Junction City High School - Junco Ed Yearbook (Junction City, OR)

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um '14 'ng a , o . n II 1H rank 5 igrphtmmpnt as a W; in whu - . V - , . Varsity f r . By Glenn Taylor. 15 M001 won Hf mm Ihc Frank Wheeler was a quiet sort of a person, 35 most 01d trappers MG -orkfd fatthium 0 and hunters are. It was seldom we could get him to tell anything sththa uhad m be deVCIOPc about himself; but one afternoon we succeeded particularly well. ? mdrflim - 11 IIVVellf, he began, then I was young I was down in Califor- 7; buwto undertake thus. 50 nia. I remember once I was at a dance. My companion was a t' m woncs Wonththe nc jolly sort of a girl, always looking for something to laugh about. t we were seated in a corner, not far from the door, when a man wdto MC . , thi of about sixty years walked by us, and as he passed I noticed that 43mm in thC begmnmg- . ' he had some kind of a growth on one side of his face. As I wanted .ii'uhad gone into the coaching to know who he was, and to make fun of him, I said, IWho is that I old pirate with a wart on his jaw? Nell turned crimson, got up . ,, . . h t q and walked over to where some other girls were standing. After RHMIHIVCTSM t 6. ex I a Nell joined them Icould tell by their quick glance in my direction, ?mmitdimm eanCnCCd P1 that I held a very prominent place in their conversation. 73032ng With much dctermin IIThe first set I danced with one of Ne11,s particular friends, triggjikmsmring. and. when theystopped we took seats where Nell and I had been writhd'arsitfs backs were CH Sitting. The girl asked if I knew who the man was I had made IRWIIh bar that remark about. and I assured her I did not. When she told me i Ct ks made no ng that it was Ne11,s father, I almost fainted. A ItThe rest of the evening I was on one side of the room and ?Rafiertime to break thmugI Nell was on the other. When we were ready to go home I was le his reputation was ah ha Freshman nam standing on the steps. She walked up to me and said: 3M. Im mad at you, V W Lt hi C3 . 'I guess I know it,, was my reply. mph has 100 Hg ?'?th Holmes in his :: :ItIs not for what you think it isf Q: the place a What 18 it then ?i ' maching he gav I II IYou did not ask me to dance with you once tonight, ii C n' of pl 3V hrok l e 1 t . . 00

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felt her way to the coffin, took out the mummy, and quickly made her way back to the hall, where her companions greeted her with looks of admiration for her daring. bhe laid the mummy 0n the table, and all flocked around to see it. It was dry and shrunken, and the cloth in which it was wrapped was faded and rnouldy. The hair hung in ragged locks from the head, the features were sunken, and the skin had a musty gray color. Altogether, it was not a pleasant sight. After everyone had examined the mummy as much as he wished, the girl took it up again and went out to replace it so that the parson should not find out what had been done. She refused to let anyone go with her, Encauraged bv the. admiration of her com- rades and by her hrst success, she entered the church bravely this time, and having put the mummy back into the coffin, arranged everything as it was before. She breathed more freely now, for she had felt almost as if she were committing a sacrilege all the time, and turned around to go. But just as she turned, something caught her dress from behind and held her fast. Meanwhile her friends had been discussing the mummy, and were awaiting her return. But she did not come. Finally, grow- ing uneasy, several of the young men secured a couple of lanterns and went to seek for her. They found her standing beside the coffin, her face white and drawn, her eyes staring straight before her, filled with such a look of intense horror that they involuntarily shuddered. They called to her, but she did not answer, nor did the expression of her face change. Her dress had caught on a nail, but on the spur of the moment she had probably thought that the mummy held her fast. Her friends finally got her back to the hall, but although she was conscious of her surroundings now, she was still unable to speak. The parson was called and she was put under the proper care, while the rest of the young people quietly took leave of each other, each blaming himself for his foolishness in letting the girl have her will. The girl soon recovered physically, but her nervous system was nearly broken down, and, above all, she had lost the power of speech; she had been struck dumb by fright.

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;;;; Ellie Eight Ealf mark Harold Burns, ll4 On the football field Campbell was a young tiger. A hundred and forty pounds and playing on a varsity eleven, which demands weight, pluck and intelligence, had won for him the position of right half back. Two years he had worked faithfully on the squad. The third year nearly the entire line had to be developed from new players. The coach was too busy to undertake this, so he appointed some of the seniors to help coach the new ones. Campbell was appointed to coach a Freshman named Holmes, for half back. With no thought, in the beginning, that he might be raising up a rival, he had gone into the coaching with high spirit. l The Varsity played Wallace University the next Saturday, and Wallace had a heavy team, recruited from experienced players. The Varsity players went into'the game with much determination, and it seemed as if there would be no scoring. i The fierce onrushers of the Varsityls backs were crushed by the heavy Wallace line. The Wallace backs made no progress against the new line. Campbell, trying time after time to break through for one of those long runs which had won his reputation, was always pinned by Wallacels Heet little quarter. . The coach, thinking that Campbell was too light to buck against those heavy players, out Holmes in his place as haif back. ' Campbell now realized that the coaching he gave Holmes had lost him his place. The new line becoming weary of play, broke loose, and the Veterans soon added seventy yards to their credit. But here it stopped, the new line having stiffened, and in three downs the ball went to the other side. Holmes now made nearly all the yardage for the Varsity, and when the half ended he had worked the ball out of VVallacels territory and up to the center of the field. In the last half Holmes was able to gain but little, and the quarter being convinced that the Orange players were onto their 61