doubted that Me was of hls own soclal status and now he 11 as ce1t'11n Her XOICG had settled h1s last doubt Bob 1ou dear boy ' And Albrlght ner1 ed hlmself to meet the tempes tuous onslaught of s1Ik and lace that heralded h1s slster s approach After the customary grectmg she explained her presence You see I want to g1N8 a large house party I became 1ndebted to so many people durlng my absence and the grounds are lovely out at Saga mount now I want you to come for Inez MOTTIQ mv best friend Now don t sa1 1ou can t' And Bess pouted her prettlest r'zf'z 11 1' 2.1 as 1 s ww ' ' , 1 ' 14 , , ' 1 D I , M . . 11 - 1 , , 1 1. 1 ' 1 3 1 1 1' 1 1. 1 1 1 ' 1 11 ' 1 K C C g C 1 ' , Q 1 ' .' z ' 2 f. V' . 11 - 3 ul L 1 I 1 1 I vp . 1 1 1 4 1 v 1 , c c 1 1 4 1 c A 1 7 1. 1 ' ' ' 1 ' 1 . 1 1. f 1 . . z. . - - 1 v I 1 va 1 It ', 4 V va v. 1 - 1 v l . 1 1 4 1 1' I L t . 1 4 1 ' 1 1 1 . . 1 . ' 1 ul . - 1 C 1 L V , Ui . .' , 2 A. , A, . , z , A .s s , . U 1 1 '1 1 1. ' 1' 1' ' 1 ' 3 ' L L L C 1 A 1 ' .. , . ,. , , , , 1 1 1 ' ' v ' 1 1 ' 1 ' . 1 1 1 1 1' y ' ' 1 ' 1 1 c l 1 1 1 ' z .' , Q . -1 , ' , 1 1' 1 .' 1 ' ' ' . Q . ., - , . . . . a rd 1 . va . 1 ' s . 1 z , . .1 ' .2 z ' - ployer was seemmgly very warm and, as Albrlght was wr1t1ng furlously, 12 L1 1' 1 1 y A1 v. V r - 1 by w vs v va 1 1 1 1 K1 1 1 C1 1 c , c 1 1 11 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 -D 1' 1. 1 ' ' ' - 1, 7 ' ' v 7 ' t, . . , . . , . , . c ci . 1 1 , . ., . , V ' ' K ' C6 7? ' 1 , 11 1 1 , ' 1' 1 U 1 ' 1 ' 'I 1 L V 1 L iii' 1- 1' ' 1 1 1 ' .. 1 1 . 1. 1 af v 1 1 , c c1 1, , 1 v v 4 l , v 7, vu 1 1 1 I 1 V 1 I I . 1 L 1 C C 1 1 . v . . ,, . c 2 7, I c ' 1' , 1' 1' . ' 1- vs lk ' 73 1 1 c . , 1 1 . 1 .Y . 'l D 'l v 2 ' . 1 TH - - 1 , 7 14 ' , 1 11 c 1 1 . , 1 1 . L , Y ' V Y as 1 v ' ' H 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 2 U 1 1 v H L ' 1 ' 1 , . , 1 v v 1 it ,, c 1 . . v v 1 l v . In , , , 1 . c . 1 1 1 . U 1 1 Y 7, I ' ' 1 1 ' ' '- 1 v I Y. l v .W ,N , L 3 , 1 1 . ax ' 1 ' 1 , I 1 1 . ' 1 v ' I - ' V . ' ' 1 . Y K! 1 ' ' v 1 Y 1 H ' 1' V -7 c . 11 1 1