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

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24 THE BURTONIAN No answered Mane and not very cheerful elther I wxsh we d never come on th1s old hlke D1d any of you glrls wear your watch? asked Jane entirely lgnormg Marle s complaxnts and attemptmg to be cheerful Yes I wore mme replled Jean Would you like to know what tune xt ls In case you do 1ts Just half past four And the storm contmues to grow worse sald Marle cheerlessly Oh glrls see what I have found' exclauned Phyllxs who had been explorxng around the room a bxt As she spoke she held up a pack of cards Let s play cards The gxrls agreed and sat down m the chaxrs such as they were-to play cards They played for an hour and a half as there seemed nothxng else to do Although the hghtnmg and thunder had stopped some tlme ago the ram contlnued to pour down Well gxrls sa1d Jane I guess well have to stay here all night Nobody w1ll try to come after us from home 111 thas drlvmg ram Well that IS a cheerful thought replled Mane Say lts dark ln here Are there any candles or lamps around? Yes here s one lamp replxed Jean but where are the matches' Thel gxrls llghted the lamp after some dxfflculty After playing cards for an hour or more the glrls decxded to find some other pastlme Let s not tell ghost storxes saxd Mane Well what shall we do querxed Jean Lets each other tell a story a poem or a Joke Well take turns and each tell several suggested Jane So for the next hour the gxrls enjoyed each others poems and jokes About e1ght oclock they decxded to go to bed Jean suggested that she and Mane sleep nn one bed and Phyllls and Jane m another Oh lets all sleep together Marne suggested because it wont be so scarey then So the glrls declded to sleep together m one bed They found a few old bags whxch they used for blankets After about an hour of wiggllng and talkmg one by one the glrls fell asleep About eleven thlrty Mane was awakened by a. sort of scraping noxse It was very loud and soon the rest of the gxrls awoke They clung to each other m fear whlspermg xn terrltied voxces concermng the noxse The mys terxous nolse was not any work of the storm they tlgured for the moon and stars could be seen through the small wmdow Ln the cabxn The scnapmg noxse contmued for about a half hour and the terrlfied girls grew more tern fied By Jeans watch at exactly twelve oclock came a. loud rapping at the door and several volces were heard The gxrls clung to each other more closely All of a sudden the door was opened and the frlendly face of Jean s father appeared A party of the glrls fathers had come to hunt for them and seexng the llght of the lamp through the wmdow were attracted by it When the glrls told of the strange noxse they had heard the men went to mvestxgate and upon thexr return explalned to the glrls that the mysteri ous noxses they had heard were caused by that old Joker of the forest called Mr Hedgehog 1 , . H H ' U ' ' 7 1 I ' ' ' 17 an - ' H ' ' ' I It . H . It I . - 1 1 i ' ' ' 1 ' ll H . ,, . . Y I ' .. - ,, - - I i ' Y ll 1 H . . l . . , . u ' n - A A u n ll ' YY ' ' ll ' I ' 7 I ' I , n ll I H ' ll li , , , . Maybe they are in this can, suggested Phyllis. Yes, here they are. H I ' Pl ' ' , . H 17 ' U 7 ' Y 1 I ' H , . . . p , 11 Y X H ' ll I ! I I X ll , . - . , . I . u , . . ' 1 ' r . . I Y . .- , , - , ' I - , ' D , . . . ' p . Y . ' . p . -

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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 ' . , .

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THE BURTONIAN FRIDAY, THE TI-IIRTEENTH By Barbara Shaw I awoke with a start when the seven o clock bell rang As I Jumped out of bed I stepped on my fountain pen and fell against a chair As I fell I spilled a glass of water that was at my bedslde The water ran onto my stockings I grabbed my wash cloth and towel and started towards the bathroom when I discovered I had forgotten my tooth brush I raced frantically around the room looking for it and finally found it under a pile of books Ooh' Ouch' I burned my hand under the hot water faucet I never knew hot water to be so hot and cold water to be so cold My wash cloth diopped on the floor and I stepped on it I had an awful time trying to find a clean pair of stockings After I had finally found two that were mates I proceeded to dress My dress I put on back side to and I broke one of my shoe strings Realizing that I would be the last one down to breakfast I hurried I tripped on the top stair and fell all the way to the bottom I went sliding down on my back not missing a stair I never knew there were so many steps until then A bump had started on my knee and my elbow was bruised I was 1n fine condition for breakfast When finally with some difficulty I got down the second stairway to the dining room there was creamed codfish for breakfast which I detest' I sat through breakfast in agony trying to swallow a cup of luke warm coffee My knee was hurtmg and my elbow was aching When breakfast was over I went to my room to make my bed In making my bed I stepped on the glass that I previously had slipped over and broke it After a hard day in which I did the wrong hlstory lesson and got fifty slx m algebra school finally ended I decided to buy a bag of peanuts to strengthen my downcast spirits I took the peanuts up stairs and before I had a chance to eat one the girls had eaten them all I was angry so I took an apple away from Jane Wilma trled to stop the vlctrola I had Just put a new record on She did not like the record but I did I rushed across the room and started to jump across Janes bed to stop Wilma Just as I Jumped I tripped and fell across Jane s bed The apple I had in my hand went flymg out the wlndow But that wasnt all I had broken two records No one would comfort me about my mlshaps I decided to walk down to the Center and see my mother On the way down I stepped in a huge mud puddle I didnt realize at first how deep the puddle was and before I had time to step out I lost my balance In order to keep from falling I had to run all of the way through the puddle which was quite long and deep When I finally got home no one was there and the door was locked Oh' Oh' Oh' That night in study hall I lost my theme tablet Finally I fommd that I was slttmg' on it The bell rang for llghts out Just as I was brushing my teeth Wxth my wash cloth 1n one hand and my tooth brush in the other I gave one leap for my room and then a dive for my bed I let the wash cloth and tooth brush fly out of my hands I certainly was tlred and ready for bed 1 . . v ' n ' ' n , . - 1 ' , . , . 1 1 1 n ' , . , , . v 1 , - , . , I , . , . , . , . . . - 1 , . . . 1 , . . , . ' 1 1 ' l , . , , . . . . u - u ' ' ' r . .