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irom the street entrance up to the floor on which the banking rooms ware. Dumby un- buttoned his jacket and took out the bank book as he climbed the marble stairs. He stopped for half a minute at the head of the stairs to arrange the bills neatly, then be walked down wide hall to a door lead Ing Into the bank, with the bank book in his hands. He paid no heed to man standing by an open window at the end of the hall, apparently doing nothing but gazing down into the street below.
 The man turned around when he heard the boys footsteps op the marble 6oor of the hall. Ills small. glitteFing black eyes fell on the bank book. He looked quickly up and down the hall. There was no one in it but himself and Dumby. He waited until the boy was within six feet of him, then he sprang forward. snatched the book and its contents from the boy and gave him a yio- lent push that sent Dumby reeling toward the window.
 Dumby, surprised as he was by this on- siauaht. kept his wits about him, while his courage did not desert him for moment. He was on his feet in time to see the man turn from the hall toward the stairs. Dumby realized that 1t would be impossible for him to overtake the thief before he had reached the street by following him down the stairs. The push Dumby had received had sent him reeling violently toward the open window.
 It was about eighteen feet from the window to the street below, hut Dumby gave no
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thought to this.
 That moneyl It was intrusted to my care! am responsible for itl They may think I stole It If the thief escapesH
 These thoughts were in the boys mind as he climbed out upon the window sill. He hung for a few seconds to the stone sill, and then dropped just in time to fall heavily on the shoulders of the thief as he rushed out of the door below.
 The result was much worse for the thief than for the boy The man had broken the force of Dumby's fall, and while the boy fell heavily to the ground no bones were broken, nor was he stunned Into uncon- sciousness. The thief lay stunned on the pavement, with the bank book in his hand ''It's mine!'' said Dumby to the fast gath ering crowd, as he snatched the bank book from the prostrate mans hand. At least, It Is in my care. It belongs to De Wltt Co.,. over on K street."
 The crowd looked incredulous. police man made hls appearance.
 What's the trouble here?" he asked. Whats the matter with the man?"
 He tried to rob me, sir said Dumoy. "He snatched this bank book from me Just as I was going into the door of the oank put l jumped out of a window and landed nat on him. and got the money again.
 There was a note of triumph In Dumby's voice. The policeman lifted the man to
  sitting position. He opened his eyes and groaned and set his teeth together as If in pain. There was an evil look In his eye as he locked toward Dumby.
 What have you got to say about this? asked the policeman.
 The boy -be-prshed me-down the-the stairs and snatched my-my-money' said the man, fa.terlngly
 Ut Is not true," sad Dumby stoutly.
 Ut Is, too" said the man. doggedly.
 At that moment portly well dressed man pushed his way through the crowd. Dumby saw him and cried out
 ''Oh. Mir De Witt Here's your bank book And the deposit Is all right sir MT. Cole sent me to the bank with 1t and this ma tried to steal itl''
 Whats ths? Whats th.s. my boy? My bank book? Why. so 1t is, bless my soul, This boy Is in my employ, Mir. Policeman. and this Is certainly my bank book You can see my name on It. This is q state of af- fairs What does It al. mean?'
 T guess you'd better take care of that gentleman. Mr Policeman" said MT De Witt. pointing to the scowl.ng and defian, thief And you come with me, my boy. We'd better take the money back to the
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Doctored Sugar.

'I see now a. doctor Is claiming that we ought to eat certain amount of sand" "I'll bet he's in with my grocer"
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DUMBY'S PLUCK.

Some one in the office had nicknamed him Dumby because be was such quiet boy, and not because he was stupid. He seiaon had anything to say, but be was never SUI len and never impertinent. Ills duties were we'll and faithfully performed. He nao a way of whIstling softly while about ms ms work but he was never noisy. He never had to be told anything twice, and there was not a more truthful boy In the once. , Dumby was the shabbiest boy in the whole oflce. but If silence was matter or choice. his shnbbiness was not. He hao gentlemanly instincts, and would nave liked to be well dressed. He could not % this on a salary of i've dollars week.
 Ii took half of all he earned to pay the rent of the three tiny rooms in which he and his widowed mother and his two little slsters lived. His mother earned S3 week in a shirt factory. The money the boy ana his mother earned was the sole income or the family. Dumpy's mother called him oy bis right name of Edgar and be never told her that he boys In the office called him Dumby.
 There were eight or ten boys and fifteen men in the office in which Dumby worked Dumby was at the beck and cnll Of several of the clerks, and when a certain bell rang he had to present himself In the private office of Mir. De Witt, the manager or the entire business
 Mir. De Witt usually addressed Dumby as Boy" Sometimes he said 'my boy, for be was of q kindly disposition, although he did not manifest any interest In Dumby The cashier, Mir Cole, was abrupt and busi- nessiike, and when he spoke to Dumby he usually said Come, boy, look alive. now "
 Mir. Cole was next in authority to Mir. De Witt, and when MT. De Witt was away, which was much of the time, MT. Cole was manager as well as cashier. One day Mir Cole called Dumby to his desk and said;
 "I want you to take the deposit to the bank today Heffern the boy who usually takes 1t, Is at home sick. You can do it. cant you?'
 "Yes. sir"
 You win need to be very careful with it."
 ''Yes. sir. know"
 There's over s3o0o in cash and checks that are the same as cash. Have you an h. side pocket to your jncket?'
 ''Yes. sir"
 "Well, put the bank book and money in there and button your jacket up tight before you go cut
 The bank was but n few blocks distant. It was on the second floor in q large busi- ness block. A flight of marble steps led
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THE TAME BABY
 MOOSE.

This is a letter whicha boy reader received a few weeks ago from his uncle, who was on a hunting expedition in Canada. It shows how tame q wild animal can be before 10 frightened by a human being:
 My Dear Alden-I am sending you a pie ture of baby moose, which took last week in the woods. l was padding along in my canoe, when, on passing small Island, heard this little moose crying for his mother. I went there. saw him among the trees. and thought I would take picture of him.
 While I was trying to get 1t on the plate in the camera he happened to see me, and as I was the first person he had ever seen, of course, thought was some other kind of an animal who was probably away from his mother. which | was, great many more miles than the moose, 30 he came up to me and started to make friends
 1 patted him and soon found that he was quite contented to stay wtth me. However, when I had taken bis photograph wanted to return to my camp, as I had not been there for two days, having slept out in a small tent;in the woods each night.
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SEA URCHINS.

Crowded on boulder, thick as thick can be, Are lot of lirue black urchins of the sea. When they're tired clfnging there Back to sea they'll go. And upon some nice new boat Fasten in a row. Hands and feet don't trouble them. And, 1t seems to me. Life is very pleasant for The urchins of the sea-
 ELIZABETH RUGGLEs.
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9ADE 4 GUOOSh
 The baby moose would not leave me, ana followed me like a dog right down to the canoe. In fact, when he got to the edge of the lahe he fell In and had to pick him out and put h1no on dry land again. then saw that he would try 10 follow me wherever went. 50, paving some condensed milk in the canoe, found piece of birch bark and nut some of the milk on 1t and walked baek to where I had first discovered him.
 When we got there l took the piece or bark with the milk on and poked 1t under hle nose. md he Immediately began to lick if off so I put the bark on the ground and he jay down and commenced to eat It, ana he seemed very happy when left him.
 guess his mother came back pretty soon afterward. and wondered where he got the condensed milk. The picture. you will see. malces him look very shaky, on his Long legs but he was only a few days old, ana by next fall he will be able to run much faster than your white horse, old Snowball saw several other moose while I was away, and killed two bears, one very big one. When he stood on his hind legs his head was higher than the mast of your big boat, the Sea bright. that stands on the mantelpieee at home, Your affectionate
 UNCLE CHARLIE.
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ofnce and see If 1t Is all right
 There were a good many eager and not all together unenyious faces at the plate glass windows of De Witt & Co.'s esta bishment when MT. De Witt drove up with Dumby sitting by his side. They went Into Mir. De Wits private office. followed by Mir. Cole, and when Dumby came out 1t was with tho blushing face that any modest boy would have had after listening to all the compli- mentary things Mir De Witt had said about Dumby's pluck. MT. Cole had put aside his coldness of manner long enough to say that he guessed that boy Ike Dumby could be made useful In some better position than that Of general office boy.
 'If there's anything do like in boy 1t is pluck said Mir. Cole, "and when 1t Is coupled with absolute fidelity to duty 1t Is combination that just suits me"
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A.TOY BOOMERANG

Most boys know that the boomerang Is weapon used by the natives of Australia. It consists of an irregularly shaped piece of hardwood, so fashioned that 1t can be thrown at an angle widely different from the direc- tion in which 1t is started.
 The savages are quite skilful in It's use, and one of their fayorlte ways of throwing 1t Is to make 1t skim along the ground for about a hundred feet, and then, rising in the air, double back on It's course and hit mark only a few feet in front of the thrower.
 Our boys need not hope to become skllful in the use of the weapon, even if they had one properly made but they can get lots of
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THE KINGS STORY TELLER.

however, was not such fool as the story teller had thought him. had told the King all about 1t. The King sprang out of bed and examined the Iron Man with the great est delight.
 Do you know how 10 make it go and to stop it?" asked the King.
 Yes, sir sald the page.
 Well then" cried His Majesty. "what Is the use of further keeping those lazy story telers, who have so cheated me? will give them lesson"
 So when the story teller whose duty It was to be there that morning came the King was very queer toward him, and arose so quickly that the poor story teller had no time to wheel the Iron Man out. In mighty short time he discovered that the King had found IL al. ont.
 He was go frightened that without wait ing to know how the King felt about if, he ran away and told the other story teller. They hurried to the cleckmaker and his sons, as fast as they could. When the King heard of this he only laughed and thought how well he had got rid of them.
 The page was appointed keeper of the Iron Man. and now whenever the King wanted stories all he had to do was to call the page and have one turned on.
 But, alasi One day after the Iron Man had been turned on the page disappeared The King and his men looked in vain for him. He could not be found. The fact was he had been stolen away by the two story where he was safely locked up.
 Fro Be Continued.J
 
 Doctored Sugar.
 q see now a. doctor Is claiming that we
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fun out of a toy one, made of so simple material as cardboard.
 Here are three forms in which one may be made To throw 1t. place 1t on book, one end extending beyond the edge of the booK' and then with n small stick strike 1t hard on the outer edge, and 1t will fly through the air in very amusing and unlooked-for man. ner.
 Or 1t may be thrown by snapping 1t with the foreHnger of the right hand while you hold the book in your left. You had better
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-10
VERNON.
Tuberculosis Cattle Killed.

j. T. Wright, the mlkman, invited DR..
Rlch, the state veterinary, to inspect his
herd of - cows last week, and to apply
the test for tuberculosis if any suspicion
of disease was found. Every animal in
the herd was tested, and two were found
slightly diseased and were killed Mr..
Wrights stables are models of neatness,
well ventilated light aud airy. and il is
his pride to furnish his customers only
the best and purest milk We have fire.
quently visited the stables and have Of
ten remarked that Mr.. Wright's custom
ers get the best milk to be had That
tuberculosis can be discovered only by n
strict test with tubercuin seems to he
proved beyond question, and those own
ers of cattle who desire healthy cattle
and pure milk and butter should take
warning. If the disease can be found
where the surroundings are cleanest and
the air purest. what might we expect
where the cattle are compelled 10 live in
dark, unVentilated stables, where the
air is laden with offensive odors Among
other progressive farmers of this town
who asked DR.. Rich to inspect their fine
herds were f. II. Akley owner of Wood
lawn Farm \. g, Barnes and A. A.
Dunklee, owner of Walnut Grove Dairy
Farm Every COW that responded to
the test was slaughtered immediately
Of the IS COWS owned by Mr. Akley, %
We're pronounced infected with tubercu-
losis. Mr.. Dunklee lost II. A. G.. Barnes
II, c. F. Fairman >, Mr.. I.aBelle and w.
a. Newton l. Every stable has been
thoroughly disinfected and the fine herds
owned by these men are now perfect in
every respect.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-10
DU M M E RSTON.
The kniuht Family,

Judge Asa Knight bought home
stead in Dummerston from Allen Lin
coin, through the agency of Adm Thayer
Nov. p, 1871. The dwelling house was
built by Allen Lincoln and his cousin.
Amasa Lincoln, in the fall of 1911. The
place is now owned and occupied by Mrs
Mary NJ. Rust and her sister. Lucretia
Miller. on May /, 1922, Mr.. Knight
married Miss Susan Miller and
Immediately moved into his new
home. Their eldest child Susan Helen.
the late Mrs. Lyman G. Bliss, was born
in Dummerston, May 10, 1923 In 1924 he
moved with his family to Newfane Hill
and was keeper of the Jail. In 1925 the
county buildings were moved down into
the village of Fayetteville and Mr.
Knight. moved his family into a small
dwelling house near the Fayetteville COW
cred bridge south of the brook, one-half
mile below the village. II was in this
new home that Mr.. knights daughter,
Mary Esther. was born July 26 1926 In
December, 1926, Mr.. Knight bought from
Adm Thayer, merchant, his store and
dwelling house at the south end of the
common in Dummerston Centre, and re-
moved his family to the new home in
the spring of 1927 In the spring of 1926
the old toll bridge across West river was
swept away by a frehset and when Mr.
Knight returned to Dummerston the fol-
lowing spring he arranged with Benja-
min Esterbrook of this town to meet
him and his family at West river where
IT was necessary to ferry them across in
a boat, as a new bridge was not built
until the following year Miss Esther
Knight was not a year old al the time of
this removal to Dummerston. and her
sister, Susan, was four years old
Miss Carrie A.'White of Woodstock will
teach the Centre school, Miss Mara E.
Laws of Springfield the Hollow school and
Miss Bessie Purple of Gill. Mass. the
North school. These schools will begin
next Monday. The school board find it
necessary to delay the commencement
of the South and Bridge schools until
the goth inst. Mrs C. f. Taft is teacher
in the west village school and Miss Alta
j. Denison of Bernardston in the west
hill school.
The Grange held a regular meeting
Tuesday evening, when a class of six was
instructed in the third and fourth de-
grees and harvest supper was served.
The program consisted of music, readings.
recitations and the play "A Matrimonial
Advertisement" presented by the worthy
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POSITIVE PROOF
Should Convince the Greatest Skep-
tic in Brattleboro.

Because it's the evidence of Brat
tc6oro citizen.
Testimony easily investigated.
The strongest endorsement Of merit
The best of proof. Read it,
Mrs Frank Partridge Crank Part
ridge retired residence upper end Of
North Main street saws: 81 have taken
iu my life enough medicine for my kid
neys to stock a good sized drug store
ana naturally interested in preparations
especially guaranteed % be sure cures
for kidney complaint In reading some
Of the advertisements about Doans
Kidney Pills in the Brattleboro papers
l came to the conclusion that there
might be some thing in them more than
ordinary and | procured box at Geo.
L. Greene's drug store. The result OBJ
tanned from the treatment justified me
in telling Mr. Greene that he need not
he afraid to recommend Doans Kidney
Pills to anyone, and that | had good per-
sonal reasons on which to base my be-
lief. l have been in such misery that
! often wished l was dead simply be-
cause my kidneys went wrong and |
could not find anything to right them
The symptoms showed so great compli-
cations that it is impossible to give the
particulars IN a public statement. but
if any lady in Brattleboro has any indi-
cations of excited or inactive kidneys
and really wishes the details of my case
| will gladly give them in a personal in
terview Any remedy that helped me
as Doan's Kidney Pills did, deserves to
he known to the public"
For sale by all dealers Price 50
cents a box. Foster Milburn Co., Bsf-
falo, y. y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and take
no other.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-10
GUILFoRp CENTRE.

Edwin Lcgate is very ill at the home Of
his SON y. W. Legate.
Mrs Kate Howard came Sunday TO
keep house for r. L. Ward.
John Harrington finished work, last
week for Herbert Richmond.
Mrs Emma Alexander has gone to work
for Mrs Herbert Richmond.
The ladies circle will meet with Mrs.
Amos Prouty Thursday morning. April
49,
Mr. and Mrs Leslie Thayer of East
Decrfeld visited recently at NJ. \. Thorn
ass.
Mrs. Guy Pierce and children of West
Chesterfield visited at F. \. Morris's this
week.
J. \. Clark has sold his place. known as
the zeph shepardson place, to Wells
Goodell.
w. q. Worden went to Conway. Mass.
Wednesday to attend the funeral of seth
Leonard
Erwin Holden who has been at home
some time III with humps has resumed
his work at +. Il. Thaycr's.
Miss Abhie prouty of Brookline. Mass.
came saturday TO spend the Easter vaca!
ton with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs Geo
w. prouty.
Dudley Dorrill, who has worked several
years for Frank Chase, left there last
week and went to Brattleboro TO work
carpcntcring.
The summer services at the Universalist
church will begin Sunday. April r. at 23O
p. m. The sermon will be appropriate to
Easter. ana will be followed by the rite
Of communion. Sunday school will be or
ganized at the close of the services.
Susie Morris entertained Is of her little
friends Wednesday afternoon, the occa-
sion being her eighth birthday anniver-
SarN. n dainty supper was served and
games We're enjoyed. Her little guests
left many gifts to remind her of n very
happy day.
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Dubuque, Iowa, Mch. 81, 1903.

Birchard Grand Army post will meet at
Union hall on Saturday Of this week at
D. m.
The Womans Christian Temperance
Union will meet with Mrs Grout on We'd
nesday at p. m. when the subject for
consideration will be the department
work in Sunday schools.
Rev f. NJ. Wiswall, who was bruised
and famed recently by the fail of a tree.
mas recovered so that he is attending to
his duties as juryman.
a. Blood and son of Townshend. car
penters, are in charge of the repairs on
the Gushing place, which has been bought
by Station Agent Ballou.
At the annual meeting of the Daughtrs
of Vermont in Boston the president, Mrs.
William a. Barton and the recording sec
rotary, Mrs. Albert W. Pratt, well known
mere as a Newfane girl then Blanche
Goodnow. were unanimously reelected
by ballot to their respective offices.
j. NJ. Miller's poster. three by eight feet,
which is displayed in the post office. is
a marvel of skilful ingenuity of hand
work in that line, and novel adaptation of
% portraits, patiently searched for in
periodicals, TO characters represented in
the two dramas to be given by the Fay
etteNille Dramatic club in Union hall
this, Friday evening.
Phe schools in town will open April ~
unless otherwise notified. with the follow
ing teachers; Brookside, Miss Marion
Howe of East Dover; Newfane. Miss
Switzer, West Townshend; Rand district,
Mrs. II. NJ. Adams. Wiliamsville: union
school No. !, Mrs. E. \. Kenyon. Towns
bend; No. 3, c. e. Brown, South New
fame; Williamsville, Miss Luela Williams.
of that village; South Newfane. Miss
Whitney, Wilmington.
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WEST DUMMERSTON.

Mrs. Abner Bailey is i'll.
Hollis Goodale of Fishers Island n.
Y, is visiting in town.
w. w. Burnham of Hartford. Conn,
has been in town on business.
William Coombs, who has been very
Ill, is better a this writing
II. 5. Norcross has sold his pair of
work horses to George Hurd of Brattle-
boro.
The new landlord from Springfield.
Mass Is here waiting for the hotel to be
completed.
Ben Gallup, who has been driving team
ON the Holden * Martin job, has been
given a place as overseer in the woods.
Friends and neighbors remembered Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Taft last Saturday
evening by giving them party. Two
chairs were presented to Mr. and Mrs.
Taft.
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BROOkIiNE.

j. II. Martin is suffering from rheu-
matism this week.
Mrs. Lula Brown of Jamaica and Two
children are visiting at her fathers, Mr.
Whitaker's.
Mrs. r. NJ. Allbee cut one of her hands
severely last week while cleaning win
dows. the glass breaking while she was
at work on it,
Rev. Mr. Bennett of Putney, who has
supplied the pulpit at the Methodist
church very acceptablY. preached his
farewell sermon last Sunday
Daniel Pratts young son. Harold.
is i'll with pneumonia. Mr.. Pratt and
his family moved back to their old home
here last week, and the illness of their
son so soon after moving, is particularly
hard for Mrs. Pratt, whose health is not
good.
The spring term of school i'm district
No will begin next Tuesday, April II.
Miss Delora Styles of peterboro, n. H.,
who taught the winter term will return
as teacher this spring. Miss Styles's sis
ter who was expected to teach in dis
trict No l. writes that she will be unable
to come at present on account of the i'll
ness of her mother, 1t is, therefore, un-
decided when school in No. / will begin.
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master, Brother Blood and Sisters Waite
Brown and Bennett. Interesting remarks
were made by Mr. Waite of Vermont
Grange. Vernon Grange was also rep
resented The number present was So
The next meeting will be April 81
The Woman's club met with Mrs T.
H. Brown on Wednesday afternoon.
April l, and had a very enjoyable time.
The supper table was spread with cakes
cookies ana many good things. furnished
by members of the club. The most at
tractive looking cake was reserved as a
lunch for the young men, who met with
the club in the evening. 1t was en-
crusted with very white frosting. spiced
and fruited like the most luscious we'd
ing cake. An efforts on the part of the
young men to eat it were a failure, as
it proved to be an April fool cake made
of sawdust.