Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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9 The O'Hart. , began to worry, but J.r. O'Hara thought that there was nothing to worry about. Gno.py had always pulled th'-o- gh. A little way from the house was a brook, -s Snoop-- and Judy crossed, they both went j.nto the water. Gnoopy finally got up and out of the water, dragging Judy now because she was -ost frozen. lie ran to the house pulling her. i'hen he scratched on the door, which was quickly opened. Judy was put to bed, but ••.eanwhile roopy fell on the floor. He had caught pnoumonia and was nearly dead. Judy stayed with hin night and day nursing him bc.c?c to health. On the tenth day, Gnoop- began to walk around. Be- cause of the love between the litclo girl ■ nd her dog they both lived. Beverly Huboard '55 TIES ABAHDOHeD H1TTSE One day Bill and Jack decided to take a walk up Rice Hill, and look over the country. After they had walked for over an hour, they canc to an old abandoned house, where a man had one. committed s -icide so that he v ouldn't have to live with his wife. Hey, Jack, let's go in the house and take a look around, and see what things look like in there, said Bill. I-I don't know if we should. I've heard that there are ghosts in there ar.d I . on't too -rave yah lonow, replied Jack. 'H-h, come on. Don't be a silly chicken. There aren't any such things as ghosts anyway-, • said Bill. o in they went to look it over. Hirst as they went to the front door, but that as locked so they went around to the back, which was also locked. That's funny, Dill said, an old abandoned house like this out here i.n't usually locked. I.aybe we shouldn't o any further then, said Jack. But when Jack said that, it -a: dc Bill all the more deter- mined to go in, so he reached in his pocket for hisjacknifo and opened the lock and door. . s soon a3 they got inside and let go of the door it automatically swung shut and locked

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10 • tightly. Both boys tried to open the door, but there was no way to do it from the inside. Not even a Jacknife would work. It must have a key. Both boys were frightened now, but Jack was much more fright ned than Bill. VTy r.ight as well look the place over and see if we can find somewhere to get out i said Bill. Jack .'.’as too scared to say anthlng, so he nero. y shook his head, out managed to say, You got me into this, so jou had better get me out I The house looked as if it had been lived in verj- V'-ertly, but nobody knew of anyone living uo there. They tried all of the windows, but they were ail securely locked, bolted, and even reinforced with steel bars. Next they decided to go down cellar and look arouna. Down there everything was dark and in one darker corner some kind of a machine was hidden. Bill went over to it and saw that it was some kind of a press. . There were dies of paper money lying around. Now it was very plain; there was a bunch of men making counterfeit money. There was notning else in the cellar but a chimney and a few cases of liauor in a corner. They had seen all this, but they couldn't find a place to get out anywhere in the house. Just then a noise was heard. It was those men coming back, and they were coming right down cellar where Jack and 3111 were. Jack and Bill hid behind the chimney as quietly as possible The men came down the collar stairs carrying some more cases of liquor that they put in the corner. Bill and Jack heard the men say, We'll have to take it easy on this stuff, because it is all we have for all week, The other man said, I will take up what we will drink to- night, So tha.t ma.n took up a case with a few bottles, in it. Hey, Jack whisnered Bill, I've got an idea. When they have drunk e.ll of their liquor they will be pretty well gone; then we can try to sneak some more to out in their case, and if they drink it, it will finish them for a day. Then maybe we can find a key, on them somewhere, to get out with.