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

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V lls lrfted rrmselt rn s woxx tnt tncurt x surxexet ns questroner rtt s xer name, rtrnued Joe not rr trc let t thas r VN clls tarted to ansxx er then t puzzled look ctrne over hr ttce on t knovt he sard tt last You dont know? echoed the other rncredulotrslx X rx xxhere d xou come from? Agarn Mr Wells had to confess that Ire hadnt the slrghtest rdea Well that heats the hand sard Joe scratchrng hrs head Me and mx mate ere found xer out rn the allex atter that lrttle hrt of an earthquake Ihen seerng Wells horrrtred look he added Never xou mrnd rt ll all come out rrght rn the end Xou tust he strll a dax or so then we ll tmd xer 1 ob Wells lrl he strll 1 tax or so and the experrence trlled ns ou xxrth horror He couldnt rememher a srngle thrng that had happened before he entered the court and xet he krrexx thtt tlns xx ts not hrs natural cnvrron m nt lix t tx he ax ant xx ttch d watch of unr ht crcex tcros the xx tll or lrstened to the norses ot the court tix nrght he lax tnd xvrrthed at the sounds and odors xx hrch tloated up to hrm from heloxx At length feelrnc thtt Ire could endure rt no longer he dctermrned to trnd somethmg to do untrl hrs memorx should return At the trrst factorx Ire trred the foreman looked hrm over rather contemptuouslx l:x er do anx xxork before? he tsked IX replred VN ells for the state ot hrs hanls told lnm that much touqht so xx ts the re rlx Dont helrexe xou ll do anx ood tere u l etter e 1 s s t s 'e s forgot that he xxas one of the suhmtrxed tenth ant ttr et ta resent the rnsult hut he qurcklx found hrmselt outsrde thc factorx ttes ltv long re trudxed from one place to another hut etch trme ns rnexterrcnce hrought rehutts At the end ot the ax xx o n out ant hun r hextrldered bx the knoxxledgte that rn tll the hr crtx there eemed to he no place for lnm he stnk doxxn upon t ptrk hench and xx as soon fast asleep One hv one the outcasts of the crtx drrfted rn the lshmaels of modern socretx xx hose hand rs agarnst ex erxone and everxone s hand agarnst them Men xx ho have no more chance agarnst the conhrned forces of socretx laxx and caprtal than a straw swept along hx the current Wells xvas awakened hx the lrght of a lantern shrnrng full rn hrs face He rose to hrs feet sleeprlx xx hen the polrceman commanded hrrn to move on, and slouched across the park to the next seat And so he spent the nrght, noxx dozrng trtfullx, noxx movrng on .tt the command of some hlue coated Nemesrs lust as the clocks of the crtx xx ere chrmrng four he turned once 76 t r rrr t rr r tlt t l 'rrr r ft ft t ltt tltlt lttlllIt tIllt

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