Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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n It was ' Ernest s idea, said Toby. Then na told how he had shot the deer, come ;o the house end become riled up enough to take his deer away from twelve men, had there been that many, and how he a 'marked his deer and escaped. He made a mark inside one m the e io with a crayon and when the men took the head in to record the p lice were notified. They followed the crooks and found Toby s Jeer, all dressed, and the two poachers were dressing the doe that tney naa shot. There’s a reward for all information leading to the arrest of poachers you know, explained the commissioner. It is seveflty-five dollars. Ch goodI e?claimed Toby. That will help pay for that deer ri- fle I’m supposed to get. And what balance there is left over, I’ll pay,11 said the com i— missioned I like to see a kid with sense like you’ve got. At this noint, Ernest walked slowly to the house mumbling, ,:Some people have all the luck. Bruce Corey, ’ 56 THE ! URDEEER nlf GANSTER It was a miserable hot day in June at the home in Concord, New Hampshire. Bill and I were playing when an idea flashed into my mind. Bill, I said, camping out in our wood lot that dad bought. 1 of Bill Robinson toss and catch why don’t we go That’s a grand idea, replied Bill, but what will we use for a tent? Oh there’s a log cabin 'ut where the loggers stay when they log it up there, and I think dad will let us use it, but I’ll have to ask him to make sure. Geo. that will be greet, said Bill. It’ll seem good to get away from the city num-:’ hill toox me v 'me in his jeep. Tht.t night I asked my father if we could use the cabin and he gave us his permission. His only re- mark, much to my surprise, was that there hadn’t been anyonein it for vearc end it was hard telling what kind of shape it was in. and 'I were determined to go camping anyway, regardless of the condition of the camp. The next morning Bill drove over with his jeep. Hi kid, ho shouted''all ready and packed? I am.

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 I will be shortly, ed quicker. Como in an . help me. Iher. we can get stait- started wondering if wo had e,rery- u.-.t vo jqd to go ba k After we had gone a way we thing, anc. discovered we had forgotten the key, so .e to ret it. jifter starting on the road to the camp we stopped tc a morning paper. Right at the top cf the paper in tig headlines were, MURDERER' ON THE LOOSE-CONSIDERED VERY Dm C-Ob R, end underneath, it said, A gangster has broken ?oose from prison and flc-d with the mur- derer. It is thought that they have fled to Canada. Tim re's a tn°u- sand dollar reward'for their capture. After digesting that much I said to Bill, Thank goodness they think he's gone the opposite direction from the way we're going. Yah, me too, was the reply. I think I'll see how much Willy (the jeep) will do, said Bill and he immediately pushed the accelerator to the floor. After getting up to seventy he found it would go no faster. Wo averaged about fifty-five all the way and soon arrived at the camp. Gee, I said to Bill, it looks as if someone else were here. I wonder who it could be. All was silent for a moment then- I-I-I co-co-couldn't te-te-tell you, but it don't look too-too rood to-to me. We decided to go in to investigate regardless of how sc red we were. We dug out our twenty- two ' s and ventured in very quietly. In the kitchen we found a re- volver di covered with blood. Pom, said Bill, these guys didn't clean their gun when they got through with it» Shall I-I'clean it for them? No, of course not. Don't be stupid. This is a case of life or Jeaft, I t.nink, so be sensible. We started searching the house for whoever was there. We found plenty of traces but no people. Let's gc home, • ’•iggested Bill. • 'STo we're going to stay here now, unless we're forced to leave. Under 3 tend ! M' went well until bedtime, when we decided o go to bed. As we were ready to go to the bedroom I asked to Bill. Bill you knew something? I used to. Yah, why? Don't you? was Bill's smart reply. •'No, but we forgot to look in the bedroom, and I bet they're in there.