Phillips High School - Phillipian Yearbook (Phillips, ME)

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later after h1xang downed the hnest an the pl ace he xx falked out onto the street wath less than hxe dollars left Once on the street he looked cautaously about ham lt was n the part of the afternoon w hen husaness xx as slack and aaot many people were arouaad Its got to happen sonaetame he con soled hamsell tor he knew naght was com ang, and he had no place to stav nor any money He carcled to the bank ot the store xaa the trash alley and looked an the crack of the hack door Yep and ats unlocked too How conxenaent he remarked I-le turned and xxent back to the end ot the alley and xx aated tor the cop to p ass on has beat Then packang up 1 small stack the saze ot 1 gun barrel and puttang at an has poeket an the posataon ot an alerted 45 he strode up the steps and entered the door raotacang that only two people xxere there and one xx as lezaxang -Ks he stepped up by the coffee counter the lone attendant asked Back agaan Yeah' Lett 1 paar of gloxes Look around Xeahl Raght an here he saad poaaatang to the cash regaster l-ley Buddy what as thas Dont ask questaons but cletr out the money an the regaster and quack Xt thas poant the polaceman walked an and ordered .1 cup ot coffee M Butchs com mand the attendant xxent to serxe the cop actang naturally W hen rcceaxang the coffee the cop aaotaced that the attendants hands were sh akang and notacang the look an the m an s eyes he looked at Butch Butch then made 1 daxe for the hack door hut the cop was too quack tor ham Xnd soon he was beang led out the door handcuffed to the cop On the xxax to the stataon they met 1 praest Father Donaldson who 'asked VVhat dad the boy do Iam Mter hearang both storaes he spoke to lam, the ofiacer I I ld lake to take ham home wath me, Iam Iam knew the Fathers good work so granted the wash Butch kept salent on the way home, but the Father talked to haan soothangly My boy we are all put on the earth hy C1od lor some purpose bome of us go wrong VVe know at, but at seems the only 1lternataxe You haxe atoned tor your crame, and now you can laxe wathan the lam ats not of the laws but of Lhrast lf you wash to do so and laxe wath Lhrast, thas wall now be your home wath me The boy walked an the door of the church xxath Father and paused, lookang at he amage of Lhrast Gee' Nlaybe there as a use after a saa lxenton Steward THE STRANGE PROCESSION Off an the forest an oxvl hooted After that all was stall and dark Through the bushes, slankang lake some great cat a hgure moxed lt seemed to blend w ath the bushes and seemed strangely antent on some purpose Nearby another hgure moxed, then many more Salently purposefully, a score of creatures moxed slowly on They seemed to be car tlang ano moxang steadaly onward toward somethang l could not see X sudden teelang ot terror seazed me as l watched them VK ere they comang for me l dad not thank l traed to shake off the teelaaag that pos sessed me '1 strange weard unearthly feel ang l could not understand l felt drawn toward the creatures that were flattang sxlently through the bushes Wathout knowang at myselt l got up and followed them Somethang told me to be quaet, and so l went as salently as I could Slowly on ward we moxed a score of creatures and I Far an the dastance l saxv a clearang Nkathan that clearang was a xery old house lt seemed deserted as far as I could see, and we were moxang steadaly toward at 1. A. , . llll. llllI.LI, AN 31 . . 1 1 ,A 1 1 . . 1 11 .' 1 1 1 ' ' ' ' 1 - 2' '1 ' ' - ' 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 3 - ' '1 1 . 'Z l 1 ' 2 'Z ' T S 'ZS 2 1 Z AA V 1 1 1 .L ,L 2 1 . A , - 1 '- 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 ' 7 1 L g ' . . 1 . 1 1 1 1 11 - , 1 . , V . ' 1 1 1 1 . 1 2 ' ' . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 . I 1 1 , 1 A 1 U 7 F I 1 1 1 fr - x P 1 'Q 1 ' ' L ' . . , . . . . . - 1 1 1 1 1 -- 1 1 1 1 l U 1- K' 1 . Q --a l 9 ' . 1 , 1 Q Q I U , . 1 ' K ' . . . 1 1 ' , ' 2 t ' ' . - , . 11 U . Q 1 - I 1 4- ' L ' 11 1 Y - - -s h ' ,' , - , ' , . 1 1 1 , C 1 1 1 1 ' ' T, 1 s 2 ' . 1 ' 11 1 V Q 1 1 1 16 1 ' . Q Q L s H .1 ' I 1 1 ' 1 . . 1 . 1. ' A - V -1 . 1 . .1 , 11 ' ' , ' . X 1 A 1 N , . . 1. . 1 1 1 1 1 -1 . 1 1 K , 1 . , I a , ,, . 1 1 .. Q. 1 1 -1 , w is 1 - 1 , .1 1 xv W- Q Q X V K Y 1 1. 1 1 - . .V ' .NY 11 - - I 1 ,- 1 1 ' I 1 1 1 4 ' 4 1 .- I 'Q 1 11 - A 1 R 1 1 1 A' W 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . '. . ' 1. '. ' . ,A V Q . - : 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 , 1 1 1 , 1- ' 1 1 SO. I' 1 - 1 , . . . ' S ' ,. 1 Y 1 .q 1 1 1 ' I 1 . -lv-R 1 4 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' ' 1 , , . ... , . , . 1 . . 1 - 1 1 . ' 1 1 ' . . 1 '1 ' - - - ' - . 1 . 1 ' r . . I 7 ' Q 1 71 v 1 ' Q n . 1 1 - 1 'A 1 I. 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - :-1 ' Q - 7 I v v A 1 ,,

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I PORTRAIT OF A SENIOR REATILST loser ot them all lb he when he does woo hrs farr lady Romancer tor whom all young maid ens do tall Of great beauty and strength does he thrnk hrmselt at all tunes fThl3 you understand IS rust one man s optmon D Falthful IS he to hrs loxed one as 1 young chtck may be fatthtul and tlose to IIS mother On a warm summers mght one may Y wandermg by hrs lowers house hear htm whxspermg sweet nothmgs mto her ear Ah thus be the great losers but l thank lllf l,ord was born to lne and see the ways of nature and enyoy the hte ol 1 normal Ind' x rdu tl Rodney H trnden AW WHAT S THE USE' By the way, do vou know Butch Grogan: X lot ot boys do Pspecxally those at Pontlac Reformatory X tough yeggy exen among that type rn the hateh H had tommrt ted enough crrmes to make a llter at Sung Sung look hke a four vear old Today rt had changed at sesenteen he was gomg out Questions such as what he would do where he would go ran through hrs mind llke the many shots he had fired The gates opened He hnally stood alone on the street wondertng startng tn anxtety tt the people the l7l'li,,hI ltghts and teehng of the rarlroad p xss and ten spot m hrs hand First I must go see sts he thought Shes marrred now Wonder how she looks Probably she wont notxee me a com mon yarlblrd VVell heres the station h murmured as lt tame nn stght Three hours later after a ttrlng rude he stepped ofT at Landen Qtatron has srsters LITERARY 3-v-v 52 1: :J Us:-1 vv-3 F-Sc. .SE sd Fi F F' L E 1 fb V1 L 'Q - 3 o : tr- E?- F' He walked slowly up the street to an address he had on III old enselope He had preferred walkrng to fllllllb where he would be shunned 1nd pushed around as on the tram Besldes he needed his money Presently he looked at the house he came to and at the door irom whlth he had been led handtuffed hse years 1 o he obserxed walk mg up the steps He knotked once twue looks rust the slme three tunes und hnllly rn aged woman tame to the door You w lllltel somethmg she lsked rn dngnantly l w tnted to see mv slster he retorted lI1gVI'llV ts he retognrled the old landlady Your slster moxed beeause ot dlsgrace and then becoming angry she shouted You killed your mother wnth your actlons and now you mtend to tome batk and steal the shlrt off your slsters baek' bet out ot here you you l and wrt q loud bang the door shut and a key chcked nn the lock aw what s the use' he muttered under hrs breath as he walked out onto the street alone and trlendless lXow he notlced tor the first ttme that he was hungry He won dered as to the tune but hrs wltth had been one ot the stolen ll'Ill1g,,S they had taken back This ns worse than my first holdup he thought Then ambhng down the street he came to 1 ltrge 512,11 hd s lieanery H tumbled hrs bull tor 1 minute md then went mto the store Onee ll'lSlLlC he srzed up the yomt and at length went torw ard md took ln empty seat and ordered .1 double pl ne ol beans ' ' : 1 30 l Ill, l HlLl.ll' AN --..-....--.,..-------:::: : ::-:: 3: Q : :-::-::-----------..--..-- 1 L....-...........------------....-----..---------------------J v I 'I ' E 2 1 7 ' I ' . . A ' ' ' Y l r r . Q - . t . , . . ' ' ' ' - . 9 ' ' I ' ' ' ' ' ' , 1 4 g V , ' V . - . 1 ' , V , 1 Q . V i V . . . .g . ' v tr V - V I .. x V V V . - ' ' I V 4 t .1 . e 1 - ' V V y . 1 1 s - . V' . , . . . , y K 1 7 D Q 7 ' , , - 1 - 1 1 A . ' . 5 ' , . ., s t . . s y 1 A V .. V V i - : .. . V 1 V . . 1. . 1 - ' 1 7 t . -N rl - x 1 1. - .Q ....-.--i 4 , 4 , vs 1 ' 1 ' ' T '- ' 1 . A , ' s .. V- V V 5 V ' . Q. r T A x 7 1 . ' I r 1 r . - V , A- . 4. . tt V - V- . . A- r 1 r Q ' V V . 0 Q sv C Q ' - 1 V ht- ' -. V. I . 1 V ' V s s ', , ' ' ' .4 v .. ' A 1 1 Y 1 v r 9 ' . t . . . , n L VL T Y . ' V Y , - ' . ' . , . , , . . , ' ' ' r ' r A A , r Y , . , . . . . . ' , 1 - - 1 ' I I KK ' ' ' V 35 K . . . , , , 7 n ' . - ' 1 7 V , ' y , , s ' ' 1 , , . V V 4 V V- r. s - 1 ss U , . . L 7 7 Z . C , . Q - . Q . . . V ' V y - 1 l t V . . . v - vw ' V , , . , e . 1 ' T ' , , I I I V F V I r 1 , , . e Q , . . . Q V V - ' . , 1 e ..

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Then I VIXX somethlng thlt lll hut INILIC me ery out Xs the ICJCIIDS llllllg p1ssed through 1 patch of ll10OI'1llgl1I I notlced somethlng ln IIS 1rms -X g1sp escaped me 1s I clearly made out the body of .1 mfln wlth 1 knlfe stuele Into hls chest From thc m1n s p lllld cxpresslon I lenew hlm to he deul I .llso notlced something that seemed SlI'lllgC The erecltures seemlnglx lppelred to he flo1tlng along hut I dlsmlssed the ldel 1s 1 trlcle of the INOOHIISIWI I coulel see the house more cle1rly now It seemed not Lllllllxe INIHX deserted houses I hld s 1 Most of the wlndows were hroleen Ind the roof w lb Slgglllg, 'Xexcr theless I sensed SOINLIINIIQ forhlddlng tlwout the old house VVe were now lery ne1r lnd the ICIKIIHL crelture pslssed mto the house Xfter hlm followed lll the others -Xt the door of the house I hesltated but the force thlt h1d driwfn me so f1r seemed more lrreslstlble than eler so I conquered my felrs md went III w 18 helllly colered wlth dust lnd spots showed on the floor where the roof hld lellecd I hld not needed mx Hlshlwht out slde ul the l1l'l'l'll moonllght llut fllshcd t on Ill ere Then I notlced 5OI11Lll'lll1g th ll mldc the h ur on lny held rlse In the deep dust there were no footprlnts except my own VVhlt hld h1ppened to the others th ll went Ill he fore me VVhlle I w1s X'lIIllN selrchmg for foot prlnts I heard l sound There seemed to he some solt of cell1r lelow I could tcll th1t hy the hollow sound I m 1de w lllxlllij on the floor I looleed for 1 stalrway 1nd soon found lt The st11rs were llso coxered with dust but there were no footprmts on them elther n the cell1r l feellng of LIDUOXCYIIIUC' horror selzed lne I he1rd 1 nolse hehlnd me and turned swlftly There before me w IS l ghostlv creature ll w1s the most horrlhle thlng I hue eler seen Wy senses ruled and I tell to the floor VVhen I ,lwolee I found myself ln the road gellllg through the woods where I had first seen th1s grlm processlon X few d1ys later I went 1g11n to the place lne. III d lyllght tr lced my steps to the cle xr m f lhere I recewed l KLI'I'll1lC s oc There wf 13 no house there' I cm not 1ttcmpt to expl.un Whit hlp lcned to me and IS flr 19 I lm concerned I don t c lrc to loole lnto the m ltter too deeply VVhether II w IS lll l drelm or not I do not now Slncc then I hlle been rlther l xerse to l00lxllllV lnto strlnge processlons III the moonll ht md explormg old houses IH the dlrls FI'lDlxllI'l Hodges AIN UNILXPECTED VISITOR The lTl'lgll5l'1 IX el1ss was III Mlss Pages room when we he 1rd Lllllllilllllf footsteps IH t hlll -X strtnsfer XX ho coulc t IS st ltely f'lgLlI'C he dressed Ill 1 xerv frllly eos tunle VVe slt dumhfounded IS we recelxed the shocle of l llfetlme the strlnger hld lust lntrodu cd hlmself IS Dr SIIHULI ohn soll lnd IIILILQI thlt hc hul come to llslt our K INS He plclsed up III len-fllsh hools from l clcsle md 15 he glllleffel through lt he seemed lery much surprlsed and exclumed Hmph I nel er helleled th It Ollxer C old smlths poems would he lenown outslde of lI'Cl'lI'ld or tnlt D1nlel Detoes ROIUIFISOII Crusoe would eler ltst oxer 1 perlod of ITIIIIV e1lrs Then bpylllb l cllctlolmry one of the students was USlI1g he through ll ID 1ston1shment and re lNll'lxCeI th ll ll w IS xery UI'llllxC hls w rltten mlnv velrs hcfore w hleh le1fed e studled the room lnd tools H1 exery Illllli, then he wheeled lhout md mlde 1 qllltlx exlt lClXlI1g us H1 l dlze whlch ln lde us wonder lf II were lust l drelm Ellen Hlgelln 52 'l'lll'Q l'llIl.I.ll' .'XN ' . A 1 ' I 7 I 7 em' . , ' . . - . T . I I . e . l e . ' 1 l ' - ' Q le I K I A . . . . 1 ' 1 f 1 '. J ' ' 11 - . . Q g. 1 ' ph 'le. J 1 . ' 1 1 Q'1 1 Q ' Q 'Q. HQ., , 'Q 1 ' ' ' 1 1 . ' 1 'e ' fr , 73 ' X: 1:1 1. 1 ' ' . . , , .. - .. 1 'Q ' 1 , Q :CCI Q . ' . x ,1 , le '. . 1 1 1d- 4 Q - v Qx 1, -. -' ' . , s -,Q-' , ' H ,1 '1' 1 f. . - - 1- s - -1 , 1 e 1 - 1 1 Q1 , A ' 7 1 ' Q-Q ' - eg u , - I k-1. A T x I I' Q 1. A I 'x .1 1 Q ' 1 L Y 1 2 ' I t 'I 1 '. ' - V, ' ,' . '- , 1 , ' 1 1 1 ' Q Q he 1 . 1 ' 1 D I I ' I h: The house XVLIS very large. The lnslde ,, , V - , - , -- , , , - .1 l . - t Q ' ' I 1 h I - . 1 ' 1 Q' Q' ' Q Q J U Q' 'Q ' c' ' .Q1 - I - Q. . 1 1 QQ. . I Q ,, Q QQ 21 , 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' ' I X .I q ' A 3 2 I 2 . . . . ,' , '- , . . e . E I A 4-l ' I 1 I . 1 , , . . , , ' , I I I -I 3 lwl I . 1 3 . L ' 1 - . QQ Q . Q Q Q . - - ' .I I ' ' ' . ' 1 . N Q . . . . 1 y' S. ' ' Y 1 ' ' ' 1 ' .i 1 '1 ' f .' . A . I . I I ' e - . , . Q . . ' e 4 - . 1 1 ' V . I ' . 1 ' :QQ ' all H' S ' ' 1 ' - . Z . . ,Q , H, , ' I rg - l 1 l- 1 1 1 ,A sl Q 1 ,Q ' L' Q' ' 2 1 V '. 1 , ' 1 J ' fa '. 7 ' ' - 1 'l -