Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-24

time her trip began at Athol From
there she went to Royalston, to Rich
mond. N. H.. to Winchester, Swanzey'
Troy Keene and Ashuelot. She took
n team and a constable and went 10
Hinsdale, where the paper had peeH
signed. She went up through lumber
camps All to no purpose. Sne sent
the team back by the constable. ana
went by train to Keene. she iouho
that Bruce's sweetheart had not re-
turned. 1t was no use to wait there
and she had business in Boston that
must be attended to; so she returned.
In the meantime she had heard that
Bruce was working on fancy farm
where the proprietor kept Angora
goats. Now Angora goats are scarce.
She had until Dec. 81 to produce Bruce
or forfeit the bail Dec. 10 she started
out looking for a farm where they kept
Angora goats First she went TO North
Adams. There she learned that there
was a farm somewhere up in Vermont
where they had Angora goats. She
came back to Hoosac Tunnel, then up
tn Readsboro VT. From there sne
went to Davis Bridge. She was getting
nearer Angora goats all the time. Sne
went to Eagle Bridge, and to Winning
ton. There she learned that up IN
Halifax the proprietor of Deer Park
farm kept Angora goats. She TOOK
n team and drove to Deer Park farm.
Yes. they had such goats there, but
did not have such a man on the place
as Bruce.
Again 1t was failure. She had had
L., DC, fn 6iGrOtlr-
age most any one, but she was but
spurred on to still greater efforts she
continued to hunt for more goats.
She was told that in Brattieooro
there was a doctor who raised such
animals. From Wilmington she took
stage down through Marlboro INTO
Rrattleboro. First she went TO the
ASYLUM in Brattleboro. They had such
goats there but Bruce was not there.
They referred her to DR.. Bowen in the
town. She went and secured the SER
vices of Constable Mcclure and togeth-
er they went to the doctors house.
HAS the doctor got any one on his
farm?"
Yes"
"Does he want to hire a MANI"
NO"
whats the mans name who is on
the farm now?"
Brooks"
Brooks sounded something like
Bruce. Mrs. McCloskey felt that at
last she was on the right track. They
went to the doctors office. In the
mean time the people at his house mad
telephoned him and he knew what 10
expect. When Mrs. McCloskey and the
conctable stepped into the doctors OF
flee he laughed at them and told them
he knew lust what they were after.
II so happened that Bruce was the
man on the doctors farm. The farm
was is miles away. Bruce had leit
but half an hour before with load OF
stuff He could not be reached py
telephone. The doctor was told that
Bruce must come to Boston
Mrs. McCloskey and the constable
got a coupe and started for the farm
| Is miles away. They had been on the
road but a short time when the doctor
passed them in a fast rig. They
thought he was going to warn Bruce
but such was not the fact. He was
after a man to take his place. Il
turned out that it would have beer
superfluous for any one to have warned
Bruce. When they arrived at the farm
he was somewhat surprised, but greet
ed them pleasantly and said:
Il am ready to go with you"
He did so at once. Mrs. McCloske,
thought that it was best to be on thu
safe side There were many stations
where he had friends. He might ge
off the train just to see them mo-
ment and be persuaded to go no far
ther. She borrowed a pair of hand
cuffs from the constable and started
on the last of her Journeys. Bruce
arrived in Boston two days ahead o.
time.
Mrs McCloskey has now given vi
the detective business.
John d. Rockefeller has presented
the university of Chicago s1,S50,OOo
His gifts to the university now reacr
a total of s13.600,000.
The united mine workers of Ameri-
ca are advised by President Mitchell
to resist the 7-cent wage reduction
now threatened in some regions. They
believe that if the reduction succeeds
other mines will suffer similar reduc-
tions. At the next wage conference
a demand will be made for an increase
to sJ.oo.