Berwick High School - Navillus Yearbook (Berwick, ME)

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IHE NAVII I US Back home agam he sat by the fireplace wlth the llttle globe 1n hls hand As the fire before h1m cast shadows on the wall he stared dreamlly at th.e llttle SWISS cottage the trees the couple standlng on the brldge and the snovx drlftlng around them He saw 1n thexr place Cla1r and hlmself Would Clalr ever stand on a brldge wxth h1m 1n front of a llttle cottage and just gaze at the snow fallmg around' Would Clalr ever stand stlll long enough to get her before an altar to say I do '7 It seemed that she was always golng somewhere else when he wanted her to go wlth h1m She was supposed to be 1n Cal1fo1n1a now x1s1t1ng a cousm Just then there xx as a knock at the front door He heard Dora the maxd go open lt then he heard Clalr s warm laugh He rose 1ust as she came mto the room The muslc box was stlll tlllkllllg, 1ts happy l1ttle song and she heard It Ph1l hovx loxelx' Where dxd you get 1t'? My father bought a SW1bS chateau Th1s xxas ln It It s beaut1ful Let me hold It D1d you exer hear such a loxely songq Oh gee I m glad xou re home agam Phll I m1ssed you a lot I mlssed you too Dld xou haxe a mee tlme ln C xlxfornm' I d1dn t go X ou d1dn t Whx 'I Im tlred of runnlng all ox er the cot ntlx Phl It s a funny thmg but I haxe a strange feelmg that I xx ould l1ke to lxxe 111 a l1ttle cottage lxke thlN one xxlth trees and a garden If I happened to be l1x1n Ill the same ho1s xx ould It poll the at mosphere'7 Plobablx but I dont xxant to IIYQ alone for the rest of my llfe Thex xx ere mu r1ed two xveeks later On the boat returnmg to Luxope the two of them stood lt the rall and looked o1t ox er the endless expanse of xx ater The moon xx as balanced on the edge of the horxzon and Clalr xx hlspered I m xerx happy Phll He d1dn t have to sav anx thm After spendmg a month III I+ 1ance they tarted for Sxxxtzerland Th 1nn looked Just about the same the long dr1xe up the mountaln road th glant scrolhng on the 11011 gate the flared eax e carv ed shutters and heav oak door xxlth 1ts lion s head knocker Inslde IH the summer parlor that had been shut up for years guests were s1tt1ng and chattlng, before the great nreplaee It xxas not dalk yet so no one had started the fire Ph1l1p s father was talkmg, to some of the x lllage folk Three ch ldren were playlng Jackstones ln the mlddle of the floor Franz was Slttlng on the organ bench and Adel beslde a beautlful harp Ph1l1p and Clalr walked over and surprlsed h s father and lntroductzons were made Wlederkehr Klopfenstem Schlldknecht Tobler and Meerkamper Adel was watch ms, Ph1l1p He held the muslc box 1n h1s hand He smlled at her and xx alked ox er to the organ Thls IS where I found thlq guess Ill put It back It sort of belongs there don t you thlllkv he asked Yes It does look nlce there she answered Franz called her and she ran outslde to the horse wagon She looked doxxn on the xallev Wax down at the left xvas the vlllage at the rlght was he I ago M3ggIOT6 xx 1th the red sun l1t skx reflected IH It In a few sec , Q , ,,,,,.X..g..s..gux..Q-fx.-g.-x.-sa-xnsug.-gng.-x--Q.-sux.nxnxnsux-nx.-x.-sus.-Q . ' . . . . Y , K 1 ' 1 Y W . ' . 1 v 1 7 I . ' 1 1 . , w . l . . . , . - Y ms ny V . W Y . . . . . . Y. w. . . , . v . , , Q I , 1 W i . ' I ' T L' L , .I . - - - yu U 1 7 Y T U 7 . ' U v 5 I ' 1 1 ' w y ' ' U I . . L . ca 9 , ' ' H A4 ' , v , v 7' I . U , , . . . ,, ,. 1 1 s s v , , V , . . I . fl ' , w , ' v A V I . I , I I . l K ,, r , . V -1. 1 . 44 - s va 4. v ' r Y yu an 9 ' ' . . . . ' Y ' . Y I -I , A p Aw I y , . V . K- . y v v . r A. v' s 1 7- H , . . H . . . . . ' 1 ' V 'fl ' W g . .1 .J is ,- Y n xl , v I I . I , ' vu . v K ' . y 4 v ' ' . 1 . , , . 4 . , . . . . f 3 - v . x , . c I . . , , V w 1 3 ' ' . . L , ' Y - N an 7 , y , - n - s I Y , ' H. 1 . , N L , . . v M 5, . . Y . - 1 1 Y C . Y. 0 U . s, . X . . Y I . A v a 9 Y ' ' ' fn 1 v H V 1 'v . , J, . . , J ' Y. . H . , w v. . N . . . . , e 1 L V ' Li, Y A L' L' r , ,. 4 l . I vi v 1 I , - ' 9 - . . , . . . ' ' ' T 7 I I J .. . . , 7' . S . 9 . ' 1 x I e .x , . , v . . .. . H - I , , , . I LI. 1 kv u V , at ' ' ' s - ' l bf x , 1 9 - 79 gg - a k V , I U bf , A - sv , I . , K k L I . v yr 1 7 ' ' . N W . , . . , . Q V X 1 . ' 1. 1 Y , ' ' K K7 . '

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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 .

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THE NAVILLUS onds the sun yvould sl1p behmd the Locarnos then It would grow dark very qulckly Further up the mountalnslde was an old corn loft small at the base and groyylng larger toward the top Down on the banks of the Mag glore were whlte narclssus fields and as far as she could see were noddmg Whlte blossoms It was Sprmg and people yvere laughlng and slngmg 1n the old chateau l1ke they used to years ago The mus1c box yvas back on the organ too Grandma would be verv happv lf she were there C ESCHMANN 44 HANS DISFOW ERS PARADISE Motlon of the hlgh shlp rocked Hans lnto a restless slumber Horrld dreams haunted by hxgh booted IPOD helmeted men bombs death and hunger twlsted h1s t1ny body 1nto knots of pam Wakmg w1th a start he crled then suddenlv realized he was beyond these terrors and headmg for a new land a strange and brlght one to a small SIX year old Surely Aunt Mary and Uncle John would be waltlng to help h1m When mother b1d h1m a tearful good bv on the 1a1ny p1er she promlsed they would loye and care for h1m unt1l the horror of war was over Mormng, arrlved and the shlp anchored ID a large harbor Busy httle tugs puffed and pushed huge shlps forward and back They remlnded Hans of bossy black beetles leadmg elephants by the trunk Hans stared around stared at the large ladv yy 1th a crown on her head holdlng a huge torch up to the sky The pushlng crowd at the ra1l called her the Statue of L berty Any l1ttle boy that knew what l1be1ty meant knew It was a precxous thlng and so rare 1n these days In a httle whlle quarantlne was oyer and doyyn the gang plank walked croyy ds of unkempt refugees Checkmg throuf h the customs took a long tlme Hans head began to nod and h1s eyes closed It was ey emng yyhen he yy as lead gently through the wxre nettlng and before he 191llZ9d It he yyas l1fted h1g,,h and gathered 1nto the arms of 1 sweet smelhng lady who k1SS6d and crushed h1m untll h1s snub httle nose was completely burled IH furs so thlck that he was almost smothered 'Nlext a tall man shook hands w1th h1m 'md asked ln a dlgmfied yvay hoyy he enjoved the trlp Hans was then hurr1ed 1nto the mght and led carefully mto the stream of people yy ho vyere hustlmg and lftughmg as they hurrled along Oh' It can t be mght thought Hans certamly not the black terrl fymg ones he had knoyyn slnce the world trembled and shook Ey erythmg blazed wlth hghts horns sounded yy h1stles blew soft motors purred strange smells and forelgn sounds surrounded h1m He was hur11ed 1nto a sh1n1ng car a pretty one all green and s1lyer llke a beautlful tree growlng 1n the Black Forest Uncle John started tho motor whxch was soft but powerful and thev ghded mto the stream of swlftly movmg traflic It s l1ke flvlng thought Hans On and on they went Rushmg clatterlng trams WhlZZ6d oy erhead whlle others popped out of the ground llke black terrlfied creatures M11 l1ons of hghts streaked the heavens l1ke fingers of flame Suddenly they C339 -us--sus.ax--x.-s..g,.s1-xns.-g.v-x.-xnxuX--sus.-s..g.-x..x.,s-.s-.x.-x.-gns.fxns.-Q K - , . Y . . ' - . . , . , Y - K K x 1 . , L A' 1 L 1 ' . . ' ' 9 - 1 1 K L A . . . 1 . w - . . . . . . I W l . a 9 v a . . i . . . . . . . . . 1 . v . Y ! ' v w v . 1 I 1 . . , . n ' Y - a v I 1 - . . . . I 4 . . . a ' . 9 K r . J v 1 l 1 . . V . 7 5. 7 . L Q Y Y ' . ' . ' f . . r . v Y' , . . . C L1 Y . v T ' ' J s s Af A' 1' 1 y. ' v 1 1 . . . . . K. v ,- Y 1. Ly , , Q 2 . . V S . . 1' I r . S 2 V . . ' l ' . . . Y . v . . . . , , . . w v . . . . . . . J. . . c S ' v . . . . W . l A 1 1 6 1- L nv I U v ' as - Y . ' 7 ! - ' Y U 7 1' . . u Y . . , . . , . . . , , s . . 1. . W . . . v , . 1 A I , K' , 5 ' A .1 . l . . Q , ' ! Y ,, L - - as 7 - - an r ' ' 1' r . . r N , , Y . T . r . ' . . k , L 7 v . Y . , . A . - L' Y k x A. bv s v