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vss -Q-' s up . . pl., fn V. P. I 'r H is ,rx ni U 'r .rx N 'r 24 se es ee s When almost over the fire, his practical ear heard the dreaded missing en-fine beat. and his own heart likewise miss a throh.. for when you are L St L h above gi raging forest fire in au aeroplane, it is porn' time to have a bulky a aug eng-ine L-in your hands. 'lohnny glanced at the dials. - oil? gas? ignition, -- -md saw the ammeter wavering lt ' A' ack and forth. Something was the matter lynn the electric system. .Xs the plane slowed up he felt a hot blast of air crow: strike his face, an acrid smell choked his throat. and his eyes grew watery from dense clouds of smoke. And ithe fire was almost beneath him. .Xttempt- M i ing to elevate the plane, its engine suddenly went dead, .Xhnost before he fXlvO'C.'UNNOl2 could not remember just how long he had known knew it. the plane was speeding down to it, and the fire leaping swiftly to lxfin Rogers: but as long as he Could rt-C2111 he' had hated the meet him. - a roaring, seething conflagration. Olde llU5 5 lmllidllii' WflYs. Pat was an average, healthv, sixteen Ouickly realizing that he could not possihly vol-plane his ship fat i . year old boy whose smiling lrish eyes wel-Q Set Uff IJJ, H Shock enough to take him out of the burning area, and knowing that to slay on Okflery .refl half- RCN. Ht seventeen, was 3 maeculal- giant and lgciuu. wmv board was to instantly crash to the ground to a certain death. .lohnny took SCIOUS Ol he Strengtll loved fff Slmll' lt off at the exllenfie of Wll 'Cl7Cil' IMP' the one chance in a lutndred ofa parachute landing even in the midst of such pained to be at hand. a roaring furnace below him. lior a moment a breath of wind steadied the Uotll the young men were very much interested in a certain vonng plane and his practiced eye g'liinl,eCd ll silwlwd Sm-fin-e far to one side-,fa ladylnamed Gwen whose father, Xlr. 'lackson often had a ditiicultt time lake? 'lihen with all the skill that had brought down eight tierman lfohkers keepllls' the l305'5 frftm 'imlxlllg' it when one wottld call. - and find the in the recent war. he nursed the ship towards the lake. lfroni such :t heighth Ofllel' there. Hardly a night passed when one or the other did not rin-f tip it was no easy' task for even an experienced air man. and douhly difficult on OUIY ti? lim' that the line WHS nllllsini- - with the added knowledoie 11153 tha account of the heat and smoke and shifting air currents from the great firt other tellffw WAS lllfmollollzlllg' its AS for liwen. she seemed tt? fgtym- one helow. 'lihen lohnnv went over the side. closed his eyes. U'llllTCll ills' l'l'Q'lllil tion ten. and pulled the parachute ring. .X flutter rang in his ears from above his downward rush was suddenly checked. and he found himself in the laki where cool waters promptly informed him about his hadly scorched features and hands. tilancing alont for his beloved plane. he was at once aware thu his evehrows were gone and felt that his hair also was badly singed. it o-timifieri wreck now fuiiously blazing on the shore line was all that reinain- cd of his ship. and it seemed a cruslnng loss to have tlns plane wlnch eveat dav for season after season had been his refuge, so suddenly destroyed in it terrihle moment or two, lDlbCll 'Z1t lllQ himself frotn the parachute straps. ,lohnny struggt-tl 5 5 4 toward the shore, When almost there he realized that a crainp in one leg might still lose the battle. and it took all of his strength and will power to compel himself to carry on. llut he did so finally. and painfully drew hun- self out of the water. 'l'hat was all he rememhered, and he was found next morning hy a party of searchers. - a sorry looking object indeed. but still alive and soon able to tell the story. 'lihe fire had burned itself ottt around the lake. and only a ruined area remained in place of former beautiful forest growth. llersonally l think that whenever on a scorching -luly day the ntech.niics at the aerodrome station sit 'tround and s tin varns 't- 'tin thev'll alwavs tell 1 I I tgt . I V the one about -Iohnny l'iarral's close call first. -tfharles Xl. liaufman. '23 cuiteasm ' f- , , - - . . I nth as the other, which made her all the more interesting in their eyes. and she loved to tease one by plaving' witl tl insist upon doing. 1 te other. - as most girls l lhe football season soon came around. and both I-ovs were out for tht 1- ' .. ' ' . e r respettixe school teams. lxen nas trying for ouarterback. and Pat tor time fullback position. Their lligh Schools being great rivals, this only made tie boys more hateful 'towards each other. Ken had won a place on his Sflllad the previous year, so it was not hard for i A him to take the position again. tin the other hand, l'at had not xx . 'on his ttntil after -the second game ot the season, when he showed his speed on defensive work. As 'fowl 35 lx-611 m3ClC l1iS tfizlnl. he went around to Gwen's house and proceeded to razz Pat upon making such a poor showing. lien even mgtde .3 '- ' - , -- , . -' - - ,. 1I'CdlQtIOl'lS as to how he would mangle l'at in 'the big game it Pat should finally make the squad. lt was so characteristic of lien to be the bnllv that he almost unaware of doing it to Pat. Gwen noticed this however: and re- marked about it to Ken as he was leaving one night. ln obedience to his training rules. Pat was always at home and in hed hy nine o'clock, but Ken left a little later, his object no doubt being to lord it over Pat. The season neared its end. and only the big game remained to be played. As Saturday, the long waited day of play approached, Gwen saw little of either of her favorites for both we.e training hard so gtg try bg in first-class condition for the final game. .Nnd so the final dav arrived. both School teams and their admirers gathered. and after what seemed an eternitv to the assembled fans the game began. l'at started it by kicking off for Lincoln High. Ken received the ball for t'lymer's, charged doyvniitlie field for a forty yard run, and followed this up by bucking it on for two first downs. Then the Lincoln team settled down to real play,
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'I fi ' I'I' A N 'I' Z6 I H In A IJ ,I L fn YA There was no score until the third quarter. whens lieu ,wenit oyCr..fl'F a touch down, hut Clymers failed to make the convert. Ihen llal el-1.1! KLZIV cross play and ran down a broken field only To IPC FIUIJIWI ml L Imvl-5 ll: 'li vard line. Lincoln next won several yards on an end Arun and a later ine .wut vi iphis left fix-Q 111i11r1IC5 of play for the quarter. Lincoln tried another enll run but lien broke it UD. 'llhen the Lineoln flllflftcll Unltd H fungi. IHQLIX INT gained three Yards, followinfl' It with a fake criss-'cross from which .into Il scored and converted. Score: Lincoln fi L IYIIICI' 5 hu 1 I Finally the last quarter came. Lincoln kicked oll and SIYIIICIA SY 'Tm'-'I' ed the ball to the forty yard line. 'llhen through mixed signals. Ixen was thrown back for a loss. L'p and down the field the teams struggled for ad- vantage, but neither seemed able to score again. lYith only two IIIIIIIIICQ to play, Lincoln had the hall and tried a center buck play which brought them to the twentv vard line in preparation for a punt. lint some one lumb- I ' ' ' I darted down the field led the ball. and like a flash lien picked it up anr . l t ole l '1t at once l'C'lll7Cfl the disaster and dashed alter with everv chance o sc 'X 1 1 L - him. T66 Vmds ,Wyre to go, - and Pat only a step behiudl Ilut using' all -the speed he was famous for, Pat tackled the fleeing lien on the three yard lme. and just as Clymer's lined up to buck the ball over, - time was ealled - and the victory was l.ineoln'sI Score 7-fi. It Wag imjegrl gr very docile and sheepi out of Clvmer's dressing room that afternoon. .Xnd in the evening there was oulv oneibov at Gwenis. Ile could he easily identified by a shoek of fiery red hair. . D V A ' fl, hristian lxlitgaard, Zo ,l.i-0.---1-1 The Band Book iofxbi SIQKIIIIIR ITIIJIQLIS. 'llllf Nlill' CUIAIXIIXI. and myself being' Y I Tlrllf SQLIIXRII and showing' IVSOUID I lfl.l-lIll'Sllll'. we started om to find THF SQLIZALER. We took 'l'I'lI2 ll.X'l lIl.IfSllII' L'tlXNIfL l'le' 'I' and arriving at aIAXlI.Yl lf-XX llli.-XLAII. were greeted by I Ill: IJIXI lil l- IIRS OIT 'I'I'lI2 .XKIIQRICIXX RlfYUI,L l'llJX and the lllllll Selltl ll, C.XIll2'l'S, Our IIIRIICTCIIQ played IXYIilQL'.X'lili,XI- at 'l'lIlQ L'llI.li'5 XRIIORY. and thus delivered our IIIQIQICIIXIIS 'lill ILXXIII JR. Un our way we passed the I'NlYl2lQSI'l'Y Ulf l'lfNNSYl.Y.XXI:l, where we met THE tillX'I2RXllR'S ONYX whom we thought was llllt CONQIIIYRUR. lYe then straightuay phetied LXCLIQ SXNINIY to scllll 'lllrlli ANI IZRICAN l ,X'l'RtlI,. Ilut finding' out our mistake too late. wt llllfl to go to TH I2 SLNXY StlL IiI'l. 'lihere we saw a funny thing. - .X IIIN- IIIARIAX IIXNCE the IIYIJSY LUYIC SIIXIS, - and to balance that mat- ter the ANYI I. Cl ll IRIN sang the NI ISIZRICRIZ. -lf. Simmie, 'lf sh looking' quarterback that came More Than A Mothfull i Hi IBILLY I do hope you'll feel better when you return, said O Ifrs. Haryera 'and youll take good Care of him. wonit vou. Dorothy? Good-by! ' in A 'f.1OOfl-by, folks. I surely hope I will. replied Billv Harver Say Dad-just a 1 ' ' Bill Harver - Rah! Rah! Rah! Iflill Harverf' So long Bill, En, jOy yourself! -came from a crowd of football fellows. So long' ,QangI yelled back Iiiill I-Iarver in great iov. lYhat did you say, Son? Oh dad, have you any - er - change you can spare? ll ell I suppose so, here. A and Mr. Harver put a good-bve bill in his sou's hand. I 'Ihe parents waited for the ship to leave shore and then waved QOOIIA Y -' -Vo , . , '. 3, A . . 'V' tile 32131. lull Harxei and his sister Dorothy were leaving' lor a pleasure TIP-ld .gil y .was very nervous and Ins parents thought a trip of some kind wou o him good, and his sister was to help him enjoy the journey, HQ had been hurt Ill a football game- with resulting loss of four front teeth. He was a very popular player. and ol course had many rivals. Let's walk around a bit. suggested Dorothy, AlYig'l1t. agreed Iililly, lYell if it isn't Constance Paxton! lX'hat do you say Lon? l'l6llO Dot. hows everything? lX'hy Ililly. what are you and Dor- othy doing here ll'ell, just as you like. Let's sit out here and talk. answered llilly. . You ll be surprised to know that Iiarnest Speaker is on the ship. said Constance when all were seated. Is that so? came gravely from lflillv. O my! and he was sueh a rival to you during' football season. I I Y . V H 1 - Y N ,J Y I L asllt he Blu? ? bald DOFOIIU- ll all. you will have to excuse me. I must find our stateroom. lYe'll see you later then Dot. llilly Dear l'm so glad vorfre on board. ' And sohthey talked. But just as llilly stood up to leave. the door of one of the cabins swung' open and hit him in the face. Gulp-ow-wow I Billv determined he had lost something. - perhaps his teeth again. I E-excuse me, he sputte-red and hurried off. In the meantime Mrs. Paxton had found Earnest. I'Iillv's rival. I'll say so. He is a eoward and a fool. I-Ie shouldn't be with
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