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

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THE SEA BREEZE HOLD AT THIQTY' As the sunshine streamed in through the casement window 5ug-room apartment, Sue stirred restlesslv. A thought crept sleep filled brain 'Its my blrthday W And then she set p e said, nMy thirtieth birthday'W The realiz tion of it was startllng to her Queer that 13 of her into abruptly she hadn't recognized the 1H6V1t billty of what it meant Last night she had left Dick at the door and had sald gayly, NThere will be big doings tomorrow nleht Blrthday party for me W He answered, nklght you are Champagne and everythlng ' But that had been last nirht Just before mldnlght, for then she had just been another girl ln her twenties Even D1ck had believed she was'nt day more than twenty flve He knew everything else about her, but she had fooled hlm 1n th t She had feared once that he even knew the truth bout her vga by a chance remark whlch had been quickly covered up, and for days she had been afreld he had noticed She rose and closed the window, shuttlng out the breeze Nh1Ch blew in from the r1ver She stood ln front of the mlrror and re garded the tall, slender, glrl th t Nas herself She was be utiful, but she f9UCl6d non th t she could detect PV1dGUC6S of advanclng years such as shadows under her eves, tinv crows feet t the corners and the falntes SUUUCSUIOH of a second chin Yesterday lt hedlnt matter for then she had been elrl ln her tfentles but HON she was a Nonan ln her thlr les She beg n to vonder Nhv he h d'nt n rrled sure of he self She h d taken hlm for granted fullv lndependf t 'he had'nt been lHdlffLTCHt honestlx loved Dwck Yesterd v Dlck h d lfavs this mornlng he felt un ure of h rself Dlck when she v and h d been wonder reallv be muse she been vall ble, but She h d lw vs looked upon the future U yly nd fe rlessly, but now lt frlghtened her Dlck was two e rs older then she and looked 1t, but he w man, nd men llked to bo st th t at thlrtv two they were Just emervlnv from bov hood She vondered whether he'd stlll w nt to mlrry her when he learned the truth but he w s a Gentleman nd would go through Nlth it lf he suggested For the flrst tlme ln the three year she h d known Dick, she was fearful of lOS1HU hlm ll d X lone ln the offlce sh c rrled thls f ar wlth her She could not dlspel lt vfn when he c lled her that aftfrnoon to t lk gayly bout th blrthd V p rty th t navht She was to wear the saphire CV6HlH9 gown nd Sue kngw th t thls me nt th t he w She wondered how he would take the confesslon Wh1Ch m ke She wond red lf he would be bro d enough see th t she w s th sam s He looked very ble and handsome when he c lled s sendlnv 7 rdenias she knew sae must tolerant enough to for her that night They went to thelr favorlte restdurlnt vhere the food and music were good She toyed wlth her frult cup and promlsed herself she would tell h1m Nlth the next course ll the Nhlle she Nas hoplng desper te lv th t lt would m ke no dlff rence ' . -v , , U. o Sh . A . Q Q . . . 8 ' 0 - . f , 7 ' I I 9 Q ' ' ' ' U I I . . . :. . e . . L ' 0 H Q - y - ' . 1 1, v I V , . . Z' , 1 6 . 73 '. f . it o , A . . A ' . l s,. L , . . . . I 4 A . Z - ' 1 ' Q 1 . a . A . . ,. 1 'W . ' 1 - ' - Q L f we . ' - t - ' -fl - , . . . 1... 1 U A7 ., ' - ' L 0 , -X -' K X.. . , , . Vg .A L 1' 1 9 . , ' I' ' 4 X - . J , ' . . ,- . - L1 4 P4 1 . v rv . f- f. ' ,. ' ' 1 . x an rv O - Q rl ' ,rv -T, v :.- S- . .-.Q S ,, U ' A I' . 1 77 1 e - , 3 . ' t . 9 ' . ,Q W ,X . . Q H ., 3 ::.l . 7 -' . , , , ' ' 1 vt ' '1 7 . ' . 1 rw ' 9 rx 'A , . rw , ' 'H 1. - . , , fl. .. -4 v .. .,, - . ' , ' Q ' i rf 3 fs. A +1 , , C , AL 0 - 3 Fi. 'J l A DQ , 3 3 . . . r A K . . . I fi , L Lo il -1, il e J 'll C. e t -' . . 5 'J :J ef ' 0 1 ' e ' ff f . .. . H -' I. xl 5 0 , 2 l , o - ' ' .A C - .. . 1 . cv ' f ' ' ' Y 1 c' A 0 Q .1 Q ' , ' 5 .9 ' C. - . . . L 1 LA 'L ,j g 1 N 7 . A . gh C O . . V3 . n QL ,D -J ' :A L' . Y . . A - I 1 A .X 'l P 'N , A ' K. ,. .. . ,. c ., '1 . . ' Q4 ' l lj I ' .ej 0 - ' T. ' ' . 3 A ff ' S 'W 'W '1 9 ' ew -1, ,D L . .. . -er . .E V 3 U., . 1 .3 A , , , N ', I ' ' . ., .M . - .A . . . A . J L X ! 2 5 and . a Q a e e- e glrl Q always. ., . , . 11 . -D ,. , . . ,. . . . 4 f' Y , , o l , - e 1 - o . . . . o 1. ' ' . . X A U Ex 1 X ' A ' Y D 8- ' ' Q 'L 3 . Q - .