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

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SEA BREEZE 8 Driving at a high rate of speed on the slippery, rain-drenched street, she tried to make up hor mind. Should she stop at the Cen- ter and warn the workers or should she drive on to the Nunitions Factory? Suddenly a truck loomed In front of her. wildly she tried to avoid it, but she crashed into the rear with her right fender. The light car hit a telephone pole and come to a stop. Anne was conseiousof a sharp pain in her side, but the thoughts that were runnin' through her head made her forget it. v She stumbled out of the wrecked ear and rushed across the street to the Center. Gasping for broeth she burst into the Control Room and gave the alarm. Immediately the room became a Bedlam, people rushing wildly about, alarms being given. All the weeks of,trs1ng D ing for such an emergency were put to a test. Sirens screamed and the City of New York was quickly blacked out. No one noticed Anne Hardy, who had quietly fainted, partly from shock, and partly from pain. But before she passed into oblivion she sew'a sight that she would never forget. A young man quietly keeping order in the crazy room. 'A young officer in military uniform with three stripes en his sleeve, being adressed as Uyes sir,n uno s1r,n and Wvery good, s1r.' Afyoung man who looked remarkably like her brother-in-law, Bob Har- ris, then darkness claimed her. when Anne awoke, it was to see her father bending over her. nDdd,N she exclsimed, 'But I thought you were---N nNo,u he smiled, UI wasn't even at that plant. Bob and I were at the Rotary Center at the time, checking up on the Work and wait- ing-for you to bring that fake message. I reached home a few mo- ments efter your mother called you, then rushed beck here.n nBut, but, -- Boblu stam ored Anne. nwhat was he doing here?n NBob is one of the secret military officials sent by the gov- ernment to check up on our defense work. All these sys that he hes supposedly been hunting Q job, he was at the air ort getting date on a new army dive bomber.U Anne just lay there with a blank expression on her face, un- able to say a word. ' Two days later, Anne set up in bed in her own blue and white room at home. ' uJust because someone thought that our own planes were enemy bombers, I have to get three broken ribs. Oh, well, it was worth, it.N She smiled happily at Barbara and Bob. uCan you ever for- give me?N ' ' At Bob's smiling assent, Anne gave a sigh of relief. NFolks,N she announced, Ulf you don't mind, I think I'1l move back into this room. This is going to be a very happy family from now on.W . And so Anne Hardy was tried and came through with flying colors. 'A d 'GleniceiLermond '43

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BEA BREEZE 7 nlt makes no difference. I know enough to make up my mind that any man who has to live with his w1fe's relatives because he can't afford to support his wife, is better off not married at all.N X By this time, the large white house was reached, and no more was said. Next morning, after Anne had departed to hunt for her .Apart- ment, Mr. and Mrs. Hardy discussed their eldest daughter's action. Anne. She's uJim,H Mrs. Hardy exclaimed, nI'm so worried about so hard and cynical and so different from what she used have to be home at Head Q Ls thought to been rest of us nanne has to work gut her own problems just as the do,U Mr. Hardy replied. nwell, there's my bus. I won't to lunch. There's something Quarters.H Mrs. Hardy prepared to go to came into her head--HPerhaps in the Defense work. Then she might way from home.H Anne agreed that time was heavy meet her mother in front las was doing and, by taking rank of ports on any approaching the weeks passed Lieutenant. The planes were mighty important going on down her Defense meeting, a new I could get Anne interested forget this idea of living a- on her hands and arranged to of the Control Center. Anne grew more interested in the work she extensive courses, was promoted to the hustle and bustle of the Center, where re- taken, fascinated her. when a sprained ankle kept Mrs. Hardy at home for two weeks, Anne gladly took on the double duty. 'Jith your name and social background, Miss Hardy,H the Report Center official told her, Hyou will set an example for many other young women tg do this work and we need many more helpers than we have at prcsent.H , Things went smoothly for three days after her mother's slight accident, but one night Mrs. Hardy's telephone call aroused Anne from a deep sleep. NAnne, I'm worried about your father. He hasn't been home all day, and it's twelve-thirty now. He didn't keep his office appoint- ments eithcr, and that.isn't a bit like him. I sent Bob and Barbara out and they are not home yet. There was a report on the radio a- bout an explosion out at the Munitions Plant and he was going there on SONG government work. NAll right, Mother, I'll find him. Don't worry.n As Anne struggled into her clothes, a warning buzz made her look up quick- ly, a blue light on the buzzer--a call from the defense official. She must get down to the Report Center at Planes approaching and they must be enemy called her. It was her duty to report to her father. A little nagging feeling had she had received her mother's message and than she realized. what should she do? once. What should she do? or they wouldn't have the Center, yet there was bothered hor ever since it worried her much more

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sm sneeze 9 ,p w 5. Be wal Qeggrtgd 1, f e M - Q Aflow whistle sounded through the night. Ho opened the door to pass into the next passenger compartment car. There was A deafening olatter of the steel wheels roll ng along the steel tracks that seemed to make the eardrums vibrate. This sound blend- ed in.well with his thoughts and made him all the morelanxious. He closed the door, the platter had ceased. There was armoment of hes itation before entering his brother's compartment. His head seemed to be in a whirl, perspiration had started to come out on his face. His muscles were tense. He pulled his handkerchief out of his pook et and wiped the sweat from his face, then opened the door and stepped into his brother's compartment. His brother, David Brown, was sitting in a chair looking over the morning paper. A snsering smile came over Jimmiee face as he spoke. UI see, my dear twin brother, that you have kept your word, which seems strange since you haven't had anything to do with me after I was kicked out of the United States.W A Jimmie didn't even give his brother a chance to answer him. His hand, which had been in his right hand coat pocket on a small but powerful object, suddenly moved. He jerked out a small revol- ver. His trigger finger moved, the only sound was s short cry from David and of an object hitting against the floor. There was not a sound of a gunshot. He had taken care of everything and had put a sllenccr on his revolver. Persptrntion was coming out on hig face like small pimples, as he moved rapidly. He took all his brother's papers, including the passport to the United States, changed into his brother's clothes, and got off train. at the first stop made by the He would wait a week before entering the United States, he told himself. And as a pastime between that time, he would catch up on some of the ways of his brother and practice them. Although the week was filled with many things which he had to learn, it did not pass very swiftly. And at the anxious to start. Taking the first train North, Inquiring around he found that the Queenn, was sailing for New York. icon Queonn was docked, he got his end of the week he was more than he landed at the border line, New Luxury Liner, N Mexican At the sea coast where the nMex- ticket after examinations of his passport were made by the officers. Just as he was starting up the gangplank, two well-dressed men grabbed him. -One said in a stern voice. HAre you David Brown?n Jimmie answered, Nwhy, why sure I'm David Broun.n . E fig, The other man then spoke up. HLet us see your identifications At this, Jimmy pulled out.his brother's passportwand identification card. The two men looked them over carefully and then said. Uwe are from the F.B.I. David Brown is wanted for the murder of his wife. Oome with us.W s .I S 1 ,Lawrence Chapman '45