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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-10-16
Fifty-first Semi-Annual Statement of the
.[an0|G County Savings Bank
AND TRUST COMPANY
HYDE PARK, VERMONT
RESOURCES
LIABILITIES
s2,sls,72s.62
s2.sls,723.62

There is reason for everything; plants don't grow
without moisture and heat-Savngs Banks don't grow
without public confidence
Ii is most remarkable statement, and yet we believe
il is true that THIS BANK is THE LARGEST BANK in
any village of its size in the world.
The painsahing which has enabled this bank
to make its phenomenal growth in the past will be exercised
in the future SAFETY FIRST" will be its guiding
principle always
1t pays -Four Per Cent it compounds semi-annually:
pays al taxes and takes Of every financial want which
to il for financial aid in this section Of Vermont
Because does these things it asks the patronage con-
fdence support and goodwill Of VernOnters everywhere
Every accommodation consistent with safe banking Is al
ways at the service Of Nerm0nters at this bank
It's entirely safe send money to this bank either ex
press registered letter check express p0stce money
order In its than quarter Of century # business
not dollar sent to this bank has been lost in transit
CARROLL s. PACE. President
X N MCFARLAND. vice-Presi5sr,.
Russell S. PAGE. 'iCt-i isa.l1is
r. NJ CULVER. Treasurer
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FOURTEEN COWS

THREE NEW Mich, balance, most
of them, to freshen in November and De-
cember. This is a good dairy lot slick
and all right; 4 neat calves, 4 hogs, |
6-year-old bay mare, extra good driver
and worker, weighs 900 lbs. brood
mare with dandy baby colt by her
side; 30 to 70 hens and chickens, mostly
r. |. Reds-a good laying strain
FARM TOOLS AND MACHINERY
] 2-horse lumber wagon 2 express wag-
ons, good driving sleigh, express
sleigh nearly new cutaway harrows,
spring tooth harrow, cuItivator, l
cream separator, 3 driving harnesses and
2 milk cans.
CROPS-Is TO 20 TONS NO. l HAY,
cut early; 3 tons OF oat straw; 3 tons
of corn fodder, rs bu. of nice corn, 100
Blu. of No. oats, 20 bu. of cattle beets
and turnips. Other articles, such as
bedroom set, | sittingroom stove, burns
coal or wood Farm tools, such as hoes.
forks, shoves, chains, etc This is a good
clean lot of stock, crops and tools, and
would not be sold only for the reason
above given. Everything goes to the
highest bidder, as | have no further use
for it.
Terms at time of sale,
w. L. DAVIS, Owner.
:. F. SMITH, Auctioneer, Barre, VT.
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THE FOREMOST PSYCHIC
THE TALK OF THE TOWN

II marriage. sickness. deaths. change trav-
eis. divorce. scpn rations lawsuisa busi.
ncss transactions, wills. speculation. in-
vcstrnents. deeds. rnorFhFca. lost or Abaent
friends interest sou " you desire 20 have your
domestic TROUBLES removed or - know wha Is
true, who Is false. or tnfinV ~ had inrt
failures evil Influences Worry you Or any
mysterious Illness OF weakness whirh your
physician has failed 20 benefit IL vou desire
your iosf love returned your blttereat enerniss
turned into stnunrh frlends sin o word what
ever mas b. your trouhlos. suEuiciaus or De-
tirss call On this rifted man ard he uiii send
you naay happier and wiser than ever hefarr
Lei no one stand IN the way II your hautt-
ness ard success
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SMITH & DASHNER
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Offer Some Newly Listed Fall
Bargains in Farms and
City Property

NO 2l6-For sale miles from Barre City
$50 acres of land SO TO "a in tillage' baiahc
pasture and woodland: large lot OF hard WOOD
sugar orchard 400 trees, good fruit orchard
fields lay well and are smooth farm VIII Keel
20 cows and team large basement barn. "
| stanchiuns, horsebarn and chickenhouse goo'
farmhouse Of s rooms buildings all In ran
condition water at house and barn H. r. u
and telephone lines near the Barre mar
tets, best Of soil. and big proposition fol
! Tie money. only 81 900 l6oti
! NO 2l7-For sale nice place in Calais. VT
3 miles from East Calais 3 miles from Marsh,
| field and the railroad; contains los acres OF
| fine laying land, 80 to 40 tillage, balance
divided into pasture and woodland estimated
to be 400 NJ of spruce, large amount OF hard
wood sugar orchard OF zoo trees, newly
equipped farm will keep IL to Is cows and
team barns and horsebarn 20 stanehions
silo and chickenhouse; good neat house OF
rooms, aside from halls and pantry every
thing up Nv good shape; water at house and
barn 8 nice cows $500 team Of horses. $3.50
driving horse, good 2-year-old colt, shoats
all sugar tools, farm tools and crops the
fruit orchard on this farm consists OF $50
bearing apple trees, of about every kind'
large field of newly set strawberry, rasp-
berry and blackberry plants and bushes this
is pretty slick, profitable proposition, and
the price is right 160tf
NO 2ls-For sale: 4sS acres Of timber and
pasture land; IN acres IN TIMBER tStitHhteu
to be from 400 to 500 NJ of soft wood and
almost an unlimited amount of hard wood
this land is in different tracts. but all adJoin-
ing, SO that it can be sold all in lump or
divided, and is within from IL to miles OF
the railroad grand chance TO set portable
mill, as there are several lots this one
that would come in all right write or see
ne for further particulars le0tf
FOR sALE-A nice 22-acre farm. house and
hor X atlaa frOTa
FOR sALE-2O.acre farm. house and barn,
fruit gardening and chickens. lsOtf
FOR sALE-7-acre farm. nearly new cot
tage house and barn; / mile from Barre
civ l60tf
acres Of land. on Trow hill mile from
Barre CITY. 1907
FOR sALE-Cottage house and barn and
2 acres Of land. with lots of fruit trees, on
Trow hill. l mile from Barre City le0tf
FOR sALE-Cottage house and barn and
} acres Of land on West hill, IL miles from 1
Barre City. ls0tf /
FOR SALE Nearly new 7-room cottage, /
modern in every way 5 minutes walk from
-ity Hall Barre City; owners are making I
liz reduction in price as they are leaving
he state l60tf \
FOR SALE-Cood 2-tenement house. only 8
minutes walk from poStoffice in Barre City
,Fered At a sacrifice ls0f
Prices are low on all Of these properties,
s in almost every case the owners, for one
eason or another. anxious to sell, We
ave large list for you TO select from.
Auction sales promptly advertised and at
ended To is0tf
Smith A Dsshner. Real Estate Agents
looms s-e-l0. Howland-Csve Bid, Barre City.
VT Telephone connection. all lines.
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LOST AND FOUND

LOST Somewhere on city streets = gold
cuff link engraved with letter "R Finder
please return to Times office 1921
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Never i'm the History

TO each and all who present this announc
ment in the next three days.
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oFTTCE RooNs 70 EEN7
ftnfk ct rurrfr Ifrrss trrlF
fszsf=x. fnhs Truw ~ q u
Gardaw
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Is Head Of Stock
6 Horses, Machinery, Crops

25 Mich Cows, grade Jerseys, an
especially well selected lot, to freshen
this winter and early spring; these cows
are all young, in good flesh, have not
been grained this summer; pr black
| horses, weight about $500 lbs, 10 years
old, sound and an extra fine team. These
horses cost Mr.. DeMars 800 two years
ago and have won distinction by draw
ing the largest load of green wood ever
hauled into the village of Greensboro
| Bend; pr. sorrel horses, good age, and all
right; as good a team as one would
care to own; pr. bay horses, weight
about 1850 lbs, years old and all right.
These teams are all in good flesh and in
good working condition; ) shoats, weigh
ing about 100 lbs each; ! hog.
FARM TOOLS AND MACHINERY
surrey sleigh, a dandy, cost $4,000 and
has been used but very little; | surrey,
| Concord wagon, 2 cutters, 3 pr. heavy
numbering sleds, pr. light traverse sleds,
all equipped with brakes, lumber wag.
ons with bodies; 3-seat express wagon,
new dump cart made by Perrin, ! other
good wagon, nearly new manure spread
er, new sulky plow hillside pillow, NOW
ing machines, morse rake, nay IeudeG,
2-horse hoe, cultivator, ! gasoline engine,
8 h. p. drag saw rig, spring. tooth har
row, wheel harrow, smoothing harrow,
new DeTaval cream separator and gaso-
line engine complete, all dairy tools, plat !
form scales, grindstone, Acme stump
puller, sets work harnesses, , of these
new last fall; pr. light driving har-
nesses, two single harnesses, one
of them is extra nice brass trimmed
and all small tools. such as hoes, forks. |
rakes, chains, eveners, neck yokes, etc, |
and a lot of other articles not men
toned.
Also about so TONS OF CHOICE |
TIMOTHY HAY, or 10 tons Of oats on
the straw, | Ford touring car, 1913 mod
Ell, practically as good as new all
equipped and ready to run.
All the above described articles to be
sold without reserve or limit and will be
sold regardless of weather conditions.
Terms at time of sale. Crackers, cheese
and coffee served at noon.
DIR. A. D. FERRIS, Admr.
DAN A. PERRY, Auctioneer, Barre VT.
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LOSTA black and white dos wore white
collar answers to name Of 'Fido" Finder
notify George Duby. East Barre. VT 1908
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Real Estate, Contains 100 A.

more or less; located a little less than
one.half mile from Greensboro Bend, sit.
uated on the southwesterly side of the
main highway leading from Greensboro
Bend to Caspian Lake. nearly one-half
this amount is in tillage, the most of
which has recently been top dressed and
is in an extra high state of cultivation;
balance good pasture and woodland;
barn 30x40 feet. Also at the same time
and place, the
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Administrator
Sale of
Real Estate and
Personal Property!

In order to close the estate of the late
Benjamin DeMars, the undersigned will
sell at public auction to the highest bid
der on the premises of the late Benjamin
DeMars, known as the DeMars farm, in
the town of Greensboro, on the main
highway from Greensboro Bend to Cas-
plan Lake the following described land
and personal property, on
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-10-16
A HARD COLD

due to sudden change in the weather,
exposure or any cause, if neglected may
lead to serious lung troubles. Keep
Downs Elixir in the medicine cupboard
and take before the cold develops into
pneumonia, or consumption becomes
seated. Sold verywhere.-Advt.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER II, 1914

at o'clock sharp in the afternoon, ON
the premises where | now live, known
as the Orvis b. Batchelder farm, located
miles from Barre City, on the Plainfeld
road "a miles from plainfield and miles
from East Montpelier, the following de.
scribed personal property.
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NOTICE

TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN;
This Is to certify that have given my son.
Henry J. Badger. his time for the remainder
of his minority. From this date ! will claim
none of his wages nor will pay any of his
debts.
Dated at the city of Barre this 14th day
OF October A. d. 1914.
LOUIS BADGER
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Tenement House and Barn
with 3 A. of Land

situated about ) minutes walk from sta
ton, stores, etc, at Greensboro Bend and
known as the Cuthbertson place.
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Auction Sale
OF
Registered and Grade
Holsteins
! will sell at public auction, to the
highest bidder, on
Tuesday, October 20,

at II o'clock in the forenoon
at my farm in Mortified, VI, known as
the Hymen Henry farm located opposite
and u mile from j, NJ. BoutwePs
summer camp and AZ miles from North
field, 10 miles from Montpelier and 8
miles from Willamstown, the following
described stock.
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MIDWIFERY

Having had many years experience. am
prepared to serve any who may need the serv-
Ices Of a midwife or obstetric nurse. Address
Mrs. Elizabeth La Clair
~ Summer st. Telephone 1878, Barre, VT.
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PLEDGED TO SHORT SESSION.
Republican Candidate for Representative
From Hartford.

White River Junction, Oct. l6.-Ths
largest and most enthusiastic Republic
can caucus for years nominated James A,
STACY for representative His opponent
was David A. Perrin, former postmaster
at White River Junction, Mr. Stacy is
chairman OF the Republican town com
mittee and prominent in business af-
fairs. and is pledged to the short session
theory. A union ticket of eight Repub'
licans and four Democrats was nomi-
mated for Justices of the peace.
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Warmers Safe Remedies

A constant boon to invalids since 1s77-Tht
reliable family remedies:
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Remedy
Warmers Safe Diabetes Remedy
Warmers Safe Rheumatic Remedy
Warmers Safe Asthma Remedy
Warmers Safe Nervine
Warmers Safe Pills
Sold by Barre Drug Co. and all druggists
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DR. J. NJ. Allen OF St JohnsbuE, who
was offered an opportunity to go to the
American hospital in Paris as Il surgeon
for the wounded in the European war,
had to refuse, as it would have been
necessary to leave Oct. II, and he could
not close up his business at this time.
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FOUR LINES FOR Csc

The Times will publish Wants, Lost and
Found, For Sale. To Let, etc.--short adver-
tsements-at the rate Of four lines for twenty
Ave cents for the first insertion and Ave cents
for each subsequent insertion,
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FREE

oNE-oUARTER-PoUND PACKAGE OF So
CENT TEA; GIVEN WITH A CAN OF
AUTocRAT COFFEE. UNUSUAL INTRO
DUcToRY OFFER FOR A LIMITED TINE
ASK YOUR GROCER.
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FOX SALE-l.20o Danish Ball head cab.
pages 70 for sl.o0; A-No. 300 Savoy cab
paHes' ~ FOR sl.0o 1000 Winter Queen cell
cry plants for storing in cellar For wintor
purposes. &c per bunch so Blu. turnips, soc per
pa. 10 bu beets. soc per bu 10 bu carrots.
ooc per bu 500 lbs, Warted Hubbard SQUASH,
&c per 10 the above are warranted first-class
OF or money refunded, and will be delivered in
Barre City, Graniteville and WebsterviIIe Tel
S6l-S' Richard L. Lawliss & Son, South Barre.
l72tIls
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Last Errrrsior ts Nru Vera Va srs
Cersraf vermurt Ranusv. wsu Lsa-
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

FOR SALE OR RENT~-Granite shed in
fIardwick; overhead derrick and modern in
every way. Inquire Of L. A, Robbie, Hard
wick lb0t35'
COTTAGE HOUSE FOR sALE--A new
Groom cottage, Just completed; hardwood
floors, cement cellar. back plastered, bath
and pantry situated on the corner OF Maple
avenue and Brook streets hot and cold water
connections wired for electric lights. Inquire
NJ l06 Brook street Thomas Stacy. l66tf
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...5.slesf en- rH- e. -r-ue-s rrss
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a. h-rs t~a~ farr hanRa ss~sa~ e
s-rHa vse @w FT e. sssts~ Hhnr-
- sa-~ rf Haar as--ss -.
- $500 Fl Hi-tar RS A. ssr--r--.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

FOR SALE-s-room house with bath and
closet furnace heat with hot and cold water
connection large barn with stalls, besides
outer buildings, easy terms, +. Il. Kinney,
East Barre, lsOtt
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Auction Sale
OF
PERSONAL PROPERTY

As | have just purchased farm with
stock and tools and have no further use
for the stock and tools on the farm
where now live, will sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder, on
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81 Head of Registered and
Grade Cows and Young Cattle

consisting of registered stock as fol-
lows: Silver Brook Pauline Dekol Reg.
No l44905, dropped Mar 8, 10, now fresh ;
sire Flora Clothilde Dekol Lad, dam Paul
inc Craddock DeKol Beauty; Empress
Colantha Dekol, reg. No. l0302l, dropped
April IS, 1907 now fresh sire Paul
Craddock Dekol, dam FillPail Colantha f;
Silver Brook Empress Dekol, reg. No.
l4S40l, dropped Mar. %, 1910, sire Flora
Clothilde DcKol Lad, dam Empress CO.
lantha DeKol; Pauline Craddock DeKol
Beauty, reg. No. l033S4, dropped April
2, 1907 and will be fresh in November,
sire Paul Craddock Dekol, dam Winona
Tosson Silver Brook Pansje DeKol reg.
No. 2l0535, dropped July II, 1912, will
be fresh in December sire Petite Pansje
Lad, dam Myra Betz Burke; Silver Brook
Petite Pansie, reg. No 24663l, dropped
July 20, 1918, sire Sir Petite Pansje Lad,
dam Myra Betz Burke my bull, Prince
Ybma Spoffard, 18th, reg. No. 692s4,
dropped Nov. %, 1909, sire Prince Ybma
Spoffard, dam Tettie Janzen Burke; also
6 head of thoroughbred young stock
consisting of 4 heifers, year old this
fall | heifer calf and | bull calf that
registry papers have been applied for and
vii, be furnished purchaser; the sire
of this young stock is Sir Petite Pansie
Lad, reg. No 70S85, whose four nearest
dams averaged 24.77 lbs. of butter in one
week; this registered stock has some
Of the best breeding back of it that the
produces; remember that it is |
just as easy to sell calf for 800 as
for s., if you have the right kind of
stock all transfers will be made without |
Expense to the purchaser.
! will also sell at the same time ~
H0LSTEIN cows, not |
one of them less than seven eighths
ull blood, some Of them fresh, balance
viii be this fall and early winter; also,
AND 2-YEAR-0LD GRADE H0L-
STEIN HEIFERS; this bunch of stock
: large and first class in every way, and
very head viii be sold without limit,
IS advertised lunch at noon
A. M. BISSoNNETTE, Owner,
Mortified, VT.
Liberal terms will be given at time of
ale.
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rHHn a rFKET RAJ Es1aTE aerrrr
H---s 80
nswAaus.Cass nunet.r. na-vn ~
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No sT--s8 nere. lose 90 rsisht ~
ehansf For rrusi farrr near Barre far-r s4l
tse4l ross and team. nnd j. esrr 80
s.srs-ran rrrf,Ia1Eittrn thcrs an hausez. 81.
r.-eufisf - Owner nnd re other edulH 3.
-srtrlf hrfh nrs Comfortable. hsrn 5 $3.50
-ar ~ r rers sio q vile frorn crar-ue-r
ss f~rr rilaEs au eEcslitni enlus -
~ rrser drgf'
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Thursday, October q,

at $3.50 o'clock in the forenoon On
parcel of
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FOR SALE-In Montpelier, 10 minutes
walk from business section, house barn,
acres land good place for market gardening !;
location first class Mrs. Geo. Michael. 20
Mortified street. Montpelier, VI lIetll'
FOR SALE-The W. r. Richardson real es-
tate, situated In Barre City and Barre Town,
consisting Of house on Hill street near Patter-
double house on Summer street double house
on Mount street double house Gilmore
street and double houses Camp street :;
barn designed for remodeling into house; out
houses easily converted into garages pasture
land; wood lots-i on upper part Of home
farm, ! rear Wilson cemetery. l on +. Barre
road; building lots on Harold street and W,
View; also building lots on home farm. For
further particulars or information apply to
Edith M Carr Admx Barre. VI 172u
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MISCELLANEOUS

NOTICE Bring or send your beef hides
calf skins and raw furs % r = Martin East
Barre, Vi. and receive the highest marked
prices ESTES
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NOTICE
Bring 50 p T. Babbut's Trade Marks 20
W A. Corners Sporting Good Store. Barre
VT. for a beautiful eight-piecc turnblcr set
consisting o. siX tumblern aud a sugar and
crvAmer lTotGas
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HELP WANTED

WANTED--At once, 8 good letter cutters or
,arvers. Union Granite Co. Waterbury, Vt
1926
Putnam patriot., 1914-01-16
General

Mrs Julia A, Conklin. of Brooklyn, celebrated her l0oth birthday.
 Bishop T. Nj A. Burke has banned the tango in the Catholic Diocese Of Albany.
 Mhre opening the gizzard of tur. key Mrs. T. W, Lynch of Boulder, Cal, discovered two gold nuggets.
 President Wilson will be asked to receive 1000 working women on Janu- sry Sl to consider the suffrage ques- tion.
 An explosion at the Rock Castle mine of the Davis Creek Coal Co, near Birmingham. Ala. killed per. sons.
 Cassius NJ. Rrookway. 70 years old. Of GreenYille. Pa. has taken out ii. oense 10 marry Miss Hazel Sehaffer. aged r.
 Leon NJ. Rowe, F years old. of Bar Mills, Me. who shot and killed his father in defense of his mother. was acquitted.
 General simon B Buekner. the last Lieutenant-General of the Confederacy, was buried in the State Cemetery at Frankfort. Ky.
 Mrs. Sarah A. Lambdin, of Phila. delphia, died in church from heart failure as the congregation was singing
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Putnam patriot., 1914-01-16

SCIENTIFIC DEDUCTION
By HOMER HARPER.

Even dad says I'm the cleverest little observer he ever saw" Nora re- marked modestly. I've been study. ing out the characteristics and oceu. pations of people on street cars and everywhere-just from their expres sions and wrinkles and clothes, you know. Scientific deduction,
 The other night I went to a party with Roger, where I knew hardly a single soul. Coming home l told him loads about everybody there and he said it was perfectly wonderful Of course. Roger does sometimes exag. gerate about mel"
 She wrote another sentence and ended it with flourish Felicity set. tied her small bonnet trife closer.
 You certainly are a wonder" she sighed, enviously. q never could write a letter and carry on a conver sation at the same time, much less guess anybody's family tree at the first glance. I've got to go home and soothe Katy This being wash day, father just naturally telephoned that he was bringing a new German bac- iteriologist home to lunch Don't for get that you're coming tomorrow" "One-thirty sharp" acquiesced Nora
 The door had just closed behind Felicity and Nora was preparing to tear up the sheet of paper on which she had been writing so nonchalantly when her attention was distracted by a small mouse. which ran out from under the bookcase.
 Nora's businesslike manner dissolv- ed in sudden fright Bouncing out of her chair, she perched upon the desk, drawing her feet in carefully. A mo- ment later the door opened and a pale youth looked ill absentmindedly as if he had been sent to the office on an errand. which he had unfortunately forgotten at the threshold. It was ob- vious that he did not take in the sit uation at all
 Very likely freshman or sopho- more, Nora deduced rapidly. One of the utterly absorbed variety that dreams of autopsies.