Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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'l'llI-I l.ll1l'fll'l'Y IllCl.l. V lf' Q V Y--J'?- '. g.. -f WJ , f '.,-,K iff I li f O I f' -V ...at ,, 4 'L 2m Oak I.eares +A vcry neat and wcll arranged annual, Tho Advance, Arcata, Cal.-XVe thor- oughly appreciate your excellent annual. Those heautiful scenes add a great deal to its artistic merits. Your departments are well arranged. Please call again. Green and Gold -We were much in- terested in your exciting stories. You have very good talent in your school. We like the system ol' having the title of the annual run through the hook. The paper ot' your annual is ot' good quality. The Golden Bear -Your editorial is very good, We do not care for such large print. The Cardinal -Your cover design is splendid. Your annual is very good but we would advise a few cartoons. 3 emo n.....o Iwi

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'l'I ll-I LIBERTY BELL I was worried to think Mike had es- caped because 1 knew he would make trouble. Sure enough that night my telephone rang. The call was from an old friend of niine who lived a few blocks from us. He said, Hello, doctor, come to my house quick. The devil is to pay. What is the trouble? I asked. Hanged if l know. We've all sneezed ourselves nearly to death. Grandma has sneezed her spectacles to pieces, 1 sueezed all the buttons off my vest and the baby has sneezed herself out of the cradle. My wife is badly frightened and says its ap- pendicitis. Hurry. When I arrived at the house here was Mike roaming around the room so I said. Get this dog out of the house. As soon as he was taken out they stop- ped sneezing so I gave them some harmless medicine. Tom said, You're the best one for giv- ing medicine for immediate relief of any one I know. l left them and went home sore at heart because I knew Mike would make more trouble but I heard no more com- plaints at the end of a week so I was beginning to feel easier because I thought perhaps Mike had been killed but alas! no such luck. My wife and I were in church and the preacher had just announced a hymn when who should come marching up the aisle, but Mike. 1 began to feel my heart sink when he went nn to the preacher. The preacher said, We will now sing nnniber-ker-chew. We will now sing ker-chew-ker-chew. The poor man sneezed till the tears came from his eyes and his false teeth fell to the ftaor. When the choir saw this they started giggling so Mike thought he'r' '.'sit them too. As soon as he reached the choir they started sneezing too: the alto arsgi soprano taking the lea-J When everyone started sneezing Mike became alarmed and left. It was funny. l laughed. although I was the real cause. The preacher when he had recovered his breath and teeth said, I do not know what sacriligious person distributed snuff in this room but it is obvious that further services cannot be decorously conducted this morning. The congregation will arise and be dismissed. The affair caused much excitement and much talk and the trustees of the church offered a reward for the perpetrator of the outrage. while the Daily News came out with The Growing Depravity of Our Young Men. l, alone knew the guilty person and my conscience troubled me. I tried very hard to capture Mike without success. At last. however, I heard of the people of another town being afflicted with sudden and strange attacks of sneezing or acute in- f1nenza . as the doctors called it. I smiled t'or I knew Mike had departed our neigh- borhood and a great weight of responsi- bility was taken from me. E281 'I

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Tllli IIIBICRTY BELL Ulltn Sixth 521152 By MYRA PEARCE. 'IB lt was a warm June day and I was sitting out on the front porch reading a hook, or trying to. My thoughts were anything but glad, I can assure you. I was but 3 girl of eighteen with scarce- ly a ce11t in the world and no occupation that I could follow. I had lost my mother a year ago and my father had followed her six months later. I had no relatives that I knew of, and so I was quite alone in the world. I was staying with Mrs. Reed, an old t'riend -of my mothers, and although they were very kind I could see they f-'lt my long stay tiresome. No wonder I felt sad: who wouldn't under the circumstances, and I laid ull' head wearily on the book I was reading. Presently Mrs. Reed came Out with a letter in her hand, 'AI have some very good news for you. Myrtle, my dear, she said. let me read this letter to Yon. Pine Grove, Montana. .Iune I0, I9I0. My dear Mr. and Mrs. Reed: You will no doubt he surprised to learn that I, James Carlton. am still alive and well. I know it was reported that I was killed in the mines and my deceased brother, Ralph, thought so. To tell you the truth I was seriously injured but re- covered, went hack to work again and as luck would have it, made a large fortune. I Il 0 I learned through the papers of my llI0l.ll6l'S death and that he left his only surviving child almost penniless, and that she was dependent on you. If she wishes it, I would be more than glad to have her come and live with me as I am also all alone in the world. I am enclc-sing a check for her expenses both for her ticket and any other things she may find necessary to travel in. Let me know her decision as soon as possible. James Carlton. What a cold formal letter from an uncle, I exclaimed, when she had finished reading. Yes, but Jim, though peculiar. is kind hearted, she answered. Then in a mo- ment she asked. almost anxiously I thought. Will you go to him, Myrtle? Indeed yes, 'I answered, What else is there left for me to do? I shall send a telegram telling him I will start. the day after to-morrow. This I did at once and then went about making preparations necessary for my journey. I started on the fifteenth and did not expect to reach Pine Grove until the eigh- teenth. I arrived at Butte, Montana on the six- teenth, but it was a two dav's journey in 21 wagon from there to Pine Grove. l