Walnut Grove High School - Yearbook (Walnut Grove, MO)

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FIUII' 'Il' 'II' 'H' 'IIUII' 'IIUII' 'II' Ml' 'll' 'IIUIW covering him I made an attempt to secure the plans but failed. Becoming alarmed for the safety of his prized possessions the Englishman lied to London. He discovered that I was following him and Hed to Canada. I still pursued and he, still Heeing, linally entered the United States. You probably remember Prof. Rodgers of the Wocbdland Business College. That was none other than the man I was pursuing. The day he was here I saw him hide the plans in your Professor's overcoat pocket. That night I burned a glass out of a window with a tube charged with radium and entering, secured the coat. ThenI heard some one coming and lled to the basement to hide. I rushed into a far corner when I stepped on the earth over an old well which the school house had been built over and which had never been filled. Dirt had settled on the top and I could not see the cover. This is the well and hereI have remained ever since. During the daytime Ikeep dirt over the top of the cover to the well so that it will not be seen and at night I go out and get what I can find to eat. I cannot escape the Englishman for he knows where he lost his plans and is guard- ing ever railroad in the vicinity. He has never been able to locate me but he knows I am near the school house somewhere. He has men in his hire at every railroad station that would instantly de- tect me if I should attempt Bight. I have been hiding here for three months waiting for a chance to escape. As the man ceased talking he pulled a bundle from one corner, out of which he took a short, queer looking tube. Then he began talking again. It was probably early morning when the ex- plosion took place. You have been insensible all day. I have heard them at work removing the debris above. But I do not want to be caught here foi tonight I am going to make one last attempt to get back to Germany with my prize. Here is the radium tube of which I spoke and I am now going to show you how it works. The boy sat in the corner speechless and watched this strange man. Turning the tube toward the mass above, a light began to glow, shining over their prison. This grew brighter and brighter, until both had to cover their eyes to save them from blindness. Then the broken desks piled above began to crumble away before the light like burnt paper. It was not long until a hole was made to the clear air above and the man, replacing the tube, crawled up Q El na alla ull: ull: ullnlln ullnlln ell: ull: 'HUM'

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Elllll' 'Il' 'Il' 'II' IIIUII' 'IIUII' 'll' ill' 'll' 'IIUIE E Y .- VZ' 1 EIU man had probably taken the water to revive him. Taking a good look at his companion, he saw that he was a tall lean-looking man with iron-gray hair and mustache. He recognized him as the stranger who had visited the school at noon, several weeks before. Where am I? he asked weakly, for his head was throbbing and he ached all over. My son, the man answered, as well as I can tell, you are underneath the building of the W. G. H. S., in the bottom of an old well that the school house is over. But what has happened outside? H Rising to his feet the boy replied that the boiler had bursted and blown up the school house and he had fallen down thru the rent walls to the place where he now was. It was lucky for you that you chanced to strike this well for if you had not the rubbish which came piling down over it would have crushed you to death. But can we get out? asked the boy fearing. Sure we can, and he smiled such a weird, horrid grin that the boy, still more afraid, cried out again. VVho are you? Hoxv came you here? Where are we? I don't understand. I Still smiling the man answered: Be seated on this rock here in the corner and I will tell you I have wanted to talk to some one for a long time. It cannot especially interest you but I will tell,f'you the exact story of how I came to be here. I am General Von Harlemberg of the German army. At the beginning of the present European war, I was serving on the staff of the Kaiser. I was present at a meeting of this staff in which it was determined to take Gibralter from the English. An English officer who had turned traitor a few days before told us that the plans of the fortress were in possession of a retired English general who was living at Scarborough. There are no other plans in the world, for the English guard this place carefully and these are all the plans they have ever allowed drawn off. They guard every possible means by which an outsider might gain intelligence of the place. The Kaiser wished to secure these plans and a German lieet sailed to the English coast. Scarborough was shelled. I was on the fleet and during the shelling I was landed. I easily passed for an Englishman. After landingI began search for this officer. Dis- E. 4- .l m 1:1 llv Ill' 'IF 'll' 'HHH' IIIUIII 'Il' 'II' IIIEIIII 'ly

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: the side of the Well and disappeared, leaving the student half dazed. glilll' 'll' 'Il' 'll' 'UUII' 'lI'I'lI' 'll' AI' 'Il' 'NDIS E if Later he crawled out too. - The school house Was not badly damaged, When the workmen ? came the next morning to begin the repairing they found the boy, Whom everyone had given up for dead, sitting on the front step 5 and Wondering how soon he Would hear of the fall of Gibraltar. l , - 1 1 L - m QIUII' 'II' 'II' 'll' 'IIUII' 'IIUH' 'Il' 'll' 'IIUIII 'ly