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

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THE FERGL SON At he-1 flxst C15 Pete1 had lun to Q1 Take lt easy Ill get you loose, he sa1d 1n a l63SSU1lHg XOICQ Easy now Dont yank 1t' To o o t' To 0 ot' Toot' Toot' One mlle Please hulry, Petex, sobbed Patty Well be kllled To o o t' To o o t' Toot' Toot' One half nnle Peter tulned and twlsted the foot l10plllg' It would come out The t1axn was almost Ah' Thele lt was He glabbed Patty pushed her clown the small embankment, and Jumped hlmself Just as the tlam lushcd The tlam stopped some dlstance down the txack and a clowd soon gatheled Iatty' VVhe1e 15 my l1ttlL Patty' woman came lushlng thlough the clowd, call mg Oh' Mama' Ill never go on the tlaclcs agaln Patty sobbed m he1 mothers dl ms Id bbbe dead now if lt wasnt Ol Pe e tel' Is that llghtq sevelal people asked at Aw' I dxdnt do nothmg Petel answeled Patty however told a dlffclent stoly f10l11 that to the oflicels who questloned he1 a few days latel Petel was much pxalsed and 1n a feyv weeks he yyas plesented wxth a gold medal as a token of hls bravely Phylhs B3llQY 36' FATE What a deafenmg 1oa1' It seemed to Jane that help must come soon The watcl was alzeady well aboye the filst floo1 of then small home and was stlll usxng 1ap1d ly Jane and hel smallc1 bxothel and S1 tc1 wcze cxouched togethel m 1 small up stan room 'Ihcy XNQIC peexmg, 3IlX10LISlX out of the w1ndow watchmg the raglng' watels of the swollen Penobscot Smce the death of the11 pa1ent llttle Joan and Bllly had been undel the cale of then oldel Slbtel Jane was a pxetty gnl of clghteen tall and slender She had spar klmg black eyes and her glossy black halr tumbled almlessly about hel oyal face 1n a mass of t1ny cuxls She was usually a capable and fearless glfl but ln the present calamlty he was gneatly wolued concem mp: the safety of he1 p1ec1oug, ehalge he 161-ll1ZQd that oonel O1 late1 then home would be swept mto the swlrlxng watels of the angly 11ye1 She tucd yamly to of some plan by wlnch she could saye fxom a te111ble de 1th The lJUllClll'1gN yycle so constlucted the shed connected the house and baln made lt pos lble fox them to clnnb out to the shed xoof md flom the1e to the xoof of the house Jane helped the clnldlen to cxawl oycl to the chnnncy Shc dnected Joan to slt on one sxde of It and Bllly on the other Afte1 tcllmg them to hang on the best they could she looked ln all dnectxons fol Slglli of help She could seg nothmg., but water and float mg dcbus The stla gllllg' tops of a ew tlccs showed above the water 111 the dls tance If only thele wele anothel house 01 some lxymg thmg., nea1by she would not feel so alone and helpless with the two l1ttle ones who depended upon hex so much Why should she be left 1n such a desolate 21 away place YVltl'l no one to help her' Hen thoughts were mterlupted by a new thmk them that Thls lents ot lJ1llOVSlI1g' Cl'lU11'llUg' watex came lushmg t0Vvd1d them But above the roar she hea1d 1 lumble whlch lasted a moment and thcn ccxsed only to begln agam almost nnmedxatcly It sounded as though solld substance wele bemg, whaeked agalnst each other A thought flashed th1ough her mmd Could It be She dared not thmk of t She clutched Joan tlghtly and closed her eyes Stes she could st1ll hea1 It lt must be The dxm had b1oken' She must not let the chxldlen know about t Vthat blave clnlchen they wele' They VVG16 yexy much fllglltilltll ot LOUISE but they shed no tears Instc 1d they gazed awe St11Cli6l1 upon the lwtul spcctxclc XX onclcl and amazement scemed to uyet then wlde open eyes and stuldy llttlc bodles Ill one posltlon Suddenly B11ly shouted Gee, Jane, a1nt tlns x 1113116.19 VK hat we gonna do just set helc and do nothm ' X e Bllly sald Jane dejeetedly dont see what thele 1s to do Well just haye to walt untll someone comes to help I know what wc can do sald Joan gally We can count the brlcks ln the ehlmney . . 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THF FERC USOX Her royrng, eye caught srght of an object rn the drstance It was cornrng down the rryer at a raprd rate It drd not look lrke debrrs No what was rt? Ah' A boat' As rt came nearer she could make out the form of a broad shouldered man skrlfully wreld rng the oars to keep the boat from oyer turnrng She notrced that wrth much drili eulty he was gradually drawrng the tossrng boat out of the swrft current He then steered the craft toward the tree rn whrch Jane and the chrldren were perched Frnally surely he brought rt rn close Jane was so trred and thrngs seemed so hazy that she drd not notrce whether he was old or young All she cared was that thrs man had the power of rescurng them He drew hrs tall frame up and put out hrs arm to assrst Jane rnto the boat Then he lrfted the chrldren down and placed them gently on the bottom VS hat happened after that Jane could not tell When she regarned conscrousness she was rn a small well furnrshed room She was lyrng under a snow whrte coverlet rn a bed whrch was yery soft and warm She opened her puzzled eyes and saw an elderly whrte harred woman comrng toward her wrth a glass rn her hand She bent over Jane and sard softly You re rest The lrttle ones are fast asleep so dont worry about them Please drrnk thrs an then try to go to sleep 'roull be as we as eyer rn the rnornrng Srrrrlrng weakly Jane took the glass an slowly drank rts contents Then she back on the prllows Oh you are so very krnd she sard How n I ever thank you enough? Neyer mrnd that now, replred the lrttle lady Go to sleep now, and well talk rn the mornrng Vkrth that she trp toed out of the room and closed the door softly Jane heard her quret ly descendrng the starrs and then she was rsleep sank It was rnornrng Jrne opened lrer eyes and saw that the sun w rs streamrrrg rn through the wrndow She yawned and stretched, and firrdrng that she felt as good as new, she Jumped out of bed Suddenly she remem bered that her clothes were badly torn and she hated to put them on .rgarn She looked about the room and there on .1 eharr was a complete outfit from dress to trny shoes' The wonderful lady had put them there whrle she was asleep Jane qurckly put on the clean clothes They were a trrfle large but he drd not rnrnd that Then she combed and brushed her tangled curls urrtrl they shone and gurded by the sound of low vorces, went down starrs and rnto the krtchen The whrte harred lady was begrnnrng to prepare breakfast and after the usual good mornrngs they began to talk lrke old frrends All at once Jane realrzed that she drd not eyerr know the name of her benefactors She asked the krnd woman her name My name she sard rs Mrs Barton It was my son who rescued you and brought you here Hrs name rs Dan At that moment Dan poked hrs curly blond head rn through the door He was amazed to find Jane up so soon He surveyed her wrth an approvrng eye and then sard Xou surely look better and I hope yo feel better too Jane smrled shyly She notrced how tall and broad shouldered he was how bronzed was hrs boyrsh face, and she met the gaze of hrs keen frank, grey eyes As rf fascrn ated by what she read rn hrs admrrrng glance, she returned hrs look for a long moment then blushrngly turned away 1 n rn my new roadster before breakfast? he asked snrrlrnglv VS hy er Ier dont know, she stamrnered Xes dear, go ahead sard Mrs Barton Ill look after the chrldren when they wake ur Vyhen Jane and Dan came back from a delrghtful sprn they found Brlly and Joan on the porch wartrng for thenr Arnt we lucky? sard Brlly to have thrs fella rescue us? 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