Lancaster High School - Lancastrian Yearbook (Lancaster, NH)

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he Lancastrl Page 13 l1ft1ng lmmedlately wlth the hope that the possessor of h1s YOICQ could Cl1I'9Cl me out of thls p11son and perhap to my home I started tow ard It and then stopped abruptlx ' Unseen I was suddenly starxng at the most ho111ble grote que and w1ld scene that I firmly bellexe exer con flonted the ey es of any ln mg man Seated on a throne l1ke chair was a man a man who looked more a gargog le carwed 1n hard cold stone From the new I was able to get he appeared to be a Chmese Japanese or some other Easterner Hls face w IS partmlly covered by a mask whlch d1dnt qulte h1de the W cked snake l1ke eyes He was dressed 1n robes of some s1lken stuff s1m1lar to those of a mandarln '1 tlns skull can sa 'ttop h1s bald dome l1ke head wh1ch gleamed 1n the llght of two flarmg torches held bv two glant Nub1ans who wer stat1oned on e1ther s1de of th1s son of Satan Now for the first t1me I notlced that he seemed to he holdmg some ort of welrd tr al In fl ont of th1s throne were two people a m n and a woman looklng as terr1fied as two rabb1ts 1n the presence of a pack of hounds One was a w oman young perhaps but she must haxe had a hard lot 1n l1fe lf one depended on her looks ln my op1n1on Hex face whlle not classlcallv beautlful dld have graceful con tours that were omewhat obllterated bs several applxca tlons of powder her halr was of that shade of brassv gold obtamed onlv from numerous rmsmgs 1n peroxlde s lu IIOHS her mouth was twlsted mto what was undoubtedly supposed to be a sm 'e but the fear of that forbxddlng per son before her had changed 1nto a carlcature of a sneer Her clothes told the rest of the storv a black satm ex enmg dness w hlch eemed to be a mold 1nto whlch she w as pour ed satm sllnpers w 1th gl1tter1ng 1eweled heels to match the bracelets wh1ch pract1callv covered her rlght arm As I was taklng a mental 1IlX9'IltOI'j of her she spoke 1n a rough coarse NOICQ Llsten Wang Fu I -nn t double crossed vou vet have I9 Dont punlsh me for th1s httle sl1p I hadn t ex en tlme to get hold of the rocks when that flatfoot Kerrlgan grabs the bag out of mv hand and would of hauled me to the sta t1on lf I hadn t had the sense to scram Her plead1ng frlghtened VOICQ had no effect on Wang Fu he mlght haxe been l1sten1ng to a rad1o drama for all he seemed to care He smlled upon the woman ln a slow wav that eem ed to hx pnot1ze her as a snake does 1ts pres ThlS IS the second txme sou haxe falled me he Salfl . , I an . . . . Y V. N l . V . . . Q. A N L , n. y 1 l sa' 7 H qi v' v ' v v - 'V ! 7 3 - s y v ' 1' . . l v I - , I 7 Y . , . 7' 1 w ' ' V 1 Q 's s yf ' y . , . c c Y . . , . . 3 . , I t - . v w . . ., . t . . c t . . . . . . . Y L A f, , C x . C L , ' 1 .. no , . I , , I. , I . ' Q h' I . 4. K M, . . f I , . a . I f I , , v , , Y . . y L , n K , . . I . . . . . V I - s X- 1 7 Y - , S . . X l . Y , . ., . xc ' as - - A - -I g . . , ' n N V.1 ' v Y Y ' . I 11 , '- Q u . v l ., . K , . ' .,, ' S . 'f. - . V . . v Y. . . . , . . . . , , Q 1 . . . . . l . . v W. . Y Y . , , , , u - ' y , , K ' sn V l , n , . . , Y . . . . . V Y . I ' . , . t ' - v 7 ' - - 1 77 Y 1 . 1 V . . 1 . . 7 U S - v . . Y I . K K . U . . . ' V . ,, . . H s

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Page 12 e Lan astrl Ex en as I ponderel I heard the xxall of an 1ngu1shefl beast prob 1bl3 a dog Ithought but mx 1nne1 mmd wh1 pered that the sound must come t1om mole than that Agam It sounded a th1n 1eedy cry not unllke a babvs cues 1n the n1ght Isat up alert and tmgllng xxlth a st1ange lnner excltement xx h1ch behed the calm face Whlch I gllmpsed IH the muror before me I splang up and rfm out of doo1s As I rounded the co1 ner of the house I saw the o11g1n of those PIISOUS cues a small browm h grax oof x h e skm was drawn so t1ghtl5, oxer h1s ubs that he appeared to be ln the basrehef H1s eyes were almo t human thex pleaded but at the same t1me I could lead tea1 m tnen bxoxxn depths Fen of me undoubtedlx for as I soeppel toward h1m he 1et1e'1ted three Ol fou1 steps Aga n I ad xanced and agam he gaxe g1ound Th1s IQIIQ p1ocedure must haxc contmuel longe tl an Ithcught fo1 suddenly lo kmof up f1om the IJUISIIII I not1ced that the scene was strange xx 1th none o the old fam1l1ar landmazks Exerxthmg eemed que 1 and out of place Howevel the dog occupled mv mmd so much that I gaxe no thought to my surloundlngs but kept on tlylnvf to catch that llttle canlne XVI etch Fmallv mv patlence gaxe way and I ran madlx toward the dog He was st1ll qulcker than I was slxpped thxouvh mx hands and dlsappealed 1nto a da1k sombel bulldmo' neal oy I followed h1m but It was so dfuk m the hu1ld1ng that I couldnt haxe seen h1m exen 1f he h d been 11ght unde1 my feet Af er stumblmg 'uound In confus on for about Hxe mlnutes I declded to return to my home nd let that puppx look out for hlmself I sta1ted out xx1th tlse b st of 1ntent1ons but got no farther than Iixe feet xxnen I stopped to reflect nere I xxas 1n a totally strange bulldlng alone for was I alone? the eed of doubt xxa lsemnnlng to prout IH mv mllldj wlth dark all around me as black as the heart of a v1ll1an IS supposed to be and to cap It all good ness knows hoxv manx blocks from that pleasant fileslde that I had deselted IH o1de1 to a1d that ungl mteful httle puppv I thought ph1losoph1call3 Surely there must be an 6X1t to thlg blllldlllg I came 1n through a doo1 hut ex en that common sense statement falled to soothe mx bafllx 1ufTled feelmgs Suddenly I heard a XOICQ not pleasant accents to be sure but sneelmg nasal tones xx hlch xx e1e llke '1 IAQD to mx bexuldered braln I started toxxa1d the sound mx thoughts , . T h c an I Q I I' c c f v , v ' Q ' v Q- C' 9 1 V '- c I I I I c 1. ,. . . . Q V . I ,N 9 . 1 yI - 9 I . I c. I 4 I y -I ' , . ' I V 1' , . v ' I v '- , sl -f fy g, lv N I I c I I. I I ' . I , . S 1' I V' . - . ' . V, .iv r 1 , ' . . 4 Y , L I . c m, . . t , ' L I . .,. I - v . f V , . 'S - v - ,i kv, ' L 1. T 4 1 V D . 1 vw I 1 , . , K, D . , L I 1 ' Y I I' J Q 3 ' ' v . , V I r v v 1 ' N . 7' ' :- . . Y X v 1 . J 7 . . 7 Y . 1 . . I , C. Y . y . 1 X A . . . ' v K s L A e , . . . . . . , . , . L c Q , v l I v I 1. ' l 2 I 1 L ' . I ' . . L 4 .l v . . X Y 9 , . .. I . , . .' D N Q . I e. . . A v V, . , . . . lr. T I , c I e ' I .-- F I 'l 7' .. . , F I . . . ' I . X A, A , I - v ' 4 A I - , . . . ,Hz 1 . . Y H Y ,. , . . . . . . i ,, 7 . . , ., ., ., V ... y I w 'N , V , , c ., .' Y ' , . ' -1 v . , . , . ., 4 , V' I 7 -1 v . , ., , A .

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Page 4 e ancastrl IH a mspmg and g,rat1ng YOICG My leelpexs nexe1 fa1l n e thlee tlmes Thls 1s final A knell eemed to fall on the llttle tableau The xx om an hcked he1 drx hps tartel to speak gasped started agam and hnallx succeeded IH sc1exm1ng out lNo'No'Not1h1tll1ng Pu' Hou Cant do thxtl Haxe meltx on me' Then thloxxmg huself fate doxx n bx h1s th1one she 1C1Clf1Cfl up and touched the hem of h1s 1obf xvlth he1 sca1letflnge1na1ls brought It to her hps and touched It lexelently Plexse Wang Ifu xust one mole chance 1 O A h1gh pltched QCICHHI ounded thloughf-ut the room and the xx oman s bodx txxltched conx ulslx ely then lay st1ll xery st1ll it the sound of the sc1eam the man 1a1sed h1s heal and staled at the plostlate body of h1s companlon H tlembled as he faced VS ang Fu He stood xxlth the Pold 1JQ1SD1I'dfI01'l runnmf 1nto tmx uxulets doxxn h1s fa e IS W mg Fu spoke Xou too h 1xe falled me txvlce You shall nevel fl l my feet and sax you1 last p1 iyers together for 111 live mm utes x ou shall both pax the dear puce of falllflg' me VS 'ing Fu He clea1ed hls throat and xx ent on You knoxx the Ienaltx The flnal 1est1ng place fo1 xoul heads xx 111 be these knobs that stand emptx noxx The man looked xxhele the flnge1 po1nted and gaspel On those 1oxxs of knobs xx e1e human heads Qhrunken noxx so that thex resembled sm 111 d11ed apples then 1eal 1den t1tx vxas onlx too plam Txxo empty knobs stood ommous lv at the end of the 1oxx The man turned f1OI11 th xt ghastly slght and began h1s plea lOl mel cy I plomxse xou It ll nexe1 happen agaxn Fxexxthm xx as all o k t1ll I 1'1n out of dough and got p1eked up lOl yagmncx Noxx 1f xou d fo1ked over mo1e of the good old mavuma xxe d all be Sltllllg prettv He spoke IH a xx l'1lHlI'1g xolce that uutated the xud e Wang Fu He ansxxered xx 1th a tuumphant laugh at the feal udden face of hls x1ct1m You C12XXllI1,Q',' pa1as1te of a dog dare to Cl1tlC17C mx most noble methods? Hls xowe falrlv drlpped xx 1th xenom and hatled You shall IECQIXQ NOUI 1exx ud fO1 that llttle plece of adxlce Xvlth these xxol ds he slowly turned h1s head toxxaxd the knobs and the doomed man fell doxxn befole the thlone and sobbed vxlldly 1 T h L 'a n . ,C . T . v . , U v A 7 1 K. P I . yi . . 1 ,, L. L, L, C a 5 c . v 2 ' j S, s 1 .e ' , .1 , : 1 , 1 L1 -1 ,, ' f. 1 Z Z as ' Y . V, 1 r v , A Q A . K , C 1 1 1 , C 1 1.t. .H . 1' ,.L. , 1 -1 '. ' . 'z ' 1 . 4 1 1 4 l 1 1 . I 1 1 ' ' 9 -9 . 1 1 u 45 I a 1 I 1 1 A 7. LL , , . L I !! uw H v vs .V 1' 1 1' 1 1 C , ' y , . 1 . ' C ' . 1 L, . . L , A, . , K1 . ,3 'I Yr 1 1' L C n L 1 K. . V 5: V, . , 5. 1 A .C il. vt a C H n KK ' 1 . . Y 1 4 1 4 L . , , 2 . . .1 11. me agam. Go noxx' to Mxss LaMonette who hes so prett1ly at V s .7 N N2 'Q a A ' 1 f1 1 4' ' ' 7 ' v .1 ' 1, v f 77 . '1 1 1 , . U 1 1 1 . 4 1 1 . , 1- 1 1 H . . ' ' ' c.. L. i vL , Lv Y Q . K Y . 1 j J - s 2 ,, ' - . Y 7 Y ' '- n r D K L ' L Y H 1 '1 t1 ' Y 1 1 ' 1 . 1 ' 1 L C . J . . 1 7 ' 4 ' ' 1 'c . . , c 1 ac 1. 7 ' 7 7 1 . . , , Q ,' ' 77 - ' ' ' . 2' 1 , L 7 Y Q C . , 1 4' ' 1' ' . U . 1 ' 1 51' - . . , Q. . . V ,, N q , , i 1 . . , , ' ' ' 1 1 U . ' 1 V 7 n L . . Y. ,, w c ' ' 1- 0 . 1 1 ' L L, L A L ., 1 1' '