Harmony High School - The Ferguson Yearbook (Harmony, ME)

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THF FERGL SON I wont' agam answered Brllv he wouldnt want mg when she found out that I left you here lrke thrs helpless, and an other thrng, you cant make me go' Just then there came another terrrfic explosron whrch filled all passages and cut off all means of escape I couldnt get away now even rf I would go and leave you here alone to dre , con trnued Brlly Please forgrve me, Brlly I see now where Iwas wrong Youve been a real true frrend to me, a frrend a fellow can trust Sayrng thrs, Tom grasped both of Brllys small hands rn hrs own just as another explosron came and Tom McGregor and Brlly Twlst dred together A few days later when the two bodres were removed from the charcoal and ashes, one, that of Tom McGregor the engrneer, the other, that of poor, lrttle Brlly Twrst, the breaker boy, Alrce, Toms sweetheart, was there The townspeople wanted the bodres burred rn separate graves, but Alrce her or them to separate two farthful and everlastrng frrends She sard that no per son ever had or ever would have as much love for another as Brlly Twrst, the breaker boy had for Tom McGregor, the engmeer Materral used from the book, Greater Love Hath No Man by Beatrrce Walker Jennre Fowlre 37 A DREAM The assrgnrnent for Monday, class wrll be somethrng for the Ferguson Mrss Trt comb sard to us Just before excusrng the class one Frrday afternoon Somethrng for the Ferguson, I mused Well I cant wrrte a poem I cant wrrte a story and goodness knows I cant vvrrte an cssav Wcll that nrght after supper, I sat down wrth paper and a pen and trred to wrrte a poem My fir st try ran somethrng lrke thrs Good old Sprrng at last has come Loved by all, enjoyed by some Oh' That would never do I sard Every bodv enjoys sprrng Iets see hows th1s In the sprrng the flowers grow VS hen vve re rrd of rce and snow II ell maybe thats a lrttle better but that vvord rrd doesnt sound so good Lookrng at nry watth I found that rt was onlv seven oclock rsnt ate I sard I strll have an hour before bedtrme Thrs trme I managed to get four lrnes be fore I stopped They ran lrke thrs Vkrnter days are gone at last Summer s comrng-comrng fast We shall all be glad I know, When Our Crowd can swrmmrng go Readrng rt over I thought Yes that would do for an erghth grader but Im rn hrgh school It must sound better than that I wont try agarn tonrght Ill see what I can do rn the mornrng Startrng to go upstarrs, I notrced some funny papers on a stand rn the lrvrng read them Vvhrle I was undressrng I won dered who was the wrrter of Popeye Frnallv I clrmbed rnto bed The moment I went to sleep, I dreamed that I was wrrtrng poetry Dozens of trmes I started a poem read rt over, scratched over what I had vvrrtten, and started over agarn At last rt seemed that I had one that sounded all rrght I wrote and wrote Just as I finrshed the last lrne, I heard my moth er call C me to breakfast ' I turned over and opened my eyes Jump mg out of bed I dressed rn a hurry It drdnt matter rf nry dress was on backwards or rf nry shoestrrngs were untred just as long as I could vvrrte that poem down before I forgot rt Runnrng downstarrs, I opened the vvrrtrng desk snatched a pencrl and sheet of paper and scrrbbled as fas as I could thrnlv Mary had a lrttle lamb VN ho one trnre ran avvay Barrrev Google found rt And brought rt back that day It followed her to school one da XX here Ollve Ovl taught Hansre and Frrtzy took rt home Irrtendrng to have lanrp chops 4 L kv It , 1 sr - , , - , HS .' V . . - 1 , I ' VIY- .' ' . V-5 ' . . , - , ' 1 11 . - U ' Y I ' 1 v ! 7 I l ' . , r,' y r rv ' 1 Y . I .. y rr 1 , , - , 5' . ' l '. MII, .r Y l ,U . . Q ' as ' , , ' n , - xx - , . H -, - , , ' . . ' ' ' : , ,. J A ' 1 ,' ' , H ' ar v' , ' ' ' 7 - a 111 I . l ' - , V L 1 y ' V 4 . v v Y v' ' H , . . . . 1 ,, , I Y . , 4 - ,v v ' ' 7 , .. ' ' I . . Y. v , . . . , p Y ' 1 , - , ' ry . 'f . . . U 7 ,n,, - - - interferred and said that it was not up to room. Before I went to bed I sat down and ,. V ' - 4 ' I ' v ' 1' - . . . , , ,' cc U v n ' I 1 s 7 ' , . ' , ' , v S , . ' , o ' . nc ' ' 'Y v , ' , . v . , , , ., . , 5 ,,,, A . W .- l . V K s . D v . -. H ' I IH . fl' ' s , M a - v , ' . . ' . rr v y r y , , Lt . 1 v . ' -' v - ' . , .. - .. HH I 1 ' b ' l ' . I ax . ' . I 'r ' ' ' ' - r ' ... u. : ' v La 15', I 1 ' v v a st V y - 77 I H ' 7- . f '. , , . , . , ' - 1 I- 1, V ' H ' . ' F v n J I , U ' ' , 6

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THF FFPf L RON 1ec at c b1t of sce11e1y t e1e wa XKllQll B1lly uddenly looked at lllb co111 panxon at dyu pe1t ON61 t ere Tom he a ked 1 y 16 1ed To111 1 gomg to a you a yc1y 1n1po1ta11t que t1o11 Pe1haps 1t doc 11t mean anythmg to you but, at least yc1y 1111po1ta11t to Llsten closely It you wut Ill loyc yy1th the most bcautlful b1 l 111 the Xkflllll would you llll llel lllll XNl lllL you hayc less tha11 nothmg flfl'Ll hu 01 would you ask he1 to V931 Lllllll you could g1y11 hc1 so111c of the 1110116111 thmgs th lt gnls llkc now a davs Tell me Ju t wh 1t you th1nk about lt B1lly 1ye me XOUI honest op1111o11 XXo111c11 as usual' They always had to Ill e11upt Bllvs hfe 1n some way 1 d1d11t answer To111 f01 a few 1n1nutes be cause tl1c thought 12111 back and fo1th th1ough h1s lllllltl that 1t th1 glll can1e he1e to the lllellmfl town To111 wouldnt haye any mo1e lL 111 l111 1nd thcy wouldnt be goof though hc d1d11t know lt at the lfl1'l'l9 B1lly told Ton1 what he thought and Mc C1ego1 told h1n1 that Ahee h1s sweetheart sa1d she wanted B1lly to con1e to l1ye w1th the111 B1lly seen1ed to be ye1y 111uch con tented when To1n told h1n1 thls Thcy illflflt 111e11t1on that subject '1ga1n as ey hid bxck to wo1k then T e wo1kcd u11t1l tl1e m1ddle of the afternoon w1th11ut 111y t1ouble But about two o clock the bclt wh1ch ca111cd the Coal up to the lJ16d.lxL1 towc1 stopped The b1eake1' boys all 1ushed to the wmdows to see what was the n1atte1 They saw the shaft come up as fzst as poss1ble b11ng1ng a load of chokmg and ga p1ng XYOlkHl6I1, and then 1ush1ng down agun as fat as It could go to get 111o1c H1811 The b1eaker boys wanted to find out wh1t the t1oublc was so they all stam pedcd fo1 thc 11ckcty steps 'It the same t1n1e 1 ul1ed 11 yn t stans oyer to e s xft B1lly Tw1st anx1ously wonde1ed 1 'lom Nlcf lLL,01 had come up lI'1 the last load He k11ew th1t To111 hadnt come up 1n the mst load becau e he had been lookmg fO1 Tom The shaft came up agam a11d B1lly saw that Tom wa 11ot IH thls bunch of men Th1s IS the last load thought B1lly 1 'lom 1 1 o 1 c It me mt thit Ton1 hadnt come up B1lly sobbed halt hea1tedly and ru hed a fa t a he could to the upe1111te11de11t NIcG1ego1 Tom XlCG1QgO1 the 6112111801 hasnt come up he gasped ea,ee1ly The Llpilllltllltlcflf gafed a1ou111l l11111 fo1 a l110111QI1t c11' c 1 lou1 To111 Nlcf 11201 asnt come up ho w1 Ll t yyn wlth mc 11 l1u 1 Nlc 1 g, txntly 1 1 1 11 1ace towa1d thc shxtt and 111111111, thc111 was D001 l1ttle 1lcto1mcd B1lly 'lw1 t whom no one seemed to 11ot1cc The shaft wcnt down sw1ftly agun Ullly to n1eet a IU h cf mokc and flame yvhlch choked 1ll the men The men 1 Ill hast1ly to 1nd f10 l1OLll.lIlf.I Tom WIeG1ego1 s Hlllle 1111 lllllltlllg' 1111111 the bunch ol t1mbc1s and lJC1l1l They had been dow11 thc1e Ollly a tew l'lllYlLlthS yyhcn they hea1d a loud cvplo 11111 wh1ch NllUXYLIltl Nlen shouted the supcuntendent yve cant lose all of these l1yes fO1 one l1fe ind '1 half Into the shaft QYQIX last one o you XXLIQ gomg, up XXl'1Elf, theze ls t1esh we cmt tand th1 any lon G1 soon a B1lly a1d t11s hc 1ush 1l ckly hom the up 1 111c1 HQ yy 1-In ng to h yc 'lcm Wlc 181,01 tlOXYll t e1c yy1thout finchng h1111 llc houtcd Tflllls 111 11 soon lectlklll tht ll y IFIQIL y ounr a be xnr found To111 Dlllllftl Lllltltl 1t the beam ac1oss hls legs Haye you lJ10Llgl'lt help 1 a1e you all aloneo Ton1 asked tamtly Im alone 11ow The 1est of the 111911 all got ca1ed and we11t back up Gct up t1LllClx Tom Vie stlll hue tllllt cnou h to get back the slmc ay that I cane 111.111 To111 befo1e we IIC both caught 1u c'111t get h1s 1111 1 hom me s11d 'I1 ll h of Us Clllt say 1 so you go back and s1ye you1self XXOIlt 111 yye1ed 1 y G Go back a11d take ca1e of Ahce fO1 111e fO1 n1y ake' C0l11l1l1Tltl9d Ton1 gathel 1ng together what t1ength he had and pullmg hll1lS6lf to a s1tt1ng po 1t1o11 1 . t 1 'Q .' t'1-s and wh' littl 1 ' .' 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