Leechburg High School - Minetas Yearbook (Leechburg, PA)

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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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TROTTY VECK cu elessness We fO1 get o11ce a11d the next t11ne dOll t cale I11 conclus1o11 1f 11e see the ex D6dl9HCV of sav111g 11 hy llOt save? What shall ou1 ans11e1 to the ques t1on be that 11e have not enough self 111ll to deny OUISGIX es a fe11 1LlXI1l ICS O1 that 11e Xlallt to beffln ane11 a11d and prepa1e f01 a b1gger broadel l1fe'7 Self de111al leads to th11ft thllft leads to sav111g a11d savlng p1epa1es the 1vay fo1 the fulfllhnent of that 1easo11 fo1 ou1 be1n01 he1e on th1S ea1tl1 Ho11a1d Ralston 26 Success UCCESS lS the 11111 Ill eve1'1 l1fe and the sulest 1nd best 11a1 to success tl1 It 11e must be-11nou1 c11ee1 111th lll u11dc1st111d111g that 11e ue to gun It step bx step lS 11e cl1111b tl1e l1dde1 Xou c1n11ot 01111 success 1ll It once 111d to 011111 lt 1ou 111ust be patient and h 11e the 111ll to 11o1k It IS 11ot b1 1ank 01 bY tl1e DOSlt10ll 1ou hold, O1 by 11ealth tl1 It 1ou 021111 success but 1ou 111ust hdX8 the p1111c1ple to do Xl hat IS 110'ht 110 111atte1 11h It 1ou u11de1t1ke We 111ll take the student 111 h1s studles lf he doesnt succeed the fl1St IllOllth ho11 hnd l1e 111ll 11 o1k next month I et us t 1ke another fm example -Xb1 1h 1111 L111col11 tl1e gl eat st 1t8Slll 111 b0lll lll DOV8ltX lll a lof Clblll 111 l1e11tuck1 but hc h1d hllll tl1e 1llSt1llCtS of 1 schol ll 1nd l1 1b1ts of f1 t1ue 111 lll He 11 ould NN 1lk lllllCS to bOl10XK 1 bor k 1nd thus he 16CLlVCd h1s 9dllC1t1Oll lle 11 IS 1 12111 Spllttel sto1ekeepe1 S0ldl91 1nvento1 statesman p1es1de11t he1o a11d 111 11tv1 These ale the steps 111 tl1e llfe of -Xbl 1h 1111 L1llCOlll AllOtllQ1 SOldlQ1 1nd st 1tes111 111 11 '1s U11 sses S C1 1nt IS a f11111e1 he 1 IS 11ot a success b11t IS 1sold1e1 1nd states Ill Ill the 11 o1ld to d1y kll0VKS hlS fame 1nd success Do 1ou ask 11hat 11e sl11ll a1111 at 111 l1fe'7 We 11111 ans11e1 Ann to act 11ell you1 palt fo1 the1e1n l1es all the hono1 H 1v1110f found 11hat 1ou h1ve to do-11hetl1e1 to lead a11 d1lllX s11eep 1 C10SSlll0 O1 d1lV6 a h1ck do It 111th all you1 mlght because It IS XOUI dut1 lut XXIIAIQVCI v1e11s X0l.l 111 11 take on th1s subject 0ll8 thu 1 ness IS 11ot fou11d IH success It 1S not found lll fa1lu1e Hope fo1 the best a11d 1f 1ou fall to 191611 the goal of 1 ou1 111sh 111 hlCh IS posslble 111 splte of XOU1 utmost effo1tsb1ou 111ll d1e 111th the co11 sc1ousness of l1 l.Vll1f do11e 1ou1 best 11h1ch lS aftel all the t1U6St suc cess to 11 h1cl1 111 Ill can asp11e I 1th Steff1 9b A Boquct of VVGII KHOW17 Flowers HEY J 1ck 11 as a sm 1ll boy hlS motl1e1 d6C1dQd to eiducakte h1n1 fo1 the n11n1st1y 01 s e Fill 111shed to see Jack ln the pulp1t some day She 11 as ve1y St1lCt 111th l11n1 mg 131hen he deg not obev she 11 h1ppe 1m 111 Lady s sl1ppe1 ThlS would make h1n1 b 1lsan1 Jack callegd hlS Lithia! PUPPY 1nd h1s s1ste1 ue ac eyed S11san because she h1d such d11k evcs Jxck s 111othe1 told h1m th It lf he 111shed h1s health to b I:,1e1last1ng he must get up t F001 oclock 1n the mo1n1ng So 11 hen h1s fathe1 c 1lled h1m he Rose lt once One d'1V Jack met a glll named Rose 11 hon1 he loved at 111 st slght So he Aste1 to ma11y h1m He Sald Pose ma1y me But she 11as a P11m1ose and she 1epl1ed To11ch me not But afte1 he had Astel many f1 Thyme she consented That evemng 1n he1 pa1lo1 they d1SW d0V1ll the shades and he klssed he1 Tuhps When he went home each sud to the othe1 Folget me not Soon afte1 they 11 e1e ma111ed and she U1 ged h1m not to become a Dande l1o11 of SOCl9ty Some people L1lac anythlng but he 1emembe1ed he1 11o1ds and though he met many f018lgH belles he lemalned t1ue to h1s Ameucan Beauty Exchange I I ' 5 v u ' c ' . , 6 V v 7 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 A 1 1 . , 1- ' . ' ' , ' r v ' 1 ' 1 1 1 7 1 , 1 2 y 1 - , ' ', : 6 ' D - 1 1 1 ' C . 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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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