Mount Desert High School - Skipper Yearbook (Northeast Harbor, ME)

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sharp pain as the wolverine sank his teeth into his shoulder. He plunged his knife again and again into the wolverine as he fought for life. Fin- ally, the wolverine fell limp. Jacob discovered that his shoulder was numb and his left arm was broken. He knew if he did not get warmth or food some- how, he would soon freeze to death. Therefore, he got to his feet and start- ed to stagger towards his cabin. Jacob fell and stumbled many times on his way home, but finally made it. The cabin was dark as he approached, but the dogs were barking loudly. It was very cold as he went into the cabin, but he did not bother to light a fire, he just crawled into his sleeping bag and went to sleep. The next morning Jacob felt very stiff and his arm was badly swollen. Jacob managed to turn on his short- wave radio which had a sender and a receiver. He turned on the sender and called a flying doctor who said he would come to help him. He somehow felt better after that and although he had lost his rifle he knew that wolverine would never hunt another animal nor steal from his traps. Yes, trapping would be much better in the future. Steve Coffin '58 THE SAD SURPRISE As our story begins, we find Mrs. Hilton talking with her neighbor, Mr. Green, who is working in his garden. She is talking about the girl who lives down the street, the bad girl who drinks, had wild parties, and does all the things that nice people don'tdo. I'm telling you, that girl ought to be run out of town. She is a disgrace to our community and is setting a poor example for our children. No- sooner has she said these words when she sees her young daugh- ter running down the hill to meet her. She starts to cross the street at the foot of the hill and does not see the large truck rushing toward her. The driver sees her but not in time to stop. The mother screams but can do nothing as she sees her child meet what is sure to be instant death. Sud- denly from the sidewalk near the child comes a girl running to push the child to safety not a minute too soon. Then she stumbles, and she herself falls before the on rushing truck. Mrs. Hilton runs to her child and embraces her happily laughing and crying at the same time. Who was that dear brave girl who gave her life to save my child ? Her neighbor shakes his head sad- ly as he covers the poor mangled body of the heroine. That was the 'bad girl who lives down the street. ! Ellen Gonzales '54

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T RAPPER AGAINST WOLVE RINE Jacob's lead dog, Jack, had al- ready started to bark as they approach- ed the trapline. Jacob was a Danish trapper who was trapping on a north- ern trapline in the mid-eastern part of Greenland. When they drew near enough to the trap to see it, the only thing that were visible were bits of fur and spots of blood. When Jacob saw this, he muttered disgustedly to himself, It's that wolverine again. I'll have to hunt him down and kill him or I'll be much in debt from the loss of my fur. You may think that this would be like hunting a deer, but you would be mistaken because all a deer will do is run. A wolverine, on the other hand, especially one with cubs, will fight to the death. It was a cold winter day as most mornings are in Greenland, and Jacob was setting out to kill the wolverine with grave determination. Jacob had a definite, although dangerous, plan in his mind this morning. He would go to the area of his traps which were being most frequently robbed. The one thing he did not like about his plan was that he would have to leave his dogs be- hind, therefore, gun in hand, he set out across the snow. He almost felt happy because he loved nature very much. When he reached the trap, he intended to try to kill the wolverine. He took out of his pack a squirrel, UNIVERSITY CAP 8: GOWN CO. 486 Andover Street Lawrence Massachusetts 52 which was in a small cage, and was to be used as bait for the wolverine. Jacob then padded the jaws of the trap with cotton, for he didn't want the squirrel to die before that night when the wolverine came out to hunt. Jacob then prepared for the night by setting up a small blind a little way downwind from the trap. M Since the Arctic night was almost as bright as day, Jacob would have no trouble seeing the wolverine. He wait- ed about a half hour before he saw the wolverine. It looked like a large fox except that it was heavily built and had heavy paws and long claws. Its jaws were rather large with shark- like teeth. The squirrel, which Jacob had attached to the trap, tried vainly to escape from the wolverine. In the meantime, Jacob was taking careful aim .with his rifle. This was very dangerous, for if he missed the first one or two shots, he might not get another one. He knew that if you only would the wolverine, it will attack you. Jacob had the wolverine lined up in his sights now and his gun went off with a sharp crack, which broke the stillness of the Arctic night. Quickly, he saw that he had only wounded the wolverine. He grabbed his knife from a stump which he had put there as an extra precaution. In an instant the wolverine was upon him. He felt a Compliments of LAKIN'S EXPRESS Ellsworth, Maine

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A SECRET REVEALED When the new, ambitious young minister, the Reverend Mr. Buck- minister, arrived at his new parish in the 'small village, he was very curious and eager to learn just what kind of people he had inherited as a parish and just what would be expect- ed of him. There wasn't too much to be told, the parish had carried on for the past twenty-five years in much the same way, with little change. Will Jones, nearly seventy, had been su- perintendent of the Sunday Schoolever since anyone could remember. Will Jones had taken the offering in church ever since anyone could remember. Come to think of it, Will Jones had also been treasurer of both Sunday School and the church ever since any- one could remember. Mr. Buckmin- ister decided Will Jones was the man to meet. He learned he was also cashier of the one and only bank in town. Upon meeting Will, the new minister, taking a mental inventory, decided it was time for a change. When he went home, he told his wife his project was redecorating the church from beginning to end. Itin- volved not only new paint, new lights, and new organ, but also replacing some of the moveable two-legged fixtures, beginning with Will Jones. Yes, he had found Will a friendly, kindly, likeable old soul with one of those faces that seem to reflect spiritual goodness. But when anyone tells you he's been Sunday School superintendent for thirty-three years and expects to round out forty, it is time that something should be done, particularly when you find that the Sunday School is being carried on as it had been when Will was a little boy in knee breeches. However, as time went on, this well-meaning young man found it was easier to formulate his plans than to carry them out. After all, all the parishioners, though the number was much smaller than it should have been, were quite happy under the old leader- ship. Everything went along in an easy kind of way without any bother to them. Besides, who in the world wanted to be superintendent of the Sunday School? That meant getting up on Sunday morn- ing. Also, it had been rumored often that the janitor sometimes didn't ar- rive, whereupon that service fell to the superintendent. When Mr. Buck- minister inquired into that, Will tried to quiet any rumor by explaining Ben was getting old and sometimes wasn't able to get there, but that he needed the job. From the financial point of view they couldn't very well take this away from him. That was dropped until old Ben started ringing the bell on Saturday instead of Sunday and starting the furnace anytime dur- ing the week. The tolling of the bell was a bit confusing to the community, and starting the fire was a little hard on the church budget, and even Will agreed it might prove disastrous to the church some day. So it was de- cided Ben would have to be retired and Will would take over. This was indeed puzzling to Mr. Buckminister. He de- cided Will was greedy and a miser. He had to admit he had no idea whom