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

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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-

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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 Laws AND thet Ill Jest take thrs mask for a souvenrr When I go out west agarn I ll show rt to th boys an tell em all about one of those grass hopper brarned gentleman burglars who held me up Ill also tell em thet th foresard grasshopper brarned gentleman burglar thought thet he was dealrn wrth someone fresh from th green frelds of th country an he got careless wrth a gun Then Ill te'l em th rest of th lrttle tale It ll be son' Joke rtwrll Thet got hrm sore an he began cussrn m Now I always thought thet I had a pretty large strrng of cuss words but I must admrt thet thrs feller had me beat I guess he was an authorrty on th subject When he frnrshed there was nothrng more to be sard an so I took th mask from hrs face an made an unnecessary rerrark abo.rt hrs pretty baby blue eyes He looked at me as rf he felt sorry for me an then he walked away wrthout sayrn a word I started out rn th other drrectron fer th polrce statron After I had went bout three blocks I heard someone runnrn be hrnd me about a block away I began thrnk III thet perhaps th hold up had a pal rn th nerghborhood an thet they were chasern m I started to run too Somehow I slrpped an before I knew rt I went down rn a lrttle puddle of muddy water lrke a roped steer I lard there a few mmutes an ab sorbed a couple of quarts of water fore I got ready to get up When I drd get up I found a polrceman standrn over me wrth a gun rn hrs han s You re under arrest says he I dont see what for says I I guess I can lay down rn a lrttle puddle of water lf I want to cant I3 No objectron at all says he Now you d better strck up em han s whrle I search you fer th artrllery As he began searchrn me a man came up on th run Thet s hrm' says he thet s th man thet held me up an took ever thm I had When he hrst began talkrn I saw thet rt was th gent wrth th pretty baby blue eyes I also saw thet I rs as rn a pretty mess an thet there was no use of chewrn th rag jest then Th cop passed some remark about my CLARK JOURNAL bem pretty well stocked up wrth other peo ples property an then he rang rn fer th bus When rt came we prled rn an th blue eyed gent went along wrth us All th way down he kept nudgem me rn th srde At th statron I told th whole story but they all laughed an sard thet I mrssed my callrn thet I ought to be wrrtm farry tales fer th lrttle tots They took all th stuff otfn me whrle th gent wrth th blue eyes told them a pack of lres about my holdrn hrm up I was so excrted thet I forgot to tell them about th rrngs rn th hat est as they were leadrn me to a cell th gent wrth th blue eyes told them thet they had better look rn my hat Then they found th rrngs I trred to explarn but they jest laughed At th trral rt was th same The Judge svnrled at my lrttle tale an then he polrtely remmded me thet I had ben rdentrfred by sev eral of my vrctums thet I ran from the polrce man thet I had a mask wrth me an thet rmgs rn th hat He also sard thet rf Mr Bums had held me up an I had succeeded rn turnrn th tables on hrm I should have held hrm there for th polrce No man rn hrs rrght senses he sard would do such a foolish thrn as I clarmed I had done I got five years BECAUSE TIS NIGHT Because trs nrght the brrds have gone to rest And oer the earth the evenrng shadows Of gray and srlver where the moon shows est And rn the sky the heavenly lamps are lrt Because trs nrght Because trs nrght all nature s fount o erflows And sprlls her dewy crest on hrlls and flowers And brrghtens all the world and trnts the rose And frlls the shadowy nooks and leafy bowers Because trs nrght Fem Angell I4 I V ' ' ' ' I U - , - - , , .- . 1 I s . A3 Ol' ' V ' l I . I ' g . . , e. , - I . . - I ' ' I i . . . , . ' n ll ' U ' ' l ' . . ' ' ' u ' at th statron I drd not say anythrn about th . , 1 - u ' ' ' ' ' - . . ' ' ' . u no . . ll I I . U I 1 , , ' ' Hn: 1 ' ' O 1 I U ' ' I Ol . ' 1 - , 1 o - s ' A 0 ll I ' ' u - v - s ' ' , - . . . . n ol , 1- ' .