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

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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 --

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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 Lawns AND rn th alr If yuh dont Ill blow tem brams of yours out Understan 3 He replled thet he thought he caught th meanln Then he asked me what m thunder I was trym to celebrate bays I Well you know D Rock feller dont yuh3 Poor chaps suck Got th measles Im gom round takm httle donatlons fer hlm wont yuh kmdly gnve a mxte Ill turn lt all ln n ever llttle but ll help Sure says he Go as far as you like Help yourself but where dld yuh grt thet gun? Bought lt ln a mlllmery shop Where do yuh suppose3 I s just wantln to know thet s all I then took his gun out of hrs pocket an put lt ln one of my own It certamly felt comfortable there After takm my watch out of hls hands I begms huntm fer th three dimes an th mckle I had had I finally found them mongst a 'ot of purses Colly' says I I havent been th first Hat cars round have I3 Fer th love of Mike an hrs mother dont rub It m Well anyway looks as lf business had been pretty good You have enough pocket books anyway Mere trxfles I put em back an began sortm my tooth plcks an matches from th shmgle nalls which he had rn hrs vest pocket Here I found some rmgs Says I to myself Now look here Archibald yuh old chump this mans got a pawn shop III hrs pockets thet he don t have any deed fer Then I says aloud ay Im gonna take all thus junk thet you ve got laym around yuh an turn nt over to th pollce I hate to see anybody lose anythln through you Nor I amt got any personal grudge galnst yuh or Id tum you over to th police with all thet junk on yuh Well says he youve got me Go ahead I began a very careful search an col lected a few watches several pocket books an a couple of rmgs Besrdes this there was a lot of small change an other artxcles I took ever thm thet I could lay hands on CLARK JOURNAL says he some of thet stuff really m You cant take thet ay belongs to We l present to round at belongs to I alnt zactly got th time at sort out your junk but jest call h station tomorrer an clalm what you He sald thet he guessed thet he wouldnt bother bout lt at all dear under rn It under ust as I was gom to leave th chap I thought I would take a peep hrs hat an see lf there was anythln I suppose th fact thet I carried a gun mme made me susplclous of hrs hat way I looked There was nothm It but I felt somethm thet reminded under me of rlngs ln th sweat band I couldnt very well take em out then an there because I had to keep hum covered with th gun an so I decrded thet th best way was to trade hats wlth hlm This I dnd Gosh he sand you re takm some hbertles am t yuh? A hat for a hat says I An they re both derbys at thet to leave such entertamln company but I must I really must I have some very very Important business to tend to I ve got some very valuable jewelry thet I must place m th safe at th statlon house If I oter round here very much I mlght be held up an robbed Thet would be really awful wouldnt lt3 Now yuh jest stroll up thet street there jest as lf you were thmkm bout somethm very xmportant You know how to do thet dont yuh'-W Now please dont keep loolun round as lf a band of cops were doggm your tracks Understan 3 He looked kmd of funny sand Damn yuh' stuck his hans rn hrs pockets started up th street looking as cheap as a free lunch sandwich After goln a few feet he turned round an come back agam What do you want3 I asks of hlm jest as grouchy as I could Says he You cleaned me up pretty good but you ve forgotten somethm Whats thet3 Well I s jest a thmkm thet you might as well complete your llttle collection by addm thls lrttle peek a boo mask Im jest suggesting this understan By golly' says I I never thought of , . . . . h ...S , . ' T1 9 U . . e. . n l : , . '- - . up . ' an- . . . . a v - - a v , ' , . . I . I I ll O 1 ' I 1 . . . . . . . Any- . . . . . , ' . .. . , . . . , . . . . - I - - n n u n n A - 4 s 1 - Q - . feller you've suspected of carryin' G. N. Then says I: 'I am sorry-very sorry ll I I ' . ' V ' ' .4 , I . . . . . . ' ' ' - . l i - . ' . , . , ' ' I n l QS 1 - 1 - -' . , . . , . , an 1 ' . , ' ' I ll I g 1 1 v -I a - s I u 1 1 ll . I I u s n 1 1 . 1 1 . , , ll . I ll I y I D 1 1 , 1 ' - ' . 1 . I . y ' 1 1 . ' ' l I ' I ' ll I l I I-