The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-14
A QUIET COMMUNITY
sy NJ. QUAD.

even a chimney had burned cut Or a
tramp had helped himself to onions
from somebody's garden. It was Just
quiet respectable and peaceful, and
its inhabitants read In the newspapers
the happenings In other villages and
patted each other on the back that
they were Hatnsyillers.
Thus 1t was that when the Widow
Thomas made her advent in the village
one day, looking for a quiet place in
which to pass a few weeks, by the adj
vice Of doctor. for her nervous trou-
BILE, everybody put himself forward to
assure her that she had come to the
right place and to make her welcome.
The widow had a rather peculiar nery-
Gus trouble, as she stated at once. To
cure It she must stroll around more or
less at night under tho dew and under
the moonlight Would the villagers
regard that as improper7 They
wouldn't--not as long as the doctor
had recommended it. In her strolling
would she meet men who would try to
firt with herr Neverl Flirting was
thing unheard Of In Huntsville. II any
man sought to introduce such thing
he would be tarred and feathered and
driven out.
And so the little woman was settled
in the house Of the Widow Davis. who
was glad to take her in for the bond
between them and that they might sit
Of an evening and compare notes
about the loved and departed The
stranger had taking ways with her
and was a success from the start She
began strolling around nights almost
at once, and such men as encountered
her lifted their hats and passed on
without word. They had visions Of
tar and feathers before their eyes.
And almost from the first the boarder
began to gain in health. The fresh
milk and eggs and the dew and the
moonlight had a wonderful effect in
quieting her nerves, and when this
became known throughout the village
there was talk Of establishing a sani-
tarium for the benefit Of nervous per-
Sons.
The Widow Thomas remained In
Evansville for six weeks 1t was then
announced that her cure had been COM
plete. AS her coming had created
something OF a sensation, her going
was not to be without its special fea-
lures. As the rumor of her contem-
plated departure crept about a certain
deacon received note asking him to
call, and she said to him:
Deacon, on five different occasions,
after o'clock at night, as recorded
here In my notebook. / have dlscoy-
cred you peeking into the windows of
a certain house. am a little short Of
money and shall take 1t kindly II you
VIII lend me $40"
The deacon said "Um, umw to him.
self and handed over the money. He
hated to let it go, but that was a quiet
community.
In response to another note Mr..
jackson, who deals IN real estate and
Insurance, made bis appearance. He
was about the only man fl the village
who didn't believe in the dew cure. She
shook his hand as warmly as she had
that OF the deacon and said;
"Mr. Jones, as you VIII see recorded |
here in my notebook, ! have on four
different occasions at late hour Of
the evening discovered you carrying
baskets OF apples from Mr.. SutliiT's
orchard TO your kitchen door. There
may OF may not have been dew on
them. I am q little hard up for
money. and hope you can lend me
$15."
Yes, might do it--might possibly
do It." replied the insurance man as
he rubbed his chin and looked at bis
toes. And the result was that he did
do It, though he had to so out and Dor. |
row $40 OF the sum.
The third caller was Mr.. Brown, one
Of the merchants Of the village. He
had just introduced q new feature into
his trade. He had taken IN as sales
woman a young lady from town ten
miles away, and the move was sue
cess, although hts wife had siren
uousIy objected to IT, The Widow
Thomas wished to congratulate him
on the success Of his innovation and TO
say:
aAfr. Brown, my doctor has sent ii
his bill rather unexpectedly, and | find /
myself rather short. Wouldn't you
like to lend noe 500 for a few days2'
''But--b but you know you are stran
ger to me" he protested
Certainly But you know / have
been walking around nights since
came here. On three occasions, as
you see recorded In my notebook,
have seen gentleman and lady walk
ing arm IN arm ii the pine grove. ] +
could have wondered who they were
but / haven't"
.Uml Uni ! see. You haven't the
least idea who they werel"
NO"
''Then drop into the store before
you 20. and ! will hand you the mon
ey. This is a quiet community, vol
know. and /, for one, am anxious fol
It to remain so"
She got the money. and there were
others. It was indeed wonderful how
the dew and the moonlight had sharp
ened her vision and her hearing. She
had even discovered an eminent citi
zen feeding cucumbers to his old COW
in order to kill her with collie and get
the live stock insurance money Sht
went away in a halo Of glory, and
three days after, when drummer