Potter School - Shield Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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THE POTTER SHIELD A Flight By Night I NEVER did find out exactly how I happened on that field, but as I remember, I was walking proudly forth with my friend Dodge Jefferson. He had been an aviator before the United States had declared war and had responded immediately to the President's call. He was now an accomplished blrdman and as I walked out with him I felt, indeed, that I deserved more than ordinary notice. . Jefferson led me across the field to one of the many favorite hangars. Salutmg the guard, he opened the door and we entered. Sunlight streamed through a sky- light overhead, illuminating the large bird-like plane before me. I stopped momen- tarily, attempting to realize that this object before me was the wonderful plane my friend had been telling me about. . U , Don't be afraid, he laughed, as he noticed my wall-eyed staring, lt won t bite ou. Hi am due for a flight at half-past, George, he added to the mechanic, who was bending over the motor. i Whom are you going to take up? I questioned. I anticipated his offer and resolved to accept. How about you? Great, I answered. I certainly would like to. Fifteen minutes later the plane was wheeled out, ready for flight. Here, you'll need this, said Jefferson, holding out a heavy aviation coat and a muffler. He also gave me a queer leather arrangement which he showed me how to ad'ust. ft is a mouth and nose guard, he explained. It prevents your breath being blown back into your mouth when traveling 'at high speed. You don't need to put it on yet. X' I climbed into the passenger seat with my companion in front of me. One of the attendants turned the propeller over. The motor started with a terrific noise and clatter which soon settled down to a loud heavy drone. Dodge gave the signal and we rolled swiftly across the field. Then we left the ground. I looked over the side and saw the earth rushing away from me. While there was a remarkable feeling of firmness and stability about the plane, there was just a trace of the sensation that I had left the lower part of my stomach behind. At a height of about two thousand feet objects were plainly distinguishable and I had a beautiful view of San Francisco and the country round about. As we rose, the objects below me seemed to go together as if some great, invisible hand was tightening a strap around the earth. At a height of about six thousand feet the city below me looked like a large garden marked off neatly into small plots, bordered by white bands. There were two or three larger, more irregular, green and brown plots which seemed to be the parks. All together it looked like a miniature city on the shore of a great lake. How do you like it? yelled Jefferson above the roar and rush of the wind and motor. Fine, I answered. I now began to pay more attention to my companion. He held in his hand a movable steering column. Moving this forward would cause the plane to descend, back, to ascend. The machine was steered to the right or left by the steering wheel on the column. The fuel was controlled by a pedal under the right foot, the spark from the wheel. Dodge motioned for me to adjust my mouth guard. I did so, and waited ex- pectantly. The roar of the motor increased and for the next few minutes a powerful something seemed to push me backwards. After a while we slowed down. How fast? I questioned. He shrugged his shoulders. Over a hundred, he guessed. Dodge circled, and flew back towards camp. When he had almost reached it he shut off his motor and volplaned down in a spiral. This made me 1'H-tl161' dizzy, Twelve lm 419' . ..s. pw' arf? ,Mas acid W' WW' .Nga fxitm' :QFSYF3 was 'Mill 75u il iff . or - jleffiii 5551531 ww, Amw- l l .rm img .zum 'ff -i ' Si :Hn if lf fv- .Ai-lw :R YQ ., WI eg 'k'?Mm ,?n,. x is. a..,j

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THE POTTER SHIELD A Potter Porridge - IT WAS a Black Knight iniSan Francisco. An Abbott was slowly walking down Jackson Street. Hale was falling, and the poor man seemed in great Payne. A Talbot rather husky Young man, wearing a heavy Browne McIntosh and with a large Dimond pin in his cravat, drove up in a one-Horsford with a Damon the seat beside him, and asked the Abbott what caused him such Payne. The Abbott looked at him a minute, and then said, Several Summers ago I was a Dean in one of the best universities in this country, but I did not like my work. I wanted to join the church. After much studying I became a Bishop, and my boy grew into a strong Young man, of whom I was very proud. After a while my son fell in love with the daughter of a lazy Miller, who never worked, but spent most of his time trapping Beaver. I did not want him to marry the girl, but when I said so he became very Moody and told me that I had' a heart of Stone. So I let him have his way, and he married her and built her a Newbauer at the foot of a Bigelow hill. For some time they lived happily. She used to Cook the food, and I gave them part of Mailliard, as theirs was very small. Then one day they came to San Francisco and I read that he had watched her drown at Sutro baths and had made no attempt to Fisher out. After this he stole a lot of money from a bank on McAllister street, and has not been seen since. This gave me so much Payne that I went away and became an Abbott. Since then I Doolittle but wander about Fuller sorrow. f'What's your name? asked the Young man. Rear, the Abbott replied. Orear! exclaimed the youth, my father. Bachman! exclaimed the aged one, or I'll Pierce you with this knife. Put up that weapon, cried the youth, now very angry, or I'll Hammer your brains out. It looked as if a fight was on, but at this moment there was a sound of Drum and Fyfe and a body of soldiers appeared, crying out that they would Lynch the combatants. Folger arms, shouted the Captain, or you'll both be buried in the Potter's field by tomorrow Knight. The man in the McIntosh attempted to escape, but as the one-Horsford would not start he tried to Wheeler away, but an Eddy of wind blew off his hat, and when he stopped to get it he was caught. Try to beat it, eh?,' bellowed one of the soldiers in great anger, as his fingers closed upon the Adams apple of the would-be runaway. Nobody Home When you've bats in your belfry that knock, When your Hcomprenez-vous rope is cut, When there's nobody home In the top of your dome, . Then your head's not a dome, it's a nut. Fourteen