Brooksville High School - Breeze Yearbook (Brooksville, ME)

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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.. .

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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 Are you M Jennrngs bu ler'P l asked Jennrngs was the surcrde vrctrrn Yes srr The butlers vorce was low and tear were streamrng down '1 s cheeks Your name Weller srr James Weller How many people are there rn tne house besrdes yourself? Fheres a housekeeper Mr Drvrsor and the valet Walters Who drscovered the body'P Warers elerda ntardrtn the lrbrary d or When he low 1 r was locked he went out and looked rn throuffl the wrndow He saw thr maste lymg back rn hrs charr wrth a guvl on the Hof He came rn and when he had told m what he had seen called the pohce Drd you see Walters come 1119 No I drdn I was out rn the krtchen He came to me tnere Very well take us to the lrbrary Thats Yes thats Wl1CI't. Walters saw rt I' re butler led the men down a long hall heavy Persran rug muffled the footsteps Pau rng before a large croor near the end of the hall the butler sard Hes In rere Oleary drew a bunch of skeleton key from hrs Docket and rn a few momeats had the door open A grues me sreht met the eyes of the officers TBYl'l1l1'-TS lay back rrr 1115 cha 1 1 bu'let ho'e Ill hrs left temple The gun lav on the floor besrde the ch rr The M E rmrrredrately begar hrs ex amrnatron whrle the fingerprrnt expert began to dust the gtn for prrr t Ole rv was examrnng the room when he sud denlv p rused and s'1rc. Weller tell th cook and valet to come rn here Halland you go wrth hrrn By tlrrs trme the doctor had finr hed hrs ex'1'nrr1a'ron and Stepprng aw y from the body saro Well Oleary Id lrke to yan make a my stery out of tms I s plrrn surcrde Yes doc you re rrght the fin frprrnt exp vt agreed The only prrnts on the run are hrs Doctor you re bo h wrong Its murder and Ill prove rt Oleary knew rt wasn t surcrde but murder He had known rt as soon a he had stepped rnto the room At thrs moment Halland Weller Wal ter and 'Vlrs Davrson ertered Mrs Davrs n was a rrrotherly lo krng woman of about fifty wrth grey harr She was cry rng softly Walters the vale was about thrrty years old but had the features of a hardened crrmrnal It was to hrm that Oleary turned hrs attentron Walters Weller told me that you were the ore to drscover the body tha rrght'P No I drdnt really drscover the body I D d you wear a coat when you went out? No as s on I heard the shot and CO'l1C1llt open the door I rushed out Have you changed your clothes rnce tl'en'J No but what vrhrch wrnoow drd you go to? Why I went lo that on over by the bookcase It rs the nearest to the front door Drd you see the gun9 Yes I d1d but vtrll you t ll 'nc Oleary broke lfrs que tron wrth fmo her Where were you when you heard the who 'J I was Just c mrng down the front starrs they are next to the last wall You ua sed them when you canre ll But wrl' you t ll me why you re qucstron ng me 12 li , ' - 3 t ,, - 1 . Q F- t . 1? I . t r . Z1 . . - . . . . , , , U ' , . To ' ' 1 1 1 - J'e H ' H 1. v - A . , , ,, , e - U ' - Y ' ' 5 W - rx. - . V L -S .s ' ll.. . ' ' . Q H 1 .' va WJ - .' 9 4 'y 3 D' U - 'Y G.. 1. rx .' 4. W.. . L U ' VF ,- . ' vs Y Y ' uh ' U ' ' rs 1 4. v ' 1 Lf . 1 ' !! Y ' yy ' Y ' 1 'V ' ' ' 1 - ' H , - 1 1 , , X 5 A , 1. - ,, . ' 7 1 fr . He 1 a .S 3 1 I to -3 , M 1 , ., ' ' C '. ' .rf' 2 1 ' e - ' L - '- ' ,..r ' . .. - ' f , f 1 1- ' Q , . , .- r , U , , ,. , . , A . . . , . . . ,, E , F L . - , . , , . U ' ' YY xr - . 1 ' 1 ar ' at - - . -, , v , -,, 4 , rf. . , . , lb ., , w u . 1 1 ,, sr . - 1 H ' Y ' , . . s ' Q - . I 1 W . y yy 'a .' . . -' D! .vhere you sard fthe body was, drdnt you? Silly Saw ll m1011211 the W1Ud0W- sr . 1 .' , . , - n . 1 'A , . ,. Y! r . A - Ai - ., 1 ff 4 I! ' - , J 3,9 . . 1. T' ,- . V . I . I L . . - U 1 - - , H A' 1 X 5' , . r . ,, ' ' ' , 'A 'C N 14 Y! . ,, . . , - - ' H ' A uvvy ' ' 1 - ,'. . 4 my ' . . ' 3 ., ' at ' , V ' L. 3 . I . . I i, A L , . . s . . - . , ' . H 1 ' ' ' . r L . , I is ' . U rx ' ,. I av - , - . - . f -- , , e . e - - A I . . , is yy s 1 . , . -- N -- . 1 ' ! K ' - a ' ' ' , 5 . . L. , , e ' . o . , ' ' H , ,, ' ' J , . . 3 ' ' I . . ' ' ' A 'Q' 1 ' ' 1 - Q ' ' 1 n' .. . , - . .