Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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THE LIBERTY BELL fm Qztrlg ,4.'HUl'1IilI5 iilhitenhtre Hy VIOLA PARLIN, '16 lt was on u frosty morning And ice was on the ground. That three girls in a buggy To school were early boundg They started on their journey With hearts quite light and free And not a thought oppressed them Ot' the coming tragedy. They had gone a mile upon their way XX hen the fiery steed fell down. lle kicked and struggled with mighl and main. Ytt lay upon the ground. lt was only for a moment That the steed lay on the ground, But they sat there a-laughing 'Till the echoes danced around: Trey laughed and laughed and laughed again, They seemed as it' insane. At length the fiery steed arose And on again they started, XX lien lo. a creal-ting noise they heard, My lands! a shaft had parted! Out jumped the troubled trio. Their smiles had turned to fears, l-'or that shaft was splintered in such way, It wouldn't knit for years. Then Mary spoke up bravely, We've got to make it do. I-'or to get a reinstatement. ls the harder of the two. So they pieced the shaft together, With a rusty hit of wire, Then prayed the Gods to help them, To he tardy was too dire. lint why prolong this story? Ther got to school somehow, Tho if fortune hadn't changed her mind They might not he here now.

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'Fl IE l.I HIGRTY IRICLI. Silver, stood before the castle but as he looked up at it he caught his breath for and wrap there stood a girl, her hair waving in the breeze. As she walked to and fro she paused, raised her hands above her eyes and gazed across the countryg often she stopped suddenly with her eyes fixed upon the ground as if listening. Elliot was a cowardg he waited, only, until he had collected his senses then he fled back to the hotel. What is your report? were Clover's first words. Sanie. came the reply. Silver's eye was upon him from the time he had en- tered and Elliot's weary. excited manner in drawing his hand across his forehead did not escape his friend. He knew he must have had the same experiences. They were room-mates and after they were in bed Elliot asked Silver in almost a whisper, Did you see any thing up there at the castle? Silver started. XVhy man. what are you getting at? Didn't see a ghost did you? After Elliott had told him all, Silver. also related his experience. They decided to tell their companions in the morning. To their stories, Clover replied, You men are actually afraid of your shadows. Since you scared all the others so, we'll all go tonight. When night came they stood. once more, before the castle. Nothing was to I-e seen. What does-look! cried Evans. There appeared the girl as Elliot had seen her. going through the same motions. They saw her run. hold out her hands. then she was caught in the arms of the handsome youth whom Silver had seen. Thev looked into each other's fac'-s. talked and laughed. Suddenly he turned his face. l looked over his shoulder, then freed her ot' his embrace and caressed his mother who had just appeared. They stood for some time together then entered the castle. Better give this up as a had job, eh? asked Clover. Yes, chorused all. This story spread around the town like fire. A party of men came and went through the castle. When they unbarred the door a damp. cool, moldy atmosphere filled the room. Chips of rocks were strewn on the floor and the walls were so dusty that the men could easily write their names upon them. The investigation showed no one had entered. far less lived there. for years. Many years later a picnic was held in the grounds about the castle. It was in the evening and the people to their as- tonishment saw an old. crippled woman walk out on the balcony. Why that's my grandmother. gasped a girl in the crowd. What's she doing there? asked ev- eryone simultaneously. She can't he there: she was home when I left, was the gasping reply. This led to another investigation but this time the mystery was solved. The outside of the northern wall was not wood hut one large glass mirror. This girl's parents lived on the opposite moun- tain slope and it was found that if any one stood on the flat. hare summit. the light of the moon reflected them in the mirror of this castle. To make sure of this theory it was tried and found to he so. At last, the mystery which surrounded this castle was cleared but as yet no one has ever found the hidden treasure. l

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If X skit, 31 ug 5' l ,I I . i t it iw .. THE LIBERTY DELL tll li 4 xQXt ti'1irx - iP1??ifQ,l,,L' - tfqF2Za:ff5f't f' x'i355'efIz: ' tjfy, .X -1 I 5' , ' ' lr xzff It -S I x, 1 Ll 'l 1 , , Wait! Think a moment! Do you realize that the 23rd of May is drawing near? Ah, such a sad feeling seizes me as I think, No longer shall I be one of the 'happy instigators of the many social af- fairs of Liberty Union High School. As I ponder, the social events of the past term appear in the following manner: On Friday evening. Sept. 13, 1912, at the Masonic Hall the faculty and three upper classes gave a reception to the lfreshmen, their parents and former grad- uates. Mr. Otto and Miss Pearce gave interesting reeitations. Then several il- lustratcd songs were given by the upper classinen. Some of those which were very pleasing to the audience were: The Soldier's Farewell, Frances Brown and Everett Lemoine. The Troubadour, Elaine Wallace and Harold Collis. Others were:- Old Black Joe, Robert Barkley. In the Gloainingf' Esther Wris en The Last Rose of Summer, Edith Cakebread. Several interesting charadcs were also presented by different ones of the uvpvr classes. After thc program, games were played and later dainty refreshments of ice cream and cake were served up-stairs in the banquet room. Next in order was the Seniors' Ball, Ilcceinher 20. 1912. The Masonic Hall was artistically decorated with holly ber- rics and mistletoe. IISI