Stamford Union Free School - Camera Yearbook (Stamford, NY)

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Oh dear 1tS that terr1ble K1ller Mull1ns What shall we do? Hes been pestermff me for months to marry h1m Imag1ne marrymg a man llke hun? Dannys cheeks blanched not from fear for h1mself but for Estella Don t fear Stell I hope I m st1ll man enough to take care of you Id do anythmg for you St lla Ill fight to the last Danny had changed He was more reined and more serlous from h1s contact w1th gentle lovmg Estella They reseated themselves and watched the on coming r1der The rxder came rushxng up and flung hrmself off h1s horse near them He was a tall heavy set fellow who shaved once a month and dehghted 111 belng a bully He came swaggerrng up to the chalrs before the house 1gI'lOI'1I1g Danny Wal l1ttle wlldcat yu re all alone today an Im gonna carry yu away an marry yu Danny was on h1s feet Keep your dlrty mouth closed 1n the presence of a lady you dlrty skunk K1ller turned to h1m w1th a sneermg snnle on h1s face Wal th l1ttle boy has got h1S temper up h sneered And then Danny started for h1m Hls fist met K1ller s Jaw and snapped h1s head back He fol lowed th1s w1th a r1ght to Killer s stomach wh1ch doubled h1m over w1th a grunt A left to K1ller s left eye closed that for good and a qu1ck r1ght to h1S ear cut that member nearly off K1ller had had enough and started to run a staggerlng bee l1ne for h1s horse Danny d1d not follow h1m ut stood stra1ght and pale w1th h1s fists clenched K1ller scrambled on h1s horse and spurred the poor anlmal to get away from there Danny stood watch1ng K1ller untll he s appeared Then he turned to Estella She held out her arms to hma He started for her suddenly staggered and fell 1n a twlsted heap Estella ran to h1m and reused h1s head Just then she heard the chp clop of hoofs and knew her father was returnlng The doctor was sent for Danny was placed ln bed The doctor sand he had l1ttle hope but that h1s lungs were almost un hurt Hls nervous system and heart were shaken up a b1t They stood around the bed and watched every heart stopped Danny stlrred looked up saw Estella and gr1nned He went softly to sleep w1th a l1ttle grm st1ll Cl1I'V1llg his hps Hell l1ve sa1d the doctor and be a man now He s go1ng to get half my ranch w1th Estella declared Dad Burke Estella took Dannys hand and watched fas cmated for Dannys fightlng heart had won and Danny was hers By ROSE BEARD WORTH THE MONEY OC Johnsons old Buffalo BISOIIS had as a center fielder one of the most fam ous baseball figures of that trme George Swan by name He was SIX feet two 1nches tall and vxe1ghed two hundred th1rty pounds He pos sessed terrlflc speed and was one of the leagues lead1ng hrtters and the best base runner of the perlod Because he was good natured jolly and always gr1nn1ng he had more frlends than any one else 1n the game and was the most popular man playrng 1n baseball The B1sons had just f:1I1lSl'16d a SCYICS 1n New York and were to depart for WHQh1I1QtOI1 at elght o clock On the way to the stat1on Swan met some frxends and stopped to talk He was xntroduced to some more people and he m1ssed the tra1n There vtas another tram at nxne o clock but by that t1me the party was so good that he m1ssed the second one He dec1ded to catch the nlne oclock tram the next mormng but he overslept and then man aged to l'I11SS the ten o clock one and finally caught another one half hour later The trun should have put h1m rn Washmgton at four otlock but It vxas late He knew that Johnson would be rag mg so h got a stateroom and put on h1s unlform and as the tra1n pulled 1nto Washlngton he raced through the statxon he jumped 1nto a cab and reached the baseball freld just as the first half ln n1ng was over W1thout stopp1ng at the bench Swan ran out on the fleld chased h1s understudy off and played When that half 1nn1ng ended Swan came to the bench Smlllllg and trylng to look xnnocent ohn son was mad and gave Swan no chance to use the excuses he had made on the tram That wlll cost you one hundred dollars he Sald w1th a roar All r1ght captaxn sa1d Swan 111 h1s most pro voklng manner It ll cost you two hundred fumed Johnson angered by Swan s tone Very well captam sa1d Swan as pleasant as ever ohnson was too mad to talk and sa1d no more The game started tamely enough but soon de veloped 1nto a p1tchers duel Buffalo had a one 11 - 1 - 1 - 1 - - ' 11 - 1 11 , , 1 . . . , . . . 1 . 5 1 , 1 - - - - 1.1 1 11 . 1 , 1 K 1 . . . .,., . f , . . . , . b 1 - 1 , . . su. 1 1 1 1 - 11 - 11 1 1 1 1 .K 4 , . . . 1 L , . 1 11 - tt 1 11 - C . 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SHORT STORIES THE FIGHTING HEART WAS a nlght an June and Danny Murphy ontender for the hght heavyweaght tltle sat 111 has room Tomght he was Hghtang Sallor jennmgs holder of the belt wh1eh Danny coveted He remembered very d1st1nctly how Just ten years before a doctor had told has mother that she had tubereulosas She had daed a few years later and strangely enough thas thought came to h1m as he awaated the tame to enter the rlng Neverthe less Danny straaghtened h1s shoulders and has face broke 1nto a sorrow defyang smale Huggans has manager opened the door Well Kad he sang out wlth that gran youll not only wan thas fight but also the hearts of the crowd C mon for you re rub down there s only one more prehm The tame had come and Danny a gflli stall on has face entered the r1ng Ray' Here comes Danny Danny Murphy our Danny' From SO OOO throats assued the craes for Mur phy Saalor Jennangs entered amad hand clap pangs for the ehampaon but Danny who just tlp ped the scales to be L1 hght heavyweaght was the favorate The gong struck and Saalor jennmgs began weavang and bobbang around Danny The latter has face stall wearang a smlle followed hllll Hug uns could tell by the way Danny stepped that he meant to make a qulck flght of lt Murphy really started the lT1lX1IIg watb a left to Sulors jaw whach landed perfectly square and knocked has head back The champlon returned a raght jab but too late Danny was gone Agam Murphy came an to shoot a quaek left to Sallors chest Saalor stepped closer to get an a raght Danny sade stepped neatly and then he stopped stlll on the floor stralghtened h1s arms suffened the gran on h1S face seemed paanted there and then he slowly crumpled to the floor When they reached h1m Danny was stall as death After a braef examanataon Dr Blue saad HIS lungs he ll never faght agam A look of dlsappolntment passed over Huggans face and Wlth a sneer he answered I m through wlth h1m It was a day of uly an Montana Estella Burke and her father were radang along about a Illlle from the raalroad tracks huntang for some stray steers whleh had wanelered from the X Bar A ranch They came to a h1ll overlookanv the tracks and stopped Daddy suddenly craed Estella whats that lyrng beside the tracks? Its a pale of rags No' It s a man Daddy quaek we must go see Estella and Dad Burke spurred thear splrlted horses and an a m1nute were beside the human belng lyang 111 an anert heap Stella swung from her horse and ran to the man She rolled h1m over on has back and pressed her ear to has heart Daddy at beats Hes ahve she eraed u1ck we must take ham home and Hx ham up Hand me my canteen Takang the canteen she held at to h1s laps wet tang them The touch of the water acted as no other st1mul ant could have Danny Murphy for xt was he battered and bruased opened has eyes and when he saw the beautaful shmmg face bent over ham h1s faghtlng heart came uppermost and wath a cheery gran he murmured I must be an heaven but who would ve thought Id ever get here? And then he faanted Estella and her father took ham home wath them an true western hospa was as near heaven as he ever hoped to be He told them has story 111 the IIVIIIQD room of the ranch w1th all the cowboys attendmg Every one of them loved ham before he fII1lShL.C.l at One bag fellow was heard Illllfllluflllg I d lake to have that d sucker Hugqans at the end of my 4a Id fix m One day when Danny was well enough to be outslde he and Estella sat before the house an large easy eha1rs The men had all gone some where and they were alone on the ranch Danny loved to watch Estella as her be autaful head bent over her work H1s eyes lanally searched the das tant horazon He had learned to love these halls and plaans and ne-ver tlred of watehang the ever changmg hghts of the clear atmosphere Suddenly Danny started Over a hall about two males away eame a horseman Stella whos th at? he asked startled b cause he kneva the men could not be returnmg so soon Estella took her fathers poxxeaful field glasses from a table and leveled them on the r1de1 7 , . , . . , . . a . . . c K ,. 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run lead which seemed to insure victory until VVashington came to bat with two out and a man on second and third. The batter hit the ball with terrific force on a line toward the fence. Swan, who was playing deep, turned almost as the ball was hit. He gave one glance over his shoulder, then ran fast. The ball looked as if it would clear the fence and the other fielders stopped. The ball seemed to pass over Swan's head when he leaped and hurled his great body sidewards and upwards. The ball struck his hands and stuck when his body commenced to turn in midfair. With his head downward and feet high in the air, he struck the boards of the fence. A big panel shattered and Swan upside down and the hall still in his hands disappeared out of the park. The umpire who had run far out beyond second base to watch the catch, waved his arms allowing the out, as Swan stuck his head through the hole in the fence and held up the ball. As the big Bison fielder, grinning happily, limped back to the bench, the hostile Vkfashington fans cheered and cheered, thus forgetting the loss of the game in admiration of the catch. Swan, ae' centing his limp more and more as he neared the Bison's bench and stopping in front of johnson, said: Do fines go, captain? No, roared Johnson. By ROBERT DECKER '29 DID XOU EVER SEE? Miss Bushcll in the library reading Puddin Head Wilsoii 7 Miss Folger up at the last lake looking for Beavers? Miss Budd trying to chaperon Miss Bushell7 Miss Foote trying to keep her Dodge under thirty miles an hour j X If a knife and fork made love could the teaspoon7 It eould if the coffee stood its ground If I got kicked by a cow I would call it a milk puneh Steve Vvha do you do with your pants when you xxear them out7 Vin Wea: them baek home again of course Miss Jennings XVill you buy me an iee cream sundae7 Miss Isoln cr I dont think I will be here Sunday Bud Where should the cream of a basehall nine Mie In the pitcher Deak Raynor Piw what is dis ret1on7 Paw Discretzon is something that comes to a min when he is too eld to benefit by it my son Do you mean to stand there and tell me your em ployer told you that you might have all the goods you wuued lkeel thc judge of Deak Raynor sir he 1 111slsfCLI Dea He told me I hould DCLJI1 takin stoek md I did Prof Wllson parked on Prospect Street after dark7 M185 Daniels walking down the street without Miss Jennin gs? Mr Getmln doing something out of pl1ee7 JoKEs Peggy Daddy Peggy up7 Daddy Peggy the Hshes7 Daddy Peg y ten1lent Daddy what did the Dead Sea die of? Oh' I dont know ehlld Daddy where do dreams go when you wxks I don t know Daddy why did God put so miny bones in I don t know that either Goodness Daddy who made you superin Spook Shrimp I got arrested for stealing, 1 1 Sh imp How did they know you stole it? Spook The pig squealed on me Carl Jones Teacher how long eould anyone hxt without bra1ns7 Miss Foote That remains to be seen If a lady famted in a post ofhce would 1 letter carrier home While in the capitol in Wlslllilgllili I saw the lumber trust buy the blockheaded Senators with wooden money 7 . - - 1 1 11 - 1 11 11 - Q h W 1 1 K 1 1 1 - 11 as 1 K C K x- 1 1 1 1 . . . 1 L ' - I' I 5 T ' I 15 S I 1 I A I ' s 7 I ' x ' 1 ss. 1 . . 1 M M 1 . 1,,e ' ff I 'ax 1 1 1 , . . - , 1 1 . 1 . 1 . , . 1 , 1 1 1 ' ' ' 1 - f t 1 . . 1 5 5 ff ' ' 1 , 1 . sl 1. .WA ' ' ' 1 . - 1 1 U lg -- 1 . , g - , 1 . f -- . 1 be found? 1 1 ' - -' I - ' 1 P fl, .1 . 11 V. 11 . h ' . . 7 A . -- 1 . . 11 .1 . U 1 '. '.,- ' 1 1 '. 1 1 -4 1 , 1 . .e . . 47 L. ' K. x. , . . 1 1 K-4 , - K 1. ' - ' 1 ', 5 . xi N ' M K sl 1' 1 l 1 I ' I 1 ' 1 K . 1 ' 1 , -' 1 ' 1 .s - f 1 . - Yes. 5 . ' d el, 1' 1' 'k. 1 1: 1 ' ' s I 1 g . ' 1 . S 1 1 ' 1 : P ' . S I AMFORD SEMINARY 15