Samuel D Hanson School - Crescent Yearbook (Buxton, ME)

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Tm XII ss xl ONSKFF Rn PLY men lay wounded and dy1ng As I roamed around among them I was struck by somethmg fam1l1ar about the face of a dead soldler lymg near me Suddenly I 1emembe1ed the healthy lookmg voung man whom I had seen w1th Loulse such a short tlme before It seemed 1mposs1ble but surely It was her husband Now for a long t1me all w as dark ness and w hen the cloud agam l1fted I was gazlng upon a t1ny unkempt house on the outsk1rts of Parls I entered and aga1n beheld Lou1se but how greatly she was changed She no longer scorned labor and neglect ed her chlldren but bestow ed almost more than motherly alfectlon upon the httle three year old boy who w as w1th her Then I remembe1ed that more ch1ldren besldes th1S boy As I was wonder ng about th m I glanced through the w mdow and be held two l1ttle graves over whlch the grass had not yet grown Then I understood For a tlme a V611 seemed to shut off mv v1s1on Then when the vell llfted I saw LOUISE by the debsloe of her last ch1ld who w as dy1ng When he had breathed h1s last the mother dropped to her knees on the floor w 1th her eyes upturned to Heayen Although she uttered no word the actlon was a slmple acknowledge ment of submlsslon to Cod s w 111 In her mlsery she had found God Just then I awoke and reahzed w 1th a start that the lady m the tram w as the same one I had seen ln mV dream From thls dream I had learned a lesson No matter how much sorrow comes to us some good glows out of lt DOROTHH KEIRSTEAD 22 THE BELATED DINNER It was a bught mo1n ng 1n May that found twelve happy boys and gnls 1n the woods near the Evanss home The Eyans tw1ns as they w e1e alw ays called w e1e celebratlng thelr twelfth buthday by havmg a p1cn1c All the mo1n1ng the chlldren had been chasmg each other about among the trees and p1Ck1Pg flowers Just before the lunch was ready they be gan a game of h1de and seek but presertly Mls Evans called and they came fo1 lunch But w here 1S BQIHICGQ asked Bernard as they VNQIE about to slt down And vndeed where w as sheq She was not there w1th them nor Mrs Evans called BEIHICQ d1n nel IS ready but no 1eply Agam she called but w 1th the same result Never mlrd dmner now she sa1d Hunt for Bermce Maybe she has fallen and hurt herself so she cannot get up Come back here 1n a few mmutes to report whether you have found her or not Off they w ent looklng under ey ery bush and behmd each rock but It w as not long befole they were all back aga1n No one had found Bermce and everyone began to be HHXIOUS about her Bernard thoroughly fr1ghtened was sent to the town to get h1s father Mr Evans was a doctor and w as 1n the nearest town see1ng one of h1s patlents The rest of the boys and g11ls w ent on search 1ng wh1le Mrs Ex ans plcked up the luncheon But where was Be1n1ce In the game she had gone a httle farther 26 g : . ani. , ., 1 3 1 ' 1' . I L . . . , , Y .Q . , v ,Q Y ' V - , ' 7' , ' - 1 4 - h. Y 4 ' A , ' 7 . . . ' V, ' , , ' Y s a ' Y l I A n I . A v ku A ' 1 1 q ' -I - , , . L ... C V, -A v - xc , ' , ' H , 4 y Q ' . ' ' Y . ,. y Y 1 V . 1 1 7 7' a 7 when I first saw' her there were two WHS She IH Slght- . . . H V gg N ' ' 7. -- 5 , ' V Q Q ' I H ' l - sf ' 7 ' v' , - 1' . 7 - Y 7 - L cc , ' 1 ' ,,n . ,, . ' l A I , . . L .. ' . A A . - 9 . V . 7 . , 7 , -,, I , 7 V ' I ' , I V VY , s Y L, 4 ' 7 Y 7 ' ' ' , ' A , - . 1 , tv . I . . , - . ' ' I 1 1 - I CK Y , . , . vu ' .77 X ' y Y , .

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TH1 X11 SXIONSHIF RIHLF b1eathb It xx ae pe1fect III exe1y xxay So perfect IH fact that tney could almobt See the colore change '15 they do 1n a 1eal iunset It xx as be yond quewt1on a xx o1k of ut Then Lx nn told them that he muwt leaxe at the end of the xx eek and take up hlS xx ork fxgfun He S'1lCl tnat after be1ng 1nsp1red bx all the beauty a1ound h1m he could not help be1ng wuccebsful The next xear the Holbrooks re celxed an 1nx1tat1on f1Om 'NIr Lx11n l'1 Nexx York 'ukmg them to x1Q1t an ut ex:h1b1t1on 1n xxh1ch he had fx DIIZQ DICIUIS Thex accepted but llttle dld they dleam xx hat the plcture xas Lynn took them through the e1ch1 b1t1on hall and expla1ned all the pfuntxngs to them leax1ng hlb oxxn xerx f1ont of the hall but the plCtLl19 th xt hung thCIQ needed no exzplfxna tlon It xxas of 1 xoung glll 1n -1 xx h1te d1exs stllldlllg' on a pO1Ch be neflth '111 arch of g1een xx 1th p111k 1oxex Clllliblflg up the s1dex Th1Q 15 my maeter p1ece he ex plfuned s1mplx mx greatext 1nwp11a t an HEL1-21x C BLAISDELL 'PO A DREANI One dfuk cloudx n1ght xx h1le xx'11t1ng IO1 mx tra1n to xta1t 111x attent1on xxas attracted bx a ladx xx ho ente1ed the car She xx ab xoung and graceful 1n her moxementb but her halr xx as xnoxx xx h1te Hoxx ex 91 he1 face xxae xxhat att1acted mx at tent1on Its excprebmon xxas bo calm and peaceful As I gazed upon he1 I began to XXOTICIQI about he1 paxt llfe Then suddenly I became obl1x1ous of all uound me and seemed to feel my self mox1ng through spice At last 1n xxhat seemed a xe1x short tlme I found myeelf on a llttle knoll oxe1 look1ng a beaLl1ful Parman man mon As I sat the1e look1ng about me a car droxe 1nto the xard and a young xx oman allghted Qhe vxas xery bG21l.lt1fLll yet I found myself look1ng 1111 eomethmg IH her face xx h1ch xx ae 11 nt there Then I scmed to haxe the mfuxelous poxxer of reftdlng her thoughts and I pe1ce1xed that she d1d not xalue the th1ngs that are good nd pure In a fexx m1nutes she en te1ed the house xxhere three httle Ll bee lf xhe xx ould shoxx any motne1 ly affectlon for them but no loxlng xx o1d pxrted her sco1nful llps Soon the l1dx xx hom I am gomg to c1l1 Lou1 e emelged from the house xnd I Qaxx her talk1ng earnestlv to a man dlexsed 1n a sold1erQ un1form As I came nefuer I percelxed that the man xxas her huxband and that noxx her face xx ore 1n efcpresmon of 1eal loxe All the ll'1Ugl'ltlIl6QS xxae gone from he1 mxnnel xnd ln lte place xx ls 1 g1e tt tende1 new and un epeaklble g11ef for xhe xx 1s lbout to g1xe h1m up to defend hls countxx -XIIQI 1 lat long cl1ng1ng emb1ace thex teaufullx parted goxng IH d1ffer Cllt CIIFQCIIOIIS I folloxx1ng the man axx h1m enter a cxmp xx he1e there xxe1e manx other unlformed men Then came another abrupt change and I xxx a battlefield xxhere many 11 ist, . H , 25 ' Y, I , Q Y . . W 5 ,. C x . 1. . , f v Q r 2 I . v Y C ' '. :v L' c .' fi ' c .' If 1 1 ' 1 2 f' S 2 . .' , ' . ' c c . . fc . 1 v -' C I .J -' 1 I ' .' D ,Y C c ' I Y- g I v 1' A . . . 1 l. .K . - ::: ::: 14 we - ' ev - C v l vv 'A v , C -. ' Uk ' 1 ' , Ax ' 4' ' . 4 v f f . 5 v . V , . , ' . 1 , ' C 4 v kv ' C -K v iv 1 I v l - c 1' ' it . Y l - C . . S , T. .N Y A , V . till last. Finally they reached the children awaited her. I watched her . v 4 C y ' 1 All x ' L- Y hx v C V '- 2 ' . 1 ' - ' I , ' ' v A, Z uv ' . ' C v . 2 N. Q ' L-I . ' - :Aw, sz ' 4 , - 2 vv, Y ,- C c ' , ' 2 ' 5 ' J : ' ' . ' 2 .1 ' ' U cc ' ', , ' aa , . , ' , ' v ' n A ' , A ' n, L A n ' x' v U v -. ' , ' . 1 fx 1 ' v c . , V . . - - c , gl 19 v ,, Y , Y V r . . , -A 4 C 4 LL 1 ' v . c l . .T ' 1 f ' ' 1 ' 2 ' ' . 'z.'z f'z ' Ju. - 3 1' 2 ' .' 'as 2 1 . T. ' I ' 'u'. C WV . ' , . A . , 2 C S y , . . i vc. . , 8 VY , T Q y LY tv C 4 tv . . - ' I S' L' I . , ' c , ' ' . ' ' L' s ' ' z ' ' . ' T v ' c Y ' . ' ' : ' ' V' - 1 sz ' , '

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THE NIFss xLoxskF1 RIPPI 1 than befoxe to find a place to h1de Pu mag doxx n a l1ttle h1ll she caught he1 foot IH a KIDS and p1tehed for xx ard IHIO an old xx ell Luck1ly there xxas no xx atc1 1n It 'She fell sexe1al feet and h1t her head oa the s1de of the xxell and lost eonsclousness As she fell one foot xx as c1amped under er She lay thus for a fexx moments and then becommg consclous she laked about her Except for th ope 1ng ten feet aboxe he1 all xxas da1k Iust then she hea1d XOICGQ eall1ng Q1 H 19 I m she shouted startmg up but she sat doxxn more qu ekly than she HIOQC fO1 a sharp pa n xx ent through her ankle and she 1eal1zed that It xx as broken It be gm to p1n he1 and she lost con scxousness 1g,a1n The seu he1s had not heard Ber n1ce call and th1nk1ng that she could they xx ent blck to the p1 me g1ounds Meanxx h1le VI1 Ex ans and Bernard had 'l11lXQCl and WI1 Exans soon le 11ned xx he1 I1 d xx he1e thex had last een PSIHICL Be1n ud xx ho loxed IS txxln xster xe x dea1 xx as trantle xx1th g11e She Is kxled she IN k1lled I knoxx she ls dead he c11ed bulstlng 1HtO tens NI1 Ex xns IIIQCI to comfort hlm but he xx ould not be comfortel He xx mdeled off bx h1m elf md he h1ppened to txke neulx tht sxme path that Bc1n1ce h1d t1l en 1 short tlme befo1e H xx1 neu tht xx ll xx hen all at once he topped Dld he hea1 someone Clxlllg' He looked alound but could ee no one so he called Is that xou Be1n1ce he crled eage1ly Yes yes It s I came hls txxms xolce from a he afte1xx ard sald rlght unde1 me But xx here ale LOLI9 He e lfl thls old xx ell Ive Be1n1ce s XOICQ tra1led off 1nto g1oan as a SDHTD txx1nge from her ankle shook her xx hole body Oh Bern1ce Be1n1ee Bernard called leanmg 1nto the xx ell Are you hllltq Yes she ansxx e1ed Ive broken my ankle Please go get father and get me out Bernard Off he 1an and IH a fexx moments he vxas telln g the xx hole party xx here Bern1ce xx as And her ankle IS b1oken fathe1 Please come and get he1 out qulck he s tlCl C o to thc house and get a rope Bblllntlfl and then Bern1ce xvlll be out of the xx ell 1n a llttle xxh1le M xxe They d1d not haxe long to xxa1t before Be1n 11d xxa back xx 1th a rope Vlxlllg' a knot 1n It N11 Ex ans loxx e1ed 1t 1nto the xxell But BGFHICG could not get out alone so Mr Ex ans put the rope a1ound hlmself and he xx Is loxx e1ed doxxn 1nto the xx ell Tak ng Bern1ce1n h1s a1ms they xx ele soon on the g,1OLII1Cl among the DQIIX That ankle ls p1ettx bad M1 x Ill au Well get he1 to he 1e om as xxe an se 1 5,ue s the putx xx 1lI haxe to be put oil Lllltll Bern1ce ls better Then xou cm haxe It 1ll ox 91 agaln Bern1ce xxas carrled to the hou e and he1 ankle et Bernard xxas be s1de her cha11 xxatchmg her exery mox ement he d1d not Cale about the .3 27 1 ' H Y , ' 77 ' c , . , . x. ll 1 ' ' '. 1 ' Y' ' U 11 Y . ' ' 77 ' Y' ! 9 C ' , I v 1 - ' c ' . , ' , S c A 'c 1 , Y 1 1 ' ' . 1 1 H ' 1 U 1 c . 1 1 c . ' C A 1' U - f 1 v 77 , 1, , ' , 11 .. ' ' , 1 as c 1 1 1 . 1 1 , 1 1 l-- v '1 1 4 ' Iv v D . D , . . a 4 11 1 Y. h a C C1 1 Y 1 - 1 . . . 1 M . 1 . ,, 7 3 , ' ' , as o. . . e 1 , - ' ' 1 1 Y 1 77 ll , 1 . 1 11 H .. 1 Y 1 Ac 7 c . 1, 1 c y - 1' A V 1 c c . , cs , 11 , sy h . e a , . , , . 'v ' v 4 I Y n C n 1 ' 1 3 ' 1 ' S ' 1 '1 ' Y . Y . v U . cl C C 1,1 C 1 L c vc 1' . ' A , c 1. 11 5 1 1 1 1 ' Y U 1 ' V2 Z 1 1 1 1 - . ' , 1 1 . 1 ' 1- 11 ' U I 1 1, 1 1 2 r 1 I 1 1 C , 1 V, 1 . 5 1 1 ' ' c L, 1 c c - r , c . . . N F Y . . Y . ,, 1 - 1 , r. not have XVE1IlCl91'Qd as far off as that, Evans sa1d, as he started for the ' ' 1 c ' 1. ' ll. 1 ' 1 '. '1 1 f ' ' c c 1 1 ' 1 1. v' f' 1' Q 2 i v S c ' . v v x 4 - 1 I' v. ' I 1 v w Y 2 1 1 l L7 L 1 v i 1 , 1 . c 1 ' S D . ,,. . 2 . y 1 , .I , . h S ' s 1' ' rj 'ly, '1 1' 1 . . ' 1 ' 1. c AK --v ' w .w I v v '1 1 V 1 ' I ' 1 , 1 1 , c. - 1 '- 'I 1' 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' 4 v 1 1 1 c , , 1 l 1 c 1 I 1 1' 's. '1 1 ' 5 f' 1 1 ' j. ' , f ll '- v v 77 1 v L . c c 1 K' , 1 Y. 1 1 ' Y ' ' 11 . . ' H 7 ' 1 c L A 2 IQ 4 15 hc 1, t 1 1 1' aj' 1 sz hotsaas sr 11' 'IC1 .,t t. I 1 1 1' ' 1 z Q 1 J f su 1 ' j ' 1 ' ' '1. e 'z s 11 ' 1 'e ' ' ' I - 1' ' '1 . s ' . A ' ' . ,, c c F . c c c C - . K. , . Y' :J 1 ' - 3 ' S ' 5 , 3 ' ' s . ' 3 - ' 1 I .' . . , .1