Westport High School - Herald Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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I 1, Bobby, old around there hing for you . generously. tyou. She's Flsh, or any- Jund 'EO-111011 it. I've got ,H suggested nose she'd be dreamed of ! going in to y, sadly. I Qherels some- ! and rne- rny, gently. nk-perhaps obby ? zfully. No, an assump- J wager, old sure deserve s all right- :-but I un- sorry. id Bob, one grasping the nds between Mary was KSON, '15, THE VVESTPURT HIGH SCHQOL HERALD. The frozen moon casts from afar her crystal pallid, Hjalniar supported by his two hands to his blade Has rais'd hiinself aznong these men to death's call rally'd, The purple of the coinbat froin his side is sp1ay'd. -Hello! has sonzeone still a little living spirit Anfzong so many brave robust lads, swaggering This niorning with their songs that it was joy to hear it As in the roadside bushes croivds of blackbirds sing? All is still. Broken is iny casque, niine arnior batter'd, The rivets are all broken by the battle-ax. Mine eyes are bloodshot. With a roar the air is shatter'd Like the surf's roar or howls of wolves in wicked packs. Connie hither evil raven, thou niy brave nzan-eater, And open up niy poor breast with thine iron beak, To-inorrow thou wilt find us as to-night, but sweeter,' Meanwhile take Ylnier's daughter niy hot heart a-reek. In Upsal where the jarls drink good old beer of barley, And sing in chorus clinking pitchers wrought of gold, Fly hither without ceasing on the way to parley, Seek niy sweetheart-take her nfiine heart ere it grows cold. At the top of the tower where storks and tall cranes cluster Thou wilt see her erect, white with long raven hair, Frorn her ears hang two silver hoops of steadfast luster, And her eyes than the star of niorning are niore fair. Go, sonfibre messenger! tell her that I adore her, And give nfiine heart unto her so that she inay see That it is red and strong, not pale display'd before her, And Ylrner's daughter, evil bird, will sinile on thee. I die: niy spirit flows forth through a thousand places. My tirne is finish'd,' drink, oh wolves, the blood of one Y oung, joyous, strong, and brave, and free froin sin's disgraces I go to feast anfiong the gods beyond the sun! KEENE C. WALLIS, '15.

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, - 1 ffffgahfex , in -ISIN 20 THE VVESTPORT HIGH SCHOQL HERALD. ' 'Hello-ol' and of course I turned around, and say-ay-y! Bobby was pensively silent for some thirty seconds, but the dramatic effect was somewhat marred by thehaste withwhich he was forced to resume his narrative in order to 'escape the punishment threatened by jimmyls darkening scowl. There,,' he said, impressively, sat the most beautiful creature ever put on earth by a kind and bountiful Providence. She's just a slip of a thing, with the most wonderful goldenhcurls, and brown eyes, and a complexion-jimmy, my man, that complexion makes you think of apple blossoms, and pink roses, and velvet, and peaches and cream-gee, but Mary sure is- Mary,', shrieked jimmy. Bobby-as you love me-her name really isn't Mary!', That's what I asked her,'l replied Bobby, calmly, was soon as I got my breath, and she was so surprised, and asked me how I guessed it. Wfe talked about half an hour, and she let me hold her kitten, and say-she has the sweetest voice you ever heard, sort of high, you know, and real rippling and laughing- babbling brooks aren't in it. She had on a pink dress that just matched her cheeks, and it- had all sorts of little, fluffy, dangling things on it -and,', c-oncluded Bobby, triumphantly, she asked me to come again! Gee, you're a lucky dog! groaned jimmy enviously. Now, if I had done a fool trick like that 'Miss Mary' would have been an old maid with side curls and false teeth like the old maid in the story, who was called to the 'phone by mistake, and said, 'Yes, Iill marry you-who is it, please P' Say, Bobby, I'm a good friend of yours-youlre not going to keep all this to yourself, are yOU, B0bbY, Old man? Say, Bobby 'll you take me around there sometime, Bobby? I'll do something for you sometime. VVhy-yes, conceded Bobby, generously. 'AI reckon she'd be willing to meet you. Sh6'S awfully jolly-not a bit standoffish, or any- thing. She asked me to come around to-1nor- row, but Ilm afraid I canlt make it. I've got too much work on my hands. Vile might make it to-night, suggested jimmy, hopefully. 'fDo you suppose she'd be in? That's the kind of a girl I've dreamed of! I'll give you warning, Bob, I'm going in to winll' All right, old man, said Bobby, sadly. I wish I had your confidence. But there's some- thing that stands between Mary and me- something I never can overcome. I'm sorry, Bob, said jimmy, gently. Maybe itls not as bad as you think-perhaps I could help. Could you tell me, Bobby P Thanks, jimmy, said Bob, gratefully. UNO, it can't be helped. He rose with an assump- tion of cheer. But Ilve won my wager, old man-wherels the pup ? jimmy brought it gladly. You sure deserve it, he said, sympathetically. It's all right- I know you don't want to tell me-but I un- derstand, and I'm mighty, mighty sorry. I donlt mind telling youf, said Bob, one hand on the door knob, the other grasping the dog's chain. '4The thing that stands between us, Jimmy, is just twenty years! Mary was five her last birthdayf' FRANCES A. DICKSON, '15. THE HEART OF HJALMAR From the French of Leconte de Lisle. The night is clear, the wind is cold, the snow is bloody Vlfhereon a thousand brave warriors nnbnry'd lie With haggard eyes, they grasp their swords with red gore ruddy, All motionless, while ravens round thein swirl and cry.

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'TTB .1 .W - - X. 22 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. Around' Early Kansas City THE SANTA FE TRAIL The early part of the eighteenth century saw the beginning of a prosperous trade with New Mexico. In the first years the route across the great plains went directly west from the Missouri River to the mountains, and then south to Santa F e by the circuitous trail from Taos. When the traffic assumed an impor- tance demanding a more easy line of travel, the road was changed to the left bank of the Arkansas until that stream turned northwest, at which point it crossed the river and con- tinued south to Raton Pass. The famous trail crossed VVestport avenue at what is now called Mill street. The trail, together with some excellent springs on the bank of the old mill creek, were very largely respo-nsible for the settlement and importance of the town of VVestport in later years. Because of its position, Westport became a great outhtting station. Manufactories of every kind relating to transportation sprang up. Santa Fe was then a town of about two hundred thousand inhabitants, crowded up against the mountains. Although the town was dirty and unkempt, it still retained some portion o-f the grace which long lingered about it. The Palace, the largest mud house in the town, is very noted historically. As the his- tory of Santa Fe is the history of New Mex- ico, so is the history of the Palace the history of Santa Fe. I Many famous characters, such as Kit Car- son, -Iim Badger, Uncle Dick Norton, and others, were closely associated with the trail. The Atchison, Topeka. Sz Santa Fe Railroad substantially follows the trail through the Rocky Mountains, which in this part affords the wildest and most picturesque scenery on the continent. The palace coaches, however, that cross the old trail to-day carry no provis- ion for yelling Comanches, Cheyennes, Arap- ahoes, etc. They lose no time treating and trading with the Indians, and are never out of sight of the miraculous changes exhibited by the advance of civilization. - BESSIE M. K1DsoN, 'l5. INDEPENDENCE Independence, the county seat of jackson County, was founded in 1827. Until 184-O it promised to be the great city of the West. The General Assembly appointed David Ward and Julius Emmons of Lafayette County to select the seat of justice for Jackson County. They preempted one hundred and sixty acres, had it surveyed, and made their final report to the Circuit Court March 29, 1827. George W. Rhodes made a plot of it. S. C. Owens, Garrett M. Hensley, DI. R. Swearington, and john Smith were authorized to sell the lots. This was done July 9, 10 and 11, 1827, the lots being sold partly on time. The cash pay- ments amounted to 337957. The General Assembly added eighty acres in 1831, and fif- teen additions of two hundred and forty acres each soon afterwards. A court house and jail were built and occupied as soon as possible. About sixty persons bought lots and the work of building a town was begun. In 1831 the Santa Fe trade began, and a landing was established at Blue Mills, six miles away. The goods had to be brought through the moun- tains to Pittsburgh by wagon. From Pitts- burgh to Independence they were carried by boat. At Independence they were landed, and the wagons started out on their long eight hun pro was mai I inte but odi1 A1 r sev aw 185 dei Hit the by TC' CO 1'1'1I Tl tO' th H1 tl ga at ei Sf o d I tl s d S 1. i