Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-04-01

"ohs guess Kingston an yeour Uncle
jed r on. tn map this year. said the
representative, as be read this letter for
the half-dozenfh time. "Yew see thev's
ben so much up here this year I4th that
caucus racket an tn Wilkie Reynolds
shootin' that I'm beound tew be p'inted
oeut an inquired for. Course. this
printer Teller wouldn't want no list o.
the members Without me in it'll
"P'rhaps he's anxious enough to git
yew in so't he won't ask nothin' fer
what he says" ventured Edna.
"N-no, l guess he hain't that anx-
ious. Fur's got up tew date,
hain't fOeund nobody willin' tew dew
nothin' fer nothin'. But / s'pose he's
got ter git enough oeut ont ter pay fer
tn printin'. Prob'ly tn advert;sin' II
be wuth tn five dollars tew me-
But yew've got ter hev yeour picture
took besides, Jed, an that'll cost two
three dollars more"
he'd one since was a baby"
"Myi Jed, I'm glad we paid fer oeur
place before this office sbee stung yew.
First know I'll hev tew sign q NOR
Ridge on It tew supply the funds"
Jed laughed uneasily. He had kept
from Edna the fact that few days previ-
ously, being short of ready money and
needing considerable to finance his
Montpelier venture properly, he had bor-
rowed two hundred dollars at the Read
\ willie bank, with Squire Edwards on his
sixty-day note. Jed felt positive be
could swing it all right, and didn't wish
to worry his wife over the matter. He
had found the Squire more than willing
to endorse for him.
/ "Glsd to accommodate, jed. You need
considerable ready money at time like
this in order to carry sail right. II you
want more, come to me-"
"Thank yew very much, Squire, but
guess this'll dew. Don't like ter borrer
this way never done it BEFORE
"By the way, jed, you know, perhaps,
that have an eye out for an appoint
ment up there. Granger promised it to
me last spring and presume twill come
along all right, but wish you would go
to him early and endorse me for it. Make
it as hearty as you can and let me know
what he says"
Jed promised, of course.
"And, Jed, l think ! can be of some
help to you in a way. II is pretty certain
I that Ben Knowles will be elected speak.
Ben we'll and I'm PRETTY sure can get his
car for some good committee assignments
for you. What would you like to be
, on?''
To tell the truth, Jed didn't know. Hs
} had vague idea that there were such
things az committees and that they hac
something to do with law making, but b'
had no clear understanding of condi
tions, and could not say where be wished
! to be placed.
"Oh, hain't very particular, Squire
) abeout that. Anything where a dull
farmer like me can be put without
, standin' q show ter make an ass Of him
! self will suit me"
. "well, rn take it up With Knowle
e and you may look for something prett.
, good IL he wins"
"Thank yew agin, Squire"
4 "And be sure, Jed, to let me know
e you need my help to any more money
You'll not draw any pay, you know, I'll
, toward the end"
: Reprcsentative-elect Alden, in the pre-
q session interval, was waited on by diver
and sundry residents Of his town wit
!, suggestions as to proposed legislation
J. He received these in good part and prom
e ised to do whatever be could.
You put III JILL Aof Sun
J. state aid for our highways, jed" n
= marked one of his confreres on the boar
-s of selectmen. "That cIoudburst lal
is spring did so much damage to the road
\ on Adams hin that twill boost our taxs
y like fury to fix 'em. Nothing woul
make on more solid with our home folk
Z than for you to put through such bill
5, and there's q good case for you, to-
n Other towns get something this wa
every session. Kingston ought to ha'
N her share"
,e "That's so, - assented Jed. "P'raps
3. en- git Squire Edwards tew fix up bi
fer it.
d. And he did.
O, "Don't forget TO get our grand list
q galized. suggested the tax collector.
"why? Amt it all right?' asked Je
" "Probably. But our listers were son
careless in one or two things, I've n
ticed, and to prevent any trouble bett
d. have the legislature Ak it up"
"An right"
a The local policeman had q claim for e
ny penses in keeping wilkie Reynolds aft
et his arrest over which there was some d.
d. pute, and he wanted it presented in I
y, form Of q bill against the state.
We Mister Peter Myer. whose name b
been abbreviated IN common pAEAhnSS ~
alb most disrespectful way, took Jed ash
IN one day and asked him to make it
,ss special duty to see that he should be
les ealiy known thereafter as Mr.. Regina
King.
I'm Altogether, it looked like q busy 81
lor sion ahead for our friend, and when
had packed his new suit case-price u.
and stood at the door ready to be dr.
ie- en- over to the station on his way to
in capital he remarked to Edna,
"Wal, 'tain't goin' tew be tn vacatio
figgered on, eggsactly. ! got VIC
1 enough laid oeut meow fer ter keep
10? legislature humpin' week er two n
self, an hain't fairly started sit.
on CHAPTER XVI.
- Accustomed to repose on a well-hl
straw-and-feather bed, Jed Alden's d
, night at Montpelier, spent on q 9
- Observation-Disclosures combination, pro-
"a unrestful. He couldn't settle down il
80 il comfortably, but felt an unpleasi