Scarborough High School - Four Corners Yearbook (Scarborough, ME)

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THE FOUR CORNERS 17 “■lust what did In 1 sav ( asked Hilly. “Hr say. Sefmr- - (Ardell listened, and Rosa tohI lii 111 that Deliuoiitc had planned to surround the vachl with men and then a Mark it. So Rosa was on their side 1 , (on! Well, (hey had someone to help, any way.) ] lit suddenly dark lip ires caught (linn all and hound them. They were carried In a dark hut. They were uni there very long when a shadow passed hy the window and stealthily came in and unhound each one. They never found out who it was, hut they knew it was one of the natives. They remained hidden that nil ' ll! and the next morning tiny stole out so they eon Id get a glimpse of the ( ' oral. Ilow dear she looked to them! How Ardell wished sin was there sailing happily about on it ! They decided to swim to the ( i ornl. so diviiii in, they soon ri ached her safely. That night Hilly pi (lie red his men and went ashore where all the rest were eating supper. The. men surrounded (In place and then attacked hy climbing the palm trees and hiding themselves so they couldn ' t he seen. At tin lirst shot, the na¬ tives and other men rushed out. Hilly’s lirst victim was Delmonte, and the second, Cortez. They were careful though about Rosa, Sefiora Teresa, and Drummond. Finally, after a long time of shooting, it became ijnict. When the men were sure they would he safe, they climbed down from tin trees. Entering the house, they fnun 1 a few natives about and Sefiora Teresa calmly bathing her brother ' s wound which was not very serious. Drummond was talking with Cortez. Hilly heard Drummond say, “Cortez, tell me all the circumstances of tills plan of Dchnontc’s. Was he swindling me for the plantation or trying to get. mv daugh¬ ter ?” Then C ' orlez. in his Latin tongue, re¬ plied, “Nenor. la wish very lunch to have belli. .Maybe if he had bees peek of the two, it would l»o ttefiorita. Drummond laughed, “So you think if he tried getting oulv Ardell he would suc¬ ceed r The Spaniard smirked. “Yes ’ “No, Cortez, not while Hilly was around. Neither plantation nor daughter would la get. Hilly interrupted linn and wanted to know when they could bring Ardell hack to shore. “Any time is all right now. Hilly, said Mr. Drummond. “Hut before you go, let me congratulate you on your good schem¬ ing. If it had not been for you, Martin Drummond and his daughter would be very sad now ' With bis beaming smite, llillv went alone for Ardell. lie found her very nervous, but alter the good news, she brightened like a sum¬ mer day after a thunder storm, and again tin still, balmy breezes of the tropic island spread their spell over hco that night in¬ stead of one. G. M. D., ’;vi. UNCLE DODD’S VISIT TO CONEY ISLAND “It wuz gittiu’ on ter the middle of duly, when that fool nephew o ' mine took a notion of a-wantiu’ me ter go ter Coney Island with him. ‘Come on, Uncle he sez, soz he, ‘an ' we ' ll take a little joy ride ter Coney Island “Now it wuz hot as blazes on tlf ole farm, an’ with his talk o’ th’ ocean an’ ’freshmen t stands an’ what not, T took a notion ter go. So I puts on ino Snnday- go-mcctm’ suit an’ me high collar, an’

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16 THE FOUR CORNERS now she could never be happy with Cap¬ tain Delmonte around all the time. When they reached shore in the boat, they met Sehor Fernando Cortez, the man¬ ager d’ the plantation. Ardell remembered the Spaniard, and her father greeted him and she was presented. “You have grown wonder hilly. Seiio- rit.i ! he purred, in his Latin lisp. “Thank you, Sehor, she replied. As they neared the plantation house, a stout figure came toward them, waving her arms and crying in Spanish. It was Sonora Teresa, the sister of Cortez. She was overwhelmed with joy to see her little Ardell. Willi everyone talking at once, they ap¬ proached the house, and there on the porch stood a slender, beautiful girl with blaek hair and dark eyes. Ardell remembered her. How she had grown in the last few years! It was Rosa, Teresa ' s daughter, Xow the party entered the house. Ar¬ dell and Rosa were left while Ardell ' s father, with Cortez and Delmonte, went to talk business. Then suddenly natives rushed up to the house and hurst in excitedly. Delmonte. understanding ihem. cried, ‘•My crew have mutinied ! It ' s that young one, Wright! Ardell stood there, saying. “Oh, it can ' t lie, lie wouldn ' t— v She didn ' t finish the sentence. The two men. Cortez and Delmonte. got the natives together and told them to shoot to kill. Delmonte left soon after. Scarcely had he taken his departure when Ardell saw Rosa slip out. Left alone sin 1 tried to put her mind on something else, lint she couldifr. Suddenly steps sounded outside and whispers were heard. “Someone wish to see you, Teresa beamed. Womleiing who it could he, Ardell i pent 1 llic door, and there stood Rillv. “Aidell, lie cried, “there ' s nothing to fear now. We have got the upper hand. “Rut how is it you come here like ibis? Seuora Teresa-— “She ' s with us! She knows Delmonte. You come back wiill me to the Coral. It s ihc only safe place for you. “Hut Daddy! 1 can ' t leave Daddy! “lie ' ll be all right. Delmonte won ' t harm him any. li ' s only you who is in danger. Ar that moment, Sonora Teresa entered excitedly. “Tin captain, he returned! ' ’ she cried. “You muss fly. Sehor! It iss not lime now to take Senorita. I guard her. Quick. Sehor! Already the stamp of feet was hoard on the porch. “All right. I ' ll go! he said. As he opi ned a small door leading to ihe kitchen, he called. “Adios, Ardell. Don ' t worry. U« member, it ' s coming out all right.” The day passed and night eaine at last. At the supper that night, Delmonte drank freely of a strong kind of drink made from the juice of the pineapple. He said, “They can ' t get away with anything like this.” Sitting there, Ardell saw Rosa rise to follow Delmonte out, and rising, she, too, followed, wondering if this might be a clue to the mystery. Delmonte was gone when sin reached the verandah, but Rosa still hovered there, a shadow in the night. She followed Rosa until she was some distance from the house. Then Rosa gave a whistle and out of the bushes slid a figure. It was Billy! “Sehor! whispered Rosa, £ T have news. It is the plan of the captain to attack the Coral tonight!

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IS THE FOUR CORNERS starts oft with Silas air another crazy young un, named Hank. Them two ter- gether reminded me o ' wild colts, full o’ mettle an ' mischief. “Well, Silas had one o ' those new fancied roadsters, an ' he starts off with a jerk, an’ then how wc did go! I wuz so plumb sceercd out o’ me senses that 1 be¬ gan ter holler ‘whoa, ' an ' starts a-pulliid at th‘ steerin ' wheel or somethin ' . I wuz mighty nigh dead with fright when we reached Coney. “Tld first thing those young jaek-a-napes did. wuz ter buy some peanuts. ‘Eleplimit food. ' 1 calls ' em. Arter they stuffed some o ' them in me mouth so I most-a choked ter death, they wanted me ter try aid evo¬ lution thing, I guess they calls ’em. They ovolute roim ' air roun ' , air lias a hull zoo on top o’ ' em. I got astride o ' a horse but, say, tld blamed thing never budged a inch. It wuz hitched outer a pole, an ' ter find a way ter unhitch tld critter, I couldn’t ter save me soul. I wuz a-ponder in’ on this, when I saw that none o ' th’ others wuz movin’. Then all o’ a sudden, that danged ole mule gives a leap in tlr air, music starts playin’, an’ tlr hull zoo begins a-movin’ aroun ' ! That horse, he kept a-goin’ up an’ clown, up an’ down, till I wuz nigh out o’ me senses! Bless me bonnet, but I wuz! Tlr’ l oys thought it wuz gran’ an’ I sez to ’em, sez I—•Well, I’d a-rather ride ole Dynamite, tld mule ter home, twelve times a week then one o’ these things five min¬ utes’ ! sez I to ’em. “Tld nex’ thing those young scapegraces did wuz ter git me on what they calls a jack-o-tld rabbit or somethin’. But blamed if I could see a rabbit about ’em! We gets inter a little car that goes on tracks. I objected strongly, but they sez they’d let me rifle in tld back seat as it wuz safer, so 1 gets in. Well, tld thing started a-moviid. Bust we went down a little hill air 1 thought sure I wuz a-left behind,— that ' s tld way it felt, anyway. Then we crawled up a big, long hill an 1 gets kirnla nerv¬ ous for fear somethin ' would break aid we ' d go shoutin ' down backwards. We just got up on that hill aid 1 draws a full breath o’ relief, when all at once, we started a-shoot in ' down a bill,—me best bat went a-sailiid off inter tld ocean, aid I thought sure we ' d jump right off the rails inter tld ocean on tld side! I hung on tight an’ all at once we starts a-shootiid up ter heaven, aid I closed me eyes ' spoofin ' ter see St. Peter aid angels, when down we whizzed aid up we flew again so quick I thought sure me neck wuz a-comiid off me shoulders. “I wuz kimla weak when we reached tld gromd agin, aid I vowed I’d never go on one o’ them contraptions agin! Tld boys laffed an ' wanted me ter’try ‘Xoalds Ark,’ but I told ’em I wuz as near tld Promised hand as I wanted ter be an’ you kin bet 1 gived them fellers a down right good scoldin’ on how ter treat their elders an’ sieh! I made them meek as Hoses, so that they took me home without no back talk! Yes—sirce, bless me bonnet, but I did! 1 told ’em I ' d a-rather stay ter home an’ pitch hay or chop wood as hot as it wuz, than ter be a-riskin’ me life an’ losin’ me good hat in tld ocean, that Handy, me wife, had ju6t bought fer me from th 1 city.” E. L. 0., ’30.