Brooksville High School - Breeze Yearbook (Brooksville, ME)

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THE BREEZE -Elttvrarg THE OLD MAID AUNT The lxvmg room of the apartme t on the fourth door of Stuart Hall Brandon Col lege Mayfield New York pre ented a cene of peace and utter contentment on that day late rn May 1934 At one glanc a person would have known that th1s was one of the rooms on Rlversrde Drlve more famlllarly krown as Gentleman s Row the wealthy part of the college Around the room were hung pennans won ln grld 1ror1 and dlamond battles In one corner was a spaclous dlvan and scattered over the room 1n careless confuslon were several large easy chaxrs Two of these Judgmg by the legs arms and var1ous other por trons of the anatomy vlslble were occupled Closer observatlon proved thls to be the case Two boys were recllnlng 111 them gracefully whlle they lelsurely read a couple of magazlne art1cle Wlthout any warnlng an lnterruptlon came IH the form of a knock at the door Password called one of the boys Telegram for Mr Brandon came a volce The boy called Brandon uncolled h1s length from the chan- rn whlch he sat and opened the door C11SClOSlX'lg one of those servants of the publ1c a We tern UUIOH telegram carrler The latter held out a message and Brandon took It The car r1er closed the door and was gone Bran don wonderrngly opened the note and read the contents wh1le h1s roommate watched w1th a humorous gleam rn hrs eyes As Brandon read an expresslon of mock woe Game lnto h1s eyes and he fell back 1nto h1s chalr the telegram fluttermg from h1 hands Whats the matter9 Dld she turn you down? asked h1s roommate Its WOFQQ than that sald Brand n Yeah'P Ill ay' And Brandon lay back wlth h1s hands to h1s face It sure must be bad then mused roommate After several moments Brandon stralgh tened up and sald Well I suppose I mlght as well tell you Its l1ke thls My mother was an Engllshwoman one of two slsters daughters of Warren Forsythe My father was tourlng ln England with the Yale Glee Club when he met her It was a case of l ve at first 'lgh' Wlth both of them but as my father was then poor her father wa not IH favor of the marrlage So dad and she eloped and came to th1s country Mothers father was furlous and vowed that when he dled he would not leave any of h1s fortune to her At h1s death he gave all h1s wealth to mothers s1ster Grandfather had been a very succe sful merchant and left about 800000 pound My gra dmother survived my grandfather two months and then she passed away On belng left wxth all these rlches my aunt was d termmed to glve some of lt to my mother but as father had made a nea l1ft'e sum ln the stock market mother would not accept 1t Well fi ally Aunt Marl n deCld6d to 'ravel She has been around the w rld twice and has V1 lted every out of the way place there rs Thrs message IS from my mother say 9 , . . . .Q , ., . . H , ll ll y - , Y - U - 7 Y U it 1 37 ' A S A .V .. , o . . D fl U ! ' N' ' 3 ll y lc in - A 7 A . I ' A , AA !! 1 , . , , . s . l , t - . - . . . N , H , . . y , ,N - - , . . l .c , . , . , , c , , I.. - N Y , , Y ! -' 7 ' . I V ., ,, , y -o . L, , ,, y . .. . . . , . ll U . . , . K6 77 Y . - , - lt - , :. . . . W . .s , .. . 1 7 ' , : . , . . k . R A . . . . . e . ' G . . . - .g . .' . A .V . , . . N . , .. , O .. . - - . . . n . .:. , . o 4- 1 - - ' . . . H .W . , ' I , VV I , 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