Monson Academy - Pharetra Yearbook (Monson, ME)

Page 24 text:

THI- PH-XRI-TRA THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON A. the day lengthened mto evenmg and evenmv mto mght a stealthy Iiguxe crept sllently through the undexbrush and emerged mto a moonht clearmg The ape hke creatur turned slowly and h1s features became vlslble m the weird llght cast by the moon A long Jagged scar stretched from h1s neck up to hi left ear Hls small snakeuke eyes were set close together m his huge head g1v1ng hmm an appearance of utter stupldltx glanced toward a small log cabm near the edge of the woods and gave a famt grunt of S3tlSf3CtlOl'l He peered 1nto th window and beheld an old woman Slttlng before the fxre kmttmg Hls tlnck l1ps parted m a snarl more l1ke that of an ammal than a man He 'lfted one huge hand and broke the wmdow Jumpmg through the wmdow he stood for a moment enjoying the stark terror on the old womans face Fire raged ln his eyes he suddenly sprang forward and grasped her throat Hls fingers tlghtened unt1l her body became hfeless Then as suddenly as he had appeared he vamshed 1nto the n1ght A week latex the vlllage was terrorlzed bv series or brutal murders whlch had followed that of the old woman Each c1t1zen had hrs own ldea as to who was responlble for the dlsaster but no two people would agree Thomas Judklns sole representatlve of the law 1n Boonvxlle county walked slowly down the path to his house Suddenly he becam consclous of a figure lurklng ln the bush s next to his house S1lentlv he reached for h1s gun and walked steadllv forward A shot rang out followed by dead sllence Judkms looked down at the mamac who had created havoc ln the sn all town They 11 never know that he was mv 'son he mumbled as he lowered h1s head and walked mto the house M B 47 THI' MYSTERIOUS SUNGLASSES Rose Al Atkers was packmg to go to tn teach fox a vacatlon w1th her frlend Vxolet Bartley Violet had packed before she had gone to town to do some last mmute shoppmg Just then the doorbell rang A package had come for Rose Al wxth no mark1ngs other than her address Sne wondered what It could be She opened lb and there lax a beautlful pan of sunglas es She hadnt Lought am because she seldom mor them but she packed them anyway When she had flntshed Vlolet returned and thev left for the alrpoxt where thev were to leave for Smoothe Beach On arrlvmg there they went to Smoothe Beach Hotel and obtamed a room As thev were unpackmg, VJOICI Nlllffl the sunglasses and asked, 'Where dxd sou SN those Rose Al rephed, Thev came Ill the mall mth no name Later that afternoon thev went for a swim After they came out of the water they lay on the beach to dry off The sun hurtmg Vxolets eyes she asked Rose Al may I take your glassesf Yes here thev are Wh n they had dned off they returned to the hotel for dmner Later that evemng as thev wele returmn to thelr room Violet gasped Rose Rose Al turned to see Vxolet sink to the floor paper whxte Rose Al screamed A Vxole' s slde and felt her pulse She s dead he sald Someone call a doctor and get the undertaker Then he turned to Rose A1 and sald Sl' down and tell me sour name and the name of the other girl Im Rose Al Atkers and shes pointing to Vlolet Vlolet Bartley my frxend Who are you Im Mlchael OConnell a detective' Just then the doctor and undertaker ar r1ved They performed an autopsy and dis covered she had died from a strange polson Also there were strange marks at her temples M1ke and the others que t1oned Rose Al steadxly fox tvso hours Then Mike and Rose Al went out fox a swlm because they thought xt would do them both good The next mornmg Mxke went back to Sun dale where the gnls stayed to see lf he could flnd anvtlnng He returned ln the afternoon He found Rose Al on the beach The sunglass s were lymg near M11-.e told her he had found nothmg As he talked he p1ckeo up the sunglasses and was lookmg them over He sald These are odd stm glasses Yes they are Rose AI sald thoughtfully Mlke kept lookmg at them Then said Where dld you get themf She told hlm about xt 'I'hen she sald sud denly Look at them closely maybe they ale the cause She wore them and because I hardly ever use them I haven t had them on Thev looked them over and discovered the bows were hollow and a tlny needle came out when they were put on MIKE sand We had better say nothxng about thls to anyone I ll trace them back He went back to Sundale and found the dehvery boy The dehvery bov told them he got them from Dr Oscar Rattler a scientist Mlke mves lgated hlm and found he was insane The Dr told them he made them They ent h1m away Rose Al returned to Sundale and for quite a whlle didnt go to the beach for her vacation A W '48 IT PAYS T0 BE KIND On a beautlful, sunny afternoon III June, mv slster, Jane, and I Went for a walk We walked for a While on the main highway 22 I . I C ' ' . ' I a I l . ' v , I rf ' 1 ' 1 7 . - e .. ' .. . ' . ' E' ' . '- -- Y , - ' . ' ' 2 'I ' .N . ' . . . ' l 'I ' ...... .H ' ' He . ' ' Q . man standing near came over, knelt by . . . O 4 uvk m' , U I 'U . V - .. - 4 1 -1 v nu - ' Q .W . . ' Q ' ' f' 5, ' za' . . . k . ' Y , ' . e ' ' . . . A , . . D . Y We ' . - 1 A' l ' . Q v . , . - .. - u 1 , r 'Y 1 v ' ., v ' ' . , 1 v n Q ' ' '2 . ' 1' . . - S' as . ' 5' I . . l - YY ' . l ' hr . , - I .I S t , . . , . ut. . , . 3 ' I A . ' V 5, ' '. . - I .,., ' - ' '

Page 23 text:

LITERARY A NIGHT IN HONOLULU As I at ln my chalr I could s e far below the beach Here HBXVHIIHD glrls swayed to and fro ln tlme to Aloga The gl at palnl trees over head rocked g ntly ln the ey enrn breeze Th sun a great flery orange r cl ball was slowly slnklng The sky was lrt up untrl t seemed as though a lot of electrl llgnts had been strung around the coast of the 1S1aHd Soon darkness descended and Japanes lanterns whlch were perched on the Wld oak verandah w re lighted Grant wlcker charts and couches were drawn down near the water Tall copper colored men were trnkllng wlth handsome whlte gultars Old r women were bustllng around preparlng the cvenlng meal Large baskets of sandwrches and tall glasses of golden glnger ale were Waltlng lnvltlrlgly for hungry stomachs Th younger chlldrerl were runnrng through th trees or plashrng ln the cool pale green wa ers Young glrls were llnlng up on the went through thelr old famrllflr routlnes Glrls ln multlcololed sarongs were lylng on the beach so near the color of the scenery they could hardly be told apart Far out on the water came th luxury lrner that would take the trayelers home These strange whlte creatures stared so rn tently as the natrve glrls dld th hula I less than an hour they would all be gone The shlp was Just docklng when there came a deep rumbllng sound I sat up 111 my bed weak and trembllng Then the ang l over came my fflght for I had been rudely awak ened and I dld so want to have one mor glance at that beautlful rslarld I wanted to remember forever my nlght 111 Honolulu B L 8 THE BLACK ACES Sally Malden lS seventeen years old and 2 Senlor at Roosevelt Hlgh School She llves wlth her father and mother Mr and Mrs Howard Malden her older broth r James who IS a student at Curtls Wflghl and her younger slster Nancy who lb at Freshman a Roosevelt Hrgh Mr Malden 1 a newspaper reporter for the Glendale Star whlch IS one of the crty s newspapers The Maldens own thelr own home whrch ls on the corner of Maple and A684013 Streets and are slmllar to the average Amerlcan famlly When Sally and her frlends left Horace Mann thelr grade school and entered Roos evelt Hlgh as Freshmen they found every thlng to be so dlfferent. as does ey ery one hls first year new subjects and teachers and they became acqualnted wlth a l t of n yy boy and glrls who w 16 Ill thelr clas So the first three years passed wlth eyery one jOlIllllg ln tog ther 111 chool trmes and extra CllTl1C'll'1l actlvltles but mu h o Sallys surprrse her last y ar dld not start the same There were about twenty of th SEHIOYS who had been crrummlng tog her durlng vaca tlon lnd they dldnt want anythlng o do wlth Qally and her frlends They panned socrals and ou lngs Just for th mselves and Lefore long they were known 'ls the Black Aces James told hrs mother and father that Sally should keep away from them that they were conslder d a tough crowd The teacher, trled to brlng, th class to gethel agarn by arranglng clubs but It was all ID valn so the y al dllftecl on wlth the Qrnro s separated tor som lll1kflOW1l reason Alld now June was ll re and gladuatlon wa to be Frlday the twentleh On the mornrne of the nln h whlch was a Monday for the mornlug exerclses M1 Cornwell th P1ll1C1D8.l conduc ed them and just before he excused them to go to thelr classes he sald Wlll the followlng S6lll0ls please 19 D01 to Mr Hrgglns ofnce lmmedratelyl and he lead a hst of rlames WhlCh ey elyon retognlzed to be thos of The Black Aces Alld as the others passed to thelr classr oms they A re yyonderlng and Elhklllg each other why A alll ln the afternoon they were called to the Assembly Room Ml Hrgglns tllelr Sup erlntendent stood before them and sald Probably each and every one of you were here thls molnrng when M1 Colllwell read the 11St of Senlors that were to report to mv offlce They have been called The Black Aces for qulte some tlme and we have all world red what thelr secret club was about Now I am golng to t ll vou even though It wlll le a drsgrace on our school Those boys and glrls have been shop lrftrng ln varlous tore, rn our cltx and tllI'l1ll'lg the stolen goods oyer to thelr lead l Mr Hayden H has been payrng them to do this and now they haye been caught up wlth Durlng the past few months thev haye stolen goods arroulltlng to over frve thousand dollars They have been expelled from school and wlll not graduate That IS all you may now return to your classes A Sallv walked out of the Assembly Room he thought how happy she was becau her trrends were honest frlends even though at tlmes he had wanted to L long to tl at certam group and attellcl thelr 9OCld1 trmes JR47 T H I I'llARl'1'1'I. A 21 . V' ' ' 3 9 . -S ' . .e. - A S . H U l . 'c ' ' ' ' -EA . ' S ' ' H ,' . ' ' 1- .3 . . , , . ' . ' . - - ' . - ' x c : - D Y f .7 . . . c A ., M . . s. ,S t M -1 A ' - e . . ' - ' . c . , . . Q . l , .. . . . ' ' ' - ei 1. - - ' - . 'c - 4 I A . . - ' i 7: 1. ,' l A - ' U 1 . N, 1 r ., . I - s I - - W , . C.. .. 3 ,. 1 'Q l ' ' . . . , ' - 9 Q , ' I -. , l Q . . I G - . N A ' ' ' . .', ' Y ' I I - ' ' s ve . 1' v' . . . . . - G -.R ' !'.' . E ' 9 ' ' . - ' ' - ' - ff e s e . ' ' board one by one and then in pairs. They everyone met ln the Assembly Room as usual . . D Q . qt, l ' ' l -' Z . , , My ' A . ' Y . ' . . 3 . A' - - I - ' ve ll K I 'yy ' ' ' e . fl A ' M ' 3 V , e , ' ' ' . 4 ' ' L ' . ' . fl' A ' . ' ' 1 v - . . . O . e, 5 , . . Q . - ' X - 4 Y I' a ' ' 3 4' 1 1 - - , -1 . - , . . A . . '4 - U 1 ... ' e ' . ' ' . I , . ' J I ' . . , l I. , ' ' 'e sd 5 s ' ' ' - '- ' - . I ' . e ', , f . e . ,y .. , , I , U A . , . . r , I l 'S C . . . V Ak ' Y ' ' , I A v . . , S D . J . .. v , . ' . .t . s ' ' .4 ' se ' ' , A ' ' . I . , ' ' '. .4 ' t -'- ' . r '. -e f -l ' M ' 1 ' 'L ' L I 1 1 ' 1 .' I n. ' 1 A ' ' . . ' . , . '

Page 25 text:

F ll-XRI-T Soon we came to cross road whrth led rnto the woods We though rt sould be nrc t follow tht, road for a wax We were walkrng alon rdnnrrn the bll ls ana f ower when we saw '1 leautrful c tfrg a short drstance ahead of us Suddenly Jan caught hold of rnr arm and ard Sh drd you hear tha norse No I answered I drdnt h '11 frnrthrn What drd rt sound lrke Wel sar Jane I thou ht lt s und 'l lrke a groan We stood perfectlx quret and shortlx we both heard the norse '1,,'nn We were both rather frlghtened and thougl t we had be t r turn back Then we thought rf rt was s me one rn need of h lp we should rnwestrgate We quletly walked up to the wrndow and peered rn There was 'rn elderly lady lung on the Iloor tred hand and foot and an old drry handkerchref tled around her rn uth We rushed rn and untred the ropes whrch held her I rarsed her hefrd and gave her a drrnk of water It was qurte a few mrnu before she ras able to speak We managed to get her from the floor and helped her on the couch Then she told us that several hours before two rough lookrng men came rn and asked h r for money They drdnt bell ve her when he told them what monev she had was rn her pocket book so they tred ner up and ransacked the cottage then went away 'rnd l ft her She told us ner name w rs Mrs Jacobs and that she had been comrng to her cottage for everal years Her home was rn New York The frrends who usuallv spent the ummer wrth her had not yet arrrved We could not leave her frlor e 111 thrs con drtlon so Jane stayed wrth her whrle I went to one of the other cot age whrch was qurte a dlstance from Rrv r Vrew cottage I asked the lady who was stayrno at thrs c tage rf she would be wlllrng to s av wrth Mrs Jacobs untrl we could Det back t town and send someone from there to stfrv untrl her frrends arrrved from the crtv We promrsed Mrs Jacobs we would call on her agarn the next day to see how she was after her experrence 'we drd Lhrs and made many more calls on her during the summer We soon became fast frrends She eemed to take a lrkrng to us She t ld us she was very lonely as both her husband and her daughter had been krlled x ars ago ln an automobrle accrdent We learned that Mrs Jacobs was ft vert wealthy lady and had a beautlful home rn New Yo k When the wacatron eftson drew to a close and she had to go back home we were r alls vert s ru to see her go as we had lefrrned to lrl- her very much and hrd spent many pleasant hours wrth her Before she left she made us promise we would vrsrt her s me trme School opened shortlr after Mrs Jacobs return d home We were kept very busv wrth chool work and socral affarrs that fall but we drd correspond wrth our new frrend She wrote and aske' Us lf we would spend our Ea er racatron w1th h r Of course sne knew that we had a large famrlw and our parents would not be able to afford to send us to New York So h enclosed a generous srze check whrch would enabe us to buy nlentr of n w clothes and Otll fare We had grea fun gorn to the tores and trrrng to decrde what clo hes w would need to take wlth Us But after wear rng out our shoes gorng from store to store N6 were able to get a very nrce wardrobe for us both We were qurte exerted rn gettrng readx for our trlp and thrnkrng what a grand trme we were gorng to have The weatherman was rerv nrce to us that sprrng and the day we left on our trrp was as nrce and sunny as one could ask for Our parents gave us all krnds of rnstructrons what to do and what not to do As the trarn left the statron we waved goodbye to our famrlv and were actually started on our way We had a very enjoyable trrp and Mrs Jacobs was at the statron to meet us when we arrrved As we were gettrng rnto her lrmousrne I thought Oh' rf the grrls back home could see us berng drrven around rn such a. grand car wrth a real chauffeur Mrs Jacobs was very pleased t see us and of course we we e verv glad to see her But we were so exerted and trylng to see ev ry thrng at once we could hardly talk It se med no trme at all before we turned rnto a reautrful drrvewav llned wrth trees and flowers and were drrven through large gates and on to fr very very lovely house We were met at the door bv a ren drg nried butler and taken up starrs and rnto a Jery beacrtrlul surte of rooms Mrs Jacobs fold us that after we had rested a brt for us to come bcrcl-1 down starrs where she could talk to us Oh Jane I crred If mother could only see us noav Isnt rt grand We felt verv trred and drrty after our long trrp so we cleaned up changed rnto fresh clothes and managed to frnd our wax back downstarrs I wouldnt lave tlme to tell all the nrce frrps we took or all the beautrful places we saw Mrs Jacobs rnvrted rn manv young people so that we mrght make then ac quarntance I suppose we seemed very count ryned to these crtv people but they were very nrce to us and helped to make our vrsrt there a great success All ,ood thrn s come to 'rn end 'rnd o drd our racatlon We just could not th rnk our den frrend tnough for the lovely trme she gav us but she seemed to get Just as much enjoyment out of rt as drd we When we arrrved lrorne all we drd was , , . I ln H . I . 1 R A 2.3 il ' .11' ' ' ' 3 , ' . ., 1' 3 O S ' ' L, V . V ' U 1 ' .' ' ., V . . ,, - , , 1-1 1 E 1 C- - 1 , , . . V ' - ., .- 4 - . S 1 t t J 1 3, r . .81 ' . 9 . v Q . . ' . r 1. ' H ' , . . - -1 ,. 4 - . S 1 Y . 1 . 7 1. , 5 3 . . Ct ' 1 Q' g. ' ' l - A4 . ,,., , I v 6 v ,, .. . H 1 . 4, I -fs F1 - - + 0 I 1 . . fr . , .J .1 . . , D . , 1 A 1 S . L. C . - , l ,Q ' r A 1 ' - ' V V' - . , c 1 1 R . - .Q 1 UL. ' ' Q . . . 1 ' u 1 - A Qs 1 v Q ' v 1 . 1 - v ' ' v f- - . 3 I ,A . 7 K . ' . 4 . . , . , , C . s ' ' u.. 5' V' ' . ' 4 , - ' ' 4 A ' .I ' . o . ', . ' ' . . ' ' . L. C It . Q1 . ' ' + - 1 . ' ' v . t9u . W. . 1. . . . 8 F N . . , -Q , V . . . . 4 ' 14 ' ' , S ' 1 ' v - , . . V . , . v 1 , 5 .N , 8 l . .. . , I 1 C 1 -2 4 A- V X. . V . . ' . ' - - v . ' ' 1 Q - . c S .Q v - ' v I ' A v , . ' V S V S . V . l U J D . I , . ' y A . ' - 1 1 n' - , . 1 1 ,L t L1 V ' C . , Q . t - v ' . ' v Y ,, - . s L - A . . D , Y . I . . t. - . 1 1 Y ' . ', C.: - x , ' - . 3 ' - - - v ' -- . . t K . - , , , ' A ' ' 4 4 - - ' . C, .1 L ' Y ' . c 5 ' . , 1 . ' ' ' 44 ylv ' AK , v . - . 1 . 1 A , . V , , Y - rv , . . , 1 . Y . t . , ' - I- ' . , V - - . ft , . V - . S I ' A , V 4 V ' ' v ' . t A . s A - , . 1 J I . - . -' ' -1 s .' ' I ' , ' ' - 7 1. ' . . . I . ' S 1 .I ' ' 1 1 ' ' S 5' 0' Q1 4 1 S , v 4 - v v . . - . . Y . L -.C K t S - 1 r . ,se . K 2 -. l. K I i . . I . . - . . . , , ,. ' 1 9 . - , .' ' . .,. - ' ' V 1 V - 1 , 1, 1' ' L' 4 ' '. 1 t