Barre High School - Barretone Yearbook (Barre, MA)

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sure. Lut i.hat v ould iiappcu if Motlior siioulcl catch lae? Tabby ashed herself. And what would the noigiibors say? For the next few nonents she wavered back and forth, trying to convince herself that Jonathan v as her property and she had a right to go after him. But, though Tabby knew little about the nilky way and astronony, she had road every one of Sraily Post ' s lessons on eti- quette and knev tha;t it v as not proper for a 1 ' .y to do the pursuing. She had almost abandoned the iuca when she sat bolt upright and iicowed aloud, Why this is leap year. This rcnarkable truth so en- couraged her that she padded softly down the stairs and hustled out to the street, being careful that Mother Cat should not observe her departure The street before the house with the six flirtatious cats was barely more than an alley, bordered by teneuont houses. Just at the corner of the alloy Tabby hoard soneono speak, 7 hy, Tabby, what on earth are you doing out so late? Jonathan asked in aiiazoiient , Looking for you, gulped the fair lady in eiibarrassncnt , Y hy, I have been catching rats in Jones ' s garage ever since six o ' cloc ' :, Jonathan replied in quick defense. If the truth were known Jonathan had heard of a ncw-couer to the neighborhood. Out of curi- osity he had wandered over to nect her and found her eyes such heav- enly balls of green fir-c thathe couldn ' t tear hinscTf av ay until just ton minutes ago. It v as a much ashaiied young lady that followed Jonathan into the alley. Here the latter began to case his conscience by declaring his undying love to Tabby. In true cat fashion he warmed to the subject until the residents of the tenements were aroused from their sluLibers These folk followed tno instinct of a human being when aroused by the weird howl of a cat in the dead of niglit. Vvhen the first shoo caiie v hirling to the ground only a foot away from the couple, Tabby looked to Jonathan for help. But by this time a flower pot and several pans v ere making quarters close for comfort; and he darted off into the darkness, leaving poor Tabby to care for hei self. Not knov ing the neighborhood, c ' ..o fled in the wrong direction and ran straight into a bucketful of cold water. By the time Tabby had reached safety, she was a pretty disil- lusioned kitty. Here she had exposed herself to ridicule by ciiasing after a ton-cat. Ax d v hat did she find at the end of the chase bur a vain, selfish wooer who never thought of her in tines of danger. Sadly she shook her head. S.ao ' d kno better next time. Her motto would be: Look before you leap Elaine Johnson

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REVENGE IS NOT SVv’EET .. Jerry, Jack, and Slira had enlisted in the R.A.F. when the war broke out in the fall of ' 39. These three Canadian lads had con- sidered themselves lucky that they v erc in England and could enlist immediately v hcn the Gorman Blitzkrieg rolled into Poland. They were examined, outfitted, and hustled off to training camp. Jerry, freck- led and joyous, Jack, quiet and calm, and Slim, hotheaded and impetu- ous, wore inseparable and v ore called ' The Three Canuks by the other pilots . V hilo the boys were training, they joked of the way in which they would treat the Germans. ’’Wait till I got one of those ' Einkel bom- bers around,” boasted Jerry. ”I’ll make his name mud or mine ain’t Jorry.” Slim was about to voice tne same opinion v hen the night air was filled with a high-pitched, droning roar. The pilots hardly had time to rush cut side, v7hen a series of explosions rent the air. The barracks and a hangar burst into flames, several men folded up, and the dive bo.abers fled as swiftly as they had come. Jack stood stunned, for of that little group that had rushed out of the barracks, he alone romainod. Jerry, kindneartod, lay in a pool of b]c d-. Jack could only stare. Suddenly througii his ben imbed sonsos, a faint moan came above the roar of the flames. He av okc to action and n-jorly stumbled over an unrecognizable J ' igure with its (.rm tern away aid its features bloody. Jack knelt ovej this borljr with a horrible st-. ' -t.. He roalizod that this corpse was his buddy. Slim. Ho bent to ;.aich the sounds issuing from the laeorcted mouth. Slim cried, Oh Gehk ' -d.s head fell back, and he v as dead.. The stretcher - ' ..c arers found Jack where he had fainted over the bodj- of his dr-a.d Jiionid , They carried him to a shelter, v hero he v as rov?TGd. He ?oon ;c blank for a moment ana then remembered the tv70 fr ' rnds v.in: w;. old ray and never sing again. There and then he vov ed that the u.i.-imy would pay and pay and pay for the lj.ves of Jerry and SI: m Tne r ' .ext xring Jacx v as waiting with 200,000 other British Tom- mies” for the expected blitz through the lov countries. By now he was an expert pilot vnth four planes to his credit. When the drive came, he v as up from davrni to dusk scouting, convoying bombers, and dogfighting , One day a group of bomber-f ighters dropped out of a cloud on the vengeful Jack. Their pianos v ere faster, but the pilots were loss Sxkillful, The enemy planes got in each others way and Jack sent three dovrni before something grazed his head and blotted out vision. He vdpod his eyes and his hand carae away bloody, a bullet had grazed his forehead. Vdthout further ado he headed for home and landed his ship riddled v ith bullet holes. The doctor, v ho bound up the wound, said to Jack, Bettor be careful of this. You ougiit to take a fur- lough and heal that v ound.” Jack laugiiod, I’ve got an old debt tc settle, and I intend to get mj full payment.” A young German pilot was up for his first flight over the front. Suddenly at sunset, out of 3 cloud came a British fighter. Unswervingly it held to its courso duo v;ost. The youth chased the piano and sent several drums of buk ' lets into it, but tlio plane hold to its course as before. In thaw plane sat Jack, his staring eyes sightless, and his body raked with steel- jacketed bullets. He and his plane, with its control locked in neutral, were flying into the sunset to meet his pals in the Great Beyond, Norman Carruth