Monett High School - Cuborama Yearbook (Monett, MO)

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leaned far out of the window as the train rounded the curve to get '1 glimpse of the place Alas' Once more the merrv playful w1nd lifted the hat from his head and dashed it agaln to the earth Not upon the track d1d it fall this time but beside lt on the right of way Now the tra1n was only traveling at the rate of about thirty five miles an hour Brown sprang up and rushed through the car l1ke a madman At the rear end of the tram he Jumped off To alight from a tram running at the rate of thirty five miles per hour is no easy proposltlon Brown on str1k1ng the earth rolled The seams of h1s coat gave way HIS trousers burst at the knees his wrist wa sprained ln general he was all bunged up But he got h1S hat He could tell by the b1g roll of bllls w1th1n that the money was still lntact With a Slgh and a rather heavy heart he set out to walk the five miles to Centrevllle but we ought to draw the curtain on that long trudge to town on Brown s subsequent actions on the Jokes and Jibes of his com panlons Cto Wh1Ch Mr Brown was very very sllentj until afternoon They were in a rowboat fishlng Lets go down to the mill dam remarked the one who was a camera fiend We can get Just as good trout there as here and the scenery IS much prettler The mill will shut down soon and the water flowing over the dam will make a good picture lo see the movlng sllvery lxquid mass qulckly rlse and flow over the obstruction lb one of the most beautlful and art1st1c V16WS So saylng he picked up the oars and began to pull down stream towards the mill with the fish until the opportunlty came for drawing lt 1lltO the boat But as the trout was belng taken off the hook It flopped over in 1ts struggles knocked the derby of Brown s mto the placldly runn1ng stream Now Brown couldn t svs 1m very well He saw h1s hat quickly float to the edge of the dam and dlve over However he had twice rescued the hat that day so he sprang 1nto the water and went over the dam after lt He went under so far when he h1t the bottom of the 15 foot fall that he thought he never would come to the surface again He had to sw 1m about thlrty yards to overtake it Once agaln he had had a struggle with a per verse fate and come out v1ctor1ous For the hat was still in his ownership 'lhree tlmes 1n the same place IS enough for any man quoted Brown savagely as he Jammed It on h1s head and returned to his companlons who were hurling all kinds of laughable remarks at h1m In a couple of hours he sald Well anyway lt s time to go home It s now 7 30 and we can t get home before 9 on that plug tram By 9 o clock the party had returned to the city V13 the plug Bidding goodnlght to his companlons who were to separate ln diverse dlrectlons Brown boarded a car his hat fixed firmly on his head In a few minutes .1 party of Joual tipsy fellows got on at a downtovxn corner and we1e seated somewhat close to Brown They were at Just the stage of 1ntox1cat1on to become furlously aroused at any little act or become hilarious at any poor Joke. ' s n a C . J , l . , - - I .K . . t , . . , . K . ' Q . s . . K6 7? ' , . . A y, N 1 4 -1 u . Y , , x n ' ' - , , . . ' K4 Y . ,y ' Y CC ' .Y . . . . ,, . . ' Y Aha, I've hooked a beauty, came a cry from the banker. He played V . , . . . L S S, , . . . X , Y. . . . , . , . ' 9 A L H, ' as ' 1 - v , 7 1 9 ' . Y I 7 ' 75 Y ' ' 66 n - - n n A . I 5 , I , 'L .Ly I ' n' ' 1 ' V' , ' A K 7 - L1

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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 ,

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As the car stopped at a corner Brown notlced a hvely street fight taklng place 1n one of the s1de streets The clang clang of a patrol wagon w as heard and the crowd swayed towards the car A brlckbat came hurtl1ng through the wmdow Stflklllg Brown on the head knock1ng h1m unconsc1ous wh1le the preclous hat fell to the floor and was new er seen by h1m aga1n Instantly the car was 1n an uproar But Cornel1us knew nothlng about th1s for he was borne qu1ckly to an ambulance and hurr1ed to a hosp1tal where doctors, fearmg concusslon of the braln worked wlth h1m all nlght Let us return to Mrs Brown As evemng came on she began to be come apprehenslve of her husband Where can he be? she thought He has never stayed away l1ke th1s before He would have called me up by the phone 1f anythmg unusual had happened He lett the house early, hasn t been at the ofhce today surely somethlng has happened to h1m I fear he has been lnjured 1n some way and can t get word to me She d6Cld8d to slt up and wa1t for Brown S return Eleven o clock 12 oclock 1 oclock stlll no Cornel1us Two oclock 5 unt1l the gray of mornlng crept 1nto the east But worn out by her I11ghtS unfrultful v1g1l Mrs Brown went to bed w1th an achmg heart and a chlll of fear gr1pp1ng her throat The suspense was awful bhe lay there hstenmg for the door to open and expectmg the fam1l1ar footfall but none greeted her ear Her head seemed burstmg w1th thoughts of danger that could have befallen Cornel1us Her heart seemed to almost stop beatlng at tlmes when she 1mag1ned h1m dead At 6 o clock he had not arr1ved Extra' Extra' Extra' all about the b1g r1ot last nlght full par tlculars Extra' Extra' Extra' The shrlll cry grated on Mrs Brown s tlred ears and made her shudder But a sudden thought came to her Here IS where I w1ll perhaps find out about Cornel1us she sa1d to herself She called the newsboy to the porch and bought a paper Qulckly readlng the headhnes she saw Blg Street Rlot Several Injured Last nlght about 10 oclock a street r1ot occurred on Walker and Ol1ve streets caused by two men IH an altercatlon over a lead pencll Frlends lnterposed but were drawn 1nto the m1x up and a r1ot qulckly resulted Brlcks stones stlcks and clubs were thrown around qulte dangerously to onlookers The fight was soon stopped by the arr1val of a squad of patrolmen and the hoodlum wagon The l1st of lnjured are Jas K Wllson spectator Chas G Jenkms R K Holmes and one of our c1t1zen merchants C C Brown was knocked unconsclous by a br1ck thrown through a wlndow of the street car ln Whlch he was slttlng It IS feared that concusslon of the braln w 111 result He 1s at St John s hosp1tal recelvlng treat ment. 7 ' ' ' n u . - v v v y ' . 2 v . v . . v 2 . . 9 7 . ' . . . , . 'Q 9 - ' u yr . . . U . . , . . Y . w 7 ' ' 1 . ' , . . . . , ,, . Y. . , , - r 1 7 , ' - 9 6 - J 1 ' J 2 . . . , . . . ' 3 Y. . . . . 1 ' ' ' . . , , . . 7. . . . , . . . H . . . - as . , . H . . . ,, . , I . , . . I . . . T 0 . , 1 . . Y V . . Y . . . . . Y Y . 7 '7 Y . as , ar . . . . . . W . . . , , . . , . . , 7 . ., . . , . V v. Y . . . . V. . , . . . - . . . - .