Bloomington High School, The Gothic, 1920, Page 63

Description:	BHSA Senior AdventureA Joint Production of the Feature DepartmentAnd it came to pass in the month of May when the wind was blowing Strongthat two Short maids, just returned from Vos studio in gay Perry, Tread-the-way through the Hall with a lunch basket filled with Crums prepared by a mast-er Baker. Despite the fact that the young damsels were sweet six-Steen anddescendants of Alexander the Great, and although they possessed eyes All-bright and curling tresses of Brown, their behavior was All-good although onewas a Burg-doll and the other a Camp-belle.The prospective picnickers now joined another party carrying lunch bas-kets. This troupe included Emps-son, Boberts-son, Thomps-son, Peters-sonand the children of the Butcher, Paynter and Miller.Boarding the Prow of a new Patton-ted Farris wheel they rode out toSmiths Peaks where they encountered a rustic old Farmer. This worthy oldgentleman was evidently displeased with their Lively noise for he vociferated:Ho, there, Bradts, Hirsch up your racket or Ill set my Kerr on you.Wending their way through Craigs the adventurers found, as Luck wouldhave it, a Gardner under a Burch tree caring for a bed of Sweet Williams ofmany Hughes.After feasting their eyes on this sight they accosted another native of thepeak, old farmer (Ezry) Esarey. This queer inhabitant proved to be very talk-ative about his horses. “I Curry em good,” said he, “I Bran-em good, Burk-halter s em good with a rope which Luc as, and I am Hunting-a-ton of Mazewhich has the same effect as turning Heat-on in a room.Directing their course upward the picnickers soon saw another interestingcharacter-an Elder of Isaacs church walking along with an open Bible and aPolicy parrot which repeated over and over: When the Cox crow thrice theywill e-Merc er.By this time the youthful climbers were thirsty but the only drinking cup,Aus tin, had been lost so it was no use to go to the Lang-well. Instead theydrank Sapp-in-a-field from a Chitwood tree which was so tall they could hardlyBend er because of a Welt-on it.These pleasant sippings, however, were interrupted by the Blair of thetrumpet calling them to lunch. Their menu consisted of Loesch-ous LarkinCoffey, Clarkes thread (a new form of Hinkles spaghetti), Fowl-er Wysongchops. Dill-man pickles, and the famous Pennington Todd-y.The merry party Neeld on the ground and ate a large meal. One per-son in particular seemed to have eaten too much for he was heard to exclaim:McClary, when I eat another such meal I must my belt Mc-an-inch larger.Each person Hep-burn the scraps, and when they got up from their kneelingposture they found hint-on their clothes.When the happy outing was ended Als-man, Alkires chauffeur, drove partof the picknickers home to Thornton by way of Morgantown in the Car-oi-Michael.Upon arriving home they found they had a supply of frEckles which theyremoved with Krebs lotion and the Yelch of an egg.Page sixty-three
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