Sedgwick High School - Comet Yearbook (Sedgwick, ME)

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THE COMET der the exact spot where the ball fleld 1 11OVl Dur1ng the war of 1813 the unken case was used as a fort by the C1 1 ons of Castlne agalnst the Br1t1sh The glants were of a sery cruel and bloodthlrsty race It ssas dur1ng a par t1cula1ls hard w1nter that they ate es en the1r WIVQQ and chlldren They alvs ass kept the ammals kllled off vs1th1n a hundred m1les of the1r home One sery stormy n1ght as they were returnxng from an unusually success ful hunt1ng and f1sh1ng tr1p among the coastal 1slands the1r huge raft vs as 'fotalls destroyed and they them sels es were drowned The tremendous amount of game and flsh they were car1y1ng at once fell 1nto the bay form mg a small 1sland It attracted eagles for many years unt1l noth1ng remalned but bones mud and earth whlch the eagles used 1n bu1ld1ng the1r nests of the part that the eagles had 1n 1ts formatlon but few people know that 1ts foundat1on vsas made of the bones of g1ants Frederlck Brown 42 CAPTAIN SNOW Captaln Snow sat on the porch of h1s small cottage the smoke from h1S p1pe curllng lazlly around and around and f1nalls d1sappear1ng 1nto the cloudless sky As he looked across Deacon s Pomt to the small lslands ln the d1stance h1s m1nd wandered back to the tlme when he was Captaln of the sessel Betsy ln h1s m1nd s eye he could p1cture the vs1nter when he and hlS brave crevs of tvs enty men crossed the Cape It vs as a stormy w1nter lndeed fF0SSlHg the Cape was nearly 1m poss1ble and only Wlth the best Sh1pS would the most skllled and bravest captams attempt the great task Th1s ss as the vslnter of 1776 It had been an unusually hard wlnter and few sh1ps had crossed the Cape to br1ng back supplles to the starsmg col on1es As the Betss neared the Cape the vseather vsas nne and only two men were left on watch About m1d n1ght Captaln Snow vsas awakened bs the loud cry of the Hrst mate All hands on deck The men sumped from the1r bunks haullng on the1r boots and sllckers at the same t1me Bllndlng snoss and a blow1ng gale met them as thev scram bled onto the deck Captaln Snovs shouted abose tht roar of the w1nd Lower the sa1ls and keep the boat on an es en course E job After many attempts the sessel vas at last safe from the treacherous ledges As the sun rose the w1nd and snovs ceased as qulckly as It had begun Standmg on the deck sv1th h1s half frozen and neaxly exhausted men h knelt 1n s1lent prayer R1s1ng he looked once more at the w1de expanse of dark mysterlous water that by h1s sk1ll had been conquered agaln But suddenly the st1llness of the scene was broken and the proud thoughts of the Captaln ssere xntcr 1upted bs a loud Cly from beh1nd h1m Asast ye lubberl And are se dream1ng agaln my hearty? Get vour self 1nto the galley and to vsork' The capta1n drevs h1mself up to Iull helght at thlg presumptuous 01 der from one of h1s men But the next mlnute more fully awakened from h1s .. Afs 1 '. ' S ' ll ' 1 - - t Z 1 1 . ' f ' . ' 1 s - ' CK 9 A n V A ' A Y' 1 1 7 1 ' 4 K' K K' ' .. - ' , ca , ,rv 14 N, sv 7 7 1 K , - ' - ' , ' s 7 v v . . . . .. K 7 - - 91 . . , 1 . 7 A 1 7 7 ' . 'v 1' Y , A A A1 A A 1 A Y -1 I . . 1 N I - 1 1 - T A Aw . A c . . is sf . 1 I A, , I , A A . . . . ,, V . . . 1 ' . sf- Th1S name Ea le Island remlnds us er member of the crew was on h1s 7 7 ' . 1 . n v 1 . K 1 4 r v so 1 A 7 A. l r A. K A , 1 1' ' ' , V A A A , Y Ak 41 41 if ' - . , e I A ' I A .1 1 - , A is ' kv 1 'ks K. ' . , . A ' 7 1 ws ' 4 A AA 1 . K , . , , 9 1 1 . ' , - X ' 1 K ' v . ' f ' U v 1 l V , u as l ' ' AL A, 1 . , , , . v . U - 1 1 w ' Y yy . V. . ' . Y . v 7 7. . .A 1' ' '- sc , H 7 ' . . . ' . 1 1 l ' Y . . ' ss' x as ar - . ' 1 11 A - .Q 7 1,

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THE COMET flom me Runnlng h1s hands through hls h 111 xx 1th a xxxld gestule he started to 1 1xc cxcltedlx about 1 theory xx hlch he h 1d been xx orklng on for some tlme I1om some leadlng xx hlch he had done ln th :ld mustx l1bra1y he had Come to Deluxe that thls leglon had been the haunt of a once famous plrate The next mormng found us armed xx 1th a compass and a couple of spades on our xx ax to the place xx here the kull xx as found Startlng on the edge of the beach xx here the flrst clue was found xxe took the f1rst bearlng and folloxx ed It to the face of the DFGCIDICQ After much huntmg the Professor found a perfectly engraxed goat on the fl It su1face of the stone By noon xxc h1d found all but the final clue We vxcnt back to the old stone house fo1 somethmg to eat The Professor other clue spent the Whole hour scarchmg through the reference books Ill the old llbrarx Suddenlv he came upon the plctule of an old plrate hold mg., 1 spx glass to hls eye and he rea llfed that thls xxas the mlsslng l1nk Forgettlng about our lunch xve rushed b 1ck xx 1th a telescope and by pomtmg It IH the propel d1I'QCtlO1I a skull stood out xclx plamlx at the base of a bw 111116 Aftel much hard labor xxe felt our padcs str1ke somethlng solld about flxe feet doxxn IH the ground We soon h 1d 1 lJ1g'1I'0l'1 bound chest uncox ered On the qulte xx ell preserxed l1d an other kld goat xxas calxed We HOII fled the dLltl'lOI'1tl9Q at once and then prled ofl the l1d to behold a Qlght of gold s1lx 61 and 1exx els set 1n an ornate Spalllsll stxle In the mldst of the treasure xxe came 11pon a faded xelloxx manuscrlpt xxorm eaten but stlll whole enough to be lead 'We spelled out sloxxlx the feeblx craxxled letters I Captam Iudd xx 1th the remalnder of mx crexx salled lnto thlS harbor the 7th dav of June 11180 Pursued by an Enffhsh fr1 gate xxe turned and gaxe battle I a lone surxlxed and leaxmg my sh1p peopled only by the ghosts of mx men I stealtmlv roxx ed IH the ex enmg untll I came by the llght of the moon to a large rock topped by a p1ne and there I burled the treasure I shall noxx bar rlcade myself behlnd the rock and Walt for the small boatful of Engl1sh sa1lors vxho are roxvmg toxx ards me to land If I xym the fight that 1s comlng I shall vxoxk out a cornpllcated cxpher uslng the slgn of the kld so tl1 It the treasure may be found l1te1 bx me 01 by those lnformed of the plrate Wlth I could nex er understand why mv f11end the Professor was more elated at the dlscox erx of thlS unknoxxn chap ter 1n the hlstory of Captam Kldd the most famous plrate the xx orld has ex er knovxn than at the uncox ermg of the prlceless treasure Edward S1mmons 42 EAGLE ISLAIND Plobablx ex eryone has e1ther been to or heard of Eagle Island It IS only a small lsland ln Penobscot Bav Wlth sex eral summer houses one store and a hghthouse xxlth 1ts perpetual llght gleamlng and bell rlngmg constantly IH ha7ardous weather The legend goes that thlg small 19 land 19 sald to haxe been formed by glants hundreds of xears ago xvhen Castlne xx as lnhablted by sex eral fam 1l1es of these ASl3t1C glants Thex l1x ed IH a huge caxe xxhlch xx as located un v ' y- ' 1 1 - 1 1 ' 'L1 2' 1 1' 1 1' K1 1 Y L1 1 1 1 ' K K1 1 N1 I 'i ' 1 xl' ' tv 1 1 2 ' ' If S 1 1 K1: U , '1 ' x 3 1 ' ' 1 ' 1' ' r ' ' ' ' - 1 1. 1 ' V ' I . V . 1 11 ' . -1 1 4 1 A ta ' ,, , 1 1 ' . 1 , . r' '1 'Q -' ' 1 1 v ' A ts ' ' ' A 1 , 1 '1 1 T' 1 I-1 1 1 - 1 . , , 1 1 - ' 1 1' 1 1' ' . . . . , 4 1 , 5 5 LY , va v y , ' 4 S V1 L1 . . I I 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1 ' 1 ' a ' - ' 1 'v I v 7 1 . ve 1 . , .. . . . - I 1 1 1 K 1 1 3 , 1 2 ,1 1 1 L1 I b. 1 1 1 ' C 1' 'J 1 . ' f ' A z , 1 x 1 C L 1 1 ' 1- 1 11 1 ' 5 ' 1 ' . , . .. , . . . . ' , ,, tlllflklllg' that he mlght run across an- the spyglass , 1,1 ' ,- 7- . ,' ' 1 ' v 1 1 ' ' r ' - I . . - k. , ' r 2 1 1 . 11 '1 1 - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 7 ' r 1 1 ' 1 1 1 , . .. . . 1 V- 1 1 . . ' I 1 , c 1 1, , . . 1, 1 1 1 ' 1 ' ' I 1. 1. ' 13 I 1 5 v v ' ' 1 11 1 1 q v K l .51 r S' 1 ,Lv K1 D .1 D K1 . K1 'kv 1 . L . - v ' v ' 1 1 v I 1 ' 1 1 1 ' - ' ' ' 1 . , . ' ,1 1 1 1 1 1 '- ' , , , . . , . . n 1 1 5' 1 1 nl v v 1' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1- '1 1 1 ' , ' ' 1 - I wr ' K ' , ' 1- 1 1 ' 1 K1 -

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THE COMET dream he recognlzed the volce of h1s W1f8 He slghed as he moved slowly tovs ard the kltchen reallzlng that though once he had been ln command of h1S ovvn shlp he was now under a more powerful command that of h1s Wlfe Mary Slmmons 44 HAUNTED HOUSE We were l1v1ng 1n and old house Wh1Ch had been empty many years It was located 1n a lonely sectlon of the town whele there were only three other houses that had occupants 1n them Our house had been occupled only three tlmes 1n the past forty years that IQ by real people For durmg those years lt had had one regular lnhabltant the ghost of old Aunt Luce For lt was she who had owned the house many years ago Even durxng her l1fe tlme Aunt Luce had not been an ordlnary per son The story ran that she had been a very beautlful young glrl who had fallen ln love wxth a shlps captaln and he had salled away on a long voy age from wh1ch he had never returned From then on a lantern was always llghted on the porch for the captaln vvho never came back And the 1nhab1 tants of the vlllage never saw the glrl who seemed to have turned ov er mght to a wlzened old lady except for her rare VlS1tS to the store to get provlslons It was also rumored that at nlght long walks were made by Aunt Luce to the shore where she watched partlcularly ID blmdlng ram and snowstorms for Shlp to enter the harbor When vve mov ed Into the house the story of old Aunt Luce had been al most forgotten but lt was recalled to us bv an old lady who came to v1s1t us late one evenmg She entertalned mv brother and me by tellmg us bedtlme storles about Aunt Luce and she wound up by saylng Aunt Luce st1ll l1ves IH thls old house and vvalks nt nlght to find her lonr lost lov er And some tlmes she pl zys the plano th It you see over there IH that corner to lure hlm back across the se IS My brother and I crept up to bed very quletly so that we wouldn t wake up our ghost We lav there shlverlng and finally went to sleep In the m1d ile of the nlght I was suddenlv avs akened by my brother L1sten do vou heal anyth1ng'? I llQt9ll6d lntently and I heard verv falntly from the l1v1ng room the sound a WlHd0VX slammed shut and there was a sound of someone movmg outsxde We heard nothlng more though we stayed awake a long whlle The next day we talked of nothlng but Aunt Luce and her walk of the nlght before We lald careful plans to Walt up that mght to see 1f she would return As our grandfather clock struck twelve my brother and I were hlddcn behlnd the couch 1n the l1v1ng room Agaln we heard the tlnk llng of the plano My knees were shak mg so that I could hardly get to mv teet I made myself look ln the dlrec tion of the plano There was our whlte kltten sh1n1ng1n the moonllght Perch ed on the uppermost plano keys she knocked the screen from the vvmdovv and vanlshed lnto the nlght We dldn t knovx vvhether we vv ere more rehev ed or dlsappolnted at thxs 3I1tlCl1I'Yl3.X of the only ghost story 1n wh1ch vve had ev er partlclpafed Mary Pert 44 10 tl ! A ' n , . . . . . H Q . ' , . . .' 3 ' ' .' 2 ' ' 1- 1 1 , I D . . . s r ' z s 2 ' 7 , , ' 4 'Q 1' ' 1 1 1 17' LL A CL . ' . I 7 ' v 9 1. A . . 1 1 N ' v . . . 1 . I L . Q Q I w 1 v 7 . L L t 1 ' an ', . , ' y A 9 c K ' ' na 3 ., ,. - - - - A. ' v ' ' . . ' ' of the plano belng softly played. Then , ' y 1 K u .1 L 0 ' a a n , , . . . , A A' - C I Y , . , . . A . . V . . o- - a ' . . . ' V - , 1 1 ' L 1' u I u L ' , . . . u . L' L La 1 n . . n . ,L . ' '1 I K 7- Y n . , v Y v N D 1 , . V Y . N I 7 1 Q , , - ' L L , . . . , ' u ' 3