Lancaster High School - Lancastrian Yearbook (Lancaster, NH)

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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' '

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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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e Lancastrl ge ll ang Fu spoke ha1plx to f1 man at h1s 11ght H Ol deled hlffl to get the executlonel Lmg Lo The m1n p1ang to h1s b1dd1ng and boon 1e1ppe'11ed xx1th 1 man xx ho had an axe ilung ox er h1s shouldel The axe looked 1ustx 111 the fl 111ng l1g,,ht but 1 mo1e 111tent look p1 oxe l that 1ubt to be d11ed blood As I notel that tact mx knees tlll ned to the xx eakest kllltl ol 1ce xx 1te1 and I felt the sholt hum at the b1se ot mx skull use l1ke 1 dog s hackles They xx ue noxx D1 epaung to do axx 1x xx 1th those pool m1se11ble leople and I stood behmd mx cu1ta1n hke puppet unable to l1lt 1 nnge1 to help them It I h 1d 1xxe1p on It xxould be d1tfe1ent I thought but 11 I cha1gel 1nto then l1ttle pa1tx noxx I xx ouldn t t md much ch mce of com mg out lecogmfable As I mullel the p1OblbIT1 ox 61 1n mx lllllld a l1ttle xxlldlx I must contess the t1me xx IS gettlng sho1t I not1ced that the xxoman h1d been IGXIX ed md xx 1 xx'1lk1ng t1embl1nglx toxx'11d the block tu IICG '1 plstx quencee a new XOICP plGI'C6Cl th1ough the gum drama be mg enacted It xofued through the 1oom Cut' lVe ll shoot Scene III tomo11oxx It e1ffht shfup Thanks for xxorkmgr OX91'tl1'I l8 tomght exelybodxl Th1s p1ctu1e xx1ll break all box ollice 1eco1 dsl s ze Bron 12 STORIES OF SACRIFICE G1eate1 loxe hath no man than th13 that he lax doxxn hm l1fe fo1 h1s fuend All t1ue HOb1l1tX 1s Qelf 'i3CllfICll'lg but the man xxho g1x es h1s hfe for a person O1 a cause he lox es In nololeet of all The elements of self sacmflce a1c cou1 age and 5t1ength of mlnd One muet bel1exe IH hls CILNQ and be xx 1ll1ng to g1xe up all that he has for the fultherance of hrs 1deal Such un elflshness ta1th and COll13.f,9 ale 1'119lX found 1n one man xet xx hen such an 1nd1x1dual rex efxls these tlqllfs of chamcter bx domg braxe deeds 01 bx m1k1ng QQHQIOIIN facufices he IS knoxxn as a hexo The he xrt core and esqence of all self w tC11flC9 1 loxe be lt fOI loxe fol one s 1el1g1on loxe fo1 a glefxt tluth loxe f01 one s felloxx man reflected 1n loxe of countlx Ol loxe of xx oman xx h1ch m1ght be 1n 1ts h1,Q'hest form 1nd xxhen ew emphfled bx such a pe1son as 'ix dnex Carton the g1e1test and noblebt feelmg 1n the human heart I h 'an Pa l5 . 3 , S . K, L S . n 9 . . A, ., . 2 S . k. , . 2 C , , 1 , ' J ' 'S S 1' .' H ' 3 j ' 2 'f 2 ' I v v Y r v 'v v. ' w f L u - s Y I, ,,L, . , , S - ,Z .V 1 'v v 1 ' Q1 r 1 ' v w 1'f1 ' v 5 C I x V L 5 1 ,'v v C - pu vy -X v - . -' V2 v 2' 2 1 u A ' .2 3, , . A. , . , . , 5 at , 1 '2 ' 1 . 2 . 2 ' 2 - 9 1 N . s ' f v v v v , v 4 K N , 5 2 L ' ' - Q U: -. 2 . Y, 2 . ' . , . . 1 . 1 , L-2 x v ' 1 2 , . -' v 2 ,I S .C . L, .C . . y N. 2 1 K, gray. As I prep:x1'ed to leap fo1'xx'211'd and take the conse- Y Q . w Q. ., , r c ' . I ' 2 ' ' : U 7 .Q ' 1 . .' ' 2 ,, . 2 . p V . v . . Y , V f . - 1 v- 1 v q 1 ,, . - 1. T 1 I n , Lsfl '1 , 37. ,......-. 55 . . 2 ' 1 - v v s 1 C I I .N . Q . v. ,, . y, K LQ -L . V , ' ' . x ' ' 1 1 v 'w .1 '1 . v - ' 1, . . 1 u s L C L C . C 1. . s s I . ' f ' '2 ' j . , , . ' ' Y' v 1 s - ' -2 , A . L n k K - '. ' j 2 ' ,' M' 2 ' 3 . ' S, . ' ' . 2 , 2 7. i 3. ' s 'az ' . v . 7 . ' ' . . . . 2 ,,' , c , ' 1 ,1 v I . ' 1 v s v , , k n , C . ' 1 j J , . j 1 I , ' 2 . 1 ' C Q