Monett High School - Cuborama Yearbook (Monett, MO)

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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. . , . . . - . . . - .

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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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A gtsp of CINTTIWX ctme from Mls Inown Her worst fetrs V916 belng realmed Her husb md w IS lung lt the pomt ot de mth' She knew that she couldnt get Into the l10SIJ1t3l before 'I o clock but she could tele phone And no sooner thought of than put mto etlect St Iohns hospltal please centlftl Hello IS th1s St John s IQ C C Irown s COIICIIIIOII so th tt he c'1n be moxed'? Xes Im Mrs Blown and I lnew nothlng ot the 1 cldent t1ll tust a few mmutes ago Xou sfu he cm be mot ed III 1 couple of hours Well as soon ts posslble send hlm to hls home Wes 'I 4 M tple axenue Xes thftts mll good bye Three houls later Mrs Blown Qlttlllg' by the bedslde of her husbftnd fnst ind ltst txme I decelxed VOUI trust IH me I w IS not ts you mlght h ue thought at the ofhce 1ll d u but went tlshxng Xou see the lesult I h ue 1 confesston to make Nlght betole ltst I tound 1 pocketboolt contamlng some S5 000 Not s'1y1ng '1I'1Vtl'l1IIg to you about It I hld thc money 1n my derby Now the derby and the money ftre both gone Cornellus I too hue a COHf6SS1OII to mtke Yesteldav I went to the office md found you had not been there at ill As fO1 the monev she walked OYQ1 to the ch1t'lon1e1 and 1n '1 mmute had 1GtU1IIQCl I thmk It IS all here yet You sae I replaced the b1lls wlth '1 new sp tpel 1 all How I found th1s matter out you needn know Iut now that 9XelVtll1IIg hts been cleared up let s start ill ox 91 agaln l fl Fl' fl fl- The I row ns now llxe 111 1 new house ZA. -K C., 2 J. , Q , K, Z A. , ., ' ' . s z 'zu z ' ' 2 . L' ' . lv ' Y ' I- ' ' ' v x 1 - s , . 1 .. Hn . - . . ' , . J, c . H '. '. v. H , M ' ' , . , . . . . . . . . J . . 1 c I . ., .. I 2 c f . ' ' t . ' :cj 2 W , ' ' 2 w v . w 1' . ' ' 1 v -, '7 , - , . . c . . , . . -A' . , . -J 4 . 7 ,, f , I , va . , c A c , ' . was startled to hear him sorrowfully zxclaimz 'tHelen, yesterday for the ' .S Z ZA' ' Y ' y I 1 A, ' s vi L, V is -y ' 1 ' , ' ' 1 z ' s ' . ' .' 1 . ll I v 4 vi. 4 ' I 1 1 v . 4 h ' L 1 - K . 1 r I 1 . . S , l lc . C R . -Y A .5 . I 2 . Y 1 v I C Any, it ' 1 I ' ww. 4 V Y 'I g v . , , , c t . c . . .V V 6 ,' Q 97 z t ' 1 . . . 1 - L C l ', I v 7 v 3 v , V v 1 ' . v . , I . 1 I 1 . vw I Q Y 4 ' Y! , A C n