Lawrence High School - Diary Yearbook (Fairfield, ME)

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Tm I xwm-MF Luca 1116 ocalty Anthony llyed qultc alone Thue were two 1LlsOIH fO1 tlns Old Anthony had DQXLI cued lor com 1 my slnce thc dry h1s only daughter 1an 1w'1y 1nd mflrrlcd 1 1 pol lru 1c texchel Ill defllnce of her f1the1 s XX1sl1Cs md 1. mes the hou e w as haunted If Anthony Johnson had cucd to llll h1s hot c wxth lnfht 1nd lmughtu md good cheer lL nnght h we been Clll'f8lCIl'C He chose lnstead to Slt rlone lxow she had passed aw ry md there was HOl2l'11Ilg left but sad memones and the t0ll1Hg bells 'lhey w e1e up IH the tower of the manol house the toll ClL'1tIl ot h1s only dauffhtcl thele w as a w1ld storm that hook the old house to 1ts yery foundatlons and rocked the tow 81 unt l the bells pealed a slow mournful I'9f13.1Il Ex er wtter when Ol y ld mghts the bells pcaled the ylllagels llstened shook the r heads and spoke IH hushed tones of the haunted house Old -knthony declaled he dld not 1n1nd the bells but the only thmg that tloublcd h1m w as that the nlggers w ouldn t stay 1n the house oy er n1ght and that sometlme he mlght be slClx 1nd dle there alone 'lhe negroes w ere the two falthful old seryants Aunt Hepsy would declfue Ise gXR1I19 to be safe 1n my own galden 1n o1de1 cooked and served the meals washed and mended for the old mass a w hom they worshlpped wlth the dey otlon of thelr kmd But to sleep ln a haunted house? not Aunt Hepsy nor Uncle George Ise w1ll1n to stay t1ll one mlnute befo mldn ght Aunt Hepsy would declare Ise gwlne to be safe 1n my own l1l cab1n on the ful edge of the place w hen the clock strlkes tw elxe Yessuh I IS suah gwme to be out 0 thls house befo mldnlght I a1nt f1a1d of no l1v1n thlng Uncle George would p1ocla1m But when lt comes to ghostes th1S pusson Jes natchelly don t care to be mlxed up wlth em , ,. , , .2. lull, x L M. 1, ',, . ,. , , -X2 L. L. . , C 2. - H , K. X 2 , 3 , C . 2 ,C ,Q C . ' 1' 4 A 1 . ' ' 1' . . v 1 1 za: ls'. z 'z .,. o S s 'zu C . 1 .' . 'z '1 - .' is 1 ' ' O Q z ' ' 2 I L f z 'H 1 ' . . - T v , . 1 '. Y . - ff ' C u ,N .L C , C 1 1 1. '1 - N . . . . . - L 5 mg bells. On the nlght that the news was brought of the ,c L , O , . . . . - . . 4. . . y . ' . . z. , ' 2 vm . 3 1 , ' '- - 5 . , ' - - . , c . , . 4 Y ' e 3 ' v. w U ' y Y N K , L. , Q ,I S- , 2 ' ,L ,Ain X Y , y ' v 7 v . . 46 v , .' ' Y A C 1 n A A ' 4 N v 1 9 '! N , V . . . , . SK 7 ,' ' 7 , ' ' 9 ' I i! . : , v v 7 ' . . . , . , 7 . . .r , ! ' ' 7! CK ' Y 7 ,, ' ' ' 7 ' 17 ! , . ,, 7 . . . , . . , . 9 ' ' 9 7? .