Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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lloward sluotl loking on with a queer smile. lf Miss Berniee would do me the hon- or, said Lineoln. Or me. ec-hoed Philip. Miss Hernive stood slipping a ring' bat-k and forth on her t'ing'er. l'm sorry, hut 1'm already married, she said deruurely. Married: to whom? lt would he hard to tell who asked the question with the most interest. To, Miss Berniee nodded her head, to Howard, the ehaperonf' she said. 'Howard crossed the room and took Miss Berniee's hand in his. 'WVQ were married in f'lanmore 'Chl11'f'l.l the day after her arrival here. And what's the meaning of that? asked the old lady pointing' to the wrap- per. Oh, just a little masquerade. laughed Howard. Then why don't you two clear out and leave those folks to enjoy their honey- moon? said Aunt Jerusha, turning to Lincoln and Philip. And then Howard knew why Lincoln thought so miueh of his Aunt, in spite of her queer ways. Here's a present for you. young lady, she went on jerking a beafutiful ring of pearls from among its eouipauious on her iinger. l wish you good lurk. l'll go back to liiverpool in the morning and you two young men will go with me. l want to eonfessf' said Lincoln, when Aunt Jerusha had taken the bride away with her. and left the men alone. When you drew that slip ot' paper whieh entitled you. to het-ome Aunt Jerusha you had no chan:-e-all the slips were marked with a. eross. We thought, as it was you who arranged the sc-heme, that you Should be the vietim of it. l know it, said Howard, found the slips next morning, had thrown them. on the hearth. That's why I didn't mind fooling you a little- Berniee was willing. She knew me the minute she set eyes on me. though she never expeeted to find me here. We were sweethearts long ago, and 'but for this turn of affairs mig-ht never have made it up. lt was the best way-and for me the happiest-out of an awkward situation, with at little revenge on the side. I think you must admit l had the hest of the joke. And Lineoln and Philip, with sighs that eame from their hearts. admitted that he eertainly had. gently. I where you Il ll Il ll ll' F 'll

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Uhr Glhargr nf the Entang Erigahr liv l'IS'l'll li-ill' '1 p'l 'e h-xlt' 't page, llalt' a page onward! Xll tor the Botany ex Slared those, east downward. 'Work for you1' lives, she said, Think of the fours 1'll give. tight to their hooks they fled, Oh, how they pondered! Monday. a Bergen ex! Was there a happy fave? No, for the students knew Xone dared to blunder. l'heirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Fheirs hut to pass or die. Oh. how they pondered! Pages to right of them, Pages fu left of them. Pages in t'rout ot them, llow their minds wandered. Holdly their doom they tar-ed, For they must make great haste. Nor must they he disgrac-ed. Oh. how they ponderedl l-Ili BIl'ltPllY, '1-l Head all the pages thro' Striving their -hest to do Work of a month or two Studied the figures, but lnwardly g'1'unnhled. Plunged into seienee deep, Right through the hook they leap, Pages on pages lteeled in their nightly sleep, Shattered and sunderedf' Then they reviewed. and still Oh, how they pondered! lixes to right of them. lixes to left ot' them, lixes -behind them, Volley'd and tlllllNlEl .'li.n Stormed at with ward and term, Long names ot' slimy worm, New forms of antique germ, Suhjeet to make one squirm, This yet was left to learn, Uh, how they pondered! When ean their glory fade Uh. the wild stabs they made! All the sehool wondered. Ilonor the effort made, How well their study paid, They who had pondered.