Sedgwick High School - Comet Yearbook (Sedgwick, ME)

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THE COMET xx as Bradlev sat llldklllg plans fo1 anlmal up unt1l 1'1'l1dlI1 fht the captule 01 thlb I m afrald there xx as not much sleep for any of us that mght Aftel eatmg an early bleakfast xve set out 1nto the lungle xx 1th the natlxes xx ho had seen the gorllla the day befole We had ploceeded half a mlle xx hen suddenly our gulde stopped and polnted to the ground xx here xxe saw some tracks a bout the s1ze and shape of a mans bare foot He mformed us that they were made an hour or so ago by the xx h1te gorllla He knew that the xx h1te gorllla had sexelal paths Slmlldl to th1s one through the xungle Thls was what Uncle J1m and Mr Hughes had set the natlx es to work some dlQ,'g'1l'1g a large hole whlle others carrled the dnt 1nto the Junfrle IH baskets 1n order not to haxc a p1le Wh1ch the go11lla could easlly see In a X613 short tlme the nat1x es had made a hole tvvelxe feet deep and fixe feet square Then Uncle Jlm told them to go 1nto the fO1 est and cut some bam boo poles about s1x feet long When the nat1x es brought them back he and Mr Hughes carefully la1d them across the top of the hole whlch thex had dug After placlng them about flxe mches apart they carefully cox ered them Wlth leaxes and stlcks When they had H1'11Qh6d I could hardlx be l1ex e that there xx as a hole undelneath Later xve made four more traps ex actly l1ke the fnst at stated dlstances along the dlffelent paths of the xx h1te gorllla XNhen xxe finally retulned to the x1llage at nlght xxe xxere all so tlred that aftel eatlng suppel we could hardlx crawl to bed Eager to tend our traps xxe XVQIG xxxake cally Bob a natlxe named Ko lmofo and I xx e1e off 1nto the xunglc to xlslt three of the t1aps xx h1le Uncle lxm and M1 Hughes xx e1e to tend the o hcl txxo 't ccmed an etelnltx to me befou xxe lm llv rcxchcd the place where thc hrst tr p xx 15 et Kos1moto told us to st LN behlnd xx hlle he looked xt the trap He retulned IH such a sholt tlme that we knexx xxe hadnt caught anv +l'l11'1 there but xxe xx ere st1ll eXc1ted because there xxere txxo to be looked at As xxe the econd xxe saw mxny strange track whlch KOS1m0tO sa1d were made bx a small ammal called the oryx The olyx IS 1 SDQCIQS of the an mol e trap approached ten lnches hlgh at the shoulders The gemsbok Wh1ch 15 xust another name for the orvx has xerv pecul1a1 horns These horns are about three feet long and rlse almost stralght from the head WVe followed the tracks but thex pass ed dlrectlx ox er the tl ap because the gemsbok was not heaxv enough to prlng lt We xx ent to the thlld trap and al though at some dlstance from xt we could hear manv queel no1ses commg from the hole Bob and I we1e so ex clted that xxe almost xumped 1n our selx es If It had not been for Koslmo to xx e xx ould hax e run so near the edge that the bamboo poles xx h1ch had not fxllen IH xx hen the an1mal xx ent oxel lt xxould haxe crumpled undel ou1 xx Llght and taken us xx 1th them Sex elal shxkes fxom Koslmoto selxcd to calm Lls1J1l1l11dllV at least H1 then looked 1nto the trap and began to l ugh YVe had cau ht he sa1d a mothel p1g and her Iiflllly of ten l1t tlc ones out on the1r mornmg xx alk 18 f . F U B1 ' ' 'g 1- -1 ,1 1 y. , 1 1 ' 1 1 - 1 ' 1 1 ' ' 1 15 1 1 1 ' ' r 1 ' A ' -1 x . 'e ' 151' 11 1 ' T . c . ., , . Y by P A .Q , L, Y . . A . 1. , . 1 I ' ' . , . x 1. sw , - ' Q 'I 1' y' 1 ' 1 L1 1 1 L1 a ' x ' a U 12 . 1 1 1 I 1 x f ' ' x ' .' a 'z.'s, .' 1 1 ' A v 3 L1 , IV sv: -1 , ' 1 ' , A E 1 2 ' 1 ' - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' , 1 1 1 1 1 - f 1 1 1 1 1 7 ,- 1 1 lf, L. , v ' 1' , ' . 1 1 1 1 1 Q Y ' . - 7 ' 1 'I S p , v K 1 y 2 y A1 4 1 . 1 K v 11 1 ki Ax. . s N f Y . kv. 11 D Y 'A1 .' ' 'L , A, 1 7 1 L1 1 1 ' 1 1 I 7 ' 1 1 '1 1 1 ' 1 1 - been huntlng for! Immeehately they telope Wh1ch stands about three feet x ' v 1 ' ' ' 1 ' 1 A L 11 Av 1 n 1 A 1 , . . . , . b 1, 1 ' ' Va ' ' 1' xx L T r . N .1 ' . , . . . . g . 1 - 1 ' ' 1 '. Q j 1 Ss- . 1 7 Y 7 ' ' K ' 1 1 . 1 1 - :S , . . 1 fl r. V X . 1 4 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' v 1 . , ,, , . 1 I 7 ' Y 7 - 1. ' K . . Y . Y C I. . - , 1, ' 1 . 1. ' y ' 1 1 1 . . , . ' Y A I 1 v - 1 ' 7 V - ' 7 ' v y K1 1 . 2 ' y ' 1 17 1 1 1 - 'L y 1 1 1 1 ' 9 ' ' 1x1 A 'A1 1 A1 1 J' 11 1 1 L1 1' . 1- ' 1 1 L1 1 ' 1. X1 2 K1 1 I1' L1 1 1 , ' 1 v 1 1 11 1 1 1 '1 1 1 Y. . , V Y I S k J . 1 , ' k .1 3 f a ' ., g , A , Y v 1 . t .2 . . - 4 Lx Y 4 A S . - f yl I

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THB, COMET w as tblc to speak EIlg'l1Sl'l After that we bought some large canoes 01 dug outs and returned to the hotel Leaxlng our plane ID charge of the authorltles at Calro we set out by canoe down a small trlbutary of the lN1le to the provmce of Rhodesla where we lntended to stay wlth the BI'lt1Sl1 gox ernor It wa 1n th1s proxlnce that the w h1te gorllla was last seen by some natlxes of the Walomba tr1be The natlx es of the tr1be were under Br1t1sh rule but 1n many ways w ere as llIIC1Xll1Z9d as the head huntels and othel cann1bal1st1c tr1bes Along the stream was a seues of raplds but as our canoes were large 1nd w cll bullt and our guldes were expect any trouble We shot forward down the m1ddle of the stream and by the tlme we reached the raplds we were golng so fast that the shores were lust a blur The next moment there was a terr1f1c crash Bob and I along w1th our two boatmen looked as lf we were trvlng to fly for we were thrown out of our boat and landed sex eral yards below 1n the cold water Lucky for us there were no crocodlles 1n the stream' H3V1Hg recox ered from the lmpact and the shock of the cold watel we w aded 1nto the shallows and were soon p1CkGd up by Mr Hughes and the natn es We d9Cld9d to camp here for the nlght Bob and I bullt a fire and drled our clothes Meanwhlle Uncle Ixm and Mr Hughes had put up the two tents and were cooklng supper After supper we trled to fix our dam aged canoe but as there w as a large hole ln the slde of It we hoped to be able to contlnue w lthout 1t The day had been a strenuous one so we went to bed early After I had f1Y6d mv mosqulto nettlng I lay awake llsten 1ng to the strange no1ses one hears on h1s nrst n1ght ln the 1ungle Once o hon roaled near by and 1n 1 few moments was answered by h1s mate huntmg for food farthel up on the h1lls1de As I llstened I thought w hat a small chance one would have of get tlng out of that Jungle ahve after dark We were up at dawn and were soon on our way Uncle Jim sald that It was approxlmately a hundred mlles to the mam ullage of the Walomba Trlbe We traveled sw1ftly stopplng to eat Jlnner and once to watch two glant must have been about fifteen or twen ty feet long Uncle J1m told us that they were probably two old males fvghtmg over a female XVh1Cl'l was h1d mfr IH the lungle One was trvlng, to catch the other s head between h1s e normous 1aws Mr Hughes Sald that lf one once succeeded 1n gettlng hold of the others head he could crush It as 1f1t were paper We watched them unt1l thev sank and we knew that only one would ever come up al1ve The sun was just settlng as we reached the clty or rather the vlllage It d1d not have a populatlon of over a hundred and fifty of th1s number there were 1nclud1ng ourselves but five whlte people The Br1t1sh goxernor told us that as recentlv as yesterday the whlte gor1lla had been seen by a group of natlxes who had been out huntmg VVhen retulmng home they had caught a gl1mpse of h1m hurrymg through the 1ungle Uncle J1m Mr Hughes and the gox ernor whose name ' I 17 , K, . L1 . - L1 ' ' , 1 'K - I 1' ' 1 I' ' I . ' ' I Q o - ' Q - 1 1 1 I v 1 Y ' C . , . U . , . . . I. . . . . , Y' ' . 1'. l ' I , . , Q 4 1 . ,' 1 ' Y I . . . . 1 1 , 4 ' y w . , . . , ' 7 , ' I I 1 I L1 ,Y I' ' II 7 I Il I I I I I, 'Il K fu I D .1 . ' , . 7. 1 1 1 1' 1 , . 1 ' A13 , IK1 A1 1,- 1 1 A1 ' K1 ' Z 1 , ' I ' A1 I ' 1 rf ' sk1lled 1n runnlng raplds, we d1d not crocodlles flghtmg. Theselargereptlles . . Y - s K K l I' I , Y. . Il ' . ' 1 1 ., . . . ' V 1 v . . Y l . N . - .- 'l I D . - S . r I . . Q , . - K 7. r .I y . L, 1 t , , K- ' 1 I 1 v I , 1 . I I , r c K1 ' x I I L1 . . Y I . 1 1 ' 1 l P xi 1 Y u . . , I . . v 1 I .1 . , . Y L . l Y v . . K K ' v I 1 1 1 v ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 7 1 ' J . V 1 v ' . - . . . 7 1 1 l Y ' ' 9 . , 1 . V . c T . . , I . . . . , .

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THF C OMI' T Bob and I xx ent to t 1ke a peep lt the m Suddenlx xx1thout anx Xlclllllllff the edge c1xed ln and took Bob xx1th It Thele xxas Bob lvmg flat on hls b 1ek xxlth foul O1 hxe xoung plgs Flllllllllj., ox e1 hls stomaeh E erx mee IU 1 xx hlle he xxould ICCGIXQ a klek ln h1s rxbs xx h1ch xxould cause hllll to burst out l1ugh1ng He stluffgled to get lp onlx to haxe h1s legs knocked hom under h1m bx the mother plg xx ho by thus txme had become alalmed bx the lntruslon and xx as trylng to hnd a x ax to escape Boon xxlth our help Bob xx as able to get out of the hole VI e let the plgs go and retul ned to camp We found that Uncle J1m 1nd M1 Ilughes had returned as emptx h 1nd ed as ourselx es That ex enlng xxe lad a great t1me teasmg Bob about h1s famllv of plgs Durmg the next xveek vxe tended oul traps f uthfullx but ex erx molnlng IP turned xx lthout anv game The xx hxte gorllla had ceased to be as far as xxe xx ere concerned One mornlng Pob and Koslmoto c1me runn1ng out of the xxoods Thex sald thex had seen the golllla go Into a small DILCQ ot dense yungle Thex had left the guldes sur roundlng the clump and had come b1ek to camp to get Us Immed1atelx Uncle Jlm and Mr Hughes snatched some he 1xx nets and xelllng 101 us to ff lloxx th' x ran 1nto the xungle W hen Bob and I came to the place xx hele he had last seen the gorllla xx e found Un cle Jlm stretching the nets across 1 p 1th xx hlch led lnto the xungle He told Kosnnoto to take all but foul of the gll1CltS 1nd ffo to the other s1de of the bushes to d11xe the gorllla out The lest of the natlxes h1d xx 1th us We had xxalted not more th1n nf teen OI txxentx mlnutes befoxe thele s f IL 1fo11 xumped out of the xungle lIltO our nets 1nd 1n 1 fexx seconds had become so ent mgled Ill the net th It he could not xc A er sex Ll 1l hours of hare xxmk xx1 succeeded m LLIFVIIILK IITI 0 tht xll fe Unele J1m and Koslmoto took 1 ca n f lnr se out 01 Cano to et e 1 Bob 1nd I spent sexelal caxs Ill llllllflllff 1nd t1k1ng Dlttlllts Vx e se euzed exee llc nt DlCtlllL's ot some kmds or stlange anlmals As soon 18 Uncle Jlm retulned xx nth the plane xxe put our xxhlte gorllll abo 11d 1n 1 strong bamboo crate WVe g 1thered 1 good supplx of Illllll xx hleh xx IN to selxe as food for oul gO1llll du Ing the retuln trlp and then set out fol home At the end of txvo vxeeks ot llmost eont1nu1lfly1ng xve re 1ched Nexx York xx hexe xxe dellx ered the xx hlte gor1ll1 to the museum It d1d seem good to be back m Nexx Iersex although xxe had been gone onl s11c months Bob s fath Cl told hlm that he had a SIIIIJFISO f01 hlm VV1 xx ent out to the b1rn Lo xnd lp h wld' there xx LS a vxhole f1m1lv of bfxbx p1gs enxoymg a nlce heartv meal A C FHF QOLILOQUY OF A HAND NIIRROR Oh mx xust hear those gnls com plammg A hard llfe they haxe xxe hax e to xx ash dlshes sxx eep floors etc etc 1fte1 xxe xe been to school all day long les thex haxe somethmg to rom 1bout' Id rathel xx ork all d1x than be used the xxax I 1m II hx onlx thls mornmg Helen got mglx xx 1th her llttle bzothel and thlexx me at h1m Imagme that' Of eoulse I LI leked 1nd she sale O 1 1 , , , 19 1 ' 2 ' 1 2 1 . xx'21.1 21 crash, A huge xx'h t 1 , 1 ll21 2 -' . v 2. 1 ' ' , ' ' 1 -2 1 3' 1 2 'V 1 2 '. 1 ' . 2. 2 1 ' .1 .1 1 11 , .1 1 .1 N ' ' 2 1 2 ' 1 ' , 2 1 1 1 1 1 W1 f 11.1 1 mo 1 1. tt- .1 1 11 12 .1 1 l 11 .1 x' jr 11' 2 .1 1, 1111 ' h' 2 ' , , 1 1 ' 1 1 ' . ' '1 t , -' lwg 1 A 2 I u . 1 1 . 1 11 . 1 5 . . 1' 4 A 1 I I C ' 2 . . g 1 1 og 2 l .1 t . f .1 g th1 j 1 ' .1 .1 1 ulzxne. 2 .1 1 .1 1 1 1 I1 ' L' ' ' , 1 ' 'g2 2 ' '1 '1.11- .1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 Y x I 11 x ' 1 x x I '11 ' 1 ' ' 1 ' 1' 2 1. 1 ' ' . ,H 1 - . -.- . x , ' , , .1 . 2 1' V .1 .1 2 .1 , '. 1 1' . 1 K11 2 ,' 7 . ,y 2 1 ' ' 2 L A ' K1 2 1 - 1 2 1 ' 2 L. . 2 1 - ' 3 -, 2 1 2 .1 .1 1 1 1 . A. . 2x1 , 2- 2 - 'Q .1 S111 -uf 1 1 3 K1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1. 1-' 1 ' L11 . . x Y x S . 2 K' 1 2 , , . ' 2 2 1 1 1 . A' 2 o , v 7 1 I 1 I.. ' l ' X ' l X ' X ' I 1 vu n 3 K' ' K' X I . I ' ' Y 1 1 1 1 1 1 v N. 1 ,v ,J , - J C . 1 fx . . .. . 2 - . , , 1 ' . 2 . 1 1 ' 1 1 . 2 1 1 1 t, , 1 , . . . . 1 '1 2 . 2 .1 . 1 . . . 1, - , e 1 . . - '2 .1 ' 1 2 I . . . , v . 11 I I I ' I , , . - 2 L . , V . . . , 1 C. . 1., 39 , I , N 1 Y HK :lf 1? PF Fl! 2 .. y . 2 n u WY . 2 V , .1 , N .1 1 1 ' 1 U ' 1 1 ' 1 1 P I, Ji' ' . , Y 1 Iv 2 1 K 1 1 ' . . . V , , , , X . l I K . - ,A 1 ' ' v vn -1 I 1 1 1 v 1 ' K K , Y - l . 2 . , 1 1 1 2, : . A1 I Lv I u 1 .181 2 . Z X ' ' ,V K' 1 - 1 7 ' 1 v v 1 ' Z 1 1 H 1. , l. , L ' . I 1 - 1 2 g 2 2 . ' ' 11 ' ' 2j ' 1 2 1' 1 x 1 1 ' '. c Z., . 1 2 C ' . Q Y ' v 'v ' lv n' . g U , ' 1 1 l ' v 1 . vi 1 2 1 v 1. ' 1 1 4 .7 , . 12 ' .J 2 ' - 1 1 1 1 1 D 1 . 1 1 Y. Q ' il