Leechburg High School - Minetas Yearbook (Leechburg, PA)

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TROTTY VECK She stooped and plcked It up then It daxxned upon hel that the glove xxas bloodstalned In hel excltement she almost trlpped over a knlfe A tellollzed Oh escaped hel for the knlfe xxas Sllllllal to the one on the note she hld lecelved the lllght be fole -Ks she stumbled ovel to the othel end of the 100111 she notlced for the filst lllllle that the dl lpelx on the xx lndoxx at the falthest end of the loom xx as fluttellng about alld as It fell doxxll It seemed bulkx Llftlng the dlapelx Mona slxx th It the xxlndoxx pane xx IS lll1QS1ll0 looklng on the flool she saxx the pane and Help she SCICJHIGCI IS she bllnd lx lan out of the loom Nlona lan out of the house llke one lnsalle She dld not see Bob COllllll0' up to the house Ulltll she bumped mto hlm Aftel Calflllflg hel he asked NIOIIZI why all the 9XClt61ll9Ht7 I I In the pallol she gasped Leavlnff Mona COIllf01lZ'1blx seated he xxent lnto the pd1lO1 The filst thlnff that lllet hls ex es xx as the glove f0l Mona ln hel t61101 had plcked lt up lnd 9X1HllI16d lt he saw the! blood lnd llotlced It xxas flesh f01 the glove xx IS damp xet The flllU61 D11lltS xxele exlmlned and so xxas the knlfe The VNl1ldOXX plne had be ll cut flOlll ltS flame The thlng xx hlch fl lghtened Mona so xx IS a man cluellx lnuldeled Bob lmlnedlately telephoned to the pollce told lllm the d9t'lllQ and asked llllll to s nd some of hls men OVQI Thls b6lll0 OVQI he xxellt to Monl Dld xou fret a hlnt 01 somethlng of the SO1t that could be connected wlth thls H1111 del '7 I just 16C91VQd 1 1llXSlLQ110llS note last nlffht lf that s what xou mean It max be May I see lt Mona got up slowlx fO1 she was lllellibllllg xet alld stalted off It seemed to hel that she had mlles to go lnstead of a few Sd1dS At last she pl oculed the note Bob lefld and leledd the note He ffot up S3V1llg' lTl019 to hllnself than to Mona I d bet mx llfe that the pel S011 xx ho Vx10tE thls note meant that the man would get murdeled O1 SOll18lLl1lIl0' llke that when he vxrote- and yet he mlght not come He left the loom abl uptlv xxlthout telhng Mona vxhele he xxas golng O1 saxmg Good bve When he got to the deslled spot vxhlch happelled to b ulldel the vxlndoxx xxhele the lnall had beell muldered he took out hls m Iglllfjlllg glass alld began examln lng the glound He s'lxx footsteps rlght xxhele he thought he xxould The footmalks led up toxxald the toxxn then left off about thlee feet fl oln the paved xx alk Well xxell mused Bob let H16 see He stood on the slm spot xxhele the last pall of footpllnts V616 made alld t1l6d to lump to the sldexxalk He succeeded alld ln thls xxax he con cluded that the lnan would have Jumped to the xxalk to lnake t deepel mx stel y Now what xxax vxlll I go up to toxxll the wax these malks sax 01 doxxn? I knoxx I ll take the load dovxn because thls mystellous pel son tl led to baffle us fmeanlng the detectlvesj the load doxxn although hls foot pl 1lltS llldlcate up Bob vxalked sxxlftly doxxn the stleet the falthel he vxalked the mole people thele xx ele Aftel seal ch lng fO1 an houl O1 txxo he savx an un couth man slttlng on a doorstep Slll0klll0' a plpe Bob dldll t knoxx xx hx but he 1lTllll6d121lS6lX took a Sl21Ollg dlS llke to the man Instlnct told llllll to xx atch thls belng Ten l'llllll.1ll6S latel the man got up stletched l1llTlS9lf alld stalted to xxalk lazllv ln the dllectlon Ill whlch the people wele In such cloxxds It xx as all but lmposslble to follow pelson but Bob declded to follow the H1311 and what he Sald he usually meant -Ks Bob and the strangel drexx H63191 the crowds the closel Bob stuck to the lnan -In ldea flashed Ill to Bobs lllllld so gomg to the man he xxas Sl'ladOVV1llg he Sald Beg pal don stlangel could you supply lne xx lth '1 match? 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NOVEVIBER 1924 ff T W A Young Man s Tnumph II defu swhed Mona Stfuk whv do I have to o to bed 1 1 eaxlw even tnne I don t have an appo111t111ent Tllt tut 1nsw 61 ed Mona s g1'1Y1d 1nothe1 Oh deal 111u1111u1ed the xounff ladv as she left the 1oon1 All the way up the stans she sulked and 0f1un1bled Mona l1ved Wlth he1 fflandpfuents and father Mona s n1othe1 had d1ed ewhteen VGHIS ago '1 week after NIon'1 was bo111 The home Ill XXl 11Cl'l she l1ved was XYl11Cl1 w as sltuated on the fn st floo1 The fu1n1tu1e w as of the best maho 01111 the p1ctu1es V816 few and 1a1e the d1'1pe11es matched the ex DQIISIVG Pe1s1f1n 1uff EVGIV l1tlCl6 IH the 1oon1 w as beautlful and 11tlS t1callv a1ra11ffed The house was su11ou11ded bv '1 lalge a11d beautlful 1 11d He1e and the1e a tree dotted the Cf1ound As one ente1ed the house one could see exqu1s1te flOXI61S VSl11Cl1 bloo111ed Ill f1OlIt of tl1e home Mona had mam frlends but she w 'IS especlally fond of Robe1t S1111th a xoung man of twentx who was lea1n1n0f to be a detectlve Pobe1t was known to even one as Bob -Xs Mona entel ed he1 100111 she stumbled OV91 so111eth1110f p1Ck11I0' It up she saw that It was 1 p1ece f pape1 C011t'I1I11l'lg a stone She was about to th1ow It away w hen she llOt1CGd the1e w as so111e w11t1110' 1n It He1 cu11os1ty belnff a1oused she de Clded to 1ead w hat w as 011 the pape1 It happened to be a note and 1 111 thus -X fool wlll co111e to see vou Ill a dw Ol two he w 1ll tell vou that xou ue 111 d 1nge1 D011 t belleve h1n1 1nd xet he 1111ght 11ot co111e The Slgll 1tu1e was a IICICE l0OklIl0' d'1ff0e1 w1th the 1111t1als B P Qllgl IV ed on It Mona d1d 11ot pu any '1tte11t1on to th1s lettel but she u11co11sc1ously put It Ill he1 d1esser d1awe1 The next 1no1111110f he1 g1f111dfathe1 'md f1the1 XNQIIII to 21 ne 11 bw town on bus1ness and he1 0'1lllClll10tll6I had Gone out to V1S1t a S1Ck f11end thus Mona was left at ho111e 1lo11e he1 b1eakf'1st Mona started to 1ef1d Qhe Got 21 book a11d went to he1 100111 lNot '1 half of 1 chf1pte1 w IS 1 d whe11 she he'11d 1 110159 downstans llke that of w111d Slliklllg 21 wlndow p111e Qhe 1 111 downst'111s IS fast lS she could but nothlng w as the1e to be S9911 V Wh It a fool I 111 s e thought I 11110fht as well go 111 a11d p1 '1ct1ce th It 11ew p1ece I bought 1este1day She sat d0WlI bes1de the pmno and beg IH plaung All of 1 sudde11 she looked at the Slde of the 1nst1un1ent and saw flnge1 p11nts That s quee1 In1 su1e Blldget dusted and cleaned th1s 1oom yeste1 dfu a11d no 0119 has bee11 111 here SIHCQ Look111g dOVSllYN211d Mona saw a man s glove Well 1f that doesnt beat It all No 0116 Ill he1e has a glove of that SIZQ O1 color I suppose lt n111st belong to one of the se1vants Ill just take It to h1111 s1nce I have l1Otlf1lIl0' else to do 1' 1 , 7 f 'H 0 - , 'O I I .M 2 r 4, . vx '77 1.. 1. X I 1 ' . ' f fffwf --1- Y i4 . x 1 gi' F 1W::-- I 4 - , , Y g .. - 5 2 - , ., 2 - . , . , 9: ' I , ss, ,' . ' v C 1 za 1 9 A 1 as . 1 . 2' 2 . C gl 2. v . 1 1 -ul 'lf 1 1 1 1 ' 7 1 2 1 ' 2 1 7 ' ' lflffhlff I ' K rv , , ' n . c x 1 . H 77 1 1 . 7 1 ' 1 1 1 . ' ' , c c 1 ' C 1 CC,,:, 1 N1 1 U 1 77 1 1 1 ' 7 ! 1 13 ' 1 I 1 v 1 l , . ct c ' 7 1 . . 1 1 I 1 C, . . 1 l v- v 1 1 v 1 . 1 1 1 C, C 4 G C C 2 2' ' ' 2 2 ' ' ' 2 '- ' ' . 1 v - D I1 1 o 2 s 1 C 1:1 f 1 2 ' ' . 5 ' 9 ' v . l v 1 v 4 c c , very beautlfulg the p2I1'l01' espec1ally, w1th the servants. After she had had v ,K . .i . . C , .K D 1 . 1 v I y I Q - K 6 , 1- ' 1 1 1 2 I 1 1. 1 1 bc L , C c c c c c eel. . , 3 .C . 1 - , . C . C . , . ' c ' C. 'M Z ' ' ' c c ' ' ' ' 2 2 ' - 2 . 2 '2 ' 2 ' 2 2 2 1 I 2: ' 'V 1 If I , .. V, C . . ' , , , za as O 2 N 2 . 2 Oh . 2 E1 , h . , u ' , ' 6 . A C . C, c 'I i . 1 v ' C C . . v 1 1 I ' v 1 ,y ' 1 I C v l c I V. K . bc . n- f Y . Y 1 . I . 1 C 9 v, v J, , , K . . . 1 ' ' 1 H 7 1 7 1 1' c . 1. 1 . y 1 1 2 ' 1 -- 2 ' ' , 1 I 1 v ' - c D c ' . . . . . . ,, ' DI C ' , 1 2 o ' ' ' , I 2 , . . r , C 1 1 , , ' , K6 ' . ! ' C c I , , c 1 D D 6 1 ' o . 1 1 - Q 1 , I C 1 K' 1 'Z 1 6 1 77

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NOVEMBER 1924 used up me last match SIHCQ Im golng 1n the same d11ec t1on as you have you any obJect1ons 1f I keep you company? asked Bob Naw be glad to have somebody w alk up the st1 eet wlth me Bob talked w1th the man and ques tloned h1m so clevellx that the man unconsclously gave Bob all the 1HfO1 matlon he was seeklng The 1IIfO1 matlon recelved was all about th1s man s l1fe and he gave hls name as Duty Dan a name whlch Bob thought sulted hlm to the button Sax do you cale 1f I come to youl hang out wlth vou'? Bob asked Mlght as well come along A new partner 1S always welcome you know Bob asked th1s questlon fo1 he wlshed to find out mole about thls man because he wasnt su1e that D1rty Dan gave h1m a st1a1ght stolv Boon they arrlved 1n a dlrtv lookmg bar room whlch Dan sald was fit to 1ece1ve a k1ng 1n Of coulse Bob agleed Bob s fuend o1de1ed a httle d11nk as he 6XD16SS6d It but Ill leal lty It was ove1 a pxnt of ale It was not long befo1e Dlrtv Dan was terrlbly drunk Th1S was the oppoltumty Bob was w1sh1ng fo1 loom Bob exa' med the fellow 'Jock ts and 1n hxs back pocket found 1 love Bob was 1ll9XCltQd but ne d1dn t show It Aftel a llttle pe1 sua s1on the man con ented to g1ve hls 1eal h1sto1y lf Bob would tleat hlm to a tex H1019 dlnlks Bob agleed o the man stalted 3 ou see Che most always us d tlllS plnase whel he thought he was talklnf of QOl'II9tll1Hg lmpoltantl we have a mce llttle gang of ou1 own I m the leade1 they call me the Brown Rat and to do me hono1 they englave my 1lI1t13lS on the11 kmves and 1evolve1s O1 such stud Th1s was one of the pO1IltS Bob wanted to know because It explalned how the 1n1t1als got on the klllfi? he had found 1n the pa1lo1 Ill Mona s home and also w he1e the note had com flom but Why was Mona 1n dangel who k1lled the man and how had the glove and knlfe been left? he thought He detel mlned to find out Ah' get out that s nothmg I stl ung up a man somethlng you dld not do drawled Bob Is zat so IS zat so? Now l1sten to me the man 0YCld1l'H9d ang11ly Th1s was just what Bob was wo1k 1ng fo1 bome b1g blackhead who was IH my gang Wanted to have h1S own Way but you see what I say goes savvy? Yes yes answered Bob trymg not to be too anxlous Well thele s a gul and he1 cousln belongs to my gang If the glrl was murdered he1 foltune would go to hlm lf we muldeled he1 he would dlvvy wlth us unde1stand'7 Her 0'13I'ldf3tl161' IS old and It wouldn t be long before he d dle but we dldnt want to k1ll her a llttle near hlS death becaus ltd look too susp1c1ous so we declded to do It now Well' thls blockhead dldn t IQCQIWG h1s shale of goods flom ou1 last haul so he thleatened to tell he1 Heaung th1s we sent he1 a note Saylllg that a fool would come to see he1 and tell he1 she was 1n dangel but not to be l1eve hllll In th1s mannel we wanted to nut he1 off guald All at once we thought It would b dangelous to have th1s man l1v1ng the1efo1e we declded to k1ll hlm also Im not tell 1ng wh It day we k1lled hllll All the same he was k1lled IH thls mannel one day he went to he1 home and en tel ed It l1ke a thlef because he dldn t want any one to know he came but the ful I followed hlm and enteled the same way as he d1d and just as he was golng to call he1 I k1lled hllll by blunglng a knlfe 1nto h1s bleast I shoved hlm unde1 a d1ape1y Whlle do1ng th1s I thought I heald a nolse ibut now Im sule I d1dntJ and 1n my haste I dlopped my kmfe neal the mano stool trung to plck It up I leaned agalnst the 1313.110 w hxch I now lecall was mahoganx I dl opped my glove the one I had used to w 1pe the blood off my hands I got zll confused and made a httle too much HOISQ 111 tlklng out the w lndow pane my 1oute of escape I fo1 got my . , 9 YY ' 7, U . , . . . Q 1 . . 7 . . H , . 3 v ' ! ' . ,, l . . . . , ll 7, 7 7 ' . ,, H . . lc l . ' , . .- 77 . ' .' , . O . . . I Y V . V A V V I '- L . . . i- . . C, . ' Y ' ' 1 nw ' Y ' rs- ' , . . ' 7 ! 7 7 7 u ' , as Y - H , c c . - - ca I7 , ,' G ' 7 Y 7 H , . ' , . ' m 7 ' - YY t6 7 . , - . ' 1 D L ' ' KK ' , . G' , . Y Y v I I Y 1 77 1 1 , ' . . 9 7 , . . Q 1 1 7 ' . . , i . . u , C . 1 . , . Y . , . . . D ! . . . . . b 1, ' . , . . k . . ' 'D C C 9 - , l ' G . ' KK ' ' 2 , ' , . v .' . . ' l ' C, - . . . 1. 1 . . 1 U , y Q - 1 I 1 7 ' o . o . , , v i . , b 1 ' Y . - , ' . Y '- ' ' 1 . 1 y - ' 1 v , , . . . D. . 'Iakmg Dn'ty Dan 1l1t0 a p11vate , , , , , ,, ' .7,, - ' , c l. o ' , A. , he ' ' Cv Q Q H ca i .., f , L ' . . . Y 1 f v ' ' 7 z g ,. . 2 . - - - , - 1 , V 1 1 1 j C Q . .. . v 2 I v . . I . . . D , 5' S . . 1 -3 :- . 1. ' C ' ' ' , v . ' y- - - 1 1' - , 1 - ' C - L I 1 O , E . 7 CC ' I Y C 1 v , . . f. Q' S 1 ' Y ' 1 C3 ' . . . , , . . I VA ' 1 1 . C K 7 V ,. . . . . 1 . . I 'B . 'M . f zz- I 1 o as - ' , 7 nu Y 1 , . . . D u , yr , , . e ' .Y . ' v 7 1 ' , ' . . . H C A ' , ' . . . . . . , 1 . ' A 5 1 C3 Y C . C y , U ' ' c c ac L . ' . . ' 1 C . Y . ca 9 f l v , , O . . ' 4' D 2 c N 7 . I V . . I . Q. V c c c U , 1 v . Y . . Y C i 5 , L 1 b