Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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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

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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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22 THE CHIMES beaches in northern Ireland would have wondered at the groups of people standing- along the beach. They were anxiously gazing out to sea. Right off the shore tlie dim lights of a ship could barely be seen. The vessel appeared to l)e in trouble. The storm was still raging ])ut the heavy rain had turned into a drizzle. Finally the ship could no longer be seen. It had gone down. The villagers began to disperse. Two hours later Margaret O ' Malley was awakened by a loud knocking on her door. Hastily getting dressed and placing a shawl around her shoulders, she went to the door. There stood three of her friends, Mr. and Mrs. O ' Hara and Tim O ' Donnelley. Tim car- ried a small girl about five years of age. The child was asleep. And who is the child? Margaret asked Tim. She must have been aboard that ship we saw go down. She must have crept into a life-boat before it got afloat. We saw the boat about twenty minutes ago floating into shore. At first we thought that it was empty but the child was in it, explained Tim. Put her close to the fire and when she wakes up we will ask her some questions, said Mrs. O ' Malley. Ten minutes later the girl opened her eyes. She was a pretty child with black curly hair and big blue eyes. She was dressed in 1:eautiful clothes, and on the little finger of her right hand she wore an odd ring wrought of gold. What is your name, dear? said Mrs. O ' Malley. Mary, the girl answered. And your last name? queried Mrs. O ' Malley. But Mary didn ' t seem to understand. The only thing they could get her to say was Mary. Would you like to stay here and be Mary O ' Malley, my little girl, for awhile? she was asked. Yes, answered Mary. Turning to the others, Margaret O ' Malley said, Of course we will try to find out w ho her people are and return her to them. Eleven years had passed and no trace of Mary ' s peo])le had been found. Now Mary was looked upon as a permanent member of the O ' Malley family and she was liked by all the villagers. Mary often helped her mother, Mrs. O ' Malley, with the sewing which Mrs. O ' Malley did for a living. At present she was mak- ing ? dress for a lady, Mrs. Van York, an American tourist who stay- ed at the village hotel.