Wells River High School - Chatterbox Yearbook (Wells River, VT)

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By this time Mr. Fitzbald was attracting much attention and everybody was wondering about the cause for his search. Mr. Fitzbald stuck his head under his seat, looking for “it” and in doing so, hit his head on the knee of an Italian seated in front of him and knocked off his hat and wig. The Italian got to his feet and yelled, “Who do you think you’re hitting?” Mi . Fitzbald didn’t say a word, but just shrank hack in his seat and proceeded to go through his pockets again. The Italian, thinking Mr. Fitzbald was deaf and dumb, sat back in his seat and commenced to watch Jeremiah. After five minutes of frantic searching, Mr. Fitzbald gave up and continued to read the “Boston Post.” By this time the conductor was wondering if Jeremiah was all right, so he said politely, “May I inquire what you have lost?” Mr. Fitzbald didn’t say a word. “I 11 try again, maybe he didn’t hear,” thought the anx- ious conductor. Repeating the question and receiving no an- swer, he gave up and went back to his work. All at once, Mr. Fitzbald jumped up and shouted joyfully, “Yippee! I know where they are, on the breakfast table, wrapped in my napkin.” “May I inquire what?” asked the conductor. “My false teeth,” answered Mr. Fitzbald. CURIOSITY Once upon a time many, many years ago, in a far-away land there lived a baby seal. This land was very cold and there was snow and ice all the time. The little seal, whose name was Jacob, lived in this cold land with his father and his mother and many other seals. Now unlike most seals, Jacob was very curious. He was always wondering about things and he liked to try to find out about interesting or strange things. Of course Jacob’s mother did not like to have her little son get into danger so she tried to teach him not to be too curious. But try as she might, it 11

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CHING-LING Once there was a Chinaman by t lie name of Ohing-Ling who owned a laundry in Chinatown. One bright afternoon Ching-Ling was going home at a little after four o’clock. He had just rounded a corner when he heard a dog bark, but he didn’t pay any attention to it ’till he felt something biting his leg. Looking down and seeing a little black and white dog, quick as a wink he picked the dog up and started biting his ear. lb hit harder and harder until the dog yelled in agony. Just then a woman rounded the corner. Evidently it was her dog because when she saw what was going on she immediately called the police. Meanwhile Ching-Ling kept on biting the dog, until the policeman, walking up, asked Ching-Ling why he was biting a poor little dog. The policeman thought Ching-Ling was crazy. Ching-Ling answered, “Him bite me, me bite him. He did not speak very good English and the policeman could not understand him but finally he caught on to what ( hing-Ling was trying to say and gravely explained to him that that was not exactly the way people in America punished animals. After some persuasion Ching-Ling put the dog down and the owner agreed to forget about the matter. ‘ ‘ Anyway, ’ ’ tough.” Ching-Ling concluded, “Him was pretty —Marjorie Farnsworth LOST AND FOUND Mr. Jeremiah Fitzbald paid the conductor and sat down in the street car. He .soon was reading the Boston 1 ost and was very much engrossed in it. After about five minutes he started up from his paper and began frantically to search for something. In his pockets? No, not there. Maybe in his handkerchief? Still lost. 10

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did no good for day after day Jacob went on, being curious about things. One day Jacob began wondering where the sun went when it set. He wondered and wondered and finally when no one saw him he started out to find out about it, lie swam and he swam until he thought he must be at the place where the sun disappeared into the sea. So he stopped and waited but when the sun set it seemed just as far ahead ot him as it had at home. Now Jacob was not the kind to give up easily so he kept on. After awhile he began to think he should go home but when he turned around and tried to find his way, he found he was lost. When Jacob’s mother found that her little son was gone she called to her husband who in turn called to many other seals and a great search began. They searched and they searched and finally one day someone found poor, little Jacob on a cake of ice, very cold, hungry and afraid. hen his mother reached him she spanked him soundly anl took him home. After that narrow escape, for many days it seemed as if Jacob had been cured of his habit of being curious, lie was content to stay at home with his father and mother. Every- thing went well until one day he began to wonder again about different things. lie wondered where the wind went when it blew, where all the water in the sea came from and above all, he still wondered about where the sun went when it set. One day he started out again, resolved to find out about a lot of things and as he had grown quite big by this time, he was no longer afraid. He swam and he swam, getting farther and farther away from home. This time, just as before, he could not find where the sun went when it set, or where the sea water came from, or where the wind went when it blew. When his parents found he was gone once more they start- ed to look for him. They searched and they -searched but they could not find Jacob anywhere. And do you know why? It was because one day Jacob had seen a ship far in the distance. He began to wonder about it so he went to look around. He reached the ship but, alas, he soon wished he had never seen 12