Monett High School - Cuborama Yearbook (Monett, MO)

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dicamed of 'amount Where did he get It how and what will he do with 1t'7 Brown had finished counting the notes He looked all around the room for a suitable hiding place for he was apprehensive of danger with so much money although he was the only one who knew anything about It A bright idea flashed through his head Ill hide it in the lining of my hat Foldmg the bills carefully he let down the sweatband of his hat and placed the b1lls there between the band and the felt Now Mrs Brown was still looking through the keyhole so she saw all To think he said nothing to me about that money Ill get hold of lt in some way or other It s too dangerous for him to carrv around I can hide It safer than that I ought to go in there and confront him and tell him about this I need the pm money so badlv too He Sald I could have some out of the next deal he made and here he 13 with a pocketbook full of bills He has lied to mel Oh I don t know what to do Thls is the first time he has done anything like this but probably not the last How ever that money shall come 1nto my possession in some way The Browns were only ordmary people so their bedtlme came about 9 30 P M Brown was preparing to deceive h1S wife again but this time ln another way A fishing party had been arranged among a few of his friends among them a real estate agent a kodak fiend and a banker to start early the next morning Our Mr Brown as he was mtendmg to rise at 4 30 A M and leave the house quietly so as not to disturb the Mrs Brown had been waiting for her husband to drlft away into pleasant dreams before carrying out the plan she had formulated earlier in the evening With great caution she edged out of bed and turnlng out the hall light downstairs stealthily crept down the steps Every step she took seemed to her highly strung nerves to reverberate throughout the house ffor this was also the first time she had ever done anything contrary to her husband s Wishesb There hung the valuable hat upon the hall tree as lnnocent looklng as any other common headgear Mrs Brown eagerlv seized the hat and without making any more noise than the pltter patter of her house slippers qulckly hastened to her sewing room Havlng closed the door she put the hat on her sewing table until she found an old newspaper She then set to work It was but the work of a few seconds for Mrs B to have the hat hang mg in its accustomed original position on the hallrack Wlth satisfaction she nolselessly crept back upstairs and went to bed to dream of new bon nets spring gowns etc Ding ding br r r r r r r r sounded the alarm Brown opened one eye and looked sleeplly at the clock which had so rudely broken into his slumber It was 4 30 A M Well here goes for the first deception I ex er practiced on my wife he said as he sprang from bed He dressed rap1dly and ID a few minutes had gathered a cold lunch his fishing paraphernalia and having put on h1s A ' ,L i . . , , . V. . u K . C . . , K. . S , C n . . . ,, , . . . . . K .H I ' , L if , L u , 1 k I . , A n L GK - - ' v . , . . . , , . t. l , . . . , Y .w . . . . , . . . n L , L u '- . . . ,, , . . 3 : u ' . . . . . , .K . ' K 7 7 ! 7 . . . , . slumbers of his better half, herefore lost no time in getting to sleep. n , L L. L1 n , . ' 4. A x l L , x n . r. , nw Y V - I , A I , . ll ' ' 97 9 r ' K - ac - Y I - Y ,- as 7 7 ! ' 7 '

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'ffhc Tflzsappcaranrc nf illrutnn Co1nel1us Chlcester Brown young clean shayen lIldllQtI'l0LlS about thlrty four years was a strugghng merchant m Centre Clty For e1ght years h1s ma1r1ed hfe had exlsted wlthout a mlsunderstandlng or deceptlon by elther slde of the house Although for e1ght years a falr mcome came from the IYLIQIHQSS It was not enough to warrant Brown ma1nta1n1ng the appearance he would have llked to make One eyenmg Cornellus had been detamed at the office by a yery talk atlye drummer Annoyed at ITl1SS1I'lg h1s early dmner ffor It was now 7 oclockj he attempted to relleye h1s pent up feelmgs by ruefullv klckmg every loose ob1ect he found on the sldewalk Hls surprlse can be lmaglned when at the corner of a dark alley ly s foot swmglng at a dark parcel upon the payement the package flew 1nto the l1ght dlsclosmg a fat well worn pocketbook Probably stuffed w1th paper thought Brown as the remembr znce of boyhood trlcks Hashed 1nto h1s mmd Nevertheless he plcked lt up The buckle on the pocketbook was qulckly unfastened and the contents brought to llght Goldbacks yellowbacks ln profuslon Furtlvely he looked up and down the street No one was m qlght Hastlly puttmg the Wallet 1nto h1s pocket the lucky finder hastened onward th1nk1ng hard sure to be someone advertlse for lt and lf I say anythlng about It shell get to feelmg bad over our not havlng any too much of a great amount our selves Wlth th1s resolve he turned 1nto the house He opened the door qu1etly but closed It w1th a bang to let Mrs B know that he had arrlyed at last Hastlly removlng h1s hat and gloves and puttlng on h1s house shppers he entered the d1n1ng room Dear I was detalned at the office by the new drummer of Dash and Blank s I couldn t get r1d of h1m unt1l I had glven h1m an order He ate h1s dlnner 1n almost total s1lence answer1ng only 1n monosyllables the money lay heavlly on h1s mlnd and he was anxlous to know the amount contamed m the pocketbook As soon as he could Prown excused hlmself and retlred to h1s room Mrs B resolved to find out the cause of her hus band s s1lence lf posslble And besldes she wanted some p1n money and she feared that lf she asked for more he would be angry I have sald that for e1ght vears no mlsunderstandlngs or deceptlons had occurred but on th1s yery day a double deceptlon was practlced Brown closed the door carefully Mrs Brown had followed hlm sllently for she was cur1ous about the unusual s1lence of her husband and she needed that cash so badly She w as almost ready to use any means to get It She knew better than to open that door but she had a keen eve and there was the keyhole She stooped to the lock and peep1ng through the aperture saw her dear hubbv s1tt1ng at h1s l1brary table countlng bllls 1 000 1 500 2 500 and so on 4 500 o 000 Flye thousand dollars' An almost un , O el X Av 46 Q . A . , Y - Y , , x , 9 ' 9 A ' 3 . - V my v K S . . . . A , k - . . . , . v . . . . y ' K . , . ' , u , , , A y , , n - va , A , , n C . ., . . ., ., . . .L , Y , . . C I I guess I'd better not tell my wife anything about this, 'cause there is H . . . . . W v . . , . ,, . . V . , L l . v . ' v . , . . u CK ' , . , , . . . . . ,, . . . . y . . A A Z . , . . 1 ' . . , J . I . , . . . . . . . , . , , 7 . . ' 1 . . I . 9 ' ' ' . v , , V .- L . . - - - ' , u P , . - ' ' 9 ' s 1 ya . , an -- U ' v - 1 v 3 ' ' ' '

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yaluable though by no means odd looklng hxt he left the house for the pl tee of meetlng preylously alrxnged Phat xery afternoon M1s B1 own tas B11 Brown dld not come to luncheonj tllllllxlllg he had been too busy to come home declded to go to town Ill older to go shopplng 1nd also for she had had m1Sg'lNlHgQ about the money and It had prey ed upon her mlnd so that she declded to tell her husband of the trlck she had played to return h1m th bllls Is Mr Brown 1n ' she tsked the othce boy No ma am was the reply When cud he go out 7 He hasn t been he1e What' tell me he hasnt been here when he left the house early th1s morn1ng I only know he hasnt been here all day Hastlly leaung the ofhce Vlrs Brown flIl1Sl'l6d her shopplng It was 1 tther late 1n the ewenxng and she started home w1th a s1nk1ng heart Let us go b tck and see wh xt happened to Brown during the day When euly that 111 fated molmng he had left the house no knowledge of the lmpendmg Cl1SlSlC1 faced hlm else this had been a d1fferen story He had 1ust started to board a swlftly moylng owl car when the w 1nd deftly p1Ck1Hg h1s hat fl om h1s head neatly Whlrled It 1n front of the street car Wlth a cry of desperat1on he real1zed the value of that ordlnary look 1ng derby Then he dashed at the r1sk of hls l1fe after that hat It was 1oll1ng down the track but not 1eal1z1ng the extreme dange or heedlng the loud yanghng of the gong L1 own began to run aftr the sky p1ece He w IS only a few feet 1n advance of the car but It was galnlng on h1m at every lnstant He shpped but he IH h1s fall managed to grasp h1s hat Phe wheels of the cal seemed to sh11ek thelr flend1sh glee 1n thelr v1ct1m s ear The w hole hlstory of Lrown s l1fe Il xshed across hls mlnd 1n that lncredlble short space of tlme He seemed to rex 1ew ex ery 1nc1dent of h1s whole c neer but he Illlllll get run oyel for at that moment he lolled from the track The cal p xssed on Slowly he got to hls feet unlnyured and dusted otl h1s Cl1Sd1I'E1Ilg6Cl cloth1ng Iwo hou1s llltl he 1n company w 1th four other buslness men was seated on the cush1ons of a chalr car bound for Centrewllle a small v1llage about th11ty mlles south of Centre Clty close to a rather large rlver xloundmg 1n glme fish About nxe mlles from Centrex 1lle I haye recently bought a falm sam one of the party It can be seen flom the tram The house 18 loc lted on the s1de of 1 hlll 1ust around a curye m the road The pl ace IS X915 pretty and I d l1ke for you fellows to take a look at It when we go by Brown was engaged IH the pelusal of a mornlng paper art1cle when they pzssed the house m questlon but as he w mted to see lt anyhow he V 1 l v I 1 1 1 1 L , 1 2 ' 7' ' 1' ' 1 ' 2 . V 1 1 I 11 1 - w v u 1 ' , 1 . 1 . 1' '1 v I Y ' ! 1 I 1 1 ' 1 1 1 v 1 1 1 l 1. 1 1 C l n I n A . V . W . 1' c 1' 1 - 9 U 1 3 1 ' 'H 1 1 1 ' 1 1 Cn 1 11 Q nr , , , 7 7 ' .. -H .. , r , 11 1 1 11 . 9 , , - . , 1 ' nr 11 , , 1 av ' . v. . X Y v .W . 1, c , 1 . 1 . 1 'Z ' l ' I c 1' 1' I 1 I l . Q ' i ' 1' ' E ' ' . ,E 1 1 - '1 1 ' - 1 ' 1 1., 1 1 '. 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1.1 , 1 1 1 1 . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1' ' 1' U 1 77 l 1 1 C ' ' . . . . .w .i .1 . . . a 9 f . ' N . . . - - 1 . 1 , 1 , c . 1' 1 ' 1 , . 1 . ' ' , V1 ' , - ' ' ' J . , . ' 11, ' an , 1 ' 1 N 1 Y 1 V . . I . . . . 11 , 1 1 1 Q I . '1 1 -Y r 1 1 , , 1 , . 1 Q Y 1. . . . . . . ,u 1 '1 1 ' 5 1 '1 ' 1 1 11 '1 ' ' ' ' 1 Cn 1,1 A 1 1 ' 1 1' 1 1 ' ' ' 1 11 1 C 1 I ' ' 1 1 . 1 , - 1 1' I 1 11 T' v 7 -1 . . ' , 11 1 . N 1 , , ' I 1 N1 4 l 'l ' 1' 1 1 I 1 I 7 v' 1. 1 V v 1 C , , 11 , 1 1 ' n L1 , , 3 . A. A1 , . .1 C ' 1 2 1 Z 1 . -4 ' . ' - . ' 1' 1 1 1 77 ' v , ' ' . . 1 66 , ' w s C . 1 s 1 n A , 1. 1 . . w v ' 1 .1 l s C I L 1 1 I A 1 .1 1 ' ' y v ' 1 v 77 11 v va 1 I 1 Y I ' I . Y 1 . 1 c ' Y 1 11 1 ' 1 . 1 'I . V 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 ,