Brooksville High School - Breeze Yearbook (Brooksville, ME)

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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 , ' .

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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 J1m Young nodded IH hls saddle The heat of the sun made h1m sleepy wondered how long 1t would be before he would reach the h1lls He tlpped h1s hat down over h1S face to protect lt from the sun The sound of an explos1on was heard The smoke dr1fted across the sky Jlms t1redness had vanxshed and so dld he Before the noxse of the rlfle had d1ed away he flung h1mself out of the saddle and was runmng for the brush As he ran he stopped to DICK up h1S hat Wh1Ch had fallen from h1S head He d1dnt stop un t1l he had run through much brush One glance at h1s hat showed h1m that a bul let had gone through the top J1m was a stranger He knew he had no enem1es Robbery could have been the only reason then that they shot at h1m Slowly he moved toward the road w1th h1s revolver 1n h1s hand He stopped Somethmg was movmg ln the brush behmd h1m He could hear the crashmg of the tw1gs Two VOICES came from the left The fir t a rough heavy one the othe h1gh and clear J1m gomg forward could see them plaxnly now One a slender man 'food agamst the bank wlth a revolver 1. hxs hand The other a blg husky man c 1 r1ed a rlfle J1m heard another vo1ce It was a womans She was dressed 1n a cowboy outfit J1m .shpped quletly forward and lay down behlnd a tree The woman saw h1m first She stared at h1m J1m llfted the hat from h1s head wlth a bow to the young woman She can nt slght of the holes xn It D1d he do that Just now'P she askec Just now mlss rephed J1m Why d1d he do 1t'P she asked Thats what I would llke to know s 1d the young man Why PICK on me as 11 tarQet'P 1d J1m to the tranger I dont know you the man growled D1d you mlstake me for one of ydlr fr1ends9 Or was lt my pocketbook that you wanted? He sald somethlng to h1mself about some k1nd of an anlmal he sa1d he fired at It The stranger tr1ed to escape but J1m drew hlS plstol Lookmg over the hlll he saw som on rldlng He was commg toward them When the r1de1 reached them J1m sxw that It was the sherlff He told J1m that two men had robbed a bank and hat' LS caped wlth t n thousand dollals H sald that there W s a lar e reward for the one who caught them A iew hours lat r the sl1er1If had tal en the two trangers back to tovm and turned them over to the pohce The rewfuu was g1ven to J1m My Job IS Iinlshed he sa1d and from h1s thmat came a falnt sound of Joy SUICIDE VS MURDER It was ra1n1ng cats and dogs as the old t1mers would say when the car from p hce headquarters pulled up before the curb at 465 avenue There were four men ln the car Lleutenant Dan Oleary the medleal examlner Dr Hen nerly the fingerprmt expert Pete W1n ter and OECCI' Jerry Halland They were out on one of the few sulclde cases N1ne t1mes out of ten everythmg was all rf-ht but It had to be checked Oleary was the flrst out of the car and the o c to r1ng the d O1 bell A sad faced butler opened the door and let the men 1n out of the pourlng ra1n Oleary wa the fxrst one to break the deathly s1lence that hung over the house - ' ' as ' ,- ' . He .' : s . ' AL l 7? , . . . , . ' . 'Y 7 3 W , . . ' - 1 ' - 9.1 . . .. , . . . . y L ' I - - . . . - ' 9 W , f - P ' ' . . 'U P+ 3 t -'I A t I' 7 y , . U . . . ' Q . ' 1 u . I . . ' V C uh ' . . sl ' - ' rv ' 1 . 7 1 C, V.. , , ,.4 . -1 ,-.ilk , , ' ' Sl 71 ' rr . , , .,, . . E x .W - , H . . 'w ' ' ,, ., o , . , , Ct . , . .. i ! ' - , - sa 11 ' - . . . N l 1 Y . . . . 113 1 C. . 11' ' 3 ' . - A ll ' ' H - T . . I. tt ' 77 ' ' 1 1 - 1 - 5 li ' ' 71 . as 1 ' vr G' y K.. .