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

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Yes. there it was, still floating around in the yard. As she gazed at it, horror-stricken, it ceased its moving about. She then drew nearer the window to get a clearer view of it. and oh, what a relief! THE LAST BOOK 1. Now. it came to pass, in the reign of the great and good King Pinheadus, that the man Dillpickus, which was Prime Minister to the good King, fell in love with the King's cook; and he hung about the kitchen at all hours, and completely lost his heart and head to her. 2. And it came about that the Prime Minister's wife, mb sing him nights, grew suspicious, and set a detective on his trail, who returned back and reported the Prime Minister s love for the King’s cook. 3. And she. poor woman, went straight way unto the King and laid before him her troubles; and he rose up much wroth and smote Dillpickus with a heavy hand, and slew him; for he. too. loved the cook. 4. And when this came about. Dillpickus, son of Crab-appus. and nephew of the deceased Prime Minister, rose up much angeted at the rough treatment given his uncle; 5. And he gathered his followers, and slew the good King Pinheadus. and set himself up as King of the Isle of Tapioca. CHAPTER II. 1. And he did indeed rule with a heavy hand; and the people were sore distressed; and there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. 2. And. deeming it beneath him to give the late King PjdfreadiiH decent burial worthy of his estate, he caused him ta be cast into a deep pit. and called it a funeral. 3. And he would take the beautiful Queen Cheeseheadus tor his wife, but she would have none of him; so he cast her irom him and exiled her from the Kingdom. •1. And his eye was caught by the palace cook, and he She 8hook, with silent laughter. for the moving white object was only a pair of pajamas hanging on the clothes line. HELEN AND MILDRED BASS. 20. OF PINHEADUS proposed marriage to her; and she accepted him. hurriedly, and they were married with much pomp and ceremony. 5. And he doubled his taxes and the people groaned and made protest, but to no avail. CHAPTER III. 1. And it came to pass that the beautiful Queen Cheese-headus, in her flight from the Kingdom, stumbled into the same pit into which the King, her husband, had been cast. 2. And she rose up. and looked about her; and perceiving the King, fell upon him. and wrept bitter tears; for her love for him was great. 3. And determined that he should receive proper burial and. with this purpose in view, did she set up a great call for help. 4. And it came to pass that a certain shepherd, of the name Limhurgus. heard her cries and came unto the pit to give her aisistance; and they dragged forth the King to bury him. 5. Put. as they were about to plant him. the good King revived, and looked about him; and cursing the man Dill pickus, set out for the palace to tear him from the throne and take hack his kingdom. 6. And the beautiful Queen Cheeseheadus accompanied him. CHAPTER IV. 1. And the appearance of the King which was supposed to be dead, caused terror among the people; and he came into the palace and proceeded unto the counsel chamber unhindered. 2. And his anger waxed great when he perceived the

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Bidding his wife and babies good-bye. he sailed for France on the 28th day of October, 1916. For over a year he fought in the French army, and then when America entered the war he donned her uniform. He was with the boys in the Argonne Forest and at the Ohatteau Thierry; and just before the Armistice was signed, the Sergeant called for volunteers to make a particularly dangerous assault on the Germans. Cednc felt the call tugging at his heart, but fought it back, with the thought, “another can go wiio has no wife, no babies. But. as he stood thus pondering to himself, almost against his will he turned toward the west; and lo. the sun was going to rest, touching everything with crimson ’ere it went, and making that charred and ruined held in France, for a moment, a place of beauty and glory. It was just a second, and then it was gone. But in that second, he heard the voice of his wife saving. “And when that call comes, you shall go for I shall send you.' And so he volunteered. The next morning, tney made the assault and Cedric ELEANOR It was late, and all the family except Eleanor had retired some time ago. She had been busy with her lessons and had stayed up late to get her “trig.” She had not noticed the hands of the c’ock move so fast and was surprised to see how late it really was. Everything in the house was silent and there was no sound, without, save for a faint murmur of the wind. The silence was oppressive so she hastily clo-ed her books and arranged them on the table so they would be ready for school the next morning. Before going up stairs, she saw that the door was locked and everything was all right. Eleanor turned off the light and quietly mounted the stairs. The house was large and dark and the stillness of the night frightened her. She thought to herse'f. My, but it does seem spooky. fought as he had never fought before. Was he not lighting for right, for truth, for democracy? Was he not lighting for peace and good will among men? Fighting, he went down. Because of his heroism and that of many others like him. the world was saved. And as he lay there dying, a comrad kneeling at his side saw him turn his face to the west, and as the sun sank, he rose on one arm. and cried, “The Vision! I see the Vision! And smiling, fell back dead. In America there is a little woman, bravely carrying on the ranch work, keeping her children in school, and smiling to hide an aching heart: and in Flandeis Field there is one more cross. Where the poppies grow between the crises, row on row.' The sun which smiles on all the world, me thinks, rests Just a little longer on the cresses of those who “followed the quest and found the vision. Shall their sacrifice be in vain? EDNA ELAM. TO. S FRIGHT Outside the moon shone brightly and cast its dim light through the windows, thus filling the rooms with shadows. Reaching the head of the stairs, she made her way to her room. This particular room was at the back of the house and commanded a view of the back yard. A light wind was blowing and caused the curtains at the window to flutter about. Eleanor raised her eyes to the window, then drew back in fright. What could it be? That weird, horrid thing out there in the yard, waving its arms about in that ghostly fashion. Was it a ghost? Yes. it certainly looked like one. but she did not believe in ghosts. What should she do? She did not want to awaken the rest of the family and still she was terribly frightened. Eleanor gradually grew bolder and ventured one more look out the window. 16

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man Dillpickus; and he rushed upon him and slew him and nine of his counselors, at one blow. 3. And the palace cook, perceiving him to be master of the situation, rose up and came before him and reminded him of the love ho once bore her; and he took her in his arms and comforted her. 4. And the beautiful Queen Cheeseheadus rose up much wroth at this sight and slew the King for his perfidy; and caused the cook to be cast into a tank of nitric acid. 5. And she sent for the man Limburgus. and married him and made him King of the Isle of Tapioca; and the people rose up and rejoiced exceedingly. ARLIN RICHARDS. 20. BACKED BY THE WORLD The teacher of a little country school had assigned what the children thought to be a very hard lesson in geography. Little Billie Smith was called upon to recite. His reply was the same old story. “1 don't know.” This being an every day occurrence, the teacher threatened to whip him the next Ume he did not know his lesson. Billie let this go in one ear and out the other, and busied himself with spit balls. The following morning Billie spent writing notes to the new girl with red hair, and how the morning did fly! It was soon dinner time. When the bell rang at one o’clock. Billie remembered that he had not studied his geography. Oh! what would he do? Many excuses for not knowing his lessons ran thru his mind, but he couldn’t tell a lie. He had just forgotten to study and the teacher knew it. THE SOLILOQUY OF A One would not suspect, should they gaze at me now. lopsided, minus heel, punctured toe. and teetotally dilapi dated, that I was once a fine shoe of the Florsheim make gracing the show window of Hecker’s Shoe Store; but such verily, was the position I held, and only three short months-ago. He would not worry any more because the teacher might not call upon him to recite. Nevertheless, she did call upon him to name the principal cities of the Atlantic Coast. His heart beat fast. He could even see the teacher’s strap, and he couldn’t cry before all the children, even if she did whip him. Before he could think twice the teacher spoke to him again very crossly, and told him to pass to the map and point out the cities. Litt e Bil'ie’s motto was “safety first;’’ so when the teacher turned to the map. he grabbed his geography book and shoved it into the back of his trousers. With a big smile upon his face he walked boldlv up to the map. for he shouldn’t worry. He was backed by the world. LUCILE WARE. ’23. SOPHOMORE’S SHOE How proud I then was of my appearance, and justly, too; for my brass eyelets, how they shown and glistened; my vamp and uppers were polished to the highest degree; and my very “sole’’ rejoiced at the praise given me by the passers-by. As I sat there occupying the most conspicuous place in 18