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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-05-04
CHAPTER NIL.


The Broxt6n ghost stood revealed ia
Mother" Spinman, In That "-e
frightened glance Olivia had u.o" that
discovery. But how WAS She Ia get
this determined old wuHaH. this "E"W-
ed mnatic. away from her fathers bed
side quietly? PcIriticd lay far. help
lessly casting about fer a plan Of ac-
ton that would not react upon her he
loved patient, the girl NAiyrrrd with
renewed terror as Mother Spllman
In a low voice made intense 10y the
concentrated passion "t purpose, en-
tered upon her awful arrai@nmrut
You are ill. Horace Matthews. i'll
unto death perhaps. have been bid
ing my time Before another night
passes over your head yuu may stand
in the presence of your Maker and
your Judge. What win You answer
when he asks you how the orphan has
Jared at your hands. how the son Of
the man who loved and trusted YOU far
beyond your deserts had been treated:
Why has Rufus BroNtou'S son waNcd
poor and you rich, Ilorar" Matthews:
"You know me oh. | see that you
do. for all YOU are staring at ne a. if
you saw Spectcr. You've looked at
me many IL time that way, Horace,
when I've caught you AT som" of your
vicious boy tricks long ago. And |
know you through and through.
laughed when | heard Of your books
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-05-04
FIRST FLOOR PLAN.

kitchen and is provided with double
swing doors. 1t is fitted up with dress.
er, drawers and small closet The
Kitchen has range. sink. boiler and two
part soapstone tubs.
1t has n back staircase, stairs to the
cellar and half sized porch.
There are five chambers ON the second
floor, each room having plenty Of closet
space. The bathroom is wainscuted and
has porcelain enameled tub an earth
enware washout closet and Il china wash.
bowl.
There is a staircase to the attic, where
there is space to finish three rooms.
The trim OF the dining room. library
and hail is luartered oak and of the sec
ond floor cypress
The front door is glazed with hcvcl
plate glass. There is picture molding III
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-05-04

SUSPICION Is CATCHING.

SUSPICION Is CATCHING.
The next days sun had run It's
course. its last friendly service being
To giId with transient glory the top
most branches of the ancient cedurS
that IIankcd the front gate of the Mat
thrWS cottage ON either side They
were Wrapt in twilight gloom when
Olivia opened the gate between them
and stood staring down the road with
unSccing eyes. Or Goyau had just
passed out of sight. He had spent
nearly the Whole day with her father.
She had been rigidly excluded from
the Sickroom They had broken her
heart by telling her that it was her ia
theirs wish.
Her distress was ngitating to the
patient" the old doctor had said, with
pat"rnal kindness, adding. "Sincc YOU
can do no good in there my dear"
with a grave nod toward the SickroUm.
you had better brace yourself by a
long walk"
She had listened to him rcStleSSly,
with a haggard look in her childish
eyes, which had great black rings
around them.
"Will father ever speak again, Dr.
Govan| she asked sharply.
"Spcak again? Oh, yes, He has
spoken. | promise You he shall Scold
you roundly for those white cheeks
and staring eyes before bedtime"
Gle must speak, doctor. There is
something he must tell me before be
fore She gaSped and added in Il
ch1ked voice, did Clarence tell you?''
about that old lunatic'S visit last
nightF or course he did. | saw her
today. She is properly punished, poor
old imbecile-nOt punished. for She did
not know what she was about. She 5
about done for herself, coming up here
in those thin house shoes. Malvina is
pretty well broken up about it an
ollie moved up very close to the old
man and put her claSped hands on his
heart as she said plcadingly, "She is a
lunatic isn't she, Dr. GovanT
Mad as March hare"
"And nobody ever thinks of believing
what lunatics say, do they, Or. Go
vanE'
mot unless they are a little touched
Themselves"
lie had no difficulty in tracing hcl
meaning. 1t was u pitcous plea fol
FAITH i'll her father. WeStovcr had toll,
him of the scene he had invaded with
out revealing his own part in the pro
cceding. But, knowing as we'll as he
dld the old woman's mania, the doctor
had no difficulty in supplying the de
tails.
Poor papa--to think of my not pro
tccting him better"
DR.. Govan pushed her gently towar,
the door. "There, there, child, 20. You
are working yourself up into a condi
ton of absolute uSeessneSs."
'Oh, that will never do! | must no
become useless while father needs he
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- - - - -
has "a. I,f Sou asleep and wandered
uui into th. night. heard her tel
aI.nnt ID last night. oh. il IN" llad "uly
liv,-l luus enough 10 tell uie snme-
tl..ns nsur, ahuut th"sr I'apers. Why
canned get her dreadful words oui u
ny h-ads
Miss Malvlua turned her tear dim
ui,gl -yes away from the dead old ia0e
Ia tie. Iallid Young unr with startling
Sudrisuu,,>.
~pap.r>, What papers:
Olivia stouls.d aud KISSED the plain
facr impulShrly
'-uh. il seems such a monsir"uS thing
TO come here aud accusr her 81 cruelty
when she cannot SAY word ia sell de
frnSr, HUT. then. NO more could Ia
ihrr last night She said that >"Hir.
body lad brought her som" papers That
she meant Ia keep until Tom 'siinr
hack. lat that she had host them. She
said that She ruuld not lu"k i"T lhrin
Ia the daytime brcau>" y"u watched
her ~ closely" Here the poor CEl!d
dropped on her knees and "la>I"d her
trembling hands upon Miss Maivina :
lap. "Oh. what dreadful things ia"
said to papa about thusr papers. iind
them for me. Malyiua. Help ma" 10
lind them before il j. t"o late.
Miss Malyina gathered her into a
mothrrly embrace. Too late for what.
my poor little Ollie:"
"I,rfurr father goes and rann"l tell
me what to-dn with them
MY child. olivia. there ar" u" IA
prrs. Relieve me. il was all the fancy
of a di>urlrrcd brain Mother was
queer for long time hack. / la'"
known il for "a year or two. How
could there Ice any papers of iMpor.
lance to any one ia this little cabin ami
| not know about them: Forget what
YOU heard her say. my child. Let b -
for maught. Is you say, She knows
better now"
[To BE CoNrINUED.l
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% hGaG been hidiHu mn tame"
possible to that puul 10y, You lave
ruined him, and you know il. The
money you have piled UP for your girl
will never do her any good, never,
You have bedccktd her with stolen
jewels, and you know it. You fasteu
ed Iucetta BroNtum'S pearl necklace
about her pure young neck She night
she was Is years old, just the age at
which poor LuCetta died. 1t is Il won
der it did not Scorch the chld'S flesh.
You see, am Old, but | do not for.
get my friends They cull me crazy.
My own girl has joined in the cry
against me. But | lave mind enough
left to remember the things that are
worth rememberuG | remember the
love and gratitude | owe to every
member of the BruXtOn family. | have
tried to serve Thomas. bat his faith in
you was not to be shaken You lost
some papers the night his father died
You did not make Il very thorough
search for them | think YOU pre-
ferred to have them lost. But they
were found and brought to me. Tie
Lord put them as Il weapon in my
hand. | read them. and hid them.
Il meant to give them to Thomas
when he should come of age and your
control of him cease. But lost them.
l think ! know how, but can't say
where. You see, my poor head PLAYS
me tricks sometimes. 1t is not as
serNlceable as it WIS when yen were Il
boy, Horace
"ln the envelope you lost there was
an unfinished letter from Rufus BroX-
ton to his son. went up to the house
at night to give it to him. lie was
asleep, poor laddie. and | twisted it
about some flowers that had laid oven
his fathers picture as my poor tribute
Of love.
"Iou see, wanted him to have that
letter but did not want YOU to know
about it. for then yut would know
where the other papers were. 50 | re
sorted to a clumsy trick to make him
believe there was something super
natural about his getting the letter
AMI then | knew he would hold hi,
tongue. Some time or o,hcr Tom an,
l Will have Il good laugh about tn,
BroXtOn ghost
Il carried all the papers with m,
when | went up to the Hall | wa
afraid to leave them behind. | wa
afraid Malvina would get hold of then
and give them to you. MulyiuQ is u
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]a .!ZHEFRE!ll|$bi

To and from Quebec. Colebruok North Strlt
ford. Lancaste:, North Conway, Boston.
Portland, and all points in the State
OF M"iTc and MARITIME ruviuct>.
In effect lie 4,'bcr !. 1899.
TRAlNE AVE North StratCnrd as fol
lows. Eul rhruak and Bcrvhtr Fails at
10. go q. N. !. Il. t - and 80 r. m
For Cuok>nnre. IUdWtll Junction and Lime
Ridge at 2.l5 y IN.
Fu- Quebec and all points an the OuebtS
Central Nv. 2.l5 p. IN.
For Lancaster go "A IN. and 80 p. IN
FOR Quebec Junction, Portland and East
Sfm points b.31 a m and 81 p. IN.
For Boston, VIA Portland, Il. 80 a m and
. 80 y. m.
SEQ I. EVANS
Vice President and Gen Manager.
+. T. BDOTHBY. G. +. x r. A,
PORTLAND, NF.
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coal bins and the furnace. The front
porch i, of ample size, returning ON the
side in form of an octagou The hail il,
toorcd with ash. aud the platform stairs
are Of ash, with turned and dutcd nrwrI>
and spindle hHIuStcrs IN" hall is light.
ed lay art stained glass windows.
The parlor has large bay IN front and
is connected with the han and library 10y
an ornamental grille arranged for por-
there's. II is finished in white aud gold
and has pretty colonial mantcl finished
in the same way The parlor and tn,
dining room have open frcplac">. tile
hrarthS and facing and attractive cahj.
net nantes The dining room also has 4
large bay window. making this a very
cheerful room. The buffers pantry is
placed between the dining room aud the
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"MU chiid OIiri0 there arc no pdpCrS.'
Miss Malvina'S shoulder, her eyes fixed
upon the dead woman's face. She did
not catch her friend look of startled
aGtUuiShmrnt Her voice was drearly
calm.
"GcS, know. 1t is very good of you.
1t is Just like You not to want anybody
TO know how she talked about father
She said such dreadful things to him
last night"
"Mother up to your house last night.
My dear, you must have dreamed it,"
"Oh, no! | wish had, wish |
had! But she was up there. cannot
tell YOU what she said to papa. |
thought then | could never forgive her.
but She knows better now, and cX.
pect if she could she would ask his
pardon and mine too. She knows now
that my dear father did not ruin
Thomas BrONtOn. She knows that he
Is Il good and true man. | can forgive
her now. | have forgiven her
Miss MalVina forgot her own be-
reavemrnt in pity for the desolate
young face bent over her mothers bed.
She turned comforter.
Yes, she knows better now. You
poor little girl to think | should have
fallen so dead asleep that she could
leave the house without my knowing
I IL. | begin to suspect that she has
Deen dccriving me for Il long time
! \ on know, thn in nnnnln i'm hnr tiy a IN
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That's rl-Ir- NuU are s,s.sl child.
s.. f.ar gH.. aaIE a.rag- -ssu8riaslg,
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pal~ it.f Isl s,-#d O, Tom i'raNlw.
She U.Ull uut Dc Miss MalviUa know
alsuul E.r awful th'u-> thai 'pH'r old
crazy WOMAN" ia.! said lo h"r father.
TEu-r ,t.r WORDS that must newer
find u.lr...r,. sfvnUd time. They
w,r. Geo.. ,'r,aaful. tuu cruel. I"" false.
al,~,'.r,. false, And Yet rhrv haunt
al L.r =rm, s'rrE llavh aId white
COWS i.l,sl f,laJ l,e wvmd,u- their way
luIa,arrl i,g l'.. u.-ht. Ih"ir grurr-
,,l- v.,a.gs hung heavy with lh" prom
Is. 40 "a rich y.r!d All ct the black
AMI ,...,r kline used Go irlru= Ia colo.
uI E4N,an. Nu uur els. had their
lsa.. sA, cuulI distinctly remember
nrag.a. ihc oil Colonel discourse upon
u.r ~asrtmIty III liS uHpurtrd ll"l-
>t.ia> a.. lc.ug rallied hN her father
uu his rAl~Aagau.r 100 keeping such a
fame, lr,pd. she Wuua.H.d who the
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LOVE FINDS / WY.
By JEANETTE n. WALTORTH.

copyright, Is.a, 10y Jcanng,,, II. wa'"or,h,l
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$4,000 RESIDENCE.
Design For an Artistic Home-Nn Al
mIrHblc Plan.

lIopyris't 1850, by GcorE, Hrt.Haas ar h.,e.t,
1000 Fstbush avenue, BrraklnI
In designing this house it was tho oh.
jrct To make convenient, economical
and artistic home, suitable to q suburban
location, for family of moderate means
There is good cellar under the entire
building seven feet deep, with walls hull'
Of rock faced quarry stone, containing a
servants water closet. rs we'll a. the
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all the rooms. The entire building is
sheathed with hemlock boards, put on
diagonally, then covered with heavy
building paper, then with the shingles
and beve siding. The roof, gables and
second story are covered with shingles
and the first story with bevel siding.
Cost to build complete as above specified,
$4,000
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-06-21

A fool tries to pick fly from a
mules hind leg, while wise man
let's out the job to the lowest bid
Window Reporter.
Some men make a bluff at hid
ing their light under a bushel,
when a pint measure would an
swer the purpose just as WE'LL
Madelia Messenger.
If you are subject to headaches
you can console yourself with the
though that you have something
in your head that can ache.-St.
Peter Herald.
When man complains that he
hasn't Il friend on earth you can
make up your mind that he was
trying to borrow money.-Shak-
opee Tribune.
People who start gossip some
times have the experience Of the
boy with a frecracker who puts
his head down to it to see why it
doesn't so off.-Culbertson (Neb. }
Era.
The world has learned many
things. 1t will yet learn that
money is but creation of law.
When it does, gold will be sent to
the rear, as many other thing
have been in the past.-Fairbault
Jeffersonian.
Fire is a great refner and puri-
fer of metals, but if applied too
long the dross as we'll as the sub
stance is consumed. Punishment
is an excellent corrective and re-
formative agent, but if continued
beyond a certain time its true
object is often perverted Weth-
ersfeld Conn Record.
In Africa those who live off OF
other people are called cannibals
but in this country we call them
politicians St. Louis Humorist
A man shouting prosperity
with his toes out, his clothing
ragged, and himself and his family
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-06-21
BUD AND THE DRUMMER.

letter would kill a chicken. Jist
listen and I'll read it to you:
"'Dear Friend Bud:-I just
landed last evening right side up
with care, but unfortunately my
left side is suffering a fractured
rib from the effects of the fall. l
am very sorry to be layed up,
because my time is very valuable
to me as I was in the bunco bust
ness. [ run up against a dead
hard game last week. There we're
four of us in the game. We were
all looking for a Jackpot. Well,
I opened the bet on three aces
and a jack. The other fellows
they stayed and the fellow on my
left he wanted to know what I
had. Well [ drawed another jack,
so [ had three aces and a pair
jacks. I was sure I had him, so I
showed him my hand and asked
him what he had, and he said: 4
got four kings and a CURL I just
let him have the whole pot. Say
Bud, old boy, I'm going into the
green goods business after I get
we'll and see if l won't have better
luck. I was out taking a couple
of weeks ago and the farmers were
looking after me for, a long time.
Say, l bought rabbits foot last
spring and thought my luck would
change, but it would have been
just as well to have bought a pigs
foot. Well, old boy, I'm sorry |
cannot tell you more, but I'm
afraid if l tell you too much you
will know all my business. So
goodbye and don't read any more
till my next. The Drummer
"Say, doc, how is thot fer a let
ter, any way? Amt thot Teller
cuss though? I'd jist like to have
him come down here and help take
care Of them COWS a while. I'd
learn the cuss how to be darn
good DOCTOR
"Well Bud, [ think you had
better keep away from that fellow
d. he will lead you astray. You
are doing quite we'll here, and any
tine l have a sick cow I will let |
you attend to her"
Say, doc, you don't know me
yet. I'm a corker, I kin fix them
COWS all right Roxy.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-06-21

hungry, is not fit subject for
ridicule. But there are lots OF
! them rafting around lose. A
newspaper all the time talking
good times and prosperity unpre-
cedented." and plastered over with
mortgages, unpaid rent bills and
its editor on the ragged edge, is
not a fit subject for ridicule either,
but Of contelnpt.-Burnside (Ky.)
Free Lance.
Some women will climb upon a
dining table to get away from a
mouse, and yet have nerve enough
to marry man whose hide is
soaked with alcohol.-St. Louis
Humorist.
The people who talk without
any thinking and those who think
without talking, always make each
other very tired.-St. Louis HUI
morist.
Judas betrayed his savior with
kiss, and from that hour to the
present day the world has been
betrayed with a kiss. A young
man kisses a maid and makes her
his wife, and as the wiles of Magda-
line and the glitter of wine lure
him away from her side, he tells
her a lie and seals it with kiss
and the young wife believes it.
The son has kiss for his mother
while she tolls for him with a
needle, and in a year the gambling
hell has more attraction than the
woman who bore him. The
daughter has a kiss and lie on
her lips for her mother as she
wishes mother had not so much to
do, while she sits for hours on the
front veranda and reads novels. A
kiss and a smile has been the ruin
Of millions, while kick and
cuff have often made heroes. =
Centralia MO- Fireside Guard.
It is bad business when mans
head swells SO that you can't get
on speaking terms with his brains.
-Lakefield Standard.
A good ending is essential, what
ever be the beginning. It is, of
course, best both to begin right |
and to end right; but, however
one may have started, it behooves
him to finish up correctly.-Re-
fector.
He who regards as rascal
every man who differs from him
has a mind and disposition in sore
need of the kind offices of a repair
shop.-Farm, Stock and Home.
It isn't hard work to love.those
who love us. The rub comes in
loving those who iIltreat and
aespitefully use us. Window Re-
porter.
Monopoly is the parent of wealth
centralized in few hands; public
ownership of natural monopolies
is the remedy for that dangerous
disease. wealth Capitalization. =
Farm, Stock and Home.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-06-21
From Other "Pens''

To choose friends on the basis
of profit and loss is to have none
when you need them.-Free Bap-
fist.
It is too bad that the Ohio boy
in whose brain was found several
quarts of water could not have
lived to become the presidential
nominee of the Prohibition party.
Pioneer Press.
Some fellows go about croking
how hard it is to find perfect
people. If they would turn the
light upon themselves all parties
would be benefited.-W Washington
Hatchet.
One objection to prayer is that
great many cast their burdens on
the lord, and shake off further re-
sponsibility, leaving some one less
given to parleying to blaze way
out of the difficulty. -Culbertson
(Neb.) Era.
A shipload of beer has been
captured by the Filipinos. The
dispatches do not say, but it has
probably been taken into the in
terror before now.-Fairmont In
dependent.
A man in Oregon committed
suicide because his friends wanted
him to marry his deceased wife
sister. In a note which he left
behind he explained that he did
not object so much to marrying
again, but he wanted a change OF
mother in law.-St. Louis Humor-
ist -.
It is better to have water on
the brain" than to have no brains
for water to get onto; and better
to own those brains than to possess
vacuum for somebody else to fll
with Window Reporter.