Palmer High School - Terror Trail Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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t1ons, young Cup1d could f1nd The Greeks must have been m1staken 1n supposlng h1m bhnd, at least he showed no srgns of bl1ndness on th1s tr1p When the shlp was almost to Vera Cruz the DGVII caused a great gale to arlse and managed to smk the sh1p, w1th all hands My' how he laughed and chuckled at the screams of the dy1ng pas sengers and the blasphem1es of the drown1ng sallors So many souls so many souls, he shrleked and the gale seem d to carry h1s words to the ears of the sallors for they rolled thelr eyes and crred aloud 1n fear Then to the shore he flew, carry1ng Cupld upon h1s shoulder There Cup1d left h1m and proceeded northward to Reno The Dev1l spent some t1me 1n Mexrco and d1d what one mlght call a tl1r1v1ng buslness After a t1me he grew txred of the cl1mate, as lt was so much l1ke that of Hades and declded to go to the Unlted States He made only one stop ID northern MEXICO where he managed to stu' up a very excellent revolutlon that 1S stmll good for two or three columns of scare headl1nes 1n the da1ly papers Late one evenlng 1n the mldst of a dr1v1ng ralnstorm, he arrlved at a beautlful l1ttle c1ty s1tuated at the foot of the mountalns D1s gu1s1ng hxmself as a m1n1ster, he 1nqu1red from a passerby what c1ty lt was and was told that lt was commonly called the C1ty of Sun shme After looklng about for a wh1le the Dev1l started 1n playlng h1S usual tucks He was Just engoymg hunself the most, when sud denly he felt a terr1ble pa1n IH h1s stomach, wh1ch aga1n proves that mank1nd and dev1lk1nd are very s1m1lar as ne1ther man nor d8V11 1S 1mmune from stomach ache Ow, ow, gasped the Dev1l, holdrng h1s sxdes What shall I do? Oh' my goodness graclousl I Just know I should not have eaten that last bottle of tobasco sauce yesterday evenlng Never agam, never aga1n ' After about f1ve hours search he managed to f1nd a doctor Oh, doctor, save me, g1ve me somethmg qu1ck! ' he groan d The doctor was termbly slow, or at least It seemed that way to the Dev1l After he had set out an 1mpos1ng array of bottles and lnstruments he went del1berately about eXa1n1n1ng h1S patlent H thumped hun on the back la1d h1s ear on h1s stomach, made h1m stlck out h1s tongue and took h1S temperature Um ah ah, he sald, noddlng h1s head gloomlly as lf there was . . cr , - . , L' L I ca 77 ' x 1 e ' a . . . , . ' f 9 r 4 1 l . . . . . V . . . 0. . . 1 0 - . . H . . x , - 1 ' 1 sa rv ' ' ' ' cc . . . . , . , . U . . . , ' , 9 . . 8 r as - - H ' ' ' ' -

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51112 P2611 ztnh the giBn1:tnr 'lhe Dev1l had dlned well, consequently he was teehng, well sans 1ed w1th hunselt and all Hades 1n oene1al, thus prov1ng that the dlfference between Dev1l and Nlan 1S not so ,,1eat alter all He leaned back wxth a s1gh ot bdl,lbfdCtl0ll 1nd tu 1rled lns thumbs ox er a well hlled stomach Now 11 thc Dexll had been a man he would have hghted a clgar OI would hawe taken a httle l1qu1d 1el1eshn1ent, but, llelllg only a poo1 Dev1l l1e was den1cd llle luxu1y oi tobacco, and, no n1atte1 what else you may say about Hades, ll lb cutalnly not wet Well, as l have sald the lJev1l 11 as 1n a ve1y pleasant frame of m1nd He sat back 1n h1s chan, c1ossed h1s legs and beoan wh1stl1ng Unwa1d, Lhr1st1an bOld161b lh1s was a bloll that he was 1n a hu1no1 101 1n1sch1et Well nou, let me see, what shall I do? thoubht the lJev1l Uh' l know I ll 50 up and have some fun wlth the lilalth bh1l d1en At a waxe of h1s hand a11 nnp sprang up from the floor 1 hat,' sa1d the Dew 1l, playtully sw1tch1ng lne sha1p po1nted ta1l agamst the 1n1p s leg ag,a1n, cauyxng a 1ed hat w1th a long ieathe1 lhe Dev1l se1zed 1t, gave thc 11np an aftectmnate p1HCh on the cheek, and suddenly van 1shed ln a few 1n1nutes l1e e1ne1Ded 110111 tl1e top of Mount Vesuvms a1n1d lJGl0l1l1lC flames, b11l1Jlll11Ol1S gases 1nd otl1e1 DICE smells, or per haps 1 ough to say btllllib NX1tl1 a 11 awe ol l1l5 hand he aga1n be CIDJQ 1nx1s1ble NOI'tl1Wd1d l1e went, tl1roubl1 ltaly and France, break lllc up ll0IllLS 1 ll1Slll 111111 to 111111 lu 1l11l1l1e11 to l1e and to s ea and llldlllblllb 111 o1l1e1 d11e1s1o11s ot llllb b01t Sometlmes he would cet 111 a cloud llltl then llc would ham C1e1t spolt, st1ck1ng people 'mth lllS tall, or tlnustu l1lS lo1 s nto tllelll, O1 1nash1ng thelr feet llltll lns clox Q11 hools xt ll me l1e bo'11cled 1 slnp bound for Memco Here l1e had -1 H110 tune 111111 1l1e f11d Ol lll old fmend Cup1d It IS surprlslng how 111.1115 cosy COIIIQTQ just 1111de for 'tsteamer fhrta 1 . H.-. W - 4 l L K' ' ' . ' V - f ..., I .4 0- , Q . ' ' 4 A ' 1 U-1 1 1 ' . 1 ,. w v .. A V. I V . ' 1 1 V ' I ry. 1 1,7 'A 1 Y 1 ' 1 1 . , - 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1. 1 .' . 1 '1 1, - 1 ' H 77 . 7 ' I 1. 1 ' '1 , I ' 1 1 11 ' 1 -1 4 0. ' ' . 11 . 1 1 ',', 1 ' .171 V1 ' ,, , CU. . ' . L6 , 7 .J , , 177 O. ' . AL 7 1 ,. . 1 1 ' ' 1 , 1 ' - . . . 7! . . , . H, ' . Nly . v1.' 1' 11' ' . ' ' 9 . Vhth a howl tl1e llllp d1sappea1ed. In a 1no1nent he popped up . ,.. ' ,. .. ' . . ' . . ' . . 11 ' , ' ' u J . , . p . I 0 , .,,. 1 , , , ' ' 01 - 1 V, 1 1 I . ' - 1 1 . t - . 1- 1 ' .H 1 1 f '1 . ' E . Y. . . 1 t I 0, C Y I . - ' 0' ' fs, 'Q gy 1 '1 H, 1 ' '1 ' ' 't 'l, . ' 0: U' 1' . 1' 1 - ' '1 1 Q ' U- ' - 1- i W 1' A 1 . 13 0--xl 1 1 ' 7 ' ' ' ' 4 ' lg 1 'np' 1 1 ' ' ' 1' .1 5 1 '1 l 11 v- 1 I N ' ' 1 L. A ls L I x 4 g c 1 A c in . 1 1 1 v z -1' . 1 1 '5 - 1 . ,., . .

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no poss1ble chance of the pat1ent's recovery 'Just as I thought, 1ust as I thought append1c1t1s At these words the Devil strarghtened up and emltted a mourn- ful wa1l Oh doctor, 1S It dangerous, IS It dangerous9' he crled The doctor only shook his head mournfully as lf all hope were gone Well, you neednt feel so badly' he s d lAppend1c1t1s 1 qu1te fashxonable, why only last week I operated on old Banker de Graft for rt At the word operate the Dev1l gave a howl of angursh How 111 my name are you go1ng to cut out my appendu when I havent got one? Why man, I am the Dev1l I am not l1ke ordlnary people I haven t got an appenchx I don t care 1f you are John D Rockefeller you ve got appendr c1t1s and I ve got to remove somethrng rephed the doctor The D9V1l thought for a wh1le and fmally br1ghtened up a httle How would It be to cut off one of my horns? he asked doubtfully Well ah It 1S very 1rregular you know, answered the doc slowly but ah I guess It can be done for a cons1derat1on, for a Oh, very well, very well, I don't m1nd expense, rephed th Dev1l ' saw away old Sawbones saw away Old Sawbones sawed away and 1n a few mlnutes the DeV1l was 1D the same class as the seedless grape The doctor then gave h1m a cup of castor Oll whlch he managed to swallow after many attempts and 1n a few moments he was as well as ever Now pay me,' demanded the doctor Oh but I can t, I am a poor Dev1l, doctor, I haven t a cent t my name, returned the Dev1l Well e1ther you pay me or I keep th1s horn, sald the doctor All the Dev1l s entreat1es were IH va1n The doctor proved ada mant and the Dev1l never got h1s horn The last I heard of h1m he was on h1s way to Cal1f0I'Il13 to get Luther Burbank to grow hun a new horn E T 12 V6 ZSFQX fg NAL . . . , . . 7 n . . . . ,, , . H . . . . , . , . . H ' , ' ar . ' s ' 77 77 ' , . ' as . 9 . by I . v, , a - 3 7 ' 77 ll 7 ' , 7 ' Q , '- . . , . ,, . , . ' 77 H . . . - , , tor, ' H - - . . . 7 7 cons1derat1on, you know. il ' ' e ' , 4 , 77 7 7 7 ' 7 7 as 9 , ' , , ' 0 77 ' K6 ' ' 77 ' , n . , . . . 7 ' ,. was Sgr, 3, , 'U' :HD ' , f.,n .EXE 7