Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 21 BILLY. was not gno,i at lishin a lazy iiiairs .jol,. ' . which IS i„.|.ularly .■om-eded to be COI.MMXKXT li.un., w,lh fat h is. m.n.nnoth lb ' ha.l a i-assHui lor h V. ' makiii-, hut Ills ,im.. rolls alLMiipIs P f.Tt. n s(|iuiiT hcn.l c.vriv.l wilh (l;irk hair li.- wrre like tl alvssrs , r an . ' I. •phalli, Xolhiii- pI.ms.mI him ™ uinniiiL; ' to turn gray, a tace one vast I ' Xiiansivu innle tl t. sit 111 tl • III..II..W siimiii. ' r twilmhl and sing smile aii.l the whole topped oft ' by a very small t. ' lldrr lltllp lovr son- . 1.1 Ih.. s,.rt : ompaiiiiii. ' iit ..f his riip. (. ' nueeive of a person of such a make-up and han.io. ,.s,H.,.,ally iT 111, V was a v.. nil- lady iii ar hy. yuu have l., ' f..r.. you a picture of Billy. r n.li.-iil.. ' ..r all th. ' small hoys, and ■Nature had made Billy from a generous jiattei-n and all S.UII. ' of tl Idrl ' ones ..... in t..wii. His tah s ..1 ' his vah.iir ' that he did I ' ur himself was on a large scale. His stories an.l .-oiirage were ridi •ul. ' .l ..pcnly by the h. ' arll. ' .ss liltl. ' were no exceptions and certainly they were marvelous nar- wreti ' hrs when they w ■re at a safe distance, for they dis- ratives. No one ever tried to remember them, often as they tilH ' tly rellleliil„.red box he had been frightened almost out were told, for each edition added new valour and cleverness of his wits ' - l.y Widow Jlaloney ' s old cow, one night when to the narrator. A sound like the pulling of corks would be it wasn ' t dark. The u ■xt .lav Hillv ha.l t.il.i li..w li. ' im-l a heard, that was a chuckle and a prelude to some long tale bear in tin ' wooils the i ivvious iii-lil, aii.l h..w the .uvatuiv told perhaps for the dozenth time. Billy always laughed had run. heartily at his own jokes and genei ' ally lie was the only one due day, wlii n all tl .■ g.issips w. ' iv at th.-ir I ' avorit u- that did laugh— without doubt, an .uator. hut one which patioij. the talk turned t.. -Imsls. 1-Silly was loiiil lan.l how an uncharitable world has named the storc-hox (u-ator. ,.,,1,1,1 1„. |„iv,. 1 n ..till ■wis..!i in his.l. ' .-laration that •.ili..sts H illy ac ' ted in the hcmorable office of station a-eut for .1.. not ..xist. Ills r.uiii rk was ..vcrh. ' ar.l hy two ..f his tor- th le railroad hrave enough to pass thru lOss. ' x. His ni..nl.,rs. B..I, an.l Dwi hl ((sh,.ru... who hat.Ml IJilly iv duties were not arduous, much to his secret delight, for it because he was in lov,. vith Ih. ' ir . iiiil Agn. ' s. than l ' ..r any must be confessed, that altho he boasted of all that he could other reason. Immedia t. ' h- all Ihc ivst ..r 111. ' cam; weri ' do, no one ever saw him work and the general opinion was informed and plans for a. -lion .pii.-kly ma.l. ' . that Billy had an insuperable aversion to all kinds of It chanced that at a sh.u-l distaii.- ' .- I ' n.m Osb.,rne ' s theiv labor, whether profitable or otherwise. And unlike Rip, he was a large, gloomy h ou.se. long uninhabited, on account

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20 HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL As long as we cannot all leave. THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. Havana go with me. The younger ones may stay at home CONTRIBUTED. In care of Albert Lea. . Let Helena cook and Henry plow. wl l I ' ' ' 1 ' ' ■ I have toi ' ined a plan And let the work be thorough ; pS JS ' ' ' ' Jamestown Fair. And if the horse gets tired, then they ' :iz t: T ' ' ' ' Can borrow Murphysboro. You all must think on what a debt Yukon not all go— that is sure: You owe society, ' Tis not out West Juneau, Make up your minds Toledo life A Frankfort we must have, for we Of strict sobriety. Can ' t live on Buffalo. At Rising Sun we all must start. If mother can ' t endure to walk Its very first Racine. We ' ll have to Wheeler out. And shall we be like the Three Oaks, And in doing that will get Forever fresh and green. A chance Topeka ' bout. We may, perhaps, see some big men. And Cleveland may be one. We might perchance, too, see the ghost Of our own Washington. His Mobile countenance to see «f Would make our eyes grow Dewey. W W And then who knows but he may be rar Accompanied by St. Louie. b A Lincoln statute should be there. And other things to suit. I know that take it all in all. The Fair will be a Butte.

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