Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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I didn ' t have time to find out, confessed Cur Hero, I ' thought he was chasing me so I just kept ahead of hlnu Anyway, I won I he ended trulmphantly, Oh, ' ' ' cx en ' s sakes, gasped the member of the R, N,. W, P., as he entered, V.hy didn ' t you wait, Freddie? I was going to gi e you a ride. I rode Blackie down to the hig party, didn ' t I Old Boy? And right behind him stood Blackie, steed of his first high school dayg . After the guests were shown to their respective rooms, I peered through the gj.thering gloom, and with difficulty distin- guished th5 next member. Reed jnjnped to open the door, and Anna French flounced in. She very formally announced that she was not Anna any longer, Dut preferred to be known as Judge French, P. S. R. W. As she-i;as so exacting about it, I judged that it would be best to comply, and henceforth did as she directed. She brought with her Eleanor ' ' Towns ley, past Vice-President of the Society for ' Prevention of Cruelty to ' Male Members o:-. ' the Family. Miss French; pardon. Judge French - ' . S. R. W. anno ' onced that part of • her jury would appear shortly. She was truly a ' ' cause for blues, and the fact that she was Supreme Court Justice of the United States made her all the more imposing. Eleanor was almost, but not quite, as bad. She was un-n rried and had no prospects. l hile I v as ' rondering about the two who ' had just arrived someone else came. He wore a heavy overcoat, much too large, and m.iss-proportioned shoe:;. A silk hat and a long cane by which he dragged, yes, literally dragged , a slim jf i.rl, completed his out-- fit. He took off his coat, the immense shoes, the silk hat, and laid dovm the can»i, but still I could not recognize himi. He took off his beard, an lo I and behold I It waft Warren Geddes. He had on the costume of a gymnast--tights and soft-soled ' ' sneaker ' ' shoes. His sister, for she was the slim girl I ' horr. he had been dragging by the cane, was si ' nilarly attired. They composed the popular Geddes Duo Team of vaudeville acrobats. I- rememiber Warren ' s superb catching fin. the Liberty Baseball- Nine, and now, he told m.e, he caught Thelma by her long raven hair, ifi their acts. How people change I They, too, departed for th ir rooms, and I sat blinking and nodding, before the fireplace.. I was arous.ed abruptly from my near-s? umbers. The butler exclaimed: Lo(»kI Look I Here comes an a] my T ' Of what? I inquired , sleepily, Th unemployed? Our conversation went no further. HoJ.ena Keeney, recogniza- ble at any time, pushed open the door, and said, Does r. Callaghan live here? Will you all please be seated ? I a jked, and they sat. I ' m a Foreman o ' this here jury, anAcunced Helena, what d ' ya want with us? Oh, thought I, this JG is the part of the jury -■