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

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'3' Erma 5 ' WJQJKCCBQ '3 p11 c III I e1d but m1 paltnels Ndld tI11t SOITICIITTIGQ 1 1e1n 11ouId lull poor u IL, Ili' ttlflllllll Ll NS IS Oll'lL to let the men 1 tl 1 1111 us 1111 cnt ouurr c Iheu the1 stood lll the tub 1 101 I 1 Pt em n YN s11 IIIUIUU o1er the bIacI1 hole I thre11 the e utc 1 1111t1n t11 cnglnc 111 t1e gtdl 11hees Ihr tuh shot o11n lllt orcu1e csme LIIL ourrmr' 1 IN 111 Dunne the PIQNIOUS Illgllt 11 11C 1 1 1 the 11011 I1 td LODII xcted V4 1tI1out beln able to us III on 11s 1n m1 OYXII Ihe 11hoIe srtua 1 upon II111 It 1d IONIDL, I1m1I1es no o11e 11ouId h11e she 1 I 'Nua prob1bl1 ne1er 11ould h11e ICDOXNH Ihe1 h1d much I 1 1 XIOIIC 111 the 110 ld It 1ll happened as qu1eI1 as 1ou can s 11 NOUI V1 III I drd IS mcluded 1n the snap I Iurched fo 1 111 IIIIOXXIIIL n11 xrm 111 the spmnmf cores of the gear 11hee s A ICTTI e pam shot through m1 bod1 I heard flesh and bones tear and crack and then 1 deep bl 1eI1ness encompassrd me I cum to my senses three days later and found that mv left fore ar1n Ind been amput1ted I learned that my prese11ed partners I1ad sold tI1e steam horster and left to11n lhe 11hoIe aftalr had been a sltm Qame 11h11h Icft me 111thout mone1 and 111thout an arm lhe loss of the lmb dldnt hurt me so much as the 11ay they treated me I 111lI1ngI1 g3X6 that arm to 1111- tI1en1 and I Ind thought of thelr I1m1l1es too lhe stranger opened h1s 11atch and gazed do11n at the merry face Oh' If I Could ha1e done somethlng hlce that Ior you Id Id S XOICC Ialled hls head dropped and hls bod1 pltched 1or11 ard on tI1e table the stub of I11s left arm almost extlngulshed the candle as I1e brushed It II16 Hame fI1cI1ered uncertamly 11a1ered d1ed do11n sputtered stubbornly and tI1en burned on LIYIYICW I1l1ll'l6dIV Gathered the hmp bodv up 1n h1s bxg strong arm thlnltlnff that hte had departed He Iald h1s burden on the bunk But the m1rror test pro1ed that hfe st1lI e1r1sted pro1ed that the candle st1II burned A If11 doses of 11h1sI1e1 restored the consumntne to eonsmousness V1 I111 happened3 he asked slo11 Iv Oh noth1n X e jest 11ent to sleep that s all 'NIO11 la1 stxll Better get to sleep 1t s almost m1dn10ht Tnrentv nmr I f' 5 A I a U 4 ' ' ' W 1 1 , fp. Q 11 1- tl Ii , -' 11 2 5 A . 2 A ' ' lor S1111-1'11I 111-11I1s and then pick p zjzun. O ' ' Q, aIt1' il very chilly night, I 'z g ' if do 1' , 11'I 1-11 il 5 Al J 2 'ind' 1' 'e I. W '1 V' 5 I Qt C' I. I1111 s1' o'--. ,',, ' ' . ' I h out, thus 1l1s'o11 11' Q I 1 1 ju 1 2 d I 21 ' 1 I.. V A 1 . d ' 11'z1r1l. I applied the I 'ilii t 1g lat the XI 1Cd. It f Al1d I I I1' I II. I I1111-11 11111111-1l1a1t11I1' 11-I111 111 J Pong. 'I 3 'I 5 -1 , 'II I1 111s 1:1 1'111I11111I1' 1' 1111, 1 1 'a ' . f I g 3 the I11.1I41-, I 1111s po11'e1'Iess to 2111111 the fatal acciderlt. I tuulcl H1111 the ly by g D' ' life. V I ' ' 1 l1111 II.1sI11'1I 11111. I I 2 j 2 4' .5 ' 1 ' . cl a t1a11' or 11111, 1-1'1 ' 2 1' ' 1 ' ' . ' I H' 1 to I111' Iorg vas 1 I . ' r . 2 1 I ' 1 v' , .ner j ' hnger. 'lla n A ' A .I 1- vs 'l, ' ' ug D' z I . I A ,Q gf j ' 1I:. 'bl I K? Ev -V, v, 1 1 5 . 1 . I. i I ' K ' ' . 1 1 . 1 A . . . . I ,, 'I sz ' , , 'f L 1 , . I 4 x I I XIV I I A .. . V N . M . K , i 1 --.. hi I c U -4 ' 1 . , s - , 4 v v vt K Q . 4 H, I , Y C . Y . . . X S, - -'- 7, 4 K v D . ,. . I. I 1 I I. ' .I - e K . Ia . 1 . 1 . H . ' Q ' ' V! -I A I A 1 , 1 C .

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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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'3' CBQ 'S I 10111 Jun J 1 role t c l1c txlxe NOUI btd tl1 L Q 111C It se to Q 11 dxwn 1 N eutern x x 1 C Ill ex pullec IHIHQQ cl1c1 1 c msn 101 11111 1 turnt and ffued 1t the wuuelx outlmcd fo1m on tl1 bunlx oor Lld 11 rnuttcrec uub 1 N o w1 II t 1 Lune oo 1nf Xe CIHIIYC 1 o It xc lxnew me ye wou Il N 1 1e11 1 mmute 1 l 1 ou dlll 1 11111 xe Bu Im mvhtx 1.,l1d ye non now nu ler 1 111 o ma e foo a11t 0 no 1 1 o ne pr n s es fone Q p uc x 1tt e e 1 xe 1 11111 1 1t1 live ond to QTNQ me Ie1 1cr u thxouvh er my n1me 11nt Chaxlex Cut IVIIIIN l we neat Ind but 1Cy wont ClOQs ex re YOIII 1 s x u o o 1 VV1th thxt determ1n1t1on 1n hm mmd Cl nlu nuxmed Clvde all wlnt 1 ons, re 1 me m1m QXCIIICCN t xt tan to 11n1 x tl the bonds of fr1endsh1p th1t Qpranv up betwee11 the two me11 buh s1w 1n the other h1 own 1de1l of wh It 1 1n1n QIIOJ d be I ll IVIIIS were t1u w merflnff 'sow 1 but surely Fhe conuumptne w as undervom 1 r1d11al trdnsformahon H1 XOICC lost lts hollow toneQ h1s exes brlfhtened 1nd tl1e stooplnv sl1oulde s Qtr11s.l1tened 1nd Qqu1red Ihe dXXlI1dlll'lU weelm Qhpped bx so r1p1dlx tl11t the adxent of sprme Seemed prem1tu1e One exenlnl ID e11lx Apr1l 1ft1r the supper dmew were ele1red 111 as the two men d1ew up before the open F116 Vve Lld Cl11rlew remnlxcd IJIOXNIIIU 1 hu e c1rcle of sfnolte ce1l mow ar th1Q CTISP mountaln 11r Q done qu te 1 1t fer xour coavh alnt 1t3 Q entnex one ee 1s me ae exer wou 1t me 1 pl1ce for 1nvtl11ns. I es one thlnff could draw me 1w ay And what Q thet'3 Clxde dld not xnewer but t1pped hw w tteh poclxet lqhe otl1 r un.l 1 stood After a Qhort mlence Charlev broach cl the ubte t of Qold m1n1nQ Do se lxnow l-.ld thot we1e p1nn1n out more dust tl11n 'IDN odw else 1n thxs Qect1on3 It S 1e wuL vour lucln dav when ye stumbled onto t1em nuffete 111 gl mon C reelx Nlo tellm ho x ont the Qtufl' ll last e1t1er 1' Gold 1s a curse when 50.1 c1r1t bux wh1t you want Qa1 C lxde dejectedlw Id fue exer cent pose Q to be basl, 1n de1r o I lllflll ' - A ll - a D A 'gp Q ' A ..7 , ,J bn, , ,J , ,, 1 Q MBU! I hate- v ' I li, lneel lp p' 's cl l '- SIl'ilIlQ.f0l'. I Citllll -ktfxxll, e 's all right. I wnnl to ,it in lront ol the l11'e-place 2 l l111l1 Ye .ut Sl'vp.H Qui' 2 ' 1 11: SIl'E'ill'ilI1Sg the if ' sly' vl1 XII 'ls 'l Y' l ' all log ' l ' and IilIll1'Cl tht- 11111 'tive 1-n1l 11110 il ' :ring lla '. I It 'cl I ' l ' 1' I, I g 't'.' up to me to cl 'l ul I cz 1 fer ye. I'szd' dg dthlgll l gdtlt, 'r' ' ' ' Id'1 itat' I or 2 n , fnc I x' l I llt ' -' . I ' ',g Y' lf 1 ' I 'I la ' ', -1 I ve I t li ,g d. I I1 Q l tl 11 ' t lk' I' owf-f h ' g . Y- l kv' ll I d vll, j gc Ht-d v'l 1. ' ,. '- 'l . I-111 zxgoin' to see if I can't turn the same trick for you. You'1'e goin' to p ll ' , , , w' . .' H ' ' L ' zz' 3 tl ' ' ' ,lah g ' ' OI ax: il there v A nly ne ruth. ,. i .C . . .K , ,ti n U v. tl I j. The v ' . D' .2 AI' J hz ' ded lg' lv' :lea . ' ' ,I 'z 2 1 e fl . VQI1 .I '- 'ln' -5' e,.l 'lj '. r ' ' I A g I g C 1 ' A . 's ' ' A. ' 1, '. Y' 3 'g , z . ' O 1' U ll, 7 '.. -' - . , 7 , 1 fl ' , . ' '- ',,' cl, '. I Aff . I cb' V' '-. ' Ulf. A' lf' Q . I I I cf fl . I ' did. I ' ldv' le ' this . D . .' ' I V e Q' V' C I I . I 1g.' .sl I '. . .vl .1 ., ' , ll Al , N '. .. ' ' ' . .' H' 11 M' ' . 'd fl I' ' H ' g' ' ' y I .em ' ' 1 ld