Anderson Valley High School - Argus Yearbook (Boonville, CA)

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H Northern Ltghts XE ntght alone undtr tht 'Northtrn ltghts yytll ttthtt' makt or mar man Ed had ofttn htard that satd but non tt sttmtd to hayt a stntsttr mtantng Ht uas grtatly dtsturbtd oxtr tt for ht kntu that ht dtd not stand ttry htgh tn tht optntons of hts ftlloyx mtn C Suddtnly ht rtaltftd that tt xy ts gttttng dark and that ht uas out of htartng of tht camp lht shadows on tht snou madt htm thtnk of suptrnatural bttngs As ht stooptd to ptck up an armful of vtood a branch at hts back snapptd and tht snow on tt sltd to tht ground vytth a shcr ush ld stratghttntd and gathtrtng couragt turntd qutckly Stttng nothtng to caust htm furthtr alarm ht hasttly ptcktd up tht yt ood and starttd for camp Ht could not rtstst tht ttmptatton to run an ay from tht spot that so ttrrortltd htm by tts lontltntss Flht boss sau htm corntng and ytlltd Hty you tall yourstlf a cook do you Comt on and gtt supptr Httrry up Shtytrs ran up and dovyn Ed s back ythtn ht htard tht brutal tont of hts boss Ht ytnturtd to reply that ht had bttn cutttng tx ood and would start supper tmmtdtattly Whtlt ht cooktd tht mtal ht was ltft to htmstlf but alu ays ht could tmagtne the ugly facts of tht gang turntd ton ard htm thetr tyfes folloyttng tyery' motton ht madt XVhtn thttr rudt laughttr rtachtd hts tars ht tnyoluntartly shuddtrtd for ht kntu that thty vttrt dtscusstng htm mg tht mtal thty vs atchtd hungrtly btggtng to bt f d Vlort than onct thty yenturtd too clost and vttrt ktcktd brutally Ed ftlt sorry for thtm and trttd to sltp thtm somt food but unlucktly tht boss sau tht act T ht ttmtd cook vyas thtn tht obttct of ttrrtblt cursts but ht coyytrtd back not dartng to say ont yyord Nluch to Lds horror tht tytntng was sptnt tn talktng ol 1 xt alt patk thttr paclf Vlmt ytars t at all agrttd was ntar ortts of no tratts utr told strtsstn Ittrctntss and ttrrtblt cunntng A ordtng to tht mtn tht l adtr ot tht vtas half yyoll tnd half dog and htd ltytd durtng hts puppyhood 1 ltfe But tht blood of hts vttld lnttstors had prtyatltd and lor stytral ht had ltd tht most ftroctous ind tunntng pick ot uolyts tn tht tountry xtrs pack uts ftartd by all 'ttxokt rvtn h ttougshts tl utlt s to tttr ttt mss rttn t orthtrn l tthts utll sttrt tn an tour r t t t 1 olt St y nd grttt dtfh ttlty tn totnq to sl p u mtn tt y tnt x rt ltt uv tr bltnktts by tt D t t ttwtft, , 1 , . . , 3, 5 3 , , - Q , - ,, , V, .Q : I ' , Y, A , v , v A 1 vs, I l 1 1 ' ,rn 1 I 1 - ' Q 1 5 L Y, 1 V 1 ' I 1 1- ' 5 1 I I Y V -5 L 1 I 1 L V I I 1 Y' I 1 I 1 1 I V I 1 1 V 1 - 1 x V I I V1 1 t In 1 V' V ' Al V Q 1 l V 3 , , . 1 V j ' V1 Y v Y 1 1 1 1 1 I t 1 V1 1 V 1 11 I V . 1 I 1 Y. I 1 1 1 1 1 1 V 1 D 1 ' Y V 1 V ' v 1,1 1 1 Y I v I 7 Y. 1 V V 1 1A 1 1' 1 L 1 1 1 I 1: 1 I V I Y 1 1 ' 1 1 V C 1 v V1 1 by A, t 'I-he boss never allowed him to feed the dogs until after supper. so all dur- ' 1 1 1 V V 1 V VA 1 I 1 C . 1 1 1 1 ' Y 1 A 1 71 1 I 1 V- 1 Y 1 I1 . 1 1 V I V 1 Y 1 . X 1 I I 7 1 1 -1 1 I 1 1x 1 V1 1 ' I h '. 1 . St ' 'lf ' 'fe . g V r1 1 1 b 1 5 1 ' . I 1 1 ' 1 G 1 A 1 X , v ' L L ' vt 1 ' 'L rv ' 1 A , I . ' , 'I t A', .E t Y' ' l ' t - . ' t fl' 1 1 1 L' 1 I x K H A 1 N v vyy- 4 I - v' Sit ,, Q , , It 4 Ed . ' X ft is l 1 w' 'v 't-5 l 1. l ' l ' ark. ll t' N ' .W i , . ' . l tw Iwo. and th'n w ll lt'.r l fl 'erf' Ed l. '. ' c A' ' j ' k Jet- 'l ' le' f .llj tl 'l t in the' t M f le fire. wwf .1

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Suddenly he axx oke xfxrth a feelrng that somethrng unusual xx as happenrng lt vxas so lrght that at first he thought rt xxas davxn but he soon notrced that rt xx as not a steady lrght but flrckered lrke that from a fire He looked toxx ard the frre and saxx that there vxas nothing left but a fexx coals And then there came to hrm a thought that caused hrs blood to run cold the Northern Lrghts 'lhrs knoxxledge brought hrm to hrs feet and he began to throxx xx ood on the camp fire furrously Vvhy He drd not knovx Perhaps rt xx as a desrre for more natural earthly lrght He wondered hovx the gang could sleep xx hen there was so much excrtement rn the arr As the fire blazed brrghter he looked for therr sleeping forms They xxere not there Gone and the pack of proxrsrons and firearms vxere gone too Scarcely darrng to moxe a muscle he shrfted hrs head so that he could see the heaxens 'lhe Northern lrghts vxere playrng across the sky Near the horrzon there appeared a flash then another and another untrl the sky vxas a mass of flrckerrng lrxrng color Crrmson green and purple near the horrzon and becomrng farnter and more delrcate as they flashed more nearly oxerhead One instant the sky xxas a mass of color the next rt had faded axx ay to return as before As one brrllrant flash shot across the heaxens the arr seemed charged xxrth electrrcrty makrng Ed s flesh trngle At the same rnstant he heard a mournful after trme before rt finally became rndrstrnct He was paralyzed wrth frrght for hrs first thought vxas the vxolf pack As he stood there rooted to the spot there came agarn that horrrble cry nearer thrs trme and rt was ansxx ered from other drrectrons Hrs oxer alert brarn formed the rdea that the pack had seen the campfire and were sur roundrng rt Perhaps they knevx that a human was by rt and rn hrs mrnei he prctured hrs terrrble fate If only the boss or some of the gang were near If he vxere only vnrtrr them nexer agarn would he complarn should they even beat hrm Why had they gone and left hrm alone They must have known that the wolxes vxould get hrm Ed s ex es were kept on the underbrush at the edge of the lrttle clearrng and as another flash of the heaxenly lrghts came he saxx what he thought xxere sparks comrng from the edge of a bush Not darrng to turn hrs back for exen a second he bent doxxn and threxx more xx ood on the fire A rt blazed up he saxx txxo eoals of gleamrng fire xx atchrng hrm A dark form skulked across the snoxx to another bush nearer the fear strrcken min he xx atched an unusually brrght lrght flashed across the sky and sparks flexx from the xx olf s back Hrs oxxn flesh trngled from the electrrcrtx v I A Y Y i . v v I 4 i 5 V Y 1 Y I V I A , ' ' s ' 1 ' j , ' 1 ,J , ' , , ' , ' . . V I I I 3 ' 3 I V , , , r , Y. I Y V 1 v A YH I I x ob! 3 3 V7 N l 'A V Y Yi V V. u i I' S 1 'A 3 1 3 I x Y V g' I x I I Yi I 1 u 1 V I' 1 . I 1 1 H I 5 1 3 V V3 H 7 I I Y Y v I 7 ' E , X I I Y I 7- throbbrng cry. nearly' dyrng away. then returnrng wrth renewed vrgor trme K I 1 h 5 I Y 3 1 I I I 1 V' x I I 'I ' A 3 I 1 ' 3 I , 3 I 3 ' ' I 1 V E x 1 1 3 Y 1 71 X 7 7' ' 1 IYH ' I 'A l it l 3 V x 1 I J Y H Yi' V . ' ivy 1 1 'I 1 i 3 A I 3 V I y 3 V 1 D 3 1 1 I ' i 'H 5 ' 1 3 v 1 v 3 v 1 1. S i - 1 s v v - l u I 1 v 4 l ' - - f , r , . ,L , ' 1 L Ag v 1 ' ' x v , V 3 Y V I V A 7 I i Y Tlrrrtyn 6