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

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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 '

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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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THE Lawns AND wasnt up hugh nough to sunt th gent that I stood up on tnp toes I forgot all bout th gun m th hat on my head Says he to me Now you jest stan rn t stnll an keep em hans way way wayy up nn th anr If you dont blow them branns of yours out Under stan 9 Well I squnnted down th hole of that gun whnch looked lnke th mouth of a ranl way ttmnel to me an sand that I guessed that I comprehended th full meannn of th ponnted lnttle phrases that he had jest gave utterance to Thats good he sand An then he began to search me What re you trym to do3 I asks of hnm jest as Innocent as I knew how Why says he I ve got a search war rant out for you Then he laughed Let s see th warrant Rnght here nt ns says he an he wnggled th gun m my face Is nt all all rnghtl Is nt all all rnght? An then he laughed some more Oh th warrants all all rnght says I as cool as an ncebox on a back porch nn anuary But what nn thunder are you lookm for3 Th G N Ranlway has been mnssnn some Hat cars lately an I thought perhaps that you mnght have a few of them con cealed about your person Then we both laughed I annt got any of thenr old junk piles on me I told hnm Why my pockets annt even bulged Im sorry that they annt says he It dndnt take that feller long to go through ever pocket an he took ever thnn I had on me Why snr he even took th matches an tooth pncks I had nn my vest pocket I asked hnm why nn thunder he took em an he sand that nf he took care of th lnttle thnns th bng thnn s would take care of themselves That made me thnnk of th gun under my hat I wondered nf nt would take care of ntself but he never even touched my hat Hows busnness5 I asks after he had finnshed looknn for th flat cars Bad says he very bad They re all CLARK JOURNAL broke when you go through em Th sporty an well dressed ones are usually busted th flatest If you re thnnknn of enternn th pro- fessnon take nt from me nt s overcrowded now Why I haven t done nough busmess tonnght to pay th first nnstallment on a collar button 'I hat s a fact Well says I Im gosh demned sorry that I havent got my check book here-I d wrnte you out a lnttle check I would He looks at me knnd of funny thro hns mask I guess that he thought I meant nt Then he says I m really sorry to leave such good company but I must I really must I have other busnness to see to a lnttle deal to close In fact I rather expect th gen tlemen here nn a few mnnutes They would not want I know Besndes nt would queer th deal nf they saw us here together S you must go Now you jest stroll up that street there jest as nf you was thnnknn f your sweetheart You know how that goes says he Now please dont keep lookm round as nf a band of Apache Indnans were doggnn your tracks Understan ? I thnnk I catch on says I Well so long old feller an he stuck th gun nn hns coat kmd of careless lnke an then he tnpped hns hat to me an backed off towards th telephone pole I started up th street After I got enght or ten paces away I turns round an walks back Now what do you want3 he snaps You know that watch you took5 Yes what about nt3 Well I got my mother s pncture nn th of nt She s dead An you want th pncture? Yes He then fnnshes th watch out of hrs snde pocket an began opennn nt Whnle he was thusly engaged I took th gun out from under my hat Before he knew whnch way th wnnd was a blownn I had th snoot of that gun shoved between th fourth an hfth nb: on hns left snde Han s up' says I An gosh demned qunck too' He stuck em up real qunck an pert lnke too He sand not a word Now says I you jest stan rnght stnll an keep them han s way way way y up back . . . , ' ' ' I I I ' ' ' gh . . ,- - ' ' ' ' I'll I IO ' I ' - ' . . . , . ' ' u . .. . . ugh Ill I I ' I . . l I ' I . a ' 7 - Ill I 'I I . A Ill I ll ' . 0 I I - ' . . j , o Ill I I I . Q ' I up - --v u - ' ' I I ' 1 ' , . , . . , ' ' . J , . . . , . - . , . . . ,an , . . . I - I . . . Ill I ' I ' 9 I Q I I --