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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1906-08-24
Fair1ee and Vicinity.
POST MILLS.

Maude Douglass has returned
from Brookline, Mass, where she
has been working this summer.
j. r. Kinney of Boston has been
in town several days selling
pianos.
Miss Florence Titus has given
up her place at the Commodore
House to teach school, her sister
Mamie takes her place.
New arrivals in town are Mr.
and Mrs. Davis and son of Sterl
ing, Mass, F. L. Taylor and e. E.
Taylor of Boston, Mass, at the
Commodore House, I'll. 7. Wiswall
of Newton, Mass. at VIM. Burr's,
Miss Nellie Hurlburt of Lebanon
Mr.. G. e. Douglas.
Mr.. Huntington and family of
Washington, vt. are occupying
Idylwild cottage.
Twenty couples attended the
dance Friday night in Unity Hall.
Post Mills won a very one-sided
game from West Fairlee Center,
Saturday.
Church Notes.
Our audiences this summer are
unusually large. The people who
come here for their vacation con
tribute to the religious interests
by their presence at church and
by their hearty appreciation of the
good work being done by the
church.
Next Sabbath morning Miss
Julia May will sing for us. The
announcement of the fact that
Miss May will sing at our church
service is sufficient to insure a
large audience next Sunday.
The pastor last Sabbath com
menced a series of sermons on
Doctrines that Help, taking for
his opening theme, The Doctrine
concerning God. Next Sunday
the theme will be, Christ the Man
and His Ethics.
Last Sunday morning the Rev.
Samuel Holden of Royalton, Mass.
preached an able and eloquent
sermon on, "The Souls Unpaid
Debt of Gratitude" to a large and
appreciative audience.
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FATRTEE.

Fairlee has three inmates in Yer
mont insane hospitals. Their main
tenance costs the town nothing. 1t
costs the state about $685. year and
is paid from the tax on corporations,
there being no state tax. If Falrlee
paid this, as was formerly the case,
it would mean a town tax of 24.9 cents
on every dollar of the grand list.
Clement condemns the present system
of caring for the insane. Do you? If
not vote the Republican ticket Septem-
Der 4.
Mrs. A. w. Paine's father,
Elijah Snow, died at Cheyenne,
Wyoming, Monday. The funeral
will probably be Saturday p. m. in
the vestry of the church at Lyme
Plain.
Mr.. Curtis Wright of STAFFORD
a cousin of Mr.. George Lanphere,
visited him a few days the first
of the week.
Mrs. Alphonso Roberts and
daughter Florence of Bradford
visited her cousin, Mrs. George
Lanphere the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Adams had
a little son born August Is.
Frank George has been visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. FL.
George.
Mrs. Ada Granger is spending
some time with her sister, Mrs.
w. FL. Gilmore.
Rev. Mr.. Lambert supplied the
pulpit of the Union Church, Aug.
10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilder Dearborn
of Chelsea are guests of Mrs.
StrattOn.
Mrs. Charles Warren is enter
tanning her mother, Mrs. Morse
from Dummerston, her brother,
Mr.. Morse from Brattleboro, her
sister, Mrs. Timothy Albee from
Brookline, and two friends, Mrs.
and Miss Partridge from North
ampton, Mass.
The rain on Monday was most
welcome, as vegetation, especially
gardens were suffering greatly
from drought.
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CHEF SEA

Chelsea has eight inmates in Yer
mont insane hospitals. Their main,
tenance costs the town nothing. II
costs the state about $3.50 a year and
is paid from the tax on corporations
there being no state tax. If Chelsea
paid this, as was formerly the case, it
would mean town tax of 36.1 cents
on every dollar of the grand list.
Clement condemns the present system
of caring for the insane. Do you? If
not vote the Republican ticket Sep
TENDER 4.
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OREORDNILLE.

Miss Ellen Drew has been called
to her home in Somerville by the
rapidly failing health of her father
who is suffering from cancer in
the throat.
George French and son Fred Of
Manchester, have been in town.
Miss Grace Washburn went to
Boston Tuesday, and after a visit
there with relatives goes to her
school in Dakota.
Schools commence September 4.
Mrs. Pease is failing.
Mrs. Sanborn and Mrs. Horton
visited their sister, Mrs. Morrill,
last week. She is failing rapidly;
much sympathy is felt for her.
Walter A. Horton is at work
for Hethrington at Fairlee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Underhill
of NewburypOrt visited at j. ID.
ClOugh's last week.
Miss Mabel Clough returned to
Boston, Saturday.
Miss LORNA Cross is spending
few days at her uncle's, Erbert
Cross.
DR.. Pierce was at Pebbles and
the first of the week.
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PIKE.

Last week Wednesday, Mr..
Emile Blank went to Warren on
the morning train, and from there
walked up Moosilauke, and home
again over Warren Summit; COW
ering nearly % miles.
Mrs. Frank FOss is in Ashland
with her daughter, Mrs. Oscar
White, and her granddaughter,
who arrived Aug. Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. FL. e. Smith, and
son, returned Friday from their
vacation.
Mr.. II. r. Dole has gone to
Springfield, where he will have
charge of an exhibit of The Pike
Manufacturing Co.'s products.
Mr.. Herrick Lawson is visiting
Miss Ethel Tobey.
Mr.. Ben Cook has returned
from his vacation, which he spent
with the Bradford Guards in their
encampment.
Mr.. Levi Locke went to his home
at Lebanon last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Clark, Har-
old Clark, Mrs. John Gregory, and
Beatrice are at Weirs for a vaca-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Smith
are away on their vacation.
Many articles sent by custom
ers of the P. M. Co., in response
to the letters sent out by Miss
Katharine Pike, were not sold at
our recent fair. These goods have
been on sale at the Bradford Fair
this week. Mrs. E. B. Pike with
several helpers had the sale in
charge.
The net proceeds from the cele-
bration and fair of July Fourth
were $131. and q fraction. This
is the report which the general
committee have made. The sum
will be placed to the credit of the
Bethany Church Building Fund.
Morning Worship will be con
Quoted at the Hall next Sunday at
1870 A. M. Subject, Divine In
sight into Human Life. Sunday
School at IL :45 A. M. Lesson,
Jesus and the Rich Young Man.
Evening Praise at 7.30 P. NJ. Sub
ject, Resting in God. The attend
ance during the Summer has been
remarkably good, considering the
weather, and it is the earnest
hope that many more may remem-
Der the duty and privilege of at
tending the Church service.
Miss Ethel Mullin is spending
the remainder of her vacation in
LittletOn.
Miss Flora Field is visiting
friends at Peacham, Vt.
Mr.. W. G. Wildey has returned
from his vacation, a part of which
he spent at York Beach in COM
pany with his parents.
Mr.. Kurt Beisbarth went to
New York City last Friday on a
business trip for the Company.
Mrs. George Wells and Miss
Della Briggs went to Bethlehem
for the day on Tuesday.
Mr.. F. p. Cobb is taking his va
cation at his hillside home.
During the week there has been
on exhibition in the store window
an individual communion service
which is sent on APPROVAL and will
be used at the next Communion
service on Sept 2. If satisfactory,
one of our members will present
the trays, cover and glasses to
the Church. Contributions are be-
ing received to purchase the bread
patens and files.
The next Mems meeting will be
held Sept. 2 at go ? M. It is
planned to make this meeting one
of especial interest.
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WATTS RIVER.

Mrs. G. 4. Richardson who has
been quite sick is a very little bet
ter and expects to go to the hos
pital as soon as she is able.
John Prescott and wife are at
work for G. A. Richardson.
Ernest Ball of Lisbon is visit
ing at VIM. Hoods.
Nelson Philbrick and son Jen-
ness returned from their Boston
trip Friday.
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EAST ORANGE.

W. n. Jewell returned to his home
in Chelsea, Mass, last Monday,
after spending a two weeks vaca-
ton at his old home.
G. NJ. Colby visited his mother
in Barre last Sunday.
J, B. Brooks starts for his home
in Syracuse, n. Y, this week. His
wife and daughter are to remain
another week.
Mrs. Julia Hutchinson has had
an aunt from Worcester, Mass,
visiting her the past week.
Quite a number have been camp
ing at Lake Morey in Fairlee the
past week.
Mrs. H. G. Simpson had relatives
here from Barre the first of the
week visiting her.
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Why does the sun burn? Why
does mosquito sting? Why do we feel
unhappy in the Good Old Summer
Time? Answer: we don't. We use
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve, and these
little ills done bother us. Learn to
look for the name on the box to get
the genuine. Sold by John M. Tay-
lOr
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Prof. Tyler of Amherst college.
said recently: "a man can live COM
fortably without brains: no man
ever existed without a digestive sys-
tenn. The dyspeptic has neither faith,
hope or charity" Day by day people
realize the importance of caring for
their digestion; realize the need Of
the use OF a little corrective after
Overeating. A corrective like Kodol
For Dyspepsia It digests what you
eat. Sold by John NJ. Taylor.
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PIERMONT.
BROOK ROAD.

The principal attraction this
week is the Bradford Fair.
John B. johnson was at home
Saturday and Sunday of last
week, returning to Manchester on
the night train Sunday.
L. X. Ford and wife of Woods
vile visited Mrs. J. NJ. Gannett
over Sunday.
Willie Knapp, the eldest son of
Mrs. Fred Knapp, left for Dako-
ia last week.
VIM. Ladeau is working for FL.
Fl. Mutt.
Water is getting very low.
Crops are beginning TO suffer for
want of rain.
Charles H. Buchanan of Bos-
ton with his wife and two daugh-
tiers, were guests at G.. A. John
sons last week.
RIVER ROAD.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lawrence,
made a short visit with relatives
in Pompanosuc, VT, last week.
Fanny Hibbard, who has been
home for the past two months, re-
turned last Saturday to her posi-
ton in Concord.
Married, Aug. Is, at Piermont,
by Rev. Mr.. Heath, Harley Hack
'ett and JEANNE Everson.
Jessie Bradley of Bradford was
the guest of her friend, Gladys
Craft, short while the past week.
Mrs. Sadie Risley has received
great many beautiful flowers
the past summer, sent II her by
friends and the]
church. She can fafdl yveIfg
the delight these lovely remem-
brances have been to her, and
greatly appreciates the kindness
Of the givers.
Mrs. Bean of Oxford, visited
her daughter, Mrs. Clark, one day
last week, also party of friends
from O0dSVllle.
Gladys Risley returned last
Saturday from Laconia, where
she has been visiting for some
time.
At this writing the moan goes
up, Thunder storms, thunder
storms, everywhere but not one
drop falls on the River road" 1t
is getting very dry indeed, and
the corn and apples are showing
the effects of it.
Iva Robinson went to Peacham,
VT, Tuesday, to be gone about
two weeks.
(Deferred.)
Fred Robinson returned from
Mount Gretna, Penn, Monday,
where he has been attending the
National encampment of the
Guards.
John Worthen and family of
Nashua, N. III. were the guests of
Frank Worthen a short while last
week.
The lawn party held at j. E.
last week Wednesday |
evening, was very well attended,
considering the busy season of |
the year. The weather was ideal |
for a lawn social and everyone
seemed to have a good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett of Con
cord made a flying visit at the
WOrthen home last week.
Katherine Beamis made a short
stay in Plymouth the past week.
Mrs. Warren Crafts entertained
relatives over Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Howe of Henniker,
\. H. and Mrs. Eleanor Webster
md Mrs. Ezra Learned, both of
st. Johnsbury were the guests
asst week of the Leonard home.
The surveyors of the Highway
of the State at Con-
ord were in town Friday, laying
tut the road between the bridge
md the top of the gully hill, and
forth beyond Mr.. Risley's.
Another haying season has
bout closed and the crop is a
.ood one in this vicinity. The
weather. has been about perfect, so
he hay is in fine condition.
We wish to speak a word of
raise for the little folks who did ,
o nicely in the Sacred Concert
iven by them Sunday evening,
Jug. 10. Their chorus work re-
ected much credit on their eff
Drts and also on their trainers.
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H.

| vi 10 fioitiilS5 W
Jas. Ladeau has mOveN
Wilder to WOodsville where
work. His wife and son RENAL
with relatives here over Sunda
A heavy shower Monday afteS
noon did much good as fields and
pastures we're suffering from the
heat and drouth. Though the
lightning was very sharp no dam
age was reported except putting
many telephones out of commits
sion.
Chas. and Mrs. Kimball visited
in Rumney over Sunday. Addie
Bedell remained with Miss Mer-
tie during their absence.
Geo. French of Manchester was
in town the first of the week and
bought a load Of COWS.
Mr.. Seavey of Portsmouth was
in town Friday and Saturday af-
ter choice cows for market. He
bought six of John Hartwell.
A. Mr.. Dustin from Florida, an
experienced brick-maker, has been
hired to take charge of the burn
ing of the brick her and began
work Monday.
Bertha Perkins and her brother
Roy drove down from Washing
ton, VT, Tuesday, to attend the
Bradford fair. Miss Bertha has
been with her mother at Washing
ton during and since her serious
illness. Her mother is gaining
slowly.
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In this state it is not necessary to
serve a five days notice for eviction
of a cold Use the original laxative
cough syrup, Kennedy's Laxative
Honey and Tar. No opiates. Sold by
John NJ. Taylor.
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Don't drag along with a dull. bilious,
heavy feeling. You need a pill. Use
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the
famous little pills. Do not sicken or
grippe. but results are sure. Sold by
John NJ. Taylor.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-16

There Crnpham. who had returned to his duties since Loder's entrance, came quickly forward with an offer of serv. ice.
 But Loder dismissed him curtly, and, with something of the confusion bred of Chilcote's regime, the man drew back toward the staircase.
 With a hasty movement Loder step- ped forward and opening the door admitted a breath of chill air. Then on the threshold he paused. It was his first sign of hesitation-the one instant in which nature rebelled against the conscience 90 tardily awakened. He stood motionless for a moment, and 1t Is doubtful whether even Eve fully fathomed the bitterness of his renun- clation-the blackness of the night that stretched before his eyes.
 Behind him was everything; before him nothing. The everything symboliG- ed by the luxurious house. the eagerly attentive servants, the pleasant atmos- phere of responsibility; the nothing rep resented by the broad public thorough fare, the passing figures. each uncon- scious of and uninterested in his exist ence. As an interloper he had entered this house: as an interloper-a mas- querader-he had played his part, lived his hour. proved himself; as an inter- loper he was now passing back into the dim world of unrealized hopes and un- achieved ambitions.
 He stood rigidly quiet, his strong fig ure silhouetted against the lighted hall, hls face cold and set; then, with . touch of fatality. chance cut short his struggle.
 An empty hanson wheeled around the corner of the square. The cabman, seeing him. raised his whip in query, and involuntarily he nodded an acqui- essence. A moment later he had helped Eve Into the cab.
 Middle Temple lane," he directed. pausing on the step.
 Middle Temple lane is opposite Cliff ford's inn" be explained as he took his place beside her. When we get out there we have only to cross Fleet street"
 Eve bent her head in token that she understood. and the cab moved out Into the roadway.
 Within a few minutes the neiehbor- hood of Grosvenor square was exchang- ed for the noisier and more crowded one of Piccadilly. but either the cab man was overcautious or the borse WAS below the average. for they made but slow progrcss through the more crowd cd streets. To the two sitting In d. lence the pace was well nigh unbesr- able. With every added movement the tension grew. The methodical care with which they moved seemed like the tightening Of . string already strained to breaking point. yet neither poke, becauDe neither had the courage nscsssary for the vordA
 0ncs or twice co they traversed the Stnn1. Lodef nade . movement e if b break the dIence. but nothing fs,- Ievsd it He continued to Dsan for- v1sd VII . e9snIn dsGDsd se1Gh@ = anlll2 - " 0 0n -
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-16

of the cub. his eyes staring straight ahead. Not once as they threaded their way did he dare to glance at Eve, though every movement. every stir of her garments, was forced upon his consciousness by his acutely awakened senses.
 When at last they drew up before the dark archway of Middle Temple lane he descended hastily. and as he mechanically turned to protect Eyes dress from the wheel he looked at hsr fully for the first time since their en- terprise had been undertaken. As he looked he felt hls heart sink. He had expected to see the marks of suffering on her face, but the expression he saw suggested something more than mere mental pain,
 All the rich color that usually deep ened and softened the charm of her beauty had been erased as If by . long illness. and against the new pal Tor of her skin her blue eyes, her black hair and eyebrows seemed startlingly dark. A chill colder than remorse, chill that bordcred upon actual fear. touched Loder in that moment. With the first impulsivo gesture he had allowed himself. he touched her arm.
 "Eve"- be began unsteadily. Then the word dIed on his lips.
 Without s~--d ai-,~st without q movement. she returned his glance, and something In her eyes checked what he might have said. In that one express i've look he understood all she had de sired, all she had renounced-the full extent of the ordeal she had consented to and the motive that had compelled her consent He drew back with tho heavy sense that repentance and pity were equally futile-equaIly out of place.
 Still in silence. she stepped to the pavement and stood aside while Lodef dismissed the cab. To both there was something symbolic. something prophet ic. In the dismissal Without intention and almost unconscious.y they drew closer together as the horse turned, its hoofs clatter;ng on the roadway. i1 harness Jingling and. still without real iza,ion. they looked after the vehicle e 1t moved ews~ d,wa the long. shadow- ed thorousbfass toward the lIghts and the crowds that they had left At Iast invoiuntarily they turned toward each other.
 Conc Lrdcr saId abruptly. 'Trs only across the road"
 Fleet street k generally very quist once midnight is passed. and Eve had no need of guidance or protection e they crossed the pavement. shining liks Ice in the lamplIg5t- They crossed 1t slowly. valking apart. for the drssd sf physical contact that had possssssd them h the cab seemed to have fal1a on them asaln-
 1nquisirvenss has liffIs piacs ia e region sf the dty. and cbey Oiss1 ths opposite fosspath unnoeicsd by tAs ens- al passesby. men- stiI1 bo.6lng epnft 0ey rsachsd snd sn1sso1 Cu0ufs lA ln1t1s tAs 0uancp ~ pouuu1. an1 3- onnu1 inxn1nn -
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-16
CHAPTER xXxn,

.l s she finished speaking Eve did
 A not lower her eyes. To her IHI there was no suggestion of
 shame in her thoughts or her words. but to Loder, watching and lis tening, there was a perilous meaning contained in both.
 "ThankfulnessY he repeated slowly. From his newly stirred sense of re- sponsibility pity and sympathy were gradually rising. He had never seen Eve as he saw her now, and his vision was all the clearer for the long ob- livion. With a poignant sense of com passion and remorse, the knowledge of her youth came to him-the youth that some women preserve in the midst of the world when circum- stances have permitted them to see much, but to experience little.
 "Thankfulness? he said again in- credulously.
 A slight smile touched her lips. Yes" she answered softly" thank fulness that my trust had been rightly placed"
 She spoke simply and confidently, but the words struck Loder more sharply than any accusation. With heavy sense of bitterness and renunciation he moved slowly forward.
 Eve" he said very gently, you don't know what you say" She had lowered her eyes as he came toward her. Now she lifted them in a swift upward glance. For the first time since he had entered the room a slight look of personal doubt and un- easiness showed in her face. "WhyY she said. TT don't understand"
 For moment he answered nothing. He had found his first explanation over whelming. Now suddenly it seemed to him that his present difficulty was more impossible to surmount. T came here tonight to tell you something" he be- gan at last, but so far I have only said half
 Half"
 "Yes, half.' He repeated the word quickly, avoiding the question in her eyes. Then, conscious of the need for explanation, he plunged into rapid speech.
 "A fraud like mine," he said, 'has only one safeguard, one Justifcation-a boundless audacity. Once shake that audacity and the whole motive power ,crumbles. It was to make the audacity impossible-to tell you the truth and make it impossible-that came to- night. The fact that you already knew made the telling easier, but it altered nothing"
 Eve raised her head, but he went resolutely on.
 Tonight" he said, 'I have seen into my own life, into my own mind, and my ideas have been very roughly shak- en into new places.
 We never make so colossal mis- take as when we imagine that we know ourselves. Months ago, when your husband first proposed this scheme to me. l was. according to my own con ception, a solitary being vastly Ill used by fate. who. with fine stoicism, was leading clean life. That was what I believed, but there. at the very out set, I deceived myself. I was simply a man who shut himself up because he cherished a grudge against life and who lived honestly because he had Q constitutional distaste for vice. My first feeling when saw your husband was one of self righteous contempt, and that has been my attitude all along. I have often marveled at the flood of intolerance that has rushed over me at sight of him-the violent desire that has possessed me to look away from his weakness and banish the knowledge of it-but now I under
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I wonder if any woman in the world would have done otherwise! I crum. pied up the papers just as they were and carried them to my own room." From the first to the last word of Ewes story Loder's eyes never left her face. Instantly she had finished bis voice broke forth in irrepressible ques- ton. In that wonderful space of time he had learned many things. All his deductions, all his apprehensions, had been scattered and disproved. He had seen the true meaning of Lillian Astrupp's amused indifference-th in- difference of Q variable, flippant na- ture that robbed of any real weapon for mischief, soon tires of game that promises to be too arduous. He saw all this and understood it with a rapidity born of the moment; never. theless, when Eve ceased to speak the question that broke from him was not connected with this great discovery was not even suggestive of it. It was something quite immaterial to any real issue, but something that overshadowed every consideration in the world.
 Eve" he said, 'tell me your first thought-your first thought after the shock and the surprise-when you re- membered me"
 There was fresh pause, but one of very short durat,an: then Eve met his glance fearlessly and frankly. The