Webb City High School - King Jack Yearbook (Webb City, MO)

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KIN1,i .LX1 IK 16' 27 I ir rs W y nsilg Arquirrh HAD spent the entfre winter and summer of the year 189- clerking In a bank, T' and so when the flrm offered me a two months' vacation beginning the flrst day ':, QI of September I gladly accepted. I decided to spend my vacation with an old fisherman, Jim Travers, whom I had vlslted a few years before. I had decided to go on a tramp steamer In order to get more benefit from the salt air and the ocean voyage, but decided to postpone my journey on ac- count of a severe equlnoctlal gale which was, at that time, blowlng. However, I was not delayed long, and soon I was at my old friend's cottage. Soon the conversation drifted to the storm which had delayed me. My friend showed me a piece of what at first appeared to be dirty paper but as soon as I felt it I decided that It was a piece of parchment. He sald that he found It ln a bottle which had been washed up by the storm. In each corner of the parchment was a skull and cross-bones. In the center was written in letters of the style used probably ln the latter part of the eighteenth century: Ten paces north of the large oak which ls directly in line with the Crow's-nest and the place where the sun rlses on October the flrst. From the spot ten paces from the tree go twelve east. Below this was an elaborate scroll which I was unable to interpret. At flrst I thought it was some joke, but as I had nothlng to do I decided to look into the matter. Mr. Travers knew nothing about the Crow's nest, but after inquiring from other flshermen we learned that it was a peculiar ledge on a cliff about a mlle down the shore from the Monica Island, where .lim lived. As this was the thfrtleth day of September, tomorrow would be the day when the sun would rise In line with the oak, so that afternoon we set out for the Crow's nest with blankets and other supplies. We experienced no trouble In flndlng the cave because of its prominence and soon we had made camp at the foot of the cliff. The next morning we arose about an hour before the sun, and, while Jim prepared our breakfast, I climbed the cliff to the nest. I got there just as the sun was rising. The tree was easily located about half a mile south-west. I returned, and after eating our breakfast we started directly to the tree. I experienced more dlfflculty than I had anticipated in reaching the tree, but finally dld so. After I had stepped the designated distance I drew a circle about flve or sfx feet in diameter. We then proceeded to dig. We continued the digging for some time and were glvfng up in dis- conragement when we unearthed a skull. We resumed digging and presently we came across several bones and another skull. We dug on for about half an hour, when my pick struck some- thing hard. I hastily scraped away the dirt and found a small iron-bound box. It was so heavy that It required our united efforts to lift it out of the hole. We removed the chest to Mr. Travers' cottage. It was so decayed that we easily knocked it open with an ax. It was fllled chiefly with crosses and similar things which I judged were stolen from some church. They were nearly all set with precious stones. I offered my friend half of the treasures but he refused to take them, saying that he would not know what to do with them. I sold the find for a sum which would enable me to enjoy the remainder of my life. This I immediately started out to do. RUTH IMES, 'll.

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'KINGS -Lkilili 'S' 29 Zluninr A. iliuaata anh Unaata Name LucY ANDERSON ELEANoR BERRIAN BEATRICE BUCKINGHAM FERN GUNNING ERMA HAMILTON GLADYS JACKSON JOSEPHINE PRITCHETT RUTH ROBERTSON JAMES TYREE MARY VARNER HAZEL HOPKINS WESLEY FROLKER ALLAN BERRY ORTDN BIGGER FRANKIE BREWER MERYL DECATUR BERYL. DECATUR EDGAR DRISCOL MINNIE EVANS ROXANA KESLER ZoTHAR LATI-HM CARL MCCAEI-'ERTY MAYME PYATT FAY RYON LAURA STONEKING HELEN WIGGINTON ADELLE SI-IERER MARIE LAMBERT MARGARET SMITH OMER DEHART RAYMOND COMBS HEWES HARRIS ERNEST HILL WALTER HUBBARD JOHN O,NElLL JUNE Rosa MILLARD LAWRENCE EMI-:RY SPRACKLIN LEE WHITESCARVER CLAUD HAWOUT HUGH RATLII-'F NADINE GRAY Hrrarnt llbrrupatinn Making positive statements Resting Going to the book store Chasing credits To be or not to be a Junior Catching cars Taking juvenile parts Flunklng Candidate for Senator Learning to sing Learning to multiply Talking Admirer of girls Assistant Prlnc-lpal Seeing a good time Mistaken identity I. .I Training snakes Basket ball fiend Going to shows Starting fires Class infant Admlrer of boys Manufacturing odors Making noises Man hater Writing class poems Leading H. S. Orchestra Talking to Buzz Experimenting with Big Words Hunting Opossums Taking Pictures Fixing Wireless Machines Studying Manual Training Selling Shares Wearing Rings President of Junior Class Woman Lover Keeping Shoulders Straight Woman Hater Flirting With Junior Girls Winning Medals Future Qbrrupatiun Suffragette Work Still Going Still Chasing Them Decided Society Belle Theatrical Star Filling Mis Mattie Helm's Place Still Candldating Filling Miss BI-uce's Place Filling Miss Barber's Place Still Talking Superlatlve Degree Taking Mr. Chapman's Place Taking Miss McLaln's Place The Same II II Raising Alllgators Taking Miss Sedgwlck's Place Taking Miss Koch's Place Burning Towns Growing Spinster Taking Miss Gibbon's Place Making More Nolses Housewife Woman Suffragette Member of Sousa's Band Still Talking to Buzz Manufacturing Dictionaries Raising Hounds High School Photographer Wireless Telegrapher Succeeding Mr. Merlcle Building Another Hospital Owning a Jewelry Store J. D. Rockefeller's Secretary Henpecked Husband Second Caruso Model Husband Married a Senior Succeeding Miss Marvin