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Linden Lake High School
Linden Lake, Houghton County, Michigan
"The Blue and Gold"
1917 Yearbook

Note: Only pages with textual content dealing with the students and faculty have been scanned.
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The Blue and Gold - 1917 yearbook cover for Linden Lake High School
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THE BLUE AND GOLD, '17. A Cruel Fate ESTHER CAKE, '20 "Gee whiz, Jim. tell me how to dress for the masquerade tomorrow night. I've racked my brain till it ached trying to think of something, but I simply can't. and I won't go unless I mask." Jim and Max were walking home from school. They were close friends and one was seldom seen without the other. After a few moments thought, Jim suddenly burst out laughing. When he could speak he told Max of what he was thinking. "Why don't you wear your every day school clothes and go?" he said. "Everybody would think you were a girl because it would never enter their heads that a boy would do such a thing." Max began to laugh then and agreed to do it. The next evening the two boys found their way to the dance hall. Jim wore a clown suit. Max took snort steps and walked as though he wasn't used to the shoes he had on so that people would take him for a girl. When they had been in the hall about five minutes Max nudged Jim and whispered, "Look at that girl, Jim. Isn't she the best looker you ever saw?" Both boys stared at the new comer- She was about five feet four inches tall and wore a pale pink, old fashioned dancing frock. Her hair was curly and of a beautiful golden color. Max made one bound and the next moment was asking her for the first dance. She shyly looked up at him and consented. By one tuck or another he managed to have the majority of dances with her. When anyone else tried to get a dance, he told him she had promised him the next dance. He told her something funny and she laughed. displaying the prettiest whitest teeth he had ever seen. And then he made her laugh some more. One dance they sat out in a dark corner and he told her she was the prettiest, sweetest girl he ever saw. She turned a rosy, red, looked down at the floor, and told him that she liked him too. and was awfully glad she had come. Just then the music for the next dance began. What a soft little hand she had! How graceful she danced! During the next intermission lie asked her if he might have just one curl by which to remember the happiest evening of his life. When she said : "Yes." He took out his knife, cut one off, and put it in his watch case. Before the evening was over he was wild about her. He thought that he had never heard a sweeter voice. It was so soft and low. Though she was masked he was sure that her eyes were a deep blue. She had the prettiest mouth lie had ever seen. He began to wonder if he had enough cash to purchase theatre tickets for Saturday night. When he asked her if he might take her home after the dance she blushed and said. Yes." As the time for unmasking drew near he noticed she seemed to become nervous. About five minutes before the signal was to be given she suddenly said to him. "Let us go home now. After they unmask there will be no fun." Of course he did as she asked. Not for worlds would he do anything to displease her. The way to her home was along a dark street that was seldom used. As he walked beside her he was so excited that he grew hot and cold by turns. At last in one courageous moment he slipped his arm around her waist. With that lie grew bolder and in a particularly Clark place he tilted back her head and kissed her ! He heard something fall and was glad of the opportunity to pick it up because then he would have more time to compose himself. His hand closed on something soft and silky. It gave him a queer feeling. He couldn't make out what it was. Then he re- membered his pocket flashlight, He turned it on and to his amazement saw that he helda bunch of golden curls! In bewilderment he flashed the light on his companion. In an instant the sickening reality dawned on him. This "sweet girl" was his classmate. Frank Dodge. dressed up in his sister's clothes. "You!" gasped Max. "You!" Frank Was leaning against a tree and was laughing in a most unlady like manner. Max, wishing that lie might sink through the sidewalk and never be heard of again, turned abruptly and walked home as fast as his outraged dignity would allow him. The next morning he told Tim all about it.
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