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

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plole the loxxe1 p1nn1cle I xxould haxe been glad to haxe stayed III the shade but prefelled to scramble among the locks 1nd fallen txecs rather than 1ema1n a chapelone for the txxo loxe blrds Hor tense xx as 1n the lead xx h1le I folloxx ed as best I could barklng mx shlns on stlcks and stumps TFIDDIIIQ., oxer a root Ifell headlong, 1nto a plle of brush Before I could 1180 there xx as an angrx hum and a cloud of xx isps nose from a port1on of the brush upon xx hlch I xxas sxttlng Holtense' Ho1tense' Help oh help' I IDI belng stung to death' I shouted Hortense paused long enough to help me to mx feet 1nd then xxe bolted oxer the mountam llkc a couple of scared rab lJ1tN through brush and oxer ledges and fallcn trees llfltll xxe had left the buzzlng sxx a1m beh1nd By th1s t1me xxe xx ere hlgh aboxe the surroundlng ITIOLIIIILHIYIS and could get a xx1de range of x1exx I stopped to exam1ne the extent of mx 1nyur1es and Hortense pressed damp mud on my st1ngs Then xx h1ch had not been helped by the fall Hortense gazed at the breath taklng pan orama xx h1ch unrolled for mlles around us Oh Emmx she sald To thlnk of the free l1fe of the mountalns How I xvould llke to go to the ROCk19Sl Humph' I remarked And how long xx ould vou l1xe IH the mountams xx1th out laxxs popplng at xou from beh1nd exerx bush and other s1m1lar tr1x1al happen mgs' Besldes the mounatln a1r xx ouldn t be good for your lumbago At thls pomt I bent ox er to get some more cool mud to ddIl'1lH1St6I' to mx sxxelllng cheek xxhen a moxement ln the xalley beloxx caught my eye Hortense do you see what I see? I asked polntmg, exc1tedly There 1n a space whlch I bellexe IS called a cutdown bx the natlxes txxo men were try1ng to subdue a hercelv struggl1ng and klCklIlg box of sex en vears or thereabouts Somethmg, s xx rong Cfled Hortense ln 1 hxghlx exclted tonc We must lnxestl gate Thex re outlaxxs That s vxhat I d say Bx th1s tlme the men had passed through a clump of trees and entered a cave a fexx xards bex ond Soon they both emerged and dlsappeared doxxn a trall up xvh1ch thex had come Are xou com1ng xx1th me Emmyo asked Hortense 1n a gr1m VOICE What arc xou mtendlng to do Hor tense H3.1dIUg9 I demanded I 1ntend to rescue that poor llttle box from those cruel men asserted Hortense Well Im not gomg to be left beh1nd' Thereupon xxe scrambled dovxn the mounta1n slope and were soon near the entrance of the caxe We could hear the muffled crles from the boy xx1th1n Hor tense took her 1exolx er from her stocklng and proceeded stealth1ly tovxard the caxe opemng Wlthln a few yards of It she halted xx1th her finger on her llps and xx hlspered Dont make any nolse If there IS any one 1n there xve ll take them by surprlse So sav1ng she plCk9d up a stlck and gave It to me It xvas so heavy that I could not have wlelded It 1f I had needed to I caxe where she paused to peer cautlously 1nto the sem1 darkness Seelng the boy xx as alone bound and gagged she sald ln a rellex ed tone It s all rlght Emmy Come ln We entered and released the boy a qulckly as posslble The poor llttle chap vxas so exhausted and fr1ghtened he was unable to stand So I took h1m upon my lap and trled to calm h1s fears wh1le Hor tense questloned h1m klndly Don t be frlghtened we haxe come to take xou home He vxas calmer now and when Hortense offered h1m some m1lk chocolate xxhxch she alvx ays carrles as a restoratlve he completelx stopped crylng and tlmldly ac cepted It Haxmg galned hls confidence vxe learned that hls name xxas Charlle HUIIt1IIgtOIl and that he was staylng IH Poltsmouth xx 1th h1s parents for the sum mer He had been coaxed avx ay from the beach bx h1s k1dnappers wh1le the nurse ma1ds attentlon had been dlxerted by a handsome accompllce That had been xesterdax and he had had little to eat s1nce 14 r . 1 K1 1 1 K 7 yu S 1' . 1 an 1 1 4 .11 0 v I . . . 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LITERARY SPEAKING OF MOUNTAINS 'VIARX KEX ES 58 ORTENSE had been carrymg out her program for Better Health and Strong er Bodles by 1ns1st1ng on drlylng to and cl1mb1ng ey ery mountam that appeared on the hor17on durlng our tr1p through Malne Our party conslsted of my older slster Hortense Hardlng my younger SIS ter Patrlcla her husband Beauregard better known as Bunny Blddle Cwhom yye alwavs take along as a bodyguardj and myself Emm1l1ne Hardlng We had yyearllv ascended Katahdm Chase Blue Cadxllac Schoodlc and countless others Slnce none of us glrls yre as voung as yye used to be a n1ght spent 1n the open on Wit Katahdm had glyen Hortense lumba go me one of my attacks of NLldt1Cd Patr1c1a neuralgla and poor Bunny rheu matlSm yyh1ch yyas aggrayated by hls chron1c St Vltus Dance Hortense and I haye neyer felt the need of a male com panlon doyvn the road of llfe Patrlcla howeyer vyh1le st1ll 1n her teens had be come engaged to Bunny but they hyd not marrled unt1l tyy enty fiye years lyter due to the fact that Bunny yy hen 1 boy hul IJ1'Ol'TI1S9d h1s mother that LS long, as she llyed he yyould neye1 marry She h1d passed on about three years ygo so th1s faltllflll couple had recentlv been marrled Be1ng the oldest Hortense naturally took charge of all s1tuat1ons It yyas she not I yyho had engmeered thls trlp 1nd planned the mounta1n Cllmblng It may haye lmproyed my health but I must say that I enyoy l1fe much more slttllifz, on my oyyn front yeranda knlttmg The morn 1ng of yy h1ch I speak she had routed us out of bed at four o clock to cllmb Nlt J yek son yy h1ch she had seen sey eral mlles dls tant the nlght before Wlth no breakfast yye yy ere obllged to bump oy er a ye1y na1 royy rough road to the foot of the moun tam Hortense stopped yy1th a yerk got out and sald brlskly Fmmy brlng the ther mos bottle of gmger tea vye alyyays haye th1s on hand and the lunch basket Patrlcla and Bunny emerged from the onneau bundled 1n robes and blankets Patr1c1a sneeaed and sald Oh Bunny you yv1ll catch cold 1n th1s mountam ur Do yyryp someth1ng around your throat Thls yyas 1mposs1ble due to the fact that he yyas alreadv smothered ln mufflers and syyeaters so she buttoned the collar of hls coat and k1ssed h1m w1th an affectlonate peck Hortense snorted her d1sda1n and turned tovy ard the tra1l up the mountfun Come Fmmy and leaye the loye bxrds to thelr b1ll1ng and coomg she Sdld Our tra1l yy as an old yyoods road yy h1ch looked 'ys though It yy ere yery seldom used Probably feyy people yyere as fool1sh a yye All the same It vyas lovely yy 1th the early mornmg sunshlne threadlng 1ts yy ay tl'1I0llf.,l l the oyerh yngmg branches As yye yy ound 111 1nd out betyy een trees and boul ders Hortense yy IN cont1nually calllng at t8IItIOII to cllffelent specles of plant llfe ind lOCk form 1t1on After an hours ste ydy chmblng yye hylted by a lyrge Hat boulder dlld sp1e1d our breykfast llttle dreamlng hoyy m1ny hours yyould elapse befole yye yy ould e yt agam Haylng nnlshed our repast yye proceed ed on the upyy yrd trul and '1rr1y ed after much Pllfflllf., 1nd pantmg and numerous rests xt the top of the mou11t un It yy ys noyy ne 1rly noon Punny and P 1tr1c11 yy cle content to slt 111 the shade by the llttle bo1l1ng Nllllllg' d1bb1ng the 1cy yyate1 on the11 tlllflljlllllf., pulses 1nd mopplng the11 iushed ficts lll yn zttempt to recoyel' from the cl1mb but after 1dr1nk from the llttle sprmg, Ho1ten e yy 18 re ydy to ey 13 y T C - ' ' r V1 ' ' 1 1 y - x r 1 x f ' ' 1 1 H . 1 v U Y . 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Emmy those men xx1ll be back some txme soon Hortense sald suddenly You must take the chlld back to the sprxng and send Bunnv and Patrlcla xxlth hlm to the nearest telephone Tell them to call the pollce and to send them here as soon as posslble What are xou golng to do? I asked I vx1ll stay here and hold up the kxd nappers when they return Brlng what IS left of the lunch and some xx ater ln case the gmger tea 19 gone Haxlng glxen me my orders Hortense prepared to carry out her part of the plan by Cllmblng a tree OppOSlt6 the en trance to the caxe and settling herself as comfortablv as posslble whlle I set out xx1th the chlld on a tvxo or three mlle tramp Thls prox ed to be no small task smce lt became necessary to carry hlm the last half of the xx ax I returned some hours later haxlng car rled out all of Hortenses lnstructlons It xx as late ln the afternoon and the men had not yet returned Hortense descended from the tree and takmg a s1p of cold xx ater and a sandxxlch told me she had seen the outlaxxs ascend mg a lovx er rldge She had taken the raxx boots and lIlStI'LlCt6d me to do the sxme They xx1ll be here any mlnute noxx she sald I have planned a part for both of us ln the dangerous buslness of hold mg up these two desperadoes She then deslgnated the statxon xx hlCh I xx as to take ln the bushes and turned axx ay before I could protest or assent Hoxxexer I could not desert my dear s1ster IH thls cr1s1s so I concealed myself and xx axted armed only Wlth my crude club A fexx mlnutes later I heard the kldnap pers comlng I could see them but 1nd1s tlnctly because of the falllng txxlllght fand mx swollen evej but I could hear them grumbhng about thexr sore feet and tlred muscles They xx ere quarrelmg too xx h1ch mcreased my fears As thex passed me Icould smell a strong odor of alcohollc bex erages Thls probablv explams xx hy they had left the boy alone and unguard Thex xx ere noxx entermg the caxe xx h1ch xx as my cue to adx ance as rear guard Mx knees xxobbled so that I could hardlx moxe and my heart throbbed so hard my eardlums xx ere falrlv burstlng but some hoxx I managed to take my pos1t1on out slde the caxe Then I xx as strengthened by hearlng Hortense shout IH a blood and thunder XOICS Hands up' and keep them up' An exclamatlon xx h1ch I xv1ll not repeat here escaped one of the men as they drop ped thelr loads and put thelr hands up as hlgh as the caxe would allovx Search them' ordered Hortense hold mg them xxlth her fearful eye as xxell as Wlth her revolx er I dxd not llke the ldea of searchlng these bad men but Hortense s word 19 law so I dld my duty and rellex ed them of such pet ty thlngs as txxo rex olx ers a huntmg kmfe two yack knlves a plpe a can of tobacco fnlthy stuffb a pack of clgarettes some money letters and papers Then I bound thelr hands tlghtly behlnd them xfxlth the raxx hlde laclngs and xve took them out IH to the open When they got a good look at me Wlth mv ha1r ln wlld disorder my eye and other parts of my face swollen and my clothlng torn and solled by the dax s experlences they broke mto the most xulgar swearlng I have ever heard clalmmg xxe xvere manlacs Hortense shovx ed them hoxx ever that she was mas ter of the S1tLl21tl0I'1 by wavlng her rexolx and recklessly polntlng lt at had accompllshed what we had do 1n that the kldnappers xxere noxx 1n ou1 poxxcr but lt xvas questlonable as to vxhether xxe xx ould be able to place them 1n the hands of the law We 1n tended to return bx the trall up whlch xxe had orlglnallx cllmbed So w started out xx 1th me 1n the lead follovxed by the txxo men xxho xxere coxered from the rear bx our dear Hortense her Orlg mal armament supplemented by one of the outl xvxs guns lThe other she had lntrust ed to me md I xxas as much afrald of the dreadful lmplement as of lts oxxnerb It xxas an easy Journey once xve xvere on er xxlldlx them We set out to la u ,' 4 , , ' . v ' Y 5 A s. ' H ' , as , , , . v . , . . , , . . . V . s , t .I . . . ' V I , - ' ' ' Y - I - . ,v 1. 1 V 'K Y 1 V as V ' H , ' A' A ' U r' 1 ' - I 9 . 4 1 gg I ' Y, I ,' L . . Y ' A I , Y 1 I ' ' ,Y , , . . - - v . ' ' Y Y ' ' ' , 61 H . 0 . , - I ' 7. v Y 1 . K ' 9 G ' . Y. ' V . n l I I Q A 7 A , . . .. , , - . ' K7 7 , - . . H . . , . . E . ' 'v 1 . ' . ' ' v ' , . . . A y Y . . L . - ' 1. VI I I 11 yn ' ' J . 7 - I' I . I hide 121011188 f1'0m her HIOUIULHIH Cllmblng by stlngs, my arms covered wlth scratches SK V' Y ' y ,U ,Yi ' ' A y ct . , . , , L' L , K V 1 Y K ' s' -. - ' ' 4 ' ' xx w v v . ' - 1 y ' ' 4 ' 4. 1 ,' ' ' y ,- . . , , V V V. V 4 'Y ' I . 1 y v ' v 4 U4 ' '- '4'. 4 , ' , ,' v 4 ' 4 4 ' 4 - ' 4 x . ' - .I . . I' tv . . V. . Y . . Y . n e y , v. . 1 V Q. K' v Y ' Y ' ' 4 4 ' v 1 ' ' v y I v . I Y I . Q . .. L . , . Y I Y vi I I ' 1 1 4 ' 2 xx' 7- K4 K4 4 ' ' - v 4 4 'x 4 4 ' - v v 2 H - S ' . 4 v 4 - 4 ' 4 N- ' L ' . ed. v4 kv 4 4 Lv I