Brooksville High School - Breeze Yearbook (Brooksville, ME)

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THE BREEZE for an old v1ctor1a wagon upon wh1ch would be perched a stern faced woman wxth halr p1led ID a knot on he back f her head But no such slght met hls eye Ah the old ma1ds late Jack sa d to h1mself w1th a frown When he had ahgh ed from the fr ll'l Jack had notlced a smart new a1f'ow Chry ler awa1t1ng at the edge of the plfx form bes1dc whxch stood a tall your g xo man smartly dressed and very good look mg She was hghtly tanned but rot da 1 enough to mar her good looks Jack lad g11er her but a passmg glance and then turned away to search for Aune Mar1on Now as he started toward the Walflllg room a cool mus1cal VOICE spoke arrest 1 h1m Do I have the plea ure of speaklng to Mr Rex Brandon? Jack Whlrled There before h1m sto d the g1rl he had seen leanlng on the cal H1s mlnd regrstered a haze of brown clrl and velvety brown eyes as heard h1mself stammermg assent and apolog1es for nat mg not recognlzed her before Oh thats all 11ght We ve never me be fore you know Come I have dlnntr all ready for us Instead of a stern old mald leadlng hun around by the ear Jack found h1mself fol low1ng the most beaut1ful young g1rl he had ever seen and bemg led not to a 1 Creplt old v1ctor1a but to the new axrflow Chry ler that he had seen standmg 1 the statlon platform The young Woman kept up a con lnuous fire of chatter all the way to her home thus g1v1ng Jack a chance to rearrange hxs scattered W1tS H1s amazement had Jef great at first but as he thought xt ovex he could see where the mxstake had o 1 1 made Rex havlng never seen h1s All MHTIOD naturally had thought of he as about th1rty years of age But here wa a beaut1ful young lady who could no pos oly be over twenty one and who drove nke S1r Malcolm Campbell He stole a s1de wlse glance at her How old was she any way? No she could not posslbly be nor, than twenty one He d ask her s metlme 1n the near future He was startled out of lus reverle by hearrng MHFIOH say Well here We are' H1s eyes took 1n the scene A spac1ous summer home of about forty r oms faced a w1de lawn Whlch slop cl down to a lake sh1mmer1ng blue 1n the sunhght Marlon drew the car to a n lt uuder the carrlage porch that covered the d11veway A very formal butler met them at the door Watklns take Mr Brandons bags sa1d the practlcal young woman The butler bowed and p1ck1ng up the bags stood wa1t1ng wlth an a1r of def ence Watklns w1ll show you to your room Rex sald Marlon turnlng to Jack D1n ner w1ll be served at '7 30 If you W1Sh we mxgh play a 11ttle tennts before you dress Jack nodded assent Then meet me here 1n ten mmutes sa1d Mar1on turnmg away Ten mlnutes later Jack descended to the porch to fmd Mar1on W9.ltl'lg for h1m dressed 1n shorts and swlnglng two tennls rackets They went down to the court WhlCh s ood beslde the water where the breeze blew 1n across the lake Jack played very well but he was hard put to keep up w1th Mar1on who had a s1zzl1ng backhand and a serve that he thought he could not see half the tlme After two se s they retlred to the porch untll Wat k1ns came to announce dlnrer The next flve days were the happlest tha Jack had ever spent He and MZFIOH . . . - , A. . 3 - - L .Il , - 11 :11 . . , 5 - - 1. O , . -1 . - 11 ' 1 11 3 ' 11- 1 1 A ' 1 - ' ' 1 z . . , 1, A ' L - ' - ' ' U .. .1 J , - v . 5' -, 1 . . , : . . 5 I . . . H 5 -- 1 1 1 1 , ' ' w v 1 - H ' , .1 1 - - , .V ' 1 . . ,I V A . . - 0 1 . - , 1 x u v 4 I . . . L . 1 1 , 1 1 , . .N . a 1 11 ' 1: . ' . . T v. I , . . ' ' i-u' 1 1 1 - ' 'J ' ' 11 ' 1 ., 11 1 - 5' 1 11 - ' . . 1: . 11 , , . . y X . . V A . . . . I'- . . 1.1 . 1 1 ' '. . . . . V' S U I . 1 1 'V ,, . . . H . - ' 1 1 - ' ' . ' 1- . , . 1.. 1 . . , .A . I L I I ' 1 11 1 ,' 1 ., - 11 , . . 1 ' 1 A ,, , 17 - 11 1. ' ' 11 ' 1 'T 1 , . y - 1 1 1 , ' fp- . . . . 1 1 ' 1 Y . , J, .s ' ai - L -- .. , . ' 1. . 1 11 , , Y 1 1 . . N 1 . ' . 1 - ' , - 1 1 - - 1 ' ' 11.1 ' ' . . 1 1- . 1 , . , .1 , ' .. 1 ' 9 L 1- 1, 1

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THE BREEZE mg that Aunt Marlon IS 1n New York and has bought a country place 1n the Ca sk1lls As she has never seen me he has 1nv1ted me to spend the week end at her place I dont llke to refuse the 1nv1tat1or1 unde the cxrcumstances bu Cynthla has asked me to vLs1t her parents summer home o at on Long Island to meet them all and as thrs IS the first 1nv1tat1on that they ve xc QIVGH me I really feel that I must go Tnls week end w1l1 tell whether or rot Cyntln and I get marrled What am I to do' I dont know I m sure sa1d Jack rn real sympathy Perhaps here lt would not be am1ss to gxve a Word or two IH explanatlon as fo who Jack and Brandon were B1 andon whose first name was Rex was an atlflctxc youth twenty two years of age and Semor at Brandon College He was gowd track He was also ln good standmg 111 h s classes Jack Hllton was of the same bu1ld as Rex tall and rangy and starred rn track and baseball He and Rex had roomel to gether therr four years at Txlton Plepfua tory and the four years at Brandon F11 ton was twenty three and was of lngl cholastlc standmg too Rex was ln love wlth Cynthla Jackson a soc1ety deb who was naturally good 10 111 mg and accepted the fact wlth the ca' 1 ph1lo.sophy of the modern glrl bemg Jus' twenty one For a few mlnutes after the sympathetlc response of Jack there was sllence ln the room Flnally he asked How old d1d you sav your aunt was? I d1dnt say Rex repl1ed but I nn agme she IS about thrrty as she IS younger than mother And you have never seen her? Never' Then she wouldnt know you W' cn she saw you'P Why no he wouldnt uf Rex suddenly broke off and looked mtently at Jack Then he leaped to hls feet and pounded h1s roommate on the b k ecstatlcally I ve got lt' he shouted danclng are mo Got what? asked Jack ln alarn Rex subslded 1nto a chalr and talked ex cltedly Why look' She never has seen me so all I have to do IS to be ln two places at once Sounds hard doesnt 1t'P But 1ts jus a easy as xt can be Ill go out to flynthla s and youll go to Aunt MHTIODS 1n place of m You re crazy lnterrupted Jafk Why she d get wlse 1n no tlme' Oh no she wouldnt Sald Rex She d1fTerence All you have to do IS to 1m personate me stay a week and then cone back Its a clnch' Seelng that Jack was weaken1ng he pressed h1s po1nt Avt come on Jack Surely youd do th1s much for a pal Jack finally surrendered Oh all rght but lf I get xnto trouble Just remember that twas all your fault A taboy' shouted Rex pattmg Jack on the back I knew you wouldnt let a pal down Frlday found Jack on board a fast f steamlng north 1nto the Catskllls Rex h o given hun some partmg advlce Now flor t forget that you are no longer Jack Hllton but Rex Brandon Remember' he cau tloned At 4 that afternoon the tram slid lnto the statlon at Bluehlll the sleepy 11 0 town that summer tourlsts had made fa mous Jack ahghted wlth gloomy foreb 1 1ngs of oncomlng ev1l and looked aro und . . ll ' A. ' J? C ' ' LL . Q ! J7 ., , ., ., , , .r , b J - A 'L . ' . L . A . Aw , , , . ., ., - . , . - rs 1 ' 11 ' , 3 1 1 A - 1 -'- ' I 9 ,,I- u . 11 V A - , . o 5 . , ,. 1. . - ., .l .1 , 1 1, - 1 - - 1 1 K' ' ' , . . , . , Q . , . , .s ' , ' , 1 . l , , f 7 . , . . . 5 ' 5 ' . H - e. A . an 1 11 ' , , 4: . , u X . 1 f - , 1 - ' ' 11 - a - . it ! !! ' It ' , X 1 1 9 ' 1 k' d t d ' f 1 -d has never .seen me and won't know the oo mg, an s arre rn ootbal an . ., . ' 1 - ' 1 I .. . 's 1 1 ' A ' 1 ' 11 ' . . . K, V U 1 1 . ' 1 , I I , , . - , . I 37 . A .,.- . as 4 . - ' -I C . . 7 H l., , , ' ' ' ' AA A. 71 ' . s , , . 1. , y -1 4 A- I sa W 1 , ' 1 ' M 11 1 1 ' . :lin - u . . . A , . Cl , . ,M l ! i D 7 ' u ' , 11 - . , . . . H ' CA ' !. !I ' H 'X ' 1 1 s.. , ' ' , .,. 1 !5 ' H H ' ' . . 1 L. U 'H ' ' ' L D

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THE BREEZE swam flhed played tennls went motor boatlng danced at the pavlllon ln the ll tle town ln short had a pleasure lovlng tlme But through lt all there ran an un d r current of unrest ln Jacks mlnd Marlon was so sportlng made such a good tlme of everythlng that lt seemed a shame to deC91V6 her Slttlng on the edge of the lake the last day of hls stay the truth s ruck hlm wlth a shock He for the fir t tlme ln h1S llfe was really and truly ln level The shock left hlm stunned for a mlnute Then he turned and looked at Marlon slttlng b6Sld6 hlm on the edge of the lake For the moment they were sllen the only nolse belng the barklng and scold lng of a gray squlrrel ln an oak tree over thelr heads Then Marlon turned and looked full at hlm Jack turned away acutely aware that he was blushlng He had a sudden mad lm pul e to tell her the truth to get the whole thlng olf hls chest But what would Rex say' Then he thought I owe lt to Marlon to tell her the truth He turned notlclng that her eyes were on the lake Marlon I Ive got somethlng to tell you he stammered You see he went on qulckly so as not to glve her any tlme to ln errupt Rex I that lS what I want to ay 15 that er that I m not Rex Brandon My name lS Jack Hllton and Im Rexs loommate at college Rex had me come up here because I he He pau ed ln a tonlshment at hearlng a low laugh Youre laughlng at me he sald re proachfully MBTIOH laughed agaln Of course I am she admltted Jack dld you really be lleve that I thought you were Rex Bran don? Llsten Ever slnce the second a Ive known you were Jack Hllton I had some plctures of Rex and then the day after you canle some letters arrlved ad dressed to Jack Hllton Of course they had been forwarded from Brandon Col lege I put two and two together and there was the answer as plaln as could F' For a moment Jack could not speak Then he sald ln a low VOICE not darlrlg to look at Marlon So thats lt I told Rex tha lt would never work but he Sald for me to try lt anyway Well Im rather orry lt happened I m not sald the low volce at h1S Slde Because lf lt haunt then 1 never would have met vou Jack whlrled and looked at MHYIOU You you mean lt? She gave no answer but merely smlled although there was a QUSDICIOUS brlghtness ln her eye That was all the answer needed The next day slttlng ln the Jackson s front porch Rex was talklng wlth Mr and Mrs Jackson when he recelved a tele gram Wlth a puzzled frown on hls face he opened lt and read Dear Rex Have seen :your aunt met her and QI hopej conquered Stop lvot thirty but only twenty one Catch on? Your Roomie Jack Wlth a perplexed expresslon Rex looked up from the letter Wonder what that meant? he mused Perhaps yes lt lS qulte probable that a cer aln gray squlrrel could have told hlm Who knows? A NARROW ESCAPE Yellow dust line as powder had slfted lnto every crease of the rlders trousers It covered hls boots hls black hat hlS coat It streaked the young fellow s face HIS eyes were sunken and bloodshot As for the anlmal sweat stalns covered hls body hls hoofs dragged and hlS head drooped 1 r 1 1 ' . y - ' r 1 - - 1 . , ' 1 , J ' 1 ' b '11 1 , 1 A , ' ' ' ' N ll 51 ' ' a l. ' ' .. , ,, , .V . . 2 , , . . , 1., , , y . . . . . , U , S , . ' l ll 1 11 ' 1 ' ' . k. , . , ' .. A. , - ' 1, . . . . . . A N , . U . . JY, , ' 1' ' - ll ' sv l ' , , 1 . . . N , 1 V M . ' ' 1 ' . '- ' - . , - . ' Y U . . ' . N . , 1 ' rr ' ' I ' , - 1 U . V , . . . 1 n ll n ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 . + H . y U 1 1 1 1 Q - - 1 q . - , - sl , 11 ' - 1 1 . . 1 I V L . . . 11 Q 1. . 1 1 T an 1 ' H ' - - 1 . - U 11 I . , . 1 , , ... . H . . . , . , , . ' 1 1 . . d y , 1 ' ' 1 , -., 1 u , ' .