King School - Kingsmen Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

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was no accndent lt was a deluberate attempt to klll hum But where was the proof? lt could have been an accident lt had happened before He picked up the wrench and walked Inside Later that nught Jrm walked up to Pete and sand That was no accrdent thus afternoon Pete and you know It Now listen Jlm shouted Pete angrlly you can say what you want I say rt was an accident Jam turned around and walked out of the room He had no time to argue with that crumb He went upstairs to check the lrght As he was walknng around on the platform one ofthe boards underneath hum cracked and broke Jam watched ut fall A hundred ten feet to the ground was a long way He looked at the other boards around the spot where the one broke They were pretty bad He walked all the way around the platform but all the rest of the boards were nn good shape He started at once to repair the faulty boards and soon he had all of them out He looked down the hole to the ground It was a long drop Then he heard Pete s voxce callrng hum He walked around the hole and went downstairs What do you want Pete? Jim sand Just wanted to let you know that lunch us ready answered Pete sourly The two men ate rn silence and then Pete went outside Jim de clded to do some work on the side of the lnghthouse lt was mghtfall when Jrm realuzed that he had forgotten about the hole He went up to the platform to turn the light on He skrrted the hole and turned the lrght on Then he went down to tell Pete about the hole but Pete had already gone to bed Jrm decrded to wart untll mormng to tell hum then lt was three hours later when the bug light suddenly went out Jam knew rust what had happened Pete was up there and he had turned that light out Jnm also knew that he had to turn the lught back on because nf he dldnt a ship rnlght crash into the rocks He started slowly up the stanrs with a candle In hrs hand When he got to the top he started slowly toward the light As he came close to It he felt the forward part of has foot hut cur He leaped back In horror rememberlng the hole But as he dad so he lost the candle He walked on rn total dark ness untrl he finally came to the lrght As he fumbled to turn at on some thang hut hum from behrnd Jam knew that It was Pete on has back and struggled to free hemself Finally he got free and stumbled backward Then he remembered the hole He started to move back toward It and at the same trme Pete lunged Pete went flyung through the hole and plunged downward Jmm could hear Pete s body struke the cement below He turned on the lught and hurrred downstanrs pucked up Petes body and land It on a couch Then he went up to repair the dead wood . . . H 1 ' ' ' ll , . 11 - - 11 - 11 1 1 1 . . ,, 1 1 , . . . 11 11 ' - , . . 11 - 11 1 1 ' ' - 1 - 1 . . , . . . , . - 1 - 1 . , ' , . . 1 - , . . . , 1

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Dead Wood Jack Stauffer T963 It was a cold afternoon in March 'I881 Jim Davis and Sam Hudson were seated In a lighthouse 22 mules off the coast of Maine playing checkers Both men were In their middle fifties and it was their 'ob to see that the lighthouse was in good order Today though being the first of the month was relief day and Sam would be leaving Another man would come to the lighthouse to help Jim Relief time came once a month and during the last month .lim and Sam had become good friends The launch would be there at dusk with supplies and Jim s new helper Dusk came quickly and soon the two men could see the launch plowing through the waves trying to reach the leeward side of the lighthouse where the waves were not so rough lam went down to the shore to say good by to Sam and to puck up supplies They could see the waves on the windward side of the Island smashing into the rocks sending spray over twenty feet hugh Finally everything was unloaded and the launch took off .lim turned to meet his new helper but he was already trampxng up the slope with a bundle of supplies in his arms Jim packed up the rest of the food and tools and started up the slope after the other mon The sea gulls were squawklng but .lim scarcely heard them He was used to their cry When Jim got into the lighthouse he got his first look at his new helper It was Pete Masterson the man he had sent to prison and nt was the man who had sworn to get has revenge Long time no see snarled Pete What are you doing here? replied .lim angrily Oh I lust thought I would come up for a lnttle visit You see l spent five long years tracking you here and now that I ve found you lm going to stay for awhile But .lim knew that he was there on no visit He was there for some thing else and Jim had a pretty good Idea what After that night the two men talked with each other They ate their meals an silence and then departed Both did their duties without speaking But Jim knew that Pete was planmng something lt was on a Frtday though that Jams suspicions were finally confirmed Pete was up working on the glass at the top of the tower and Jim was working on the wall of the lighthouse by the front door Suddenly there was a loud thump on the ground beside hum He looked down and saw a huge monkey wrench lt had missed his head only by a couple of inches Jim looked up and saw Petes head peering over the railing Sorry It was an accndent Pete shouted But .lum knew that at 1 - 1 - 1 , . - 1 . . . 1 1 , . ' 1 . . , 11 - 11 , . ,, . H . . . . , . H . . . . , . . , , . 1 1 - 11 , . . . , . . 1 1 - 1 . . , . H . . ,, . . 1 1 -

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Sea Fury Thomas Snyder T959 It was the year erghteen hundred and two War was frequent and drsastrous A lone Spanrsh war ves sel was vrsrble on the far horrzon The sea was unusu ally rough and the sky was darkened as though a grant shade had been drawn across the heavens The sea was deserted untrl another vessel whrch appeared to have arrsen from the depths of the sea came rnto vrew from the west She was marked the Queen and was one of England s best battleshrps Her course was lard drrectly towards the other shrp the Golden Rover On the decks of the Queen men could be seen hastrly preparrng for battle Can nons were lowered rnto opemngs decks were cleared of rrggrngs and gun powder placed rn near reach The whole operatron was done rn almost complete srlence leavrng the Rover no warnrng of the ap proachrng onslaught The plan seemed fool proof and the Englrsh became exteremely confldent of success Meanwhrle aboard the Golden Rover peace and tranqurlrty prevarled Suddenly the sea became almost motronless the dark shade seemed to be rarsed and the moon came shrnrng through revealmg the ap proachmg enemy Upon srghtrng the Queen the Rover became alrve Men crawled sleeprly out of beds and commenced loadmg guns All lrghts were turned around to meet the approachmg danger In a matter of mrnutes the vessel was fully equrpped and prepared for battle A loud breakrng and scraprng of wood shook the Golden Rover The enemy craft had reached rts des trnatron Cannons were flred drrectly rnto the two touchmg vessels leavmg gaps brg enough for fl men to pass Masts and rrggrng were coverrng the decks whrle the two collrded shrps became so entangled that they appeared as one vessel Tons of powder ex ploded Ieavrng the arr full of dangerous chunks of wood Men were berng cut and butchered and the shrps decks were swamped wrth wrne red blood Sarl ors were standrng around horrrbly mutrlated from the explodrng powder or the sharp cutlasses Wrth almost no warmng flames broke through the decks of one of the vessels Almost rmmedrately the bow of the strrcken vessel rose vertrcally and drsappeared from srght rnto the yawnrng mouth of the rmpartral sea Far off on the horrzon a lone shrp was barely vrsrble to the naked eye The sea was unusually calm and the sky was darkened as though rn mourning Dead Eye Drck' I Douglas R Moffltt l959 I stumbled the flashlrght rapped agarnst a trmber and the sound of shatterrng glass heralded blackness As the sable darkness set rn I became aware of the cautrous clrck of feet further up rn the mrne Gradually I notrced the flrcker of torchlrght on the brtumrnous walls Suddenly the torch bearer rounded the corner' The ferrous glrtter of a 32 shone from one hand over the hand that held the Irght hung an army surplus gas mask Good afternoon he muttered Good afternoon Mr Hammer That Mr Gunn rs a matter for debate I e lorned He advanced toward me the revolver rn hrs rrght hand mask and torch rn the other I backed slowly warrly down the tunnel He stumbled' I grabbed for hrs arm two deafenrng blasts reverberated rn my ears and a searrng parn rrpped through my leg I was shrpped to the floor' When I awoke my flrst vrew was that of Gunn standrng over me the torch burnrng low rn hrs hand The second thrng that attracted my gaze was the heap agarnst the far wall the heap oh God' the heap of human corpses whrch reached to wrthrn twelve rnches of the ebony cerlrng Intrrgurng rsnt rt? he asked I need only one more to complete the stack and that one rs you' He stepped forward and I notrced the small blue vral whrch had appeared rn hrs hand He waved rt rn eyes I trred to grab for hrm but collapsed rn agony My lrfe flashed before me accompanred by the muted strarns of Nearer My God to Thee I was wrenched from my reverre by hrs oath as the low burnrng torch seared hrs hand The flame arced through the blackness and became part of rt as rt thudded to the floor I made one desperate lunge for hrs arm My grasp fell Instead on the mask rts aged elastrc snapped under my werght and the whole assembly followed me to the floor Its crash agarnst the rusted tram rarl was accompanred by the crunch of metal the staccato crack of shatterrng cellulord and the rrng of breakrng glass I grabbed for the mask the ragged edge of the ruptured cannlster gashed my thumb The mask was useless' I lunged agarn rnto the darkness thrs trme my hand grrpped hrs leg He fell' I heard the rap of bone crackrng agarnst rock He moaned and lay strll' Gradually I became aware of the srckenrng odor of rotten eggs becomrng stronger and stronger rn the shaft The vral had broken' I trred to stand I fell I trred agarn Drzzrness over came me I fell agarn Agarn I trred but thrs trme I couldnt garn my feet The cyanrc odor of eggs became stronger! 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