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

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THE SEA BREEZE 14 And then, while the waiter was opening the champagne he leaned forward and said, NHow's for making this a red-letter day, by promising to marry me right off?W Her heart tightened answered, nI'll talk to you about that later although she smiled as she H It all depended,she knew, on how he received the confession Then the champagne was poured, and he w glass ind he was s vlng UA toast A toast to the sweetest virl thlrtieth birthday s extending his brimming in the world, on her I THE BET ND vid do vou think I'm a old m1ne9' 3 N Every week vou vet your llowanc nd every scolded Mr Thomas, week you sk for more It was the first of June nd D v1d's graduation Just over left his financial condition very low Although David knew his father's DHS1 ness was thriving, he lso should have known better than to ask for more money bec use he always got the stme reply WI don't know where you spend your money Davi Nhy when I was boy I w s lucky to get ten cents a week' NOh when you were a boy,'fhat's all I hear I bet I could leave town with five dollars then he stopped It was a good idea at that, thought David, WAnd return with hundred, I suppose, mocked his father I ughinvly, ifyou could nd return within two months I'd take you abroad for a summer, but those things are only read about ln books, un along, I ve Nork to do David, thinking this was as good chance as ny to see the world surprised his father the next morning when he appeared with his suit case, nd asked for five doll rs Mr Thom s,in bewilderment watched his son swavver down the lane to the m in road nOff to see the world nd make thousandn shouted David to is f ther as he disappeared round the bend in the road Independent and h ppv, David passed without giving him ride, thouvht, and it d1dn't,for prettv David Jlmped board nd they were The man lnaudible to driving s t crouched David and t the s me time pointing out ing nothing D vid turned back Just in time to see the David ctme to sittinv besid the road His head it, and when he felt for his money he found note in nkobin Hood has visits N continued on his wav Two c rs hed but the third tine never fa1ls,he soon r ttle trap ford stopped off over the wheel, muttering something the window See second m n strike had a big lump on 1t's pl oe saying, I . I A . . . 0 r, r . - e ,D , rs ' o f . 1 :,. , A 1 C 0 H 13 ' ' N '- I ,A D o 11 3 S n 3 9 H H -.-.....-..-.1- . 1 L2 , -4 . . o C If Q, D' 2 I e a I a . x . . -. ' T. 3 I D l I Y O I 9 f o N C C , ' ,D fe. ,4 -A 5 C 3 -. f, ff . ' T . , d. , 9 'I a a g . 9 X ' . . K yn Q ' 5 C CD l L ' . ' - IJ . , 1 3 1 . C G - H G . . LA 53 ' , CL I ,A . ' P' r e, me SO Y . H I- ' X 0 . . . . P. n C ,-. ' La 'VA C' 4 G LL , I Q I I l I 1 c' V1 . ft . ' cx N . . el Q fi ' 4 . ' C ' '- 'A IDD '3 . . - a . A a . - h Q . I A Q . I . ' e C . 1 1 T4 A C Q . - . A - V f Q 3 ef . . . 4 ' . . 6 2 .. -L ,A , . ' ' . fn Q , O ' ' V. 4 '- ' U ' ' 1 fu fm A ' 'A '. J. 4 Q X A I . . 3 t h 1 A .4 . 4 Q . . . . - , ' R ,D ' Q . rx . . . . p Q I' fl L. . - ' X ' e' fi o . J . . . A K . . .L n ,D A 'J . . Q 'J F.. . . fv 0 - ' ' Q ' , ' , I 'A u 9 . - f ed.

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THE SEA BREEZE 15 Discouraged David sat there in the sun,milling over in his mind what to do. He couldn't go on with no money, and he felt too proud to go back home. Suddenly across the field he heard a horn Standing up David could see a short man wlth a red plaid jacket and knlckers on, Slttlng on the runnlng board of a car, blO'1Hg the horn, walklng around the car, slttlng down, then blowlng the horn agaln Inquisltlve and w1ll1ng to help Davld crossed the fleld and inqulr ed the trouble The llttle m n peered around the c r and then sat heavlly down l3V1HU hls troubles one by one before David in Q Whlnlng volce H had a flat tlre, his ch uffeur had left hlm stranded is he continued David bevan to wonder The car represented money but the man was cer teinlv 1 contr st as he sat there huddled on the runnlng board Mr Black 15 my name, ended t e man Wh 's yourson HDav1d Thom1s,n replied D v1d, startled by the abruptness of h man HJust the man I'm 1OOK1Hg for Vou wouldn't conslder b8COm1nU chauffeur would you, Davld, my boyon asked Mr Black HI would llke to, butn NNo buts about it Flx the tlre and let's go ' sald Mr Black AS Davld steered the beautlful Rolls Royce alone the road Mr Black began ag ln nDr Gwin hasn't given me long to live so I intend to see world before I dle Directed bv Mr Black they entered a drlveway lined wlth b100m1Hg front 'Shall I walt for you, SITOH asked David mNa1t, walt for wh to Thls is where I llve in summe C me, show you your room nd unlforms, also we're leavlng for the south in the MOTHIHQN, called Mr Black walklng tow rd the house wheezlng heavlly as he went Th t nlvht when Ddvld went to supper,the cook save hlm the once over and then became very talkatlve thus ClC3F1Hg the mystery concern lng thls eccentrlc llttle man HMT Black has been QIVGD only three months to l1ve because of lncreasingly bad heart', began JSHHIG, the cook Jhdt became of his former chauffeuron qulzzed Davi NOh, he couldn't stand so much truvellng and he dlsllked Mr BlackQ said JSHDIS UVour Job lS a COmb1H1t1OH Job, chauffeur and companion He is slckly and is rather hard to get long wlth, but vou're young and I thlnk you will crow to llke each other N , O V A f 1. e . , . ' fl c . r , . :A , D . X- . 'I 1 -A f 3 c . . u . fl H H n -li 1 1 ' h - C , I . . ' J a ' t e f . ' . A ' ' O my . . A , . 0 0 ' 1 U , F . A . - ,A p D . .' 3. 0 . , the ' 'N ' A Q .., A J f . G 1. . roses, and at the end, a large white house with roses climbing up the O v - ' n .f' ' a , ' ' .-r. o ' I'll I A A I A 5- Q et O , . . c g 9 . 7 . . ,- A 'LD ' ' ' . . .2 L . I A ' ' X his . u J, , E' . Q L X lc Q mf f , A 2 o f ' . ' - d, . . 4 , L Y . x . . . 9 f o