Freeport High School - Clarion Yearbook (Freeport, ME)

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Page Fourteen The Clarlon abruptness that she nearlv floored Gotun hat With a slap on the regal back the show man brought Nero back to h1s half wits and they forthwith proclalmed her Mlss Empire She was a beautiful young girl with all the worthy characteristlcs of Cleopatra of the Olympian goddesses of Queen Dido and of Little Red Rldlng Hood There was noth mg about her that was not womanly and lovely It was then that the thought struck Gotunhat that he was not married so after the worlds beauties had left in a huff threatemng to rum the city he went over to Mlss Empire and, in a very undignlfied manner told her of his smgleness and sug gested they do somethlng about It She thanked h1S graciously for the offer but told h1m that she was a slave and could never think of marrymg so loftly a person age as the consul 'it Rome It would rum his llfe his career even hls suicide E Plurlbus Unum' he exclaimed an grlly to think that a common provincial would refuse the hand of a Roman consul Does she think she may marry the Consul at Rome any day and he stalked mdlg nantly from the arena cursing the dirt from which he had sprung leaving that gor geous slave shak1ng in her sandals R83llZ1I'lg her danger she finally mustered up enough courage to run and run she d1d out of the amphitheatre down the streets into the country and safety At length night fell and wh1le she was runmng and Gotunhat was sleepmg trouble was started by a beautlful and wealthy woman who had been cheated out of what she thought was her very own Late that night she assembled ln a dllapldated torch hghted building a group of her sisters in grxef and spoke to them forcefully on the corrupt conditions ln Rome But at this moment the answer came in an unexpected manner Somewhere at the back of the hall some comely damsel ln her eagerness knocked a torch out the win dow into a ph1losopher's beard A monstrous bonfire and the adjournment of the female conference followed Soon from far out on the city wall came strains of violin music, not pretty music but music nevertheless accompamed by the shrleks and groans of those unfortunate souls who were already being dellclously browned During thls mcxneration, Gotunhat lay sound asleep Suddenly a trustworthy guard burst 1nto his chamber crylng Flee Hee All right I know all about It I ve been a soldier much longer than you Get out of here and let me sleep groaned the consul drowslly But Rome Sire 1S on fire quoth the guard rlmmgly Habeas Corpus shouted the sleeper waking and Jumplng to his feet 'why dldn t you say so' Then the guard explamed to h1m that they were surrounded by flame and the escape was impossible To Gotunhat, there were but two honor able exits from this life murder and su1c1de, newer such a death as by burning Murder was out of the question so sulclde lt should be Cravlng the spectacular l1ke the show man he was he t1ed hls hands and feet and sword The usual ten o clock crowd had gathered alound the bulletin board 1n the Colosseum where was posted a list of those who had perished in that night of horror Gotunhat s name was there under the suicides fDont ask me how they found out he had com mitted su1c1deJ There too was the name of Mlss Empire News had reached Rome that the broilmg heat f1 om the burning city had scorched her dainty form and left lt wltherlng there on the palched landscape mlles outside the city Death treads with an lmpartlal foot' Franklin Gould 33 TENNIS What a Joy to hear the whip and smash The slashing serve and lightning dash Of a speedy tennis match' What Joy to sense the hardened court Determined face and breath come short In craftv players slice' To hear the call from referee Now Play' The changing pace to see Of player as you cut' The placement now 1n corner fast' Tis the greatest sport from first to last For a real enthuslast' Robert Byram 32 . , . ' - - - 41 11 . , , . 1 . . ll ' ' Y , . . . , l . . 19 , 1 Q l - H ' ' ' H 9 ! ! I , ' H ., ll 1 2 ' , . . ' ' - ' 4 ' x , 9 . . Q I! ' 7 . ' I , - . l 1 I ' . .L , l A , - . , . . . . , , l ' . I . . U , N , stabbed hlmself ln the back with h1S broad- . U . . . ' 1 11 ik if ik if ' 9 n - - ' Q ' I 1 . . . , 9 ' . . , , l , u Q 4 7 I ' ' r 1 ' ' , . , . u . . - r . ' ' ' Y . , . . . - 9 1 y . 7 . , . ' ' KI Y, ' ' l 9 9 . ' . . . . . , . . y . y . i . . ,

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The Clarron lHV'lHrb DOWN N The u url ten oeloek trowd had rthercd 'rround the bulletm board 'rt the Colosseum where w ere posted re u1'rr ly on bron7e tab tts the happenrn s of he hour the no scrrptron lr t the prrce of wheat rn Srerly and other subjects of rnterest to the crty mob At '1 spot not ffrr from the bulletrn a small group of exerted bernvs were crowd rnc, about a hrtherto rnsrbnrticant slaye who was rrarratrng wrth many embellrshments hrs part rn one of the dfry s occurrences Venr, yrdr vrer' he ejfreulated gestreul t rrg hke a Crcero And then what do you suppose I saw There lay my poor dear master Marcus Lueretrus Qmrthus prone upon the carpet hayrng drunk too deeply of the deadly Honra Brewa How we shall mrss our dear master' Hereupon he broke dow rr 'md wept so loudly that the crowd ffaye hrm ertrzenshrp and elected hrm con ul on mg them gracrouslv for the favor they had shown hrm he den rrted homewfrrd The new consul found the members of the V1ll'1 Smrthorum rn a state of great excrte ment for rt rs not everv day that the Pater Famrlrrs commrts surcrde Xlr here you are now my dear Gotun hfrt sfrrd Hater Srnrthft as Rome s newest ofhcral strode rnto the room we haye a surprrse for you come hrther O Tempora' O mores' come hrther your self replred Gotunhat emphatrcally I Gotunhat am Romes new consul Address me as My Lord Ixot heedrng hrs command Mater Smrtha went on ewplarnrngr that he was now free and wealthy for Marcus had made hrm sole owner of the crtys largest amphrtheater and of the world s greatest agffregatron of show men s dehghts the Crrcus Smrthus All thrs was hrs because he had seryed hrs master o farthfully' Is that so renlred Rome s newest snowman store that he was Pr 11 Beyer before nad such 'rcts been put on for the publrc Each day great multrtudes Page Thrrteen were turned from the door One legend tclls us that 't brttle wrth the Germans iconsrdered the perftct prstrme by the Ro rn rnsj w ts postponed for three whole days th rt the 'rrmres mrffht see one of Gotunhat s unrque 'rrmngements Then one d'1y whrle eounfmg the days profits there mme to hrs mrnd a new scheme for 'r show He would have a beauty contest A beauty Conte t thrnl of rt' How the people would flock to see rt' He would 'rsh the omnrpotent hero hrmself to be Judrfe What a trnre he would h'1ye' Vtrthrn a day he had posters out not bronze rosters no or course not' Srlver posters made by the be t srly ersmrths to be found rn Rome Nero affreed to ofhcrate 'rt the ftfffur He even promrsed to play the fiddle Liang: the Chrrstrans Gotunhat thoufrht Well hfrye one of these e'1 h week' Days before the openrng of the contest be rutres flocked to Rome from all drrectrons beautres of ey ery deserrptron burcom blondes from Brrttwny f'1rry lrke fraulerns from Gcrrnfrnv flrshrnff eyed brunettes from Spam krnky harrcd negresses from Ethr oprr shfrdy Cleopfrtras from Efrypt smrlrng Itebeec ts from Syrrr and graceful Helens from C reece Down the Appran Way they strutmed trll the road rtself lost count of the shapely feet that tmyersed rt Into Ostra thev poured some rn therr own slave drrven trrreme and others on filthy supply trans ports Ney er had Rome seen such an array of beauty Frnally the day of the contest arrry ed Be fore dawn, the amphrtheatre was full not of the expected crtrzen but of beautres The day was a glorrous one for 'Nero but not so for Gotunhat He could make no monev wrth thrs type of show and rt was already an es ttblrslccd fact to many e peerally hero that these conte ts w ere to be held weekly At length the affarr befran frnd rn front of the rllustrrous Judge that grgantrc as semblage of pulchrrtude passed mdryrdually So many were the contestants that soon Nero had beauty spots berore hrs eyes so that he could not remember the redeemrng tr rts of ny one pgrrl Then suddenly she' she' the wmner of the prrze hoye rnto srght and wrth such , . . . .S. 1 ' Y ' . . . .2 ' . 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The Clarlon Page Flfteen A WOWI KN S FANCY Mother Ceclle IS leanlng far out her XVIII dow shaklng her rug It IS a small and gaudy lug possesslng as a predomlnatlng feature an lncllnatlon toward shabblness Mother Ceclle has but one rug and she shakes lt out her wlndow evely mornlng The baker ln the shop below IS lncllned to snlff ww hen he hears It begln to flap Partlcu larly as he IS usually taklng down hls front shutters Just when she does lt Well lf you have but one wlndow what are you to do It IS qulte early about seven but the street IS all astlr The blg stores uptown Vlflll not, of course, open for an hour or so yet but down here every grocery store and notlon shop IS openlng up There IS a falnt plnk haze of early mornlng floatlng oxer the clty from the waterfront Later ln the day the sun wlll glare Every fat woman on the stl eet wlll slt on her doorstep and try exhaustlngly to keep her non heedlng offsprlng from playlng tag But now the graylsh bulldlngs are softened by the haze Here and there a wlndow IS llghted by the low sun and wlnks 1tS rosy eye as much as to say Plnk clouds at mornlng Sallors take warnlng The ruff supposedly rld of dust, Mother Ceclle leans her elbows on the slll ready to start her usual mornlng conversatlon wlth Mother Marle across the way They are waltlng for the baker to stop clattellng hlS old fashloned 'wooden shutters and lron bars Mother Marle IS noddlng and Smlllng when Mother Ceclle notlces a strangely out of place young man strolllng down the Slde walk He has a carnatlon ln hls buttonhole sports a swaggel stlck and has a raklsh look about the eyes Mother Ceclle s llp beglns to curl Another crazy swell on a slummlng lark' Another dandy to turn all her Celestes and Antolnettes heads and make them have trouble wlth thelr Plerres and FIZHCOISQS' But Just now thls slngular young man catches her eye He smlles polltely and handsomely and doffs hls hat to thls slack looklng woman leanlng out of a 'vV1I1d0W ln her sweeplng cap Mr Harold Balley IS llke that' Mother Ceclle s eyes almost pop from her head as she watches hlS evtremely well dlessd back recedlng down The Street In a few mlnutes he IS lost to VIGW among store Cl6llxS sweeplng the sldewalks and fat women XVlth baskets Then strangely enough, she suddenly remembers her sweep lng cap She lmmedlately wlthdraws from the wlndow Acloss the way Mother Marle stares and then bangs her wlndow down angrlly It IS a fine mornlng about three days later Let us pop lnto Mother Ceclles shop a few blocks down The Street Nettle, the counter glrl who opens up wlll probably glve a start because she IS standlng wlth one hand ln the peppermlnt Jar You see she vtlll thlnk lt IS Mother Ceclle and ln truth lt IS about tlme she appeared Sure enough' Here she IS Nettle does start and knocks a cracker box from the counter She stoops to plCk It up and when she confronts Mother Ceclle we can see stooplng Mother Ceclle bltes her llpS and sllently goes lnto the back room to dlSpOS6 of her hat and coat Nettle furtlvely closes the metal cover of the Jar, and starts to stralgllten the papers of PIHS ln a tray, a task whlch has been attended to alreadv thls mornlng, wlthout a doubt Mother Ceclle comes out She opens her mouth posslbly to glve some adVlC6 about peppelmlnt eatlng, but exldently thlnks better of It when a cus tomer appears at the door Her expresslon changes from one of gravlty to one of smll lng welcome Good mornlng, Mother Ma Mother Marle stares rather lclly We can see that they have had no mornlng conver satlons of late Mother Marle resents mlss lng these confabs and shows It We can also see that she IS elctremely curlous as to the cause of Mother Ceclles conduct Her fllgld stare IS rather rulned by her Jaw dropnlng and her eyes bulglng out Come to thlnk of lt Mother Ceclle IS enough to make one's Jaw drop Her resemblance to the ' 1 L 1 rv, I I . - l , , L . . . J . G , ' . . . II I , . 1 v - . ' ' 7 ', KK 77 . ' v Y , A I H 1 H I . . . . . X . . , - that her flushed face is due, of course, to H I - A . . . . ' ' U , . . . . . , K l , - , - - ' rie. H U ' ' ' ' , . . , . . . . ' . A . , , .