Monson Academy - Pharetra Yearbook (Monson, ME)

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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 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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 . 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If IHARPT talk and talk and tell the wonderful thrngs we saw It nas very hard for us to get our mrnds down to such dull work as study mg but as we wer graduatrng we just had to forget our trrp and study hard Anotlaer June has rolled around School rs done and Mrs Jacobs rs back rn her cottage One dav she called on rm mother and they seemed to have r very serrous talk Later we found out that Mrs Jacobs want d to put Jane and me through college Thrs was very rr onderful thrng for us as we could not hare gone otherwrse So ve are looking forward to the fall and me shall be gorng to college THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER On a mornrng rn the summer of 1938 a hort dark eyed curlv headed young man of 29 arrrved rn a small northeastern town of Lorrarne He went bv the name of Jack Lanrer No one knew where he came from but a he was a lrk able and capable person he was soon known and admrred bv all who knew hrm As far as hrs wealth was con cerned rt, was nonexrstent For a few months he worked lll a summer tourrst camp untrl rt closed He acqurred a revolv r a. dog and an old car Jack wore the revolver mo t of the trrne around Lor rarne and although thrs was no uncommon for trappers to do most men drd not carry weapons when at home Jack earned hrs board dorne odd Jobs untrl trapprng season began Then he went rrrto busrness wrth a local trapper He soon trred of thrs work when he recerved no money and drd all the work Of course berng young and good look mg he was admrred by all the tovln s female populatrcn However Jack never became frrendly wrth any cf them to the degree ot courtslrrp Jaclf tales of hrs travels seemed rnex haustrble He clarmed to be of a French German Englrsh and Indran descent Hrs famrly lrved rn France at the trme of the first World War but moved to Amerrca soon after because they lst all therr pos se..s1ons from the German rnyasron But hors drd hrs mother happen to be half Indran you say? That IS 1 question that has been pondered but never answered He sp ke of a younger srster Hrs mother and a Lrc her lrved rn a mrd western crty When he ne ded money he would wrrte hrs mother and she sent rt from an msurance he sard Jack vas actually a Jack of all Trades There uasnt a Job he couldrr t do from mrllr mg cows to drawrng blueprrnts and over haulrng the engrne of an automobrle He bought a frsh house and with hrs dog prepared to spend the wrnter It was so cold h almost froze so the Browns the pe ple he was workrng for took hrm rn Lrttle Sally the daughter of the famrlv was hrs ardent admrrer and farthful frrend Wherever he was she was there As tune went on Jack decrded he lked thrs part of the country He got p rmrssron to cut logs to burld a log house When rt was flnrshed he was gorng to end for hrs mother He burlt a lrttle model of hrs prop s d lo cabrn from match strcks He promrsed Sallv that when hrs hou e was nnrshed she could have the lrttle model bprmg cam slowly that year of 1939 Jack eemed more contented and lost to a degr hrs manner of watchfulness as rf he were Jack and Mr Brown took the lr rses ard started to vard out th logs to be used for hrs house The wet weather was bad for hrm and he developed a co'd whrch start d hrs teeth to achrng He went to a dentrst rn a nearby town and had two teeth pull d Blood porsonrng set rn and for several weeks he was srck rn bed untrl frnal'v the doctor took hrm to a hosprtal The reason for the delay was because the town drdn t want to be responsible for hrs brlls Before leavrng to go to the hosprtal h told Mrs Brown to have someone go up to hrs camp and get hrs thrngs so no one would teal them But someone had been there already About all there was left was a box of letters and some mrscellaneous artrcles of clothrng One of the letters wrrtten rn pencrl on yellow paper vrarned hrm not to have any thrng to do Wrth the others because they ouealed when the cops were after them It was srgned Your Cousrn Another letter from a man was srgned your od cell mate He lrved onlv a few days Before he dred telegram was sent to the address of his brother but because of a mrstake rn the street address rt came too late The brother wrote to the Browns and thanked them for all they had done for Jack He requested that hrs personal belongrngs be sent C O D Then the Browns recerr ed a letter from a woman clarmrng to be Mrs Jack Lanrer In her letter she sard she and Jack had been marrred a year and frve days to the date of hrs death Jack went nshrng one mornm and she never heard from hrm agarn Then one day she read a notroe of hrs funeral rn a crtv paper Because none of hrs folks knew of hr marrrage she was not admrtted until she howed her marrrage certrncate She said she was commg East rn June Browns recerved another letter from Jacks brother tellurg them that Jack had been marrred and therefore hrs belongrngs would go to hrs wrfe Nothrng more has ever been heard from erther the brother or wrfe In the trunk Jack left at Browns was a 24 T H l ' I R A V , V , . 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