Machias High School - Margaretta Yearbook (Machias, ME)

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TIWQ IVIGPQGPQIIG hausted f1om then long., Xlgll and lack of food S11 Thom is w as show mg sx mptoms of fexel and went ln sealch of watel to quench h1s thnst wh1le the John Scott and Huntel stay ed by the the de1ected and mel ancholx exch thlnklng about home and Fngland whlch they mlght nex el see agaln Aftcl S11 Thomas falled to Ifftlllll thcv wcnt III sealch of hlm and found hlm beslde the blook w hele he had stopped to dunk H1s case was ldentlc tl to the filst That mght the two men heaped on wood and the the leaped hlgh 1n the a It thlew a dlm llght 1nto the est seemed dalkel than exel and somew hele 1n It lulked that mystell ous death whlch had taken two of the11 comlades It was 16Q0lX ed th tt nlght to stalt fO1 the Coast lathel than stay thele and be w1ped out by that ho111ble somethlng Scott stalted fo1 1 nealby h1ll to ascel ta1n the best loute to follow wlnle Huntex lemalned ln camp to pack the thlngs whlch they would take w1th them Aftel wa1t1ng an hou1 fo1 h1s companlon to 1etu1n Hunte1 went m sealch of h1m mak mg, sure that h1s gun was fully load ed and leady fo1 actlon m case he should meet the k1lle1 of h1s fllends He emerged suddenly 1nto an open space of ledges stlewn wlth bould ers Whlle plckmg h1s way across thls plateau he suddenly spled h1s Pug: companlons 11fle on the glound nealbx A llttle fa1the1 on wa the body oxel whlch clouchel an mfle scnbable Lltcitlllfd wh1ch seemed to belong to the old age 1athe1 than to the modem It lesem bled a tuantula of lmmense s17e It stood fullx inc fcet high 1ts cold bexdx unblmkmg cycs plotludlng. fl om 1ts he ad is though set on stllts Splncs QILVK out flom lts 61 ht lec,s each of whlch was equlpped w1th claws The entne body was cox eled w1th long blOXXH han Huntel stood fo1 a few moments stallng It It Then he thought of seemed to make hlm folget h1s IIIIQ and compel hlm to look at the crea tule Hls b1a1n seemcd to be ln a whnl Hls body seemed to shllxel before those unblxnklng ey es The heat was te1r1hc He could see noth mg else but those two staung eyes He began to babble as a ch1ld The gun dlopped and he fell to h1s knees Then that cleatule leaped thlough the an and sank 1ts fangs 1nto h1s neck Jlm woke w1th a start suddenly consclous of h1s fathel shakmg hlm by the shouldel The boy mutteled I dreamed I was a famous hunter and almost got k1lled' He added ruefully Guess I shouldnt haxe eaten that last plate of beans last. mght' D 'P QE: L' ' ' ' r r' ' . . ' 'L1 .' 1 1 . I ' 1 2 K1 1, A. L1 .- 1 . ,' A ' 1 , , ,I S A1 1 s 1. 1 . L1 181 V K, , 1' . . 1 U 1 , 1 . K ' j, 2 ' f ' - 2 '- ' ' 3 . 1 A 1 - ' . Lv ' y- ', K1 1 ' 1 A , ' y , ' K1 . v 1 K1 1 7-1 ' . x - ' 1 1 A1 2 .' ' ' ,1 A, 1 1.1 1 . ' ,- ' I ' ' Q J ' x I L' 1 ' - . ' 1 2 2 1 L. 1 ' K1 ' . ' K1' ' JL, . , 1 1 ' K1 'g Jas' .A L' 'f A' . ' '2 'K' l .Sl ' 1 1 1 L1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 ,' Y.. . 1 ' 1. II'. ' ' ' 1 . I K' 'l r 2 ' . , darkness, but the surrounding for- his gum but Some strange power K1 K. 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 K Q . ' , r I ,'k, ,' L' ' . ' ' Y 1 ' 1 11 ' 1 J ' ' s ' . ' z ' ' K- ' ' 1 , 'A Y ' ' 1' ' -1 1 - 1' 1 . I-1 V I 1 v v l . I , FF Ulf lk FF IF ' 3 1 1 ' 1 1 . ' - ' 1 1' 1 K 7 3 ' 7- 1 f 'K1 1. K1 h . K1 .' X1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 . 1 ni 1 ls 1 vs 1 I I . . . , K1 7 D 1 4 K1 Y l ',, , '1 . L1 L- 1 Y .' - 1, U A151 L1 ' 1 1. - I . . r 'K1 11 1 1 1 4 L1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 ' V' . , . f xx I2

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J W FlqlWG3 lvldrganella THE X -XLLEX OF DE-XTH bx Hol11s Nlonaghan HF sun IOSC oxe1 the moun I1 of Fcu 16101 t fill xallex xxhlch had HGXLI be fOl6 been x1s1ted bx man H1gh toxx e11ng xx tlls shut ofT the pl xcc f1om the sunounrmg xxo1 d ind so madc It xlmost 1m pcnct1 xble It xx IS hlled xx1th tlees that g.,1cxx so close togethel that the sun sc ucelx 1E,lLl'1LCl the g'lOUl1l ex cept IH spots Nloss hung f1om the t1ees md the damp odo1 of 1ott1ng xxood hlled the pl xce The gloom that hung oxe1 the xallex xx 1s S1118 xxh1ch de 1th 18 p1escnt One th111 xxh1ch xxould hxxe att1 mctel the 1m IT16cl1dfQ '1ttent1on of exelx 6X1JlO1E,l O1 b1g gxmc lllllittl xx IS the absence of 1n1m1l l1fc The t1e s xxh1ch should h mxe been hlled xx1th cnatte1 1ng monkexs xxe1e at a loss f0l ex en buds and snakes xx hxch fue usuallx p1esent xx e1e absent 1n thlN xallex FOL11 men sat uounl a fue on xxh1ch xxas th1oxxn moss and xxet leax es 1n o1de1 to make a smudge to keep axxax the troublesome lnsects of the 1ungle The fl1 st of the fOLl1 men xxas a tall th1n faced anl d1s t1Hgll1Sl1QCl look1ng 13818011 knoxxn as John Scott 1n the soc1al xxo1lcl of Iondon Next xxae 1 man xx ho Illlght 1ead1lx be taken T01 a Ge1 man but xxho xxas h1gh 1n the SQIXICQ of England S11 Thomas NIa1lbo1ough On the 01313081119 s1de of the H1e xxe1e h1s txxo compamons James Hunte1 and S11 Rlch u cl Qonkllng On thc Illttflllllg' d xx the11 D01 tel s hld descltcd them and had txkcn most of the U1l1llJl'T'lE,llt xx1th thcm o noxx thex xxc1c st1ug,g.,l1ng x unlx to 1c ich c1x 1111 mtlon Thex h td cxcploud the xallex and although they found lt to be 11ch 1n xeget1t1on thex hxd scen no gzmc Txx1ce xx hen thex had come upo11 op cn spaccs thcx h td found skeletons of exc1x spec1es ot 1n1m1l l1f that the bodx of Lnexxlx kllled deel xx1th the c ucass unexten but 1n th yug lu xe1n xxe1e txxo holes f1OI'I1 xx h1ch some Clbitllle hid suckcl the blool f1om the bodx Nloxx thc mcn xxe1e fllSCLl'wS1Hg the mx ste1x and e ich one felt 'Is though he xxas be1ng xxatch ed but t1y as they mlght they could see noth1ng That day after Cl1I'1I191 S11 R1cha1d xxande1ecl off xx1th h1s llfle unde1 hm dlfll He nex C1 1QtLl1I16d but h1e bodv xx as found lat 1 xx1th txxo g1ue some holes 1n h1s neck The featlues xxe1e d1sto1ted 1nd f1Oth xxas on h1s l1ps as 1f he had dled IH a ht -Xll 111ght the 1ema1n111g th1ee men sit uound the f11e xxonde11ng xxho xx ould be next and each p1ax1ng that he xx ould be spa1ed When mo1n1ng finally, came It found the men ex Page II 1 1 l Px 4 N 1. Y 7 1 1 Y 11 A ' ' Y 1 1 1 V , 1 - 1' 1' 1 V 1 W, ,O 1 . . , , , . . . ,jg tal fu 1' 1 o a Q ' - - s, ' Q ' G lag? gf. 'V 7 ' - V ' 1 - - 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 ' ' Z? 1. , c 1 xg3,x, V, ,E Z ,,,,., , 2 , 2 , 1 2 1 , 1 , K. 1 1 1' .1 ' 1 1 ' , V' I Y F V .1 2 L. 1 ,' 2 I. '- V ,V .,.,'. . rr' .2' V 1 1 'z 1. 'zu ' 1 'aa' 'Az ' V 'zz ' . . ,., . .1 . L. , . , , K, 1 ,A ., V , I .1 ,V ,E 1 . V 1 ,Z 1 1 1 i 41- 1 V ' , 1' . ' 1' L1 2 , 1 1 1 ' l. V' 1 V UV 1 l 1 - V ' 1 2 1 A 'V 1 L1 1 . H1 ,UV 2 L. 1 A1 1 V 1 V1 V V2 A1 ,fl 'L1- ' V , 1.V LV 1' .1 ' 2 ' Z ' 9 1 te1' and 1'epell1ng l1ke a 1'OOITl 111 exxsted. Once they had stumbled on V ' . i 'LV V .1 1 ' ' g V DV ' 3 V LV ' 1 V' V ' 1 V 2 V 1 12 1 I ' - .2 1.1 LV.. 12 - 9 ' G I' - '1 xc ' V,1V AV 1,1 21 V' V-1, V AV 1 V '1 ' ' ,1 1 1' 'z S 1 1 .' ' 1' - -'az ' z s - xc 1 c 2 ' 2 ' J' 1,CL1' V ' , 1 UV. A V 1 A V V L1 2 V ' A V' .E 1 1- 'L1 1 A1kV' VL1 -NV c 2 1 '1', ' ' c .ff ' v c 1' 1' ' - 4 '1 V 1 1 . ' V va v V l 1 Va f N r ' 1 t . 1 . 1 . - 1 1 C L V ' , V1 V 1 V 1 1 V V1 1 V' ' 1 1' 1 ' 1 V AV ' 1 1 ,1 ,1 1 1 . V 1 1 1 , ' 1 1 V V .1 ' LV 1 L1 V L1 1 Q 1 V' V 1 - ' 111 1 V1 1 ' '11 1 1 1 1 A . , ' 4 ' V 1 '11 1 1 V 1 ' 1 f, , - , c .- . , z . . . . V . 1 V V 1 I 1 1 V ' 1 . . ' Y p V V 11 1 1 1 V 1' V J 1 A A x C 1 C C ' 1 1 ' V ' 1 1 V 1 . 1 V' ,, 9 A Y u 1 - V l ' u 'I 1 V 1 V 1 . ' , 1 A 1 ' , 1 , 1 s ' 1

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FlIlWQ lvlfirgariella SIDE LIGHTS ON LITER -XTLRE by 'Han A Biooks An As erage Daw ln the Ilfe of an Editor ln Chief hum m ml To day IS Sat urday and the Staff gets its p1ctu1e taken mumbled Ed Jennings editol ln chief of the Winston High School Reflectol And it s snowing' h added He soon had his choies done and staited in his cal for the town fixe miles distant He went at once to the photogiaphei s where he found Tim Vlaik exchange editor the onlx one of the Reflectol staff who had not attended the A A enteitain ment the night before quaitei ot elexen BV elexen thlee more of the hfteen mcmbels had ai IIXSKI This will nexei dol exclaimed the exaspelatcd chief dashing, out to his car He made two trips hauling piotesting boys and gnls fiom then bleakfasts routing them from then beds and huiiying them to the studio all the while scolding them foi then foigetfulness I dressed on the was ox G1 so I dont know if Im all heie O1 not' puffed the fat business manag,e1 while tugging it his tie Hes paitlx he1e so he cant be all there slxly put in the Joke ed1 toi ieceising in 1etu1n a cold stale mtended to expless offended Cl1gI11tW XP1 Anybody got a pin 'Nix hair looks dieadful' Iend me vour compact choiused the ladies of the Board -Xt last all was leadx The coul teous photogiapher fwho had been iaxing, insidej dnected them whele to pose Some struck diamatic atti tudes some looked and felt awk wa1d some tlied to hide oi dis guise double chins bow legs and tuined up noses Then a gum chew ei was discoxeied and iequested to swallow his cud I am astonlshed that you shoull mastei minds and on such a solcmn occasion iepiim mded the faculty LLIXISOI nexeithclcss with 1 twinkle in his exe Finally the picture was txken to the relief of 111 concerned Ill take the gnls home in my Cai said Ed Pile in gnls You foul in the back seat and Ted Luce and I in fiont By this time the snow was sex eial inches deep Thex had almost ieach ed the house of one of the gnl who ln ed about a mile from town w hen they had to tuin out foi another cal That tieacheious snow Then cai went into the ditch and iefu ed to come out The gnls went to the neaibx house and the boxs woiked I I cp 1 ft. 71. I 4AYi?T:Vini- - - . - ' - U ' ' i .H UA V' 1 51 4 - Lf -1 ', ' r s 1 Q ' ' . , V QL L ' , , as ' l yu ' , , ' 1 'ijt 4,73 , 1 I 1 llllivgfl 1 1 . 1 . 1 ag ., - Q- - . ,c' 'Q ' , ' . . . 11 . . 1 . .- li ' 117' il ' YL' K, ,' .17 e S Q v I 16 vi T . Av' . 'O a v 4 A1 .K1 1 H K1 , L1 ' K 1 1 1 . 1 '- A1 . v , 1 1 L A1 4. . 1 IL1- 1 1,1 v 4 . 1 . . v 1 r Q N , . ', V7 ' - il f. ' Y' it 1 ny, 1 4 v 1 v ' 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 v v . 1 if 4 Y' I T 1 la K 1 I 1 1 v '1 1 1 L A A R The appointment had been for be so frivolous in the midst of these 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 . 1 1 , ' 1 -1 1 . .1 1' 7' 1 1' 1 1 . . - 1 , c 1. 1 . 3 v'k1 4, 1 1 1 ,l4L1 1' Z 1' as - v v- v ' sa . ' ' ' . . 1 .1 1. , . ' , L. ' ,. ' 1 U1 ' . 1 1. L1 , .' ' '. ' ' , 2 ' ' ' . ' 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 H I ' ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 U ff ' H ' ' . 1 '1 , ,, , . . .. 1 ' 1 1, 1 1 Y' - - x , , , 1 Y 1 1 K ' , l! K 5 C nl ' as ,, v v Y. 1 Y ' , , , , . - 1 v - 1 Q ' 11 ' . Q 1 n '7 1' B: T 1 ' ' f I ' ' , ' . ' y. ' Z 'S ' . V, 1 1 1 . -- ff u , . , . . , v . . . . 1 V. .1 '. .. . 1, 7 ' ' . 7 A Uv YY - . 5 1, 1 , -I 1 4 , !, , , , . 1 A 1 ' A 1 JN. ' ,. ' ,I , 1 1 L1 1 vk- - 1 f ige IL