Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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way baek. Hut John. he heard hc-r say. don't you think it might hurt him? Hllhl Pooh, said Jolm, of eourse not. lle ean run. YVell all right then. maybe he won't be sneh a pest afterwards. Perey suppos- ed they were talking' about the pup and uezul oft again. When he awoke again and siuntered up to the house, he saw Florenee sitting- alone on the poreh reading. lle was eonsider- ably siniprised to ref-eixe a sweet smile from her as she looked up and saw him. and hastened. as mueh as was eonsistent with his dignity, over and sit down be- side her. Oh, l'm so glad you eame along, Mr. Brookes, she said sweetly, I'm going' to piek some blaek-berries tomorrow that grow quite a way down the road. and I wondered if you woufd like to g'o with me. Percy wonde1'ed a little that the tanned youth ealled John was not going, but Percy was not one to let an oppor- tunity slip, so he answered with alaerity that he would be delighted to follow wher- crf-r she might choose to lead him. He failed to see the little stnile that Florenef- quit-l'ly repressed. A half hour passsd quiekly and Perey was beginning' to think the eountry wasn't sueh an awful -bore, when suddenly Florenee remembered she had promised to read to her uinele, so she left him. telling' him to be ready for the walk early in the morning. Perey Algernon gazed thoughtfully at her trim little figure as she went around the eorner of the house and as she turned and smiled at him he daintily blew her a kiss from his finger-tips. How was he to know that she fairly doubled up and shrieked with laughter as she threw herself on the floor at her unele's feet. F'lorie, what prank are you up to now, asked her unele YVill patting' her shaking' shoul- der. Don't you ever mean to g'ro',v up and be dignified? Forenee sat up and wiped the tears from her eyes. Uflh uncle. the fuinniest thing! It's about our pretty boarder. No l won't tell you for you might think it your duty to tell him. and th-it would spoil everythinfr. No you needn't ask John either for he won't tell 17 you. The next morning' about nine o'r-loek l'erey Algernon Brookes and l lorenee. eaeh earrying' a large red pail, started down the eool eountry road, lined on either side and shaded by huge ever- greens. l'erey wort- a panama hat ot' the latest style, that matehed the rest of his beautilul Fillllleflt whieh was the same as on the previous day. ext-ept that the lav- ender tie, handkerehiet' and soeks were ehanged to the eolor of a bi.-autitul Alive blue. Florenee's dress was dark blue and xery plain, and her panama hat was plainly made for use rather than o1'na- ment. Yet even fastidious l'erey eould find no fault with the sweet faee beneath, with the dark eurls around the forehead and ears. lle wondered if her demure prettiness was not even more attractive than the bolder c-harms of his latest ador- ed one in town. What means had he ot' knowing' that this little girl was not so innor-ent as she looked, and that every now and then a wieked little smile eurx ed her pretty lips. Perey proeeeded to be as agreeable and etiteitaining' as possible, telling' her won- derful tales of his eollege days, and his prowess as an athlete, at whieh Florenee observing' his weak face and puny shoul- ders inwardly sniffed eontemptnlously but outwardly smiled sweetly. Uh look, Mr. Brookes, she eried, suddenlv interrupt- ing' an espeeially exeiting' story, What beauties! Do get them for mel 11 Eh, what? said Perey, for he had en- tirely forgotten about the berries. iere, see! on the other side of the f.-nee! Those three bushes! Perf-y efri looked and, indeed, they were very good- looking- berries. By mueh exertion and with Florenee's aid he managed to get through the fenee, pulling' the hsining red pail after him. There was a bull at the end of the field the remembered afterwards of thinking' what an unusually mild looking' bull it wasl and two or three pigs that gazed at him stupidly. Perey was soon absorbed in his task, eonseious that Flor- enee was watehing' him, and the pail on his a1'm was rapidly filling: when he heard ri oeeuliar sowind behind him and turned. llis hair seemed to rise and his blood to

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PERCY ALGERNON ny rimxris nnowx, '15, Percy Algernon Brookes Jr. sat up in the hammoek and tossing' away his eigar- ette gazed lazily around him. Above. per- feet blue sky with three tiny white elonds like nice clean wooly lambs, below velvety green grass fleeked with little white and yellow daisies. and all around him fruit trees ot' every deseription. Perey Algernon rose languidly. gazed anxiously at the knees of his white flannel trousers to see that they preserved their erease, straightened his lavender tie and sautnter- ed over to the nearest pear-h tree. llere he earefully selected a peaeh, strippd off the skin and ate it, wiping his fingers daintily oft' on a lavender bordered hand- kerehief. Percy Algernon Jr. was truly a thing of llis sleek. yel- in the sunlight faee was pink beauty and a joy forever. low pompadour glistened like so mueh gold. His and his rather small eyes were bright blue fringed with golden lashes. llis negligee shirt ot' soft silk was a work of art and his white flannel trousers faultlessly ereased. His white eanvas shoes were spotless and his lavender tie everything a tie shond be. Perey Algernon was not above average height, in faet. rather below it, and looked more like a pretty little girl masquerading as a boy than anything' else. He had eome out to the eountrv for his health ttoo many eoektails and lobster saladsl and so far had been intensely bored. llis only hope of diversion lay in a pretty nieee of the man with whom he wag staying. and that hope was faint. for so far she had been b-irely eivil to him. llowever Perey Algernon was a persistent young' man. As he finished eating his peaeh on this Fine June morning' and gazed around him with a bored air. a girl eame tlirou-'zh the frees. A smile parted l'erey', lios and he bowed. Ah 'tis Titania herself' that eomes hither. Whfflier away. fair one The Fair Une looked rather displeased than otherwise. Good morning, Mr. Brookes, she said rather eurtly and added, l'm Going to get some fruit for Lnele Hillf As she passed on Mr. Brookes gazed at her with a puzzled air and somewhat mournful expression. Why would that girl never tlirt wtih him? Ile rhook his head sadly and went back to tht- hammoek, sat down. still gazing at her. Florenee lioring' was really verv pretty. She was small, slender and graee- ful. ller hair was dark and slightly wavy. falling over her forehead and ears in little eurls. ller faee was rather pale than otherwise and delieate looking, her lips bright searlet and she had large brown eyes. This morning she was wear- ing a dark blue skirt and a white sailor bloinse with a red tie. She was earrying a jaunty Panama hat whieh she put on after she passed Brookes. As he sat there watehing her a young man eame through the orr-hard ealling. Florenee. oh, Florenee, wait a minute! Perev Algernon noted with some satis- t u-tion that hp was not very handsome: but there was something' very likafble and attrac-tive about him. lele was not extremely tall but well made and strong looking. Ile wore gray eorduroys and a gray shirt open at the neek and with sleeves rolled up, displaying well tanned nec-k and arms. His fave was also tanned and his hair was dark. 'llis blue eyes looked strangely blaek by eontrast. When the girl heard his voiee she turn- ed and smiled. and when he eame un w'th her he tumbled a small, fat. blinking puppy from under his arm on the grourfl. Sho sqnealed with delight and pieked it up. Perey Algernon watehed all this at- turncd over in the ham- teutively. then mor-lc and went to sleep. -Ile was just waking' up when Florenee and the young man passed him on their

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eurdle as he saw the bull bearing dou'i1 upon him with lowered head and madly waxing' tail. l'erey gazed liorrilied for an instant, then tulned and ran, ran as he had never run before. his arms thresh- ing the air wildly. the red pail humping' against. his side. seattering the blaek- berries far and wide. lt never oeeurred to Perey Algernon that the red pail might have offended the bull's sense ot' fbeauty, and he elutc-hid it frantieally as he felt it slipping ot'l' his arm. lle felt with pe- euliar indiflerenee his panama hat rise from his head. The bull was almost on top of him now. Heavens! What would Florenee think it' he should allow the bull to overtake him. A fenee loomed large ibefore him. Ile knew he eould not juimp it, he would have to erawl through. At last he reaehed it, he stooped-then was suddenly -borne as if on wings over the fem-e, up, up. and then down with a great splash. into a peculiar muddy pool. Percy Algernon gasped and ehoked as he rose from the dirty water. Ile brushed the mud from his eyes and looked toward the fenee. on the other side of whieh was his late adversary. the bull, angrily tossing' a bright red pail. After pulling' two long' slimy worms from around his neek and dislodging a fat little Frog- from his right sleeve, he earefully felt himself all over In find broken bones, and was somewhat no injury had elothes. They water and as disappointed to find that been done exeept to his were soaked with muddy Percy started to walk down the road the mud splashed from inside his low eut shoes. When he rea:-hed the plaee where he had left Florence he found that she had gone and breathed a prayer of thanks. llorrors! Suppose she should see him in this plight. It never oeeurred to Perey Algernon that his mishap eould 'be other- wise than an aeeident. When Perf-y eame within sight of the farm house he was delighted to see no sign of Florenee. lle erept up to his room quietly and has- tened to repair the damage done. ' That night Pez-ey Algernon elad onee more in spotless white was strolling' around the garden, when he suddenly stopped on one side of a huge rose bush. From the other side of the -bush Game low laughter and the words. Oh John, it was the funniest thing. You should have seen him run. lt worked even better than I expeetedf' This time Perey Algernon knew they were not talking' about the pup and it suddenly or-eurred to him that the appearanee ot' some women is very de- eeitfnil. ll ll l' F 'I THE SCJPHOMORES By RUTII WEIHE, '16. The Soph'more Flass at. Liberty High Is surely wide awake, '1'here's Vernon with those eyes sn sly lle sure does take the Cake3 Our Polly is so very bright She always makes a Monet Fred. who thinks to start a fight tlr peeve Miss Chase is fung limma is our pride and joy With her sweet winning- ways, While Raymond with his looks so coy lloth eheer the dreary days. Lylyan and her steed quite wild iYill rave to Liberty High And Andrew with expression mild Learns English with a sigh. llenry is a gentleman And surely aets the part, Fddie does what e'er he can To keep his -bashful heart, And Ilenry R. has mneh to say On the exercise of walking, While Ruthie's thoughts are far away. ' i - - , . Ut lrrdi l'l1g'll shes i2lllilll2'.