Western Oregon University - Yearbook (Monmouth, OR)

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SIXTEEN THE NORM Bawtstev . Sure! I1913-gmcmsj . Bamaister Igathseons up her e77ects amt ptepcwes foe depmatwel Herets hoping you dont suffer long. IPuts the table back where he got 7315.1 . 1913 Istuhg by the coweless eheevafulhessl. Oh, thank you! Bawtstevv. So long! Dont get fidgety about this Will. When 3 the heirs appear it Will be strictly valid. . IShowt pausej U913, teeming back against the pillows, closes her eyes wearily. a Knock at the dowel 1913. Come. . EEHtQT Nemesis. She closes door and crosses t0 bedj 1913 Ifm'ghtehedl. So soon ?' ' N emesis. It 'is almost time. over you. 1913. If they arent nice, I-W01ntt die! I INemesis laughsj 1913. Well, I wont! So there! EETtteT Leech, Sayer of Sooth, Barrister, and all the Less Com- mendable Attributes, who mnge themselves toward the back and well over to the Leftj 1913 Hesehtfullyl. now youhee here I hope you enj oy it as much as I shall; INemesis speaks the parting womlsj 1913. And is that all? N emesis. A11. . 1913. Well-I had a pretty good time while it lasted anyway. Now I suppose Pd better say, ttHere goes noth-ingV IShomo knock at doorl 1913 Ialaoomedl. The undertaker! Keep him out; Itm not ready yet! , IEhte? J oy, followed by Commendable Attributes, who Tahge themselves on the Rightj J 0y Dmhahtlyl. Hope has arrived at last! 1913. Hotpe? J 0y. Glorious hope! You cannot die! 1913. Cannot die? Say that again! Joy. You absolutely cannot die. 9 I come to say the last words : I didnt want any of you to hear this but V i ?V' m 4

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Airii? .4:th ' N FI FTEE'N . N THE NORM Nnv . ll h : r. ne dwellsn 1913. Here am I, once the center of a glad company. NOW Un- about me gather Infirm1ty, Sorrow, Age, with Discord sitting in $0 mental Mrs W the midst. ' Discord. You no like Tum; me no like tum; nobody no like ,um. Ugh! Fierce! 1913. In my extremity but four of all my friends remaine .hmls nut, IFeav entersj l Fem . Nay, live. 1913. Why have you come again? pleasw Fem ; To bring my associate, the Barrister. 1913. A barrister? . Fem . To draw your last Will and testament. - ' KV In advance, if m 1913. Pd' prefer to have you bring me a treatise on Nature Study; ,twoul-d be of less serious consequences. 4 cannot expect adisa 1 mm is already here if The future. ' 3. u lufflf yluxs marblel 'H'N'lel. Fea'r Eopem'hgdooH. Enter. 1 vun't buy futuresont lEnter Barrister briskly, armed with papeo and pen and ink. ttlp WftL'IliIe on .VOUIIl Goes over and btihgs table down by 1913, sits at it and u Jumum-n! and 0M begins to write huWiedly. 0n the papenl y Bawtster lwmlti'hgl. ttSound mind. . .do hereby. . .forever bequeath. . W Stages and gazes expectahtly at 1913.1 All right now; the bequests I - 1913. The What? ' . Y Bawister. The Will, the bequests, your handout to posterity. 1mm! Hu-rv. MW 1913. Must I? ' Barrister. Sure! Your' heirs are already now impatiently ll 'lII'IUI rurlfI'NNIIl- HR waiting. 1913 lstghingl. I believe I prefer a sudden death to the 'l' l natural kind; itls so much less work. ' CURTAIN. u-liu-w- nw. .mnH lu- peaceful ll: 9 ll . z UWSP words. In l 055 l mighte ACT FOURTH. l hilllPi 't 01le Scene: The same. Thiol'ty minutes later. The same characters 9 jm- uwn. film 3' fl as at the end of the preceding act awe upon the stage in l x-nu IU'iH: Mlbngft much the some positions. The Barrister has just finished n 'funliSh act. Falseyt- wm'ttng and holds up the paper, looking it over carefullyj .rnm foot $00k 0W Barmisteqm Good work! All signed and sealed and witnessed. 1913. Read it. IWULLJ . ell 4., ,,. nhlix-mn belilw 1913. Did I say all that? WJ

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SEVENTEE'N THE NORM 7 1111133 1913. Isnit that too bad! After all this trouble! Why can1t 151511111311 die? . H ,1 1111 w Joy. Because though you soon cease to be an active factor lidm-ty 1! Oh 111111 of the student body of the Oregon State NormaL you Will live in Valid 3 1111111111sz the hearts of every one of your twenty-three component parts, 1 ' no matter how far the Winds of circumstance may scatter them. 1151.1 1913. How blessed to be a person of parts! Are you sure 111111.11 1!: . . this IS true? 3 ,1 '. ms Iwr 011111 J 0y. Oh, yes. A man. over at Independence told me so. 3m 'l 1913. Isnit it just too fine! 1S11a10p111g 7167 711196113 at N61116- 318 That for you! 13.1.1 111111 1111111310 05111 N 61116813 Exult While you may. Remembe1r,the1se E111dzcat111g the N 01 So Commendable Att11butesJ Will ever attend you. mmu to saw the 1m 1913 I101tl1 d1g111ty1. Pray gaze upon these 111011111119 to the i Commendable Att111buteSJ.You point out the malady. Behold -I div' the antidotes. Joy, you have cured me. Leech. Nay, 3twas introspection upon past wickedness as re- WI! 5-! vealed by me that worked this cure. Saye1 0f Sooth. Say not so, the future being told by my price- 11811-1: m, 11 1111131 less crystal the remedy was found. . h llu 111. !11xtc1uardtk 1913. You are both wrong, Friend Ridpaith and Mother itch. J 01y alone could and did: save me. Ba11118te1 . Say, call 011 me When you feel like dying again, and PH scribble off your Wlill free gratis. N 61116318 Badlyl . AndyI must seek another affinity. 11111113; 11111-11121 1913 Iy'oyfullyl. Yes; glory be! CURTAIN. 1! :my 111'5'0utoheartlli x mm-h us I shall. tilm- while it lzwtedam 1! 1m nothing? ' ' rlnul'.l 1 1'? Kwp him 0111111 111111 111111Attrlbutes. Iiigllz LI 1! :1! last: lhl': ll.