Tillamook Catholic High School - Academic Yearbook (Tillamook, OR)

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TH! ACADEMIC hum as bemg dead Slowly she refolded the letter and looked at the smaller envelope Opening lt she was very 1 tonlshed to flnd bank notes to pay her way over Well that meant she must go She took up the morning paper and turned to the time tables President Wrl on outgorng passenc er ship leavlng u e lb Yes thls settled she could rent her home prepare for the voyage and on the flfteenth set sall The day arrlved and she followed her small black trunk up the gangplank at New York for the ocean voyage to France Wlshlng to vlew the sea one evening she stood gazing out over the waves when the captam strolled by She turned and caught her breath She had seen him before Dxck she whlspered The captam turned suddenly and exclalmed What rs lt madame3 Anythlng l can do for you3 Seemg that she must have been mlstaken though he c rtalnly cllcl look like Dlck she sand No thank you captam ln the dlm moonllght l mlstook you, for some one else They chatted awhile and as the voyage continued they be came casual good frlends meetlng usually at dusk or ln the evenlng for the captam was busy all clay The shlp neared the coast of France then ploughed mto Nantes blue harbor Soon fcnrewells were sald the courteous captam very sorry to see the cultured lxttle lady go on alone to her destmatlon but the sea and hls posltlon held hlm And so she departed for Tours Three months later Mr Lanes vlslt was over After a very pleasant tay at the chateau of her slster she boarded the Presndent Wllson for her home rn Garlbaldl Lonely before but now lonelxer than ever for her sister was such a compamon she eagerly looked forward to the voyage home For Captain Cleveland brought back memorres of happy days long ago and she wlshed to see hlm agaln He looked so much llke Duck Yet Dlck was not so tanned or muscular but thelr features were very slmllar and thelr volces To her cllsappomtment It was evenlng before she saw him agam As she was walkmg on deck enjoymg the twlllght and the brllows she heard swnft steps commg Turnmg she saw that the captam smiling eagerly down at her Never had she scanned hrs face so searchmgly as now Then she screamed D1c Dlck Lane! lhen llke the rushmg flow of a torrent came back Drck Lane s memory and past Thank Cod' Betty you3 Yes Dlck l knew lknew But the shlp nonchalantly saxled on ROSELLA BLASER 29 I L, lu 1 1 1 . N , ' ES . , - .. . . . . . - .. , , . . s , ,, . , A J n . , , . . y . .. . .. . . . , . . . .. . . . , . . .. . 1 . Q . .., X , c , , Y v , - . . .. , - , . . . , . 1 v 1 . .. ' S. . . S , , , - y . . t , U , . . . y - , - v , - 1 . . . , ' U 'k Oh . .- An k it . . , . .. . .. , - y - - , . 'nf'- w'1t5'-4fg.flt

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THE ACADEMIC of Orrental domrnatron passed before he made hrs escape whrch cost hrm so much lt was on a dark nrght that a dread typhoon came up lashrng the shrp to preces rn rts fury A spar brg and heavy fell on Drck s head rn the crash and though he wound lrfe rn an open unprovrsroned boat hrs mmd was rnjured and hrs memory gone When a few days later he was prcked up feverrsh and srck by an Amerrcan passenger shrp he was unable to grve hrs name and hrstory For many days he was unconscrous under the care of the shrp physrcran Though he soon regarned hrs health and strength everythrng seemed to be blank rn hrs mmd rn regard to hrs past but he was normal and rntellrgent otherwrse After he was up agam he answered thrs to an rnqurry rnto hrs lrfe l thmk my name rs Cleveland And so Drck Lane adopted rnto the sarlor s ranks was mysterrously known as ack Cleveland The steamer was to pass through the Panama Canal then to New York There rt had been assrgned a new route on the Atlantrc Gradually rn the followmg years the worthy sea man was advanced through the varyrng degrees of sarlor steward mate and then captarn There came a voyage to Nantes one une On the trrp he met an oddly famrlrar lady whom he learned to admrre very much But leavmg her at Nantes he returned to New York thrnkrng of hrs departed past and wonderrng rf ever agam he would see hrs newly found frrend At the brrghtly curtarned wrndow of a lrttle whrte cottage stood a beautrful young woman She was a brrde of two months wartrng for her husbands return Supper was prepared and the table set but he drd not come She warted the frrst hour expectrng hrm every moment The second hour drrfted slowly and she grew anxrous Then when he had not yet returned at nrne she became fully alarmed After a sleepless nrght Mrs Lane put rn a report Hrs fellow workers and other vrllagers searched the town and sur roundrngs but all rn varn Success was not therrs though the search wrdened and contrnued for days Thus thrs rnscrrptron was wrrtten rn the annals of the crty hall and remarned for many years Rrchard Lane aged 24 drsappeared mystenously on November I3 l9l9 Meanwhrle a brg black schooner was sarlrng away on the Pacrfrc Seven long years passed One mornrng rn May as the wrdow was weedrng her lrttle flower garden the postman came up the walk l-le whrstlrng merrrly handed her a letter wrth a pleasant Good mornrng hope rts good news Expectantly she tore rt open and a letter sheet wrth a smaller envelope fell out Her heart sank lt was only another letter from her srster Madame Nlartrnr of Tours France urgrng her to make an extended vrsrt wrth her and her husband Of course she loved her srster but what rf Drck should return whrle she was gone3 Never drd she thunk of lu. lxxr 1 . . . . . . 1 - 1 1 1 , . 1 1 , . 1 1 . . . . . .1 . . 11 . . . 1 . 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1 1 .li - 1 1 Y ' l . , . . 1 - 1 . .. . . - 1 1 . 11 , . - 1 Y - 1 1 1. . . 1 11 . , . - 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 'a ttf- '11rIB'-S1-x' -rr

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THE ACADEMIC Hrs Mastcrprccc ln the anteroom of the Smoke House whrch was a favorrte loun rnv place for the men of the vrllage sat Charles Von l-lagon rn a comfortable brg charr wrth hrs feet restrng easrly upon the stove From hrs posrtron one mrght thrnlt hr r a gentleman of lersure but from hrs slouchy dress and unshaven face one would naturally be lreve hrm a tramp But Charles Von Hagon was nerther ln realrty he was an artrst rn the strrct sense of the word From early youth he had rndulged rn that fascrnatrng art of puttrng lrfe before the world rn prctures And he had always been rather successful A soon as a good prcture was frnrshed he would sell rt and gamble away the profrts After that he d lrve at the Smoke House untrl he could get another prcture frnrshed But he never had parnted a masterprece O yas hed always say Someday l vrll barnt a master prece Some day ven l haf een ltaly perhaps But as the days slrpped by one by one the masterprece strll re mamed unparnted And now he sat rn the Spoke House talkrng to some of the loungers and enjoyrng the butt of a crgar Only a few pence remarned rn hrs pocket from the sale of hrs last prcture but that drd not worry hrm When he had frnrshed hrs crgar he stood up stretched lazrly and lrmped across the room to the bar Your strongest srre he sard throwrng hrs last few pence onto the counter as the clerk produced the requrred drrnk whrch Charles qurckly dramed to the last drop Then moppmg hrs fore head wrth hrs handkerchref he started for the door Down the street he went lookrng absently from rrght to left When at last he had left most of the burldrngs of the vrllage behrnd hrm he qurte unexpectedly stumbled upon a poor lrttle grrl who sat rn the mrddle of the srdewalk cryrng She was a pathetrc lrttle creature wrth large rnnocent blue eyes and tangled golden harr that hung unevenly about her shoulders Wrth eyes strll mrsty she looked up appealrngly at the old man Vell velll Vot rs da trouble leetle von3 he asked tenderly gazmg rn all sympathy upon the sobbrng lrttle frgure Oh Uncle Charles' she crred we re havrng so much trouble Poor Mother rs srck and she wants a prcture of the Sacred Heart lve Just been to Mr Randolph s Art Store and they have a beau trrul one just lrke Mother wants but rt co ts a dollar and l have only have erghty frve cents Her vorce broke and she sobbed most pathetrcallly The old artrst s heart was deeply touched and takrng the chrld by the hand he sard Come mrt me Betty Show me da prcture you vant Together they went to the art store Wrth great enthusiasm lrttle Betty ohnson pornted out the beautrful prcture to the old man who took care to observe each mrnute detarl I Iurr rr N 9 . . 1 , s A v C7 ea 5 c v , Y. . '. . U .Y - v , . . ' . . -4 H - .. . . r v - ' . -. Q . U , . - v r ' v y a rr . U . . . v u r v . . . v , . , . r v 1. . -Q 1 v f 1 U u . 1- v . , . , . . . v . , ' Q v -' - . . an . - A , . . . . ' v ., .4 . . n , . . J f Eli' 5' ' r - ' -