Presque Isle High School - Ship Yearbook (Presque Isle, ME)

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A xl CHATEAU NOIR The frrst thmg that attracted me to the agrng Chateau Norr was the extreme ly huge and brrllrant starned glass wrndow framed rn rts west wall It s de srgn was attractrve to the extent that caught one s fancy and demanded one s admrratron Small geometrrcal frgures of colorful glass combrned to form a lrfe srzed female rmage as radrantly beautrful as an artrstrc study of Venus It rs rmpossrble to explarn rts presence there as well as everythrng else about the old Chateau but rt was obvrous that the large structure had stood there rts rnhabrtants scarce quamt country many years and that were drstant as well as At my arrrval to the been fortunate srde of France I had enough to meet a krndly old prrest who was the only person rn the habrt of be mg recerved regularly as a g est at the Chateau I-Irs name was Francors Old Father Francors mterested me from the begrnn ng of our acqua ntance because of hrs srngular knowledge of the Cha teau and rts occupants and I may say that rt was my Amerrcan currosrty that lead me to endeav r to p rsuade Fran co s rnto my confrdence I had perhaps known Father Prancors seven months when he frnallv enlrgh ened me as to the motrve for hrs nurn erous vrsrts to Chateau Norr although he obvrcusly drd not wrsh to drsclose too many facts to me It seems there was a young woman lrvrng there who was sufferrng from some dreadful and permanent malady whrch I rather guessed from hrs care fulness of speech was tendrng some what toward a mental drsorder and of course the brrng ng of relrgrcus ard to such wretched and drsabled persons was thoroughly rn hrs lrne of duty At thrs trme I had mentroned my great ad mrratron of the Chateau Norrs great west wrndow and expressed an rmpossr ble wrsh that I mrght purchase rt for I had rmagrned many trmes wrth what en thusrasm rt would be recerved rn some drstrnqurshed art rnstltutron rn Amerrca Father Francors had known the poor artrst and told me that lunbelrevable as rt seemsl he had been blrnd Thrs added to rts attractrveness to me and well I the desrre to go out rnto the moonlrt countrysrde and v srt the garden of the Chateau unheeded and s udy for a brref moment that m st elegent of master preces At exactly one oclock I slrpped rnto the garden and crept stealthrly al ng the rnner srde of the garden wall untrl Iwas drrectly beneath the exoursrte goddess lrke frgure Never before had I be rr so wonderfully rmpressed as was I then at thrs spectacle of the gracrorrs frgure so srlently caressed by the lrght frngers of the moon goddess Drana Hove long I stcod there rn deep and heavv srlence I fam mrght remember Suddenly my feelrng of tranqurl blrss changed to cold horror as the moon drew before her a cloudy verl and the strll arr 'ecame so tense and heavy ' Y 1- ' n ' v l l I - I I l - l . . I ' ' A I n u ' I . . - , n 1 I D , . . . I I ' 0 I ' u In ' I ' I I - , . i ' - remember the night I was seized wifh . . - ' t I I ' ,n L . . ' , ' I ' : ' : A - A C S - Dj l '

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about me that rt thumped at my temples My heart chrlled as before my very eyes my beautrful starned glass g d dess changed rn color to a blood red and and became frnally cast by a shadow so grotesque as to make rt more horrr ble than a wretched creature rarsed from the underworld I must have gone mad wrth frrght f r I turned to leave wrth a sense that death depended upon rt I had reached the gate somehow and my muscle trghtened frngers fought to unlatch rt when a shrrll stranglrng shrrek tore at my eardrrrms followed by a trnklrng crash I turned rn trme to see my goddess explode rn splrnters and to behold a shapeless wrrthrng mass fall to the gr und and rt was over I fought to regarn my self control Some one had Jumped through the wrn dow rt was qurte evrdent and I dared not guess who but I knew that I mu t brrng Father Francors Father Francors u tered no c mment as I lead hrm toward Chateau Norr but as we reached the garden gate he took my arm as though to prepare me for what was to follovr Thrrty yards more and I was besrde the queer srlent frg ure lyrng dark agarnst the shadowy earth At srght of the horrrble outlrnes I erred Father thrs cant be a person Father Francorss head n dded slow ry It rs Margo he muttered I knew thrs would happen She rs terrr ly de formed as you can see poor chrld Carefully he rarsed her head heaven ward at the same trme hrdrng rts fea tures from my srght I suppose he was makrng hrmself certarn f her death A he placed her back upon the ground he covered the vrsage wrth a broad hand kerchref She was ashamed of her face he sard Qhe would not vr ant rt to be seen now It rs strange rsnt rt son because of her own mrserable body she was al ways rnsanely Jeal us of the women rn that wndow Now she has destroyed them both He arose and srarrdrng srlhouetted agarnst the stars agarn broke the strll ness as I watched wrth awe God grant tha she may be more beautrful rn the next world than was th s her glass rr va Georgra Bowser 41 A BEOWULF DREAM My rt s hot rn here I sard to myself as I sat rn study perrod I dont kncw how they expect a fellow to do any s udyrng Well anyway here goes Nor drd the monster mean to delay for he at the frrst stroke qurckly serzed a sleeprng uarrror tore hrm unawares lGee rt must be at least erghty frve rn herej brt hrs bone casrngs drank hrs verns blood rn great zz z Ah' What rs thrs? It looks lrke a cas re and the d ors are openrng That lrttle man seems to want me to enter My' What a beautrful room wrth rts ancr ent tapestrres and rts gold decked chandelrers I wonder what rs rn the next room rt mav be frrend or foe I shall so n see Well rf rt rsnt Krng Hrothgar and hrs court' I wonder what makes them look so sad You say Krrrg Horthgar that a frre breathrng serpent rs eatrng your people That rs to bad Somethrng must be done What rs the bell that I hear rrng ng? You say th t rt rs the serpent s warn rng No doubt for here comes the Mons er now If I can Just lead hrm rrto the rrver hrs breath wrll cause the rrver to borl and he wrll be c oked Oh' He sees me Come on feet rrver here goes one here goes two comes rnto the water after me My d your stuff It rs Just three mrles to the here I am Now rnto the water Here he look at the cloud of steam' The unter rs gettrng hotter and h tter Oh' Why drdnt I thrnk? I too shall be cooked alrve What rs that? Its a bell rrngrng agarn I wonder what rt rs for Holy Cats Ive slept the whole perrod Id better get up to government class Roland Garland 40 4 . , . - - Q A . U . , 11 1 ' V 1 1 ' . , A ' ' u - L 11 41 , . L, . - 1 S - ' . - 11 , . C . 1 1 1 . 1 ' , , c . S - 4. Y . . - - rr 11 .. ' , ' 1 . ,A ' . - - , -.1 . . , . ,, ' - 1 1 1 v . . . . . H 1 1 , Y 3 L . . . . 1 . ' - 4. - . ,, 1. V t . . 7 L , ' - 'Y 11 1 . . . . , , - u - 1 ' 11 - ' ' fr 1 , 1 1 ' , 4. . , I u ' , 1 ' 1 1 . . . . . 1, ' 1 - 11 . . . L. A . . . L . V . , 1. . . , ' - 1 1 . . . , . . 'L , . 1 1 ' ' . A . t. . - . . . . . , 3 - . L . . . . , L . A , .. . A - ' . . . . . , .J - 1 1 1 - ' ' . V . . . , - . A . , - . s. . . . . , . . , . . . h . . . , - n , 1 - 1 , . 11 1