George Stevens Academy - Mountain Echo Yearbook (Blue Hill, ME)

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N automatrc He prcked rt up agarn and hefted rt rn hrs palm Next he rarsed hrs arm rn the manner of a sharpshooter and trred to draw a bead on the cats head One glance at the cats eyes caused hrm to drop the prstol and strfle a shrrek Jumprng up he paced the floor Always wrthout a pause the cat followed hrs progress wrth her eyes He wanted to krll that cat more than anythrrrg else rn the world But every trrne he looked at that cats eyes he almost went mad He cast a fearful glance over hrs shoulder The cat was glarrng trrumph antly at hrm He had to do somethrng I-I glanced agarn at the revolver and sudden lv a thought struck hun Yellrng exultant ly he dashed to the lrquor cabrnet yanked fr door open and grapped a bottle of whrs key Hrs tremblrng hands could not even break the seal He sobbed rn desparr as 1 wave of defeat swept over hrm Then an other rd a came to hun wrth a rush Queer how hrs brarn functroned perfectly rn trmcs of drstress He rushed to the bathroom ar d swrngrng the bottle rn the manner of a baseball bat he neatly shattered the neck agarnst the lead prpe For a moment he stared at the sprlt amber lrquor slowlv eeprng down the drarn Then the fiery fumes awoke hrm to hrs predrcament Rea hrng upon the shelf he procured tumbler frlled rt brrmmrng full and gulped rts contents Then another Th lrqurd porson eave hrm new courage Flrngrnf the half empty bottle on the floor he rushed rnto the next room The cat wa strll there glarrng at hrm Payrng no attentron to her he preked ur the revolver and rnspected rts maeawn Qlrpprng off the safety he swung the gun towards the cat Hrs hand was as teadv as a rcck but the whrskey was makrne hrs head ache He drew a bead on the cat read and hrs trrgger finger trghtened th rr he almost Jumped out of hrs skm The cat had closed rts eyes and fallen asleep The old gleam of self assurance came rnto hrs eves as he frred he saw the cat roll to the tlcor He walked feebly to the wrndovv and looked out Below a prowl car was dravr rn to the curb There would be questr of course he reasoned but a mrllronarre L would have no trouble explarnrng that to the pohce A cat hah' He glanced trr umphantly at the dead form Suddenlv the blood drarned out of hrs face Sweat broke out on hrs brow In death the cats er es were wrde open starrng at hrm' The pollce carrred two bodres from that burldrng Waldo Collrns 46 THE EXECUTION HE man shrvered Had he really done thrs'P He a crtrzen of thrs country No he couldnt have Thrs helpless crea ture b fore hrm dead It was only rn self defen that he had done rt Wouldnt anyone have done the ame thlflgo he asked hrmself over and over agarn Surely he would have It was really te rble the way rt came about The man hrvered agarn If the enemy had not rnfl ed such cruel punrshment upon hrm the death of the mosqurto would ne er have happened Lourse Brllrngs 47 GEESE ' By chance I l oked up rn the sky A flock of geese were flyrng by In a V they seemed to form As toward the South they sped along They drd not know what that V shaped meant As on a mlssron to the South they went As the wrnter months went rollrng by Aoarn I looked up rn the sky Toward the South I could plarnly see The flock of g ese rn a letter V As through the arr they sped along A arn I heard then sprrng trme song I watched as long as I could see That letter V for Vrctory Arlean Staples 47 . f v , F' Nltll TUX If 'IIU '74 . . A . A H . , - v - ' ' ' , I ' . .1 , . - 1 , ' . R7 S , - ' . lk Pk S X il . . I . ' Y L Y ' y . . . NA C ll ' , xi , . T , . . . v s ' v ' . , . Q rs- , . ' . ' V. 9 , . . . I . on . E- ' - - rf 1 . . . Q . ,, . 9 . ,, So. . .. . . . . . W . U sr '. . . 1 ' - N . . . F - Q I . , t . . f CL . . ' ' , v- . . i V . . . , 9 , V 1 , . ,rr ' ' 1 o , ,. . Q P . . as v ' ' ' , 9 i . . . A - . . -1 v AV 1 . . . . 0 , .1 , . H . Q K . - 1 '- . , ff? . , . . h . Q . . , .. ., A. . r . .w O . . c . , 'I ' , A Q ' . ' cz ' 'rung ' 3 A . . . ' ' '. ' r . Y - 1 -

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NIOL NT LUV ECHO HUMANS WILL BE HUMANS Boy meets grrl that age old story Hasn t changed and never wrll Mamma needs a hat thats stylrsh Papa foots the brll always Sam Jones buys a brand new Packard Smrtb s old Ford wrll never do Even though hrs house 1S mortgaged Smrth must have a Packard too Some folks l1ve the1r lrves the1r own wav Strll there are a certarn few Who can t let the1r nerghbors beat them Notwrthstandrng what they do Humans always w1l1 be humans Evolutronrsts or no Honor prrde and greed are constant Leaders come and leaders go Love and hate st1ll rule the rulers Whether natrons rrse or fall Irfe IS short and rn a hurry Whats the use to l1ve at all'P Walter Butler 44 ADVENTURES OF SPURLOCK SHOLMFQ WHILE Spurlock Sholmes was deep rn 1 fit of thrnklng ras he frequently rs or should I say was s1nce thrs happened many years agol a rock came Hyrn through the wrndow and landed wrth a lhud on the head of the one and only Dr Wattsun who 1S Sholmes frrend and as srstant The doctor startled s1nce he had been aroused suddenly from a deep sleep rumped out of the charr rn wh1ch he had been Slttlllg I say Sholmes he crred What on earth was that'P D1d that blasted chrmnev fall down aga1n'9 Sholmes was now bendrng over the doc tor to see rf he was hurt You re a brt unsteady 1n the brarn but youll be all rrght sa1dSholmes I say put ln the doctor Here rs the obJect that crowned me and rt has a prece of paper tred around rt What IS wrrtten on 1t'J aked Sholmes rmpatrently The doctor looked puzzled as he sa1d It must be code Here Sholmes you read Shomes also looked puzzled The let ters here are L S M F T Vlfhat can they mean'J Thrs lS one mystery that Sholmes neve olved It was not untrl Just a few months a o that I came upon the SOlllt1Oll It seems that Srr Walter Ralergh was an frdvertrsrng agent for a brg tobacco com pany and he thought rt would be good publrcrty to have the tobacco companvs name connected wrth Spurlock Sholmes But he forgot one thrng He forgot that Sholmes and Wattsun never smoked so they never knew what the letters L S M F' T stood for Dana Conary 45 THAT WVONDERFUL BROTHER OF MINE I sa1d a lrttle prayer last nrght It was for brother Jrm We havent heard from h1m for sometrme Hrs grrl she got a letter Bout two months ago Che Sald he Sald he m1ssed us And I wouldn t wonder so Cause J1nr he never went from home Untrl he went th1s t1me Hes homes1ck but hes awful brave That Wonderful Brother of Mme For two months We ve had no letter Not even a postal card We re always hop1ng and prayrng But ltS really awful hard To pretend that we re not frrghtened And go on as we d1d before Wr1t1ng letters prayrng sm1l1ng We can do nothrng more We keep on sayrng hell come back Though we haven t heard for a t1me Hell come mth banners-wart and see That Wonderful Brother of Mme Mary McGravs 44 qulte L Irv I I ' W 14 H ll ' ,' ' U I ' . . v ' n H - 1 ' ' . it. , - .1 y . - . . 0. . 1 L3 ' III . ' ' 1 ' - . . L . . . , , . . - Y IV . - , . , V V V iv- ' ' Y u J. . . I Y U , . ---V--- He's somewhere fighting bravely, , . . , . ' g ' ' . 1 ' 3 . I ' ' is vi I ' ' Y , ' H ' I ' ' . . ,, . ' H 7 ' ' . . . , . Q , . ,, . , . 11 rn ' 4. - 1 V - ,- ' ' ' ' Y! u v Y