Pembroke High School - Mattakeesett Yearbook (Pembroke, MA)

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THE WAMPUM 21 their provisions and make themselves quite comfortable for the night. The next day in their explorations, they find a large swamp in which there are hundreds of huge flying reptiles. The professors get into an argument, and make so much noise that they alarm the beasts and are attacked. Two of the men are bitten so severely that they are very ill with a fever for several days. About two o'clock one morning Ma- lone is seized with the idea of going out alone and seeing the great lake, which they all know is in the middle of the plateau. He finds a gun and starts out, but is very sorry for his action long before he reaches the la.ke. In his haste -he has taken a shotgun, and he finds the woods silent and ugly. He reaches the lake, however, and sees many strange animals, he even thinks he sees lights in the distance. On returning to camp, he is chased by a monstrous beast. He hurls his worth- less gun away and runs faster than a man ever ran before or since. In his great haste he stumbles into a pitfall, where he remains stunned for several hours. Finally he climbs from the pit with little trouble and staggers toward camp. His ho1'ror is increased to the limit by the sight which lies before him. The camp is torn to pieces 5 their provisions are strewn over the ground, and near the gate is a small pool of blood. He spends the rest of the day in a fruitless search for his compan- ions. The next morning, after he has restored the camp as much as possible, he feels a touch upon his shoulder. He turns quickly to look into the pale, drawn face of Lord John Roxton. Roxton soon told the story without any questioning from Malone. They had been awakened about daylight by an attack on the camp from over a hundred ape-men. Only one shot had been fired, they had soon been over- powered by the strong beasts and drag- ged to their colony. There were other prisoners there, small men, a type of Indians. That morning they witnessed the execution of about half the Indians. They were hurled from the top of the plateau onto a great field of bamboo six hundred feet below, with the idea of seeing whether they would be spear- ed by the sharp sticks or would fall between them and be dashed to pieces on the hard ground. Malone and Roxton get four guns and hasten to the rescue of their friends. They arrive just in time, the ape-men are preparing to hurl them from the plateau. A few shots, how- ever, scatter the ape-men, and their companions join in helping them save the f-our remaining Indians, one of them a young chief. The Indians lead the four explorers toward their village. They are met by a strong force that has started out in search of the young chief. After a little sign-talking they all decide to make an attack upon the ape-men accompanied by the four ex- plorers with their high power rifies. The next day at dawn they started out to fight the great battle. The In- dians had bows and arrows and long poles with sharp pieces of bone at- tached. They spread out in a long line about six deep with Summerlee and Malone on the right Hank and Roxton and Challenger on the left. The first skirmish was with about fifty of the ape-men, who made an assault on the middle of the line. They were armed with great clubs which they wielded with fearful effect, often kill- ing four or live before they could be speared. The attack was easily re- pulsed without any help from the gun- ners. They soon got under the trees,

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20 THE WAMPUM expanse of blue-green waters. A man came from behind a sand bank, and pushing a dory from the shore rowed to a motor boat. In a few minutes he was at the engine, and the big boat be- gan to plow her way out. Evidently he was a lobster dealer, for a great pile of lobster pots, all baited, with their anchors and ropes attached, were on the front of the boat. At last he reached a place which was quite free from bobbing lobster buoys. He reached forward, and taking hold of a rope, was about to push one of the pots off, when an extra large swell came and threw the man forward. Instant- ly the pots began to slide off, pulling the man with them. Ropes tangled about his legs, and the rocks pushed him down. He grabbed for the side of the boat and-missed it. Again he reached, and this time his fingers closed about the edge. Struggling and breathless, he pulled himself onto the boat. He looked about him. Cn three sides lay an ugly expanse of green Waters, on the other a faint strip of yellow beach, and not a soul in sight. Again he looked into the gray waters, and under his breath he murmured, Suppose-- M. M. n '18, THE LOST WORLD The Lost World by Conan Doyle is one of the most interesting books written in recent years. The story is as follows: Malone, a London reporter, proposes to the lady he loves, but he is refused. She tells him that he must do something dangerous, and wonderful before she will marry him. Malone gets an assignment from the head reporter the next day 5 he is to in- terview Prof. Challenger, a man who has a marked ability for kicking re- porters into the street. Malone goes into the gutter in the same manner as many others have gone, but upon his telling the interfering officer that it is his own fault, Challenger invites- him back. In this second visit Chal- lenger shows hinf proof of an unknown world in South America. At a lecture a few days later, Chal- lenger tells the people that there is a great plateau in South America on which there are many prehistoric ani- mals. He receives much jeering, but his suggestion of a party 'to investigate the matter somewhat quells the noise. Three men volunteer to go, Malone, J-ohn Roxton, a Sportsman, and Prof. S-ummerlee. Several days afterward the three set out, with sealed orders which they have faithfully promised not to openim- til the noon after their arrival in Slouth America. When they open the envel- ope, they find nothing but a blank piece of paper 3 Prof. Summerlee, who believes this a proof that they have come on a wild goose chase, calls Challenger a few names, and says he well return as soon as possible. He has hardly finished talking when Prof. Challenger walks ing he has come to take charge himself. They soon get together a band of negroes and some provisions, and the next day they start into the wilderness. Very little happens on the way from civilization, and about two weeks later they find themselves before a large plateau. This plateau is about six hun- dred feet high, and it is with great difficulty that they get to the top. They find a dense forest there, into which they no sooner disappear than they hear a loud crash. Upon returning they find that the only means of de- scent which they know of has been des- troyed by an enemy of Roxton. They build a small camp, where they store 1

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22 THE WAMPUM however, and then the real ight began. The Woods were alive with the beasts, some were on the ground with their great clubs, while others were in trees hurling dswn huge stones. The howl- ing and shrieking was deafening, the ground was covered with dead and dy- ing. The ape-men, even in their last struggles, would bite a piece of flesh from a leg, if any came near them. The Indians once started to give way, but the encouragement of the gunners rallied them, and they charged. The foe in the tree had long before either climbed down or jumped onto the heads of their enemies, so that they had noth- ing now to fear from that direction. Soon the ape-men broke and fled 3 they were pushed backward to the very place where the day before they had executed the Indians, and there the ape-men disappeared from the plateau and Went out of existence. The young chief, being very grate- ful to the four explorers, showed them an underground passageway from the plateau. Their only luggage was their rifles and a large crudely-fashioned box, the contents were known only to Roxton and Challenger. Zamba, the one negro that had not deserted them, had sent for a rescue party, and the trip to civilization was uneventful. At a lecture given soon after their arrival at home, Prof. Challenger proved all his statements by the' use of the contents of this large box. It was one of the flying reptiles which had attacked them in the swamp. As soon as he was able, Malone went to see Gladys, whom to his unimagin- able surprise he found married to a clerk. The next evening at the club, Prof. Challenger had a surprise for them. He had, while on the plateau, picked up many small stones which he thought might be diamonds, and upon investigation he found them to be worth about two hundred thousand dollars. He would listen to no other agreement than an equal division, and upon asking them what they were go- ing to do with their portions, he learned that Summerlee intended to establish a museum, while Roxton and Malone were planning to take an- other chance on the old plateau. W. G. P. '18. ATHLETICS 1916. P. H. S. 7-P. A. 0 'The first game with Partridge, played at Pembroke, resulted ina shut- out for P. H. S., who won '7 to 0. Crowell was practically invincible, and the boys from Duxbury were unable to solve his delivefry. Summary: Batteries, Pembroke, Crowell and C. Johnson, P. Academy, Briggs and Fortesque. Struckout by Crowell, 135 Briggs, 8. Base on Balls off Briggs, 45 oif Crowell, 4. Umpire, Chandler. P. H. S. 17-K. H. S. 8 For the Hrst time in several years, Pembroke met Kingston High School for a series of two games. The first one was played at the Plymouth Cord- age Co.'s ground where P. H. S. show- ed its ability to hit the ball. The game was a wild one with many errors by the home team. Pembroke walloped the ball to all corners of the lot, and when the ninth inning was reached the score stood 17 to 8 in Pembroke,s fa- vor. The second game was called off, ow- -, in