Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-07-15
THE REST
IS SILENCE
Oue May Have Too Much
Of a Good Thing
Nv FRANK CONDOR
,.,,r,gbt by Frank A. Munsey Co.

HAM
WA cIssm In his eye-"this is East
Waldoboro|
Tho train stopped. A porter shooed
49, Now Yorker through the aisle and
- ~ the station platform, and. leaving
w., surrounded by bags and parcels,
-. u coaches rolled away into the dis
mDce
r,esh from the roar and clamor Of
a. citv. Mr.. Tully gazed about him
I'D observed instantly that be was In
.ss midst of an ocean Of quiet. Peace
md silence surrounded him. A man
no drawled and accented strange
rsrts OF his conversation spoke a few
words to the city stranger, and sub
ssOueutly Mr.. Tully found himself
mon the highest seat Of a carry-all.
rbirh is a Maine wagon designed to
animate the rough spots from citi-
,sn's anatomy by the simple process Of
knocking them on.
Leaving Mr.. Tully on the wagon
and in ascent OF a stony hill a mile
long and eight miles high, we viii re-
nrn at once 10 New York and look
into this strange affair. Why was Mr..
| Tully in Maine at all?
aDoc." Mr.. Tully had said to his
Oldest friend, a. / want to know what's
wrong with me. I'm run down, and
MI nerves hurt. see strange things
creeping along the wall at night"
he. n
need peace, rest and quiet of the
ouetest sort, and I know just where
you ought to go. I've got an aunt in
East Waldoboro. Go up there and get
back your nerves. II you don't go
you'll die
He dSembarked from the station ve-
hiele at the risk Of life and limb, found
Dr. Gregory's aunt a fine. pleasant,
kindly old lady and put away his trav-
cling impedimenta In the largest room
be had ever seen, In the middle OF
which was a bed, which was twice as
large as a regular bed.
I'm going to like this place." he
exclaimed enthusiastically. when
man needs quiet he wants to come to
just such place as this. I'll bet I'll
be perfectly well in no time"
Besides Or. Gregory's aunt there
were others In the house, and at first
fully concluded that somebody was Ill
in an upper room because of the con-
tinued quiet about the place and the
noiseless movements of It's inmates.
I'VE are free from the noises of the
village his hostess said to Tully on
the first evening, 'and we are so far
from the main road that you will not
be disturbed by passing motorcars.
There are only three of us now-my-
self, my niece and the man who looks
after things for us. am sure you will
ind nothing to disturb you"
Thank you," Tully said. II am
positive | shall improve very quickly
In these peaceful surroundings" He
vas beginning to feel embarrassed by
the attentions shown him.
That night as he lay between the
sweet smelling sheets his ears fairly
ungled. He. endeavored to corral some
stray, faint sound. but there was moth
mg except the soft rustic of the leaves
outside his window.
10 the morning he awakened, fresh
AMI vigorous, after sleep dead man
might have envied. During breakfast
Ms knight sent the hired man into
the yard to shoe away bevy OF rob-
ms which had met In convention as
senoled under a lawn sprinkler and
were chattering over the minutes of
me last meeting. Tully watched the
hired man in establishment.
The robins are so noisy" Mrs.
hnlsht said to him. I'VE must try TO
keep the place quiet for you, Mr.. Tul-
" FULLY began to wonder exactly
What Doc Gregory had written his
aunt about him. He began to wonder
whether he had not better bury his
satch under rosebush on account of
us tremendous ticking.
he observed curiously that Mrs.
Ahlght and her niece moved about
Nilhout producing the slightest noise
anu that the hired man evidently ran
upon pneumatic tires. The huge
grandfather's clock in the dining room
uektocked in a low, almost inaudible.
'one' The screen doors swung noise
'essiy against rubber tenders.
Inc floors were somewhere under
ueath the thick rugs or carpets. The
snure house represented the word
quiet" worked up to the nth power.
lne last pocket in an abandoned coal
u,ne was a noisy racket compared
with 1t.
:, hr. Tully, feeling refreshed and
.seertul, sauntered forth. He pluck
= red, red rose and placed it in his
o.uttonhole. He shifted the morning
V'eeze and held out his hand to take
earrings. The hand was ALMOST steady.
ne examined the blank atmosphere
.or MS little pals. the starfiAh spots he
uau been accustomed to seeing in New
.ork' but they had already diminished
= sue. He gazed at the side of red
~ In hunt for the moving objects
nat blank wall usually s,hpplied and