Unity High School - Monitor Yearbook (Unity, ME)

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THE MONITOR ened whrsper through the dark Gosh I dont know was the shaky re ply Jrm h ld up hrs flash lrght rn hands that shook He rrr'1dc hrs way cautrously to the srde of hrs chunr In the me rntrrne he gl'1nced nerrously about the room Suddenly a CllSl'l fell from the shelf on the large oldf shroned desk The boys Jumped and clutched each other Jrm St3,IIllNC19Cl I bet there ls someone hrd lng behrnd th rt desk A k who It ls Brll In fr vorce he trred to mrke gruf and corn nandrne but whrch Brll knew was a fallurc he sard Who ls Ito Jrm prompted hlm whrsperlng, Whos be hlnd that deskq Brll dutlfully repeated W hos behlnd that deskr' They walted expectantly No re P Y l'hrs xorcc answer SYYC1 Are ed Brll trrne Jrnr spoke threatenrng Whos hehrnd that desk If you dont Ill shoot A arn there was no all you reallv gorng to shoot whrsper doubtfullv very wlrrte The lrov took the gun rn hrs hand ned erref a he eould wr sh rklrlg, hrnds A moment ot uneertfrrnty followed then he pulled the trreger The shot went rather wlld rnd the bullet hlt a yase whleh errshed to the floor The shock was too much for the boys Thev sat down weak ly rn two eonyenrent charrs and stared at the desk rn open eyed wonder YV1tll hearts that belt wlldly Out from behrnd the wrrtrna desk ran a llttle mouse' ALTO RXCINf IN 1904 The lrlg race was only a week away' Thrs was tte first year the local farr grounds had announced the comrng' of a IBCC between two roarlnr, speedrng rronsters lotatlng around a track rt the amfurm, speed of twenty sex en and a hrlf nlrles an hour' The day before the race whlle I was busy rn nry back yard washrrrg and olllng' my spe eral made Qtandard three cyllnder racer, my opponent Barney Oldfield came rn through the gate Brrney had won DTGNIOUS laclng trtles the year before ln drfferent places through out the state of Idaho and he consldered hrmselt speed bug that could not be l1e'1ten 0 o oe h addressed lne Whrt ye ou he e 1 falc n Ill wager It w o fltteerr nlrles an hour A I anl rather qurck tempered and dlSl1k6 lrelng made fun of I gare hlm a rather sar castle rnswer The result was that he left 1 'lhe hrs, d ry dlwned brrght and clear A torrrd sun pourrng down on the earth below rr ade f1ll1X0llY1f2,' heat waves 1139 from the hot earth It was seyen mrles to the rfrce track, and the du t frlled my eyes as I passed other yehlcles for I had no wrnd shreld as on the modern dl1tOHlObll6Q A brg hoolay greeted me as I entered the gate of the lace t11Clx 'rnd parked rn tront of the grandstand I waxed mv C'lp to my IllE.I'lKlS and Jumped to the ground A my teet touched the soll rt gave beneath me and I found myself rn to the ankles rn sand lhrs wa what we were to 1109 on' As I w ls w 'rlkrng around my llttle car tak IIIL up suer rl nuts that had loosened up on ru to the raee track Ioe Brown c man who w rs to srgn'1l us tr strrt ernre ur nre Ilr asked lf I were rerdy am I swered rn the affrrmrtrye So he told me to get plreed besrde my opponents raeer, NVl11Ch wa '1 hundred feet up the track I er rnked my racer and drove up the track turned around and placed INX nrachrne beslde Oldfields whleh was parked nearest the pole I dr lrked to have mv opponent have adxarrtrge oxer rrre but Brown was already ralslng the pl tol ln the all so It was too late to object As we were both ready we settled down ln our seats to aw'rrt the srgnal for startlng' At the eraek of the prstol both our racers leaped forward from the release of the clutch The raee r rs on tor 1 whrrl of four tlmes around the traek We passed the Judges stand srde by srde wlth Oldfield strll keeprng the lnslde of the track Nerther of Us put all that was ln our ears the first two tlmes around but the thrrd tlme thev were dorm., all they could do I glanced 1 nry peedometer and rt regrstered twenty Y L ..,, Y,.,.,,, Y Y, ,H e, Y , Y r,,, YYY YY Y Y Y Y Y7a,Y-YYY ,Y-Yneg. 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THE MONITOR lx and one half mlles an houl and was lowly cleeplng to twenty seven' Oldfl ld was ralf hls laters length ahead of me as we stalted on the fourth tlme alound but legaldless of the loose sand and unexen glound I was slowly galnlng on hlm at the speed of thlltx lrlles an houl Slowly the tlont wheels went by then the hood and then I had passed hlm lVe WSIB only a l lL1lNllGd feet flom the fimsh llne' Suddenly my englne coughed and stopped I gale up all hope of wlnmng but nexerthe less I thlew ln the clutch To nly surprlse Oldflelds IHCSI also sputteled and stopped leaxlng us both coastlng across the finlsh llne wlth my racel lust ahead of Oldfields We had both run out of gas' Ill lY It was ln the dead of the wlntel exen the sun seemed cold and llfeless as It peeped thlrugh the flost covered wlndows and danced on the carpet of the country parson g In a llttle study sat the whlte halred IUIHISIQI holdlng up a book fol hls eyes were s0 weak that he could hardly read the words IU the llttle black book -Xt noon a torm came up whlch obllterat td the loads wlth snow It was long past dlnner houl when hls wlfe called fome to dlnner Dalld he called agaln but she recelved no answer She went blck lnto the kltchen murmurlng to hclselt He could been a but f01 them fol them he chulch supplled thell eyery 1 llnd loxlng father to thenl lnd glax and thex want a great muslclan has bullt thelr need and been 'Vow he IS old young man to come to teach them ln thelr flne language Why fol thenl he has glyen hls llfe Then suddenly a llttle soft rap was heard 'lt the door She opened It and standlng ln the stolln was a small boy wlth a note ln hls hlnd She took It and read Come at once My brothel IS dylng and w ants to see you fS1gnedJ Maude Carlton She called hel' husband She trled to per suade hlm not to go but he felt It was hls dutv Xkylth tears ln her eyes she begged But why IS It voul duty to go out ln thls StO1lllq Oh please dont go The roads wlll be closed and you wlll never leach the house bx dark Please dont go to nlght 18 To the mlnlster It seemed that hls Wlfe had DGYQI looked as sweet as she dld that nlght as she stood before hlm begglng hlm not to go He then knew what It meant to her She would have to stay alone durlng the long dark hours of the nlght He an sweled hel gently I must not stay here I must go and do nry duty as a younger man would do Wlth that he went out lnto the storm and shut the d00l To the lonely old lady lt seemed that day llght would never come At noon she had gven up all hopes and falllng to her knees she prayed aloud Then the door opened and before she could IISE she felt strong alms about her the face she loxed smlllng and happy was bendmg OWQI hel The pastol felt that he had done hls duty as a youngel man would have done Chlspa Glldden 34 SL NSET HOL R The June afternoon had been warm A I was strolllng ln my rose garden admlrlng the perfect and deep colollng of the latest blooms I became aware that a dellghtfully cool breeze had sprung up from the west Looklng up I beheld the sun ready to Slnk below the horlzon There seemed to be only a sholt dlstance from the IOWQI rlm of the crlmson orb to the skyllne To the north a cloud shaped llke a womans brooch was turnlng to bllght gold To the south crlm son clouds wlth dellghtfully lrregular edges were banked hlgh ln the brlght blue sky I watched thls heavenly beauty for a whlle and then my gaze fell on the near landscape The falnt rays of the sun had found the hlgher places summlts of hllls and tops of trees These were crowned wlth a yellow yell The valleys were robed ln the palest vlolet Then the sun had dlpped below the sky llne Slowly slowly lt sank then It was gone Gradually the clouds lost thelr gorgeous colorlng They changed to a VlVld orchld then deepened to purple and at last became a smoky gray S Y ,,,,,, ,A, ,,,,,, ,ian ,, S' V - ' K. . V V ' 'K ' ' S ' ' ' ' ' -. 1 . . ' ' . ' Q V ' V . . Y ' ' ' ' ., . . . , , . . , V . VA . . ' ' , .. . . . . V V v i Y . . . . , . . . . , ' . V V V, y H X , .I l . ' l ' - ' .v - l Q v Y l 7 ' . 1 4 i V . . . ' ' V Y . . V ' . , , . A '. L. . A I . Y. I . , , L , . . Y . , . . , , . I , . , . vrV ' .f ' 11 ', ' u - 1 L ' . . , L , ' Z1 G. . N . ' - , . . . i . ' . Y A f ' V V , V . t ' . V . , S A S - f - Y . . - . . - 1 t - ,' , . NL v .' u 1 ' ,- xv 1 ' 7 ' S . , . . i , V , 1 ' - I - rl , ' - ' . ' . , . . . W ' ' -N - 9 - I . . . . ' ' V V , ' r r - , . , . 1 i , ' . 1 ' ' -' , K - Z ll .YV .V Y ' 'O N . . ' ' ' lv . . - V l v ' - I . , 1 . l . ' , 2 - 3 , . . 41 , - , - - - V. lv - 4 - . I . L . . . . . , . . - , ' . , , , , 1 H 7 . . ' , , . . , . . . . . . . , . , , l V' . y , . 9 ' , 11