Sonora Union High School - Green and Gold Yearbook (Sonora, CA)

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- - - GREEN AND GOLD lil- his face with a set, determined lookg he was going to do things today. Far down at the end of the hangars was a biplanc, with a small, slight figure seated in the driver's seat, dressed in warm clothes, the collar of the big sweater turned far up about the face, cap pulled far down. Oh, darn, said the driver, as a tendril of curly hair was pushed under the cap, Wish my hair would stay put . Why if Billy got a glimpse of it hc'd know right away who it was, in spite of my riding togs and putteesl And that would spoil it all. Oh, I hope I can win! With a great whirring oi' propellers, off went the 'pla.nes, and up-up they flew, and then away-dark specks against the sky. For a while they all kept fairly even, but at last two forged ahead. Billy gave a quick glance to see who his rival was, and caught his breath as he saw the little figure perched so valiantly in the driver's seat. Good Lord, it's Elizabeth Ann, he groaned. I know it is, inspite of those crazy clothes. That lcid ought to be spankedl What if something should happen to her! I'll just win anyhow-I'll show- her! And he set his teeth and shoved a little lever that sent the machine ahead. But just as he neared the goal, the sight of the brave little figure smote him and-he couldn't help it, he swerved a little bit from his downward course, and lct Elizabeth Ann triumphantly skim along-and come to a stop-the winnerl As Billy landed, Elizabeth Ann rushed up to him, Oh Billy, Billy dear I did beat you-and you didn't know it was me, you did your host and I beat you for once honestly. Oh Billyl But tactless Billy, before he thought, blurted out, Why Elizabeth Ann, you little idiot! I'd like to spank you. The very idea of your taking such s risk. Of course I knew you the minute I saw you in your 'plane. Elizabeth Ann looked at him and'said, And you-knew -me--all-the-time! You-let-me-win-again! You knew me! And Billy said, with a catch in his voice as he thought of the risk she had taken, Why, little girl, don't you know 1'd know you anywhere-anywhere! Elizabeth Ann looked at him a minute, and then the dimple came to fight for supremacy with the two big tears that started to roll down her sunburned nose-and then she said, Oh Billy! I--I'd lots ratherhave you know me anywhere than to have won when you didn't know mel 'Cause+'cause I- But if she finished at all it was smothered in Billy'a coat lapel as he swept her into his arms behind the sheltering aeroplane. ' l -Page 11-

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1.--. GREEN AND GOLD il- win tennis games and auto races, except once in a while when he was afraid she was getting a little suspicious of the reality of her victory. And now she'd gone and found it outl Billy knew very well he could beat Elizabeth Ann at everything, because, while she was a good little sport, she was only a girl and lacked his strength. But he thought it pleased her to win, and as Billy's chief aim in life was to please Elizabeth Ann-he had done his best to make her think she'd done it on her own merits. Elizabeth Ann tried to make him sec that it wasn't a bit of fun for her to have him let her win, she wanted him to do his darndest to win, and she'd do her darndest to beat him. fWhen Elizabeth Ann was excited, she forgot that darn and dai-ndcst were expressions she should have outgrown long ago li There would be some joy in winning then. Poor Billy did his best after that, but somehow he just couldn't forget that it was Elizabeth Ann, adorable, desirable Elizabeth Ann, and that it might hurt her to lose! And so he kept on doing not quite his best until Elizabeth Ann lost her temper. I'll just make you win, Billy Deane! she stormed. PII do it somehow-and I won't let you either, you'll win in spite of my doing my best to beat you! You see, I'll do it. Now Billy had a monoplane, and was quite an expert amateur. It was Elizabeth Ann's greatest delight to go for a flight with him, and she finally persuaded him to show her how to manipulate it. Soon she was aeroplane crazy, and coaxed and coaxed until her poor Dad in self defense gave her a small biplane, on the condition that she would be very careful, much more careful than she was with the Imp . And Elizabeth Ann said she'd be very, very careful. But with all her coaxing,-fand Elizabeth Ann could certainly coaxll, she just c:ouldn't get Billy to race with her in the planes. He steadily refused, because, as he said, Pm not crazy about the idea of your having a 'plane of your own, Elizabeth Ann. Of course you're perfectly competent but they're still pretty risky things, and if I race with you I'm afraid y0u'll do something reckless. And you know we can't have anything happening to you, dear! But the dear was under his breath, for Billy was a little afraid to let Elizabeth Ann know how much she meant to him. But if he could have seen the deter- mined set of her jaw, he would have feared she'd get her way somehow! x-run Waoo Hoon! As the long cry rent the air it was answered by a more feminine one, and Elizabeth Ann flew down the steps to meet Billy as ho rushed up. Say, he began, breathlcssly. I've some peachy news for you. Them-e's to be an aeroplane meet over at Ardley, and Pm going to fly. Won't you drive over in the Imp 'I It's going to be fine, there are some profession- als entered I think. Please come! I have to go now z nd get my 'plane ready. 'He was so excited he failed to see the wicked gleam in Elizabeth Ann's eyes, accompanied by the dimple, as she said, I'll be there, Billy ! il K ll Q The planes were poised on the ground, ready for flight. Billy was there, -Page 10-

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--- GREEN LAND GOLD -1---l A Myth of Bald Mountain CLARA CAZZARETTO '16 PON THE WESTERN slope of Bald Mountain, where the pine trees grow, there lived a beautiful maiden. No one knew how she came, or from where she came, they only knew that she was the prettiest and dearest girl that they'd ever seen, and thought that perhaps she was sent by the Almighty to beautify their lives. Nor could they find out from her, why such a .fairy-like maid should live alone up in those hills. The birds and trees alone knew why she had come, for all day long she'd tramp the trails, singing her story as she went. She had a favorite spot where she would sit each day after her tramp, and sing to the growing things about her. She once had a. lover in another world, the world of strife and struggle. He was a nobleman, and she just a flower girl, who stood on the street corners. He must marry a noble lady and her poor heart grew so lonely that she became a frail girl, and the wind carried her to this quiet spot. Over in his world her lover sat in his father's drawing room. In the next room were ladies of his station, chattering over tea cups. He hated this life, ao went out to stroll in the garden. He sat on a rustic bench near the swan pond and drank in the gentle breeze. She too was sitting in her world at her favorite spot, and the breeze hearing her song, carried it to her lover's ear. How could he sit there and ignore that sweet call from the one he knew should be his! He wandered far from his home, and one glorious day found himself in a beautiful spot of the Sierras, where birds of every kind called to each other, from the tops of the trees. Far in the distance he heard a sweet song, and as he stood there, it came closer, and in a moment, the sweet- heart of his old world stood before him. He stretched his arms out to her, calling her to him, and she, reading the look in his eyes, ran to him and was folded in his embrace. Then along came the gentle breeze and carried the two happy people to a world of their own. So the mysterious maid of Bald Mountain disappeared as silently as she had come, but her song is still heard by people walking by her home, as the breeze sighs through the watchful pines that she loved. -Page 12-