Park City High School - Kalendar Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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The Cause of A11 Man's Woes CThis story took the cakej -1.-0 EORGE hated girls, little ones, big ones, pretty ones, ugly ones, they were all alike to him. He hated them with a just, and he said righteous hatred, for had not girls con- tinually worried him from the time of his birth up to the pres- ent? His sister had just committed an unpardonable sin-enter- ed his room and given it a thorough spring cleaning. She had even dared to take the old socks and neckties out of his bu- reau drawer. She had given away his old summer-before-last shoes. Now George had intended to do all these things for a year, and was disappointed because he had been deprived of the pleasure. He thought he know of a place where girls were not, and determined to go. So next day he got a camping outfit, and started on his way. He reached his destination, and found a place that looked safe for a camp. There wasn 't an inhabited house in ten miles, but near his camp were a few deserted cottages. The next morning he was up early, and went fishing. He was gone till almost noon. Before he came in sight of his camp, he scented danger, for there in the middle of the path was the print of a feminine foot. He looked at it for a mo- ment, then changed his position, and viewed it from another angle. He finally concluded that there was no mistake, and trudged sadly to camp. I When he got there he knew there was something wrong, as several things had been moved. He stepped into the tent to get a nearer view. Horrors! There in the middle of his 47

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, , 1 nice clean bunk lay a little white poodle. He tried to remove it, but it snapped and snarled, so he was compelled to retreat. lt followed his retreat so courageously, that he took shelter in a near-by tree. At last it grew tired of barking and wandered away. ln the afternoon George thought it wise to go on a scout- ing expedition. He found to his amazement that during the night a crowd of girls had moved into one of the cottages. He turned away in disgust, and marched back to camp like a defeated general. He sat down to think what to do, and was scarcely seated when the place was surrounded by angry girls. They wanted to know what he had done to dear darling little Julie. They had been going by his tent, and she was so tired they left her on his bunk to rest, and when they had remenibered her, and came back, she was gone. They were sure he had stolen or killed her. George said he had seen more of her than he want' ed to and did not even wish to hear of her again. The girls left very- angry. George started to pack up, but not no farther along than putting on his coat, when back came one of the girls crying. She wanted to know if her little sister was there. They had brought her with them, and now could not find her. The girl found her under the bunk asleep. She had gotten tangled up in George's fishing lines, and had gone to sleep, pouring George 's gun oil into his kodak. George saw no more, for he fled. He returned about mid- night, and stayed only long enough to pack. As he was making all possible haste down the road, he re- marked, I don 't believe the garden of Eden was as nice as some folks say, for even then there was one Woman too many. Helen R. Riley. -LS