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was beneath contempt. Then, admit
l was afraid of what l might learn.
For time. however. this promised to
be negligible quantity. The streets
of the struggling little mountain town
had been clean washed Of humanity
by the downpour Windows and doors
were inhospitably shut and from
around an occasional drawn shade
came narrow strips of light that mere
ly emphasized our gloom. When Hotch-
kiss umbrella turned inside out, I
stopped.
II don't know where you are going" "
I snarled, land l don't care. But I'm
going to get under cover inside of ten
seconds. I'm not amphibious."
/ ducked into the next shelter,
which happened to be the yawning en-
trance to a livery stable, and shook
myself, dog fashion. Hotchkiss wiped
his collar with his handkerchief. 1t
emerged cleaning and unwilted.
"This will do as well as any place"
he said, raising his voice above the
rattle of the rain. Got to make be-
ginning"
l sat down on the usual chair with
out back. just inside the door. and
stared out at the darkening street.
The whole affair had an air of unreal
ity. Now that l was there doubted
the necessity or the value of the jour
ney. 1 was wet and uncomfortable.
Around me, with Cresson as center,
stretched an irregular circumference
of mountain. with possibly ten-mile
radius, and in it was to find the res
idence of woman whose first name
l did not know and man who. so
far, had been purely chimerical per-
son.
Hotchkiss had penetrated the steam
ing interior Of the cave and now his
voice, punctuated by the occasional
thud of horses hoofs. came to me.
Something light will do." he was
saying. "A runabout. perhaps" He
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SYNOPSIS.

lawrence Blakeley, lawyer. goes to
Pittsburg with the forged notes in the
Bronson case to get the deposition Of
John Gilmore. millionaire. In the latter's
home he Is attracted by a picture Of
young girl. whom the millionaire explains
Is his granddaughter. A lady requests
Biakeley to buy her Pullman ticket. He
gives her lower eleven and retains lower
ten. He finds a drunken man in lower
ten and retires in lower nine. He ava
kens in lower seven and finds his clothes
and bag missing. The man in lower ten
is found murdered. Circumstantial evil
dence points to both Blakeley and the
unknown man who had exchanged clothes
with him. Blakeley becomes interested
In a girl In blue. The train is wrecked
Blakeley is rescued from the burning car
by the girl in blue. His arm is broken.
They go to the Carter place for break
fast fast The girl proves to be Alison West.
actions mystify the lawyer. She drops
pocket. Blakeey returns home. He finds
that he is under surveillance. Moving
pictures of the train taken just before the
wreck reveal to Blakeley a man leaping
from the train with his stolen grip.
Blakeley learns that man named Sui
livan leaped from the train near M
and sprained his ankle. He stayed some
time at the Carter place. While making
inquiries at Carters, Blakeley finds Ali
son and kisses her. Mrs. Conway, the
woman for whom Blakeley bought the
Pullman ticket. tries to make a bargain
with him for the forged notes, not know
ing that they are missing. An amateur
detective thinks he has found Sullivan.
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he bawled. don't forget us, Peck &
Peck. A half-bushel of name and a
bushel of SERVICE"
Hotchkiss could not drive. Born q
clerk, he guided the roam much as
he would drive bad pen. And the
roam spattered through puddles and
splashed ink-mud, that is-until /
was in frenzy of irritation.
What are we going to say when we
get there?" asked after l had finally
taken the reins in my one useful hand.
Get out there at midnight and tell the
servants we have come to ask a few
questions about the family? It's an
idiotic trip anyhow; 1 wish had
stayed at home"
The roam fell just then and we had
to crawl out and help him up. By the
time we had partly Embarrassed him
our matches were gone and the small
bicycle lamp on the buggy was wa.
vering only too certainly. We were
covered with mud, painting with exer.
ton and even Hotchkiss showed a dis.
position to be surly. The rain, which
had lessened for time, came on
again. the lightning flashes doing
more than anything else to reveal our
isolated position.
Another mile saw us, II possible
more Respondent. The water in our
clothes had had time to penetrate: the
roam had sprained his shoulder. and
drew US along in series of convulsiye
jerks. And then through the rain.
spattered window of the blanket. I
saw light. 1t was a small light
rather yellow, and it lasted perhaps
80 seconds. Hotchkiss missed It. and
was inclined to doubt me. But in a
couple Of minutes the roam hobbled to
the side of the road and stopped, and
1 made out q break in the pines and
an arched gate.
It was n small gate, too narrow for
the buggy. I pulled the horse into IA
much shelter ~ possible under the
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came forward rubbing his hands. fol-
lowed by thin man in overalls. "Mr.
Peck says" he began-"this is Mr..
Peck of Peck & Peck-says that the
place we are looking for is about
seven miles from the town. It's clear
ing. isn't it?"
ut is not" returned. savagely.
"And we don't want a runabout, Mr.
Peck. What we require 10 an hermet-
ically sealed diving suit. suppose
there isn't machine to be had" Mr.
Peck gazed at me in silence: machine
to him meant other things than mo-
tors. Automobile" l supplemented.
His face cleared.
None but private affairs. l can
give you a good buggy with a rubber
apron. Mike, is the doctors horse
int"
am still uncertain as to whether
the rawboned roam we took out that
night over the mountains was the doc
tors horse or not II it was, the doc
tor may be a good doctor, but he
doesn't know anything about a horse.
And Furthermore, l hope he didn't
need the beast that miserable evening
While they harnessed the horse
Hotchkiss told me what he had
learned.
"Six Curtises in the town and vi
cinity." he said. sort of family name
around here. One Of them is telegraph
operator at the station. Person we
are looking for is-was-a wealthy
widow with a PREDETERMINED Sulli-
van! Both supposed to have been
killed on the Filler"
Her brother" l repeated, stupidity
You see," Hotchkiss went on,
three people, in one party. took the
train here that night, Miss West, Mrs
Curtis and Sullivan. The two women
had the drawing room, Sullivan had
lower seven. What we want to find
out is Just who these people were
where they came from, If Bronson
knew them, and how Miss West be
came entangled with them. She may
I fell into gloom after that. The
roam was led unwillingly into the
weather, Hotchkiss and I eclipsed be.
hind the blanket. The liveryman stood
in the doorway and called directions
to us. "You can't miss it," he finished
Got the name over the gate anyhow
The Laurels.' The servants are still
there: leastways, we didn't bring them
down." He even took step into the
rain as Hotchkiss picked up the lines
IF you're going to settle the estate,
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The MIserabIe Villain.

Low Comedian-After all these
years Eggbert has at last succeeded
in making hit with the audience.
Soubrette- How does he do III
Low Comedian-You know he has
always played villain roles.
Soubrette-Yes.
Low Comedian-Well. in the last
act Of new play the author allows
him to repent and say. I've been .
miserable villain" That confession In
variably brings down the house.-Bos-
ton Post
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CHAPTER XIII.
A Night at the LaureIs.

1 slept most of the way to Cresson,
to the disgust of the little detective.
Finally he struck up an acquaintance
with kindly faced old priest on his
way home to his convent school, armed
with a roll of dance music and sur
reptitious bundles that looked like
boxes of candy. From scraps of con-
versation l cleaned that there had
been mysterious occurrences at the
convent-ending in the theft of what
the reverend father called vaguely "a
quantity of undermuslins." dropped
asleep at that point and when reused
4 few moments later. the conversation
aad progressed. Hotchkiss had a dia-
nam on an envelope.
with this window bolted and that
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ily. but I tell them Of my good friend,
your Vegetable Compound, and that
there will be no baekache and bearing
down pains for them If they will take
1t as have. I am scarcely ever with
out 1t in the house.
will say also that think there Is
no better. medicine to be found for
young girls to build them up and make
them strong and well. Ny eldest
daughter has taken Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for pain.
full periods and irregularity, and It has
always helped her.
II am always ready and willing to
speak q good word for the Lydia E.
Pinkham's Remedies. I tell every one
meet that 1 owe my health and hap
piness to these wonderful medicines" :"
Mrs. j. G. JOHNSON, ,Scottville, Mich,
RID. 8.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
ful drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number Of actual cures
Of famala diseases.
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CHAPTER xxlI-Continued.

sat for few minutes thinking It
over. But what did he mean by say
ing he hadn't seen the notes for ten
days! And why is Bronson making
the overtures?"
"I think he was lying" Hotchkiss
reflected. Bronson hasn't reached
his figure"
Its big advance, Mr.. Hotchkiss
and I appreciate what you have done
more than I can tell you," I said.
And now. If you can locate any Of
my property in this fellows room
we'll send him up for larceny and at
least have him where we can get at
him. I'm going to Cresson tomorrow
to try to trace him a little from there
But I'll be back in a couple of days
and well begin to gather in these
scattered threads"
Hotchkiss rubbed his hands togeth-
er delightedly.
That's it," he said That's what
we want to do, Mr.. Blakeley. Well
gather up the threads ourselves; If
We let the police in too soon they'll
taugle it up again. I'm not vindictive
-tixan not only commits murder, but
goes to all sorts Of trouble to put the
burden of guilt on an innocent man
l say hunt him down. sir!"
You are convinced. of course, that
Sullivan did it?"
who else?" He looked over his
glasses at me with the air of man
whose mental attitude is unassailable.
We'll, listen to this" l said.
Then told him at length Of my en-
counter with Bronson in the restau-
rant, of the bargain proposed by Mrs.
Conway and finally of Meningitis new
theory. But, although he was i'm
pressed he was far from convinced.
ITS very vivid piece of imagina-
tion," he said, drily; but while it fits
the evidence as far as it goes, it
doesn't go far enough. How about the
stains in lower seven. the dirk and the
wallet? Haven't we even got motive
in that telegram from Bronson?"
Yes" l admitted, "but that bit of
chain"
POOH" he said. shortly. perhaps.
like yourself. Sullivan wore glasses
with a chain. Our not finding them
does not prove they did not exist"
And there l made an error; half
condolences are always mistakes.
could not tell of the broken chain in
Alison Vests gold purse.
1t was one o'clock when Hotchkiss
finally left We had by that time ar
ranged a definite course of action
kotchkiss to search Sullivans rooms
and If possible find evidence to have
him held for larceny, while I went to
Cresson.
Strangely enough. however, when 1
entered the train the following morn
ing, Hotchkiss was already there. He
had bought a new notebook and was
sharpening fresh pencil.
II changed my plans, you see," he
said, bustling his newspaper aside for
me. Its no discredit to your intelli-
gence, Mr. Blakeley, but you lack the
professional eye, the analytical mind.
You legal gentlemen call a spade a
spade, although it may be shovel"
A primrose by the rivers brim
yellow primrose was to him,
And nothing more!
l quoted as the train pulled out.
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Where He Made II,

"Hullo, Binks!" said Wobbles. Il
hear you've been In the chicken bust
ness"
Yep" said Binks
Made anything out of it," asked
Wobbles.
Yep" said Binks. Ten thousand
dollars"
Ten thousand dollars In the chick
en- business?" demanded Wobbles.
Nope. Out Of it." said Binks-
Harpers Weekly.
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Reeoonlzed the Inevitable.

Pyrrhus had Just won his costly
victory over the Romans.
"Well!" he calculated. II suppose
I've got to say it-posterity will e.
pect 1t of me. But it's such a moldy
old chestnut! Here goes: Another
such victory and"
But we shall be more considerats
than Pyrrhus was. We shall stop the
quotation right thsrs.-Chicago Trib
une.
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How They Act. Some o, Them.

Guest-I am amazed to hear you
say that the delicate and refined
young lady is Miss Pert. I met her
at Fashion Grove last summer and
thought her the loudest, coarsest
commonest, most vulgarly hoidsnish
creature l ever saw in my life.
Hostess-But that was In the coun-
try, you know.-New York Weekly.
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Were the commencement exercises
interesting?"
"Very. The time was divided be-
tween advice from public men on tho
selection of career and suggestions
from graduates on how to run the gov
ernment"
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Now AInt That a Faet7

We beg to differ with the psycolog.
ist who announces that our dreams
are reproductions Of the actual events
in which the dreamer participated in
his waking hours. Even II. the warm
est weather 1t not our practice to en-
single garment of no great length
Chicago Tribune.
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A Fellow Worker.

"Yore hands don't look as II yew
ever done any hard work." said the
old farmer.
81 work with my head instead Of
with my hands, SIR" replied the city
boarder, haughtily.
Huh" calculated the o. (. II don't
want no butters-in round here"
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Accounted For.

Belle-I wonder why that good-look-
ing doctor avoids me SO and is 30
cool to me when we meet?
Nell | think 1t is because Ned
thoughtlessly told him what you said
about him.
Gelle-What did say that he didn't
like?
Nell-You said, don't you remem-
ber, that he had such killing ways.
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Surprised.

Teacher-When a man goes about
and talks good deal, what IL he
called?
Tommie-An orator, mA'am.
That's right. And when a woman
goes around and talks a good deal.
what is she called?"
"A luisance."-Yonkers Statesman.
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Drawlno the Line.

1.-THE fresh young man who always
wants to start something" remarked
the Observer of Events and Things,
draws the line when 1t comes to the
morning fire."-Yonkers Statesman.
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Her Bait.

you have to have different bait fer
different fish, don't you, mar"
Il guess SO; l know l caught . lob
ster with mistletoe."
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A loafer.

Mrs. Hoyle-My husband is trou-
bled by perspiration of the hands.
Mrs. Doyle-Mine, too. and it il al
the manual labor he does.
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KnNEV Il deceptive disease
Thousands have 1t and
TR0I1R1 II. don't know it If you
want good results you
can make no mistake by using DR.. Kill
mers Swamp Root, the great kidney REM
sdy. At druggists in nifty cent and dol
lar sizes. Sample bottle by mail free,
also pamphlet telling you how to nnd out
II you have kidney trouble.
Address, DR.. Kilmer = Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
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V0go Co b 10 Com
pound and Sanativo
Wash have done me.
! live on . farm and
have worked very
hard. I am forty
i've years old, and
am the mother Of
thirteen children.
Many people think
1t strange that / am
not broken dow n
with hard work and
Cha ro-n 80
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Hi1-Suffering from digestion. shf
What have you been eating?
Dix-I think ate too much health
food
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Patent YoH95R YoHR IDEAS. IT, They may bring @ Scs
rtzssrAld q Co.. .PAkAtsya =. BOZ K.Waahinston. ID
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hat he didn't
Celehratlnd.

And you call that your master
piece?" asked the convivtal friend.
81 do" replied the artist.
''Is 1t dry YETI"
"It Is"
well, let's go out and wet it,
Yopkers Statesman.
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Their Own Race the Enemy.
1t has been found in Nova Scotia
that the Holsters chief enemy u not
the dogfish but the lobster.
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OWES
HER
HEALTH
To Lydia e. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound

Scottville, Mich.-"I want to tell
you how much good lydia E. .Pinkham's
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-15
SPORTING NOTES.

Bill Lang, the Australian heavy
weight, was given the decision SATURDAY.
at sydney n. S. w, over Jack Lester OF
Gle Elum Wash
Eddie Dennis, the clever and hard hit,
ting youngster whom Sid Hester brought
to Kansas City, Mo, from San Francis
c" about six weeks ago. is now under
the management of Battling Nelson.
Queal of New York won the 10-mile
Marathon race held Saturday afternoon
at Pittsiield Mass. under the auspices
of the Father Mathew Temperance AS
ISOLATION a. G. The starters included
Shrubb, Ted Crooks of Fall River and
Henri st Yves
In the first Varsity boat race rowed
over the historic course on the Connecti-
cut since 1871 Pennsylvania Saturday af-
ternoon defeated Yale by five lengths.
me distance was two miles, Pennsylva-
ma time was minutes 10 2-5 seconds;
4ale's minutes % AS seconds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-15

WateryfIir- Me. MAY t-fSper1ao.-
~, ,...,....-,t,. Of ,,.,i,,1 ,,.,r, ,,,,, coy.
....., -. -.
| thU'i'D' '-'''''''' '''@''
Maine colleges. held ON the Alumni
! field nj colby College ON saturday.
p.,.,.. A., s..,,,,l i, ,I, moot -Iaser,-
io1""'' TN ''''i'e 'e'''' anu ''i'''''-
ed III the lead until the last event was
COMPLETED colby followed third and
Eawdoln landed fourth. me meet
was one 81 inc oest anu 11loso 'i9seiS
contested of any of the Maine eoileSe
meets four records beng broken, and
all the events fought Tor unul TIE
finish,
Tho day was ideai l2f a meet ann
tie track In eNeeHfht condition ana
when The teams gathered at 10 O'Clock
III the morning 9a eHe HELD Tor the
trials it was clearly seen tltat the meet
might be taken b& any one OF the
colleges represented. WIN many Maine
seemed iaNorlte ana aiter the tflaiS
had been run OFT IN Whieb the Maine
men showed up *tfohEif S"e WAS
counted on as the winner
In the afternoon the contest opened
AT two o'clock by the trIalS ~ the nun
dred Yard dash In the -FOUR heats that
We're run Nardlnl oil colby Deeflng
aad Waite Of Maine ana Mthehhy OF
BoWdoin qualified, Nardint shqWhg up
as the fastest man IN the tpaL ana
easily capturing tue maj eNeW
In the mile Houghton OF Name mad
aaG iRet ttDlp anu of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-15

nd was allowed on the field that they
hight have Il better view of the vauiters.
he pole WAS raised again aud again.
\ 10 feet 10 inches Rogers came near
LONG his chances, failing twice in his
atempt to scale the bar, but the third
tin made a fine vault The last inch
wa. toe much for Herriek and the event
wef to Maine al H. feet and with it
wen the State championship. Maine win
ming with Il points, Bates second with
80, 65lby third with 80 points and Bow
dom ourth with 10,
bfrng the preparation for the meet
mud was said about the matter of Hol-
DEM eligibility. aud Saturday when
Mamear Chapman was approached on
the tGect with a request for the Colby
view Of the matter he made the follow
ing rspg: Colby looks on the action
of the m nagers Friday night in allowing
Holden p run as nothing less than
a breach of faith The presumption
among COPY men is that the arbitration
board, Rftr this Exhibition of lack Of
faith inlitsdecision, cannot with dignity
and selfTepeet continue as board of
protest NJ Southland of Maine, Mr.
Stanley Of yates. Mr. Bassett of Colby
are all Bospn lawyers whose time is
given from ter professional duties with
! no remuneration whatsoever. and they
should have hen treated with less scant
courtesy by IL managers. who were the
interested pares in the question at is
sue"
The summayof events:
| edward daSh-KNor ~ Nfar,li1i T,It1,-.
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arI BiGdeforo High fourth. with l.
points.
Tire University of PENNSYLVANIA
Freshmen track team Saturday de
feated Cornell Freshmen in a dua
meet on Franklin Field Philadelphia,
50 points to 81
Hebron Academy was an easy win
ner i'm the annual interscholastic meet
SATURDAY at Dartmouth. scoring ~
points to Tilton Seminarys Is for sec
ond place. Hebron Tlton Seminary.
Lawrence Mass high ard Colby
Academy We're the four highest teams
and not until the broad jump and
pole vault were finished was the re-
suit certain.
Yale, as was expected, Won the an
nual dual track and field games sat
urdaY from Harvard ON Yale Field.
Whether the score of points will he
54la to 1875 points as decided by
Referee James y. sullivan, or SOL,
points to III. has been left to the
DIAL games committee. consisting of
EVert J. Wendell. W +. Gercelon.
George 4. Morrison of Harvard and
Waller camp. w l.. Phelps and II.
5. Brooks OF Yale. The controversy
arose oyer the unintehtionaI discharge
of tie pistol used by Starter William
II. Robertson. when starting the ath-
letes IN the final heat of the 220-yard
low hurdles
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-15
DEXTER, ME-. HIGH WINNER.
Defeats Foxcroft Academy in Track
Meet by 6612 to ste.

FoXcfoft, Me, May n-In the second
dual track meet between the schools.
held Saturday. Dexter High defeated
Foxcroft Academy by 66ls to 5lls. The
feature was the winning of the pole
vault by Pratt, FRESHMAN at the acad-
envy. The summary:
lO0-yard dash-Won by Stacey of Fox
crote Dearborn of Dexter second. Wilson
of Foxcroft third. Time 10 3-4s
Half-milc ruH-Won by Crosby of Dex-
ter, DaorWe of Foxcroft second Richards
of Dexter third. Time; I'm. AIS
Discus throw-Won by Danforth, Fox
croft. Spencer. Dexter second; Goliath.
Dexter. third. Distance 9s IL IT.
Two-mile run-Won by Mosher, Dex-
ter, Crosby. Dexter, second: Richards,
Dexter. third. Time I'm. 32s.
High iump-Won by Dearborn. Dexter.
n. Stacey, FoXefoft. second. Keyte, Dex-
ter, third. Height SIT
Mile run--Non by Mosher, Dexter;
Crosby, Dexter, second. Pratt, Foxcroft,
third. Time 5m. 27s.
4i0-yard run-Won by Wilson. Fox
croft stacey. FoXcroft. second Crosby.
Pole vault-Won by Pratt, FoXcroft;
ter. third Height. SIT. lin.
Broad jump-Won by Mayo. FoXcroft.
Packard. FoXeroft, second r. Sampson.
Dexter. third Distance 19ft 4isiu.
220-yaFd dash-Won by Wilson. Fox
croft .SpenceT Dexter. second, Dear
born, Dexter, third Time 25i5s.
Shotput-Won by Bailey. Dexter; Dam
forth Foxcroft second. Austin. Dexter.
third. Distance 3jft 3t5in.
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VAsSALBoRo.

SOUTH Frank Howe and friend.
Harry Foss, Of Augusta passed sun
day with Mr.. HoWes parents. Mir.
and Mrs Ed Howe.
Mr and Mrs. VIII Raynes were
brsiuess. callers in Augusta Saturday.
Frank Haskell and Delhert Merrill
were ut Bolton Hin Friday helping
move q building.
e. a. Barnes and John Foster Of Au-
gllsta We're in the place Sunday.
Miss Alice Brown Who has been in
Waterville since October. returned
home Sunday.
Mrs. Ida Haskell was a recent
caller on Mrs. I'D Barrows of Bolton
Hill
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Is. Whitehouse of
Waterviile We're in the place over sun
day.
Mrs Henry Scates who has been
Ill since November. remains about the
same.
iir. and Mrs. Chas. Perkins were
afternoon callers Friday of Mrs. Per
kins' parents, MIR. and Mrs RueI
Trask, Of Windsor.
Mrs. Gertrude Nhitehouse was at
West Windsor Sunday, calling on Miss
Rosa Lamson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Howe were I'm An
gusta Saturday on business matters.
M. L. Sabin has been ploughing and
narrowing the past week for e. +.
Warren and Delbert Merrill.