Sabattus High School - Yearbook (Sabattus, ME)

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Maud but all the same your way of farming is old fashioned. You farm the way your grandfather farmed, but I'm going to make you change your mind about it some day.H The next morning Jake came stomping into the kitchen where Martha was at work HMartha, Marthaln he shouted, HWhere is Tom? He said he would finish plowing the meadow for me today. ll Martha looked up from her baking with a twinkle in her eye and said, nTom went down to Joe's for somethingn. nThat means he won't finish plowing that meadow,n thundered Jake HI tell you, Martha, if Uncle Jim hadn't gone and left Tom all that money he'd be go, so they say College, in not from traipsing off 'Hark, Jake' What's that Jak listened then said, the meadow let's go look better off today Easy come easy boshl I got my education from work to college noise? cried Martha 'It sounds like it's out back Maybe it's one of thos devil con raptions that they call airplanes is down bo they went ard when hey looked over the hill into the meadow what did they see but Tom and Joe going around and around that meadow turning the sod over Jake Just stood there staring and hardly believing his own eyes Tom was turning over were sod in half an hour then Jake had in half a day and that nding busted iron hor e nadn' rested once HLet's go over neale ,H he said NIt isn t going to run a way , so over they started When Tom saw them, he came over, stopped the tractor and said 'Happy birthday, Dad' I thought I'd break this new orse to plow Hov am I doingq' a e look d the tractor and the ground over then said, It does good work, Son, and quirk, but it never will whinny and snuggle its nose again t me like old Jerry and Maud when they under tood me After they had watched Tom for a while they walked back to the house, they were ilcnt for a moment then Jake spoke to Martha nGuess ve better get someone to help me on the farm and let Tom finish college We started to make a fool of him and we might as well do a good job of it You know some of is idea are pretty good after all I Joan sauntered toward the pay station Th re was Just time to telephone to Jim that she was leavirg for New fork Ihe telephone directory was in use but surely she could remember his number ev n if she had nat called it all these months Sh fumbl d for her n cktl, took dovn the receiver, and said s ovly, NGreenston 451 Xu She heard the op rator ring the number Then a voice said HH llc' It was J1m's voice, she knew it uJlm9 she said 'This is Joan I've Just called to tell you 'm leaving for New fork H 'New fork? nYfs, I've decided this whole thing is too much o can't stand it any lorge I'm going to my rich aunt York She ha writ n to me s veral times wan ing me her I didn't find time un il now I'm sorry lt had New v sit turn ou like this but 1t's the best way ll 1 Joan, if you ll only l t m explain, pleaded 1m 'There's nothing to explain replied Joan coldly 'Good 15 o I ' J . .. ' H o 5 ' - ll ' O l Q A 1 . . C, . J ln .1 . ' g l S ... ' t ' ' YI I U 1 4- . A U X . -. . I 5 - I . . ,T ' l - I . . , ld I s u s 4. - S u . g w 1 ' Y fy- 'v I' 0 4 A H -- C . I ' g Q 4 h 'v ' ' O U If J k 9 u LJ I 3 . , . . J I . U . S A . 3 a H S Q 1 Y . 1 . . 3 B Y C Y - gl .L L LJ A a Q L 1 'v ' . . , L .1 . G , . ' 0 Q l h s D - ' . E. J, 49 . . . V Q ' ' O kJ .1 ' . , X V7 A ' .L L Q ' n J y w . . 0 . J. Nd L K. . . -. f- 1 . 9 S I ' w 'J , . vl Y 6 4 ' Q L 9 . I . . G , 1 F . . . . . - 0 I . gg . y . . . o J. Q ' w I I LT 2' . I ' - 11 . O O 5 - e I J f r me. I 1 N ,H . M . . - 1. 4. 1 . I ln , ,, 4- . . . A fs te e - e f c g I to 1 . ,. . ,, . . Q tl 3 Lf 5 ' to - - n t u T o . . yy . ' e e J . I .' ' If Y I' , t A . Bye . .. ..- .