Norway High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Norway, ME)

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16 THE CADUCEUS story. For some time his wife's pet pig l1ad been making altogether too much noise, squeals-and such squeals! This prevent- ed Ike from getting a good snooze, so he decided to put an end to Mr. Pig. Thinking tonight would be fine for the deed, he had crept out after his wife was asleep, and had shot Mr. Pig and cut his throat-thus ending the terrible racket. Then, frightened at what he had done, he had quietly entered the house. He had opened the cupboard door and taken his wife's new rolling pin and her book on How to Punish Unruly Hus- bands. He was about ready to dispose of these when Mike had caught him. Mike nearly toppled. over with laughter when he finished. As for the clock, it smiled broader than ever and ticked merrily on. The next morning Ike rose early and hur- ried out to purchase a new pig. He re- turned with one that looked exactly like the other. He replaced the rolling-pin and the book in the cupboard. As a result, Mrs. Ike never knew the difference. The clock, Mike, and Ike were the only ones in the secret! -Faye Lord, '32. The Right Thing One summer afternoon John Smith and Paul Jones started on a hike to the town of Bristol, which was about ten or twelve miles from their home town. It was one of those iine summer days with the sun shining brightly and a gentle breeze blow- ing through the tree-tops. They had reached Bristol, had an ice cream soda, and had started back, because it was rather dusky then. Two miles out they left the state road and entered a smooth clay road, which was very narrow and was surrounded by bushes and trees. It was really only a short-cut. The boys had gone about four or tive long, hard miles, dow11 this road in the dark, when they heard the roar of a motor truck behind them. The boys jumped out of the way, and the machine thundered out of sight around the next bend. John! Paul said, in an excited tone, Did you see those boxes that were covered up by that piece of canvas? Yes, I got a glimpse of them. Why? Well, I think those were cases of liquor, because whe11 that canvas flap flew up I saw the letters W-h-i-s-and I am almost positive the whole word was Wl1iskey. Great Scott, can it be possible that the smuggling of liquor is going on right here under our noses? Yes, sir, John, and I move we try to find out where they are hiding it, and whe- ther they are hiding it around here. I'm with you on that, Paul, so let's get going. The boys hurried down to the bend in the road, where the truck had gone out of their sight. Now it happened that beyond that' bend the road was practically straight for about a quarter of a mile, and the truck had not had time to go out of sight. Gee, there it is l Paul said. t'Sure enough, and look! The truck had slowed down and was turning off the road into the woods. Paul, we must do the right thing, fol- low that truck as quietly and carefully as we can, and investigate secretly to see if it really is a liquor truck. 'tYou are right, John, we must do the correct thing for the good of the people in our town and in Bristol. Then they ran pell-mell down the road until they reached the spot where the ti uck had turned off the road. t'Look, John, there are the tracks those double rear tires made. I think they went

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A ff' .- Wi 1- - fl E NTI I :g . it I f Q I I gl t t ary ' T l T 1 - 5 1' 1 tl . . T n. . 2 'J' E T . . f li -f s-. , lt . ni -f Sill ' -+1--fm fit! .al .i Seen by the Clock way to the little door aeross from the sznil- ing eloek. The moon rose slowly from behind the As suddenly as it had stopped, the eioek dark hills and crossed the starlit sky, float- started ticking again. ing above the little town of Salem, until Htartled, the man quiekly turned. but, its rays rested on a quaint little house on Elm Street. It shone through the north gable window onto the big Grandfather's eloek in the shadowy hall. The eloek, looking baek, seemed to sinile eyfiieally. as though it eoncealed some se- eret, or knew that some unusual event was about to happen. llardly had the lllO0l1'S rays shone on the eloek, when through the diin. weird hall there eaine a sudden gust of wind. The ' eloek seemed to hear footsteps on the porch. A masked faee peered in at the dusky win- dow. The eloek stopped ! ! V Who- was this who dared intrude into his inaster's house at this late hourt? VVho was this who erept so stealthily up the steps and erossed the porch? lIe'd see! Even if he was a eloek. he'd keep wateh l The masked face glanced around sharp- ly. noting every object, until it rested on a small door on the wall opposite the eloek. Softly. ever so softly, a blood-stained hand raised the window and stepped gin- gerly into the room. The same hand elosed the window. Varetully the midnight visitor made his pereeiving nothing, he resumed his task. lle again approaehed the door. Aha! Now l'll be rid of these-get my prize, l've had my revenge, he gurgled. Ilis revenge D? Again we notiee his bloody hands! lVhat erilne has he eonunitted? Drawing from his pocket a tiny key, he fitted it into the loek and opened the door. The open cupboard disclosed a small paek- age and a large pamphlet. The visitor grasped all these, put them into his pocket, and retreated to the window just as the IIIVIOIIQS rays passed from the house and on. down lflhn Street. The eloek watehed all and kept on tiek- ing. The lanky being again raised the win- dow and quietly stepped out into the dark- ness, only to be grabbed by lllike. the watehnian. lVhat's the meaning ot' this? he growled. Been on another trip to the bar 'T' lke looked startled. then frightened. He wished to flee. Sit down here and tell ine what 'hap- pened. lllike said gravely. lke sat down beside lllike and began his

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THE CADUCEUS 17 right in on this road. I think so, too, Paul. Let 's follow along the road. Only perhaps we had better walk in the woods. If they happen to come back out, we can duck behind some bushes or trees. Itfs lucky I brought my flash- light. t'Right, but letls hurry. I'm getting excited alreadyf' They had entered the woods and fol- lowed close to the road for about a quarter of a mile. Suddenly they heard the truck coming and saw its lights. 'LQuiek! Quick! Lie down behind these bushes, Paul, we must not let them see us. The boys hid in the bushes while the truck went past them and out through the Woods toward the road. Did you see those men, J ohn? VVeren't there three of them? Yes, I saw them. Now, let's hurry. Perhaps we are alone now. The boys hurried forward, and in a short time came upon an open space which was completely surrounded by high bushes. In was a large pile of something the center which was covered with an enormous can- The boys looked all around and vas cover. listened, but heard nothing, so they stepped into the circle and hurriedly lifted the can- vas. There, to their amazement, hundreds of boxes of a fine and expensive Canadian liquor were disclosed. Gee, John, I told you so! That truck did have liquor in it! , But, Paul, just look at all that liquor! Why! There must be ten thousand dol- lars worth right in that one lot, because they that it is frightfully expensive. Yes, I know it is worth a lot of money, hut I don't know how much. 'Now, John, the best thing for us to do is to continue back to Bristol, get the sher- iff and his men, and bring them to this hideout. ' ' Righto, and let's hurry. Then as fast as they could walk, the boys went to Bristol, which was about five miles away. On arriving there, they immediately found the sheriff and told l1i1n their story. The sheriff and four deputies, accompanied by John and Paul, climbed into a powerful Buick touring ear and sped away with haste to tho spot where tl1e liquor had been found. 'tBoys, the sheriff said, you certainly did a great piece of work finding this hide- out in the Woods as far as it is. VVhy, I don't doubt but what all this liquor is worth fifteen thousand dollars. You sure- ly did the right thing by coming to tl1e of- ficers immediately. But listen! Have I told you that the government has suspected this thing for over a year and that they have secretly put up a reward of five hun- dred dollars to whoever finds the smugglers or their hideout? t'No, we knew nothing of it, the boys said. Well, you boys will receive the reward, because you found it all alone ! The sheriff then took the boys home and returned to Bristol. The following day at tl1e same hour the sherii and his men surrounded the spot where the liquor was hidden. Soon another truckload came. This they seized, together with four desperate looking men. The following morning the boys were called to Bristol and given two hundred tif- ty dollars apiece, as a reward for finding the cache. VVhen they were leaving the building, John said, VVell, Paul, it surely pays to do the right thing, doesn't it? I'll tell the world it does! And now we can chip together and buy that old Ford we wanted and still have more than a hun- dred dollars to put in the bank 1 -Robert Goodwin, '32.