The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-08

peeplng over an eastern hill and calling
the farm creatures 10 life. The believing
Of the cattle. the blesiing Of the sheep,
and the eaekling Of the poultry formed
the usual morning chorus. A noek Of
birds that had built their nests Ia Tho
nearby grove filled tho air with sons IN
srertins 10 the sun. Some ero~s serr
having la the woods where the, srfr
waited for the scarrcrow TO leave u's
eornnrld and give them chance 10 SCI
breakfast
L,rrything seemed ~ be happy eAoep'
a man OF perhaps thirty. who Mas so'ns
10 the ho,.se with two bfiniinin. paiis "
,niik. Ills lace wore gioohy expression,
aud weli IL might. for III luck had seemed
10 follow him during all that Year lie
had loaf tao oi his most valuable cove
and one horse had Dccn mi ured ~
barbed wirr; he had been unable 10 srli
his maple syrup, which lac had put UP ~
eans 10 obtain a better prioci Ills apple
tres had not yielded we'll, he had had
A good crop oi potatoes but there was
an abundance OF these everywhere. eaus-
ing the price 10 fall. and he waa unable
10 lind market Tor hiss and 10 cap ue
CLIMAX, Abner Billings, who held u mort
gage on his farm. had threatened to lore
eiose IL be did not make . payment witiii'
a month.
Amos Allen, for that is the mans name,
had intended 10 make this payment WIN
the money he would obtain from u'e
sair ol his syrup ana POTATOES, but being
unable 10 sell these lac was unable 10
make the payment. A lac entered u'e
house IooA oi deeper sorro" passea over
mas face, Tor he SAW dark iiiies arouhu
ms vines .yes caused ny Sierpiess nisn'
and much weeping. lI,tie Was saia aur-
,ng breakfast anu aitcrward the farmer
went 10 his work sun morc despondrnl
than ever. Days passed uhiii ohi.
week renamed vi the time gwen hini U!
ADner Biiings, lie was sim unable 10
raise the money, ana 80 asked biiiings
Tor a Iurtner extension oi time, but biii-
lngs said that the only way Alien eouiu
prevent The foreclosure was ny making
,nr payment. ALIEN knew nc couiu MOI
,io iuis, 80 he looked around Tor another
place 10 1--we Dut was unable 10 INA any
lie told Billings oi tins ana asked MN
II he could have the cruelty To turn inc
wiie ana children out oi doors, but Dill
,nys would make no different answer
tnun lac had before.
Inc next day the cattle broke place
through the fence IN order to reach
piece OF grassy meadow that looked more
tempting to mem than the grass IN The
pasture. Allen was obliged to mend TINS,
Tor he had said that he would do the
work exactly as IL he were going To sta!
there all the time. a short piece OF tine
main road was visible u little distance
away. As Allen glanced in that direction
u horse and buggy suddenly appeared
The horse seemed to be running away for
the reins were dragging and tine occu-
pants, man and child, seemed to DC
holding OH as tightly as they could. lhe
man had one arm around the child, while
he tried to get the reins with the other.
When he saw Allen he called for help,
but Allen knew he could not reach the
road at that point in time to stop the
horse.
Beyond, the road swung in wide arc
until it ran at right angles to the Ola
direction. The farmer thought OF TINS
and figured he would be able to reach
il before the runaway horse. The arc
was SO wide that the wagon would 30
along safely unless team should happen
to be there. Allen started Immediately at
run across the pasture. AS he came III
sight of the road he saw the runaway Just
rounding the hill As soon as the man
SAW Allen he commenced to motion to
him to come faster, but Allen was unable
to do this as he was nearly GREATNESS.
He barely reached the road in time to
catch the horse by the bride. 1t did not
take much to bring it to halt for 1t was
all tired out from having run SO far.
The man thanked his rescuer again and
again. After Allen got his breath back
he said that no thanks were necessary, as
he would do the same thing for anyone.
The man said that his name was owen
Preston and that he had left New York,
where he owned wholesale grocery bust
ness, to spend few weeks at the tavern
in the nearby village. By doing this ne
hoped to benefit his health which had
been very poor during the winter. That
morning he had started out with his little
daughter IOT uTlNC dhioh6 eiis '"AA''
After they had Travelled about mile an
automobile came up behind and the
chauffeur, being anxious to go by, footed
one of the newly invented horns. lhis
frightened the horse which managed to
twitch the reins out of Preston's hands
and had run all the way from there. The
automobile had probably turned OIL on
another road for they had seen nothing
of it since then.
10 show his gratitude for what Allen
had done for him, Preston said that as
he needed such things as were produced
on the farm in his grocery business, he
could use all the produce Of Allen's farm
and pay good price too. They drove
over to the farm together in order that
Preston might look at the potatoes ana
While on the way Allen told him about
Billings and the mortgage on the farm.
AS the end of this little runaway accident
which turned out so luckily for Allen,
Preston bought all the produce on hand'
giving check which was much more than
enoug III to make payment and prevent the
foreclosure of the mortgage. tie also
promised to buy all that Allen couid
produce on the farm after that, thus pro-
viding for all future payments.
A Few DAYS in Sugar Season.