Lincoln Junior High School - Panthers Lair Yearbook (Orem, UT)

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She had coal black hair that hung down over her shoulders. Her face was very beautiful too. Long black eye lashes borderd her jet black eyes. Her lips were perfect in shape and blood red in color. She wore a robe of deep purple velvet. The robe came to her ankles. On her feet were golden sandals. Her skin was white as snow. She lay in the water weeping violently. Suddenly she rose up out of the water and float- ed up the cliff. Her feet never touched the steep bank. When she reached the top, she told me to follow her. I was so surprised that there really was a Dragon Lady, I had no choice but to follow. We walked for what seemed like hours. Ahead was a huge stone which blocked our way. when we reached it I was shocked to see that she walked right through the rock. She called for me to follow so I stepped through the rock. The sight which met my eyes was a gorgeous one. I had entered a room too large to be measured. Its floor was of rich hard wood. The furnishings and draperies were of the richest sort. She bade me welcome and told me to make myself comfortable. The sofa I seated myself on was of deep blue satin with ivory legs. On a cut glass table in front of me I found jewels of rare beauty. When the Dragon Lady ap- peared again she bade me to follow her. As we walked through room after room, I noticed that they were all very elaborately decorated, I counted twenty and then lost count. Finally we entered a room which she said was to be mine. It was in this room I stayed for two days. I had everything I wanted except food. This was brought three times a day. My room was about half the size of the first room I spoke of and beautifully furnished. On the morning of the third day the Dragon Lady came into my room for the first time. She was wearing a black robe with the same gold san- dals. She also was wearing the most gorgeous necklace you ever saw. It was of pure diamonds, She sat in the high backed chair and talked to me for a short time. When she arose to leave she got as far as the door, stopped, turned and faced me, then fell to the floor. I rushed over to her, she was dead. I removed the necklace from her neck, and saw that it had sharp thorns on it. The thorns had cone tained poison, for I saw that some had remained on them. I left and returned to the village, telling the natives what had happened. They returned with me to the castle. We found no trace of either the Dragon Lady or the necklace. I learned from the natives that the black robe was a sign of death. We returned to the village and I left the Hindo Islands immediately, trying to for- get the awful incident. I have told you my story as it happened six years ago.

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The Dragon Lady by Sandra Clayton I was at this time living on the far off Hindo Islands. You see these islands were very strange and mysterious. They were veny,beautiiul in appearagee,ebuE-eaeeeyou.steppedgeato them you beca ff-eiIanIgnChantggaWiiSEEEEEEL..---tTT'I, It was like living in a dream. The birds were of the brightest color and very beautiful in- deed. The people were of the strangest nature. They lived in little grass huts all the year around, for the sun was always high in the sky, and it was very warm, even in the shade of the coconut and palm trees. The natives feed on bread, fruit, and coconut milk. Their clothing was made from the bark of the bread fruit tree. Their customs were very strange too. Once a year they would celebrate the return of the Dragon Lady, a beautiful but wicked woman. Living on these islands some years ago, she fell in love with a strange, handsome man, who had excaped from an insane asylum. No one knew this, for he ha kept his past to himself. They were married in the Dragon gady's castle which stood on a high hill overlooki t e small village. The day after the arria the Dragon Lady's husband was killed in Q bull fight. The Dragon Lady mourned constantly, for she had loved her husband deaqu. he became so sad and lonely she decided sheew uld never be happy again. he day she went to the liff's edge .-ef-- saying, ff tidie, I TKKE all die with him. Yb .c She jumpe off ' to thEI,i . ill ee h h5TT?iEngEEEE::S::;bu stay there long enough you will hear her weeping over the loss of her husband. Well, now to get on with my story. As I was saying, I lived on these islands for about a year and a half. So I was able to watch this celebration. It was something to see. The people feast and dance one whole day and night. Their meals are different from their every day menu. For these feasts they kill wild boars which liVe on the island. They roast the boars in huge pits along with coconut halves filled with nuts and berries. The wild berries are removed from the coco- nut halves and soaked in papaya juice. Later these are eaten as a dessert. The baked boars are sweet ened with coconut milk. Just at dawn of the next d ey climbed u i ' ea. Lady appears,Qn.the water A 7 uw ., -still thinks x of the iSIands I CNA --.. x' a 5a. when she begins to weep they go down the cliff t0 the Village. I accompanied them up the cliff for I did not believe that the Dragon Lady C:tld be seen in the water. I stayed on the cltff long after the natives had descended. I looked into the water for a long time, but I could not see anyone. All of a sudden a beautiful woman appeared on the surface of the water.

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LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL LaMar Gagon Ferrell Reed Richard Gordon Fred Clayson David Dickson Mr. Gary Keetch President 9th Grade Pres. Stage Manager Radio Reporter Stage Manager Faculty Adviser Julie Anderson Beverly Prescott Ann Bunnell Sandra Gillman News Reporter Historial VicE-President 8th Grade President Jeanette Rohbock Diann Rowley Vickie Peterson Gayle Cameron Secretary Program Chairman 7th Grade President Historial WELCOME TO OUR SCHOOL Carl Ellis 7 Russell Olsen 8 Robert wit: 7 Pamela Warner 9 Randy Smith 7 David Christen 7 Randy Bell 7 Donna Thatcher 8 Neola Young 7 Valerie Johnson 7 Joan Roveto 8 Cathy Christen 9 Brenda Young 9 Karen Olsen 7 Kay DeLong 8