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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-23

Harbor, which is your best port with this
wind blowing, and as like as not you'll
miss your road when you get inshore
among the keys and reefs and be q week
getting there"
A few of the men, seeing the force OF
this, ran below and raided the galley and
the stewards storeroom of what they
could lay hands upon. But they only
brought up one load of tins. They were
frightened lest the others should in their
terror go off without them. So they bum
died their gleanings pellmell onto the
floor gratings, and with dozen men In
each the boats began to lower away. When
they touched the water, the falls were let
60, to overhaul as they chose, and then
unlocked The boats rode by their paint
ers, swooping on one sea up to the level
Of the bridge deck, diving 20 feet down in
the next trough and lying in great dan
ger of being stove to pieces.
A man in each was standing by the
painter. Others were getting out the oars.
Where's the donkeyman?" cried some
one.
"And Mr.. CambelP
"And the skipper"
"Oh, in the other boat"
''Then cast off, We've got all, and we
must be clear of the old ship before she
founders, or she'll take us down too"
The painters were slipped, and from
either beam the steamers lifeboats diverg-
ed under the backing impulse of their oars.
Out of sight of one another they dropped
astern, and each picking a favorable
chance they slowed round in pother of
spray. Then they stepped their masts,
and then, one under jib and, the other
under close reefed lug, they drove away
before the wind, leaving the setting of
course for after consideration.
Steamer sailors are not used to small
boat sailing in a heavy sea, and it takes
them some time to wear down the novelty
of it. By providence there was the sec
ond mate in one, an old North sea smacks-
man, to take the tiller, and able sea-
man from the same school in the other
boat who also was competent to manage
her. The boats were built for the weather,
but they required handling, and excepting
these two men there were none other up
to the task. The rest trimmed ship, some
of them bailing, some too frightened to
do anything but cling on to athwart, these
last from the fireholds mostly, and with
their compliments in this danger and dis
order the Port Edes' two lifeboats drove
away into the night and the north north
east.
Three men on the steamer from inside
the chartroom watched the boats go away,
and one of them, the donkeyman, was
wondering what kind of fool to call him
self for being left.
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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-23

ing a clean breach over her this minute!
She'll be down with US If we don't look
quickP'
Then another voice cried: Let the foul
old tramp go to hell by herself She
shan't drown me, for one, while she's got
boat that'll swim. Come along, boys, !"
whereupon mixed half dozen of deck.
hands and fremen made q rush for the
foot of the upper bridge ladder.
At the head Of that ladder stood Cap
tain Kettle, grinning like a tortured f1end.
The crew were acting precisely as 1t had
been planned that they should act. They
were doing what laboriously formed plot
had compelled them to do. But at that
moment the captains weakness for battle
nearly got the better of him and was with
In an ace of making him attempt to upset
the entire apple cart. The idea of his men,
the despised all nation rabble whom he
had browbeaten into subsection all across
the broad Atlantic, taking the initiative
into their own hands now, was too much
for him to swallow in single dose. Soon
er than submit he would have ruined every
thing ten times over. Consequently he
drew on the first man who advanced up
the ladder, and his eyes lit up with the
steady passionless glare of slaughter.
The fellow was brave enough, desperate,
too as a man could be, but upon certain
death he hesitated TO advance. Indeed
when Kettle, coming down the ladder him
self, thrust him furiously back he retreat
ed to thebridge deck, us did those who
were with him.
But the other men of that worthy crew
had no mind to be tyrannized over any
longer when the steamer was momentarily
settling down under their feet and drown
ing was an immediate question. BY the
funnel stays and by one another's backs
they swarmed on to the top of the fiddle,
and thence gaining the boat platforms set
about cutting adrift the grimy awnings
with their knives and clearing away the
tackles and falls They shipped rudders
and fitted the plugs, and one or two with
more forethought than their frightened
fellows shouldered the boats water break
ers and took them aft to where the con-
denser tap gave upon the lower deck.
Kettle did not interfere. He had held
the bridge deck ladders against all Corners
and in some cranky way felt that his hon
or was unsmirched. But he gave no help,
no hint no further order, and surveyed
the scene with folded arms and a sour,
thin smile. Patrick Cambel, being moved
by different set of feelings, acted more
humanely.
Take time, men," he sung out coolly,
If you will be towards and leave the ship.
don't think she'll sink-at any rate not
yet"
The men had knocked away the chocks,
hoisted the boats and swung the davits
outboard.
Keep your heads, you trembling idiots.
Pass painter forward before you begin
to lower and don't lower till you've vic
tualed the boats. You've at least $50
mile run before you can make Charlotte
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-23
THOSE eNAWINe RATS.
A Common and Curious Illusion.


81 felt as though rats were gnawing at the
coats of my stomach" Three famous men
have all left this expression on record In
their writings. They were all sufferers
from chronic indigestion or dyspepsia, OF
which the horrible sensation they thus de-
scribe is symptom. Other signs are
heayiness and distress after eating, bad
taste in the mouth, dryness of skin, variable
appetite, fatulency, broken sleep, bad
dreams and Nightmares, billiousness, fatigue
and WEAKNESS without labor, etc., etc.
We work with our head and nerves and
this makes the dyspepsia of the student,
the business and professional man, the
worried man and the majority OF women.
We throw food, often unassorted and IN en-
cess. into this weak and unwarmed stom-
ach, and bring on acute inhammatory dys-
pepsia or gastric catarrh, with symptoms
and results which make life terror. ASK
anybody who has it. >.
THE best of medicines is the new medi-
cine, Calcura Solvent, discovered by DR..
David Kennel, of Kennedy Row, Kings
ton. N. Y. 1t has proved brilliantly sue,
cessful in maladies of the digestive ana
nervous systems and in disorders of the
liver, bladder and kidneys. All druggists
S1.O0 bottle.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-23
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Amy Rivers, the ward OF Iheo-
dorc Shelf, a bypocrite, is engaged to Hamilton
II~SheIf proposes a piratical scheme TO
Patrick Cambcl, Shelf being under the mailgh
influence of Mrs, Shelf.
HI, ". V and VI-The scheme IS 70 snip goi i',
it, Shelf and Cambel employ captain owen
Kettle to command the steamer, the Fort Edrs,
and to carry out the plan. Cambel sails IL me
steamer. ,., a., ,os
Villas the Port Edes, laden with the boxes,
leaves the dock, "A man on shore declares 'h''
she is doomed. ,, l.,
d NIlI-The crew attempt 10 selZe the Nesse' u"
order to secure the gold ..
IN-But Captain Kettle subdnes the hi"'ihs'
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-23

t,ke tho wheel and pilot her through, u
YOU can, though that's mighty Dig Jop
for ono man, and tho odds are apoup toh
IN one You'll pile her up somewhere. I've
cot to bo below. At a pinch might drive
The engines, though don't know much OF
tho trade. but can't do that ana iire SIX
two hole boilers and wheel Goals out OF inc
bunkers us we'll Now think the doh-
keyman Is the chap we want. he uhaer-
stands his way about down there, hes az
strong as n winch, and l fancy no KNOWS
which side his biscuits margarined.
Eyes I'm with you there. Wen nave
the donkeyman If he'll come"
"Then why not sound him nowl'
"Because I'll hint of this informal scheme
to no ono till its fairly ablaze. Man, II
GHOSTS whisper OF 1t got about, the crew
would rise and grab us, pistols or no pis-
tolls. They'd have that amount OF scare
In them, they'd walk straight up to a
Maxim gun. They'd trample us out OF
existence before we could fairly look
round. No, my neck itches enough as
things are at present, and II another man
ON board now besides you knew what was
going to be done tonight should feel a
bowline moose inside my collar, with half
a dozen hangmen beginning to tug at It,
"See here, Mr.. Cambel, said the ship
master. ARE you getting sorry you came
out on this trip"
The other laughed harshly. sorry!
Whatever have you got in your head nowF
II do thing, do it with my eyes open'
and make point Of never indulgin8 IN
useless regrets afterward. No, Captain
Kettle, I'm going through with this mat
ter, whether 1t succeeds or fails, whether
1t is brought about without injury to
single human soul or whether 1t costs the
last pant of breath from every man In thls
ship. But / own to you / am nervous
The only things which we can be sure
will happen are the unexpected, and we
can't prepare for those, and the want OF
preparation may ruin u.s."
tits big gamble" assented Kettle
land wish could say, May the Lord de-
fend the right But can't, and you can't,
and least Of all Shelf can't. It's devils
Job anyway, and he don't always stand
BY his men. The only thing is even Nick
can't diddle my wife and kids out OF the
insurance made for them; so, personally
speaking, don't much care what hap
pens You go below to your room now
and get calk of sleep. You'll want It,
And first, If you please, I'll shake hanas
with you. We've never done 1t before, be
cause mods been enough other times
but this is different. You're a decentish
sort, and l fancy II that woman hadn
meddled you wouldn't have been ship
mates here with me tonight"
They exchanged quick hand grip
each looking rather ashamed of himself
and then Cambel went down the bridge
ladder whistling, and Owen Kettle reset
tied himself in his campstool. When next
they met, the tragedy of the Port Edes
would have begun, and in it perhaps both
would die by any out of ten violent deaths
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-23
CHAPTER XII.
A DERELICTIOE
,ipht bells-midnight.

Eight bells-midnight.
The lookout in the crows nest forward
chanted his last melancholy "Alls we'll
and gave way to the relief from the next
watch. He climbed down by the cleats
in the iron mast and went to the starboard
door in the forecastle Other men follow
ed him, jumping like cats along the
streaming decks and others came little
later, dingy fellows, with neck clouts like
dishcloths, who went in Mt the port door,
thess last being the goats OF shipboard-
the firemen and trimmers-who were OIL
yided off from the more high caste deck
hands by fore and aft bulkhead.
The third mate and the quartermaster.
too from the upper bridge were replaced
by another quartermaster and another
mate, and they also went to the places APP
pointed for them, and the snores OF their
breathing soon ratified against the BUNK
coamings. Only two men on the FORT
Edes who were not on the roster OF duty
stood that windy mornings first watch
Under the lee Of the canvas shelter Gap
tain Kettle sat huddled on his campstooi
In style which no man could distinguish
with certainty between wakefulness and
sleep, and below in his room, which open
ed off the main cabin and was next the
specie room, Patrick Cambel was dab
bling in something which the laws OF ma
lions would stigmatize as felony, and that
Of complex degree.
There were two berths in the room-the
upper one against the window port, which
he slept in, and the lower, which contain
ed two spread out portmaDteaux. Beneath
this last were drawers, In which the cap
tain's steward kept table linen, disused
corks, the carpet which the chartroom
sported in harbor and other articles OF
ships use. Cambel had two of these
drawers out on the floor, and from the re-
cess of their site had drawn two fine green
silk covered wires.
He disentangled the coils, taking care
to avoid kink, and then unscrewed the
porcelain switch which governed the
rooms electric lamp. Beneath were GER
tain pieces of metal imbedded In vulcanite.
Patrick Cambel gave his arms prelini-
nary stretch a bare wire terminus in each
hand. His fingers were trembling, as
whose would not have been in the same
situation.
He noticed it and commented to himself
on the circumstance.
That's excitement, suppose; excite
ment pure and understandable. Not be-
ing a man of stone, l can't help being
tha s,,b1;,,a ,.annancse of INV Knowledge
" ,vbat ,riII bannon ,xhon >, current flashes
a. 's.t -, n, ~, not a coward
3D. 10 ,,,,.;,a aho,,t other mems feel
ings when death is beginning to paw them
,..;,,.t;.1, "a ~ 80 ~. I,ro s.en thew
~ a. :. rrra CIV 70 Lon there i've
sai. -. 49,, s,,,oh - than once and
-. - ,,acoss;tv ter.
sieas ph,,as 80 ~ nast deads do
.;aLi.. al - III, nov docs
~ ,.. -, - "a ,,,o,a % -,
, ,.oa. 49,. sne,E for
We! way "u.o'"'1n -, falt
-, ' ,',,I oi"I.aSs for not ;s
' -.
syhat ,v;,, cpp,o af,orzrard IT seems TO
ma thar a thinking man with the ambi
,;on Of ,nonse should never fear death.
hecanse oncs dead be becomes wiser than
al, the l;ving re,nnant ~ the human race.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-23
RAIL ROADS.
time TABLE CENTRAL VERMONT RY.
3 HeCtiVe Oct. II, OF.

Trains leave Brattleboro as follows
b.2s a. M, Daily for Springfield, week days for
New York. ..,
1925 a. m, Week days for New London; c9nnecIs
7sll a. M. Week days for South Londonderry.
a.i0 a, M, Week days for Springfield and New
TO- Is a. M. Week days for Millers Falls, connect
2.a7 3. M, Week days for Springfield and New
York - $500, >r.,
4.s5n. M. Week days for New London and New
York via Norwich Line Steamer; connects AT
Palmer for Boston.
4.s5 D. M, Daily for Springfield and New YORK.
nssESubiect to change without notice.
Ell. FITZHUGH, v. 2. and G. NJ. st. Adams.
s, W. CUMMINGS, G. p. A., st. Adams
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-23

the wet canvas dodgers shed water in
streams, and Captain Owen Kettle fell
spread eagled on the planking of the bridge.
From the hatch in the foredeck before
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-23
Dr.. EmmOns'

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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-23

ITO BE CONTINUED
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-23
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

druggists refund the money If it fails to cure.
Z. W. Groves signature is on each box. sc.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-23
& MAINE II. II.

BOSTON x MAINE II. r..
Winter Arrangement. In effect Oct 10, 1902
Conn. and Passumpsic Division.
TRAINS BOUND SOUTH.
a. IN. IN. pm. pm.
Ly. Bellows Falls. s440 S.20 doo .o'o %
Arr. Bratteboro s5lS wy ~ ~ 90
( Lv. So. Vernon, DAD IN. ny 20 sto - o.
Greenfield, 80 iUOd o.io 40 90
Arr. Springfield. s7.25 l.2o 4.ao %"
l. a. m. am. pm p IN.
TRAINS BOUND NORTH.
Leave Bellows Falls $50 a. m, l2os 3'lo'
100 s11.05 p. m. ,-o
Arr. Windsor S35 a. m, l.Oo, 500, ''oo'
s1160 p. m.
TRAINS NORTH BOUND.
a. m. a. m. PIN. p. IN. =. IN.
Ly. Springfield, t555 9'9S l25e ~ s s1s
Greenfield, t7.U lO.l2 Lag 4,SS 20
Brattleboro, t7.45 11O5 $50 63U slOL5
Arr. Rellows Falls, 1923 11.52 sos $40 s1O5S
a. IN. a. IN. p. IN. p. IN p. IN.
TRAINS SOUTH BOUND.
Leave Windsor $3.50, 7.A a. m 1925 l2l6,
s3.O5. $40 (mixed), p. m
$50 (mixed), p. m.
tSundays only. sDaily.
h, I. FLANDERS, Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-22
SENATOR LIBBY DEAD.
Was Prominent Physician and an
Honorcd Citizen.

East pittston. Me, oct. @1.-fSpeciaD.
--Dr. G. {. Libby of this town. II lead
Ing citizen and member of the
Main, Senate, died at his home, Tues
day evening. after Il long illness. DR..
Libby was born in Danville. 80 years
ago, and was educated at Bowdoin and
Dartmouth Colleges. For quarter of a
century ne WAS the leading ply
stefan of this section, and WAS Il man
universally esteemed.
He had served as Superintendent of
schools in this town. aud as president
OF the local Agricultural Association
III religious faith he was u Methodist
and was a trustee of the Bucksport
Seminary. In politics he was always
an active Republican. He was mem
Der of the House of Representatives in
1893. ard in 1900 was elected to the
Senate, boiEg reelected in 1902. A
widow survives him. The funeral
services will be held, Friday. at p. Nj.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-22
GRAND ENcAMPMENT
OF the O6d Fellows of Maine Hold
Annual Session.

Portland, Me, Oct. 21.-The Grand
Encampment of Odd Fellows met, to-
day, in the seth annual session with
Grand Patriarch Will c. Miller of Au-
gusta, presiding. The annual reports
show that this branch of the order has
enjoyed the prosperity which has
marked the order in general in Maine.
The Grand Patriarch reported a gain
in membership of 62 and gain in in
vested funds of s263. While the gain
is small, it shows the order to be on
the road to Improvement. One new en-
campment has been instituted, making
a total of 81 encampments. The total
membership is 4744.
The following officers were elected:
Grand Patriarch, Charles d. Page,
Bangor; grand high priest. Herbert
w. Sears, Portland: grand senior war
den, Eugene w. Bowler, Rockland;
grand scribe, Benjamin c. Stone, Port
land. grand treasurer Albro e. Chase.
Portland. grand junior warden, Willis
A. Bailey. Skowhegan; grand repre-
sentative. Alfred $. Kimball, Norway.
These officers We're appointed: Grand
marshal, John M. Ward, Bangor: grand
sentinel. Charles f. Allen. Bar Harbor;
deputy grand sentinel, E. P. Spinney,
North Berwick.
1t was voted to change the date of the
convention from the forenoon to the
evening of the third Wednesday in Oc-
tober. holding the sessions at the con-
clusion of the Grand Lodge session.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-22
THE DAIRY EXHIBIT
Made at Pressure Isle Was a Credit to
Dairymen.

Pressure Isle, Me-, Oct. a1.-A large
exhibition of dairy products and dairy
machinery of the most improved make
were shown at a special meeting under
the direction of the State Dairymen's
Association which opened today. The
meeting will close, tomorrow afternoon.
Response to an address of welcome by
Hon. j. w. Dudley of Castle HILL was
made by l.. w. Dyer of Woodfords, sec
rotary of the Maine Dairymen's Associ-
alton. State Dairy Instructor S. c.
Thompson of Winterport, addressed the
dairymen on Handling the Dairy for
Profit" The afternoon speakers We're
J. F. Tiley, dairy inspector of Wood
stock, N. b., on THE Care of Dairy
Products" and by Prof. G. M. Gowell
of Orono, on THE Dairy Cow and How
She May Be Made Profitable" The
evening program included an instruc-
tive address by Hon. Thomas A. Peters,
deputy commissioner of agriculture.
Fredericton, n. B.. and by Prof. VIM. D.
Hurd of Orono. on Cheap Foods for
the Dairy Cow"
Prof. Hall, director of the Vermont
Experiment station, spoke, this even
ing. The visitors had drive through
the farming districts during the day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-22
THREE GOOD SHOTS
Brought Maynard Reynolds,
One Of Escaping Robbers
From Norridgewock, to the Ground,
Up Near Canadian Line.
Captured Men Admit They Are Wanted
in New Hampshire.

Waterville, Me-, Oct. 21.-The Nor
ridgewock burglars captured, yester-
day. near the Canadian line and identi-
fed as Fred and Maynard Reynolds,
breaking at Colebrook, N. H., arrived
here. today, and were taken to the
county Jail at Skowhegan, where their
two partners in the Norridgewock
break are confined. They We're brought
from Megantic over the Canadian Pa
cifc, Bangor & Aroostook and Maine
Central railroads, by Deputies Emery
and Dunbar.
Deputies Dunbar of Madison, and
Millay of North Arson, followed the
trail to the Cameron farm on the Ca
madam line, passing the burglars, who
had taken a tote road. They were on
the Canadian side of the line when the
Reynolds brothers with their small
black dog, appeared. The officers
challenged them and told them to
throw w their hands. The two men
turned and run. The officers fired a
dozen shots, three of which took eff
lStl VII dSlidIo way tliC yoohto-
er. One shot broke the ankle bone,
another entered the hip and the third
struck the knee. A half hour later,
Deputies Emery of North Arson and
Durgin of The Forks, appeared. The
prisoners were taken to Megantic,
where Mayna1d's wounds were dressed
and they were started on their way to
Skowhegan.
| They talked freely, Maynard admit
ting he was wanted at Colebrook. for
burglary and breaking Jail and that
$3.50 reward had been offered some
time ago for their capture. He said
that George Colville, who gave his
name as Smith, brought him into the
trouble at Colebrook and was respon-
sible for their connection with the Nor
ridgcwock burglary. Fred is "A years
old, and Maynard q.
Upon their arrival at SkowheGan the
men were arraigned before Judge Batchel-
der in the municipal court. Both pleaded
guilty, and in default of $1,000 bail We're
committed to Jail to await action by the
grand jury. Maynard, the younger broth
or, suffered much pain today, from the
three gunshot wounds received during the
fight with the sheriffs, yesterday The
wounds are not OF a dangerous nature
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-22
THE MAINE CENTRAL
Reflects Old Officers, With Lucius
futile as President.

Portland, Me-, Oct. 21.-At the an
nual meeting of the Maine Central
Railroad stockholders, today. the direc-
tors were reelected with the exception
that the vacancy caused by the death
of VIM. G. Davis was not filed. Lucius
futile of Boston, was elected president
and George F. Evans of this city, vice
president and general manager. The
directors are: George F. Evans, Port
land: VIM. p. Frye. Lewiston: Samuel
{. Lawrence. Medford Lewis Cass
Ledyard, New York; Joseph H. Man
ley. Augusta: Henry r. Reed, Boston;
Joseph w. Symonds, Portland; Lucius
futile. Boston; John Ware. Waterville;
George P. Wescott, Portland: Henry M.
Whitney, Boston: Franklin A. Wilson,
Bangor; Henry B. Cleaves, Portland,
clerk.