Oak Grove Coburn High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Vassalboro, ME)

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C, K LLANEN II e moped along 1n the da1knes 1nd flnallx 1eached the abode of one h had told me vxas h1s IIIQIICI Ju t 1s xxe IQICl'l9Cl the doo1 the sun leap pealed The IIFIQIICI mo1c motcsquc th1n n1x fLllflL Qleeted us xx1th such s1ncc1e hosp1t1l1tx th1tt11ed 1nd IIUIIIIIX IN I xx 18 I d1d not ob1eft to stop plng a11d d1n1ng xxlth hlm Vle had no table and the tood vxas se1xed on mbbage leaxes 1nstead of pl xtes A b11ghtlx cololed desert that looked IIQIICIOLIQ xx as se1xed T11 st but I tound It tasteless I hoped to be bette1 sat1s f1cd xx1th mv soup but found It xx IS thlckencd xxlth Cl icked lco Mx host IIOIILCCI mx COIIILISIOII as thc stl inge me tl DIOLISNSGKI 1nd xpologetlcallx 1nfo1med me that he nex G1 knexx hoxx anx lood xxould taste xx hen It xx as cooked Ol exen xxhethe1 the file xxould lJLI1l'l fO1 IH the Lind of Chance ex QIXOHQ must take thlnsrs 1ust as thex come HllHg1X t11ed and S1Ck at hea1t I bu1 st 1nto tears onlx to be tfutled bx 1 d1eadtul Crash I 1 used mx he td expectlnsx to see thc IIULLI xx ills topple ox L1 about me but found lnstcad that I xx as Ill mx oxxn Comtoltable su11 pa1lo1 and that the book I had been IEACIIHQ h 1d tallen to the flool The shoxx QI xx as past, the sun vxas bGg'1Hll1I'lg to sn11le tlIlOLlQl'l the th1nn1nq clouds and I 1umped up 1oxousl3 to shake off the hldeous dl ean1 and to be glad that I alxx IX s COIIILICIG xx 1th mx xx1shes R W WITH ALADDIIN S LANIP If I had AlE1ClKlllIQ lan1p I should make one eage1 xx1sl1 p1 ompted bx a lo11g111g that has been st111111g Ill mx healt as long as I can 16I1IQl'1llJ91 It has bee11 a sxxeet clea1 call commg to me f1on1 fal axx ax and long ago a11d I should a11sxxe1 It Jox ouslx 1f I could possess that n1a1xelous lamp Tap tap tap on mx lamp a11d I xx ould be o11 a n1a1est1c steame1 plx1ng mx xx ax ac1oss the blue xx ax es of the gleat Atldlltlt Hllfl 1ega1dless of the IILSUIIHUOII ot a11x otl1e1 D3SS6llg'8l'i mv lamp xx ould mst steel the sl11p to N01 xx ax xx l1e1e mx hea1t xx ould leap as I saxx thc hllls a11d fJo1 ds that IISI about SDlt7lO6lgQII I would go l1e1e because It IS tl1e la11d xx l1e1e mx g1eat sg1a11dfathe1 xxas bo1n plax ed xxo1ked and d1ed because all 1ts Iuggbfl bc autx keeps Liilllllg tc mc a11d because I xx ant to see the places mv 'IIICLS to1 s loxcd W olfgang xxas a lad xx1tl1 a l0X1I1g Qplllt He lox cd to Lllfllll thc hllls a11d scale tl1e 1ocks lJ63lCl6 tl1e f1o1ds and then ILIYI along the paths among the tall gIaSS One day 111 ea1 lx spung, the call of tl1e f101d xx as too su ong, f01 tlllQ g1eat g1andfathe1 to 1es1st He secletlx p1epa1ed a SIllJS'E2iIItl'1l box1sh lunch and sta1 ted fc1tl1 xxlth l11s dex oted dog EIIC xxho xxas III thc same mood as hls xoung maste1 The txxo happx LOINDHIIIOIIS 1accd along, tl1e bax exultmg III youth Eillil fl68flOI'Yl but exe11 xxl1e11 1u1111111g axx 1x IIQQNIOIIQ haxe to be made a11d xx l1e11 out of s1gl1t of lI1S home hc pxused fm 1 moment xx h1le F110 bounded about l11m I4 X 41 1 4 -1 . . Y 4 I w f 1 ' C U A 1 S c K' e f . s ' . s ap' ' ' z ' 5 ' - 7 1 ' l Y 'x K ' an 1 Z l' 1, A 1 K 1 A . S Q 2. z ' a K as '11, U J 5 - 12 Y A1 D T 2 . 1. v 1 1 'I 'I . . ' 'as as 'z 1 ' . 1 1 j ' -1 1. 'Q 1 ' 2 z 1 ' I 1 7 1 ' r f 1 f ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 , A cl 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' . , , . I 'V ' ' . . Y 1 V ' fl 1. 1. ' 1, ' 1 ' 1, ' - y C A C az lx I VY 2 Inv . K 51 I jx 1 vi .1 wha ' 3. 1 11 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 4 1 1 9 - C 11 1 l I .4 1 1 '1 v 1 Y Ac . c I '47 . 1 1' ' ky K l I v Y ' 1 - 1 I 1 1 1 5 ' was 1n a xx'ell-ordered un1x'e1'se, even though 1ts great plannlng d1d not 6 YZ Mvlv D r. 7. 7 V-kv I . . 1, 1 1 ' 7 f 1 1 1' 1 v . , . , U 1 1 -1 , , . 1 1 Y V ' ' 1 . 1 1 ' ' 1 1 ' 1 1 Y s , y ' ' K 1 1 Y 7 1 ' 1, 1 K, 1 K 1 1 K 1 1 1 1, - 1 ks J ,A1 ' ' ' ty 1 SA1 1k, t f v -S L1 - L ' A' 1 1 1, 1 1 -1 1 1 . . K1 L 1 1 1 ' A' ' ' Q ji ' 1 v 1 ax . I 1 I 7 ' 7 ' - 4 1 ' 1 , , 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 . Y ' 9 V 1 Y ' 5, 1 L1 , ' 3' ,, 1 A 1: X I I a -1 A .V I . gi- , 'I' I X 1 1 1, 1' 1 1' ' .' , 1 , . ' , ' K. L a 1 1 K D V A ' K , . ' 1 1 1' T 1 ' 1 1 K ' ' r ' K ' - ' ' 1 1. 1 . L 4 EY ' 1 f 1 ' 1 1 1 1' ' 1 1' . 1 1 ' 1 UI 1 I 1 ' f L y 1 ' ,, '1 1 1 . , 1 1 1 . ' 1 11 .1 1 r I s U L 1 . ' 7 ' ' . v v 1 I va v ' t', 1 C .1 . K V , 1 4. K1 , 2 A11 . 1 ' ' , 1 ' .

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.AK AV AS IT CHANCFD Agaln and agaln I had seen mx best lald plans tall to matellallfe One dax, xxhen an antlelpated garden paltx had been spolled bx a sudden shoxvel, I condemned the entlle unlx 61 se and longed IN mx selfish healt tor fl land ot chance, xx hele nothlnff was planned 01 sx stematlc I sat doxxn on the D01 ch and Qaxe mx sell up to slnlstel l llllnqs asgalnst tate In the H'1ld9t ot my selllsh HIIIOIHQN I xx as staltled bx a stlanee flg.,LlIC th xt Came Ntldlght toxxard me Mx exes fflexx enolmous fs the axxtul ereatule apploached Prom the top ot hls squale bald held to the tlps ot hls axxkxx ald feet he xx as the most Q'IOt8NQIlP CIL1ltLlIQ that anx IIILLIIJEIYICLFEE ex Cl plctuled One of hls ex es xx as set IH hls tolehead, xx hlle the otllel Stdltlfl It me tlom hls shoulder, and ex GIX teatule xx as h1ClCOLlSlx Qlotesque He came stralqht to me, stoppcd sufldenlx, stepped to one slde and made a queer backxxald boxx xx hlle I xx as pe tllflefl xx lth teal Ale xou the xxltked Qlll xxho lonfzs IOI the Land ol Lhan demanded, IH QUQQI me talllt tones I dld not dare to denx It I ould not admlt It Folloxx me It once ht O1fl9I6Kl and xou xxlll soon bt ln a IIIIIX else xx hele nothlniz IS sx stematlt 01 llflllldl I had no 1HtOIltlUIl xx lldttxill ot tolloxxlne thls axxtul eleatule and wh Pled Plper had plax ed poxx elless to 1981 t hls stlange rnaelt lhe path he took xxas one I had nex G1 seen betole and ln mx tllghtene d bexxlldelment, I tolloxx ed almost bllndlx tt H1 st As vxe passed beneath an 31 bO1, I HOt1C8Cl a qlapexlre but on It were lsuge cocoanuts I looked CIl11OUSly tt the next plant onlxf to find the lose bushes beallnv stlange xx hlte globes, xx hlth I soon Cl1qLOXG16Cl xx ele onlons As we approached an 01Cl'1111d I to' nd the apple t1Q9S xx ele laden xx lth sun flowels, although It xx as halxest tlme I tound chellles groxxlng xx here Cabbaqes should haxe been, and IH the CIINIAHCG xx ele plne tlees, thell 100tS at the top As I gazed IH speechless VxOI'1ClG1 mx QLIQQI Q,'IllCl9 lntormed me that the xlnee nex er bole the slme Iltllt ln txxo consecutlxe seasons IH the Land ot Chance As xxe pl oeeeded he DOIIIAIQCI to a QIOLID ot Q1 uesome anlmals The chlekens xxere ox elbuldened xx lth 61101 mous hoots W hat I1l1QlIt haxe been holses had Cruel, lone holns, coats llke sheep and a Qalt somethlng llke L labblt One ot the most pltltul slahts xx as a poor coxx xxho xx as tlxlng to tlx All the anlmals xx Q1 e p lthetleallx l'1lCl'0IlS I had notlcetl th It the Slllllltlllt xx as ldplfllx dlmmlnu but I xx as not plepared to be plunged 1Ht0 pltthx d xlkness xx lthout a moment s xx 31 nlng, md I was too tCI1lflQCl to bl eathe untll mx stlansge Qtllfle explalned th lt the sun V913 otten Cl1S1l.DD61:118Cl IO1 houl s and sometlmee days xx 1tl'10Llt the least H111 nlng Hls XOICC xx as klnd and ln the CldlliI1CSS that Chdllt xblx l'1lCl hls axxtul appearance, I dld not QLIIIIQI as much as xx hen It xxas llght 13 0 1 L ll ll S A I . I I I A V -v ,LN . I A1 if . I -I .rA D 1 v v ' ' 1 1 . 1 1 , A 1 ' 1 1 7 ' v - ' V 1 1 1 ' -11 v 4 1 4' v v1 ' '1 1' ' 1 1 vt I I 1 r . 'S l I I kv ilu sv. 1x1 vr A L1 I1 fu v L1 11 ' ,1 1 2 A1 11 I 1 v 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 111 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 , ' ' 1 1 1 1 vc 1 1 1 14 1 1 4 1 I 1 K 1 1 I 1 1 ' y 1 11 1 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 1 I 1 ' 1 1 1 1 . ' 1 ' 1 . , . . ., , e . . 1 . 1 I s 1 v I 4 1 v 1 I 1 - 1 '1 1 ' 1 11 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1 ' 1, , 1' ' 1' ' 1 ' ' A ' K Q ' ' f ' I - ce? e I I n A 1 . 5 1 U 1 1K 1 'I 3 1 - H1 1 1' 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 11 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 11 1 1 ' 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 V' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1' 1 ' 1 1 1 ' -1 1 1 1 1 , . , , wholly agalnst my xx'lll I tound myselt, llke the Cll1lilI'CH betore whom the ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .11 ' 1 1 11 - 1 1 1 -' 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 ' 1' X 1' 1 ll Y . V K n M C 1 1 v 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 K v' ' 3 . . X 1 1 1 1' 1 y I v 1 1 A 1 , 1. 1. C 1 .V 1 ' , 11. 1 1 1 1 . 1 v . , '1 . 3 v fn v 1 I v C I 1 s 4 I 'A L 1 Lx 7 ' V- K1 1 ' 11 1 1 1 1 ' Y 1 1' 1' 1 f v . ' 1 1 v 1 . fn 11 I u 1 v 1' 1 V 1 1 14 '11 ' ' 1 1 1, ' v 1 ' ' v 1 ' - 1 I A I . . ' 1' I I ' ' 1 I. 11, I .' -1 . I c 'e' I , ' ' , I ' ' ,I ,1 1 v1 W C v v vl 1 1 v. 1 1 . I 2 E L1 .xx vc V1 11 . VY ' . -' '4 A 2 v1 x1 1 1' ' 1 1 1 ' -v A1 -1 A L - ' A' ' 1 2 x 1 11 1 ' ' 11 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 v 'I 1' x , , ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' v1 1 ' L 1 1 . 1 .

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OAlx LEAVES W olfgang qulckly deelded that they would take a cel taln path whele he w as sure no one would be able to flnd them Thele were many cax es to explore as they went on and befole the sun had reached ltS zenlth both dog and master W618 leady fol then lunch When they had dlned the two 'idx entul els set out to 103111 stlll farthel and eapel ed along fol two l'10Ll1Q mole Ahead lav some lllyltlllg, glbbll glass ln a loxely spot on top of 0XLll'l1ll2'lllj., ellft Aboxe them wele the heavens of tUli1Ll0l9C blue and be low the w itels ol the same LIltldIlL1llg eolol Wolfg mg plunged llltO the tall gl iss md thell p mused to look up as he dl znk lll 1ll the beautles about hlm EIIL stletehed at hls feet and Wolf gang sat down to lest bbqlflfl hls dog It was xely walm Lllldfll the hlgh sun the tall gl ass was yels soft and the youthful adxenturels had tlax elled a long dlstanee Wolfgang was suddenly aloused by a crash of dlstant thundel and lnstantly knew he had been asleep sex eral hOLl1q Hoy ellng b9Q1d9 hlm was hls falthful dog Great was es xx ele dashlng hlgh avfalnst the fjord cllff and llghtnlng dalted HCI oss the sky ln angly flashes A gust of raln was peltlng igalnst the long glass and bendlng lt low Wolfgang thought he he lld LIIQQ amld the gleat 1Oll of thundel but the bay below He ldll qulekly to the edge of the ellfl lust IH tlme to see 1 llttl9 boat eompletely swamped by a huge wave Wolfgang was a blaxe boy and an elcpelt swlmmel Off came hls topcoat Down OV91 the ellff he QClal'l'1bl9Cl and llke a flash was ln the watel swlmmlng SW1ftlV towald the slnklng boat He saw a man s face then It dlsappeared In h1S anxlety fol the pelson ln the boat Wolfgang had tempolarlly folgotten h1S dog but when he tul ned to look for hlm he found that EYIC was paddllng swlftly along about ten feet behlnd hls master Thls gave Wolfgang mole assul ance and he swam eoulafreously ahead though the water was fl lghtfully Loc In a moment he was at the spot w hele the boat had gone down One swltt plunfe lIltO the blaek depths and the strong lad had the mln seeulely 1l0LlIlil the w llst Wolfglng swam wlth ill hls strength dgd1IlSt the qlllgglllg tlde and dld not glue up untll euhiusted he dlew hls llmp lllllllbll to the shole EIIC go home Get them to come quleklv Do you L1I'1d91StaHfl V A qulck balk and Elle dashed baek ox G1 the path they had come leax lng, Wolfgang 21SSL119d that the dog would brlnff help as soon as posslble Wolfgang soon spled a sheltellng cave nealby to whleh he flnally dl agged the man and tl led to xx alm hlm It seemed ages befole anyone came but at last h1S brothel and two fI'19HClS hullled lHtO Slght Yes Wolfgang Salfl he was almost drowned He IS YSIY cold and we must take hlm home lmmedlately For the Hlst tlme Wolfgang leallred that he hlmself dld not feel XQIN 15 7 Y Y - - . ' - v . , , K , u , , 7 ' 7 ' a 1. Y 1 X K ' 1 ' I ' 1 1 . W V K , Y , ,, , M , K. an rl-2 r Yr- . vt 5 Y,-, , ,vis ' . 'L X x- V X V2 x -Av - 3 nil l ur a' a 1. 'fi ' fl ' f' Pease - z 1 'E ' 2 x lf ' S 4 ' 1' . S - , . , , ' , ' x , '- ' 1' S ' - A ,sk A Y 7-D 1 K 7 , - I - . ' S , ' ll ' 'UV ' '1 ' ' ' rw x I I v 4 - I 1 K 7 ik. Y N K ' l' . V 7 V ' bc ' , 4 1 K sg 4 n r 2 rl . Y 1 1 . . I ' ' 1- Z 1 . -' K ' X 1- . . - llttle dld he reallze the danger that threatened the llght flSh1I1g craft 111 X C V Il . a Y ' 4 ' ' ' K I I ' I l 2 ' . K vf yi I 1 . -1 1 , 7 I 1 u v- 1 g . I 4 3 I 1 u - f . v v - . D 1 - t . , . . 3 7 x ' . . . . . 1 ' ' 1 ' w ' 1 1 1- 1 v 5 Q 1. C A. , g , . , S, . K. . , , 2 A1 xl -, v 2 - , v2'S ' ' 2 T S v v' 2 'S kv 11 r I 4 ' K1 L M yr. .N . fu .,h Z Hx, 4 .A . l . H .' X, ' . 1 - ' H , . A . . . ' 1 ' 1' . 1 w a 7 - 1 r 1- Y , W . g D A .. A . 1. r fs v l , 1 as as ' as ' , , , 1 7 ' Y . . . ,, 1 ' U