Strong High School - Mussul Unsquit Yearbook (Strong, ME)

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THE MUSSUL UNSQUIT M VV V. ,I l It 4 ll. l Emily Webster - Em lilriry Pratt in junior Drama 1333. Oration HJ. Here is the only girl in school who never whispers, chews gum, or eats candy during school hours l?J. She has been in our class four years and she is always ready to help, L'ntil the last year she has kept strictly to her books. This year. however. we fear her mind wanders to Florida. Her favorite pastime is writing up chemistry notes. Orra Mae VVelch - Orra Class Secretary Q33 AJ, Alumni Editor tell, Pre- liminary Speaking t3D, Mrs. Alcott in The Village School Ma 'an1 133. Orra has been with us all through our High School course. She is very stndious and helpful, nothing has ever been asked of her that she has not willingly done. As for a class Secretary she is one of the best. For the past year she has been seen in the company of Colon a great deal. We have often heard the expression- ls that yon, Posie? -connected with herg we all wonder, how come? SENIOR INITIALS XV. - Orra May XVin - Entirely VVorshipful S.--just tal Valetlictorian S. - He 's lah joyful Sport P. - Dana 's Ever Patient R.-Otters Rest Regards I.. - Real liaeily Liked E. lXl.- Extremely Bleek H. C. L.-He's Chief Lord M. W. H.-- Most VVorthy Human V. E. H.-Vance Eats Ham Sample C. E. D.-Condemner fofj Extra Duty G. E. F.-Great Educational Fellow G. R. B:-Glendon 's Really Bewitching R. H. B.-Real Haughty Being B. O. H.-Blessed Of Heart

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THE MUSSUI- UNSQLI Jessie Viola Sample - Posie , Vi Class Valedictorian 145, Class President tlj, Vice President Q35 HJ, Secretary till, Editor-in-chief Mus- sul l'nsquit 1-lj, Assistant Editor LID, Vice President Student Council L-lj, Latin Course, Posie in junior Drama, The Village School Ma'am till, Cheer Leader L33 143- Here we have P0sie a blue-eyed, light haired little miss who carries First honor, a Valedictorian. Al- though she has expressed a liking for blondes, we End that in her cooler moments Burns may be excepted. Her favorite song is, lf l can 't get the Sweetie I want Lord Pity the Sweetie I get land we doj. We hope she carries out her ambitions for they are many. Harold James Spear -- Happy Basketball fill, Preliminary Speaking 133, Orchestra Q31 Q-U, Noisy Flemmings in Professor Pepp CU, Dick Elliot in The Village School Ma'am 131, Treas- urer of the Student Council C41 Class Historian 143. Behold! Harold he lives on Lambert Hill where he can look down on the rest of us. During his junior year we often heard him whistling Who 'll take the place of Mary CD Harold spends part of his vacation hauling corn to the factory. He went to Boothbay last year, there must be an attraction because he's going back this year. 10 A 9 XXV 'lf eggs cw J L, , ,. .

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'l'Hli Ml'S5L'1. t'NSQl'l'l' ll 1-,f .fy E THE LONG KNIFE llli man was rugged in figure and a two weeks' growth of heard covered his tirni jaw. lle sat tracing figures with a short peneil and gazing into the stone fireplace that warmed the rude calvin. tlut- side, the first snowfall was covering the tianadian harrens with a deep niantle. .Xs the nian sat in silenee he thought to himself. lle. -linnny Liarewe, must stay there and keep law and order until he was relieved in the spring hy a fellow eonstahle of the Northwest l'oliee. llis thoughts were rudely interrupted hy a hanimeriug at the door. ,Iinnny sprang to his feet and threw hack the har. The door flew open and in staggered what had heen a nian. .Xeross his face was a knife eut and hlood dripped from his hody to the floor. The policeman stared. llere hefore him was his nearest neighhor who lived ten miles helow and who never quarreled with others. llut farewe stopped staring and began to ask questions. The neighhor. Klordaunt hy naine, hlurted out a story of horror. In the early evening a man had asked him for shelter and Mor- daunt had let him in. .Xfter supper the visitor had suddenly drawn a knife and killed Klordaunt's wife. llefore he could he stopped, their daughter had also lieen killed. ltlordaunt had grapple-d with the strangeia and had heen thrown off hacked and bleed- ing. llaving heen left for dead he had saddled his horse and rode to the nearest poliee post which was -limniy's. at re When the man had nnished his terrihle story he fell from the Chair in which he w as sitting and hefore Aliinniy eould reach hun he died. tarewe laid limi on a hunk and started to get a hlanket w'he'i a sparkle Caught his eye. lle looked again. ilihert caught in the hack of Klordaunt's lieaxy shirt was a hlood stained knife. .linnny seized it and compared it with .inotlier that hung on the eahin wall. They were exactly the same. The Long Knife was at his old work. liiglit o'eloek the next morning found .Iiinmy on his way north heading for a eahin that he knew of on the shore of a lake. two hundrul miles away. llere he knew he would find the l.ong Knife in his winter home. Strange tales had -linuny heard of inen who had gone on this sanie duty and never eonle haek. .Xniong the Indians horrihle tales were told of people lured to the Long Knife eahin. lint duty was duty and ,linuny strode on with thoughts on the foul deed of the night hefore. On the fifth day of his travels he sighted a cliff that he knew as the end of the trail. llere was where all the people of the North Country changed trails, kept away from the terrihle death awaiting them in the eahin on the cliff. 'lirayeliug faster, .Iinuny de- toured the cliff and eaine within four lnin- dred yards of his quarry's eahin. Nearer and 'nearer he Caine. The l.ong Knife was prohahly away from his eahin and jinuny grew holder. lle crept around hy