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

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P I IXKINIXIO R A B she asked The tireman explained things as well as he could while another man yyent ter the eloetor II ride back to him with you insisted eggy I yyant to be yvtth htm poor de tr sat Peggy Ihe doetor eame ind he and Peggy stepped into the train Ihe nreman threw on more wood and the loeomotrye stirred off onee more On their return to Mr Drury they saw Iom sitting beside Mr Drury Peggy rin rom the train to her father Iom yy is afraid something would happen s e sail Peggy leaned oyer her ftth r and spoke soity Iither can you hear me ts Peggy He opened his eyes a little then said e em to go on with the rice III h right He sink haele again uneonsctous Ie looked questionrngly Io H shtole his head that they should continue on Ihe horseman got on his horse the nrernan and enytneer climbed into the engine d Tom and the do tor guided by Peggy carried Nr Drury into the train Ihe doctor wad Hx I his leg temporirtly so they started off rn ourn o t c ast ti Ihrs was lI1e tinil ehance The hors was running t lastest ini the locomotive was at its highest sp el and Im st up with the horse Then it pissed the horse I veryone hegtn to cheer sie ut e gy clappe h h nls w o e tn h won in spite o t t h I happened 'Ihey immediately rushed Mr Drttry to the loeal roomrng house as there was no y were else to gy The doctor then set to work Iom and Peggy yyirtel outsile for mn us hrnk em w a ou e w he J How could they haye gotten aong without you asked Peggy Oh shucks Ieggs anyone could haye done that said Iom blushing Peggy kneyy better 'Ihey yyent to gel some lunch and then returned to er Itther Ihey foun tm sitting up nl ee ing quite we Pe rushed to e ratoe Iom dientknow wettrts moye rn firther or not Vlr Drury be konel to htm ind said 'Iom my boy forgrye me I ye had you yy rong all th time Ihe doc to h s been yep arning to me m sorry r my ietitns toward yott and I de think my daughter Peggy knows how to pick them and he wtnked at her Peggy and 'Iom knew they hal won 'Vlr Drttry turned hrs head the other way o Je k eyy yy it was going on ine Ile eIllleI'el2eI softly to himself lots Hfysttxc s 4 RETURN OF THE OIL LAMP y ltst eeeile Crram did no r e the idea but there rust was no use arguing with thase younger felks She had to spend the winter in town This idea was all against her eonstitutron She certainly was capible a tn ea e o ers er ht nt she got up eyery morning at nye oelock ind e me ht Ieens and the pig' te m ther belore her had managed without t ase molern ways But her worr ine, daughter Vlartha and her husband and chrl dren belreyed y ith the tires of th ear wlal y were that Gr m had better eome their h use in town Ihe pig which had been clutryated from a sque king infant to a grunting olel sow was butchered and put tn cold storage ani Crram elosed the farm till summer But Gram wasnt gorig to depend wholly on her aughters faintly e a ie r about th use lights they haye tn town But Ciram was a pretty p rtrcular nttle lady o sh pa k el her oil lamp She was not going to depend on the pushing of a little button to I eht up a room Bu Grim wis in for a shoek lNyt ory e se e mu tr the yy hole ro uni but there were no glass chrnr n ys to be washe anl this m ant more time to be ttsed tn keeping th house spotless e ehtlelren ef Nlartha were nite ehrl Ir t t the Iours they ept n it wis e0 or stormy t co mth t iram scurrrel around doing the dishes th n mbel the st s str nrye rl Iam as sh t y r r lays ilee yent it 'KGS T 'ie 'T '-7 U THIS Sli RITIS 'I PM ' 1 ' A . 2 fr I ' n' '. well. 'h 'S A 1 . I 1' - ' 1 , Oh, , I It vas at . I--1 d. ' 'f r l'Ie- ,Kj ' K ' , , h, r ' e , e F' , -. ' 5 'ly 4' 5. A r? l' i ' - ' ' sl I--17Ir1i,h. , V A .y ' L, an .rr r te' g -f- f ht rf. any nr, .J ' 3-gg? -I ' ' at ' ' led ktl ' c 'e ' A . SI ' and Iyer ff , I I , H h , K, , A , Y Y' 3 . ' 3' ' ' ' ' ' an 2 ' - I e i r ' ' : . ' 1 '- ' -V' . y ' t : '. ti '1 ' , I , ' I I they' '- . ' . - ' ' - to ag. . h y' g f r h I Ame. T ' ' I- A P I I ' ' . ' ', ' e ' 1 is ' ' ' V' ' K P .1 Q ' I ' ' ' ' I mln as the locomotive came in sight of the finish IOWIIUA il he hens were Sold I0 J nflilhbof and .I m , Ptgy I' d er A 'ith I ' 'Z . , , . i y'. Th' tra' ad ' ' , ' f .ll har , d .' ' ,y She h d y. J ' ,. ' ' Y - . P ' ' f a ' r . s . y'I ' ' ' ' e. ' 'I I I ' I' . .I .t t ' . Tx . ht y lid It I K - . I rg II. III- ' ' ' I lid then lights fI,sh in and on- I I light is-1 an .rr Th ' It I lyk, , h HH ggy I hu M tyrr - I - fr re- t tive if -ter th: n'e. T 'I' ' 'h-h- e 'I If '- ' . ' . r . I' c , It wfs on one of hes: ld Ar, ts hat ' ' 2 ' - eli 1 hir. as the cIo:k uck V - r .1 H c' I ' I . I' . V' fu with her tai p, , e lid e 'e y' night. In '. 3 '. ' 1 ' ' he e. fel y to hel at night. not w'.'t

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fireman stood around the railing The train had one passenger car behind This was wooden looking like a large oblong box on four wheels with the sides taken out It had a roof supported by beams running up the sides It was connected with the locomotive by a chain which allowed a considerable amount of play between them Of course the tracks were wooden The horse was a fine black racer and ex cited to go Its jockey was a negro boy He was dressed in a satin suit of purple and red and his face was already damp with beads of perspiration Mr Drury gave a humph and climbed into the train He was sery dignified tn his manner He lifted the tails of his coat so as not to sit on them and settled back with his arms on his chest Hts air was one of cer tatnty that the train would lose and this whole idea prove preposterous The ttmekeeper raised his gun tn the air and pulled the trigger The shot rang out and the horse and locomottye started off Peggy waved her parasol to her father and also to Tom The locomotive snorted puffed and blew the whistle It looked to the people like a big dragon on wheels A few children cried and clung to their moth ers skirts while others looked on with pride and excitement Ihe train and horse were going pretty fast now 'Ihe trains speed was almost three ml s an hour anl the horse not far ahetd Alter the locomotive and horse hid gone by the grove of trees they were out of sight of the people at the starting place but there were small groups of people here and there along the tracks waiting to see the race. As the train was picking up more speed now it was nearing the horse. Those who could sie. were shouting and jumpng up and down wit excitement. Then as the racers came to another grove of trees the tr'in passed the torss. The men in the train became more excited. for now. once the locomotive had gotten ahead it ctuld stay there if all went we . .LISI as t e train came to a clearing. .1 terrible catastrophe occurred. The driving- axles which communicate th: motion of the coanecting ro ls broke. giving the train a ter- rili: ie-rk then stopping. Nlr Drury was thrown from his seat onto the floor and one of the heayv seats fell on his legs He was knocked unconscious at once Immediately men ran to his rescue Ihey were very much distressed Of all the men on the train why did tt hase to be Sam to get hurt' said one The men pulled Mr Drury from under the seat and carried htm outside Get a doctor someone hurry This man his got a broken leg and cant be mowed shouted one of the men But how can we get 1 doctor said another Its almost four miles back to Rtdgeton and with no horse Vee cant possibly get one near here Irom out of the mob of anxious men stepped Tom Axerv Please let me try my chtnces of ldxtng the engine he pleaded The men scoffed at his idea but the fireman sit lt will do no harm for tm to try Maybe if he can hx the train we can back tt tip inl get the doctor one of the onlookers If we dont hurry Tom grabbed the tool box from the locomo ttse and went to work He seemed to know what to do becaus hed been reading about sttch things tn his snare lime In less than fif teen minutes Tom had got the axle back tn place ind the engine wis ready to go baek for the doctor The horse wasnt tn st ht any where vet The engine st rted off ba kwarls but eottld make just as good lime that way In the meantime the engineer left word to the people that when the horse came by to stop htm ttnttl they could go on again together lhey thought this to he no more than fttr XX hen the spectators. ba:k at the starting ace aw hc tr'in comin towarls thent backwards they were all very much ama7el. l eggy was one of the many who hurriel tip te t e side of the engine to inqu're. XX men r e cliiln't see her fa her in his place. .he w 'rr n : star The fireman wa e 'er tt her at 0 'e. He said in a kind wav. 'Nliss Drury. don't e :fraid now. everything will be all ri tt. our st er as .en ttrt and we came tr a doctor. Oh dear. I was :fraid something 'votild happen. she cried. Haw ious it THE SEA BREEZE PACE TNVENTY-THRTE ' V But the horse will win now. moattel , pl s t g . ' i T 1 h ' t 'l h sh ' t - s ' s , se y tu h tlel lk tl 1 , X lik I ne 5 I li gl 1 h' Y f is h is - is fy ser tt '

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SlA BRI PXCE IXXFNTX FIVE in' till near morning lhtx also got up in the tarlx morning not xxaiting till near noon Crram .axxoke just past midnight Sh htard groaning and noists duxxn tht hall lighting her lamp sht htard tht familx htr daughter Vlartha s room It x at th morning she rtaliltd htr lamp xx as the onlx it t shoxxing t xxas constious ol 1 t hoxxling vxind and tht hail hitting tht xxin doxxs as sht passtd doxxn tht hallxx ax Lpon arrixal at her daughttrs room sht found kflartha xerx all xxith an attatk of appendi titis Htr son in laxx xx as out after a doctor and ambulante 'lhe ice storm had knocktd the lints doxxn The dottor and Vlarthas husband rushed in xxith txxo ambulanct at ttndants lhe ambulanct had slipped off tht road into a deep gullty so fearing timt vti xaluablt thex hurritd to the houst flat d cisitn was made the operation must be ptr forintd thert on tht kitch n tablt xxith onlx rrams oil lamp or light l'ht optratian xx as tompleted sutttssfullx Crram returntd each vxinttr th htr l lamp Sht gaxt an tnough to ust thc tl ttri als but ktpt her amp handx t tnatrgtntx HUNTER S RETURN onaldl urntr xxtll noxxn 'Ntxx o aaisintss naagnatt amtl tarougaout at ai toxxn o als oxtrlx arang stub mrn ' dtttrrnint b sintss mttho ls t t x Ng tt a Slaatrt txtxl lm ooktd xt tht dtcrtpit shotgun 'slt xx as ao t H out tor lats lnspttll xxx dx xtu t at asktd t g r aust ttn tltant l ani xxt oxx as go lookint, axt ri urs ut it xx as Da atst t glimpstl tht ook rapi l x sprtadint xtros rntrs ou t u nl k a spxrrt aat i in ir intt r urntr t tram tht lad n supftr tabl turni a rs Blan hardt said ll go to mx roorra noxx s ufl cl x th gnitx stairs H had brought no tompanaons l aint as in 'Nexx York R l l urntr huntt alont Nlrs Blanthardt laid doxxn her knitting Sht xxas a plump middlt aged motherlx ptr son xxlw dtplortd 'Xlr lurntrs slippers bt aast thtx xxtr a sign o lalintss Sht a xx txs bustltd xxhtthtr it xxas fttding mas: to Abt s dog nondtstript as to brttd ant a tt a xtrx nondtstripi namt Rt! or art a ring a ftast for ont ot o s as Sat ta td at ao rdtrs lxtn xxhtn sht knit t slat bustltd ht Blanthardt homt xx as far hack in tat tountrx so Nlrs Blanthardt xxhtn her laus lxand ditd manx xtars btfort ltaxing htr xxith tlatar xoung son -Xbt and tht rambling old homt had optntd up .1 boarding house S xxt xxont ht so lontsomt sht xx ould tlaina groctrx trutk tamt txxict a month xxita stapplits Iht Blanthardts sldom had a boardtr ttpt n tht summtr and .at tht launli stason Abt noxv a shy gangling youth of stxtnittn had ntxtr bttn .alloxxed to lauiic tor rtasons btst knoxxn to 'Vlrs Blanchardt But xlat promistd him that this year he tould hunt all ht xvanttd so Abt had cltaned lp his lalhtr s old shotgun and vx as tagtrlx xx ait ing lor tht tnd of tht xxttk xx htn ht xx ouldn t kk lil kk 3f lil' l'IlS n'19l Lf ant tlalllt 'U lllx xx on alll tht ntxx lxoardtr Ronald lurntr .1 t! tl' l t X U t I L xx as alxx axs tting xo suptrior xxith his tlll I xs and lattst stx t rifl But ht d gont out r an at N rs llant t s st ms n t said t t xxita tht toun Slat aal htr pina an al out thtst txa aixsxxtrs laoxxtxtr L iallx 1 o o 1 xx x x r tarlx xxiih Rtx xxpping unhipa t xintd t r rntr taxt s no tar x this mornin hat vaformtt fx L HOL L stax around t houst this morning and no' r tx x l urnt s i H kntxx that his txplanation about txploring tht tounti,sal xx as btginning to trax ar auntl tht tdgts xx as also btginning to lttl that both Blantn xr x toiild stt right through his shamnainx' l Hli Q 'Q QEZE .- 13 N ' 2. 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