Thomaston High School - Sea Breeze Yearbook (Thomaston, ME)

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THE SEA BREEZE WIt won't do any harm to try, here we gon and she drove in e driveway Betty hopped out and, flndlng the door unlocked, sl1d it back Just then the raln came down ln torrents nWhat a lucky break that we could get in here' But now that we're here, let's look the place over,N sald Ruth, as they got out of the cdr and looked for an entrance to the house from the barn A door at the rlqht caught Betty's attentlon and strolling over to it she trled lt, found lt unlocked, and called to Ruth that she had found a door leadlng lnto a shed, from whlch they could probably 0 t into the house Nwhy, thls looks as 1f it might have been a carpenter' shop, Be ty, doesn't it9n Buth sa1d, as she BYBMIHBG the shed Grandfather Brown used to be a carpenter, but he and frandmother dled before I was orn Thev lived down hero in Nova qCOtl3 somewhere' 'How interestlnv Wouldn't lt be fun to flnd the house where t ey l1ved'N Nlt certalnly vould but mother felt so badly about thelr dea that she Non't even mentlon them Yau know, they were kllled bv a runaway horse qOmGt1mSS I thlnk that if she would go back would relleve her, but Dad said that she's alwavs been the same wav about it The shock seemed to slmplv stun her Even now, twentf years afterward, I'm sure that deep down ln her heart she 1sn't cured I agree with vou about her comlng back to her old ho If she could see lt, she would get over the shock, then summers it would be a knowing her as I do, that lt would mean a lot to her H By this tlme they had wandered about several rooms downstairs and declded to so upstalrs when they notlced a sign in the window Taking 1 up they read, WThis house to be auctloned, August QW Vhy, that's tomorrow' exclalmed Betty, el love an auctl Let' stick around untll tomorrow and see who vets it I rather like the place, myself It's not ln bad condltlon at all, is it9H UNO, lt isn't at that U The thunder storm was over by then, and they left to find a place to stay over night The next afternoon they went to the house A small crowd had gathered on the front lawn Flnally the bidding started and, as the bids were extremely low, and legglng a llttle, Ruth declded to pep thlngs up, being sure that the chief bidder, a middle sed woman, mould pay any price 'Six hund e she cried 'Seven hundred screamed her PIVP 'Eight hundred ' ' Tlne hundred' ' WA thousand dollars 'W yelled Ruth, without reallzlng what s was dO1Hg Her opponent reddcned, but was sllent lO s ' 0 I a ' O 0 . ' l 0 . . . oe I I . . m S .t ' . ' . W b 5 ' . A . fy A 'Q . Y 1 D! ' u Q h , ' n , , . ' th, K . . . . U . . ' I' D Q U I I Y V vv , f, ' me . wonderful vacation to go back to her old home and friends- I'm sure, t X ' . 17 Ol, . I: Oni 0 n D ' 3 0 . . . 1 .M D I , as . ' . ' r d!N O ' I 0 n , C 1 ' Jlo ' !!!' 'D . I l O 0 0 U - . . , . 1 ' 0