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

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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

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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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he doxx nxx ard slope We stopped bx the Jouldel xx here xxe had eaten oul break tast to fortlfx oulsclx es on the IQIIIAIIIS of the lunch It xxas at thxs DOIIII that the pollce arrlxed on the scene and 1el1exed us of OU1 DFIQOHQIN It xxas totallx dark xx hen xxe 1eached the foot of the moun taln tlred and xx orn Patrlcla and Bunnx xx ho xx ere of COUISC anxlous about us took us to the nearest hotel xx he1e xxe xx cle re CQIX ed Vklth pralse on all sldes It seems that the l1ttle chap xx hom xxe had lescued xx as the son of a m1ll1ona1re and that there xxas a rexxard of 310000 for the capture of the men xx ho had kld napped hlm Th1s xxe recelx ed We gaxe half to Patr1c1a and Bunnx pa1tlx as a rexx ard for carrvlng out thelr share of the plan and partlx as a glft for the trlp to Europe xx h1ch they had been ant1c1pat1ng exer s1nce thex xxere marr1ed Hortense and I d1x1ded the 1ema1n1ng S0000 be tvx een us I bellexe she IS plann1ng to ln xest her money 111 mountaln cl1mb1ng ex tage on a lake not far from mx home and spend the rema1n1ng summers of my l1fe there After the aboxe experlence I am flrmlx resolxed to stay axxay from moun talns THE LOST STORY J 'VIAXINE NOYES 38 HE contmual cllcklng of typexx rlters and the hum of xolces could be heard steadlly durlng the last xxeek before school closed for the Chrlstmas xacatlon A DFIZG xxas to be g1xen for the best short story xxrltten bx a Jun1or or Senlor Exeryone 1n the txxo classes entered the contest wlth much lnterest and exc1tement There had been onlx txxo xx eeks 1n xx h1 h to xx rlte the storles and the last xx eek xx as spent 1n rex1s1ng and correctlng the entrles 1n o1der to have them ready to pass 1n to 'lhs Carson Frldax mormng Mar1e Stanlex sat quletlx by herself at he1 desk looklng sad Only yesterday she had been full of confidence and ln good sp1r1ts And xx hx not' Dldn t she haxe a xxo11derful tale of adxenture vxhlch she had xx11tte11 last xxeek and carefully hld den IH the 1ed QIHIIOHQYX box 1n her dres sel d1axxe1 ' W ho xx ould ex er haxe guessed that fate could be so unk1nd as to let Baby Jeannette hnd the box xx hlCh held the DICCIOUS storx' The chlld attracted by the b11ght and plettx colo1 managed to 013611 It teal the COllt6lltN 1n t1nx 1316098 and st1txx them oxe1 the floor Mar1e asked despanlnglx Whv hadnt Nlothel been looklng after Baby and knoxx she xx as 1n Mar1e s room' Oh xxell that couldn t help noxx so xxhv grumble about P As Mar1e sat there xx atchlng the merrx f.,l0LlIJN an ldea came to her It mlght not xx ork but at least she could trx It and so she took sexeral sheets of paper and her pen and xx ent lnto the study hall Iate that n1ght she xx as xx orklng axx ay 1n her room xxr1t1ng and rearrangmg un t1l at last she put axvay her pen smlled to herself and xx ent to bed Ixrlday had come at last and no one could put thelr attent1on on the mornlng classes Sex eral of Mar1e s classmates stopped at her desk to express the1r hlgh ambltlon ind thelr sxmpathx for her mls fortune She started to explaln about her second story but thought better of It and sud nothlng After all each one had an equal chance of wlnnmg and she d1dnt xx 1nt them to feel sorrv for her 1f she was d1sappo1nted After vxhat seemed l1ke l1ou1 the afternoon sesslon xx as called to c1de1 111 the maln room The facultx xx as present and after they had made sex eral speeches concernlng good sportsmanshlp and the l1ke Mr Mor 1 s pushed back h1s cha1r and came doxxn IH front of h1s desk to face the school He glanced at a sheet of paper ln h1s hand md began Noxx I knoxx xou are all anx lou and dont xx ant to xxa1t anx longer so I take great pleasure 1n axx ardlng the nrst 111116 of S5 00 to Mlss Mdfle Stanlev' Hers ls a xe1x unusual storx and the dec1s1on of the Judges xx as unanlmous Vx hen the oh s and ah s of surprlse xx ere nnallx supressed a 1ound of applause xx as gxx ell the xx lnner Then came the de 16 , 1 v w 7 ' ' f v V ' . , , , , J 1 . - 1. 1 .1 v f v - ' 1 ' 1 11, 1 .1 1 1 ' x1 ' - L l' K- , Y ', ' , D. 1 -1 1 .2 ' 1 v ' A 1 1 v ' . .A ' V 1 I .1 1 ' 1 1 I 41 va v Y u ' 7 K Q . 1 v v4 l Y ' ' ' - 1 1 . 1 , . 1 - v ' ' 7 Q. 4 1 v 1 ' ' ' , . 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