Sabattus High School - Yearbook (Sabattus, ME)

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But Joan- and that was all she heard because she had hung up the receiver and turned with tears in her eyes. Her train was leaving in ten minutes, but to her it would seem like ten seconds, because she loved Maine and hated to leave. She loved Jim too. But ever since 5 months ago when she had seen him with another girl she had moved into a new apartment and had not told him where. Une night there was a murder committ- ed in the next apartment to hers, bhe had just come in and had been accused of killing the man She was nearly sentenced to life imprisonment but when a thorough s arch of the v1ctim's apartment was mad they found finger prints on an umbrella handle that pmoved Joan was not guilty of the crim , because the desk clerk had s en a young man come in to the apartment house with that same umbrella Th clerk said wh n he went out h was running and did not have it with him She said she had rem mber d the umb lla particularly because of its w ll bl nded color She d crib ed he boy as tall with black hair and a pimply complexion He was lat r fomnd in a b er parlor, wh he confessed Joan was given a full pardon and was freed Now Joan stood outsid the station waiting for a train that would carry her away from Jim forever Sued nly there was a sore ch of tires on the concr to road Joan swung around in time to see Jim get off with th vw l she had seen him with 5 months a o Sh tried to duck but Jim saw her and said Meet my s ster, Phylli ' Joan Just tood and stared at er then like r cov ring from a shock h ran to Jim and apolo gized for b ing such a fool Jim forgafe her and the n xt week they wer walking down th aisle, arm in arm with the organ playinv Joan wa dz ss d in whit from head to foot and Jim wa a proud husband to be I The Neighborhood P+st Our n ighborhood would be periect if only one thing were not in the state Ev rybody minds his own business, no on 's cats howl on back fences, no one's dogs balk at th moon, every body's children stay at home, and no one gossips. H8l4hbOPhOOd but about v ry oth r neighborhood in th state Before I go any further, let m d scrib this nest to you is a large animal, has hug horns and is a hlacki h gray, he is v ry strong and will fight if he is corn red The r ason h is the p st in th neighborhood is becau h will walk through hc gaid ns, fight with th livestock and tear down barbed wi fences Ie is also a v ry nosey animal he will come up and look in th scnoolhous windows, sm ll the mailboxes, at from haystack in back of th rouses, ear down radio aerials, pick up plant pots and tear down clothes lines, carrying them away with his horns, and dropping them lat r H is about th siz of a horse, in fact I one though he was a ne1ghbor's horse and start d to get out of the ca and driv him, but wnen I saw what he was I got back into th car and milhty quicklv He came ue and m ll d of the h d lights, then slowly walk d away This an m l also at on tin used a ca as a rubbing post We have follow d thi of thes pest for ov r a mile down the 16 O 1 ,. ' 9 x . G r A E L 1 5 .3 1 .5 K 5 .J ' ' ' , , - e 1 , e A .A 'A . J 'A . . . -1? f G Q G - . . - A , 'A l 1 I X A 'CJ N . . e . e ' T G C3 S 0 K3 S ' , .... Lf - 0 ' . e 1 c' ere A . . A ' s , L I . A 3 . . . . U D . ' J- Y ' Y A O ' 1 ,X ' , , 1 u 8 .J I . 3 ' ' ' fu ' vu ' ef O C .. J. 4 3 . . F. ? g L U ' .- I ' 1 A s. s e h . . 3 6 :J .. S- :B . - ' e , . ' if . a e . . . . 3 T3 X nr 4 V3 ' y . I' UI 1 'X 'N . . .3 lx e Q 0 O D C1 4. V S . D. D. 49 'A 'I' 'N e , . e. - a . . . a. e ' e I ' a Q f' e - - . X . r J. r. . . This pest that I'm going to write about not only pesters our . ,. . g e e e e J . e . . . 1 1 2 e e e - . He T . 3 '1 l ' ' Q 0 S, . , LQ L : .J 7 . . c Ha- . . a . e 1 . - . V h o u 1 o 4 r X e-' e 3 - e D t, - e se e . + y . . A , . e 'I e ' G . .. I .I G 'x ' 1 ' fn u T fx 1 0 ' .. I' C3 ' Q A .1 Q . A , . , . , e e e of . . 3 C . - S I f' Q J. t 1 . , . . 3 K . A - .L , 1. N , . . - ' x u l 1 . , e . e e e - ' f e - . ' . e '- fr ' e ', ' ' a 'r e ' T ' :Q ca x 1- fn rs 'J .. U Q A -J D L4 I U J. -N - e e ,. ' I .-1 an ' . ix , Yr ' J. CA L gf Ak! - ' 4 Q e' e see e A s e ' 1 e C

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road in the car. One of them walked across our yard, running into my aunt's radio aerial, plant pot and clothes line. He tore the aerial from the house, upset the plant pot and broke the clothes line. He will also eat small trees, clipping them off like a hedge about four feet from the ground. One of these animals once fell into a neighbor's cellar drain and broke his leg, all because he was so nosey. The neighbor had to call the game wardens at Augusta and have tn m come down and kill hlm H13 horns were over four feet across lbe annmal I nave been speaking of ls, ln case you haven gue sed lt, a moo e the neighboraood pest I Testlng Chlnese Sense of Humor lwo American authors whll in Cnlna tr ed to test the Chi nese sense of humor by playing pranks on thelr servant Flrst tley tied his snoe laces tog th r, then cut hls plg tall and dlP+Gd his clothes as fast as he could clean them The Cnlnk nev r sa d a word, Just vent rlght to work untylng hls shoe lace , addlng a false plvtall to him elf and cleanlng h1s clotqe At last th authors saw th J could not make him angry o one day they said, nNell Tina, we cannot make you mad must admlt fou are a ood sport ' nAll rlght smlleo thc bhink nTnen, m no more soak dead ra n your tea , D ' The Pay Station Joan sauntered to ard the pay station There was just time to tel phone to Jlm that he was leav ng for New York The telephone dlrectory was 1U use but urely she could remember hls numb r even lf she nad not calltd it all these months Sh fUmOlcd for h r nlck l, took down the recelver, and sa1d slovly, Hnre nstone 4451 X' Whllr the number was ringing she relaxed on the stool 1U the booth Wlth a crash her large pocketbook fell to th floor Not thlnklng, Joan pat the re to olck up her purse Her hand came upon something that she dld not r cognlz She pick d lt up and it wa a small black leather satch l onderlnfly he xamlncl th contents had lnslde a hundred dollar blll som paper , and an address Joan, I wlll ckplaln, wa a very honest Llfl and naturally she b ame curloas over this myst rlous bag she had found in the nay statlon Then Nlth a boom she r memb red that in her exc ten nt she had hung up on poor Jlm bepore sht even had lme to say h llon Ne l tn re was no time for that now he must return thls to its own r lf lt had one she gF3bbPQ up her own purse and rushed out to hall a taXl bn had not bought her tlcket yet so she could take a lat r traln Joan Ju1p d out of th taxl b fore a b autiful hous , not a dark myStLPlOdS one as y u mlght thlnk, but a huge wnlte house with blue shutt rs and a garden of roses 1D front In answer to the rlna a beautlful mlddl agcd woman an vered the door With a pol te HFow do you do' sh bcclon d Joan into a spac ious 1lVlDE room. 17 ,Q . . x., 'T e . L g O M . , , . . n - , ,f , ' 't ' 5 S Q S ' ul .L Q E. J. 49 . . m ' a 1 ' 4 - XJ - .L . J . ' . r I 1 Q . 1 V D D ' . - L ua U- v x NJ . . U V 1 Q ,, D 4 . 1 A . . .. - v J. .L . .. , . . . s W g s ' W l s. - e t- f e1 v -1 , c D g s L qt 3 , ' I We 1 3 ' 5 . 0 I no Q 3 1 1 . G t i ll O D . 49 1 . . w , . . G . A e - s - 1 T . . . Q. V AJ ' ,- ' 'I , , A e 4 J .L A Q 6 . 3 6 . G . , . . 1 . A - ' ' D r 4 XT V, Q a . - Z ft . x 4 1 1 . I , A . . Ae . - 5 1 an . W , I , . celver back on the hook and knelt on the floor ln the dimness ' :N 0 . L Q A N a i n K3 U A C1 S ,A . . A , -e . J lg s e - rec e . It . , , . - ' ' .... f . 3 1 S 1 S Q . . . P s ' , . - Q 'Xfi . ll ' Cx., 1 1 A K., ' G . ' , ' 1 , . L 0 3 ' 4 n .4 Q A A c 1 are ' T ' 'l 2 ' H , t L U Q . 1 . . ' .L O .1 . J , S T 1 0 Q Q e . . , L . . . ,. , . , l Q , . . -e e . ' n e e . ' e' ' o e 5 .1 f Q .m . A ,. W :z Lx v ca ' A V , . . . A A , w X ,J :J - .J v . l L X ' e e 1 e a - . . 3 x 1 1