Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-12-03

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uounto1 tc eivc NV here. a orio,, uhi,c
went to the cottage b,hind thc closed
stor. 10 500. t,e s,n,-r.cnc,
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Ilo cohhrmed my impression mat ths
atoro were oil in tr't-rnte condition. and
mat inc day was bne' questioned
nm az 10 ire chatac'or o. tho w'ntcra N
tiIls region spoke or the cmployments
Or ire Nillase ioiE' thcn mentioned the
"noo-msker
Acs; re works thc gear rouna dawn
| nero or the llpfcHanoe. He sells his
/ 'hhocs al over the country-th" Hart
HdSc' mats MS name. You must have
! 'eth hi" sign there by tho cedar hedge.
fheN say no gets big prices for his
canoes
suppose fcs native IN tresc
fortsF ventufed.
no out hes been here good VIII le'
guess nohoiy knows where he cor res
I'o"!-or cares lie works pretty hard'
out Euess lie l'kes 1t )"
'Iics an inluatrious man. is he7"
on he's stendy worker; but he's a
J"ecr hid' TOO no" no never votes
ana nc never goes to church; ana FOR
inc sax" OF INC argument neither do J.,
-hnd me olo fc!Iow winked prodiyiously.
tic mighty odd man; hut ] can't say
mat thats against Elm But he's Quiet
ana feaceable' and now his dnughter-
on he has doushter?'
Yes; ana thnts ell he nus. toot and
thoy never nave any visitors Tho daugh-
ter Just come home the other CAV. and
we amt hardly seen her yet. She's been
away at school
y suppose VI HartTidSe "a ah.cnt
sometimes; n" doesn't live Gown Tiers
a" the urne, docs heE
y can't say that could prove it;
sometimes don't see him FOR month
or more but his business is his own,
granger ne concluded pointedlv.
on thlhk that II MI. HartridEe had
visitor you'd know IT, ! persisted,
'honEh the sn"pkooper grew less
afhable'
well no" might and again |
ulSHtnt Mr. llartridgc is queer man.
don't see him every day and particu-
tfiy IN the winter don't keep track OF
him
with little leading tho storckeeper
deFcr'hed HArtrid=e for me, and his de-
s'fp'on tailed exactly with the man
VINO h1d caught me on the canoe
makers premises the night before. And
Yet when ! had thanked the storekceper
ana ridden on through tho village, | was
~ much befuddlcd as ever. There was
something decidedly incongruous in the
&c" tNat man who was. by all super
Nc'"' signs at least a gentleman. sAoui1
De cs'%ohshcd In the business of making
canoes ny the side OF lonely creek in
'"'s onu corner OF the word. From tie
s'orekefpe's account Hartridse might
ne absent rom MS retreat for long
perioo'i II he were Henry Holbrook and
"'sheu 10 annoy ms sister. it was not so
VI" from TINS lonely creek to the Ion-
n'c'iV"V 'o"H "here MISS Pat lived.
hEaih' rs to the daughter. just home
from school and not yet familiar to tho
eyes OF tHe V'IIa2c she might easily
enough ne an invention 10 hide the veitS
o. feIeh hoiprook. found myself try
INK 10 account Tor inc fact that by some
means snort OF the miraculous. Helen
Iiolorook had played chess with Miss
al at 81 Agatha at the very hour l
i'ao seen her with her father on the TIP
peVahoe' ANA then | was bafiled again
az / remembered that faul stoddard had
sen' '"e TWO women TO ST Agatha's,
anu 'nat '"e'i destination could not have
Gee" CHOSEN by leIeh fioibrook.
my ,noushts wandered into many
o"hd aIIeTs as rod" on. was thor
oNei,'' o's@nsied "th myself at finding
''U ioo'. e"uS OF inc H'!brook' AFFAIR"