Sherman High School - Spud Yearbook (Sherman, ME)

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SUNNY DOEe PI BIT John and Loulse rubbed the t ars aw y br vcly nd w tched dm creaklng old wagon drawn by two lean, tlred hors s st rt along the rough, vlndlng road, Then Loulse turned to the llttle, house where there was s great deal of work to be done nd only hers lf, glrl of ten, to do lt The house was f r out on the pr lrle and there w sn't a ne1ghbor's house ln slght 1U any dlFLCt1OH But Loulse w s a brave llttle pl0DeeP glrl, o she set to work 1nd swept the rough floor There was only one room wltn loft above lt She washed the few d1Sh6S that h dnft be n broken It was mldsummer and terrlbly hot and dry The streams were ll drled up, and the wells were dry, everywhere Johnny's father lad to haul water for many mlles to water the llve stock When h1s father after water Johnny would usually go along wlth Sunny, h1s petcolt It was only a year slnce thew had left a nlce home ln the Last to to the pralrle country Here there was none of the comforts of that they had engoyed back 18 the East The nearest town was two drlve away, and now mother was 1ll,and father h d to drlve her to because no doctor could reach them otherwl e Loulse and Johnnl tW1HS and very small to stay alone three nlghts They had tnelr Natch, to stay wlth them, went come llfe days town were dog, had scoled hlm many tlmes for spendlng so much t1me wlth Sunny Bu Johnny had no boys to play wlth so all hls spare tlm was spent th1s way There hadn't been any ra1n for so long that all the grass for mlles across the pra1r1e was becomlng dead and dry NI ought to make a fire barrl r around the house and barn,Nf1ther told the famlly at supper one nlght 'How do you make a f1re barr1er9H Johnny asked Ul'd take the blg team and plow a palr of furrows ln a clrcle away out from the bulldlngs all the y round Then I'd go farther nd plow another palr of furrows Lround Then I'd be mlghty careful, but I'd burn the grass all dff the rlng of ground between the the ln lde furrows and the outslde one Then lf 1 grass f1re c me asweeplngnt would most llkely never get 1ns1de the burned of rlng Plonecrs have to do that every year to be safe,H f ther nswered Johnny d1dn't say anythlng but thought about lt agaln and agaln. Then the mornlng came and father and mother wert to the town to see the doctor. HI'd just feel a lot safer 1f I'd gotten that flre barrler made, but 1t'S early 1n the summer for a pralrle flre, and I canlt do lt now 'tll I come back? father told the chlldren and then cautloned them to be careful about bulldlng flres, Johnny and Loulse were lonely ln the eV n1ngs,out tdey had played ard worked so hard durlng the days that they went to b d early every nlght Mother and father could not get home unell the fourth night The thlrd mornlng was h zy' The sun looked llke b ll of PIFC, and ln the afternoon the wlnd f lt as lf lt were COmlHE out of a not fur n ce, HDo you thlnk lt mlght be a pra1r1e f1re dnmlngou LOulSe asked I' Johnny, a llttle after noon Wdhat would we do? ' The only horse. VT C' A U 1 1 e. ' a a al a a - e . . A 1 1 , J 'U 3 L 1 . . . X . Q 1' A 3 . gi ' .- Av - -i 4- x A v ' ' - . W H a 1 - 'e a . A q. .n . G ,g L. ce ' ' e-. . . . . . . 1 4 I O . n . . , . L. 4 l I S X C . , . ' 3 ,' 'X I 1 o Q- sn - a Io . . . fs 1 fa T 1 fl . . - - ' ' I . . , . . . C . . . i , . 7 ,, . . , ll . I 'I . . . . O . . . . L e ' C. I I ' 3 3 '1 - S L . A , Y . . U . . , . .J T X ' A .I . Now Sunny and Johnny had come to be ggeat frlends. Johnny's fathe F . . . . . , . t . , . A . , , . xii O H . -I f I . . . . A 3 1 4 O . ' r C e e . . 1 O I ' ' 1 , x v O . . . . ' NCL . J Z1 . . x 5' . 1 1- x . ' ' ' o . 1 1 S 'J . . . V . . . . I 3' 1 F . . . , . . W . . 'X 'XK I 1 a a ' . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . I I ' . . , . N 1' A A 4 . . . , . g . F . , , ' C . ' A L lv 3 V .1 T 'S 3 . , L. . U ' K 0 . . , A ., A . Ca g D. u. .L J . . l . . . . 1 0 , A U 1 - a . . . . . . . . 4 I 'J Q '5 0 . ' . y . ' I a

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we have here 15 so slow he could never carry us avay from lt ' John d1dH't say Q word He thought he almost smelled grass smoke The 1orse that father h d left could not even pdll plow through the ground Suddenly he r morbered, Sunny' He could null the ple , exon if he was only a colt Johnny culled to Louise and told her about his idea of m Llnf f1TO barrler by hltehlng tho old horse d Sunny to th plov In the west there were 1ncre Slng s1gns of smoke L d15C fT1ghtGBCd now, too Pogethor they hitched the colt and the cld dorsf to tht plow. They completed the barrier e f ther hed told th r to do After thls mos completed they h d supper zd went to b d slept for uhlle, but soon the dog b gre to b rP and wole them up They looked out nd s w thot the sky ln the west w' glovlng w1+' pralrlo flze UWC better Just stay in the ou ' oul c s 'We m dr the host flro b rrlfr we could They h dn't slept lon' untll th re v s someonf t lhc door Ther ey hetrd tholr f th r ellllng uOpen qd1eL, c ldr n prelrle fire CON1Hb Then tdey l t th lr f tncr 1F nd told hl bout P IY1 lnspected lt no told tee: th t ttey would S fe d for tler to go back to bed wnlle we we t to help flpn t f 1re had left tPC1T mother 1D torn when he he Id bout th fm Q d ys l t r f ther o re horf Thls tlwt It r 4 tt roth 1th hlr Th flre h dr't core llxl' nr 11 s of l 'C 0 Ev r,o e semdtthet tWk1ferm berhdofhphalwmal T H h db,opw rhd mgrgzfg, Q lucy Hnrb habpync lt 15 Elle ovls he fro th store Texces ell c n you b t th t oth r loht rd to e forgotten my Clb rott ls . 1 l1ne El ell 46W D1 1 ' oO c b A keltl Gould: h t dld 7' C t 111 tx 7 wen ,H 's e 1 o lOBTl WY r lfcoat? lTbCtOT3 'F v ueyoe well you vould1't lt our Su ex rge dres to get xet w uld V u? h , C e si Dettle Lu11S sue rs th t she's 1 'tt C t V le r s ' Fld ule 1 CTIL I' C, 'r d c r Cl I d llrC f t L U 1 '1 . ' I , u . I Y 'Q c ' .. ' . J - o '1 - ,a - ' 1 a . o O .L 1 7 0 . 1 AHA ' . . X 0 ' l ' o A .e:' 5 u ' ' ' ' ' ' an K .e J. ' ea ' V ' n o. o - was I 1 I , ' 4 7 I 4' ' A' X .1 S L ' A' A Y 4 Q n A x l - ' M L ' .Q ., Q 1 e sxld 5. f ' - J o uri. ' ui , 1 . . ' . -1 Q u ' H ' QS z' 'og e . . ., I, ' A ' l Q ' h 'se,' L 's aid. '. 2 , . ' ' S, ' .J u H a ' 5 ' e an N Q 3 4 . 1 th 5 ' e' e ' ' ., ' ' bil- e . Ther:'s e - . H . N 1' . I I A It e e' A 'L 'A L l 1 .'m Q' the oi' 'er. Ho '. ' 2.' ilu .R 1 1 l be a an all u f - I 'ln A 1 'fit th: f' . He . l L ' e w - 1' 3 ' A .e 'fr . Two a' 3 e 2 .an A ue. .' 'ui 1 b o'gl A ner w'. 'u. e ' Q 1 4 w ?'n t' ee m' e tae nfuso. o fund ' ' ' X , - ' ' A , - , -- f . L fi ' 2 .on . L , u J 'A ,QQ LL ' - R, un Luv. 3 A ' 0 ' A 'L' r' MA N V, Lam. -1 U74 X r. ,U ,. I . LAW AJ J H ' ' A CM A ' the t he L U 2, s lf Q have f ' . ou G 'es.n P- Sltxnge N ' Wd - '- n . ' l ' ri- A , - 1 - 1, ' 1 . 1 - R S to badg glue L ,e my ,L 1 . Hung sho Sly. ' . . . hetch' Dunno: fbllu had been WH1t1HQ pn H us emersl NY' l kat be ell, G'e z Say what thx dee f v 'ng - L a , n . D' 1 n '.5 e vou had any v ,. U X : I J 1 Wifn 4 Stdf' ' :Q Qcg?u F,v , W ,R at .Q l to v Q ,V Q L O . dx 'N 1.1, I had fry lonlu u M A F . ,V , N A , one . - f ' .-5' r .Q 3 , I- fu-'tr Jo., been kissed by Q 5-Len' A.,,.,,!. .. . EW, ,,, 1qf:b!,,.,,,, 'A' - --- A ,U 0 4- . f, bells Cmdth' Hoo W ' b f ,.- - , N . . , Lu LA V A 'f vlL' 15h -llii 'H'deH L13 rlM'S notner dlcd it lffQRCVon o nag, u gl l weer2 ' ' d bl 11 I lie J'ffS: Uu Yiu :ter shew f 'j if .. 'Url - ..,ft ,.-N ' Tl .U . .V N , , . le l'? t : ' . to Hemel, ln, .M SdQTlMQ 1h study hull tH1S KOTXIY 7 H u A e - e - ' ' fw's ' n H f e D. . M . . e 1 on use lf 1 Glhu L rlt LQQ Mcpyxuldg tics, 1 d t TCP U,-.v- I r ' I. A 1 .Y-V, ,X NJ I v 1, , V H H J... . un.. W-.- AA 4- QA, I-nj NJ.