Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-02-03

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Redfield appealed to the ranger.
Ross, you're all sorts of reactionary.
! What do you say to this? Senator
Bridges is opposed to all federal inter-
ference with state forests and state
game"
The forester's eyes Lit up. But are
they state forests and state game?
What makes them so? They are lands
which the whole people purchased and
which the whole people defended"
"Heah, heahr' cheered Enderby.
| Bridges bristled with anger and went
Off into a long harangue on state rights
and the dangers of Capitalization. to
which Enderby replied: "Bosh! The
whole trouble with your bally gov
ernment is its lack of cohesion. If l
had my way I'd wipe out the senate.
You're such blooming asses over here.
You don't know enough to keep a real
ly big man in your presidential chair.
This fussing about every four years is
plain rot. Here's Roosevelt gets in
| the midst of a lot of the finest kind Of
reforms, you know, and directly you
60 and turn him out. Then If you get
bad man you've to wait four years
till you can fetch him whack. Why
not arrange 1t so you can pitch your
president out the minute he goes
wrong? l say your old rag Of a con-
stitution is ball and chain on your
national leg. England is immeasura-
bly, better off so far as that goes"
Ross turned to Virginia, leaving the
political discussion to go ON over his
head. 81 was back in the old island
couple of years ago, and you've no
idea how small it seemed to me. 1t
surely is a right little. tight little
island I couldn't help wondering
whether the men in parliament were
as important as they seemed to think
they were and whether England is not
really an empty shell of empire,
memory of what it once was. l
couldn't settle down there some way.
| was homeSick for the mountains in
a month. But what scared me most
was the pauper population of the old
place-one in every thirty-seven must
be helped. | came back to the States
gladly. L guess I'm an American
said to my sisters"
To Lee Virginia the talk of "the
curse of democracy" and "the decay
Of empire" was unexciting, but when
Cavanagh told of the sheepmen's ad-
vance across the dead line on Deer
creek and of the threats of the cat
tie owners she was better able to fol-
low the discussion. Bridges was
heartily on the side of law and order,
for he wished to boom the state (being
a heavy owner in town sitel, but he
objected to Redfelds ideas of "bot-
Ting up the resources of the state"
But we're not" retorted Redfield;
''were merely defending them against
those who would monopolize them.
We believe in their fullest use. but we
see no reason for giving away the re-
sources when the country needs the
revenue"
Mrs. Redf1eld rose as soon as the cof
fee came on. You gentlemen seem
bent uPln discussing matters Of no In
terest u u.s." she said, 80 we'll leave
you to fight it out alone. Pm sure
you'll AL agree with Hugh in the end.
Like General Grant, he's very OBJ
situate man"
No sooner We're they seated in the
big living room than Mrs. Enderby be-
gan to r '2te cOmical stories of her
household. Her cats had fits and ran
up the wall. Her dogs were forever
getting quilted by reason of foolish
attacks upon porcupines, or else they
came home so reminiscent of skunks
that they all but smothered the cook.
Invariably they return from encoun-
ters Of this kind Just as we are sitting
ut dinner" she explained Further
more, Enderby's bitches are habitually
getting clogged and overfowing the
lawn and filling the cellar, and he
stands in terror Of his cowboys. When
think of all these trruptions and dis
fractions England's order and routine
seem heavenly. But Charley finds all
this amusing. more's the pity, and
leaves me to set things In order. Most
ludicrous Of all to me Is his habitual
claim that the ranch is paying. l tell
him there's an error In his bookkeep-
ing somewhere, but he assures me that
his receipts exceeded his expenditures
last year, which is quite too incredible.
You've no idea how high wages are
and how little we raise"
"Oh, yes, have" laughed Mrs. Red
field. "And my cat had fit too. Hugh
says it's the high altitude. I tell him
it's meancholia."
Cavanagh showed himself. 'T hear
so much laughter I'm coming in. We're
all so insufferably political out here,
and, besides, ! came to see the ladies,
and can stay only few minutes
longer"
You're not going back tonight?" ex-
claimed his hostess.
Il must be on my own precinct by
daylight" he replied. "The supervisor
has an eye on me-"
Mrs. Relfeld explained to Lee vir-
ginia, HE rode fifty miles over the
mountains
Thirty" corrected Ross. But what
does that matter when I'm in the COM
pany of such charming ladiesT he
added gallantly.
And now he's going to ride all the
way back tonight
Think of that!' gasped Mrs. Ender-
by. "And no moonw
How can you find your way?" asked