Monmouth Academy - Amaracus Yearbook (Monmouth, ME)

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T l ANIAR-XCLS plan flashed through Ins mmd Tak 111g the officers belt he fxstened If around the felloxx s legs md crxxvhng on lns hands and knees to 1xo1d detec tlon proceeded to drxff lnm back to the trenches It xx as no easx task to brxng h1m 1nto camp but at last he arrlxed H nnmedlatelx xvolxe the captam and told llllll h1s plan If It xx ere not suc cessful he knew he would be court mart1aled for leaxmg the trenches The captam d1d not have much fa1th IH It but xx as Xxllllflg to trx anx thmff under the czrcumstances The German xx as taken to the first a1d department and a surgeon was called Lpon examlnatlon a bullet xx as found to be lodged 111 lns r1ght shoulder The surffeon xxas to g1VC ex erx German xxas luclxx enough to b treated so xx ell but there xx as a reason Xn 3xmer1can officer xx ho spoke German fluently xxas called 1n to re ma1n xx 1th the pr1soner after the oper atlon unt1l he should regain COIISCIOLIS ness X fexx hours later st1ll under the IU fluence ot the anesthetxc the pr1soner began to tallx He murmured th xt he must get back to camp to prepare for the attack xvhlch xxas to come very earlx the nexct morrnnff Ihe commander xx as notlfaed of th1s mformatron Immedlate preparauons for the attack xxere begun XX hen It came the Germans xxere easllx re pulsed belng g1xen a xxarm receptlon bx machme guns As for Bob he xxas g1xen not a court martral but a promouon to heu tenant for h1s promnnent part na the v1ctorx Preston Clark '31 TO BE OR NOT TO BE ILII XRD xx lllxed Xxltll lagffuag steps toxx ard the old xx h lrt Ihe xx ater lxpped drear1lx lgamst the rotten tlIIll7CI's as though hungrx for lns xouthful dxnmnc body hungry for lns hfe He paused at the edge He remem bered hearmg that just before xou d1e, the exents of xour hfe pass before xou He saxx lumself as a youngster a dexll max care box xxho nexer started 1 laght but nexer hes1tated to defend h1s xouthful rlffhts then he remembered Ins dax s at college popu lar1tx glxffll to a great football star, Nancx the co ed thxt h 1d rumed lns 1 e Xnd noxv the latest cxtastrophe He remembered lus need of l1lV1Ilg 1 mfr lv 1 cerlx IH a bank e monex came hard Then he had the 1dea ot t'lklII0 a fexx bank funds Tlns had xxorked tor a tlme but to nrght he lxnexx he had been dlscovered bx the boolxkeeper Suddenly he started and fflanced about lnm He remembered lns ZIUC mfr mother xxho had so much fa1tl1 na her onlx son Should I end It all? he mused She xxould rather haxc me stax and i xce the consequences Xnd Nancy She also xx ould rather that I xx ould stax She reallx lox ed me and It xxas not her fault that I stole he sa1d thouffhtfullv Suddenlx lns shoulders stra1ght ened X xx elght hfted from his chest and the xx ater noxx seemed to be say mfr F1ght Flghtl Stax Do not talxe the coxx ard s xx ax out H Q . A , , 11 , -g - as so 1 b - x - 'Q , :Q ' ' .I 'z ' 'I . g gi, 2 ' 2 I f 5 5 '. x f z I. 1. ' - zf' - II '. 2 I , ' ag I . ' ' ' .3 . ' g U' '. - i' , v' z I ', I , ' ' . e I . . - . . - . v - v Q -V . C -1-1 V A v ve ' x' - iv' . -C v I K C , . Y- I v' - KJ- ,' Y , . ' f j j ,, ' Q t, : . - . -'Q 1 Z - Ic I c I -I VI I c 1. . c I .I , II. - z z ' ' . . I ' . 'A . l'fx the man ether and remove it. Not money to give Nancy a good time. ' ,' C ' 5 YT be I'e' g on 1' z l ' I I . ', th - I I C I b K v C n I I I c I I- ' I c I . I C Y I I ' I Y v C I. ,. . C. . - Y, C C .O Q C I . b - A I 1 I' 6 I , I L 1 at ' I I I ' H b C I- C L. C . 1 . , . V V ff I , . , V, - v . K 5 K 1 V CY' C r - v I v -7 X 1 1 97 c -I 4 I b. .' LI: I I. ,, I ' U . , C 1 C ' 1 C I I . Ic I T S L'I. K c 'I I 1 v f - ' Y :J - - f J s l I ,Y ' 13 , - 7 v If ,Iv S - . , ' . I I I Ic I V' - y - , . . ,, . . v 7 - , , V , ':' ,c ' , , U J. , . - .

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THE AMARACUS xou sent me to the Bw House Kon re ffomg for a r1de xou rat' Chase reahzes that he must thmk quxcklx X plan mstantlx forms IH h1s rnnnd Qoollv 1'1S1Ilg he nonchalantlx 1lIfl1lI'C9 Hue 1 elgar Ionx P 'I onx lccepts xx ltlh '1 sneer Ilns elf tr lg a tr1ck clffar made for the practlcal Joker It looks no dlffer ent from other cwars except for a tlnn red band near the end xx l'l1Cl'l for ltunatelx IS not notlced by Tonx VVhen the clgar burns to tlns mark lt explodes mstantlx Chase sparr1ng for tlme asks Max I get mv coat? It s k1nd o ch1llx tonwht and I xx ant to be com fortable on tlns r1de O Is Tonx repl1es You ll do xx ell to enjoxf lt It s the last that you ll ex er go on He keeps lns exe hoxxever, on Chase Chase knoxxs lf he makes a false moxe that he d1es He walks the eoat rack and Vk1l1l'lOl1t to do so xxatehes the clgar He comes sloxxlx blck xx 1th under h1s 'lrm Xs he ap lonx the Hame re xehes the red band Dropplng lns coat, l sprmffs for the gun 1ust as the clgar explodes Tonx completelx caught off guard offers l1ttle I'SN1St2l11CC The tables are turned Chase holds the gun on Tony and suddenlx IS surpr1sed to hear someone calhng Robert' Robert' u denlx also the form of Tonv changes to that of hls mother and he Ends hlm self po1nt1ng lns pencll at her saylng Keep em up' Keep em up you crook' He 15 agam a lngh school box one who stayed up a l1ttle too late James C1lC1'lC'V 34 over tr seennnff xntentlx 1119 coat pro tehes BOB MARTIN S PLAN LEI P xx as 1mposs1ble for Bob Martnn It xx as not the noxse of the occas1onal burstmg of shells from fthe German entrenchment 1n Bax ou XX oods that kept lnm axxake It xx as the suspense Thex had been xx 'ntmff noxx for three d txs xx h1ch seemed l1ke as manx xears X laroe number of German sold1ers xxere eneamped m a nearbx xx oods German smpers xx ere plfllilllg off message bearers and xx hat kmerlcan sold1ers appeared outs1de the trenches xx 1th monotonous regular1tx Xn attack from the enemx xx as 1n ex ltable If onlx the Xmerlcans knexv xx hen It xxas commg thex xxould be prepared and ln all probablhtx dr1xe them back The success of the Ger mans lax rn the suddenness of the attack Bob felt as 1f he must do some tnng It he stax ed 1nact1ve much longer he xxould be 1 nervous xx reck XX 'unnv untml the sentrx marched doxxn to the other end of lns post Bob clnnbed N-llCIltlX out of the trench He craxx led sloxx lx under the eox er of darkness toxx ard the enemv He 111 tended to get '1 soux en1r for the mem orable OCC3b1OI1 and return He had proceeded about txxo hun dred xards xx hen he came upon xx hat appeared to be a dead sold1er Upon close CXELHTIIIHUOII Bob saxx that lt xx as a German officer He 1ntended to take a button from the German s coat and hurry back to the trenches Suddenly a low moan escaped from the Germans l1ps I startled Bob but he knew the German xx as helpless 111 h1s present condxtlon He turned to go, xvar was no place for p1tx and compasslon Suddenlv a , z - v 9 ' . , b . 7 a ,- - , my I , - - br x d . , , ,v I c 5 , . , s 1 si g C Y Y ' ' ff v s' ' ' , 7 V ' , V , 1 .. e . , 1 . f . B 7 2 v- I s 1 -A V C fc I . y ad I in p 1 p ' - I 4 6 gm ., b , c ' cg I . N . V W . bf y A L 6 C . Y . - v Q . v V 7 1 ' Y . . T V . Q Y . . 1 1 , .- 1 , ' , , I 7 . . . , v v r I '- u Y a - f 7 Y - J u ' A , . - v Y ' , - zs , ' . -I . . ,, . . , - Y , , , . , 1 U v ,, Y . H , . . . 7 . Y . ., 1 . 1 . . , -K n . - y n - , N , 1 D 1 Y ' v y y 1 y ' 4 . . , 1 f 'I . 1 - I K 1 , , - - - C v 6 v f L N Y ,l . v X . X, . . . . 6 , 1 . 4 b . C ' . V , , V , , - ,' . . ' - v . . ' e , ls L x .si I . A, xx - I , :I V . s 'B x 4 . v , c e ' . iv, , I 4 . I e IC e ' '.', ' . - ., . - Y , A e U. ' . e . h 1 ., ' r r -I . . 1, M . ' Q 1 r - , x . , . e ' Y Y . . I Y . ' r - as rs S d , , . . . Y N . . . , . , U , cc 1 1 s - t . , . ' 1 - - - r v i . . . . . f, . , . . I 7 - 1' ' , ' 1

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THE AMARACUS I w 111 thought R1chard go back and gne myself up My mother w11ll remember her box s cour age Nancy w11l love me more and when I get out of tl1e prxson Ill sl1ow the world courage folm A uitzng IJ A SUPPLEMENT TO SILAS MARNER I 'I FRMINTD tm hnd out wl1ether or not the people Ill Ia11tern Yard k11ew w l1o had COIIIIIIII rted tl1e robbery of w l11cl1 he 11ad been found gu11ty Sllas Marner lccom p8.II1CKl by Iapple set out o11e mormng for ll1S ch1ldl1ood xlllage It was a lonff way but I'pp1e en joy ed 1t rl hey came to Prxson street wfhlch they recognlzed 'lllil from there walked to the place w here S1las s home had been To h1s amazement S1138 stood 1n IIS place At first l1e couldnt find anyone who knew a thlnfr about lt so l1e declded to go back home Ks he w as 1bout to start he saw a 111111 who looked fam1l1ar to lum 111 sp1te of lns age Sllas approached hun and asked 111m a few questxons abo11t Iantern Yard ant sa1d I used to haxe 1 fr1e11d th nt 11x ed here w hose ll unc w IS W 11 1121111 D1ne b11t he w rongcd me before I w ent aw ay so we p lrted 0116111168 I 1111 l1e repl1ed tl1e str lll,,C1' He told S1las tl1at 11 ill l1e known where l1e lned he would 11 ue gone and asked lIlS pardon I w as tl1e one that stole tl1at money 1 l11d the money bag Ill your house there I also found 1t when we w ere searclung for CXlClCllCC The mnuster ls dead now but before he d1ed I went to h1n1 and confessed Tl1e people soon found out that I was tl1e gullty one So Sllas dont th1nk of lt any longer Sarah d1ed about SIX years ago She was taken serx ously 111 and l1Otl11fl0' could saye her Xfter that I began to th111k of tl1e wrong I had do11e you Before that howeyer when I felt hatred toward you I proposed haunff your house torn LIOXNII 3.1111 a factory bu1lt 111 ltS place bo 1t was done llut l1e COIIUIIUCCI I beff your forfnveness I haye for tl1e last few years bee11 llStClll1lg for some news of 5011 llut I m glad to have found you now so tl1at you can real1ze that the people know you are lIlIlOC6Ilt S11as and Epple went back home feehng yery happy 111 It s what I ye told you sa1d Mrs VVlIll1lI'O1D there IS a just God and He knew you were mnocent SIR ROGER WAKES UP AND FINDS HIMSELF IN A MOD ERN AMERICAN CITY 5 S1r Ixofrer sat before tl1e open hreplace at Coyerley Hall Slllfilxlllo' 1115 p1pe and watclunff the f1an1es dart upward he fell asleep Smr Rover woke 11p w1th a start IIe he1rd a strange Honk' Honkl close beslde lIlII'l He turned 111s head K1lllClxlX There at the left was the strangest appearlng tlunff he had ever seen He looked startled and jumped to one s1de He fflanced around and saw two or three young men w atclung llllll a11d lauvhmg 1wh1t gasped S1r Roger at the same t1me trymg not to act afra1d The men only laughed 12 1 A KK 7' 'F ' ll 7 ' - ' , . I ll . v. 1 vy . 1 . V I -V - J u I I S ,' ' 1 ,' - 7' ' , , -A' Y ' V .- , V V V . . b V 7 c gf , ' u , ' , Q . I Z3 .- I 'Y I , as I I 1 1 I V y' v yy V b . , ' I 'Y 2 ' 2 L L ' ' ' ' ' ca 3 11 - KK , , 1 1 zs . J 7 V Y I - 6. :sn K 7 I Y 7 Y ' 1 I L . 1. D 'I . VV . V V V - .V V V , 4 Y, .T 'V c - c I- . 7. C . ' Y . y, C 1 ' as I .I 1' ' .I 1 . 1 I ' v I r - I' ' ' - , 1 1 ' ' C Y. . v I gt rw 1 T 1 u . 1 1 2 ' 1 1 1 1 , I I sa' c If ' ' l H l ' . , , . I . 1 1 ' v 1 ' U saw h1s house was go11e and a factory Clmsfmg E,fiCk50,,V '36, V b l . , 1 . g I ' l c 1 .I I . c I 'I , I I c A c , -I I Z3 I b 4 l , , . 1 4 c - 1 y 1 . 2 ' 1 1 , z X 1: : 1' - Q' g ' 1 ' 1. . - ' , 0,1 , as Y ar . , Q . . C g . . V V V V V . V,, . . . ,, . . V V g , .T z 11 . V . . 1. 1 ' 1 , 1 1 1 , . 1 1 ' L V s I 1 n n b C I cr Y , , Y , ' Y. VV' c 4' 1 b . , 3 . , 1 XVl- . 15 1t? ' V V1 VV . V. V V . V. . if .I I, ' c . I