Leechburg High School - Minetas Yearbook (Leechburg, PA)

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NOVEMBER 1924 feehng of 110111 a11d 1estless11ess self a luckh dev1l to stumble upon that 0u1 h61O 11 Gllt to bed He patted the 1Obb91S 111 tl1at way h11I1S8If a11d Sllllled LS he called hllll LY d1a E Pa1t1 27 How Mary Lost Her Bet TELL you Ma1y you a1e gomg to meet y0ll1 match gg! Yo11 111ll s0med1y meet the pe1son 1vho 1v1ll dommate you1 w1ll 111d conq11e1 yo111 hot tempe1 md just see 1f I m 11ot 11ght sud MTIYS Uncle to he1 She had been havlng a l1ttle qua11el Wlth h1m and he had lost as usual Marv 11 IS g.,0od11atu1ed as 1 1ule but 11 IS al11a1s accustomed to have he1 o11n 11 ay 1n eve1yth1ng Thls was pa1tlv he1 Uncle s f1ult He had 1 used he1 f1on1 ChlldhO0d IIe1 pa1ents 11e1e both k1lled 111 111 ICCI de11t when she 11 as V611 10111121 so l1e1 batchelo1 uncle undertook to 1 IISQ tl1e l1ttle 01 pha11 1n1te He 1vas 1 bw k111d hea1 ted 111an and loved he1 deal l1 He left her do p1act1callV IS she 111shed a11d 11011 that she 11 IS 1 wo 11 a11t to U11cle Joh11 Ill bet 1ou a Hood dlnner at SOIIIQ cafete1'1a 111d dll ope1a 1fte1w I1 ds that I ll be 1111st1 ess of 111V 11111 fo1 tl1e next X911 a11111 11 I111 g'0lII0 to d1lV OVQ1 to B11dv1lle too IS 1f a111 0119 could stop 111e 11 hen I a111 golng fifty 01 fifty five m1les ho111 But M111 It 1SlIt safe fO1 1ou You k11011 ho11 1113111 hold ups tl1e1e a1e on that valley 10ad you should The 19St 11as lost 011 IXIHIV because that person 11as dow11 the walk alld Ill he1 C31 b9f01Q he had finlshed speaklng She tulned to look back sauc1ly then d1sappea1ed Iohn Malcom 1etu1ned to h1s l1b1a1y 111th a 11o1r1ed exp1ess1on 011 l11s face thus BIUCQ W1Ut91S found h1111 late1 Inuce 11as a p10III1S1ll0' XOUIIO' la111e1 full of v1vac1t1 and humor' He 11as V1OI'k11I0' 011 a c1se fO1 M1 Malcom and was a flflqllellt V1S1tO1 at the house What s 1110110 John You look as 1f 1ou had lost 1ou1 best f11end Is the1e a111th1110' I can help 1ou w1th'? as he slapped h1111 011 tl1e back 111 a co1111adel1 11a1 M1 M 1lco111 shook h1s l1ead and sud Its o11ly Ma1y IILICB I d0llt k11011 Wh1t to do Wlth hcl She left 1 1111 toda1 f01 L11dVlII6 1l011e I11 he1 c11 IIOIIS' Whe11 d1d she IQIVQI 1sked Lluce e1cc1tedly About fifteen m111utes IUO Thcle s 110 use Ive told he1 that It IS d111ge1ous to t1avel th It 1oad IG plled M1 M IICOIII 1110u1nfull1 See 1ou l1te1 In1 001110 to blllla' IIQI b1ck the11 B1 uce 11 IS gone 111 1 cloud of dust The1e followed a 1 1ce Ma1y had not kept he1 flfty m1le an hou1 1ate as she h1d boasted t he1 UIICIQ bec1use of a slwht dCC1 de11t to II91 c 11 Afte1 she h 1d 1ep111 ed It sat1sf1cto11l1 a11d cl1n1bed 111 she hea1d the 1oa1 of 1 co1n1n0f C11 She sta1 ted he1 ca1 at a ter11f1c speed because sl1e d1d 110t k1101v 11 ho he1 U11cle s p1 ecaut1ons 1nd h01v sl1e had scoffed It them She d1dnt pa1 t1c11l 11ly C116 to be held up by a 101d band1t She 11 ould Oave the111 a chase Th11s ldll he1 thouehts as she plunv ed he1 ca1 fle1cel1 do1111 the count1v 1o1ds IILICQ 111 the mea11t1me had seen he1 Cdl a11d 111c1eased IIIS speed He hoped to s11eep do1111 upon her but she 11as 1I0t to be cauoht so eas1l1 OVQ1 the 1o1ds they d10V9 BIUCB Cfdllllllg' a l1ttle but always f11 enouvh to be out of leach 113.13 could 11ot take IIQI eyes f1o111 the 1oad to l111ce behllld he1 01 SIIG mwht have 1ecoff111zed B1 uce She hea1d h1s Cdl com1ng CIOS61 She was go1ng now as fast as the 11oble l1ttle ca1 could 1u11 At last B1 11ce 11as on a level w1th he1 he yelled f01 he1 to stop She obeyed and looked at h1m fea1 fully b1uce 1ou Whyl I thot Yes you tho t that I 11 as a 10ad billdlt and It 11 ould have se1ved vou 11ght 1f I had been he 1epl1ed sav agely Oh h011 could 1ou f110fhten me so and 1ou 111shed I were held up oh 1 1 , 1 13 ' 1 1 1 v 1 U 1 ' 37 1, C A D 1 v u v . u C u . . r . 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TROTTY VECK My but vou ce1ta1nly have changed I hardly k11ew you at fnst Well Im not su1'p11sed because 1ts qulte a wh1le SIHCQ we finlshed college You talk as 1f you hadnt changed at all Yes tlme C91t31lllY does fly Vou ll have to excuse me 11ow though because I slmply 1nust catch that tlalll fo1 Newbu10f wh1ch leaves 111 about five 111111utes Come a11d see me SOl'll6t1Hl9 so that we Call t1lk OV91 old t1mes We l1ve 111 the same old house md the sxme old street I ood bye Pobert slowly walk d up the 5t166lL yyh1ch led to hlS 100111 lle had come to the c1ty of Ca1 S011 only two months wo md du1111ff h1s sho1t stay he has almost fO1 gotten that Helen Blame one of h1s college f116lldS l1V6d he1e Howevel he d1d not as yet have many acquamtances 111 th1s almost st1ange c1ty When he 1eached l11s 1oon1 he sat down lll h1S la1 ge cozy 3.1lllCh211l w1th a feel1ng of lellef He w as t11ed be cause It had been a11 unusually ha1d day at the office and M1 Harr1s Bob s e1nploy G1 ilthough 1 ve1v n1ce ma11 usually yy IS VEIX CIOSS th It dav a11d Bob was 1f1 11d of eve1y move me11t he made Bob d1d llOt bl 1me N11 H 1111s fO1 belng c1oss b c1use he hld evely 1eason to be so The safe hid been c1acked the mffht befo1e and 1obbed of th11ty thousand dolla1s lll cash and twenty thousand dolla1s 1n se cur1t1es Bob felt g11eved because he k11ew that he could do nothmg If on ly the1e WSIS some t1ace of a clue 1t would be d1ffe1ent But the1e was nothmfr the 1obb IS had been too clever Bob went to bed that 111ght w1th a feel1ng of helplessness The next day was even blue1 tha11 the day be fO18 and M1 Ha111s w as eve11 more c1oss because M1lly the carefree ste11og1apl1er was unusually l1te That n1ght afte1 suppel Bob de c1ded to accept Helen s 111v1tat1on to call 1n o1de1 to change the blue 1nonotony of th1ngs He was so fllled w1th thought and dete1111111at1on on h1S w ay that he d1d not ll0tlC9 where he was gomg and so went to the w1o11g house It was not u11t1l he lallg' the bell that he saw the 11ame Brown on the dOOl Thlllklllg to get away w1th It glacefully he asked the ve1y dlgnlfied woman who came to the dOO1 whethe1 M1 Thompson w as 111 Yes come 110ht lll sa1d the wo ma11 l1e has been XY3.1lLl1l0' f01 you Puzzled and at a loss as to what to do he followed he1 1lltO a small and VQIN d1ea1y 100111 The smoke lll the 111 1nd the c1ffa1 111d c1ga1ette stubs tll10VVl1 a1ou11d on the flool show ed th It 1t w as 1l1eady occupled by QQVQI xl 111e11 Vylnle bob was t1y 1110 to thlllk of SOITIQ tlllllff' to say a mm w ho w as ev1de11tly M1 Thomp- S011 walked 111 alld gave w ay to a f1t of 111061 Th1s IS a gleat tlme he sa1d fO1 lNIllt0ll to send you I yvanted you to turn those secu11t1es 1nto cash th1s aftelnoon The gang 1S comlng he1e to mght for the11 shale of the spo1l and they ll th1nk I w an11a make a get away w 1th It all myself Bob was mst golng to say pa1don me the1e must be some m1stake w he11 It occu11ed to h1m that It mlvht be the l0bb61W of M1 Ha111s that the man yy as talk1ng about Bemg occu p1ed w 1th the thought of lt he natul ally would th1nk so Well you see he managed to sta111me1 I well he d1dnt tell n1e soon enough and I 61 I was busv Busy nothmg You d bette1 be he1e to nwht when the gang comes and tell them whose fault It was and you Call tell that 111ud faced M1lton to watch h1s step aftel th1s Bob left the house w1th a feel1ng of both lellef and helplessness He had a meat deal of hope that he had found the robbers so he turned h1s footsteps towards the house of Mr Ha111s md wa1ted eagerly fo1 h1S employ 61 s op1n1on aftel he l1ad flmshed telhng h1s sto1y M1 Ha111s also h 1d a great deal of hope so they la1d the n1atte1 b9f019 the pol1ce Of coulse they wele the robbels and you can 1est assu1ed that they we1e captured that evemng by the pol1ce Tl1ateven1ng1t w as ll0t w 1th a y 1 ' y 1 1 y 1 . 1 1 1 1 - v I ,, v l 1 ra 1 .' xc 11 1 1 . , . - - V - I . . 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TROTTY VECK she beffan to cry softlx W1ll you stop that c1x1ng and come over IH th1s cal 11nmed1ately You a1e golng home to tell xou1 uncle that xou ale so11y and xou 31 not ffomff agaln He spoke 111 loxx hal sh tones The1e vxas a lonff pause A19 you com1n0f 01 must I use f01C67 No ansxxe1 She held he1 hands b6fO1Q he1 fac fO1 shame pe1 haps He came ove1 1n txxo strldes and pulled her hands dovxn gently then Sald Look at H18 Marx xx1ll xou doaslsaxq She 1d1S6d he1 ey es sloxxlx and 1n t hlS txxo steadx ones Bhe dlopped them qulcklx at xx hat she savx the1e Y yes LIUCG dea1 H1315 had lost llel bet Evelxn AHCISISOH 2 The Lumber Thleves OHIN T JEINNHNGS xxas the oxvne1 of the lfu gest lumbel wg, compxny of the No1thxvest 4' He xx 1s a clean st1ong man mm IH h1s 19bOllllLl0HS 1nd fond of 0lllLdOO1 hte He l1x ed xx 1th h1s xxxie and son Tom a lxd of about txx elve summels 1n a xxell bu1lt log house sltuated IH the Inldst of GVSI g1eens wh1ch xxe1e 11p1dly losmg then blanket of snoxx Sp11ng and the log season xx e1e app1oach1ng Jennmgs left the management of affans to h1s fo1em1n B1ll BIOXXH bull1ed h1s men Ib though they V919 made to be h1s pl xy thlngs He xx as lIlllStQd by Jenmngs but hxted md desplsed by the men lllldfil h1m One afte1 noon Jenmngs stopped xt the ofhce to haxe 1 talk xx 1th hlS fO19 man about bus1ness m1tte1s Bloxxn mg xxas not the1e lb Jenmngs xxas about to leaxe he spled a lette1 on the floo1 He p1cked It up xx 1th the 111tent1on of lav1ng lt on the desk but he happened to look on the envelope and the1e he saxx the lette1 xx as ad dlessed to hlm md th xt It xxas opened He XX0lId6l6d xxhat 1e'1son B1oxxn1ng h 1d 111 openlng h1s mall but he passed th1s off th1nk1ng It xxas onlv a case of C3.16l6Sbl1C-ESS He pull ed out the lette1 xx h1ch 1ead as fol oxxs Defu S11 I have 1ece1ved you1 shlpment of logs but about one fou1th of them xx e1e lUlSSll1g It m xx be a mlstfxke on the palt of the sh1ppe1s but I xxould l1ke an expl1nat1on It xx lb s1gned B1 oxxn Sz Co one of Ienmngs 1mpo1tant deale1s and s he d1d not want to lose then custom he set about to find out all he could He xx ent to the men xxho Shlpped the logs but they sald that they xx e1e su1e they hld Shlpped the full num bel of logs The only d9C1S10I1 he could m xke the1efo1e xx 15 that they had been stolen on thell xx ay A blg log shlpment xxas golng next day md he xx ould see xx hethe1 the thleves shoxxed up 1ga1n That ex Qlllllg 1n an old shack the1e xxas a meetlng of a gang of men xxho made the11 l1v1ng steal1ng loffs Among these men the1e seem ed to be one xx ho belonged out of lt hud teatu1ed old man xxho had an honest look 111 h1s eyes The men xxe1e seated a1ound ln old 11ckety table on xxh1ch 16St6d an o1l lamp xx h1ch cxst gloomy shadoxxs 1n eve1y co1ne1 of tl1e 1oom They seemed to be expectlng someone f01 they Jump ed at SVGIY sound they hea1d The one they xx e1e expectmg came 1n and he shoxx ed at fn st glance that he xxas 1 leade1 Bovs he exclalmed xx 1th a look of t11umph the1e IS a Slllpmellll of logs gomg tomo11oxx mo1n1ng It vx1ll go pxst Bl Lck s Bend md xxe xx1ll be the1e to do the 1est We xx 1ll all meet he1e xbout ten o clock tomo11oxx mo1111ng md be su1e that you all come fo1 th1s lS golng to be a catch Afte1 he had finlshed he told them thev could go home The next mo1n1ng at the lumbel camp eve1yth1ng was leady fO1 Shlp ment Jennmgs xxas s1tt1ng 1n f1ont of the office xx1th Tom h1s son when he xx as 11 oused by B1 oxx111ng s xx O1 ds I am gomg to A1 den on bus1ness and you xx1ll have to get some one to take my place 1n superv1s1ng the WO1k ' Jennlngs declded to do lt himself 1 ' 1 ' 7 h as 'h L 1 ' ' 1 L , 7 , , , . . . H 7 ' 1 7 1, 7 1 ' ' 1 1 v ,7 1 v ' 1 1 1 1 C 1 -C 1. ' 1 v 1 y 9 ' A. , ' 11 ' 1, 1 ' 1 . 1 K 1 C C ' 4 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 y 1 n C3 ' ., ' n , ' . ' H 3 1 . 77 1 1 1 A D 1' , . , , - ya , 1 1 1 . 1 1 f - 1 1 7 ' - e, ' - - V 1 , 0. . ., Y Y r T , . 1 ' . N 1 .L :xQj . ,W . C . . . . ora ' . xikvkk 131 Q ' . L ' 2 .. 5 An. Af: 1. - . . . 1 ' ' 4 1 c , L c , . . , . . 2 2 , . . , .2 . C , ' I I v v- Iv 7. . 1 . 1 vt - 1 7 . v l r ' 1 2 1 .1 . Q . - 1 v v 1 . r Y ' ' '- ' ' 2 . 7 2 7 9 ' w 4 v 1. u vt . , . . o ' v . 1 - 1 I 1 ' v v v D c , ' 1 1ng, a crooked, lowly man, who Th1s was Fred Blakely, a g'1'1ZZl6d, ' . 1 r 1 v I 4 v x u V K 1 c ' , 4 1 Q z - .. 1 ' . . H 2 2 , . . . 2 , . 1 .1 n I 1 Y . u D . . , , 1 ' 2 1 ' Q 1 ' 1 ' 1 2 1' ' 1 - 1 1 ' 1 . .. 2 . . . , - A- , . , . v 1 1 n 1 1 ' v I I . , . . 7 Y u . I v. V I I V V a C K4 !! , ' ,' 1 . v A y - i l. ,, i . . 1 7 'g ' - 1 , . 1 1 ' . , ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 . ' Jn r l K n 1 1 ' v - 1 C 1 c L 1' Ek- 2 7 2 7 Y. 1 1 ' 2 ' ' ' ' . 1 L I 1' - . . 1 , 1 ' I I 1 -1 l ' 4 1 L n , C 1 1 ' . 1 ' ' ' 77 v ' 1 ' l ' . ' , ll n ' lu C n 1 it I . Q . 1 . 1 - 1 1 ' 1 1 ' - 7 ' ' 7 ' ' . aj C . ' ' u v . m Y' - . . , t , ' ' 2 ' . ' z' ' 1 ' ' f ' : 1- 1 ' 1 1 U ' 1 ' L ., ' 7 ' - 1 1' . 1 , , 3 . , Q u 0 . A , ,