Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-02-04

discussed the editors habit of silence.
and possibly tho reason Mr.. HAIRLESS
was such quiet man was that there
was nobody for him to talk to; but his
hearers d,d not agree. for the popula
ton OF Carlow county was thing of
pride. being greater than that of sew
cral bordering counties.
A bent figure came slowly down the
street, and William Todd hailed II
chccrlully. Evening. Mr.. Fishce."
"A good evening. Mr. Todd" nm
swcrcd the old man, pausing "Ah. Mr.
llarkless. was looking for YOU" He
had not seemed to be looling for any
thing beyond the boundaries of his own
dreams but he approached Harllcss,
tuSging ncrvously at some papers in
his pocket. II have compietcd my notes
for our Saturday edition. 1t was quite
easy. sir. There is much doing"
"Thank you, Mr.. Fisbcc," said Hank
less as he took the manuscript Have
you finished your paper on the earlier
| Christian symbolism? | hope the Her
aid may have the honor OF printing it,"
This was form they used.
81 shall he the recipient Of honor,
SIR" returned Fisbee Your kind offer
| will speed my work: but l fear, Mr.
HAIRLESS, | very much fear, that your
Kindness alone prompts it, for, deeply
as l desire it. l cannot truthfully say
that my essays appear TO increase our
circulation' He made an odd trou-
blcd gesture IA he went on: They do
not seem to read them here although
Mr.. Martin assures me that he care
fully reperuses my article on Chaldesr
decoration whenever he rcarranges his
exhibition windows He plodded on Il
few PAGES, then turned irresolutely.
What is it. Fisbce?" asked Harkless
Fisbee stood for Il moment as though
about TO speak; then he smiled family.
shook his head and went his way.
Harkloss waved his hand to him in
farewell and. drawing a pencil and Il
pad from his pocket, proceeded to in
iuro his eyes in the waning twilight by
the editorial perusal of the items his
staff had just left in his hands He
glanced over them mcditativcly, max.
ing alterations here and there
The last one Fisbee had written as
follows:
Miss Sherwood Of Rouen. whom Miss
Briscoo knew at the Misses Jennings fn-
fishing school in New York, is a guest Of
Judge Brscoe's household.
Fisbpos items were written in ink.
There was a blank space beneath the
last AT the bottom Of the page some
thing had been scrihhlod in pencil
HAIRLESS vainly tried to decipher it;
but the twilight had fallen too deep,
ana the writing was too faint. SO he
struck & match and held it close TO the
paper. The action betukencd only
langud interest. But when he caught
sight Of the first of the four subscrib
ed lines he sat UP straight in his chair.
with sharp ejaculation. At the bot
tom OF FiSbac's page was written in
dainty feminine hand of type he
had not seen for years:
Tine time has come" the walrus said,
'"To talh Of many things
OF shoes and ships and scaling wax
And cabbages and kings"
lie put the paper in his pocket and
set off rapidly down the village street
At his departure William Todd looked
up quickly Then he got upon his feet
with yaWn. and quietly followed the
editor In the dusl; Il tattcred little
figure rose UP from the weeds across
t." way and stole noisressly after
William. He was in his SHIRT sleeves.
his Wa!Stroat unbaton"d and loose On
the nearest corner Mr.. Todd encounter
"a fellow townsman who had been
pacing NJ and down in front of a cot
tage grooming 10 Il protoStiye baby hello
in his arms. lie bad paused in his vgi.
to stare after !iarkloss.
"Where'5 he bound fer Willia,n:'
inquired the man with the baby.
" Hrisrors'," answered William. pur-
suing his way.
II rcckoncl h would be- observed
the other turning TO his wife, who 81:
on the doorstep. Il rcckontd so whOl
see that lady at the lecture lasi
naht."
The woman rose to her feet. "Ill.
bilI Todd, she said What We got
on to tie back Of yer ve$t:" WIli "a
paused, PM his hand behind him aYG
encountered paper pinned TO tn" dan
Cling strap of his waiSlco1t. The wCM
an ran to him and ulp.nned the pnl, E.
II bore 4 writing. They took il TO whc"c
;lo yellow iamnliglt siono out throu-i
rhe c"'n Door a"d read:
dr. So rol.-, ta,... II. so p,es r.,
IA ti.a ,ai h,s. .ar..- rs is cios'. .,
..!s not Go' . o.s to l.,p W. come Ia
" te
"Wha! W tAiIp:. Wiliam?" ask q
jhr mr T.tli tie baby auXiously. Bar
the wpo,ad gave the youth sharp
push Witt har hand, "Thcy never daat
to do IT, SHE cried: "heyer in tie
world. You hurry, Bill Todd. Don't
leave him out OF your sight one sec
ond.'
GRO EE CONTINUED
Coughs ami colds. down to the very
hurd"rland OF consumption, yield TO the
suctning healing influences of Or. Woods !
Norway Pine syrup.
No OFcrprodnctton of Cheese.
"lou might as well look for an over
production Of children as an overpro
ductiOn of cheese" said l.. $. Baer. sec