Monmouth Academy - Amaracus Yearbook (Monmouth, ME)

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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

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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 and xx alked on lC'IXlllg Sxr Roger at a loss to knoxx xx hat to do next So he just stood there and xvatched the people go bx Fmally summonmg h1s courage he stepped up to a lady xx ho xx as look mg at some th1ngs rn a large store vxmdoxx Par on me he sald u would xou mmd tellmg me what they mlght be pomtmv to an automoblle that xxas parked nearbx The xvoman looked 1Il the d1rect1on xx lnch he pomted I dont knoxx xx hether 1t s a Ford or a Chevrolet the txxo cars are xery s1m1lar th1s year she Roger thanked her and doxxn the street thmkmg the xx oman Cllflllt knoxx much about herself Then he spoke to 1 l1ttle glrl 'lskmg her xxhat the name of the c1tx xvas The clnld told hnn lt xx as Nexv Xork XX hen he asked her hoxv far lt xxas to sa1 1r xx alked on the matter but ftnsxxered frfmklx that she dldnt exactlx knoxx but It xx as qulte a xx ay off because xou had to cross the Xt lantlc Ocean to get to London Thls IS Xmer1ca xou knoxx she added Ol xes' xesl sald Slr Roger qurcklx One moment please my good chlld What are those tlnngs out 111 the street? The httle ones are autos and those on the tracks 1re street c'1rs or trollex cars replled the chlld exemff hmm CL1I'1OL15lS then 't httle boldlx she added XVhere d xou get those funny clothes Nlrster Slr Roger glanced doxxn at h1s knee breeches and the shoes xx 1th the hlgh heels and fancy s1lxer buckles xxhmch he had thought so styhsh VVhat s the matter xx1th them? he asked lookmg around at the other men xvalkmg past h1m on the slde xxalk Then he declded that their clothes dld look queer Strange he hadnt not1ced lt before' He observed everyone xvas lookmg at lnm and most of them laughmg or po1nt1ng at h1m He left the street he xvas on and hurrled doxvn a sxde street Xs he xx alked along he came to a man who xxas turnmg a crank and by so domff he let down some bars across the street As the bars xx ere let down betxxeen them came some k1nd of a monster xx 1th smoke xssumg from 1ts top Slr Roger loked at It 1n horror, and to h1s amazement he saxv there xxere people 1ns1de of lt He stood and xx atched It thunder past as though he xx ere glued to the spot After It had passed hearmcf a roar 1nU sound up oxer h1s head he looked up and xxas 3.StOI11Sl'1CCl to see a ma clnne xxhlch flexx 1n the a1r and also S1r Roger hfted lns head and stared 1nto the frreplace then plcked up h1S plpe from the floor murmur1ng A strange dream hoxv real and yet how 1mposs1ble Phyllzs Bazlcy 39 FRIEND OR POE 9 T xx as an CYCCCll1HglX cold n1ght of the early elghteen hundreds La beus had l:lFllSl'l6ll lns chores about the roughlx shlngled llttle farmhouse and had brought lll enough xx ood for the mffht 'l hen closmg the door but not lock1ng rt a thmg xxhxch xxas un knoxxn 1n those carefree daxs he seated lnmself bx the fxreplace near h1s xxlfe Ablgall 13 ,L V L 7' ' 1: y V' V n 5 T Y Y 1 C , ,A VV . . V . V V V. VV . V . cc d VU V nb t ' , V . ?,. . . b . j V V , , V5 u I V Y , sc ' 7 Y V - 9 , ' V V V V V. . . . . . . V V,, .dV S. V . . . V V . . V V . . V . , V V V . J V V . . V . A . V . V: - , VY V b , V V '. c ' I 4. ' c 7 v 7 London, the child looked astonished carried people. V VV V V VV . , . . . V if if r fy ' V 1 . v , r Y - ' rc , 1 ' y 1 - is ' , 7 Z3 ' 25 9 ' ' Y Yu ' ' ra 1 ' . .' ' f' ' 3 -'. - Y ca V V . 'Y c c T C 4 V 5 . 1 2 . L C . - -V , , 1 b C. C :Ju C ,Yy J- 1 . fi 3 v ' , , T ' PV' ' ' ' r ' ' Z3 ' , V . V. .V wa . V . V Q V . V V . . V ' .