Oroville Union High School - Nugget Yearbook (Oroville, CA)

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6 f Z I f ' Q. Zz THE GOAL The hot August sun beat pltllessly down upon a lone horseman a solltarw f1Du1l standlng upon these parehed plalns as mouonless as though cmrxed from stone Ills weary brown pony stood wlth drooplng head whlle hls master closely slanned the horxzon as1f1n search of am pursuers But not a hung creature w IS to be seen s uf the l1ttle dust colored lwards XXhlLh at mterw als crawled slowly oxer the sand hunt mg for some shelter from the sweltermg rfns A few mlles away stretched out the seemlngly endless mlles of sand wlnth marked the de ert the horseman had been Now sat1sf1ed that he was btlng pursued he once more peered mtemly mto thc dxstanee 1n searth of some land mark Then turnlng, suddenlw he rested hls blood shot eyes upon hrs horse and erled out once more Hurry on hurry on llttle horse XXe must make the border by lllldlllght The horse shook 1113 head ln answer to the oft repeated cry and to the rattllng of the brxdle rems and hurrled on to the best of h1s abllxty tued and spent as he w IS For some tlme the man rode sllently the Innes lung slack un hls hand and hls eyes ganng unseemgly mto the dlstance onlv the deep llnes of pam upon h1s face telllng of hxs angulsh Then a sob shook Ins body and as he reached ower to pat the horses neck and hurry hun on he er1ed aloud XX hy must thew torture us l1ttle horse? XX hw must they drue us out llke tlu perhaps to dle upon thrse sun baked and deserted lands? XXe are all alone httle horse all alone w 1th not exen a drop of water or a bxte of food left us now It was all gone two days ago wasnt It when we threw away the can and the papers? It O .- , . ... IZ X X lf f , ,X 4 .. se ,1 ...-, .-- A 1 ' ' . v - S ' ' 'v 'G V? - , 1 ' , ' . 1 . ,. ' '- ' ' Y ' ' L ' ' , ' 1 ' ' , t 5 . -' .A , V .l . , A l v v y - ' - 1 I . - f .' ti- I x - - 1 x skirting for hours. l' ', '.' C ' 1' , , - f 2 1 ' ' z , . , ,, . , , , '- . . ' 1 ' 1 , 4 ' lt' 3 1' ' ' L 'S - , A' A X A ' 6 K 1 1. Y K g , ' 1 X N ' ' V '. ' s - v , v - V ' , v - . . '