Newport High School - Live Wire Yearbook (Newport, ME)

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THE LIVE WIRE His breath quickened almost choked him If he could only getln He crawled around to the back wln dow Unlocked' That was God sent luck The wlndow squeaked and chattered as he shoved It up If he could only find a light' He prayed to God that no one would see him God would forglve him he knew but would anyone else? God was Wlth him glVlDg him his chance and he took it Bottles bottles why couldnt he find It He trembled as he saw a shadow go by the wlndow His heart pounded furlously agalnst his chest It would Wake up the sleeping or dead he thought He was as lf paralyzed He couldnt move a muscle Hls mother s dymg face shone before hls eyes He moved' He couldn t glV8 up now' It was too late the medlclne at last' he mumbled Iw1ll save her He made a dash for the window Well' well' Now ISHC thls nice? Jumped rlght mto my arms You young tramp' What do you think you re up to? growled the policeman Please slr let me go Jackie gasped I know Just the place for a thief llke you Come on' He yanked Jackie by the arm which made hlm scream Tears streamed down his face as he begged You ve got to llsten to me She s all I got in the world I love her don t you see? It s my Mum She s dylng I took this medlclne because I knew It was the only thing to save her We re poor starving poor I had to do lt' What would I do with out her? Don t you see Mister what lt means to me? The pollceman stopped Let s see that bottle No' You can t have lt Ive got to get It to my Mum before it s too ate' Give me that bottle' he ordered grufliy J ackle clasped lt closely and started to run The pollceman started after hlm In two blocks hed be there He looked behind him and saw that the policeman was too near for com fort He was golng to make It He d have to make it Just then a cat Jumped out ln front of him H stumbled and fell but held the medl cme bottle high so as not to break lt He struggled to his feet But the policeman grabbed hlm Jerked the bottle from his hand and yelled Now Jackie Jumped for the bottle knocked lt out of the pollcemans hand It dropped fell to the ground broke mto a thousand pieces' Now you ve done it' You ve kllled her' You kllled my Mum Jackle fell to the ground and sobbed bltterly as lf his heart would break The policeman s anger was slowly turning to admlratlon at the boy s plucky fight Now hls eyes softened He picked up Jackie and asked gently Where do you IIVG llttle feller? Maybe I can help Gee Mister do you suppose you could? Jackie gasped rubblng the tears from his eyes wlth two dirty llt tle fists They ran on together but in a much dlfferent manner thls tlme than be fore -r -fee I 16 l 4- . - . - , . ' 5 1 . . - . H , ' - ' ll 1 u H - ,, ' ' CA , I . , . . , . . . , ' I 77 ' H ' av , . , . . . . , I , it . . , - , . . ! . . . . , - , . . . . e ' .Q U. 1 u , u - 7 s . .I . I 9 1 . - ls . . , ' ll . . , Lookl What's this? It is - gOt Yer- . . - ,, ' ' 1 g I ss - 99 ' ' ! s ' ! 1 U ' x ' - ' ' U . s . 1 . ll Q ' 7 l . ' - - n 1 77 ' ' U , H , . . . 1 9 v Y ' ' 9 Cl ' u ' ' ' 7 ' 77 ' 1 , a . ' ' , tl ' ' n O ' , u LH , . me - , . v 1 , . ,, . . . , . - 1 , 1 u 9 1 1 - 1 - . . .

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NEWPORT HIGH SLHOOI Yes thls IS It Come let s mose lt home rlght now Wk -1: Why where am I7 What a cozy llttle bungalow That prettv glrl IS dustlng me off She lS beatlng my cushlon now Thls IS the happlest moment of my llfe I m sure ak ik Somethlng seems to be cllnklng on the floor Why Dannle what IS lt? she asks IH amazement They are searchlng mv QIIIOW now and are flndlng ll the pay checks and care fully p0llSh9d COINS that Mr Jackson had tucked away Oh what IS thls? Dannle asks reads a letter now Dear Dannle I only hope you find thls You remember the story I told to you about my chalr and then promlsed vou It was to be yours when I could use lt no more It probably won t seem verv modern IH your house but please keep It for me Thls money IS for you Dannle I ISU t a very large amount but I hope lt Wlll help you to get started lf x ou ever need It Lovlngly Your own Grandpaw Jack MadelleneL Banton 58 BIRDS OF A FEATHER ACKIE leaned over hls mother s K Slde and peered tearfully lnto the pale palnstrlcken face of the wo man who lay there He glanced at the small empty bottle ln hls hand Not a drop and that was the only medeclne that would save her He had often had to hurry to the drug store to get her some but now he couldnt The store was closed and he had notacent to buv anl Fresh tears dampened Jackle s exes HIS mother had such a vlorrx vlorn face As he watched her he thought bomethlng must be done He sprang to hls feet stopped then slumped down on hls knees b9Slde hls mother No no he couldn t do that Hls mother grolned mth lgony and squeezed Jackles hand wlth all her Wiillllljl' strength as lf to QIVC hlm courage to help her Tears streamed would Ido wlthout her? I ve got to do somethlng anythlng, to help her He Jumped to hls feet dashed out of the room llke a mad person ran dowll the dark dreary old alley ner vously glanclng behlnd hlm as he ran All at once he began to vlalk each step lengthened llke a mlle e street lamps seemed to hlm to be showlng every movement of hls small lean body It was such a ghostlv nlght and yet so brlglt The stals gleamlng hlgh had a dull false gleam Ihe quarter moon gave forth Pt cloudy cold llght that made Jackle shudder as he scur rled nolselessly along hearlng those pltlful moans and groans drummlng IH hls. ears The large Wlbe face of the town clock shook hls hands at hlm and told hlm to stop stalllng that tlme xx as flylng growlng shorter shorter shorter Although there was not a person ln slght he felt peerlng con demnlng eyes watchlng hlm from all sldes -L I 15 l 4- ,, . . . , V . 1 ' I I K ' 77 ' V ae Pk -lu- l - K . - . 7 . . , x ' V- F . ae as Ak - ' , , . . . HT I ,7 H if ' ' ' a , K Y ' V , H 1 l 1 Y .A . . . . 7 ' a ' - z l' 1 . . ' 1, - il ' . ', as ' . , A . . ' ' ' ' ' Listen to this, Nlargaritef' Dannie dowll his cheeks as he thought, What 1' 5 I ll c - . , X ' - ' 7. 37 , . n . . , A: Y , v 1 ' ' lv - 7 . . ' t, , , : l . ' ' . Th . . , . I t 0 i ' 2 7 1 . . . 7 . . V 1 ' I Y , Vi 44 as 7 ar ' ' ' I l . 5 7 ' 75 . . . 3 . N . , 7 N . . - - X 9 . . Y l . . . - 1 9 7

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NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL Jackle whlspered Here we are They went lnslde Jackle ran to the e Mum Mum Mum' ve got some help He ralsed her up shook her gently Don tyou hear me Mum? Igot yer some help See hlm? You ll llV9l Mum can t you hear me? But It was too late Mum dldn t need any help now The pollceman knelt beslde Jackle and took hlm gently away Come on kld' Brace up It s all my fault You see I dldn t understand You see you see You kllled her' The only person ln the world I have and you kllled her It would have saved her but now now He couldn t finlsh Sobs choked out the words What wlll I do now? You see llttle feller Im all alone ln the world too I haven t anyone elther Maybe you and I we maybe we could sort of hltch horses ya know get together on lt Igotta house a Job and a blg black dog named Tom Hed love you We could get alongjust great What do you say? No I guess It s no use for me to bother you Mlster any more only Yes I can remember my Mum the pollceman sald as lf to hlmself What? What dld you say Mls ter? The blg awkward pollceman held Jackle close to hlm and sadly stam mered Ihada Mum too She was Just as dear as yours and she left me but I dldn t glV6 up So you see how lt IS? Now what do you say? Wlll you be my pal kld? Gee MISt6Y do you really want me? May may I really go wlth you? Hope began to gleam through tears You surely can sonny' But my Mum What What? Come on let s you and me go and see Tom Your Mum s all rlght now kld Shes happy shes wlth God and my Mum the tHe chokedl the two best people ever Nellle LEWIS 38 WOOL SHODDY TRANGE but true when we see the tag Pure Wool t does not mean much It merely means that that garment IS made of pure wool only The wool IU that garment may have been used many tlmes be fore The one who buysa garment that IS marked Pure Wool does not know that people from all over the world have worn that same wool O the other hand lf one sees a garment marked Vlrgln Wool or Vlrgln Worsted he can easlly be sure that the wool has never been used before A good many people get the ldea somehow that vlrgln wool IS the only wool that should be used for maklng clothlng but some clothlng made from wool shoddy IS abetter grade than some vlrgln wool clothlng What IS Shoddy? How many people know? A surprlslngly large number of people do not know what shoddy IS Shoddy IS the materlal after It has been re worked A palr or woolen pants ground up lnto thelr orlglnal state are shoddy Once when Malne wool was selllng for thlrty cents a f- -L I 11 l 1- - - sa ,, . l O 0 L . . . . H , . bd M - ' 1' 11 ' aa yy . , , . an yy O C i l u 1 H 7 1 - ' - , . 7 ' g 4 . ' 7 - , ,, . ' 7 - 7 ' ' Y - . -11 . . . . . ' ' 7 ' as ' 7 .-.- , . . . ' 1 -. -Y, . H - ' 1 1 . - ss 11 ' ' 1 1 1 -91 1 - . . . 44 ' , . ' - 64 ' 7 - 1 1 , ' ' 1 , . . ' - ll ' H H - 1 1 . - . n 1 1 1 L4 - ' H u ' - . . , . H . . , , , 77 is '1 - Y . -,, . . . 1 1 55 77 ' 1 1 ' 1 H . .1 . . , -' ,, . . . . . as - 1 a - - . , . . .. Q ' I . . , . . ,, . 1 - 1 - H . . . 1 1