Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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20 THE CHIMES king of the underground people, deep in the earth, to ask Karl ' s aid. it seemed that there had heen grotesque, cloudlike shapes floating around in the air which had told the dwarfs that if they didn ' t give up all their flawless diamonds (there were tons upon tons of them down there) all the people of the kingdom would be killed. Karl had promised to help rid them of these menaces. They were going to descend in a special scientific car constructed by Karl. In shape it was a square box, with retractable wheels and propellers which closely resembled those of an autogyro. Karl said to the men, We ' d better all be getting to bed as we have to get up early tomorrow, and then added to himself, I only- hope that my old archenemy, Banger Closker, is not implicated in this. ' ' The next day everybody was up and at work at numerous odd jobs before the sun rose. Karl, Tony, and Hop Lu ate a hearty breakfast, then jumped into the car. Karl seated himself at the con- trols and gave a signal to the men outside. The men pushed the car over and into the pit. They fell for nearly five minutes before the welcome whirr of the electric motors rotated the huge propellers above them, slackening their speed. A whole hour later they landed with scarcely a bump, as a result of Karl ' s clever manipulation of the levers. They ad- justed their metal suits which they used when under great pressure. These closely resembled diving suits, but were much improved. As they stepped out of the car, they were welcomed by several small men. While they were talking, they heard a moaning sound in the air, and the natives disappeared behind rocks and dived into caves. Karl ran into the car and reappeared with a queer-looking appara- tus which had a cord leading l ack into the car. He turned a switch, and a stream of blue light appeared around one of the shapes; then one piece of the blue light streaked in a straight line right up to the other side of the cave, w iere a wail of pain was heard. The three friends ran in that direction and whom did they find but Banger Closker, holding onto a small box and dancing around, yelling. Karl hit him over the head with his pistol, and he dropped like a log. Hop Lu and Tony were mystified and wanted to know what it was all about. Karl said, Well, when I put that circle of my spec- ial electricity around that shape, it followed the ray by which Ban- ger was directing the movements of those clouds. Those clouds are

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THE CHIMES 19 THE FOUR CLIFFS Margaret Fallon, ' 38 First Cliff ' T am a cliff mighty and high, No other cliff is as old as I. I at the mouth of the harbor stand With my rich green acres of solid land. Second Cliff ' T overlook the ocean blue. I am higher than First Cliff ' tis true. He is older than I but smaller So I am younger than he and taller. TJiird Cliff My cliff is rough and very high I almost touch the deep blue sky; I watch the ships and clouds go past Over the ocean deep and vast. ' ' » Fourth Cliff I, Fourth Cliff, am very tall Tho ' I may seem very small. By me all the sand boats pass And admire my green, green grass, ' ' KARL ' S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND Theodore Vinal, ' 38 Karl von Hiltzer, the eminent German scientist, stood [reside his two faithful friends. Hop Lu and Tony Siscenora. Hop Lu, a Chin- ese of high birth, had given free use of his wealth in Karl ' s projects in criminology. Tony Siscenora was an erstwhile gangster, who was chief of the mob that was hired by Karl. They stood beside a wide yawning pit that went down miles into the earth. Aliove it straddled a (|ueer machine, a new drill that Karl had i erfecte(l. The reason they had b een drilling the past month was that a small man about one foot and a half in height had suddenly appeared in Karl ' s laboratory. He told them that he had l een sent hy the

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THE CHIMES 21 made up of Pollinium, a newly-discovered substance. He engineer- ed the whole scheme and with his long-range microphone gave his ransom message to the little men. I guess he ' s done for now. Watch those little men go after him. They ' ll tear him apart. Two days later, after exploring the underground world, they rose, the engines using the utmost power they possessed because of the load of diamonds which the little men had given them. THE HARBOR Rosalie Creelman, ' 35 When the moonbeams silver the elm trees Where the wind sings sweetly its song, Then the stars peep down through the stillness As the clouds scud swiftly along. There the soft waves lap on the pebbles, As the sails glide silently by T ' ward the harbor lights, that are gleaming, And the homes that peacefully lie. The sailors gladly returning Hear the chimes that sound on the air. It is then that hearts are made trancjuil For a welcome awaits them there. MARY COMES INTO HER OWN Miriam Smith, ' 36 A huge yacht was fighting its way off the coast of Ireland. There was a terrible storm raging, the wind howled, the lightning flashed and the rain came down in torrents. Huge waves swept over the deserted decks. Down in the salon a group of people were huddled together. No one saw a little girl of five creep into one of the life- boats. Suddenly there was a resounding crash and the yacht gave a lurch. Everything was in confusion. Before the life-boats could be lowered the boat began to sink. Only one little life-boat got free and floated away. The yacht had gone down — another victim of the sea. jj sjc yfi A stranger suddenl) coming in contact with one of the small