Thornton Academy - Tripod Yearbook (Saco, ME)

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RIPOD 1 cnc et1c1nf the ITILS he unny old duel-. lnvo YClf5 11111 passed 1nd Bur e IYIII tio s tnf Q I1 o s f 1c 1 ec 1 1 s xx xx s ll f 1 N 1 It CW c 1: I 11 r11111 11t 1 een 111 X e11 v0 s t 111 pret tution wat spots ucre c 1rr nom nc the mor I1 hiner IU W est X 1r II 1 ere 1 e 11011 e ann h1cl 1p tc now ex 1dc Iest ry 1 1 1 1 fed l111d wt f re 111 1 YNLIS 1 1 c 111 f y om o 1 1 1 11 1C 11 espn ia 5 lxrf e 'rew 1rd tor e PIC er of the 611111 tt still not11n1 re ultcd Xt last the Uoxcrninent c e aided to send a hunth of rex e11ue ofh ters into the hills to ro11t them out 'Nix puked men of the secret servite wscrt called to VV 1sh1nf ton Burltf was ons ot then1 'Now boys sud their ehlet this bunch works around the Dry Qreek ICUIOHS which lie in the foothills of the -Xllevhanies and which are thickly wooded how the one that d1seo1 ers their nest is gomv to be mxde chief of the central district in addition to the reward if he captures any of them And remember dont try ind catch them single handed and this means ,ou Burke hu Con1e h tk and 1 et s me ll l om t Q test 0 us 'Now we o '1l e s u ou 1111 111 the setre 1 1 s or 1 the 0 r 1, 1 1 r L10 vwn 1 it 111 l e their IL q111r 1 1 sp1 n we 1 1 anee o meet in 1 lxnoh rx 1111 t r rl1r 1 poss1l1lr tr to xlx 1 IJ' c rut c 1 tlnr 1 ll 1 1 s IH picee ot elo 0114 tov1rf exenmv o the fo111 ne c a r of en ei 1 1 direrty uross te TIXHIC e didn t thlnlt much lliflllt it but thought t e won c inns 111.1 e 1 it mi poss1l1ly be 1 Vcl u1lJ e fox lor 21 16 mw Sc he went uross to the ll and w IS surprised to find 1 f11rly well beaten path leading up to the hole On re 1ch1ngf the hole as he supposed he was further surprised to find that t w1s xlmost wholly coneealed by bushes and w1s much larger than he had thought He vot down on his h'1nds nd knees md erawlecl ln Looking 1rouncl he s1w in the distance about hfty yards ahead an openmg which ap pefxred lil-te daylxght He kept on 'l rl If 'ly l 7 1hs1'. l d li 4 the 1 t . a , ' ' . t P1 'Q' ' g 1 fi ' '. in . ' 2 'Cl ir h- L. f .. .V l ,j 2 5' 1 1 4 ta tl inf l tl: C t t Llc' gg t had passed his J, 2 111121 A ni 2 l had -01 ive the laughing xt 'li 1 li C un- fiec t he one of 1t11-1-1111111ry'.' l -z ling t y. F - 'r xt 95'!'Xll'P 111e11 lxerntisc' of l if 'ill- 'liwo days later they 1' -rr' ut B11 l- ineness z111fl daring. It 119 z1lo1 g tll '1 lm. zz to ' il little to thc- s 11 h '-st 3.lL1j.'. lllfll. 2111 l the 'f1t111t1'yl1z1rl 111 le1.'t 11: Dry C111-vlc. whir'l1 they 1lcrr'icl1'd t 1 Lf Fl r l. .-X11 l tl 1 4 vt' e l nd rnzxli ' 1' hw l 1 t -rs. lr Clin-rt F: . 1 tryi g to l'e 1 't 3 , l111t in spite of sv.: 'rio they 1' pzfrnted h 1re, ' - atv' 're ' , 1 5' .' '2 ,, h F2 l ina: t - I ' Be ld ' eve 4' 'ght at l 1 . 1 fs f 5' H Q 'I - 211 11 1 li 't 3. B1ke c ' 1 rs Lf' 1if W, 2 :Sp Cially Causing Q1 lot of 111.111-1f11ter ol' nttarl-Q cllt?H1 CT1'f?Cli. ki town ' bt ' I e 1 1 ' ' 'Q 'rl sxr- 111'-t 11 little to the riorthenst Dry . Th hsxcl furm -cl El rt-,gulznr or- Crm-li, Qt 1111 il emcl ' -r r l -fy' g th ' II1- hu l lJlTt'!1 on the jolw tm' tl11'm: po tt111 lre. 't't1- 2IU1'4'flNIltxIlt l1e1fl rlfty-1 with: se ting 11 thing, hut X ling f1tli'rc-d 21 large rc-wurcl for the- 1121. url' 111 115 vlues. it th as 1111101-fxled jugs, 11' an ' - t th 1 ggi ng, 11111111 or alive, ',11g1'f-n pnthp 1 d '31 XS ' - thing, 'ill 21 J ? 'll' 2 4 . 'z F th, ,Xf rg ,xp l ' ' 5 f 1 'th li l - gf' ,,. Bt S ' l' ,I day ' . th night he saw l 4 . t ' Q T . f ' S A T, 'f l'- h 1t11 ' 3 l 2 : h 2 . l l . we ' 1 ' ' . 1h'1 h. ' I I ' '-,-1',' 1 ., 1 S ' 'ght 5 'ti 2 'l1l. 1' ' Ill ' '23 i 1 - 'f ' ke . Q1 2 at . l'll A 5. v . . . . v . C i l ' 1 , , .

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THE. TRIPOD lll do that but my name s Ronald Burke and lm from New ersey ust up here to VlSlt an aunt of mme She told me her husband worked over here so l came over got lnterested ln watchmg the cakes go up the chute and walked off mto space Cant swlm a stroke made a grab for a HO3tlI'1g lce cxke hollered and well you know the rest Now ld llke to know who you are l don t know much xl out Marne people but seems to me lve heard that drawl before No son l m not a natlve of Marne My home s ln West Vlfglnla Name s C xrl Morton Now we re well acquaint after these beans After supper Burke helped Carl clean up and then they sat around the tove and talked Do you bunk here all alone by yourself M Morton? mqulred Burke We no not wholly Part of the tlme my bunkey Joe Burns vvlth me and the other part God only knows where he s at He s gone down to Bangor tonight and probably won t be back afore Wednesday Wnll he brmg back a load wrth llll'l'l-3 Well er yes but lt ll probably be mslde of hlm What' Do you mean to say that he can why l thought that thls was a strong prohlbxtlon state Ill tell you son you can find that 1n any state lf you only know where to look for xt Qpeaklng of that lm just puttmg rn an appllcatlon for ClVll Servlce Ex ams That s good' What partlcular posn tlon mlght you all be trylng for3 ecret SCYVICC revenue officer and Revenue officer' Youre fllrtxng wlth dea Here Morton stopped and continued mokln hls old plpe as lf thmklng deeply on ome subject The rest of the evemng was spent ln silence except ten they turned ID and Burke slept llke a log all mght sleepmg untll eight the next mornmg whlch was Sunday Mor ton had been up sxnce sux and had breakfast all ready when Burke awoke Well howd you sleep son3 quired Morton Fme' replled Burke washmg lnmself They sat clown to a break fast of ham and eggs after whlch Burke a1d that he must be off as has aunt would be worrylng They shook hands warmly on partmg and Burke left hls address saylng If ever l get the chance I want to try and repay you for savmg my lxfe That s all rlght son but l sure hope you ll never have the chance Wlth thls Burke left thlnklng over to hlmself just what Morton meant by I6 .. - , . .. . , Y J - .l ' , ' M v . Y , . . y - n O 1 lt. I I I , . . - . . - . '.. i ' , ter.. k . Q , , U . . I th-.. 1 ! tl l ' ' ' ' X I . u IV 5 . , , - it O . ' 1 . v n Q 1 1 , , . s g , I . 1 Q . I ' . . s . Z . . . - . . . ed, shove on them boots and let's go for an occasional speech by Burke. At 1 g . y L ., 4 I , . l ' S h Y . . , ru . n . . u , v ' . H in- .. nga? y . .. . . y - ' , , is -' . ' w. , 1 r N , . s , . Il , y . , 1' n 1 ' - , . OA I 7' . . . Y . . . .

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