Seth Low Junior High School - Spectator Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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H arry .' Abe, I want to tell you something. Henry: What now? Abe: Speak up, Harry. H arry : I wish we could have the meeting tonight. Abe: Why? Harry: Iim sure some of us want to eat sometime and my stomach is about as thick as my small intestine. Sammy: That gets my vote. Abe: O. K.; the meeting is adjourned. tCURTAINl Act II. t The boys are returning to their meeting place. Dave and Harry are still outl ferry: We better put something before that window. Somebody might get suspicious. Give me that black rag you got there, Sammy. I think that will do. I Sammy: Hey, where do you get that stqu-a black rag? Do you realize that this is my coat? I feel like boxing your ears. ferry: All right, all right. I canit see well by this candle light. Sammy: What you need is glasses. Henry: I feel sick. Abe: From what? ferry: Ahh! Our dear friend Henry might be slow in most things. But when it comes to eating, nobody ever gets ahead of him. Henry: I wish you would lay off of me, you hunk of tripe. Abe: Give me your coat, Sammy. I want to hang it over the window. tHe takes the coatl I think I see Dave and Harry coming. Sammy: I thought he was your friend. Abe: Of course he is. Pm not jealous. Do you think that Pm a girl? Sammy: I didnit mean it that way. Abe: Forget it. ferry: I think I hear them coming up the stairs now. Daveis got his dog with him. tTo Davel Hey Dave, leave your dog downstairs; he might get mixed up with the meeting. Dave: tFrom belowy O. K. Henry: I wonder why the dog is here? ferry: I wish you would stop talking; it gets on my nerves. Henry: Is that so? tEnter Dave and Harryy H arry : Let us proceed with the meeting. Abe: I call this meeting to order. Dave: Same here. Abe: Keep quiet. Do you want to say anything Jerry? THE SPECTATOR Page Thirty-one

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THE ADVENTURES 01F THE TQM CATS Characters: Abe, president of the club; Harry, Sammy, Henry, Dave, Jerry. Act I. The attic of the old Davidson Mansion. Sammy: Of all the foolish things to do was to break into that cellar while those girls were having a meeting. I can hardly walk after that little one kicked me in the shins. Illl get even with her yet, donit worry. ferry: Nobody told you to fight with her in the first place. Abe: Come on, boys, lind a place to sit; we're going to have a meeting. tThen turning to Dave, who has his feet on the presidentls desk, which is a table, and is occupying his Chairy Hey, you, get your feet off that desk and get out of this chair; this is a respectable place. Harry: Oooooh! ! ! Sammy: Whafs wrong with you? Nobody hit you. Harry: Oh, I was just worrying about your foot. Sammy: And why, may I ask? Harry: Now you wonit be able to run away from trouble for quite a while. Abe: tHitting the table with his listy In the name of the Tom Cats, I call this meeting to order. . Dave: tLeans over to Jerryl He must be getting high-hat; he never did that before. ferry: Maybe he has a girl friend; who knows? Henry: We'll have to have a regular meeting today, boys; welve always acted like rowdies before and it has to stop. ferry: He,s got the same fever. Dave: The first sensible thing he ever said. Henry: Oh, keep quiet; you give me a headache! Sammy: Stop arguing. I thought this was an organized group. Abe: Please be still, fellows, and listen to me. ferry: Our eyes are wide open to catch every word. Henry: Said just like Spakesheare would have said it. Very poetic. Dave: Said like who? Hakespere? HenrygDonR you know? The fellow who wrote all those swell mystery stories. Abe: If you don,t keep quiet, Iill have to throw you out. Sammy: Sure, we understand perfectly. Harry: Ditto. ferry: Plus ditto. Abe: Now, Iill tell you fellows why we always get into trouble. We are- Harry: StOp, stop and stop. Dave: Harry, please sit down and be quiet. PageThirty THE SPECTATOR

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ferry: F ellows, in the past few weeks we have been fooling around a little too much. Weill have to act as gentlemen from now on. Sammy: Iim through with breaking into cellars for life. I donit like to lose a leg or something. Henry: Same here, sport. tThey shake handsy ferry: On with the meeting. Abe: Now, boys, weive always acted like hoodlums, and on top of that weire getting a bad reputation. This afternoon we broke in on those girls and they gave us the licking we deserved. What do you say, boys? Let us stop this business. Harry: As right as he could possibly be. Dave: Ditto. ferry: Very thru. Sammy: We are with you one-hundred per cent. Am I right, Henry? Henry: Sure enough. Abe: Now, if you like it or not, you area t A noise is heard. Quickly the boys put out the light and wonder what it could be there. After a while the noise stops, and then starts againJ Dave: Who could this be? Abe: Heres a board in case we are found, Harry. Harry: You keep it; I got a lead pipe. Sammy: I hope it isnlt those girls. ferry: I wish it was. Right now there are thieves in this house. Henry: You guessed right this time. Dave: Let us shake hands for the last time. Abe: Stop that foolishness; you wonit get anywhere like that. A Harry: I should have stayed home. Sammy: Hide; theylre coming upstairs! tThe boys are all excited and run into things and knock each . other over. Something slams, and Dave,s dog comes running into the room after a stray cat. The boys donit know this because it is very darkl. ferry: They got us. ' ; tThe cat jumps on Sammy and scratches his necki Sammy: Itis a girl. Sheis got me. Ow-ow-ow! Let go. Save me, boys. She,s got me. ' Henry: Here,s a light; P11 save you right away. Abe: tStarting to laugh when he sees Sammy lying on the floor with the cat around his neckl Sammy is falling in love with a cat. Look at him, Jerry. ferry: Yes, just like Romeo. Harry: Come on, Jerry, were going to investigate this case. Henry: Wait, Pm going with you. Abe: Weire all going. Page Thirty-two THE SPECTATOR