Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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1 1 i! II L i ' -- ' ti i -v ( PALS j i A June day of bright sunshine and cool breezes, a wooded ! hillside sweet in new grass, a boy with the heart and spirit | of youth and the stature of a man-- this portrays for you Jack Benson as he hurried through the woods to the edge of a bab- bling brook. There, concealed by brush, he paused and gave a low whistle, A large collie came dashing up to him, with ex- cited little barks. At the sight of the dog a gleam of admir- ation appeared in his eyes. Jack patted the dog on the head and greeted him, llello ! Sporty, good old pal. You know that whistle don ' t you? ' -inhere is Missy? You lead, old fellow, and 1 11 follow. Lead me to Vera, old man, Sport turned around, and started back across the woods t© the place v hence he had lately come, then back to Jack with im- patient barks. Finally Jack ran at full speed to keep up v ith the dogo In the shade of a huge aspen tree they found Vera hunting for wild berries. She looked up in time to see them approaching, Hello, Jack, she called. Did I speak well last night? You bet you did, I told you so last night, he replied, Yes, but you were so silly last night, I could not rely upon what you said. Tell me seriously whether I did speak well

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or noL, nliC plorc ' ' i, Miss CaxtoHj you spoic r j v,eli lasb nigh ' . at oi;r grad iation, JacI: soloirinly rcis ' oor c. d., Ouiotness volTued for q ( t ' cv; minutas, I ha o porr.o Lh.in -; to tell yoUp Vepao I v;?.nt | your opinion on the suDjeoti, Tiie tv i ' i-ikle of fun Iracl left his: | eyes: the soft raorry blue had c iannel to - ' Gooly hnr.lnesso I Mother has suppoi-ted iT.e fo:: ' Ih- - -se nin ' jtecii -cars. She I has made it possible for :ne to attend and graduate from hi h school. You knov that father died when I was lees than a year o2-dc Mother has had a hard struf gle to make ends meet v ith the money he has earned by working for the neighbors. She is not going to Y{ov . any morel Mr. Johnson has offered me a job in his grocery, and will pa - me fifteen dollars a eek if I clerk in the :store and run the delivery wagon. V hat do you think of it? Vera immediately responded with much enthusiasm, Jackie, you are a real boy, 1 am proud to have you for a pal, Thanks, little girl, I knew you would see it my v ay, but what w.ill your parents say to a bankei ' ' s daughter travel- ing about v ith a poor grocery clerk? We vi ill manage that obstacle seme way, and be the happier for it. It v ill teach us to ])e more true. Money is not much any ' Yay, and father is only the president of a one-hoi ' se- town bank, -We haven ' t -ory much money, and v e arjn ' t any better in social standing than other people, Monday morning Jacl : took his p]acG in the Johnson grocery, I Ho liked his position fairl: - vrell after a week ' s trial, Mr, I Oaxton nodded very coldly to him instead of greeting him with i I the cordial, How ' s my boy, that he had recently used, j The months passed by in a hu.rried succession for Ja ck.