The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-11

Aunt Sally Henderson was the Wild.
sw Of farmer. She was bustling
ilttle woman with Il babyish look. she
Kept hired man Oh the farm and a
hired girl In HE kitchen. but she was a
boss and worker is well. she was
Bind 70 wayfarers and d liberal con
trlhutor TO the unfortunate. and she
was ready to take advice on an points
but one, There she was singularly OBJ
stinate and seemingly foolish.
During his lifetime Farmer IIender-
son had been the victim Of bank
failure True. he lost only. SIT In II,
but It was a lesson to last him the rest
OF his days and TO be handed overAto
his wife when he departed. She had
been q widow for three years. when
sister died and left her thousand
dollars In cash. There was then a pri-
vate banker Ia the nearest village. and
he was spoken Of by all as God fearing
and strictly honest. There were peo-
pie who had known him from Infancy,
and they vonched that there was not a
blot on bis character When Aunt
Sally got her thousand she was ad-
yhsed to bank It. She declined. After
she had been talked to By her neigh
beers. her minister. the justice Of the
peace and others she did consent 10
drive into the village enc day and take
a look at the banker. He locked good
IN Ather fnIke t,,.t re-. a.. -.t.s..sa..
Auat Sally turned From ham and said:
Il wouldn't trust that man with
single dolarr'
.But whyf" was asked.
Because be toes In wsen he walks.
You take my word for it. he'll turn ont
20 be q rascal"
She was laughed az. but she said
no toe-in banker for her thousand dol
lars. She'd keep 1t 10 the house. or
course she was warned OF the danger
Of robbers but she smiled in her baby
way and replied that they could come
on as fast as convenient la a month
It was known pretty much an over the
county that Aunt Sally Henderson had
thousand dollars in the house. Some
said Il was buried In the cellar, others
that It was hidden IN the garrett, 9TH
ers stiIl that It was In trunk under
her bed with everybody talking there
WAS bound to be results.
Il was a big tramp who came limp
Ing along The highway at sundown
one day and talked OF bis hunger and
Affections Resides Ills limp he hsd
his left arm in a sling No friends. no
home. nothing in the future for him.
He wept as Aunt Sally questioned
him, He was fed and given quarters
In the barn At midnight he came ont
OF the barn without bis limp or MS
sling and raised kitchen window and
stepped in. AS he stepped ia ne also
stepped into beartrap yawning for
Weary Willie. and the jaws closed on
one of his legs. He was big man.
and he made fuss according to his
size. Aunt Sally dressed and came ont
Of her bedroom and had him carried
ont on the lawn. There he was tied
up and the trap removed. and she said
abe would see him later After break
fast hts case was attended TO- The
hired man brought I'D some blue beech
eads. and while he laid them on Aunt
Sally stood by and sang shall We
Gather at the RiverT'
The next cemer foated In from the
village. He was travelling with a cir
rus as a seller Of pink lemonade. Al
though he was making 500 per cent on
his liquid he sished TO get rich faster.
Hearing Of that thousand. he walked
out to cooper it and bug SEINE cold
storage stock. No kitchen window for
him. In the first place he was too
teny. and In the next be found par
Ior window open. II locked good to
him. He went In. Ths same beartgaD
was there. Amt sally had simply
shifted 1t. The victim had good
Voice On him. and he used it to arouse
the house He was taken cut and laid
on the grass as the other had been,
but when merninE cane bis punish
ment was q BIT different The rain
barrel at the corner of the house was
full, aud he was lifted M and ducked
until he had swallowed about half the
contents and was nearly drowned In
the rest 1t was the hired Iaan and /
girl who did the dncking.
The last attempt on that 1000 50 !
far as heard from. for the widow still /
lives and keeps It ia the house. was 4
pretty fair plot. A stranger called and
introduced himself as d minister who
wanted board Ii Il quiet place for /
moHth while be composed half dozen
sermons and rested up He toed In. +
but Aunt sally took him in and de-
ternained to watch. One afternoon at +
the cad Of the second week she had to
spend al hour az tile barn with d sick
horse. and he was left 10 finish 4 ser
mon on the SIN ct dancing and circus
going. when she cnine back to the
house be was hunting among the cobs
webs or the garnet fer an old oyster
can holding a Thousand dollars. He
claimed 10 have gone UP there to be
nearer heaven. and his claim was not
disputed. He was tied up. however,
and lowered down the well It was j
deep we'll and il cold well. and he had
30 fur coat. He was left there for