Soldan High School - Scrip Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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W Q42 5:S'cf'tQ'ESG522l j,5gg The N1ghtshade my HE much heralded Agrlcultural Pxcmc at the State Ex fir., ,sf perlmental Farm was over and the road leadlng to town trucks farm wagons pony carts buggles every varlety of the carrxaoe maker s art was represented There were also a number of blcycles and a few pedestrlans Amono these last were two boys whose pecuhar appearance and self consc1ous manner attracted universal attentlon They were appar ently faflllllal' fivures as they were halled by the majorlty of those who passed them Oenerally wlth some teaslno comment that brought out a sullenly defiant reply They were about foulteen years old and were as much allke as two peas They had the unusual combmatxon of p1erc1ng dark brown eyes and tow whxte curly ha1r and from th1s last had come the nlckname Snowball whxch they shared lmpartxally Tne sons of an lrnprovldent cxtlzen named Turner they had been named Tom and Todd but the uncertamty of the xdentxty of the one addressed had Oamed for them both the quest1on1nO appellatlon of Torn or Todd Generally slurred 1nto Tommertod to whlch elther answered They were town char acters the butt of Jokes and pranks and roamed about unkempt and uncared for return1nO to thelr d1lap1dated home only to sleep and to eat when odd Jobs falled to prov1de meals elsewhere The1r parents were utterly lndlfferent to the1r com1nO and go1n0 perhaps among thexr brood of a dozen or more chlldren they were hardly rmssed When the state had establlshed an experxmental farm only four mrles out of town thelr cur1os1ty had led them to VlS1t lt and the super lntendent contrary to all thelr prevlous experlence had answered courteously and wlth Oreat patlence thexr lnnumerable questlons By degrees thelr lnterest became aroused and the5 begged to be allowed to work around the farm They became excellent hands g1v1ng to vege tables and flowers a lovmg care that plants seem to repay w1th more than ordlnary exuberance They gradually came to spend most of thelr t1me at the farm Today as they trudoed the long mlles back to town thexr thoughts were mmgled sweet and b1tter for Mr Slade, the superlntendent had gxven them full credlt for thelr achlevements to the vxsltors whom he showed about the farm and had even pralsed their work But always had come the amused, lncredulous, What, not the Snowballsl They were nearmg home, when thelr thoughts were jerked back to earth by the laughmg shouts of boylsh VOICCS, and a trap drawn by a palr of dxmxnutlve ponles dashed past them A small dog whlch was 0 4. 1: 35 -1 Eff- -A. W 4-,L .-1 ?p,,::f-V- -V .-V :ff 1-vi 23: ,, ,I-rj le A , . 'T - X 7' r ' 2, '21 R -fs- a- - fl- f-A-:if '- fl gf T ' if f , ' v it V v v ' V7 .-4 - - Y' .- -6-V ' - . 1? 1 A A . '. . . 1,5 f was filled wlth a processlon of veh1cles. Automoblles, N - - 5 . . ' I 1 v I V - ' . I , L E ' 1 5 , ' Y 5 - 5 5 ' an vu ' 7 - ' 1 ' ' 5 ' ' . ' tl ll . D ' tn . ,, ,, . . - - V D 5 ' 53 ' v 5 v ' . ' ' I , , . 5 ' . ' l V ' Y

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65mQESmm1W j35? follow1n0 the trap rushed out and selzed the nearest Snowball by the ankle The crowd of boys ln the trap set up a shout of laubhter and the boys recobnlzed 1n the l1ttle chap who held the rems the motherless only son of Mr Hollls a wealthy banker of the town whose stable yard ran back to the alley where the Turners llved The Snowball was not 1n the least hurt but the J1bCS mfurlated hlm You d better keep your do shut up Ill k1ll hlm 1f I catch hmm he raO ed The trap swept on up the street and mto the stable yard as the other two slowly drabbed themselves up to the Date of the1r forlorn looklng home But just as they reached the bate a sound smote the1r ears that caused them to forget their dlscoura ement m a more actual trouble Oh Ma' Oh Pa' Oh please please dont' Oh yes yes' I won t any more' h' h' Wh1pp1n em whrspered Tom or Todd Whxppm all uv em Don t let s o 1n They slunk beh1nd the wood shed and l1stened The NV31lS rose 1n all keys One vo1ce hushed another took up the refra1n Fmally one bov spoke Tom he sald It am t no use We am t no Oood We a1nt nothm but jest n1 htshades The metaphor was subbested to the boy by a comparrson of the bankers beautxfully kept rounds pla1nly vlsrble up the street w1th the1r own untrdy dooryard That small part of the latter that was not worn and baked to the hardness of a pavement was Grown over wlth plants of the deadly n1 htshade A wood yard conslstm of a small plot covered wrth chxps and bark holdm a chopprno log a few stra l1n branches of black oak and a rusty ax constltuted the v1s1ble supply of fuel for heatm and cookm As the clamor dled down the other boy rose a look of determmatron spread over hls face as he reached for h1s brother s hands Todd he sald I a1n t born to stand lt any lon er I m o1n to b a pertater Pertaters belonb to the n1 htshade fambly Mr Slade sald so You can do anythm by hoeln an cult1vat1n You come along Todd followed srlently wonderm They walked br1skly untxl they reached the door of the n1 ht school where Tom paused and sald M Slade has been talk1n to me bout Com to school He said he d we us work daytlmes to pay for xt They entered and were soon enrolled But that mght a cry of fire aroused the boys from the1r slumbers The Holhs stables were ablaze and they Jomed the crowd of newhbors who had athered to asslst the v1lla0e fire department 1n preventlng the spreadxng of the flames Presently from the burmncf bu1ld1n0 came pla1nly the yap yappmg of a dog Oh 1ts Fury Hes upstalrs rn the harness closet exclarmed l e- A-, k f-ftrgilff-iff A 3,5-' affix, f :6'xX -- 4' ' . , - , f ,S X Q , A r , ., X y Y X J K 4 JS 4 X-,Y V' f 'ff W fx- K : A-: rA,,, E -Y f,'f, ': -' Y- ,,-'21-2 -1 . A - .4 H D 1 . U or . . . . - . v H ,, . .. . . . U . O, v - - - - '- b . . , D . o'o' or I I i . O . . . 0 . i b 4- H 44 H lr n 44 n , - . - V . - V . - li I VV 440 I! QLO II Ai ' ' i U 'V ' Cl ' ' Y 3 'Y U 1 v OA - n - - - b . . . , . ' ll J! ' CK' ' Y ' V J . . . - A - - - ' - -OA H 6 . 1 :D . oo' ' . . 0 . . . . za - ' D 'O. ll y, 1 ' O. b ' D . . . or . I . O'- ' D b ' D od . on . . . 5 5 . . . or . on D EH' A 1 . , , 4- 11 - ,, . , O . , . on , O' . , 2 y , b . O I or .O . ' .D . . - O, - Q . - - v , n 6 . . . . on . . D. . V . U g , I'. . , , . , . , V. o' o ' o ' ' YV D U . . A . . I D b . . . n . U . ,, b D 44 - . , . . ,, . , . , 1. ..