North Central High School - Tamarack Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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av efftirtfwf, M ,Mittens ' liounttd yt ch3 lhat s t e e rn o n tc roc and ru s most Wtll 1 1 rule yery one does under the LIYQUITISI anus I m no excep tlon I turned loose ol the ladder and fell bxclt 1nto the mne I had been o onf ln pu rnff aw ay lrom Anyone w o rs crosse ln oyc 1 lube to do somethlnf dtspc-1 xtt I stntcd out West lhe str inf er tumbled ln a yest pocket and drew out a beautlfully scrolled Gold watch He h rnded rt across the table coughmg conyulswclv as he drd so Her pictures lnslde he explained All mv dreams are dreams ot' her all my happlest hours are spent ln VIQIOHIIIIN., Nevr lace dlmpled and jolly smllcd up at htm from the lnslde ol tht crsc wher rt was lmprrsoned C-ee boy shes a beaut' X e ought to roped her Aint ye neve seen her slnce ye left Noo X orlt3 NIO I went to gt Louis and then to oplln Lntendrnv to get lnto mrnlng I met two fellows both married who owned a shaft they sald was gornv to be worth QOITICIIIIIIY some day Oh I was sure the orlglnal boob I myested what llttle money I had and we formed a partnership lhey were older men than I and ltnew much more about mmmg C lyde s speech was interrupted by much coughing and hrs breath cam ln short gasps Charley was now leanmg Iorw ard wrth hrs elbows on the table and hrs chln cradled ln hrs upturned palms He had to llsten atten tlyelv to catch the low spolten jerl-.y words w hlch w ere often almost drowned rn a growl of the storm I ll bet those fellows buncoed ye he commented Clyde rgnored the comment and contlnued hrs narratne Since I was not famrlxar wlth underground worlt but clld Lnow something about machinery I w as gnen charge of the surface worlt ln fact I drd the surface worlc I was my ow'n boss mv own engineer and my own crew We hal a steam holster by whlch the dlrt was ralsed out of the shaft The cable wound on a spool that was operated by a steam englne through a tram of gear wheels We sold our ore to a neutral smelter that handled all the lead ln that sectron I notlced at the very First that we werent tumlng out a hlgh 1 wenlu erglrl ' Q4.f,,A of-, ,Q ' HY b gr t lt hr A ek I CII AA','.tsa'fe 5 xt W' '- s l g A ll' U '.-' . f ' 'h A, dt l '- As Azl . A tg n cz -3 . Q ' - J 'Q ,g A ' ' ' . A U' ' D ' . i I C ' s , ' 3 ' X ' ' Charley pressed the lid back and inspected the timepiece. A girl's AAA I V 1' ' . , , ' . . L . v', A - V x f r .. A I ,, V .. . . . . I . - . J , D x ' . ' 5 ' c ' 5 ' . , ' . 1 ' ' ' . . ' , . A. ff v - - an I ' ' A ' M ' 5 C ' e K I U . -, V t . ' Av .K .' ' V ' Y ., , ' , . Y ' , , s' Q v f' U v v Y Q V ' . ' - . ' Y . , Ol ' , . , - -

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