Sumner High School - Spindrift Yearbook (East Sullivan, ME)

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THE HARBOR BEACON sald the 3d lnstead of the 5th Volunteers And so that IS how the story got lnto the newspapers 1 knew that lt would almost klll you when you found It out but there was no help for It I thought I would be exchanged but I could not get the chance bo two lonfr years haye draw fred ayy ay and hnally sprlng came, and wlth that came the surrender of Lee and Iackson Two weeks ago the prlson doors were thrown open and I made the frreatest haste to get home And although I am weak from the lon0' conhne ment IH prlson, the cruel war IS ended and once more we can hold up our heads and say that our country IS the land of the free and the home of the brave, And now mother, lf you Wlll Get me somethlnv to eat we wlll dlscuss thls later It IS needless to say tllat there was no happler home ln the North that nlght than the home of the Maxwells Mr and Mrs Mlxwell were no longer sad and gloomy' Whlle Elsle no longer had tllat sorrowful look on her face bhe was l00klDg folward to a happy llfe and let us hope that she found It , but afterwards whenever the Wal was mentloned to her, she always shuddered when she thought about the tlme she read that Nell had been shot as a spy Alton Robertson, 312 Far from the Woods and Flelds of Marne CA Clan Exerclsel The hllls were Just befrlnnlnfvtoreflect the llrst brlght rays of the rlslnv' sun The cattle ln the barn were Just beglnnlng to stlr and mournful lows could be heard -lnd the IIPSD drowsy crow of chantlcleer was rlslnv' on the stlll alr of the beautlful dewy Tune mornlng A balk IS heald and then the door of an old low f lrmhouse opens Thls farmhouse lS sltuated on a mound and from lf,S SVIDIIOWS there can be seen the long stretclles of rlch meadow land and ln the dls tanceablue pond surrounded by a luxurlant grow th of plne and firs The house was prob ably bullt ln olden tlmes by the early settlers of the llttle Vlll30'6 for lt was of the old fashloned type, low and rambllng It may have been palnted once but the snows of many wlnters and the tears of many weeplng Aprlls have removed every trace of color The front plana IS covered Wlth a netyy ork of IVX and woodblne and smoke lSJl19l3SU1I'tlI1g to curl stralght up towards the blue sky from one of the Wld8 brlck chlmney - I' he door opens and there on the threshold stands 1 ,younfv glrl of about fifteen years bhe IS tall and stl ll fht as 'ln arrow Her dark halr falls ln a tangled curly mass to her walst, and spflrkllng mlschlevous grey ey es peep from be low her locks Her face 1S tanned by the New England sun for she scorns to wear a hat, and on her cheeks ale roses not less pmk than those that grow by the wayslde In her small blown hand she has a shlnlng tln pall and on leavlng the house she proceeds to amoment to frollc and to talk wlth the dog whlch IS much dellghted to see her and whlch shows hls appreclatlon and pleasure by Jumplng alound and wa0'0'ln0f hls bushy tall as he glV6S now and then a sharp balk So the glrl and dog COI1tll'1ll8 down the worn path We watch and see them enter the plne grove and before us IS a cle-lr bubbllnv sprlng, a small stream from whlch Goes prattllnfr down to the pond The glrl stoops and takes a drlnk of the clear water then she hlls her pall I suppose I ougllt to hurry back and help mother wlth the breakfa t, but lt s such a glorlous mornlng Y My but lt,S good to be RIIVB l Well I m golng o take a llttle row to get up my appetlte N Accordlngly she Sklpb towards a small boat house and soon appears wlth some paddles, then pushlnrr off the small canoe she starts It IS truly a most chalmlng plcture whlch IS before her There IS the small clear pond wlth ltfS sandy shore covered wlth WhllG6 pebbles worn smooth by the lapplnv' of the water The sandy shore merges lnto the forest wlth lts thlck bushy DIDCS and hrs and spruces and sprlnkled among these are the graceful rnaples Now at thelr best are the blrches wlth thelr sllm whlte trunks and Iuxurlant green tops Thelr new 1 1 I g ' n I L . ' In 7 . 5 Y. V V . . . - . K I . P, v 1 .' I V r ' I g . ' ' C n ' U5 u, P' n n, , ' C I 1 Y tv , ,, , . . ,, . . . , . . cs e ' . ' ' . . . , ' . . ' 1 . . ,' : ' ,, ' . . . . . . K, . . .1 A P 1 . ' . za 5 V v ' I or - 79 ' on. . . . v I l ' ra ' . . 4 . 2 ' ' 9 ' nl 0 c n re . 1 1: ' E a Q . . - ' - V ' . y -f ward the plne grove by the pond. bhe pauses L ' . , . . t . Y 4 l u J , l - ssl 7-7, ' V . . Y . . CBB B e . y ' , 4 ' 1 . .....i0......... K ' I9 n ,B r, 1 . 0 A I V . - ss . . . V I Y . .a . , . . B .ve ' 9 ' E, . fl . Q . 0 n Q s ' 7 l -, - I n . ' . . g . v Y ' ' . . I . . ' ' u, , I . . Q za 1. c Q . . . , . . W , 4 ew . . . P5 ' 'w w V I - '

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THF H ARBOR BF ACON Nllss Grant, who were lonvrnJ for hrs return, were satl fled as long 'rs ther reeerwrd the rev ular letter Ther usufrllr recelrel a re r words from hrm ewers two or three weeks but there came 'rtrme when the letter drd not arrlwe Four, flve, srl: w eeks passed rw ry and how can Iprcture the ferr end frnxletx thrt frlled the lrerrts of the Nllxwells ln thrt httle flrm house funonv the green ll s o New IIIIUQN lllf' rrrrllx tllree months hld prssed rx rr nrd ll no word from the lrolrt One du nr Iulx NII Nlaxwrll frstened the horse to the w won frnd once lnore strrtc d lor thc st rtrorr to see lf re er rd get ans wolf rom trelr roy sre Irrrrnt had been a eorrstrnt vlsltor rt the old farm house for the plst three months, lrrd on thls hot dry she lr lf me thou 'lr sornetlrnre terrr ble was QUIDU' to hrppen I Isle rnd Hrs Max wel were slttrnff ln the parlor tllrxllllf orer the w 'rr and ltS hardshrps when euddenlx 21 err rrage minute Mr Maxwell, hrs flee bl-rnehed to the lrue of deith, ran lnto the 100111 He held fr southern newspflper ln lrls lrrnd rrrd ll2l.l'lrlI110 It o ,Isle said ead lt ' an llfoered out o the room Ilere, wrtlr 11 lace whrte re deflth opened the prper frnd reld the followrng lrnes N-rehvllle Tenneesee, June 26 1603 Boththe Unron 'lrmy and the w llc le 'North wlll be shocked to hear tlrrt Q'lll'll't Bell Nlrrrwrll rounff ofheer of the 'ld New llampshlre Y olun teers, whrle trxllrfr to obtfrrn 'rn exact lot rtlon of the Confederates, w rs captured todax, and tomorrow mornlnff at NUHIINC lrll be shot as -1 5 DX It was the 22nd of Mu 186r One more lJG2Illl1lfLll sprrrrg had rolls d around rnd tlIl5 tr r e rt hrd brought rejolelnff to the people for the cruel war was at an end Gr-rnt's armr hrd been unrted w ltll Lee s under one llr , rrd the surwlvore of thfrt war were conllng home But those four dark years hrd left then rndrk rll over the country, and ln mam ot the homes there w IS no Jos that dn For eltlrer P1 hrs bfrnd, bon, brother or eweetherrt w rs mrssrrrv and they knew thfrt he had met hrs fate rt tl e front Anlonv the homes where there was no Jox or sunshrne on that brrffht sunnw dfrs was the 'VIaxwells Let Us take il look at them and see what fr ehfrnffe two serrs hare m-rde wlth them Mre Maxwell seems to be frn old ladl now and her face, full of QllCf and w oe rs be gfrnnlnv to be frlled wrth the soft folds th It tell of trouble and care 'VIr Nlnxw ell la no lonuer ln retlxe mln of' middle .we but seams to be r rrrlrr lnlde old bl the trouble brought upon lrrr rome sre rs no on rel the laugrrrlff ered gurl of Ol1fllt00ll slle w lS when lrst we saw re er eus are surrourrdrc bl drrk rres rr spell of eepess nllfhts, rrrd her face IS full of Sorrow and cfrre Illsle wlth Mr and Mr Nlmrwell were srttrng ID the pflrlor as fr Clllll fe drove lnto the xard and stopped Iulsre shuddered as she thought of the carllaffe thfrt two sells before had come lnto the lard brrngrnff tlrrt frtal southern news stranger w alrted and as she opened the door ehe w as met br 'L soldler wearlnff 1 blue lll'1lf0llTl and the laurels of l e pt rln I4 or il moment no word passed between them, then the stlfrnger eard Qoftls Mother, Cllllllh Vou know me ' For rust a moment a look of overwhelnrmg Gxnr pr rse cross rd her face and then the next moment she fell sobbrnff IH the rrms of Nell Naxwell I et us prse over the next few moments and take up the see re aglrn whele Elsle Qilld, hell, don t keep Us ln suepense. pleflse Vl here hfne you been for two xe-Ire W There rsnlt much to tell sfrld Well, the du before I waq cap tultd, 11 Clillllg xonnv captarn of the rth New Il rmpshrre Volunteers dashed lnto the erremres lrnes rn l tr red to lIIl'l out therr ex let positron and tlrelr numbers He was captured and was sl'r0b'1Ct0lflrIlf' to the lrws of war In the en fra'fement the nerrt dry I w .rs eqptured -'md trken to fl Qonfederfrte prrson rn Tennessee A pllsoner crptured bl the lnron -rrmx rn that one rfrement sfrrd tlr1lt the das before the C'IplLrllIl of the 3d New Ilampshlre Y olur teers had been found ln therr camp 'rnd ehot Ilren, of couree, our men thoufr .t rt w ls I rs the pllsoner a 1 . ,- I 3 A. 5.5. . . . 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THE HARBOR BLACON green dresses are prettrest now' tor they are not old enough yet to haye become starncd rnd sporled by the dust and heat of summer B yond the forest, the blue mountarns rrsc to v rrd heaven, completrnv thrs beautrful prcture of nature The quret rs broken only by the drp drp ot the grrl s paddle as she fflrdes alone drrnkrn f rn the pure mornrng arr She porses her p rddlt rn the arr and surveys yyrth speeulatrve eyes the surroundlng scene O lroyv I loye rt all I don't belreve I could lrve anv where but hcre But what rs the use I guess I won t WK t a chance, I m frfteen now and I ye never been out of Marne Oh I guess there s no use worry rn f, I shall most lrkely be here all my lrfe 3' Lrttle drd she know that thrs was almost her last day on the lrttle pond The strllness 1 broken by a hrgh voree eallrng, Peggy Pemfy ehrldl where rn the yvorld are you ' Rrght here, mother I drdn t mean to stay so long, I'll be rrght up I yyas Just takrnv a mornrne row I drdn't know but you had fallen rn You are such a tomboy, I wonder rf you yyrll ever grow up W I guess not, mother, not hrle I'm rn dear old 'Warne any yvay So the mother and daughter went towards the farmhouse on the hrll There, all was bustle and hurry gettrnv' ready for the mornrne' merl After the work was done Pe0'0'y yvent to the yrl lage post office to fret the mornrnfr mul Among the other thrngs w rs an rmposrng look mg envelope whreh Peggy looked rt yy rth r Great deal of currosrty I yy onder yy hom mother knows rn New Xork, she neyer told me she had any crty frrends, Peffffy murmured wrth a perplexed wrrnklrne' of her strareht bl rck brows bo she hurrred home faster than usual and bounced rnto the krtchen where her mother was workrng, wlth a Oh, mother do look here s a letter for you from New York Now, d read rt at once and tell me whom 1t's from The mother took the letter from her dluffhter snd studred the wrrtrnv for some trme then she sa d slowly I thrnk I know whom 1t's from Then she broke the seal and read rt tnroueh once tWlC6 and the thrrd trme , then she swhed and turnrng to Peggy sard, The letter rs from a srster of mme who lryes rn New York She was down here when you were only four years old, so of course you don't remember her For varrous reasons I haye ney er told you about her, one of the reasons berno' that she asked me to promrse that when you yvere hfteen years old that I would let her take you and send you to school I pro nrsed her th rt I would do so '1 ou are lrfteen noyv Pewfy , and she has sc nt for you, so yor. mu t go though I hate to let you II hat shall we do here wrthout our lrttle Peggy ' 3 But I yy on t go I don t yy mt to le rye you and the lrclds rnd the woods and thc pond I don t nt to ut u r r crty sfirnff on y a prtch ot blue sky L you nur t fo 11 rr rn sprtf o tear rr yy rr s rom cyfffy, rer belonrfrnffs wcre prckecl and by the nc yt day yy ls Ll y o o 1 oo1 rlrst loo r her de rr old home, sayrnv urrrlcr her brc rtlr, I m comrn f brck lust as soon rs I c rn lust ln 'ou she went her futher cune to her rnd lrafrded her a small paekr fe, tellrnff her th rt rf she cver ffot so homesrck that he yu t couldn t strnd rt to open rt then 'H 1 Peggy went to the crtv and went to school there and vhen school w ls hnr hed she obtarned a busrness posrtron bhe yy as brrffht and sue ceeded yer y w ell but she could not forget her old home and eyeryr year she would plan that she would save enough money to go home to see her home people But rt was rrnpossrble for her salrry was small, rust enough to lrve on rnd frrrlly the rndoor work and neryous strarn reduced her toa mere shadow of her former elf She kept wrshrno' and wrshrrrff th It he yyere rt home but of yy hrt use yyere yyr hes ' One nreht she was l00lylIIU'0Vt,l her old thrnffs, thrnkrne of home and of Nlalrre and she came to the pack we her frther rr rd Ury en her rnd yy hreh h rd lun forgotten llren she re 1HIT1b0l'Cd her frther s yyords, If ever you get so homesrek that you rust can t stand rt, open thrs Dear old d rd ' shc murmured the trmr has come And so yvrth tremblrnfr lrnffers she untred the strrne and before her wrs r roll ot brlls and a note from her father and mother say rnv This I9 to take our Izttie Ezrl home to us Tears of ,oy hlled Pefrffy s eyes Then she Jumped rp and threw her thrnvs 1nto her trunk and startled her aunt s household the neyrt mornrne' by ex clarmrne' I m gornff home tod ry for a yacatron, I'll be back sometrme, Good bye And she went on the next tram It yvas June when she returned as rt had been when she left and every thrnu seemed the same to Pegvy as she feasted her ey es 1 n the famrlrar scenes The next mornrnfr she mreht haye been seen swrnerng down the beaten path yvrth the trn prrl on her arm eorng for some wattr and 1 mornrng row, the srme as she had done on that June mornlng lone, lone affo Mary Mrlne, '12 y 1 :- A J ' fs ' ' 1 '- 1 1 1 's 1 . 1 1, . 1 1 . v v 1 1 l 1 1 T - 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