Berwick High School - Navillus Yearbook (Berwick, ME)

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THE NAVILLUb THE MUQII' BOX The snoxx xxae falllng softlx llghtlx to the ground It xxafs plled up lll the corners of the xxlndovxe laden heaxllx upon the alantlng chateal loof lnd ex en mole heaxllx upon the SLll'I'OUIldlI'l!-7' hlll sldes To the West lose the blue gray now c lpped Locarnos standlng llke fx mlghty fortr s cam t the lest of the xxolld Beloxx lll the xalley a llttle xllllge xx ae hud dled together as though trvlng to k ep xx 11 rn It xxas a cere that xxa onlx to be found ln Swltzerland H11 h 1 p fn the hlll NldQ 111 tl e ch te 11 n old lady sat rocklng back 111d forth Ill a chall of lntrlcatelx carxed black oak Her knlttlng needles cllcked and the huge grand father clock ln the corller kept rythmlcal tlme The pendulum Qxxung back and forth That and the cllcklng of her needles were the only sounds ln the room Lylng beslde the huge Qoapetone stoxe Wax a large grax cat sleeplng aoundlv Then down the anow banked road came a slelgh xxlth rlnglng, bells and happx laughlng xolces Wlth a start the llttle ladx hustled to the doo1 to greet her xlsltors Good afternoon Grandma Good afternoon Adel and xou too Franz Come IH qulcklx beforr xxe all freeze The txxo folloxxed the elder 1Ilt0 the cozx kltchen laughlng., Fran! 1 ln for the L00kl9 lar and the llttle ladx xxlth mock angel chaaed hlm lnto the parlor bl tndlshlng a sxxltch 111 her hand Adel perched on the bench before the old organ and plax ed a l1ttle Sxxl s folk song Franz cuffed lox elx hooked rug 1Ht0 a cornel gathered the grandml IH hls alms -lnd danced on the hard xx ood floor On top of the organ xxas a small calxed muslc box All the dellcah mechanlsm xxas 111 the lllse The top xxas a glass globe 1l1S1d6 of xxhlcll was a llttle cottage tlees bridge and 1 box 1nd glll When moxed Ol shaken bnoxx sxxlrled roulld and round Adel turned the key on the base and a clear tlnkllng melodx Vllel the sm lll room The earllest memol 1 she had was of thls m ISIL box lt had alxx axs been on the ol gan and ehe had nevel tlred of the tune It play ed She xxould drlft off to aleep and dleam of the PTIIICS and Prlncesa golng OXQI the brldge to thelr home among the treea The snoxv xxould drlft lrol nd the house and settle on the 100f lust as It dld on her glandmother s 100f It xx 'ls thls mllslc box that brought Flanv and herself toffether and made them leallze thelr lo for each other onlx fl x elr ago Thls was xx here she xx anted the muslc box to Stax forever rlght on the organ the xxav It was that nlght when he had qald he xxlahed thex xx ere the couple IH the lT1ll9lC box Wlth the trees the cottage and the snoxx to llxe forex er and ex er After thelr xxeeklx X1S1t Adel and FIAHZ left the llttle chateau 1nd vxhlaked axvax down the hlll to thelr home ln the vlllage Every tlme be fore thex left thex coaxed grandma to come and epend the reat of the wlnter Wlth them and not Stay alone anx more But ex erv tlme they re Ce1V8d the same anavx er to get golng doxxn the alope and let her knlt 111 peace After Adel would kwa her and Fran? patted her on her sllx er head they would be off ln thelr maglc slelch to thelr castle of dreama Thl Wai the last tlme thex were to sax goodbx to her 1 1.11- 1x..x..x..x1-x.-y..xnxnxnxvx.-xns.-sus..x.-x.-xusux.-xuxngus.1x.1x..s1-sus 1 4 -1 v y ' v ' y v ' ' 'f 1 v 1 9 ' K ' 7' r - v 1 1 1 . 1 1 , 1 1 - 4 v 1 V. ' . 1. 1 ' , 2 ' V' 1 1' ., 1 G. x ' 1' - T .1 S - '2 ' ', 1' ' 7' c , Y Qfq . -1 ' w 4 , - 1 - ' v v 1 ' -' 1 -1 1 - 1'.-7 f 1 1 v . , ' v 1 v w s -1 4 7' , . T 1 7' 9 2 . 1 ' ix , 1 . - 1 . 1. . 1 H Y . D 'T 1 . '31 'e L, I1 1 ' 1 . . 1 . ' . 1 Y U V . Y . q K t 1 5 ' 1 v 1 y 1 - ' ' 1 ' , . V I I K ' l ' A U K . Y. i. r . 1 1 1 f Y . 1 L , 1 L . . V. . 1 Y L I L r 1. L V l . 1 . V . W ' U ' T 7 1 . 1 ' ty 1 . vi 1' 1 ' L J L n .C I I I Y, , . H 1 v f ' ' v 1 , 7 1, 9 Y 4' ' 5, Y , vw 7 ' 3 ' .7 ' . 4 7' r, 1 '. -1 1 ' ' 1 ' v v' 1 1 y 1 1 1 ' ' C 1 9 1 ' 4 .2 L. ,- 1 L, Y . . 1 , 1 i 1 , 1 v 1 ' A v' 1 1 ' s 1 e T , t 5. 1 T. ' 5 21 7 lv 1 T , T' Z 1' 1. ' G c Y v. 1 w 1 v 1' ' , , 1 1 , 1 1 . , 1' 1' 21' . A 1' ' T 1'1' 7' , 1' ' ' 1' ' . ,- , 1 1 1'. 7' , ' 2 tv 2 1' ' . ' f 1 1 v 1 y' y V , X 1 , 1 1 1 , Y f 1 1 . 1'Y 1 . ., 1 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 ' n v v 1 4 1 1 ' 1 1 L 1' . t 1 V , 1 7 v ' - 1 ' . . Y . v ' . . . A L T r J 1 v ' 1 1 N 1 1 T L, I V 1 K I g I A I ' v 1 l ' 1 , 1 1 v 1 l 1 1- g , 1 1 1 , 1 . 1 1 1 1 , , . . 1 1 ' ' , J . 1 . , 'x L tv C Lv 2 I Y' ' . K1 v KW y T. 7 . Y . 1 . ' ' . 9 7 1 7 v V ' v 1 1 l 1 1 , 1 1 v ' v 7 v , , , 1 , . ' , v y' 1 r -1 ' . , , 1 ' s C 7 y 1 v ' - 1 t . , ev 1 ' L . . Y Y . 9 L 11 ' . ' ' w v ' v ' ' 1 1 1 , 7' 1 2 , 1 1 , c . ' . 1 7 1 , v . L1 r A- K I ga ' v 7 y- v K L L, N v '

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THE NAVII LUS First you break youi back digging worms for bait When you have finally succeeded ln procuring enough of these senseless creatures to hold out for a day s fishing you drive a long yyay over the roughest road this s1de of West Eyeball until you reach your favorite trout stream You then back vour car 1nto a tree trylng to get off the 1oad to let other automobiles pass while vou are fishing Then you are ready to face the terrible tortures of trout fishing You select a fat Ju1cy yvorm and stlck him on the hook He wiggles a lot but that only bothers female anglers You stumble down a steep bank to tht edge of the stream and drop your l1ne 1n the yvater Nothing happens so you move downstream fishing yvhen you can see the brook through the mare of bushes and alders After four hours of stompmg around in this forest primeval you beglll to feel weary and disgusted at not having 1 single nibble Only your great strength patience and the thought that you may get a trout in a little yyhlle keeps you from screaming tearing your hair and rushing through the bushes frothlng at the mouth btck to yvhere the car is located The mosquitoes then spot you They have a race to see which one can suck the most blood out of you in '70 seconds These annoy ing creatures keep you slapping perpetually until your arms ache and your carcass ls coy ered yv1th lumps and bruises A twlg snaps you in the eye vou loose a boot ln the mud you hook your own ear in a wild cast your line snaps when you get it snarled in ft thorn bush all in all you are prettv nearly a wreck Finally fate takes a yyonderful turn You feel your line yerk the tip of the rod bends slightly you tinally have a bite In your mmd you can yisuallze a beautiful fat trout about a foot long syy allowing the bait And then vou yank h1m out He flies off from the hook and ltnds in the bushes behlnd you After an hour s search on your hands and knees you find him You burst into heart rendmg, sobs You pick up a club and start beating yourself over the head vyith it The beautiful trout you had pictured in your mmd 15 nothing, but a scrayvny pickerel yyho looks like he had been stary ed to death You giab your rod which had been leaning against a tiee and heave it in the brook then streaming profanity you lump in the brook after the pole The shock of the cold water brings you back to your yumbled senses you grope alound in the freezing yvater and finally re trleve your pole Then dragging your dripping carcass up on the bank you lay gasping for air When vou haye enough strength to s1t erect you turn the air blue yv1th profanity cussing the fish the brook the bushes the yyhole world and eyeryone in it After an hour of this horr1ble babbling with supreme effort you pull your shattered body together and start to fish again promlslng yourself you yy on t lose control of your smoldering temper again Your patience is then rewarded vou get a bite and vou pull 1n a Weak trout which Just passes the law requlrements This makes you intensely happy Even though the trout IS a 1uven1le you chuck him in the fish basket and call It a day BOB PRAY 44 - , .snsox..X..s.1s..-Q1-x.-x1.s.1s..s..s.-suxns.-susvsns..x..s.-s.-sus.-S.-x.-Q.-sus 1 1 1 1 1 ' y ' 1 ' , . , , , 1 1 1 1 . . . . , ' D 7 I Y' A 1 , . , . t . , 1 r 1 ' . Y . . U . . . N . w . . 1 W . , . . , 1 1 1 V X . . . . . 1 , ' ' , 1 -1 , . - , W 1 . V 1 . , . . 7 1 y 1 1 . . - Y . . . . . - . . . . 4 1 1 K1 -1 r L r ' r ' L , K , , C f v r r 1 ' 1 r v ' L 9 V . 1 . 1 1 ' I , . . . , c s W ' 1 1 - I . . . . Y . 1 1 Y. I 'Y L ' .4 A K . A v V L Y . ' 1 i l '1 . . . . 7 . . i X . . . W . Y 1 . v 1 1 1 1 1 v L , V L T A C N . Y a ' U ' 1 1 K ' . 9 I Y ' 7 ' 9 . - . V' 1 C . I ' 1 V . . . . , . . 1 I 1 . 1 1 K u x K A n n ' 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . y ' ' . . . V . . . 1 . K . 1 1 ' l 1 v I . L r L L 1 n r 1 1 ' y 1 . . V . Y ' Y . Y . K r L, V L v 1 l I . . 1 I . T 7' . 1 . . ,- 1 7 7 K v 1 V i . 1 . . . . 1 N x . . . - v ' K 9 . . y .. . , . . . 1 . Y A A ' 7 Y K 1 V x L , A , . . . . 1 1 1 . l . . . ' . '1 1 1 1 r , . - - - . . 1 ' . . . . . . . L . , i K V 7. ! , .

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THE NAVII I US A fexx daxs later old karl came runnmg 1nto Adel s kltchen sobbmg, and splutterlng unlntelllglble sounds Gr mdma xx IS dead It must haxe happened sometlme the afternoon befole for she vxas slttlng, ln her lock mg, chalr her kmttmf, dropped to the floor and one of the needles 1n her lap She had been all r1g,ht that mornlng xx hen Karl had fed the hens The funeral was a small and qulet one It xx as stlll snowlng Just a It had been last Sunday xvhen all three vxere together Back IH the chateau on the mountaln slde Adel and Irranl looked about the emaculately clear rooms The furmture xx IS dustless the floors xx axed and gloxxmg the cur talns starched md clean and the old c tt lymg., befole the stove The muslc box was atlll on the orgxn where Adel had left It 1 few divs ago She plcked It up now turned the llttle handle md thc melody came forth as It alxvaxs had Her thoughts xvandered b lck to hel chlldhood 1g,a1n She saxx the smlllng rosx cheeked xvomen the old men xxho used to s1t ID the summel parlor and smoke long, carx ed plpcs and t ilk about g,lac1ers land slldes and bllzzarde The Women xvould slt and crochet lace vxhlle they llstened and thc chlldren xx ould alt around the stoxe ln the kltchen and eat LO0k18b Glandma had made unt1l thex xxere ht to bllISt Yes the old chateau ueed to be the moat popular 1nn for miles around Sometlmes rlch tourlsts came to stax there axvhlle G1 andpa alxx axs talked to them the same xx ay he d1d to the men IH the xlllage Ex erx one lxked Grandpa and cloaed the up stalrs rooms the summer parlor the blg dmmg, hall and the Qtudx xxlth Grandpa s p1pe collectlon and o1l pa1nt1ng,s Adel loused from her day dreammg, aa the tune faded 1nto an echo She placed the box back on the organ lald her head on the tlne lace runner and crled Franz put hlS arm around hls Wlf9 and sald Dxrllng, We st1ll haxe the muslc box It IS stlll here and xx1ll nex 91 change G1 andma IS st1ll here too ou1 loxe for her xxlll nexer chlnge either A heavx m1st w1s coxcung, the xallex and onlv the surroundlng mountaln peaks xx ere x1s1ble Adel drled her eyes and the txvo of them Went out to the slelgh In a xvax It xxas a blGSS1llg that Fran? xxas called to EIITISIGICIQIII Thex xxould not haxe to xxatch the repalrlng, 1nd renox ltlng ot the old chateau Thex xxould not be reproachlng, themselx es so often tol selllng lt The Amerlcan was xery pers1stant and charmmg, and Adel declded that xt xvould be better to let h1m open the chate zu as an 1nn agam r athel than haxe It closed up only to be eold later on to someone not so xvorthx The next day thex left for E1HS18Id6ll'l Three day s later Adel remembered the muelc box Hey Dad whats th1S gadget? Phlllp Ward asked holdmg up a llttle glass globe xx 1th a carx ed base xvh1ch as soon as he hfted It began 1ts mmlature bllzzard Your educat1on has been aadlx neglected son That 1s a muslc bo See xou xvmd It up xvlth th1s l1ttle handle The lest of that dav Ph1l1p sat on the organ bench llstenlng to the muslc and xvatchlng the snow sxx1rl xround Father xx hen I go home may I take this xvlth me' he asked Yes I guess so lf xou must go through xou1 second chlldhood so e xrlx h1s father ansxvered The next d IV Ph1l1p left tor Amerlca ..,..,..Nm..aaa..,.,,..,..,..x..,..ana..X..,.,,..,..,..,..a..,..a..,..x.....,..,..x.., v 4' Y 7 ' ' , 1 l . Q' 1. 7 ' ' 7 A 1 1 ' l . 1 1 I VI 1 I ' L L L . I C L 4 L 1 ' 1 1 1 1- 1 1' ' T ' 1 - 7' T ' 7 7 ' 1 Y ' Y L1- . Y. , 7 N . , , ' -1 1 ' - 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 f 1' , I . 1 L L L . , I , . L1 2 , K .2 v. 1' '1 A1 ' N1 . 'I S . ' 1 2 ' ' 1 zy 4' f . ' l I LYK1 . r x1 4 2 1 5 . 3 f . E 1. 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1' ' L L L-1 ' , L L 1 A. . K, , ,, , , ,ku . 2 . , . L., . , 1 . 1 4 . 1. A v Y . . , . . . '1 3 ' 1 ' 1 1 -1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 . , . . , 1 . 1 -1 1 l v 1 ' 11 1 , M . . I 1 . . 1 1 . 1 l 1 Y ' O 4 vu Y I 1 v I . 1' 1 v . 1 I ' ' . 9 everyone loved Grandma. After Grandpa dled a few years ago, Grandma . - 1 ' 1 1 1 ' ' ' 7- 1 . . ., . , , L VY I T 1 L 1 1- r ' 1- f ' 1 I I D F . V' , . . . . . . ,, . H . v . . ' , z f, . s , . f f ' ' f. ' ' , 3 ' 1 1' 1 3 1 T ' 1 'I 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1' r x C Q .Y L C L 11 1 . 1 ' . ' 1 1 1' 1' ' K1, 1 A1 . ,' I 4 1 v ' vi 1 I 1 1' f yr 1 1. 1' MV V K V V x . . r 2 V2 . , Y . ' ' L' ' Y x1.A1 4 I . fy 'nl ' l 1 I 1 1 ' I ' 1 1 C L , 1 , V ' 1 Y W v . , . . L . v . 1- vw U . . . cc 9 , ' , 77 1 ' Y - y 9 K ' ' ' K 1 5. , . K. y , A , VL ic . v 1 ' 1 ' v s . y , . . - . 1 x. Y . . . .1 . ,, 1 u , , . 1 n S6 I V 5 v . 1 . A ,, I 1 , , . . .1 , Cc 1 - 1 1 ' 1 LI, r -LI. .I , L' .I V LI . I v ,, . 1 I 1 K . . ' ' l c D , . L . c A .