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

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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 . .

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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 BUPTONIAN The lights were out Miss Jenn1ngs was comlng up the stairs I fumbled with the bed clothes I couldn t seem to get into bed At first I got between the blankets When I finally got between the sheets I couldnt get my feet down to the bottom of the bed I struggled and pulled at the sheets I couldnt 1magine what was wrong Mlss Jennings was rapping on the door I managed to throw the covers over me the best I could and tried to say Good night sweetly I had a. pie bed After Miss Jennings had gone I got up and tried to make my bed all over again It was dark and I couldnt tell what I was domg After a while I gave up got into bed threw the covers over me That was my day of Friday the 13th at B B S FRISKY FORD By Walter R Hard Jr One day as I sat on a fence near the town Junk pxle I suddenly heard loud and clamorous voices I soon found them coming nom three old wrecks two Fords and a Dodge The Dodge was speaking now My original name was The Artful Dodger, and I lxved m the barn of a. man called Kelly It was in those days when I had all four fenders and a spare tire that I was the sport of the town I could climb Bondville H111 on second and hit fifty five on the level Then I became run down because of poor gas and lack of oml On the fateful day I was coming down the road at my usual gate Rounding the curve on two wheels I suddenly came face to face with a Mack truck but then it was too late I was brought here in the state that you see me he sobbed By this time the second Ford was asleep but the first one was hstenmg scornfully He now began his extraordinary tale In the days that my friend here and I lived 1n the same town we had the times He always seemed to get the worst of it We would go out for an Chronic NCUTIIIS of the w1shbone dirty spark plugs or tire trouble Once in a whlle I developed a m1nor dliiculty but was always able to get home The greatest time of my l1fe was the tune when our owners decided to go to Boston This was the greatest trip we had ever taken For weeks ahead of time we prepared for the Journey We got new tires plston rings spark plugs paint grease oil etc On the eventful day we started at six A M It was a hot day about fifteen mlles at 35 M P H we became heated My friend then Just behind me was almost boiling At twelve we stopped seemed only Hve minutes and filled wlth gas water and oxl Now test of my endurance Suddenly as I was rollxng down the road and after who was for what came the I became aware that I was not being properly lubmcated They had forgotten to close my petcock entirely Still I was urged on I quickly became very noisy Not until I had raised my vo1ce to the tumult of a freight tram was I allowed to stop My friend whizzed by me w1th a triumphant smile After bemg almost totally dlsmantled it was found that I needed 011 Enough was on hand in a can to take me to a filling station Now began the tedious climb over the mountain After many short bursts of speed mostly in low I came in sight of my frlend toiling up ahead It soon became clear that he was m need of water With a very little water in his radiator it became hard to distinguish him L11 the steam, since his engine was so overheated I soon 26 ' u- W .B L g . . . . . U all-day-and-night trip, and before we got back he would be sure to get