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

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THE LIVE WIRE What' You deny I admlt I came IU through the wln dow of your office last nlght And took the examlnatlon papers from my safe Examlnatlon papers? That s what I sald But I No buts lf vou please Just tell us why you took them and I assure you nothlng more wlll be done about It than IS necessary But slr I mean 1 dldn t know anythlng about any examlnatlon er papers Imean You see he IS stutterlng a slgn he lSly1l1g ' Cto several members of the school boardl I admlt when I was young and mlschlevous I used to do wlld thlngs but I always confessed ButI can t confess dolng some thlng I dldn t do My boy do vou reallze what a sacred thlng truth IS? It seems to Dlck took the lecture quletly and wlth out further ado walted for the report of the board Dlck remembered those next three weeks forever ln fact lt seemed llke forever to hlm He wan dered around as ln a daze and startled everyone Wlth hls fast decreaslng marks Then the crlsls camel' Dlck was suspended from school untll the board declded to let hlm come back The day to leave came A crowd of people floyal frlendsb wentto see Dlck off all except Charlle Dlck was puzzled When he had left the dorm Charlle had been readlng a detectlve He had only nodded when Dlck had sald goodbye so of course he would be at the traln to really bld Dlck farewell It seemed funny that Charlle should fall hlm Good old Charlle whom Dlck had helped out of Jams and who had stayed by Dlck for the slx years that these boys had pulled together Charlle must be busy or late yes Charlle was always late Wlth a heavy heart he Sald goodbye to hls schoolmates and waved a hand kerchlef untll the traln had puffed wheezed and Jerklly made ltS way out of the Junctlon leavlng the llttle band a mere speck IU the dlstance It was ln a very sad and shamefaced way that Charlle faced Mr Jackson about a month after Dlck s departure Yes Charlle It was Mr Jackson speaklng to hlm S I er Imean slr well Yes yes my boy go on M J ackson urged Charlle thought to hlmself B stlll my heart' And aloud Well slr Itook those papers It was llke a plstol shot llnglng out ln a clear stlllnlght Those confounded examlnatlon papers? Slt down and tell me all about It now Well Charlle began red faced and embarrassed I knew Dlck was out that nlght so you know we were havlng that very lmportant test that next day I knew Dlck would want a wlndow to cllmb ln so I unlocked yours and locked mlne Of courseI know the comblnatlon of the safe because my glrl works ln the office a lot and she used lt once when I was waltlng for her ln there Well I got the papers and went back to bed and when Dlck came ln I pretended to be asleep Cl -H ' ,, . . . . . . . . ,, . , . H . . . . n , if 77 u - ' aa ' L. k - , li 1 ' aa ' . . an -77 ' ' u - - . Y u ' f 7 . . ,, . . . . M . , H . . , . . 1 1 - . . . . as ' , . . H . . . . , ! Y ' - ' 1 46 - 77 1 f ' ' U . . . - - as - ' H ' lr! s v ' ' 7' an 77 1, ' ' 1 Q s ' il Q ' R ' . . ' ' 1 77 . , H . , 9 u - - H , H 9 . ' ' ' ' -77 ' H ' . . . ' H ' ' - O ' ' - ' H 44 77 ' u c u 7 7 ll ' n u 1 U r Y 7 . F- . ' . . I 9 - ss 77 ' . . , 1 l 9 . . . ,, . .

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NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL literary CHARLIE DICK AND BETTY T the seminary lt IS acommon sight to see a bench in Plne Grove Park occupled by a young couple heads together dreamily watching a bright yellow moon ascend a velvety dark blue sky studded with twinkling dia monds but not at ten minutes of twelve with an lmportantexamlnation to be taken the next day Evidently Dick Parlln was thlnklng the same thlng He stared at his watch and suddenly stood up Betty' Yes? It s ten minutes of twelve' What? Oh oh Aunt Elise told me to be ln at eleven at the latest You were supposed to be ln at Gosh' That s too bad How are you going to get1n That s Just what I was wondering Probably I ll have to go in through Jack s wlndow Oh don t go in that way Please don t Dlck Just think if someone should wake up or someone should see you Well what do you want me to do go ask Jackson for the key and kiss him goodnight? Richard' You needn t be so mean about It IJust didn t want anythlng to happen Well I don t want anything to happen any more than you do' What do you thlnk? Don tbe so darned mean' Betty s temper was aroused and Dlck knew lt Aw gee Betty please aw for gosh sakes Hey Betty Hey for Heaven s sakes come on back Its b d enough to be locked out Betty' But Betty was already half way home Dick had a temper too That was a fine way for a girl to act after she had got you into a mess like this Ill just forget It He hastened to the garden house and dragged out a long pole Ap proaching the window he propped It up against the building and shinnled up to the wlndow of his room H glanced at the bed through the locked window of his room Charhe Wells his roommate wasnt there Dick wondered Next he tried the wlndow of the principal soflice Luck favored him by having the wlndow unlocked He clambered ln gently closlng lt after him Stealthily he stole down bed and snoring vigorously The next morning of course the pole was outside the WlIldOW Dick s comrades smiled to themselves because they had by some miraculously strange may found out about Dlck s escapade and the principal had also found out about lt and commanded Dick to R port at once At one mmute of one Dick chmbed the thirteen stairs to the Lion s Den thlnking of what was coming H shuffled in through the door and was greeted as he had been greeted in the past Richard' Sir? What have you to say for your self? Nothing Slr -r 4 15 l 4' 9 IK 1 I T v I I ! 1 Y 1 q . ,, 3 . 4 1 . . Y , . . ,, : ' . - . . . . . . ' e l . . U . , H H ' 7 . ' n Y 7 ll ' ' 54 7 . ' 97 ' ' 7 H , . . V. . ' , - . ,, . y . . y n 9 ll ' ' ' eleven? My doom-hour is ten. the hall to his room, finding Charlie in ,, , . . n . 1 7, . f I ! 7 as y - - ' ' ' 7 7 ' ' 7 ' !7 ' Sl 7 ' 7 ' 7 , . 1 l , . . . . . 1 - 1 M ' - sa e- y, !7 y - ! 1 ' ' LG ' 7 3, , , .H . . . U e on ' 7 ' ' t n we n - , n . 77 , ss . J ' H ' ,H I K6 ' 77 ' 97 I is ll r ar 1 H ' ' 44 ' ' 7? . . , .

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NEW PORT HIGH SCHROL I drdn t say am thmguntll now be cause I knew Drck had a good reputa tlon father and all that and 1fI got klcked out of school It would be Just too bad So I let mv friend et klcked out for me Just tmnk of It But my CODSCIQUCQ has bothered me so Just had to fess up I I well I don t care what you do to me as long as you let Duck come back to school An so you se Dlck he told Jack the whole story Betty s blue eyes sparkled as she rapturously clasped her hands at the end of her a e Drck drdn t have the heart to refuse lettmg Betty dance wlth Lharlle and as Betty would say Pig any way evervth1ngwasO K or would be lf Dlck got Betty home ID tlme K Whlte 40 BE YOURSELF 'wo women were talklng on the plazza of a beautlful summer home at Green Harbor Ican't understand If sald one My nlece was the most popular glrl ln school last year She cant be IU love because there were so many adorlngyoung men around her that you falrly had to crowd sour way 1n All the glrls envled her They copled her halr do s and her dresses even her l1ne ot talk Somethmg has hap pened thls summer to her The young people slmply freese her out I m arrald Dorls summer IS spolled and I dld hope she would be happy here and meet some new young people Green Harbor has a fine set of young folks put ln their frlends Thex havea wonderful tlme never have gone rn for the thmgs that have made modern vouth a problem 'I here s no drmkmg and as for park mg IU lanes they Just don t do lt I guess thev re so busy Salllllg swlm mlng and dancmg they are afrald thu ll rnlss somethlng lf they take tlme for that sort of thlng her one DOFIS aunt leaned over nearer guest and w hlspered That s reason I was so anxlous to have er come here Her frlends at home off on the wrong foot They thlnk 1 s smart drmkmg smokmg and domg that sort of thmg I thunk I know aI'9 the reason the guest sald guardedlx I wrsh xou d tell me aunt I know she s unhappy and I d do almost anythlng rlght She s a big frogm answered the guest glrls dldnt llke the rlght mto the boys them all She should have been frlendly wxth the glrls Hrst and the boys would naturally follow after Now that she has found out she lsn t popular she s a poor sport and can t take It Nelther of the women knew that over thelr heads on the porch roof lay a homeslck broken hearted Dorls overhearmg everythlng they Sald Tears smarted Dorls eyes and she crawled through the wmdow to cry lt out Every blt of femlnlne trlckery she d used at home had filled here ln Green Harbor Through the rest of the mornmg she lay on her bed answered the to make thlngs small puddle Green Harbor way she salled trylng to date v u ' 1 , ' ' an v . l V ,, . . . n ' I 7 - l s l lt v v v . y v .' 1 . . V ,. . . , . . , . 2' . - . . H , . . , ,i . . , I . L ' . . . V . , . ., , ., . I. , - - V - , I . . . .. . L.. V L . 4, ' , V V . . . . 1, ! A . ' ,, A Y, . . . . , I , . 1-k Ik ak ' LL ' , d J 6. . ' 4 7 X , rr r, Y v . H , ' t . . , 1 N I ' . I tl . 1 ' 't' L I k 1 ' ' W ' . . - I - ra sr - .4 - rr , 7 , ,, Y . Y . . . I , . . , . ' v ' In ' v y yy ' I ' x . Y ' ' ' lr 1 9 ' . I e ' 1 . . , f ' rr if 1 ' ' 77 at , Ll V . . . , . . . . c I 1 U - . . T . V w n - av ,,' '- f ' ' 1 L 9 H . W . . 1 . J ' s . . 7 ' ,T y S .L l 1 , . . I ' ' . I . Y I I . 1' 1 V v v ' ' . Q - ' I Y . . , . . . - 3 - H - ,Jr , , ' ' ' ! ' ! ' . . - - , . 3 . .. . . , . . , 1. . . , 4 ' S