Kingfield High School - Abram Breeze Yearbook (Kingfield, ME)

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Tina R E C O R D 15 AS TI-Ili FATES DECREED IT T has often heen said that the sights of California and many ol the Western states are beautiful, especially the canyons in Iune, when the sun, like a large globe of lire. sets, or the moon, pale in the darkness. rises. It was the afternoon ol a warm day when the sun was slowly gliding over the sky towards the west that a light blue road- ster containing three tourists with a large camping outfit, necessary lior the rough canyons ol' California, was spinning over the dusty road. It was the worst part of the season when outlaws ol' all sorts and from all parts of the country dwell in these canyons. These tourists were hurrying over the dusty roads hoping to reach a good camp- ing ground hcliore twilight, hut it was get- ting rather late, when, traveling through a valley, they saw a light glimmering in the dusk. At first they thought they had taken the wrong road because they had been told that there were no more houses beyond the inn where they had stopped for their .dinner Nevertheless they had courage enough to :top at the lonely house and inquire where they were. A few minutes after they had knocked, a rather small, old man, with a kindly face, came to the door. They asked him a few questions about the country, where the road that they were traveling would take them, and other questions, then waited what seemed several minutes for the little man to answer. At last he opened his mouth to speak but wonder of wonders, the tourists could not understand a word he said. He tried to tell them that there was danger ahead, that outlaws were in the can- yons only a few miles away, but the tourists were so alarmed because of the peculiar sputtering noises with which 'he began that they hastened to their car, and drove it faster than ever towards the dangerous can- yons, never heeding the stammering man's good advice.

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l6 THE R Arriving at one of the beautiful canyons just when the sun was setting, casting long shadows over the hills and caves, they looked around to find a suitable cave in which they could build a Fire and spend the night. Before an hour had passed they heard gun shots and voices in the distance, but thinking the intruders to be fellow tourists they waited until they saw half clad men with several weeks growth of beard on vil- lainous faces, ordering them with guns to put up their hands. The tourists did as they were ordered, frightened and at the same time astonished. The outlaws searched them taking their money, watches and everything valuable, then they bound the tourists with thick ropes and took them to the outside of the cave near a rattlesnakes' den and securing them still again by means of a long rope, tied the other end to a sta- lagmite in the cave, after which the robbers went to eat the food the travelers had pre- pared for their own supper and to take the rest of their belongings which suited their fancy. Suddenly something happened. A large large boulder above the mouth of the cave began to totter and with a loud crash came down within a foot of the tourists, at the same time blocking the mouth of the cave and cutting the rope which helped to secure the tourists. Immediately they took advan- tage of their good luck, wriggled out of their bonds and started to run as fast as their legs could carry them towards the stammer- ing man's house only to find that he was not at home. They sat on the steps and be- gan to ask each other questions. What had caused the boulder to fall? Could someone have pushed it? Or could that queer man who was not at home have followed the tourists to help them out of their predica- ment? Was it fate? The tourists could not solve the mystery nor were they anxious to go back to the ll C O R D cave, but they being faint-hearted started in their little roadster, as fast as they could, over the moonlit roads towards Sunnyvale, the nearest city, where they told their story to the sherill. F' F V '31 A RISKY ADVENTURE IS strength was fast failing under his superhuman efforts to reach the top of the cliff. Norwood, in the serious predic- ament, who had made some important dis- coveries in the realm of chemistry, had gone to Alaska to explore. I-le had taken a dog team loaded with supplies and had traveled about eighty miles from Nome where he had set up his camp on a mountain side. Near the camp there was a large crack in the ice and the next day he went into this great crack by means of a rope, one of the best manufactured, half of which contained little rings to aid in climbing up or down. However descending into the hole he had gone beyond the rings and when he started up again to get something which he had left at camp he found that he had not the strength to shin up to the top. l-le could climb up the rope a short distance but he was old and his legs would get so tired that it seemed as if he would drop on the hard ice below. He went down to the bottom again think- ing he would try to discover another way of getting out of this place. As he walked along he noticed many other cracks in the ice, some of which he could easily enter but did not fearing he might become lost. At last finding that there was no way of get- ting out in this direction he started to go back to the rope. lust after he had gone by one of the cracks, which he had passed on his Way out there he heard a low menacing growl and realizing he could not hght a bear down