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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-02-05
-AoT Or THE rUGUEMOTS.
Few Trnccs of tic Community In
the East End of London.

when Princess Charlotte entered
London for her marriage with King
George and the coronation rcvclS which
e. followed it.. she passed from White
chapel TO lslington through II prosper
oue French section known "A SDitnl-
fields. 1t was the settlement Of the
%Iluglcnot refugees. who carried their
Industries as woll as their religion from
i'raIcc AID planted mulberry trees in
large gardens whore silk worms could
he fed on home grown leaves.
Tho descendants of these wcavcrs
were rich and prosperous in the days
Of George I'LL. and they lived in fine
old houses. with oak pancled rooms
and high lattiopd windows close under
the caves. where they could have light
for working their looms. There were
as many as a dozen H%uguonot churches
IN the cast end Of London during the
Georgian rcignS. and when the bcauti-
ful Spitalti"lGs church was built. with
It's lofty spirc. its lcll carly after SUM-
rise and again Mt ClrfCw was the sig
nal for thousands of industrious wcav-
crS TO b"cin or end their labors for the
day. Tho industry has disappeared,
the houses lave fallen into decay and
the gardens are neglected. Spitalfei q
has lost It's French aspect and be
converted into Il swarming ghetto.
In order 10 find q distinct trace Of Il
I|Iugucnot community. which had 81
honorable q history IN the east end. one
must now 20 farther out in Hackney
and visit the French Protestant hos
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An English paper toUs how n Young
man who had boon suffering from want
Of food employee an ingenious plan ~
secure il. For some time lie stationed
himself in Il city square and shared
bread with the SparrOws. 1t was No.
long before the birds got to know him
and surrounded him by hundreds whom
he made his appearance, One of ths
most ohsNryant residents watched him
closely and observed that every noYi
ard then ono of the Sparrows was
transferred To his pockets. He lodged
n complaint. and the young fellow WAX
arrested. Ne said he had been unahla
to get work AMI that not wishing Ia
hCg he had got his fcod by catching
sparroNS and cooking them.
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Inc speed ma iufI Nl;h winch 'AA'hf
''Na''''' H"'t' on IN '"' "l'''l"A 81 INC
mysterious S!'o' i'i' ilaIc II" 'h''i'' l"F i'-
n'''ioh' Il' was '"'N'I'H' oI shouting IN
'o''e't''|F WIN 'N' "'AF7' "l urging Ms
horse N'''lS'l"N forward i" hi""'@"|aHIN
without any l'rthcr 'h'A"ht' Ii' hta'f7 OF
'"'''" ANA hhNllhN lhnh'Hlat''N l'.of' hlM
smut on inc pr"'pec' OF Inc NARROWING 'ralI-
once "iIY' taxing a9NHlllaG'" sudden haIl
una tnreW them conlused!y l"S'iior' he
manager I" ASK n question:
'l-ca' 'holT ~'ra'N-Ioul:l Ii again shouted
me o'''r' as 'iin'h' Win a cry Ike th"hay
hH9 o. " mound again daF'ed 'r"ar'' lhcn'
horses were painting and trembling UlIer
them' IN" ascent seemed t. be growing
sl""icE, 4 lnSular darkness, which oven TIN
density OF INC "ooi did not sufficiently ac-
count Tor, surrounded thom, but still their
leader inaiiF urged them on. To liaie'S r"
turning senses they dld not seem in IA condi-
ton to enEage n single resoluic man, win"
might hay" an.bushcd in the woods or beaten
them III detail IN the narrow gorge, but in
aho;h'r instant tho reason Of their furious
haste was manifest. Squirting his horse
ahead, Cline dashed out into tho open with
n cheering shout-a shout that as quickly
changed 70 a yell Of impreca'ion. They wero
ON tho Ridge in binding snowstorln. The
road had already vanished under their feet,
and Will it the fresh trail they had SO closely
iolloNed' They stood hclpleSsly on the shore
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81 .N4HTfN y
h''' 'o''nd h'rs''"r' "' th' stranger had
'-' "',d' iuiiN pi'lai''L a nasty 'hVoh-
''' %. ir''l''""'" ana ii'"'' +" subsistence
showed 'h"' 'h'> hai "Ihp!' resources Tor Il
''u.A longer ISOLATION
"lhoy tell me 1t Is by mo means an ullconl-
mon '"''' N"''' ''n'"'.| over al some
'"iNN pia'2 was s"o"'' HI i'r Tour weeks
al" 1877" " "tl'aiS ''' even me summit
l"V-' Is rot ''""\' "''''-lo''' '"'' ought
t'I'". AI''"H W "P' '' ''"Sn' me pace
ID i"''' ! Wa "-.'ail'i TO "''"lt '''t ne "ld
N"'' H"d tiai Is "N' '""n ~ prefer MS own
'''r' To '"' 'N''r''"'' '' o,'''''' low
ever '"'t '"1l'S' " 'l'''' even notice
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"'.il 10 '"' i''''c anu I''iuI" 'r''o inc on
ZION "'" 'Hl' you arc 'ucn Soou friends
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I'ii III SuCn lufgc lakcS. nor as heavily. y
bitter wind succeeded; the soft snow began
TO stiicn and crackle under the horses hoofs;
they were no longer weighted and cncunr-
bercd by Che drifts upon their bodies: the
smaller flakes now rustlcd and raSpcd against
them like sand, or bounced from them like
hail. They seemcd to be moving more easily
and RAPIDLY, their spirits were rising with
the stimulus Of cold and motion, when sud
denly their leader halted.
"lts no tisc, boys. 1t can't be done, This
is no blizzard, but Il regular twodavs' %snifterl
It's no longer mcltin', but packin' and drift
in now. Even if we get over the di, idc,
were sure TO he blocked up in the pass
it astruc! To their bitter disappointment
they could now see that the snow had not
really diminished in quantity, but that the
row finely powdered particles wore rapidly
filing all inequalities of the surface, packing
IN long burrows across the levels. Thcy
looked with anxiety at their sclf-constitutel
leader.
"Wc must make a break to get down in
the woods again before its too late" he said
briefly.
But they lad already driftcd away from
tn fringe Of larclcs and dwarf pines that
IL srkcd the sides of I'll" Ridge. and lower
down merged into hcdrns, forest that clothed
the flank Of the mountain they had lately
climbed. and it was with the greatest diff
Guilty that they ugain reached it. only to find
that at that point it was too PERCEPTIONS for
Tn" descent Of their horses. Bcnumbed and
slrechlcss, they continued to toll on, opposed
to the full fury of the singing snow, and at
times Obliged to turn their horses to the blast
to keep from being blown over the Ridge.
At the end of half an hour the ostler dis
mounted, and, reckoning 10 the others, took
his horse by the bride and began the descent.
When il came to Hale, turn 10 disinount he
could not help at first recoiling from the pros
, pcct before him. The traii-if il could he so
., callcl-was merely the track or furrow of
some fallen tree, dragged, by accident or de-
g sign, diagdnally across the sides OF the noun
tain. AT time. it appeared scarcely II foot in
. width; at other times Il mere crumhling
!, gully. or n narrow shelf made by the projec-
tlora Of dead bougliS and collected debris. 1t
seemed pcrilous for a foot passenger; it APP
rearcd impossible for a horse. Nevertheless,
he had taken a step forward when Clinch
l laid his land on his arm.
d. You'll bring up the rear he said, not un-
kindly, sen you're a stranger here. Wait un-
e til We sing out to you
"Bu; if ! prefer TO take the same risks as
q, you all:" said Hale, stidly.
! YOU kim said Clinch, grimlv. But |
/ reckoned, as You weren't familiar with this
- sort o. thing. Won wouldn't kccr. Lv any
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ram p'a''nS against tho windows and the
ire sparkling on the hearth seemed TO lcnd
u c'ar1n ~ 'ncl' peculiar isolation, ana it
WIS nor uh'h MIS- scott rose with a warn
l'.a ll'' 'l'Y "'r' 'r''la"rins u'oi the rest
o' 'helr patient ''"t 'htN discovered that the
'''"''~ h'd NIipi'i ny unno'''rd. Nhcn
t'' o"''" III ms, 'io'''i OIL Tue h'lSA' SFl'la-
'h'ti' yves OF the W Yong women ana td'
h'"'h'rly n'l'"icti"n OF The ol"er' iaIkher
""lE'' L" Tue WINDOW ana remained silent
fooN'HS mo 'h' ""tRn'SN' suddenly ne
'uriru ol''er'E !" ms 'onlPailoi'
inns Is JUST ILL., "'o'ge'
"eors' i"e' win 4 S!'''Ir sun on MS hoylsh
i"cc' Iu"ly hloNeu MS mead
"oh = SNOW! II " W'S"' ior 'ho on
""'n''' WI" Is ''e "'' N'H'' 'HdiN o' o's"-
'u'' A"''''c'' mere eNP''t'hE H"'h'n1' want
~ "'""'s' "'u"' l' b'"' '"l 'i'ush'
l"''' wv" "o'ie'l' COOP" up III 'h' HOUSE.
""h'"i oN'''oih'nt. lh"f We "ot II! That
man nae wanted I" Hn"" on ~ gong Tor
u.s. nos ia" hi~Sohan'' ana VIII nave 1t again
before We done with ''ln' Ina f"'ioi
7" messenger "ai''' 10 40 "u' OF MS way TO
'N'"'"Sp N"''S N'', me, ''.Au' "pS t'c
''iOS' @'' ',''''' vi ,"' 'o'' "o"' N"o" why
You should "ro"l. You dti Your level best
to get away from here, and the result is that
little Puritan is ready to worship YOU
'n'' P'"N' i5 VI "co'So
WINS pay '"s "' N'' you, ! sue . W.
given away our names alrc9dy.'
a couldn't lie, and they know nothing by
that
"Do You think they would he happier Ivy
knowing it! DO You think that soft little
creature would J." a. happy rs She was to-
night if she knew that hcr husband had been
indirectly tho means Of laying me by two
heels here: Where is til" swindlo: This
hole in M leg: II ypI bad been five min
utes under that gin, id sympathetic
fingers you'd have thought it was genuine.
Is it IL Our trying To get away! DO YOU call
that ten feet drii, in the pes, Il awinlic: i
it in the chance Of Hale getting back vhi'c
were here: That, real enough. isn't itl |
say. Ned, did yol ever give your unfettorcd
intellect t. the contemplation of that
Faulkner did not reply. There wa, an in
terval Of silence, but le could sos from the
movement Of Georges shoulders that lie was
shaking with suppressed laughter.
"Tuncy Mrs. Ilale archlv introducing her
husband! Ny offering him % clair, but he
ing all the time obliged to cover him with u
dcrringcr under the bcd.lothcs. Your rrsl-
irg In from yonr peaceful pastoral pursuit
III the barn. with n pitchrork in ono hand
and the rirl in the other. and lcp, ODD
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! y 'Es ulTi W. Il''l ~ NIl a. TO- 'li' u"
or brHcketcd shelf, in the hollow flank of the
mountain that, to IIale's first glance, bore o
rude ~rcsomhi1nN, 20 Eagles Court. But
there was neither meadow nor open field; the
few acres of ground had been wrcstc,l from
the forest by ny and fire, and unsightly
stump, everywhere marked the rude and diff
lict,t attempts at cultivation. Two or thrcr
rough buildings of unplancd and %unpaintod
boards, connected 10y rambling sheds, stool
IN thc center Vt the ampithcatre. Far from
being protected by the cncircling rampant. it
seemed to he tLc selected arena for the COM
batting elements. 4 whirlwind from the
outer abyss continually filled this cave of
dlolus with driving SHOW, which. however,
melted rs it fell, or was quickly wlirlcd
awny again.
\ few dogs barkci and ran ont to meet the
cayalcadc. but there was 10 other sign Of
any life disturbed or concerned at their APP
preach.
81 reckon Hcmiclcr amt home or he'd hcv
been on the lookout aforc this, sud the ost-
Ter, disinounting and rapping at the door.
After a silence a female voice, unintcllisi-
bly, To- the others, apparently had some colo
guy with the o,tlcr. who returned TO the
party.
"Must go in through the kitchin-cant
open the door for Che Wind.'
Leaving their horses in the she'd, they on.
tered the kitchen, which communicated, and
presently came upona square room filled with
smoke from a fire Of green pine logs. The
doors and windows were tightly fastened;
the only air came in through the large
throat'd chimney in voluminouS gusts.
which seemed to make the hollow she'll of the
apartment swcll and expand to the point Of
bursting. Despite the singing of the resin
ois smoke, the temperature vas grateful 90
the bcnuinbcd Travellers. Several cu,hionlc->
arm chairs. such rs were used in barroonlS.
two tables, n sidcboard, half bar and half
cupboard. and Il rocking chair comprised tho
furniture, and Il few bear ard buffalo skins
covered the floor. Hale sank into one of The
arm chairs, and. with n lazy satisfaction,
partly born If his fatigue and partly from
soinc newly discovered apprcciativc faculty,
gaacd around the roorl, and then at The mis-
tres, Of the house, with whom the others were
talking.
She wastaN, gaunt and withcrcd; in spite
of hor evident years, her twisted hair was
SIN dark anil full. AMI her eyes bright and
piercing; her coupl"Xion aud tccti lad long
since ,%ucrumbcl to the vitiatinS effect, Of
frontier cookery, anl her lips wcro stained
with the yellow juice Of a lricrwool pipe
she held in hor mouth. The ostl. had cE-
: planned their iutru ion. and yeiied their
character under the vague epithct of n
"Luu,inr marty " mud .ya. u.,v eXiIrut1v de
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%rccumbent figure in bed seemed TO have ac-
taall1 snccumhcd TO sleep. The multitudi-
nous small noises of a house in rcpose might
have been miSintcrprctcd by ears less keen
than the sleapcr',; but when the apparent
crcaking of u fer of shutter was followed by
the sliding apparition of II dark head of tan
clel hair at The door Lee had not bccn de
ceivc1. and wa, prepared as if hc had seen it.
Another step and the figure entered tho room.
The door closed instantly behind il. The
sound Of a heavy body struggling against the
partition outside followed, and then suddenly
ceased.
Tn" intruicr turned and violently craspcd
the haniln Of the door, but rccoiled at a quiet
voice from The hcd.
DROP that, and como here"
lie started bacl; with an exclamation. Tho
sleeper eyes were wide open; the slecper's
extended arm and pistol covered him.
"Sil"ucc, or I'll let that candle shine
through you."
"Yc.. captsin!" growlel the astoundcd and
frightened halfbrccd. Il didn't know you
were here
Lee raised himself and graspcd the long
whip in his left hand and whirlcd it round
hi head.
~ 1T goi dry up
The man sank back against the wall in
silent terror.
"Opcn that door now-soGtly.'
Manuel obcyed with trembling fingers.
"Ncd,' said Ice i'll Il low voice, bring Kim
in hc%rc-quick."
There wa, ii Slight rustic, and Falhncr mp
pcarcl, backing in another gaspinS figure,
whose eyes were starting under the strong
GRASP of the caltor at his throat.
"Silcncc,' said Lee, "all of YOU"
There was Il brcathlcss pause. Tho sound
OF Il door hcsitaiingly opcAcd in the passage
broke the stiffness, followed by the gentle
voice OF Mrs. Scott.
Is anything the natter
Lee made a slight gesture OF warning to
IHlhncr. Of menace to the others. "I.vcry-
things the matter, he called ont checrily.
"Ncd's managed to half pail down the house
trying to get at something from my saddle
bag"
81 hope be has not hurt himself" broke in
another voice mischiovously.
"Answcr, you clumsy villain whispered
Lee, with twinkimS eyes,
i'm all right, thanh; YOU" responded Falk-
ncr Win unaffected a"kWardncsS.
There was n slight ~murln"iinS OF voices,
and ;hcn the door was heard to close. Lee
turned - aihn"f.
Dis VI that hound and turn him loose out
side, and make no noise. And You, Manuel.
tell him what his and your chances are If no
shows his blarl. face here again
Manuel cast a '.ngle, terrified, suppiicat-
mr. o,,,o, ,,o., ..,c~o..;ro .h., ,-o,1, a.
b.. on,r.n,..,, >. t,,i..,.. .ho.nl lin, 10
Co.. ,., - ~. .
thov ,,.r, sil.rtlv d...ondin. +ho .4oir.
.t,,. u
~ swear to God"-
"Siut the luor.' The man olcycd.
"Now, them" sail Lee. with n broad. graft
fed smile. having down hi, whip and pistol
within reach and comfortably settling the
pillows behind his back, "wcll have a uuict
contab. \ sort of old fashioned talk, ell!
YOU'RE not !ookine well. Manuel. You'lc
dr;ukino L.l much noniu. H. spoil. vour.
colnplcxion."
Let me 90. captain," plcadc! the man.
emboldencd by the good humJrci voice, but
not near enough to notice a peculiar light III
the Speakers cyc.
"You'vc oaly Inst come. Manuel. and at
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TO TIE CONTINUED
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-31
AsceNT 81 MouNr RAINIER
DR.. netts and II. q. sHrvant Prove
Mountain SIN surmountable.

DR.. netts and H. -. sHrvant Prove
Mountain sim surmountahle.
Or. ST. r. Belts Of New Orleans and
ri. NJ. saryant Of Tacoma. wash, have
made thrilling ascent Of Mount Raj
nier. SAYS the New York Times. Or.
Belts read ia newspapers that the
mountain had not been assembled for
four years on account Of great breaks
In the lee walls about Gibraltar rock.
Old guides had gone 70 Gibraltar rock
for several seasons past only to turn
back without reaching the top.
DR.. Belts was determined 70 disprove
the theory that the mountain is in
gurmountable. Reaching Tacoma a few
DAYS ago. he started at once for Para
disc valley, on the southern slope De-
soending from pinnacle peak Of the
Tatoosh range, both men took a peril
Gus slide Of half a mile down steep
snow fields. After previously carrying
| food to Camp Muir the climbers start
ed on Sunday evening to make the
ascent. They camped at Muir until
daybreak, but the weather was bitteF
/ ~ cold, making sleep Impossible AZ
! 8 a. M. they discarded all unnecessary
clothing, taking only alpine stocks ant
1 cameras and started.
Reaching the glaciers about Glbral
tar. they were compelled To use rope
and to cut 500 steps IN the ice with
Ratchet fiji making a zigzag journey VI
| ice slopes and around crevasses. The
found that avalanches had carries
/ away q great rocky ledge above Gin
ralta1 on which previous climbers ha
depended in ascending one OF u
steepest places. The summit was reacI
ed at II a. m They visited tire
peaks, Investigation showed that ther
had been no recent volcanic activity Q
was supposed, though steam and 81
phur fumes still rise in the craters'
They reached Paradise valley at
o'clock the next night twenty-nN
hours after commencing the ascent.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-31
YeIlow Glass &c 20 CD JILL.

yellow Glass Tests For Gun SIGNS
The United States army is going g
make experiments with yellow tinted
glass III gun sights and field glasses,
based upon the favorable comment
which has greeted the innovation IN
armies In Europe, says a Fort Riley
fKan) dispatch TO the Kansas CITY
tar The ordnance department has
been the first to take the matter up
and is already fitting range finders
with this colored glass. The signal
CORPS has already announced It's inien-
ton Of experimenting with heid
glasses. Experiments in the RUSSIAN
army have shown that batteries using
/ the yellow tinted glass have made
about one-third more hits IN practice
than those using sights without the
yellow glasses. It Is said tn favor q
this color that It gives a softer ign
"a tic eyes, especially In brilliant
| sunlight, and even Id cloudy weather
or twilight the object fred at can b'
seen plainly without straining the eyes
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-31
n,ectrieity the Future Medicine.

Electricity will be the sole medicine
az the future. according to Mr. d'Arson-
val aNwelI known savant Of the Psy-
geological institute Of Paris, says the
New York World. Ait d recent meeting
of the institute be made an exhaustive
address On s.The Action Of Electricity
TTnon Human Beings He showed that
aIectslc treatment is excellent for Ger
tain maIadies Of the skin and that
electricity has a powerful effect on
microbes and accelerated circulation
and respiration without fatigue to thC
person operated on Moreover what L
most important he said It acts strong
| " on cellular vitality.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-31
The Medic'S


loriginaLl
There were four Of us, medical stu
dents, roomlng on the same floor and
all given to story telling. Waterhouse
excelied in fabulous adventure and al
ways maintained that it really hap
pened, The most remarkable Of bis
stories was this
x ana going TO tell you something to
night" be said, that happened to me
several weeks ago. I've had It on my
mind since then, but a certain feeling Of
delicacy has prevented my saying any
thing about it, One night, or rather
morning l was walking in the upper
part Of the city, In street where the
houses stand back some distance from
the sidewalk, the front space being
given up to gardens. The street was
still as cemetery, and my footsteps
sounded maryelously loud. ! had lust
passed church which stood ON the
opposite side Of the street when sudden,
ii the bell struck 1. / started as
though some one had hit me. must
have gone through some singular phys
tcal process, for, when ! pulled myself
together at the iron gateway inciosing
one Of the gardens In front Of which
/ had stopped, girl stood leaning for
ward and beckoning to me.
oh, sir, she said, come with me
There are men In the house who are
trying to get my aunt to 80 with then
to a lunatic asylum She IS not insane
l assure you she il not
"She opened the gate as she SPOKE
and / followed her UP a stone wall
to the front door, which stood ajar
into a dimly lighted hall and upstairs
Throwing open a bedroom door, Their
eat lady in a wrapper trimmed Wit
lace. while before her stood a maj
who, as | went ia. finished a sentenc
he was speaking with these words
shall have to use force, and that ! don
want to do The moment entered b
and the lady both looked at me, th
man surprised, the woman appealingi!
The young lady stood beside me tren
bling.
Have you any authority, sir,
said. for being In this house at til
hour?'
whether / have or not, be reptile
I am not accountable 70 you and q
cline to produce it
every well. sir. Since you refuse
show warrant for the removal Of th
lady viii trouble you 70 take your q
parture
aThe man looked irrltated at beii
interfered with in carrying out pu
pose that might or might not be iegi
mate If / had any doubt that 1t "
Legitimate tile pleading look Of bo
the women. and especially that Of 4
younger. removed it at once.
Come. sir : - y, I am Waitir
- IeaEa this room.
- win see you In the hail. he
piled