The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-25

earth. but ne earth goes around the SUN
and In order 10 DO II II has TO no Ike
thunder to make time; you may have no.
uced along about December she gifts be-
hind 30 that the sun doesn't appear untn
after breakfast. every morning for quite
a spell. Now that. according 90 science.
Is the equinoctial paradox"
WELL" says Agnes. II shank you for
the information. for never knew about IL
before"
Now. tell me-" says Jasper. where
our new possessions are over near China,
that we call the Philippians"
'"rhe Philippine islands Are
Just as Agnes was tryin' TO tell him
about the Philippians in rushes Mr..
chssley's Oldest boy and sets US all on
edge by saying Spencer's barn was all
anre. out rushes all the men folks. for
they knew the barn was full OF cattle. and
In less than a minute the committee
meetin was all broke up and the whole
community was pretty much all runnin
10 the fire. or course II all burned down
for we haven't got anything here In the
town to fight fire with but buckets. but
very fortunately the cows and horses
were al got out alive.
After the excitement was all over, Toll
GRAFTON allowed twas an unfortunate
thing I'm one way. but for putting stop
TO Jasper Corning's philosophy and quo
tations II was something TO be thankful
for.
Well. the girls all passed the examina-
ton as they always do. and Agnes has
taken the school in the upper district
where she Is teaching about anything
she pleases The other day she told ma
she hadn't yet introduced any studies re-
ting TO the 'Roarer Bore Alice nor the
Equinoctial Paradox
The next day a writ was sworn out
for the arrest OF Howard Morse, one
OF the best boys OF the town, for settin'
the barn on fire. II was a dreadful shock
10 the whole community. and 1t Just about
killed his mother. federation had 10
serve the papets. but when Judge Howard
fixed the bonds at a thousand dollars he
went on his bond so that he wouldn't be
locked up.
Howard had been seen coming out OF
fire first broke out, and, OF course. that
was evidence enough for some folks that
he must have set the fire.
He denied having any connection with
the burning OF the barn. and he was on
hand 10 help get out the cattle and to
save what he could.
When the court was held. while there
were no witnesses to prove anything
against him, the Judge instructed the jury
TO bring I'm a verdict OF guilty wholly on
circumstantial evidence, and poor How
ard was sent TO prison. Everybody knew
he was innocent, but the circums tapces
were so agin him, and al circumstsntial
evidence has been set so much by I'm the
courtss all over the land. there seemed
to be nothing else that the judge could
do.
But Toleration he set to work to find
out the real cause and Il didn't take long
10 learn that there was "a tramp seen in
the neighborhood on the same day, and
he harnessed up Old Rabbi and started
TO find out who the tramp was. He went
10 Hampton Hill, and from there he drove
on 10 Hartford. stopping along the road
10 inquire about him. and when he got
pretty nigh 10 the Massachusetts, line I'm
tho village OF Canaan, he ran on TO the
very man that he was lookin for. and he
begun then and there TO question him
about his stoppin in Canterbury Centre
the night OF the fire.
At first he wouldn't acknowledge any
thing. but after Tolerate told him he d
protect him from all harm, he admitted
goin to sleep in the barn, and as he had
been smokin' his pipe he woke up TO
find the barn all afire and he took 10 his
heels and went out OF town.
He came back and testified TO what he
had said. which, of course. exonerated
Howard Morse. and he was set at liberty.
His statement in court that he had gone
into the barn to find John Kinsley. where