Leechburg High School - Minetas Yearbook (Leechburg, PA)

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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

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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? Naw xx dlawled the man Jost y . Y . Y i . . , v , c- Y. Y ' 4 f 1 n .. . L 1-. . 1 1 v' , , ,' an n , - , ' y ' Y - ' 7 ' 1. ' ' . ,' mc u 2 I . . - , I ' V , r ' f, . y v Y 1 - ., 1 U , . - - , 1 1 Y 2 7 I V - . , 6 .2 .tY , . C , V' V ' . v 1 v . . D D ' . V 7 . Y . K I v y . Y . -3, Q - 2 . Y, I ' 1. ' ' .. ' as H u Y Y 5 ' Cv Y 7 7 v 1 . 1 Y sy L n xc ,H , I 2 ' - 2 3 v . v -- ' . L ' . ' v -' v - I ' - w - I. . . 1 ' , - b . Y J - . . . ' ' Y . H v . v . ' ' 7 4 y 1 a - la , y , u . Y Y' n , , ,- I 7 ' 1 - o v - v - v Y . 1: C Y Y 1 .Vv . ' . . . 1 Y , 9 , , . . , . . V V I I. u 1- 0 . n . a u u I I . 2 Y . ' . . . Y. Y w Y . ' ' dlopped lt H9111 the doolxxax. Lob bx tdlilllg' a Jump. I suppose he took ' - .1 rl . - 1 n v 4 . f C 1 v ' A . . H Y 1 i. . . ,, c 1 . , Y, Y . . 1-l 1 . 1 ' ' ' b - .' Y . AY? ' . ' ' Y . . v v , ' ' 3 ' . . Y . . . - fa ' ' ' , ' ' . . . Y Y v - ui 'A ' ' , C ' 7 ' ' . ' I ' 7 v v 1 ' . . o ' s . . v ' . - v 6 k , . l . . . 1 .T . . 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10 TROTTY VECK klllfe and Glove but I do11 t ca e I told xfou thls stoly as lf I had done lt but Wdlt I have 111 ass1st'1nt xx ho IS almost IS xx ell up 1n my l1ne of xx 01k as I 1111 he IS k11oxx11 as Sly I111 11ot l26ll1l10' xou xxho con11111tted th1s 111u1de1 but Olllx tell xou It xx as one of us tvxo Novx hoxx do you l1ke that sto1y Bob n1a1sed B1oxxn Pat VGIV much just to be on Ofood te1111s xx 1th h111 fo1 tl1e t1111e benw Sax xxhat 1bout 1 httle suppe1 at Inv house to 1no11oxx ex en1ng'7 Se1 ve 1ef1eshments xnd eve1yth1ng of the k1nd B11ng the xxhole gang dont fo1get Good n1ght Vx hen Bob got outslde of the 101l1t he sfnd Whexx but that xx as some sto1y' It xx as funny f01 Blown I It SOIIIG tunes to use sl 1110 then 1nco11ect EI1g'llSl'1 then agam good Enghsh That s mlghty funny W1th these xx olds he xx xlked b11sklx 1n the d11 QCtlOll xxh1cl1 led to l11s home I et us 11oxx o b1ck to Mona s home Afte1 th pohce h 1d 11I'1VQd. thev took the body to the unde1 t'1ke1 s xxhele lt xx as 1dent1f1ed as that of D1 Mo1r1s Some 111611 vxe1e Sellt out to find all thex could C011 ce1n1nU the happemngs at Monas home Tl1e next llI011'111Ig' Bob xxas up b11ght and eally on hls xxay to the pol1ce xx ho xxfe1e 1nfo1med about all that bob k11exx alld that same eve11 1nff men VN616 S901 eted 111 Bob s 100111 xvhele the 1ecept1o11 xxas to be held The vang ca111e and xx as xx ell sup phed xx1th 16f16Sl11'l1C11lLS III about a half l1ou1 evelv 111an xx as d1unk ex cept Bob At th1s 111sta11t the pollce ca1ne out Rlld took eve1x 111a11 to the stat1o11 xx lthout even a t111x st1u0f0le A xxeek l1te1 tl1e tllal c1me -Xll the 111e11 xx e1e confined to p11so11 fo1 '1 CF'1t11lI l1L1llllJ91 of YQAIS Bob 19C91V9d 11ot Olllx 1 fm 11101 1l 1exx ud but 1lso h1s lonf xx1shed fO1 IIIOIII The pol1c d1d ll0t knoxx xxh1t to do xx 1th Iloxxn Pat and Slx b cause these men xxould 11ot confess xx ho k1lled the doctol Let the 1eade1s fO1l1l the11 oxx II op1111o11 of Who k1lled D1 IIIOIIISP Anna IXld1lC 28 Couszn jane APPX l1 1d 1ece1xed 1 lette1 f10lll hom and l1e t016 up to 115, h1s 1oon1 hopmg 1t lJ10Llgl'1t ffood nexxs Tl1e lette1 191d Dea1 Hauy I am VQIX SOIIX I cxnnot co111e doxx ll to the 55 une betxx een X zle 1nd Hfux 'nd on S ltlllfl IX but I hope x ou ue ll0t b1tte1lx d1s1ppo111ted COUSIII Jme lS YlS1t1lI0 111e 1nd she XX1SllQS to come so xou must meet l1e1 It the st1t1111 Sl1e xx1ll llllV9 on tl1e 'P 30 tl un 1nd xx 1ll et the1e yust 111 t1111e fo1 tl1e une IIOVSSVGI xou l1 xve ll xu seen he1 befo1e I 111ust descube l1e1 She IS 1 blo11d xx 111 xxe I1 1 bl 1ck h It dfnk spolt su1t 1nd 1 la1 e fu1 neckp1ece SI1e xx1ll hflxe txxo IOSQB p11111ed It he1 slde so tl1 It xou xx1ll 1LCOglI176 he1 111 the c1oxxd I am 6IIClOS11I,Q,' a p1ctu1e of he1 so be sule to 111eet l1e1 as she does not xx 1sh to do to the game 1lone She also xx1shes me to tell xou tl1at she xx1ll l1ave he1 poodle doo xx 1th he1 as 111 e11t1a a1t1cle of 1de11t1 ficatlon Love f1OHl 1ll VX ell let 111e tlllllk sald IIE-111X aloud NIothe1 has often told me of a COUSIII Ja11e xxho xxas tl 1X9l1lI0' 111 Exnope xx 1th 111 lunt and bemff edu cated the1e but I d1dn t knoxx she had come ICIOSS P1obablx xust a111ved Let 111e see must be about txxentx txxo O1 txxcntx th1ee xefns old a11d we bx th1s p1ctu1e she s 1 p1p Who IS? cxlmlx asked h1s 100111 m1te D1ck W1ll1dlllS xxho h1d con1e Ill xust Ill tlllle to heal Illllx s last fexx xxolds Oh 1 cousm of 1111119 s nd IIHIIX She IS connnff doxx11 fo1 the gxme 011 Satu1d1x I l11xe to 111eet l1e1 It the SlQ3lL101l and take C316 of he1 but I dont 111111d 1t a b1t because vxell Just look at he1 p1ctu1e Gee 91 1culated xounff W1ll1a111s Thls IS a knockout The last f . , . 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