Bridgton Academy - Stranger Yearbook (Bridgton, ME)

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Tru QTRANC FR A LONELY ROOM X I sft at mx wooden desk and stare around I see how lonelx ll ls m mx room lhe w xlls 'ne not coxered with decorations or fannhar plctures from home I'hex lack fine colored paper and lnxe m tts pl tee '1 dull tan coat of pamt Nlx room hasnt the lux llflls of home, the walls seem to make It small and gloomv The furnlture of the room ns pamted wlth dull colors and the famlhar loungmg CIIHII' for guests IS lacking In lts place there IS nothmg hut '1 hard wooden chrnr In one corner of the room there ss a small closet wlthout anx door thus adds to the unfannllarltx of the loom 'lhe onlx hrxght spot ll'l mx room ls a plcture of mx mother wlneh lf taken 1w'1x would take wlth ll the hfe of fI'lCI'lfISl1lP m mx room llow m'1nx tunes htxe I sat here 'md done nothmg hut gaze md xx onder XX hen I 'un studxmg I look at the small room and wonder lf I am not IIIIIJTINUIICCI I can easxlx Illlagllle mx self to he l just get settled down when the wmd hangs agamst the window panes and once more mx thoughts are sent far awax The first thmg I know I haxe spent fifteen minutes dreammg of home and Xgam I am husx at mx desk when someone runs down the taxrs causmg the hureau hehlnd me to rattle I hegtn to wonder xf lt ts someone hehmd me and soon I haxe fought an ll1l3.Q'lI'I'll'X lvxttle wxth a half do7en men who haxe unfalrlx attacked me Bx thus tune studx hours fre thout oxer and as I am gettmg settled tgam a loud hell warns me that It IS tltne to go to hed In a few moments the hghts are automatlcallx turned out ks I go to hed I feel hke talkmg to someone hut there ls not a smgle chance -X feehng of lonehness comes oxer me as I start to do7e Durmg the mght all the strange nnagmmgs that I haxe had 111 the course of the ex emng return more reahsncallx rn mx dreams In the mormng as the sun clnnhs mto the hexghts and dawn makes 1ts wax through mx wmdow I know that I am soon to start mx routme once more BFRNARD O ROLRKE 39 GOOD BOOKS Scarcelx anx one could step mto a dun luxurlous hhrarx and see the well kept hooks marchmg hke sentmels of wtsdom around the four sldes of the room without efcperlenclng a httle thrill lle-re fthe thought would hey was certalnlx the epltome of good hxmg taste md knowledge But the l1lllll0I13lI'k wxth lns thousand and one rare eehtxons rs no rtcher than the poorest dax lahorer wlth his preclous few In fact the latter I9 rxcher for Ins half dozen shabhx well worn 14 2 . .' 9. .'- ' 'b ' -- - , ,Z N- K -, -s ,' A L- K lex . r 'I . ' ' J 2 ' . . ' . . 1' . ' - IV I x K. 1 --I ' .5 Q . V r K vt ' 1' Y- . I '. C 1 - ' Y. Y i' x' A . f 1 , freedom from school and schedules. C 'I 41 x v K ' I 'Y ' -V .ig . Q vc-v iv 1. V, B v ' v ' ,'v I ' I

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