Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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9 Monday afternoon bloodhounds were brought to the scene with the vain hope that Danny might have fled from the fire. The bloodhounds combed the area, but there was no trace of Danny. Still the search through the smoldering hay continued. Again the search was halted late Monday nivht. Tuesday morning the search was again resumed. Still no trace of eight-year-old Canny] Then, late Tuesday afternoon, bones were found under one of the barn's heavy beams. The bones were so badly charred that Dr. Richard Woodruff, State Pathologist, could not identify them. A filling was found and was sent to Connect- icutt, to Danny's dentist. After careful examination, the dentist proved the filling to be that of arny. The search for Danny Evans was discontin- ued. Three children had perished in the flaming barn. Why? was the question that hundreds of people asked. Ho one but God will ever know th9 answer to that question. Polly Wright '61; MY t?IRST COON KUNT Early one fall ni ht my girlfriend's father asked my girlfriend, and me if we would like to go coon-hunting] I, of course, said I would like to go, but my girlfriend was- n't quite as eager because she knew a little more about it. You see this was my first coon hunt and the weather wasn't what it was cracked up to be. It had been raining almost all day long and turned colder that night. I was going to be smart and dress warm, bundling up so well. But I found out later that it wasn't so smart after all. Ha 'e you evertried to keep up with fifteen men, chasing after the dogs that were chasing a coon, throw-ch the woods, across corn fields, and to almost any other place the little beast g would go? Well, it probably wouldn't be so bad if you didn't have about fifty pounds of wet and I mean wet clothing on] The first coon we treed wasn't too bad. The dogs struck a hot track in the corn field and were off. They treed it not far from t’-'ere. I think the most fun in coon-hunting cores when the coon, just shaken from the tree, is given a head start (that is if you can hold the dogs back) and then let the dogs go] 7or a time you don't know whether you are being run down by coon, man, or dog] After the stampede has rushed by you, vou begin to realize it's about time you start too, that is if you don't want to stay over night in the most fresh air motel that you ever have stayed in yet. After catching up with the rest, ail moes well until you fall in a brook or lose a shoq as I did] Oh well, enough of the hardshios. The second coon we struck was a real old conniver, who knew just about all the trices of the trade. She(or he) kept circling around trying to vet the dogs confused and after a while succeeded. Then she(cr he) sneaked off to a safer part of the woods for the re..

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10 mainder of the night. While in the confusion of getting started on the right track, one of the dogs, thinking him- T er y snart, lea others off on a different tyoe of track and was sorry for doing so later. When they returned they were the most sophisti- cated dogs around. They were so highly perfumed that they could herdl stand themselves and nobody else could either. You have crobably guessed by now that the animal t' ey were chasing was a svur.k.'.'.' After tne cogs nave jumped all over you, you can i -acine what you smell like, tool Well, my moth- er knew. I just can't im- a ine, though, tirhy she made me sleep on the porch that night. All in all, it was quite an experience and the next tine I am asked to o coon hunting, I will knox what to say,------- Of course I'll go; it's loads of fun.' Mary Lou Richard ' 6I4. A WILD RIDS It was a lovely moonlit night and the air had a slight nip; in short, it x;as a per- fect night for a horseback ride. As Louise sat looking out the window she suddenly decided this was exactly what shp would do. After dressing warmly and getting a flash- light for safety's sake, she went out into the night. Whistling for her horse, she noticed the moon had rings around it. More snow, she thought, blast it. But then she re ’-embered it was deer season and her brother was looking forward to getting a deer. The snow would help him with his hunting anyway. She remembered how excited she had been last year when she had shot a deer, And then her brother hadn't got one at all'. Row the kids hrd ribbed him! door SteveJ T‘e had stood it well, though. That was the reason her mother ?d asked her not to shoot any oeer this year, so her -ooor brother would have a chance. c he had laughed; however, she hadn't done any hunting yot. A nudge at her shoulder brougnt her back to the pre- sent. She oatted her horse. Dash, on the nose and led her out of the rate. In less than five minutes she was riding ;.o the road. She could see quite a distance awpv and the moon cast shadows rcross the meadows to form an eerie eicture. Louise flashed her flashlight into the sha- dows- She caught sight of a figure moving quickly into the bvshes. Switching off her lirht she rode toward the spot wKere she h d seen the form disacoear. As she acc- roached the place a strange sound came from the bushes. Dash shied away but Louise culled her back. At the mom- ent she was glad she had the ilashli ht. A loud cracking of branches started and sud- denly Dash reared up and started of at a wild • run, leaving Louise sittin on the ground feelin-' rather dazed. Before she could rise a hand touched her shoulder and a voice growled, at her to Get uo. Louise didn't think her legs would support her ri-ht then