Monticello High School - Memories Yearbook (Monticello, IL)

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MEMORIES A WAR CORRESPUNDENT S STORY I had l1ad a hard day dodgmg German bullets and French censors and when I tinxllv dropptd ott to sleep IH the deep est trcnth I co11ld hnd I d1scovcr1d my sm 111 lome durlng 1 testrs tlllli re tI'IIllIltd to ma tt the best o 1 1a Sltlllllllll and get an 1nterv1tw wtth taesar as there seemed no l1kel1l1o0d of be1ng pestered YVIIII Censors Well I could speak a llttlc Iatm so I asked passersby where Laesar I1VQd I came 11pon 111s dYVPll1Ilg at last alter IldVlH,, tXd.IIllIIGfI nearly four hundred na111e plates on tl1e doors ot houses Phe Ix0I11dIlS appc tri d to be uncert un of llls w ere toouts s one ot them saxd l1ved at two thousand twelve Clcero street whlle another mslsted tl1at 1115 res1dence Was four blocks north of tl1e CHDIIOI bu1ld1ng Upon entermg I beheld Caesar ly1ng on a couch 1n tl1e center of a large roon1 QI recognlzed l11n1 by l11s noseb Ht was s11rrounded oy seven scrlbes tatlon and from tl1e nature ot l11s con wersat1on I saw tl1 xt l1e was dlctttlng seven letters at once Here IS where our present day l11stor1ans are at fault for l1e was not XVI'1tlI1g h1s men1o1rs He was sleeplng The seven scrlbes finlshed and woke Pac r as 111 had been sleeplng almost an hour by tl1e sundlal wl11cl1 was far 1n excess ot 1115 dally allowance He ex pressed a WlIllI1gI10SS to be lntervlewed Whcn a Sophomore at school lt had been necessary for n1e to studv h1s com IIIQIIIHFIQS so I asked l111n why he Wrote them -tha sa1d Caesar I1ttle do vou reck of the deep purpose behlnd my com mentarles Do yOll not reallze tl1at I h ll enslave future generatlons by them Vkhv those commentarles are 111v net ll0bbV They w1ll cause more trouble to people of tar dlstant tlme tl1a11 all mv Galllc wars' I asked l11n1 many quest1ons about tl1e conduct of l11s wars agunst the Cauls and lNerv1ans H1s answers were aston1sh1nglw s1n1ple so slmple 1n fact that I shall not repeat them lest I be g1ven a l QDl1tHt10I1 for gOSS1plHg About tl11s t1n1e there came a loud knockmg on tht door md 1 man enter ed to 1ntor111 Caestr that lt would b necessary tor llllll to go to the Senlte lmmedlately to block tl1e pass xge of a b1ll YYIIICII wo11ld take tl1e lettlng of government contracts out of h1s hands So we went to tl1e capltol and Caesar lI6llViI'6d a tr11ly heartrendxng oratlon agalnst tl11s netarlous blll NVIIICII le sald would pl we the government f11nds 1n the h111ds ot 0116111165 etc etc etc The sen tte w ts so moved that tl1e b1ll W1s qulckly referred to a COIIIIIIIIUC As Caesar passed out l1e remarked that he had been able to pocket only twenty per cent of tl1e government contracts tl1e preced1ng year but l1e hoped to do bet ter tl11s year He also muttered some thlng about SOCIHIISIS botl1er1ng l11m We went from tl1e cap1tol over t Caesars prlvate garage where l1e kept the latest models all done 1n red and green Wltll tl11rty two spokes ln each wheel JIIIIIIS as I had now learned to call l11m was very pro11d of these char IOIS and sa1d that l1e was exper1ment 1ng Yxlth a new klnd ot axle grease to reduce the fr1ct1on of tl1e wheels The next b11s1ness of tl1e dav was tl1e s1gn1ng ot tl1e warrants for tl1e ewiecu t1on of nlnety two polxtlcal enemles It scemed that tl1e men had been t tu ht ln t1e act ot votlng for another mln at tl1e last elcctlon I xgreed w1tl1 Illlll that l1e w as f01IOWVlIlg tl1e best pollcy ln ellm lnatmg SHCII plotters agalnst l1fe and l1berty as these were As It was qu1te late 1n the day we pursued our way to Caesars suburban home S11pper was readv wl1en we ar r1ved and I thought that It looked hke a very nlce supper But faesar fed s HIP ot the beans to a pet cat w her: llD0ll lt fllftd and 1 plot to DOISOII n1v trlend J11 lllls w ts IIISCOVPFPCI faesar l1ad the cook and all 1115 relatlvts and fr1ends put to death 1n1med1ately I awoke KENNETH RRHDEXT lf s . H z , 1 .1 ,1 ' , ,, - ' , . . 1: 1 ' ' , 1 - 1 , 2 2 ' 1 , - ,'1lf ' L ' 1 '1 1.11 ,' 1. I ' ' 1:1 . ' 11 lt1 ' 1 '.1 1 .' fz l.d ' ' V , 12,1 .' 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1. -' x ' v ' . 'J .'. 1 ' f1' 1 1 ' , 1' ' , ' 2 ,1 , , . ' .1 . 1a 1 1 1 2' 1 .1 z as .1 1 . ' 'h 1 JR as 1 ' 1 ' he is ' , 1 1 ' ' 1 . S ' 1 , ' Sc 1, ' 1.1 ' . . . ' ' ' '. . ' . ' o busily writing in notebooks at his die- all l1is chariots. He showed me some of ' 3 , , . ' '1 , - , , . ' - '1 .1 ' .1 1 1 1 . J ' z ' 1 , ' ' - ' .1 1: ' , 1 B I' 7 ' ' ' Y ,1 Q , ' I I S 1 . .. ' ' .' , ' ' , ' , ' 1 1 . .1 1 , , , A 1 1: fr ' 1 . , ' ' l , . , ' ' ' 1 2 . , . , 'S - , .' , ' . tg , , ' ' ' lf, u 1 11 1 ' 1. . , . I , . . V . - . . . y 1, . K , . , K. ,s . Y I ' K U v 1 - v' l I 1 n '1 . ' ' . .1 . . ,. , ' 1 1 '. , I , . .l . . - . L . . .. . - . V. Y ' L -v 5. ' L. L ' A vi 5 ' v . 'L V- C 1 'h vc A. cl 2' I. I 'S 1 ' ss ' 1 ,- . v ' ' Y V ' '

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