Gardiner Area High School - Quill Yearbook (Gardiner, ME)

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1 EQUI Is that you ames? she asked ID '1 feeble voree Yes mother I xx as rather busy tonrght 'md drdn t get baek as early as I expected to I-Ie took off hrs eoat and hat and went 1nto the other room where hrs mother xx as lyllio' rn a bed IU the eorner I-Ioxx are you feelrng tonrvnt mother7 he asked after he had krssed her Oh I feel pretty well dear don t worry about me You just remember fh1S rf anythmg should happen to me always be a good honest boy I know your daddy xx ould be proud of you rf he could see you noxx Although hrs mother had sa1d that she felt xvell ames eould see that she xxas fall 1n1 Those fexx xx ords that she had sa1d de erded hrm that he xxould return the money the frrst thmg rn the mormng After he had seen that hrs mother xxas comfortable for the nwht he deelded to go to bed After thlnkrng for a long whlle he fmally dozed off to sleep The next mornrnv he xxas up brrght and early ind got breakfast for h1s mother and h1mself After washrng the drshes makmg hrs mother comfortable and putting on his xery best elothers he started out to return the money I-Ie vxalked to Raymond Boulevard and by the t1me he reached there lf xx as falrly late rn the forenoon I-Ie found the house he wanted and walked up and rang the bell A mald answered the bell and showed hrm IDIO a room She told hrm to be seated whrle she went for Mr Owen james had been Slttlng there thmkmg and xvondermg what sort of a man Mr Owen xx ould be xvhen a mlddle aged pleasant faced man entered the room I-Iello my boy Dld you w1sh to see me? he asked smxlrng Yes I found th1s wallet slr and If has your name 1n lf ames replled You found my wallet' I-Iow ean I ever thank you? exelalmed Mr Owen It has a preture of my mother IH lf that she had g1ven me 1ust before she dled and I prized If very hrghly You don t knoxv how thankful I amp' Is there 1 pleture 111 rt? I drdn t nonce any saxd ames Let me see yes here It IS nght under the 1dent1f1eat1on card Tell me boy there anyth1n 1 I ean do for you to show my gratrtudel You Ire a xery honest boy Oh that xx rsnt anythlng I only did my duty is my mother would want me to Where xs your mother? Mr Owen asked She s home and xery slck slr That s too bad Have you a father' No slr he IS dead What do you do for a l1v1ng7 I sell papers and run errands for people Mr Owen had always been fond of boys and th1s one rmpressed h1m more than any he had met He questroned James further about hrs mother and her Illness I-I learned that she needed an operatron I-Ie offered to pay for lf but ames was proud and would not accept By the way I need an office boy Would you accept the posr IIOD7 asked Mr Owen ames was completely overwhelmed wrth joy Oh yes slr but you are so klnd how ean I thank you7 You haxe done your share I-Iow xxould twenty dollars per week be to begrn xv1th7 Oh that s lots more than my servlces xx ould be worth' Not rf I am any 1udge of character ames and Mr Owen finally came to an agreement xvhereby he vxould pay for the operatron and james could pay hlm back ater As soon as the talk was over ames rushed home to break the good news to h1s mother After he had frnrshed she turned a glad face toxvards her son and sighed happily ames I am very proud to have such a wonderful son' Lomsc Du Pont, 36 LAM ENT ON LITERATURE Now tell me xvhere his the rom rnee gone In the books I used to read And tell me where IS the lady fa1r And the hero of brave deed7 ls xy - . . . . , , '., 11 ' Q - , e. as - . . . 1 x U . s s ' Y ' J -1 - 9 1, . . . A - I . - . - . - . , , lb s A '- ' s ' , ' . 2 y 411 ' ' ' . H , cc H K a 1 - I Y - C? ' ' V '- y ' ' ' 'V , I H U , - r , ' . ' , cr - as 1 - . . xc . 1 X 1 1 1 - ' ' , ' , CK a N X- - 11 ' v v ' ' ' J KL 1 sa y 1 . . U ,- . - va w ' , , . 7 ' x cn ' - V1 v 7.1 at an .i . x 3 N Q 7 - f . . . , . D t ' 1 1 1 ' . ' H. . . A. E . x V l . . C x A- ' ' 1 ' U s A ' I s c ' s 1 ' -I , , ' ,-' me D a . , , , - . a - H . V . Q . - rw A I - X , H . . . 1 ' v s 1 1 . . . . Q H . , . . X . . H c , 7 , 1 ' f 1 ' v - va as y - 1 1 ' . , ' , ' K V 2 '11 ' cc ' - A H . - a 7 1 A ' , , x . . 4' ' , ' v - - as t 1 . . ' - an-I 1 ' 1 as ' 5 ' ' i as - 1 y v v - . . ,,-I . , . KK - xy i - is ' 2 2 ' . . i I . . . l 9 , , A . .

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MSE 11 I-1 111, f UI 111.-1 .Ae Ei LITERARY Q I-IONESTY PAYS It w rs a brtterly eold nrght rn the mreldle fjanuary The streets were praetreally de serted exeept for a few nrght w atehmen w ho were patrollrng therr beat Down the street came a boy who ap peared to be about srxteen years of age He was dressed rn a parr of threadbare trousers a thrn eoat a battered cap, and a parr of shoes that were much the worse for wear Gver hrs shoulder he earrred a bag., sueh as rs used for earryrnv newspapers He was HERE loolerng and had a pleasant face although rt bore a worrred look As he walked along he thought of hrs srck mother at home whom he loved wrth all hrs boyrsh heart Gee I dont know what Im gorng to do he sard to hrmself Mother rs so srek and the doetor sard her only chance would be to have an operatron But the questron rs, where rs the money eomrng from? I haven t had xery good luele sellrrw my papers r rd I xe earned only four doll rrs dorng odd jobs It takes ex ery eent for food and mcdrerne for her I eertarnly don t know what Hello What s thrs7 Hrs foot had suddenly come rn contaet wrth somethrng lyrng on the street H stopped and preked rt up and mueh to hrs surprrse saw that rt was a wallet As he ex amrned rt he found that rt had money rn rt Glory' Two hundred and frfty srx dol larsl l he exelarmed Gee rf rt w as only mrne' I eould easrly pay for mother s op eratron rnd then she would be all well But then I suppose there s an rdentrfrcatron eard rn here Yes here rt rs Charles Gwen 168 Raymond Boulevard Trenton New ersey I know th rt plaee Ive been past there qurte often I guess they are all rreh people up that way They probably wouldnt mrss a small amount lrke thrs erther Boy' Why eouldn t I burn the wallet and keep the money? he thought as an rdea flashed through hrs mrnd I eould grve the doetor the money but then he would probably wonder where I got rt and thrnk I stole rt Yes and rf mother should ever drseover rt shed feel terrrble and I don t want to vrve her any more worry she has more than rs good for her now Oh rf only Dad hadn t dred he sard wrstfully he was so good and we always had plenty of everythrng when he was wrth But look now, there s a mortgage on the house mother s slowly dyrng and oh I don t know what all I on t know whether to keep thrs money or not I know I should return rt by rrghts By thrs small eottage that had onee been whrte but was now rather weatherbeaten He en tered quretly and elosed the door Al though he had been quret rn enterrng, hrs mother had heard hrm trme he had reaehed home T ll li K2 II l l, I. 15 --5.1 ,... Y f- ' Y., -r ..- Q, - J E Q .... , , , ai gf I T ' R-F I livz ' I Z l I D I N -gw Y: , , , ... 7,27 ,f I J ,K - I fa---'1:-1 G, ' f N . . , ' , V. 5 D ' 6 ' X 1 x 4 y . U K . 1 . . x . i x x, . . . C Y fy -as ' 1 - 1 1 K 1 A 4 v 1 v . . , , , . . - . J, . J . . . , y r v , A ' , -. 1 . . Y 1 . . . te , . ' 2 . A Y 1 ' ' it Y 7 V o T L 7 - - 11 s y Q - ' , ' , , ' . '. ' H , E., . . . 'T L . A h ' 3 I i , ' 1 'Q 1 1 1 1 ' 1 , . 7 ' Y . . . x . , . Y 1 ' ' KK Y D - ' 1 D f 1 , . ,, Q . . Q X . I 1 , c . c ' . as - -Q , - rr - r - 11 - Y V Y 1 I . ' Q U 1x 1 1 1 ' ' 1 ' s , ' A y ' ' Y 7 ' . L V T' US. I' A ' ' fs ' 1 -If lys s ' , ' e ,., e . . . , r , . , 1 ' . X X fl 'S , y A 1 . 4 . , . ' . C' H d 1 , , , . ,, - 5 Y X 7 ' . . . i . ,, 1 . e ' , a 1 e 1 , TK, T 0 T Q ' e , - T . ' H V A f . f .2 . . . H , E M . X H . . y X . e . , 1 . , .

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F QU Oh tell me xx here IS the xrllarn too Who alxx 'us trled to bend The l1LTO111t. to hls putt ose fell But repents hun at the end? Perhaps IC was as crltrcs say A lot of tommy rot But those books then vxcrc eet and clean And books today arc not Phyllis Gould 33 IT S A BUM LIFE An old deaf lady was slttlng in front of her kltchen stove kmttmg when suddenly someone knocked loudly on the door Pears to me that clock rs trckrng klnd o loud lately she sard to herself After a short pause the knocklng con tlnued growlng louder and more raprd The old lady began to sense that someone xxas at the door so she crled 1D a hlgh shrlll yolce Come rn' An old tramp entered Your next door nerghbor told me you mrght spare me a b1te to eat he sald What say' the old lady replred cock ing her head on one s1de Im a lrttle dee Your nerghbor sald you mlght glV6 me a b1te to eat Somethmg the matter wlth your feet7 No the tramp shouted and repeated more loudly hls frrst request for eats Uh sald the old lady Mrs Jones has somethlng the matter w1th her feet What IS 1t7 No the tramp replled Can I have somethrng to eat please7 Erysrpelas now that s too bad My uncle once had that Is she very badl The tramp xx as gettlng weary so he yelled thrs t1me I want a prcce of cake' She d shake Well my goodness that s bad She better vxatch out or shell be rrght SICR The old tramp advanced to the s1de of the old lady and at the top of hls vorce shouted ID her ear I xx ant a plete of cake and some coffee' The old lady began to understand and a look of anger covered her face Why dldn t you sly so 1n the first place? Come rn here tryrn to play on an old lady s feel rngs eh? I fun t got anvthrng to eat for you You get out of here or I ll set my dog on you Go on' Get out' Here Trgel Here Tlge The old tramp sturrled for the door Sltuuootl Pzckermg 33 WRONG NUMBER ack plcked up the telephone rccelver Number please 141 R please Thank you' I-Ie waited a few mmutes then a vo1ce sard Hello' I-lello Bertha7 Yes thls is Bertha Are you very busy to n1ght7 asked ack Why er Well how about golng to the IHONICS7 Why Id just be dehghted I havent been for nrgh ten years uit your klddlng Bertha Im serrous Do you thlnk your mother wlll let yot ol Why of all thrngs my mothers been dead for thrrty five years thls comrng summer At that jack xxas startled to thlnk that Bertha hrs best glrl frrend would say that rt was nigh ten years since she had been to the movles and that her mother had been dead thlrty five years when rt was only last Frrday that he had taken her to the movles and yesterday that he had been talklng to her mother Well lf you dont want to go Ill get May Webb She ll be glad to go with me and lt wlll be a long tlme before Ill call 141 R agatn 141 R7 Why th1s IS 101 R that you are callrng 'IOI R7 Why er Im awfully sorry I thought I was speaktng to Bertha Smlth That s all rlght my boy but you re talk rng to Bertha Crane At that jack hung up the recelver much drsgusted xvrth hrmself to thrnk that he had been trylng to make a date w1th Bertha Crane the old mald that lrved across the street Glen Falcon: 33 x ' . T ' 7' L . ,X s - ' H 1 1 I. 4 . . N x . x . w . . U , ' 1 D . . . , . 1 A .- . , . J . 1 7 . . Q . . N . . V, . t, . r , . . . . . 1 . . , . f , . ' ' 1 -I Q .Q i xx . an 11 1 , . u ' X11 , . ' ' 1 ' n 11 - Y - - . . ' x . '1 ' sc 11 . , , cm , ' - ' - sa 11 , . 1 11 1 H . . ,, 1 1 ' , . - H Y . -1 J ' ' ' 11 11 1 ' , A Ac 1 1 7- 11 , . 7 , ' ' ', Ac 1 - - 1 - 1 1 , x . - - an - 11 X . ,, 1 ' f ms UQ . . . . , . ' 1 1 ' . . . , , H U lc, . 11 - H . , ' ' 1 1 Lt 11 - . . Q . . , ' - . - 411 . H 11 . . I ' 1 U . . . . , , , 1 1 . 11 . . . ss - 3 - 11 . ss 11 . . 1 1 ' as 11 - Ls . 1 1 ' - - 11 xc - 1 1 ' 1 1 u 11 - as y . 1 ' - y - 11 . . . , , . an - 1 - 11 1 ' ' - Q 11 H . . , , . . y , y ' H ' 11 1 . - - ss -X , 11 g ' 1 A . . , 1 , , u 1 1 . . ,, ' 1 1 . y 1 I sc 1 - 1 f ' 1 1 . . U . , Y . 'l 1 1 1 1 3 - It - . . , , - 1 h 11 - - ' 1 1 - ' Y 1 f y