Sherman High School - Spud Yearbook (Sherman, ME)

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O CD C O O 0 pTf.f-KH-C rCQ 1 x3 FTD PRAIRIWBQGGOOOG O It was a hot, sultry day in early summer and Stephen Colt, better known as 'Steve and HRedH, his bay horse, part morgan and part mustang, were wa uninhabited except by liz ards and snakes Steve and his horse had been traveling way a loss the desert for two days without water He had eaten,the day before, the last of his airtights and was now feeling the pangs of real thrist for water The gray dust covered the horse and rider like a mantle Suddenly WRedH lifted his head and with nostrils dis tended stood as still as The Pyramids of hgypt Then whinny ing eagerly he started off at a fast trot toward a large de pression hardly discernable to Steve's tired eyes After fif teen minutes had elapsed 'Red' came to a sudden halt A fence of barbed wire six feet in height with the wires close to gether banned further progress On the other side of the fence was a large deep lake. The hills and slopes inside the fence were dotted with sheep. Stevc swore roundly and reached in his saddlebags for some pliers. No sooner was the wire cut than a horse came gal loping toward them and through the opening in the fence. Fol- lowing the horse with his eyes Steve saw a horse and rider coming toward them directly in the path of the wild horse. Jumping on his raced madly towards the other see his the girl horse he rider. He could now only hope was to before the other horse did If he d1dn't she would be tramp led to death Just as the girl was about to be killed Steve's las air and the wild horse stopped up short and pawed the air frantically Now that the danger was over steve looked more close ly at the girl whom he had mir aculously saved She was very small and clad in high heeled cowboy boots, blue demin over alls, a black shirt with the sleeves rolled above the elbow and a black Stetsen which rested on a mass of blond cur ly hair that reached nearly to her shoulders Her deep blue eyes looked steadily towards him Suddenly they filled with tears WHow can I ever thank youon she sobbed. WOh, that's all T1ght,n Steve replied in embarrassment Here was the girl h had thought about lying awake late at night, whom he had dreamed about after falling asleep. 'Did you know there is a large reward for the person who could catch Prairie Boy? That's the horse's name,H x - plained the girl. 'I am Pat- ricia Ann Lane and I suppose you're Steve Colt, June West - ley's cousin aren't you? Thus was the introduction made Even to this day Steve has not tired of telling how he first met Patricia who is now his wife, and what an important part WPrairie BOYH played in their lives. Mary Bushey '41 o o , 1 o f- R ,2Q,f W ' . x ag . 5 ' A 1 I ' - pf tj! ill, . 9 L If . crossing a desert region which so went sailing through the S ' ' ' - o n . . ' U . . n - ' g . O 3 . . , - . J . . 1-1 ' ' . l H -I. . . . 0 I . . A- ' I 1 I . V e e I