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

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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

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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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The Sharp uf Cilslphn There was once 1n the lsland of Kyushm a noble warr1or called Kato bhrgenchr who after subdumg h1s competltors ln many battles, became the sole master ot that state Over th1s he re1gned w1th ta1r ness and lemty and he was prosperous tor several years At last, touched by the un1ve1 sal nusery ot mankmd and dru en by the remorse ot krlhng many m old battles he voluntarlly abandoned the luxury of h1s castle and parted trom that lsland to make a prlgumage rn all provmtes m Japan More than ten years had elapsed smce h1s departure One day, news was brought to the bereaved tamlly from the remote country that bh1gench1 was now 1n the sacred temple ot the Koya Mountam lshrdo h1s son about eleven years old at that tlme mduced by deslre of seemg long Journey, they reached the dest1nat1on, where, to the1r surpnse, It was announced to them that the woman whether she had been marr1ed or not, was proh1b1ted from the mountam bo ISh1d0 of necess1ty went up the mount alone hor two days and mghts he strayed here and there and at length came to the budge before the entrance of the tem ple Upon seemg a monk approachmg he asked Master please kmdly tell me 1f there lS 111 th1s temple my father the kmght errant trom the 1sland of Kyushm And what 15 h1s name? the monk mqulred 1n a Hurry Kato Shlgenchl was the answer bh1gench1, you sa1d, my chlldl repeated the monk wlth trem blmg volce mdeed he was that bh1,,ench1 h1mself' He yet remem bered that sword worn by tl1e chrld whlch he had left at home as a token' Alas he d1d not know what to say If he should lntroduce hlmself to the ch1ld he would have to qu1t the prlesthood, and agaln occupy hlmself w1th secular atla1rs 1D the castle And 1f he would not g1V6 hrs name It was ev1dent that he must see the dlscouragement of the ch1ld, who had never before seen h1s father' After strugglmo for some moments bhrgenchr sa1d quletly That monk whom you are lookmg for passed away last fall to the realm of shades Then he led the bewa1l1n,, boy to the temple and consoled F' 1 . . . . , , . 1 I W, Y 4' ' 1 4 1 ww . 1 1 ' ' v ' . , . V .. . . 7 . his father, left the castle for lioya with his mother. After a hard and 9 . , ' - - ' . - . ' f . H . . , ' ' ' 77 H . x . ,, . . . 66 ' ' 97 , . H s, . . . . y ,, u . - . . -. , .U . ,. 1 , . ! Y I 7 . , . D . 0. N , . . . . H 7 7 , l . . U