Fort Fairfield High School - Northern Light Yearbook (Fort Fairfield, ME)

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NORTHERN LIGHT DARIN G DAN Did he dare?! Could he possibly do it?! Think of the terror and anguish it would cause! f A woman's voice drifted up to him kfrom below in an urgent pleading call. He must hurry! In another moment and it would be too late. NVhy, oh why had he waited so long! Another call from below! He moistened his lips and wrung his hands impatiently. Torn between what he wanted to do and what he should do, he at last made his deci- sion: With steady eye and firm jaw he boldly, shrinkingly, stepped over the side and plunged into his icy morn- ing bath. -H. Burnsj '28, ONE RAINY DAY John Dill, I'll bet you don't even know where the glass that we use was first made-and linen, and steel and melons, and lemons audi f Aw, sis, cimon donlt be so mean. Tell me Where they came from. It isn't my fault that I don't know. Nobody ever told mef' The above conversation took place between said John filill and his sister Jane one rainy day as they sat gloomily in the great front parlor trying to think of something to do. Now, John, said Jane, I'll give you something to do. I'm not going to tell you where those products came from, but I'll give you a list and you look them up in an encyclo- pediaf' All right, Jane, I'll do it.', John took the list and Started for the library. Jane was so absorbed in reading Treasure Island that she soon forgot all about her brother. In the midst of a very interesting part she felt a tap on her shoulder. Looking up, she saw John standing beside her. Why, John, you havein't looked all of those up, already, 15

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NORTHERN LIGHT Why, Rip,'l she exclaimed with a heavy heart, Hwhat brings you here?7' Nothing, dear, he said, Honly the fact that I love you so much and hate to see you married to another man. Katinka confessed her love for him, to his utter amazement and delight. '4We will be married tonight, dear, and go to my farm at the foot of the Catskill mountains, said Rip. Katinka agreed and about nine o'clock when everyone was asleep she stole quietly out of her father's house and went forth to meet her future husband, leaving only a note behind for the jilted lover, NVilliam. Vtfith the horse and buggy which Rip had secured, they drove about ten miles to the preaeher's house, where they aroused the minister, who married them. They spent the night there and the next day traveled some thirty-five miles to the farm, which proved to be overgrown with weeds and grass, but, said Katinka, 'fWe will soon remedy that. The first year of their married life Hip Worked fairly well. He planted corn and buckwheat, and had a flourishing cab- bage garden. He kept the gates well mended a11d the barnyard clean. But after the birth of little Rip all his ambitions failed, and he sank i11to a lazy state from which no amount of scold- ings could arouse him. He was a very good neighbor, a great favorite among the women of the town as he would run their errands, although he would not assist his wife in any Work or errands. This greatly angered Katinka, who, like her mother, hated to see a lazy person ora farm in a dilapidated state. She began to regret her mistake, knowing now that it was Williain she loved and wishing she had married him. Therefore she fell into a state of continual scolding at Rip, which did not im- prove matters any. l He and his dog Wolf would tramp for hours through the woods, to shoot some pigeons. Katinka would scold him so that he took to fleeing from home at the slightest angry tone, thus he consoled himself, until his adventure, which Katinka considered a blessed relief. i 'J. Holmes. '29. 14

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NORTHERN LIGHT have you? she said. f'You've only been in there about fif- teen minutes. I thought you'd be too interested in 'Treasure Island' to notice how fast time was flying. I've been in there? two hours, said John. I've looked up all that was on the list and more, and the answer to all of it is Arabia. Well, said Jane, tell me all you know about Arabia and what the Arabians did for the world. First, said John, I will tell you about the progress they made in agriculture. I'll bet you never knew that it was the Arabians who first practised irrigation and rotation of crops. They first used fertilizers and they knew how to graft fruits and plants. Some of the agricultural products we get from them are cotton, buckwheat, hemp, flax, sugarcane, rice, coffee, asparagus, artichokes, beans, melons, oranges, lemons, npricots, and plums. Some of the things that they manufac- tured were the famous Cordovan leather, Damascus steel blades, brocades, tapestries, armor, silks, crystal, plate glass, pottery, paper, and metal works. Well of all thingsf' said Jane. 't0h, but that's only a few of the things they were famous for, said John. Hr-re are some more. . They traded with a great many countries, including India, llhina, the East Indies, Africa, Russia, and even the Haltie Lands. They drew maps and made encyclopedias and spheres. They had a great many schools and universities. They had great libraries, containing many thousand manu- scripts, which Christians from all over the world visited. They gave us the Arabic figures which we now use instead oii the clumsy Roman numerals. They had astronomical observ- atories at Bagdad andllamascus and they contributed a few important works to literature, one of which was A Thousand and One Nights. lVell, I guess they did enough for the world, said Jane. '4And just think, we never knew most of that before. 'iVe've spent this rainy day well. P. Harmon. '3l. THIMLA DI-IULA Thimla Dhula had left Dublin early that summer. Vlfhere had he gone? This nobody knew, but everyone did know why he had gone. His 'departure was noticed at the time of the bank robbery. In the bank next morning was found a penknife with the engraving ll'