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

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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

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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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hlm by telhng of the benex olence of Buddha He gave the eh1ld a losary whleh he sa1d that 9-lu eneh1 had left for h1m on h1s death bed md persuaded hlm to o back to hrs mother Ishldo tearfullw deseendm the mountam eame to the place where the mother was st'1y1n,., But to hls sorrow hls mother havmcg suffered 1n the hard 1ournew had been taken 1ll and dled before hls return The hapless box drsheartened at last started for home to tell all the lncldents to hrs s1ster who was Wfutm for the txdm s that he mlght brlnsr When he had returned to the lsland he was lnformed that a treacherous servant who had mtended to usurp the leadershlp of the castle had krlled hrs only srster Xlas what a pltlful slqhtl Hrs father had dred unknown to lnm and now the mother and srster upon whom he rehed were no more IU tlns world' Xlone all alone 1n the heartless World' That merelfnl monk on Kova was the only man he Could trust eonsequentlx he a 'nn went up to the mountfnn and was aceepted bv Sh1,freneh1 as lns puprl Then the two left the temple and after travel eountry Where the father rorvn old dred Wlthout Ishrdo s knowmg' that he was hrs father It rs sa1d that m the famouc temple of 7enko there rs a Qhrme ereeted for the memory of them 1lI'llY0lO11Q rs the afllmtx between the parent and the son Nlfxtsu Yokow ama til 2 amz Girl 411 4 rffereni Cfltmxmstzrmzes In my bedroom I had connected a braneh to the m nn telephone of our house from Wlneh I eould hear ex erytlung that was bemg sa1d on oul hue It had been eonstrueted for experlmental purposes and not really for the pulpose of efn CQd1OPP1U althou h I often used lt for that I was IH my bedroom one ex emu wonderln What I should do to amuse my self when the telephone rane the number of rmgs 1nd1 eating tl1e people l1v1n next door I yumped up and efcela1med I ll bet a mekel that s bue Eastman s beau calhnw her up I IH gorng to hsten Just for fun Gomo to the phone que's rome could be heard but the other per son's VOICQ was 1naud1ble on account of some fault ln my connect1on I 1 ' 7 . . I 1 L- I ' , . . 1 - I ,gf I I I . . T . 0, . 1 .I za 'Cx I C .AY fra k l l Q t Q . .79 ' ' I . L I 'Z . f I , f f . I 1 - ' I I ., . . . , I. . fr gf. . . . L Lx ' V f I, I I 1 . I ,, , . .I l t , . ll' 1 I . c I I K . I I I . 1 , I I L I I I I . A , f , . I . I 'I I frm. I . ..r r I . . L L Q , I I 'I 1 ' mg for a long: tlme. they founded a Pnddlnst temple m some unknown M . . . , . y j, I I I '. fy I. . , , . I . r . I . r r . , A I I . . I . . . 1 I , I ,' f 1 ve I u n 7 Y I f I A . A C l, , VK' o . II 5 . Pl ga . ..i..... 1 . l , C I ' C '- r I .Y , ' C ' . . c f I I L, ' ' I 1 r , 1 1 . fr . 7 ' U' ' . '- f '- rss ' as . .Ir 7 -ga rg' ' ' .' 1 ' 1 rv ' ' . . . V U. . H , . , , , . i , . Q I I gf , ' ' 77 , . . O' 7 ' - t , L , I A, Q