Machias High School - Margaretta Yearbook (Machias, ME)

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119 THE MARGARETTA LI THF PRENION ITION I w1s once on my wax to a small ullagc nc 11 I ondon to x1s1t a xery dear schoolm 1tc of m1ne It had been a duk ind d1sm 11 d1y All around the stage coach a dank mlst was 11Q1ng as we m 1de ou1 wax slowly up a mountaln 10dCl w h1ch led to the house How ex er on commg 111 new ot the place I found that lt was a l11ge old Castle w 1th black moss g1ow1ng on the walls The onlv hght that I could see w 1s 1n the top most put of the manslon It was a Vkbllfl hght th it waxeled as though someone w e1e moxlng It Thc co1ch stopped and is I allqhted I he ilfl thc dlsmal howl of a wolf dog c1 11151 to 1ts mate -Xs I went up o the doo1 Ihe11d the sound of oot c ls lllllXlIlg' tow llll 1 It wa soon unboltcd 111d I he 11d the c'l1nk1ng ot 111 ch1 s I adxanced qulcklx o 1d th df The min se1xant w o h ill opencd It lcd mc tlllfillgll a stone 1 l1t we1e c11c told nu 111 1 mufflcd tone that I w 1s to mom t11 t 1nd the11 the n s tc IL sa led u1a Xllllilllli.. c 1 c upon wh1ch fllllfl w 1 gow 'lhc m1n c1x 1nt opcncc ERA RY' a door to the left and I walked 1nto a 100m of unbehexable cxalkness Ilhe1e ap11ea1ed to be no VS1DClOXXs and a lot of dalk tapeetry The bed was a huge onc wlth a canopled top Afte1 I had been left alone I began to w onde1 w hy my f11end had not been the one to welcome me He had alw as s been cordlal 1n the old school days A I 1emembe1 ed h1m he was an 1ntellec tual fellow xery th1n but of gl eat helght He had alwaxs been a qu1et sort of man who w as g1eatly 1nte1ested IH med1c1ne I heard a knock upon the heau doo1 and the man seuant announced that the master w1shed to ee me He led me down a gloomx hill and pomted to a doo1 at the rlght The doo1 w 1s opcn a c1ack s0 I Clllil not bother to knock Lpon w 1lk1ng 1n the f11 t thmg th 1t I IlOt1C8fl was the lntensc llght bx w h1ch mx f11end was Qlttlng H1 back VXI t0VKdId the doo1 a11cl hc d1d not heu me cntel I closed lt w1th such fOlLL howex el th it he V51 HX llc of mx plc ence H lllIlQfl uound 111 11 fas1ed it e s15,ht ot 11m e1 c a 1nx m1n H1 oncc hc1lthx con111'cx1on 1 'E il I 'l 'Y -l a 1 1 sl -1 1 A K . 4 A .' A ,Z . J .',.' . . ' Q 1 Y ' ' N 1 2 2 . 2 2 . . 2 - ' . 1 . . . , . ' . ' . , ' UH' I . . v. v u A' . S ,. . , . . , ' 1 . K1 vi .1 ' - n .rtvtl . I . A' . ' 2 .. 2 . . L. A h 'I . , . E , h- . ik. 2 'X Y -S - V1 2 . E . , 'L. . 2 2 2 A. fn. S I 'Zll' ' J ' . . .' ' t ' ' W' 1 ' ' ' .. 2 . , L. f - . . . ' l . .2 A. , 51,131 .2 . -t. , L. . . K. ' V . l 1 2 2 ' , 2 ' ' ' '2 ' ' , ' 's ' 2 hc12 1 2in.'. 1 1 ' i' t - ' ' .1 ' H1 ' j ' '1 w'21' e 1o1'. 1 2 -.1 ' 'h Q .' . ' ' . 's ' ' '2 s 2 , ' , 5 .i , A-. Q. . . , , ' 2 . hall i11 vhich JE s ' ' - -ling. He 1 '. 1 .' ' .1 ' 1' 2 1 '2.' ' ' '. 2 '2s2 '2 '1 A' '1s- gro to my ' S 2 1213- ' . e t ' 2 ' slovj 2 1d I tel' wished to S11 n 1. I V' s I ' gg KI 2 th f ' l' . I have ' f st21i1 2s1 ' '- c' nev ' seen such il IJl'lj'SlC2il 'h' nge in '2s f' Ing. ' 1 2 -s1 2 1 1l 2 A' 2 . 'S '1 12 K' ' 111'

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THIL WIARC ARETT -X had a deathlx DdIIO1 and hls eg es had a stlange lu tel Along the slde of hls face staltlng flom the cheekbone and golng down to hls thloat was P1 hol llble seal He spoke to me ln a XOICQ XXh1C.h held an all of gloom We ms fllend he sald I haxe been ll lltlng, It seems an etcrnl 1 f l lou and I am 1bout to dl close 1 hor llble seclet to xou that I hue been belrlng, fol ten long xea s As he spo e hc xx 1s slowly IISIHL, tlom hls ch11l Suddenly ulth a horllble hud del he fell to the H001 mth a Slckell lng thud I heald 1 telllble loarlng sound and I IUSIIQC1 to the xxlndoll I beheld the back walls of the old castle falllng, to the f,1OLlHd 1nd knomnh that any mlnute thls palt was to fall too I lushed from the loom onlx to fall down and down for what seemed mlles 1nd to flnd th lt I h 1d been dlelmlng, But strange 18 It seems the next day I lead IH the p lpel th 1t the old house thlt my frlend h1d llxed lll hld f1llen lnd no llx es xxele sued B Ix 0 AN OID HAUNTFD HOLSF As Joe s llllltelcd llong lxlth some ot hls chums ot the nelghborhood one ot them ln the coulse of the com els1tlon Sdld Joe I bet sou dont due go lnto the old h lllllttd house 1t Inldlllgllt co d 1le 1nd Ill do lt tonlght plled Joe I ll pound SIX nalls IHLO the cellal steps to DIOXQ Ile been thele Joe lx IS lather nellous the lest of the dal hlnklng, of the d 1rc he had accepted but he could do nothlng nov. but Cdl1X It th10L1g'h At llst ex 'llng came SQLLIIIIIQ., '1 hlmmel and some nfllls he succeeded ln llpplng out of the house unnotlced and made hl may to the h1unted hou c Hls healt nas filled H1411 mlsglxlng as he blal ell talted up the steps Was 111 X SI-if ' ,,L,-If-T J nity that someone standlng, IH the CIOOIVS ay 9 He stopped hls healt poundlng but ln st'1ntly the figule 1 lnlshed Bellexlng 4 Fil guned hls COU1 1g,e 1nd went on H opened the squeakln door and peeled tIl10l.lj.fh the xxclld dlm hgh' Wlthlll hall elcpectlng, a spectlal flL.,L11L to '1pplo1ch hlm It lily mOm6Ilt He took 1 tell cautlous steps ln the Clll6Ctl0Il of 1 CIOO1 lt the end of the h1ll The boards ln th H001 cleaked undel the uelght of hls footsteps Hls blood chllled 1s the Ollnd of clckllng ldLlg,Ilt91 leached hls e ll He stopped llstened lntentlx l t 1ll ll 1s d athly stlll -Xftel xxhlt seemed lll etelnlty hc re 1ched th C1001 llfted the latch xnd dlscox eled the entlance to the ce la He was ilJOLlt half YVIX down the steps when a IXOIIIIJIL sclexm lent the all and 1 loud bang 1lmo t beslde hlm fllghtened hlm so that he tcll headlong to the foot of the stall Not to be outdone IH hl pulpose he ' I Q . 17 .' ' ' 'P ' S C ' F. :' H ' s ' ' ,Q wr S 'I A K.. .is A1 ., 1 I .S vf , I . , , , , .... K .- , ' 'IL' .if '. S ' -' '- i' ' ' Q ' ' V' s ' 1' :'. 7 v . . ' 1 7' . ,. n ll' VY Q ,vy h Y n , X. X 1 l ,2-- ,- L, ,, -he O. EI. tl' j , ' ' 2 'fx' .' 2 - A , .- , ,. Y . k , -4i-- . ,,, K - - I H 4 .til -'T-3 t: 2 ,. . , U, . A h. K t . -Il AI D. ke , , ., , .. f - Q , I ' ' . - 1 ll f ' 2 '. , 1 ' ' ' S - 2 1- k' ' . - . .- , Q 1 ' - -p 1 I ' , U . . ll, , :nl A 1 . - - 1 -- A - l ll. 1- Q ct . Q . 1- V. ,l K1 -e s gp . . . ,. . I v 1, I - A . ' . I 1 J K -f f- .1 l .l..l V ' 'kv 1 U K-1 , Q, L. ' J- ' . v v I . LI I uv I A y ha I v - , - - to Wake UD OH the f1001' Of my bedroom, this was merely his imagillation, he re- ' 2 2 I 1 E ' r' , 2' . .2 ,- , 2 . , D e . he , 2 L, 2 ' y . , L V. . , 1 ' 2 ' ' ' 1 i 3 14 . ' y- I I- , . -. ' ,- 1 , C - Z . ' ' .' ' 1 .'2 ' . ' 2 3 ' , T- '- '4 . - , .. - . . . - K s n n . . 2 . 2 , .v A 4 .4 Y J 2 I - L- ' 8 A 1 . . 1 - Q ' 'r , ' ' ' as s ' 'z ' ' , . A .S O v .sz - , 1 ly- - 1 . . , 'S Z .Sl x , ' , f' , V' ' 2 - ' A j, lu z 'z .' e ' 2 I K. x 2 . - lu .1 ' ' A . V 2 .1 , , 2 x . ' ,, UI I 2 - 2 9 ' 'f ,V re- 1 12 - U ' 1 1 1 . , ' H' ,' .'.'1- 3 v- - -- -1- . . . 1, S . - ' ' - . . - yi ' A' Z - - 'ct' ' -2 K1 1 Q s fy - A- K' K' ' ' ' x A' - ' 2 ' ' t ' ' r 2 1 1' ' ' 2 . 2 s 4 ' 1 . . . ' ' '. 7' ' l' ' ij. . .f . . Y ' . , 2 L. se- ' j I 'S' ' . ' T e z ' ' .' -' ' 's ' 5' ,