Brooksville High School - Breeze Yearbook (Brooksville, ME)

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1111 11111 L11 Before I could stop hrm he had thrown a s1m1lar p1ece toward t Suddenly the whole sectlon of granrte slabs was ralmng down upon us but we qulckly Jumped to safety narrowly escap1ng a swlm 111 the deep waters of the old quarry Some machmery rs st1ll there and heaped 1n a prle a e beautlful gravestones a sad re mrnder of the gay l1ttle town On returnlng from the quarry to he b at we came upon a slab on Whlch pa nted Ill what seemed to be blood he followlng words You have sinned ware On walklng a l1ttle further we came upon another such slgn only hav mg a l1ttle dxfferent wordmg and so on WHS Be to meet thy God We stopped then and wondered 1f we should go on Then Just as we got up courage we heard the loud long blasts of the fog horn calhng everyone to the boat Intent on gettrng to the boat on tlme we forgot all about the slgns and although I d1d not meet my God I was thoroughly lrrpressed wrth the lsland and hope to v1s1t 1' agaln some txme Hurrlcane IS a place that everyone should v1s1t It IS one of the most lnter estlng places that I have ever seen John Blake 39 REMINISCENCES In the lower part of our pasture stands alone a tall prne tree wh1ch was pre served by some thoughtful woodsman of the age of the Indlans and the early Englrsh and French explorers My favorlte pastlme IS to s1t on the fragrant mat of pme sp11ls beneath the tree wrth my back agalnst rts stralght trunk and gaze P through the b anches to the blue sky be yond Thrs srtuatron places one ln 21 thoughtful mood and my mlnd Wande1'S to thrngs absolutely 1mposs1ble I was wlshlng that th1s tree could sud denly possess the power to tell me the tory of 1ts hfe What wonderful thrnffs the ages must have lmpressed 1n th1s pl8C6 of nature' Just then a small mournful sort of vo1ce frorn somewhere over my head Sald When the French and Englrsh first came to th1s part of the country I was a growrng tree not as large as I am now but I remember seerng those hardy rndx vrduals pass by here They were ln search of rnland waterways that would make sultable grounds for the trapplng of fur bearing anrmals They would return agaln 1n the spr1ng laden wrth valuable furs Then agaln the e same men have bar tered knlves guns and lesser trlnkets Wlth the Indlans for furs many tlmes Wlthln range of my shadows Many trmes the exchange was very unfalr The Penobscots have held counclls of war and smoked the peace prpe w1th the Ch18fS of nerghborrng trrbes as they sat before then' tepees whlch were set up near to the place where you are slttxng Then agarn 1n the llght of the moon the brave has wooed hrs mate benea h my follage wh1le the w1nd WhlSD red through the trees tops ln accompanlment to h1s love song Later the brave and h1s graceful brrde have passed here on therr way to therr new home filled wlth the hopes of the future My low hanglng branches have lulled the papoose to peaceful slumbers snug m 6 r v iv , , qv 'wr w 1 J 1 J - . . . u , . . . i I V - , , , ' v ' ,, . . - ' Y S . rv' . t ' . E , ' . , t - : - ' . u ' - ,, . . Y , ' . , , , , . .- until we found in big red letters: Prepare , . 71 Nl ' . , , . , . . 7 . . . - . , . . . ' S - . . , . . .V . . . . . Ll ' Y i Y ' . . y ! . . . . 9 1 1 l , . 1

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IIIF BIN III Qlttrrnrg HURRICANE ISLAND The smoke now hung 1n clouds and all that was V1Slb16 of the Old Shop was the brrghtenmg glow of old Eds p1pe as he brlskly puffed away on It Now as a rule the even1ng was started off by a nxce horrlble ghost was drfferent for after hlS contmuous blasts on h1s old p1pe blasts whlch caused the bowl to fa1rly glow he began tell 1ng of an rsland rn lower Penobscot bay that only forty years ago was the s1te of la huge granlte mdustry The rslancl he Sald had a populatron of over five hun dred people a church and two large hotels but now not a smgle buxldrng IS story but tonxght lt The strange tale settled on the mlnds of everyone and before we left that evemng It was declded that We form a party ln the near future for a boatlng tr1p to thrs strange place The tr1p to the lsland was all of thlrty m1les but lt was new and lnterestlng and we were soon passrng through Leadbetter s Narrows Wh1Ch are but a short dlstance from the lsland As we bore down on the xsland we could see hundreds of cellars and ruins and as we came to a stop 1n front of the huge wharf of gran1te and trmber that could easrly have served for some of our larger ocean golng vessels we were greeted by some fisher folk who offered to show us a moor1ng place and to help us ashore Immedrately after land1ng we had lunch and then wrth shouts and laugh ter we all set out to explore the lsland Slnce there were about thlrty tive of us ln the party we broke up mto small groups and attacked the lsland from all sides The first thlng my cousxn Fred and I saw were the rums of the town We stood there and wondered what could have been the cause for such a complete deser t1on of such a flne lxttle town Some of the cellars st11l bore sta1rcases doors plaster and odds and ends of furnlture 1n fact one member of our party found a broken v1ol1n As we strolled through the lanes and streets now grown up w1th grass we could v1sual1ze the town as It must have looked not many years before w1th 1ts came upon the foundatlons and cellars of the two hotels the smaller of wh1ch measured at least thlrty by one hundred and fifty feet These burldmgs must have been made of brrck for the rulns consrsted chrefly of thrs materlal After carefully explorlng these my cousm and I cllmbed he huge granlte cllffs that rose maJest1cally from the waters edge On reachmg the top we could see the surf poundlng 1n on the ledges below and amld the norse of the w1nd and surf one could almost hear the vorces of the men that worked there so long ago Then we slowly descended to the quar ry and were gazlng at 1ts beautlful huge pure Whlte granlte Walls r1s1ng abruptly from the depths of the cool blue water that now fills lt when my cousin spled a small granite slab that through all these years had held up a pile of 1tS brothers f ' u 5 z , J 5 r . . . , . I ' ' ! 7 7 y . 1 . t- . ' I , , . in - ' y - 7 . 9 7 left standing. many houses and its church. Then we , s . . . ' Y ' , - . y . , v f , - , . . I

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llll R111 III h1s hammock of sklns sewed togethe b5 the loving hands of h1S mother Years passed as days and the 1ap1d lncrease of the wh1te men has pushed the Indlan settlerrents far to the land of the sett1ng un Now the Wl'11E man and hrs mate stroll neath my branches and the1r chlldren play 1n my shade My frlends have been cut through the years and hauled away for varlous purposes Alas' I stand here alone wlth naught but thoughts of the past and t1mes that are never to be aga1n Llfe lS monotonous now Only a hunte1 or a chopper passes by My fate lS to stand here unt1l my age gets 'oo great to stand he storms Then I shall fall a broken monarch of the for take my place Suddenly someth1ng wet touched my face I opened my eyes to see my dog standlng over me HIS red tongue was dr1pp1ng w1th sweat for he had been chas ang a rabblt I suddenly reahzed that I had been asleep overcome by my mood and peaceful surroundlngs But I wonder how much of that day dream lb true9 Avls E Dow 37 A MIDSUNHVIER S NIGHT For the tenth tlme I tW1S' my achlng body 1nto a drfferent posltlon and throw back another qullt My sleep1ng gar ments cllng damply to my persplrmg body The hot darkness of my room seems to smother me No welcome breeze stlrs the l1mp curtalns by my open Wm dow and the drowsy hum of nlght 1nsects seems to add to the heat In vam I thmk of cool moss by shady sprmgs of cold Water 108 cream cones and snow storms I seem to be bo1l1ng 1n a pool of my own persp1rat1on Once more I turn over tellmg myself that I must forget the heat and go tO sleep By th1S tlme the sheet beneath me lS tw1sted 1nto a hard t1ght roll whlch gores my Slde In despa1r I l1e there con templatmg SU1C1d6 and thlflklllg other cheerful thoughts From the room below comes a sound There It 1S agaln the unmlstakable cry of a cat I remember now that I had forgotten to put the cat out Welcomxng any d1vers1on I scrambled out of bed Even the floor IS warm and St1Cky against my feet I make my Way down the stalrs and 1nto the 11v1ng room unaware of the danger lurkmg there I can see the blurred form of the cat on the Wmdow s1ll and I start towards her Weaving my way confidently between the farmlxar furn1tude And then lt happens' I have for gotten to replace the card table ln 1tS accustomed place after a card game earlx er 1n the even1ng and 1ts hard unyleld mg leg CO11ld8S w1th my unsuspectlng toe producmg a resouldlng crack Ah cruel Fate' The table goes over wrth a great crash The cat leaps from the wmdow s1ll Wlth a howl of terror and there I stand w1th sweat breakmg forth on my brow I am not a swearmg rran but the mental swearlng I do now vs nothlng short of art I slt down nurslng my toe ln somethlng very close to tears Flnally I get up and hobble over to the crouchlng cat I take her to the door There I grve the bewll dered creature a v1c1ous slmg 1nto the mght and slam the door The key H165 J ' J J 7 ' . ' 1 . y- v ' ' nr . ' - . . ' ' ' Y . A , ' S ' .Li - . . , . 7 . . . . I , ' . . , . . , . Af U L - . ' ' ' , - I . est, to make room for others who are to - - - 3! . , ' A ! r ' l - , ' . . v . y . Q . U . I ' . . . A , ' . , . . . . .