Lewis and Clark High School - Tiger Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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THE LEWIS AND CLARK JOURNAL SACAJAWEA ACAJAWEA dusky malden ust a Shoshone Indlan prmcess Stands before us loyal patrent For the ard she gave the whrte man In her early chlldhood freedom Torn from home and friends lovmg Made to marry one she dreaded Bore rt all and murmured nothmg Even m the mndst of home tres Stull she pmed for those dear loved ones Trll she met the paleface wand rers Huntmg unknown fertrle valleys These were roamed by savage red men Steep and rough the trarl they wandered Needing one to show them pathways Her they chose to lead them onward Anxious for a sr t of loved ones Whom she had not seen for ages Wrth her babe of scarce a summer On she toiled but not complarnmg Weak from pmmg and from gnevmg Soon fell all upon the journey Many trmes ln untold danger Soon they came to bands of Indrans I..rvmg on the Great Dwrsron Here she met her long lost sister Who wrth her was sold ln childhood To be slaves of some great natron Here she also found her brother Chief of Rocky Mountam Indians Here they found the far off country Which they all so long had sought for Still she led them to the westward Tore herself from those dear loved ones Left them gazlng sadly after Strll she proved herself more farthful Tummg back upon the Journey Leading them to old St Louis Here she left her babe Baptrste Whrle she Journeyed for Dakota With such sad and lonely feelings Mong Dakotas longed and wanted For retum of her Baptrste Here she sank to rest while waltlng Waltrng for her son Baptrste 'I'l'lIS the story of the prlncess Dusky yet with heart so loyal Whlle the Northwest tells rts story Tells of thrs true Indran maiden Ne er will xt forget her service Which she gave to our great nation Laura Lmdstrum IN OLD SPOKANE Old Spokane the farrest roses blow That eer climbed over balconres and porches In the blue twllrght how they gleam and gow A thousands merry Dryads crimson torches And all the wlnds are reeling with delight And every sound makes musrc ln its going Whrle through the pulsing of the matchleu mght Hear the great rlver heedless onward flowmg In Old Spokane the fairest roses blow Therr fragrance comes to me three thou sand mrles And many a fond and dotmg youth I know smiles Ah could I see agam that lovely land Beyond the mountain dnfted summer snows I wonder lf some pensrve ulret s hand Would drop to me one splendid Westem rose M C Wrer April 9 I9I2 What are you plungmg back ln the water for? You Just swam ashore Shure O1 had to save meself first now Or m gomg to fetch Morke Mr Filer to Senior Who was Tom Moore 3 Senior Bum cigar In Latm Pasco to eat to feed Student Me for Pasco . 23 I . - ' ', '14 J I I I l --ii I I I y Q l o . . F . ' 5 1 '- i l . . ' - ' 'foiled they on to reach the valleys: Matches their splendor with hlis lady'l

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THF Lawns AND tloned hrm to rest and leavrng hrm water and food departed to rouse the town All was soon bustle and actrvrty The men moved expedrtrously and effectrvely under the leadershrp of the venerable prrest The settrng sun found all the houses vacant and every one safely ensconsed rn the block house of the town All preparatrons havrng been made the prrest returned to hrs cabrn Across the door way the lndran boy lay one amr thrown above hrs head rn the utter relaxation of rest The prrest started then looked rntently at the arm Long ragged scars traced therr course down rt The prrest s eyes grew mrsty H understood a trapprng party returnrng from the moun tams brought ln lacerated N the boy so no was ever made boy rn cared for hrm and kept hrm untrl the arm had healed an Indran boy arm horrrbly one knew the language of explanatron of the accrdent The prrest had taken the The Indran s eyes opened and he jumped up qurckly The prrest recorled no tender ness no mrst rn hrs eyes only unconquered savagery glrttered there The prrest spoke to hrm and told hrm of hrs recognrtron but re cerved only a grunt m response The In drans mrnd had worked raprdly He had a darrng scheme wherern he would not suffer CLARK JOLJRNAL yet would have payed off hrs debt H moved away from the prrest and wrth a word of farewell started off raprdly The startlei prrest called after hrm but the lndran drd not stop Although he drd not understand the actron of the lndran he made no attempt to stop hrm but enterrng the cabrn gathered hrs few belongrngs to carry to the fort Strrdrng along towards hrs camp the In dran moved srlently The orange glow of the rrsrng moon softened and glrdrng out rnto the heavens cast a srlvery lrght on the dusky frgure on the prarrre Suddenly a twrg cracked the Indran paused He had hoped to make camp and wrth a story hrs cunnrng bram had rnvented tell of a frurtless chase after a deer rn the mountarns He lrstened Yes there were steps comrng from the canyon rn front of hrm He threw hrmself flat or hrs face and glrded away rn the grass Ar a safe drstance he watched Comrng rnto vrew were the foremost war rrors of hrs trrbe the cruelest warrest and most darrng One a lrthe tall specrman ot brute strength knelt rn the grass a moment He spoke rn gutteral tones They all looked on the ground Hrs tracks had been found They have been made recently Yes he must be nearby Frncl hrm ff- -rs vs rr- is vt- as Years after the tale was told how ln Indian boy rrsked and lost hrs lrfe all for gratrtude 22 , ' ' . It had not been many years before, that . ' ' . o . '

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THE Lawns AND CLARK JOURNAL THE HIDDEN REVOLVER By Paul Blrclfensdoerfer S a llttle prece ofa story slr The speaker was a pallrd man of about thlrty years wearrng the con ventronal stnpes of the pemtents found m the state penltentranes of thrs country Hrs face was not the face of a hardened cnmmal for hrs small mouth weak upper llp and kmdly eyes gave hum the most rnoffensrve appearance To look upon hrm one would hnd rt hard to rmaglnc hlm gullty of any cnme You certainly do not look dangerous I ventured Nor I amt either Ive been sent up here on the charge of hrghway robbery but rdnt do If no amt gurt added fiercely as he clutched the bars of hu cell door Thats really too bad I sympathrzed Its a kmd of a joke me gettin m here he went on There was a famt sug gestlon of a smrle playmg about hrs llps Then he added quickly B I amt a-gorn to laugh not untrl I get out agam And how dad rt happen may I ask3 We I amt guilty I was a ard workm man I was fore I got rn here I worked from three oclock rn th afternoon until mrdmght I boarded with a prrvate famrly about a mrle out from th center of town Of course I had to walk nome ever mght but I never earned much money wrth m Besides th nerghborhood through which I walked was a qulet an easy gom one an so I wasn t very much scarrt of bern held up an robbed About three weeks fore my arrest lone hrghwavman began operatrons m th neighborhood of my boardm place Oh he was a slrck an darem feller all rrght One night he held up slx dllferent men wrthln ten blocks of each other an th last one was th policeman who had that beat Th police they couldnt do a thm they couldnt After a week of this I began carrym a gun a small 32 calibre I must have earned It for two weeks An then one mght A Qulll a fnend of mme who was workm beside me rn th shops saw It ln my hrp pocket What are you dom wrth that cannoi there? he asked me Im akeeprn rt for hold ups I n swered Pshaw he laughed You remmd me of an old woman If a man holds you up you wont get a chance to shoot Them fellers rn that kmd of business are on th lookout for people like you-chumps who carry a gun Why you wont even get a chance to draw If you do draw well rtll be all off with that han some fonn of yours No there s no earthly use rn carry mg a gun They got you covered first They ll take ever blessed thm you got on your person and-th gun too Carry a gun' You make me smrle Pshaw' That got me to thmkm an I decided that I wouldnt carry that gun no more There was a little wrsdom rn my frlends words To be sure the hold up would have th advantage over one less one always car ned a gun m ones hand Besldes what was th use of packm a gun round to pro- tect a few dlmes3 I declded that luggln a shootm Iron round town was jest a trifle out of my lrne An so that nrght fore I left th shops I took th gum out of my pocket an put It up under th derby hat I was wearm Th hat concealed th gun a I knew that nobody would ever thrnk of lookm under my hat for anythm Then I started for home When I got wlthm four blocks of my boardm place a feller jest bout my SIZL an bulld wearm a derby hat also- stepped out from behmd a telephone pole an stuck a bug black gun rn my face I was all so sudden jest lrke a surpnse party Hans up' says he An demned qurck too' Well Im strckm em up as fast as I can says I To tell th truth srr th srght of that gun an th chap with a mask on took all th sand out of me I got so anxious to strck up them han s an so scarrt that they gc . . . . .. , ' . , . . . , . , - A . . . , ' . . . it I I ' I ' ' . . - - ' a - . . I il I ' U I ' 1 . . , I ' . , , . . - . . . . . i I ' I ' , Y ll ' . ll ' . - . 4, . , . , - n . f 1 , ' . V ' I l ' ' - . , . ., . ,, - I d - , I ly, he - - . . . - . . u F ' ll Y I! ' s n u' , . .. . . . . . .. . . . . , - , ll ' ' s , , - . . . . , ' : U ut ' ' . ' ' . - . , . . - - ' UI . I I ' n - No, slr. , . , . .. . . .. , , , , u ' v I- . h . , . , I . . - v I 1 - , , ' , ' . -- - . ' ' ' 1 v s . . . - ' . . . I ' , ' I 1 U I ' I . , l'l ' ' . . . , . , . . . ,- e. ' , ' ' , . . , . , U , j w I o - - v , , , , , I ' 5 ' n - - n .. . A - . . . I , s - - j . . t . , . , . I u 4 1 an s 9 . . . . . . . . Q Q If C. . Y ' ' ' Y . . . - . - , , - , I , u I .o - v - an - I i- u 9 1 -' ' . . s 1 D .Q u 1 1 ' U '