Burr and Burton Academy - Burtonian Yearbook (Manchester, VT)

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THE BUPTONIAN You go peek around the corner of the door and see 1f you can see any thlng orders Mrs Jones Yes but dont you make any nolse replles Mr Jones He starts for the door There lS a scampermg on the floor It I5 follovt ed by a terrlble blood curdllng scream from Mrs Jones Her husband turns Just ln tlme to catch her ln hxs arms Oh' Oh' Oh' It went r1,,ht over my foot' Why dont you glVC me some l1ght It s so dark Mr Jones after much d fllcultv maniacs to and the svsltch There on the ruff l1es the cat making a heirty meal of a bm fat mouse ODE TO AMI SL By Walter R Hard .11 Come heavenly mevss' Wlth sweet b gullement cle rr The moon 19 hxbh And onlv thou art near Thy alched black back Appear aboxe the back yfud fCI As from my bed I le'm And then I a k Could Jullet s xorce enthrzll Young Romeo to love As does thy caterwaul? FAIR TOMORROW By Leo 'Vlattlson All day the dT'lYlI1g storm has blown Down our valley narrow But see' the sunset s clear to n1c It vull be faxr to morrow For vnhatso er the day may b We need not trouble borrow If brxght the settlng stn looks out It Wlll be falr to morovu UPOIN THE Y XI I F1 S LXP By Guy Stone Upon the valley s lap The dewy mornmg throws A thousand pearly drops To vs 'tke a smole rose S0 often ln the course Of l1fe s fem fleetmg years A slngle pleasure costs The soul a thousand tears 22 ' n H ' , . . tl Y ' 'Y ' , , - . , , - . . - H . . . 'O' . ' ' ' . . ,l A , af' . ' . , of ' I 1 AQ . Y . . 1 - 4 Jn ' . , '. ' . e ' 2 . . .U And glittering eyes of green, A ' f ' ure, . Y 1 . Q N , V v .. 1 A p ' Y' '- v V1 , . ' - J 1 - 'frhtg Y. . i v r ' n . , e, ' . ' 1 , ' v , Y , v v, L .4 1 A n A , . 1. I YK -- fy s . v Q' Y 1 Y Q .

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THE BURTONIAN THE BURGLAR By Claude Campbell Jr The clock ln the old church across the way has just struck two Its deep garrulous note stlll echoes up and down the street From out on the rxver comes the shrlll whlstle of a ferry The nlght hot and muggy lS threatened by a. thunderstorm Every now and then brlght flashes of llghtnmg lllum mate the room but the thunder Mrs Jones tums uneaslly m wmdow screen But a muffled a. start She slts uprlght and another noise from below IS only a dlstant rumblmg her sleep as a bat futllely beats against the crash from a room below awakcs her wxth fearfully looks around the room There 13 John she whlspers There IS no answer John she says more emphatlcally Stxll there IS no reply John' John' Do you hear me? Wake up thxs mmute' Mr Jones rolls over but a plllow thrown by h1s better half brmos hxm to hls senses Oh John' Do somethxng quxck' I dont know what I shall do 1f you don t What s the matter wlth you anyway and what s the big xdea of wakmg me up at thls tlme of n1ght Hrs questlon IS promptly answered by the slammlng of a door Why dont you put down the wmdow Cant you see that It w11l be rammg m here any moment now Yes dear Now don t you get exalted A llttle thunderstorm wont hurt you any You Just go back to sleep Well arent you gomg downstalrsv VVhy should I go down? It s only the wmd blow1n'r a door No It isnt I heard someone I know I dxd You hsten and you wlll hear xt too They dxstlnctly hear the creaklng of a door Oh John' My sllver' I know somebody IS after It Go down and get them out thls mlnute VV1thout replyxng Mr Jones meekly starts for the door As he reaches the head of the stairs there IS a flash of llghtn ng followed by a terrltic crash of thunder and the ra n begms to pour m torrents John' John' Come back here calls Mrs Jones The husband rushes back 1nto th room Now what s wrong? Oh I am so frlghtened' You musnt go down there alone He mlbht shoot you' Let me go too' No' You stay here I w1ll be perfectly all rlght replled Mr Jones patiently No' No' I wont stay alone here one moment' I am commg now Mrs Jones clambers out of bed wlth more agxllty than can be expected of a women of her SIZE She rushes to her husband s slde and the two creep cautlously down the stalrs They finally reach the bottom wthout mlshap and they approach the door of the lnvvng room They hsten a moment but all IS silent save for an occaslonal clap of thunder and the patter of the ram on the roof , . - 1 . , - - 1 1 , . , 4 n n ' ' , . . U ,, . . . , . . u ' ' 'Y Q - ll 11 - 0, - - 1 H . . , . 1 11 u 1 - . ' ' ' ' 1 . . . ,, u 1 Q 1 - - . . . ,, H , . . , , . . - , 11 u 1 - ' 11 , . u 1 - - 11 . . U . H . . , . . . . . . 1. - 11 H . . . . . ,, , . . . . . Q . 1 W Q . . A . u 11 I . . , . . ' n e . u 1 11 u - 1 -nl , . . 11 u - - 11 - ' ' 1 - 1 n 1 . ,, - , 1 . . , . v - 1 . . . . ,

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THE BURTONIAN BABES IN TIIE WOODS By Ol1ve Grliiith On a hot day early m September two glrls were swxngxng lazxly ln a hammock The tall dark halred dark eyed glrl was Phyllls The shorter pug nosed freckled faced glrl was Jane The two glrls were trymg to decide ln what way they mlght engoy the afternoon I suggest that we go for a hxke saxd Jane always ready wxth sugges tlons We could ask Mane and Jean Do you tlunk that your mother would let you go I thmk so replxed Phyllxs Wont we have loads of fun Im goxng rlght home and ask mother now and lf I can go I will call you up and we can start about two o clock Ill ask Marne and you ask Jean So the gxrls parted eager to begln preparatlons A llttle after two they all met at Jeans home and after some dlscussxon decided on a trxp to a certa1n pomt about half way up Mount Holley The scenery along the path whlch they travelled was especlally beautlful that day There was not a. breath of a1r st1rr1ng and the leaves were Just begmnlng to turn red and yellow an places The g1rls had almost reached thelr destxnatlon where they were to rest a whlle and then begm thexr return trlp when Jean lookmg up at the sky notxced dark clouds rapldly gatherxng Oh gxrls she exclaxmed Im afrald we re gomg to have a thunder storm Oh well have plenty of txme to go on a l1ttle way further and then start home Bes1des a llttle ram wont hurt anybody Jane was trymg to be The gxrls had walked on for a lxttle ways when all of a. sudden the expected storm broke The thunder roared furxously and the hghtnmg flashed Then the ram came The glrls ran ID no partlcular dxrectlon to find shelter They all trled to be brave but d1d not exactly succeed Fmally they reached a bu11d1ng or rather a shack At last shouted Jane Joyfully Oh but glrls exclaxmed Mane thxs IS old Harper s house And xndeed It was The buxldxng was a falrly large shack and for a long tlme had been consldered as a haunted house on account of the welrd noises whlch some of the other glrls who had made trlps there before had claimed to have heard Oh I dont want to stay here crled Marxe The storm is bad enough wlthout makmg xt worse by staymg ln a haunted house But Marxe exclaxmed Jane we ve got to get out of thls storm Besldes I never have beheved all of those storxes they told about those ghosts What do you say g1rls I say let s get 1n out of thxs storm ln a hurry too' declared Phyllxs Me too' agreed Jean So the g1rls hurrled up to the door of the shack and as lt was unlocked they eas1ly made thexr way 1n Ins de the house there was a rather large room rn the front whlch was used for all around purposes and a. smaller room 1n the rear for cookmg The larger room mto whlch the gxrls had Just entered was scantlly furnlshed wxth a long table five chalrs a small chunk stove, and two mattresses lald across boxes to serve as beds It doesn t look very haunted to me saxd Jane U ' - . y - . . I ' U- - . . V . . , . , , , H . u . 17 U - H - - .. , . - 1 ' 1 , . Q . . . . , . . . . y , . CA ' il ' ll 7 ' I ' - , , , ,, IA i ' ' . . . . , ,, . . , . brave, but she was really rather anxious. . - , M 71 ' , . It ' H ' ' H ' ' l Y! , U ! !l ' ' ll , , - . . . . . ,, U ' YI ' ll Y ' v 1 7 ' I ' H . H v ' ' ' ll ' , . . .l ,, , . . . Q i Y O I It 1 Il ' . , .