Polytechnic High School - Caerulea Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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CAERUIJCA t 21 There. there, Llun't fly off the handle. I'll sit down here and Hanslatc Latin until ytm'rc ready to go home. and Celia Cartwright Huppml clnwn in thc scat across the aisle. while Suzanne settled tlUWll ln think. Hrcamily she sat chewing the end of her pen; the clock seemed In Iirk faster aml faslur, but it didlft keep up with Celia's thoughts which rim smnclhing like this; Fact 1. Tlicrcfs only two boys besides Jacky who haven't been invited. and Suzanne knows it. One is Jnlm Slau'laire aml the other ih that crazy Frenchman, Louis Chapell. Fact zl Suzanne wouldn't be caught with Louis. Conclusion. She's guing to ask Juhn Sinclairc. If she does itlll break Jack all up. and I wnuldn't have that happen for the world. But how to kccp her from it. 1 don't know, ll she'd only be reasonable, but she wont WelL 1 could 7 7 7 7 yes, thatls what I'll do. Shelll know 1 did it any way I can fix it, and she probably wmft speak to me fur a week. But here goes: We can't lose that game fur all the SUZEUFHL'S in the world. u-cn ii this nne does happen to be my own particular Suzanne. Suzanne. give me a piece of that papcr and an envelope. I guess. l'll write my tinvitef too. Suzanuc dropped her pen and turned quickly Io look at Celia. MWhat are you up to now? Same thing you are. answered Celia. H1 dunk see what fault yum can Hnd with that. Here, take it, and Suzanne flung over a sheet and envelope of her cherished two tlollar box of paper. then went hack to staring into space and chewing the pen. Celia, however, little impressed by tho solemnity of the occasion, quickly scribbled: Ucar Jacky: May l hau- the pleasure of cscurting yum tn the party to- mnrrnw night, Suzanna Suzanne. all unsuspecting, hut not to be nutdnne even by Celia, siuwly wmtc on her own paper. taking; care to dot her 1'5 and crux: her 1'5. then folded it. tucked it into tlu- tiny envelope, and addressml it And. as if to get it over while her courage lasted, marched hack and put it into john Sinclaire's desk Vt'hile she was gone. Celia put

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20 CA 1:: RULEA Suzannv'a 311mm It was the day before the Senior leap year party and Suzanne hadn't screwed up courage m ask john Sinclairc to 5:0 with halt , She would just as soon have asked any other buy in the class. but .rm ask jnhn Sinclair: was an altogether different matter. He was the swellcst. the heat looking boy in the class. and wellithc mu of a millionaire and on this account just a trifle stuck up, but Suzanne was confident that if she could once get hold of him, he wouldn't he that long. All the year it had been her constant aim to get hold of him, but now that her chance haul come it took more courage than she had thought. I: was now or never. Rcsniutely Suzanne sat down at her desk and pulled out the two dollar lmx of paper she had bought for the occasion. and resolutely did take up her pen, but there all resolution ended. What shouid she write? How should she begin it? It would never do to begin Dear jack 0r john as she would tan Jacky Sawyer. Dear Mr. Sinclaire sounded stilteth Dear Sir was worse still and Mylnnjccl like a business letter. In fact nothing sounded right. 'tllellu, Suzanne. said her chum, rushing up at this critical mnman i'What'rc you dreaming,r ahout? hNut dreaming. Thinking, she snapped mil. itYun don't mean tn say you're actually lhinkiug, Suzanne. ch I am. Go 'way and let me uioncf' W'hcw. hut ynn'rt' peppery Came. tell your chummy what's the mattclz Fm writing to ask a boy to go in the party wilh me, Now go way and let me alone. You're not really writing to Jacky Sawyer. H'hat modesty! Jacky will think it .1 capital joke. I'm not going to ask Jacky Sawyer, 50 there, Why. you haven't quarrcled. have you? I happen tn know heis expecting you tn. He's run away From half a dozen girls waiting far you. uHeid better accept the next one for Tm not going to ask him. And if you don't go. T'll - - - -F

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22 CAER'L'LEA hcr's into the desk at which she was sitting, Jack Sawyerk dunk. In aTl four years: Jack's scat had been across from Suzanne's. Slowly Suzanne came back, slowly piled up her books and went down with Celia 10 get cunts: and ham Then it was that Celia smi- dt'nly remembered that she had forgotten her Latin composition hook and must run up after it. It tank her rather a long time to fmd iL scelllingly fm- she was; gone almost five minutes. and when she tunic hack. there was a wicked lililc gleam in her black eyes. Suzanne never noticed it. for she was: too busy with her own thoughts, Hall he found the Imte? How would he. take it? Would he he snuhhish? W'uultl hc laugh? KVnulrl he answer hilllsclf. u? nuulrl he write? She almost wished Shchd asked jacky. Ht? wouitl Fccl awfully hail.hprolmhly wnultln't J30 at all, and she rlrcw :L picturu of herself aml john either walking silently to the party Ur worse still. Hhc. Suzanne. jnhhcring m 1311 up the E-iiicncc and 110, John Sin- clairc. looking: horribly hnred. If she hadnl told Celia that sh..- wnnleln't ask jacky. , - . . well. juhn Siilclairc never mm m schnnl curly she could take the invitation back before he had huen it. C1 in let her think. The next mnrining Suzanne's mother was surprised and even :1 hula worried. for Suzanne gut up early. gnlpcd Ilown her breakfast ; .Hl rushed off to HChK'IUL almmat on a run. She was the First one in thl' H. cmbly anll her lycart heat high with hu'pc. She felt in john SinclaireT-z desk ; 1hr lcttm' Wm: mihssing. Then she rummagctl through all the paperr'u hook:- and fnlins. but she cmlhl not Hml it. She wai in despair. He hall gut it the night bufnrc. Suzanne wenl back In her own desk mul them fight un top in plain sight was a large CIH'LL lope. not any tun clezm cithcn Hzlstily hhc tore it open and fmmd: Hear Suzanne: Certainly Jack. 1'. S. But why in the deuce ditlnH you do it before? I've been scared :wtiFf iur the last week ior fear you'd ask another fellow. Anti hcing Suzanne. and knowing Coliah Suzanne caught on. K. Head. .091