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Corrig by "a worm" A sudden ST.
lence thereupon fell on the Lau- wohr
men. One of them made some answer
which forget, but the subject was not
pursued. l felt at once that the Lau-
wohr men knew a great deal more about
the piast than they thought good to
communicate to me. who, though could
speak their tongue, was yet n gentleman.
q Sassenagh, and, in short, not one Of
themselves. AS you are aware, those
people consider it unlucky to talk more
than is necessary about the supernat-
ural things and personages in whom
they believe and will never speak
about them with those who are not
quite in accord and sympathy with
themselves upon such subjects. The
peasantry who are communicative on
such subjects will be found almost in
variably to be persons who have to some
extent become emancipated from these
forms of superstition.
When the men rose to leave for the
village, which, with q certain instinct
i've politeness that have often noticed
in the islanders, they offered to do not
too soon and also not too long after they
had partaken Of my hospitality, had
the Oldest of them, a gigantic old fish
erman called Crohoor-beg, stay with
me for the night, for that could spare
him bed. He consented and remained
when the rest took their leave. He was
called Crohoor- beg, or Crohoor the Little,
no doubt ironically on account of hit
great size. l had noticed that when
alluded to the piast Crohoors face be-
came unusually rigid and impressive
and that he closed his mouth as il 1e-
solved not to speak again that evening.
1 now led Crohoor into my office,
stirred up the fire, made good blaze.
and after some alInsion to the hardship
which he had endured that day brewed
for him stiff tumbler of punch.
Though in my own private room and
surrounded by books, pictures and many
strange things savoring of quality
life," Crohoor's behavior was almost
gentlemanlike; at least it was charac-
terized by ease, simplicity and dignity.
Later on spoke again of the disappear
ance of Mr.. Frecman's sons, of the
great affection of the family, and of
the exertions of myself and my men to
solve the mystery. Eventually Crohoor-
beg broke through his resolve and be-
fore he lay down that night told me all
he knew or believed about the piast.
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from my place. suddenly the boat s
head was turned toward land, a sail
hoisted, and the boat came driving
straight toward my own private little
harbor Coos an dorcha, which of course
You remember. She seemed to me as If
fleeing from the pursuit of an enemy, SO
furiously she came plunging along, with
the water leaping and boiling at her
bows. went down to the strand to
meet the crew. When they We're landed
and had drawn up their boat, had the
men step up to my house and have some
refreshments before going to the village
They intended to sleep there that night
and go on next morning to Lau-wohr
should the wind come down or change
its direction. They We're in all six
Lau-wohr men, very wild and rough in
appearance, but, like all the remote is
landers along this coast. by no means
SO wild as they looked. Indeed these
islanders are almost invariably SIM
pie minded, peaceable and hospitable
and kindly people, decidedly better
than the shore folk, who are somewhat
contaminated, as you might say, by
civilization.
gave them comforting draft of
undiluted whisky as they sat and dried
themselves around big fire in my
kitchen, and afterward RECALLED them
with plenty of homemade cake and hut
ter and big bowls of steaming hot tea.
They were much exhausted from .ruw
ing, and the poor fellows looked so hap.
Ply and pleased as they ate aid drank
that it was delight only to see the
look of satisfaction in their sinlpl,
countenances. Then at my suggestion
they took out their pipes and smoked.
I, too, smoking with them, and ;!skin:
many questions in Gaelic. They w, IL al
first very friendly and communicative
l spoke of the disappearance of Mr.
Freeman's sons, of the resultlcssness OF
all our searchings, and observed with
as serious and awestruck face and
manner as l could assume that they
might have been snatched from Dhu-
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III frightening the BIRDS and making,
them very shy. They did not bring
home a single pigeon, though they
were firing about the country all day.
| myself, though l kept stealing and
lodging behind fences and furze brakes
from 10 O'Clock to dusk, only shot
three. They bore no token of any kind.
l knew that with the arrival of Harry
and Joseph there would be different
tale to tell. So there was. Every day.
for week they brought in from five to|
twelve pigeons, till pigeons began to bel
very rara avis in our country, for those|
that were not killed were frightened
away. The boys knew my purpose. One|
day about nine days after their arrival
Harry came rushing into my office,
shouting and exclaiming and holding al
pigeon in his hand round whose leg
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CHAPTER vi.
JACKS CARRIER PIGEON.

JACK 3 CARRIER PIGEON.
One morning in the middle of Octo-
Der as looked from my bedroom win
dow while dressing saw flock of pi-
geons of the slate colored variety, COM
mon on this coast, fly over the lawn
and swoop little as if they would
alight in an adjoining field which had
been titled that summer. felt strong
desire to have shot at them, though
had not once taken out a gun since
Jacks disappearance. Our only gun,
by the way, was Jacks, long single
barreled muzzle loader. 1 charged
quickly, passed through the wood, and
surveying the field from distance saw
the flock moving about in the dark COL
ored tillage and crept round the fence of
the field till I came within shot of them,
as judged. Waiting till had three in
q line, I fred and killed all three. AS l
was bringing them home in triumph l
noticed piece of linen wrapped round
the leg of one of the birds and fastened
by cord. I cut the cord and unwinding
the linen rag found it was the corner Of
q handkerchief and bore certain initials
they were Jack's-viz, J. F. For a
moment I stood rooted to the spot, then
in a frenzy of joy ran to the house and
rushed into the breakfast room where
the whole family was already assembled
at prayers, crying, and l dare say
screaming, Jack is alive!" Again l
pass over the agitation Of our family
circle, for such things are not easy to
write about. We now saw that Melody's
story of the ring was true. It was evil
dent that Jack, imprisoned somewhere
and without other means of commune
eating with ne, had hit upon this plan.
That Jack .=ss alive when he aast ont
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CHAPTER. TX

MR.. WATKINS NARRATIVE CONTINUED.
MY DEAR HENRY---After tho disap
pearance of Edward and after all our
renewed scarchings and explorations
had come to nothing, argued with
myself III tho following manner: Whcr-
ever the brothers are they arc doubtless
together and have been spirited away
and concealed by tho same person and
in the same way. From his place of
concea)ment John Freeman was able to
send ont messenger pigeons with tokens
attached. These tokens, though they
proved that he was alive, gave us no
mixing as to his place of concealmcnt
or abode. He may have sent out others
to which are attached definite written
information. He could have written
with blood characters on strip torn
from his handkerchief and by some de-
vice protected tho characters from the
weather. Now that the two brothers
arc together, the chances are doubled
that they have sent out some pigeon SO
equipped. At once wrote off to my
two nephews, Harry and Joseph Bat
tersby, whom you met here last summer,
to come at once to me, bringing their
guns with them. had now determined
to shoot every cave pigeon in this neigh
borhood, and knew my nephews, being
boys, and accustomed to stealing upon
and shooting from behind hedges cur
LEWIS, star]ings, cave pigeons and such
like, would do far more execution than
l could. Having posted the letter,
went forth instanter and also distrib-
uted small shot to my four men at this
barrack, bidding them be off and shoot
as many cave pigeons as they could that
day. l recalled their privileges the
same evening. for they only succeeded
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
GIRL HORSE THIEF.
Rutland Young Woman, Name I'm
known. Steals Agents Rig.

Rutland, Sept. l7,--Three parties from
this city, one headed by deputy sheriff.
another by a merchant and a third by
liveryman, to-day had fruitless
search for a horse thlef-aiso n black
mare hitched to a yellow carriage be-
longing to John ]. Morse of Rutland.
The thief Is not a man. however. but
young GIRL who boldly drove away
with the rig in broad daylight
Thomas Traynor OF this city. who has
been distributing advertising matter for
the Nichols & Barney store in Rutland.
left yesterday to take trip through
Clarendon, using the Morse rig. At
house six miles south Of the city, where
he stopped to leave circulars. he met the
young woman, and she accepted an in
vitation to ride to Rutland with him.
They had made two-thirds Of the trip
when he went into n house, leaving her
to hold the reins. When he returned to
the roadside all he could see was the
rear end of the carriage a quarter of a
mile down the road, the horse travelling
at full speed The officers are reticent
as to the name of the young woman and
Traynor claims that he does not know
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23

FUNERAL OF MRS. GATES.
Last Rites for Mother of Governor
Held Saturday.

Franklin, Sept. 19-The funeral of
Mrs. Loena Rebecca (ShcdD Gates
aged 81 years. widow of Harrison Gates
who died Saturday morning. September
II. at the home of her son. Governor
Charles w. Gates. in this town. was
held at her late home yesterday after
noon at two o'clock. Governor Gates.
who was summoned home while on his
way to Oakland. Cal, to preside over the
session of the Pan-American Road Con-
gress, reached here yesterday morning
The Rev. f. Wilson Day. pastor of
the CONGREGATIONAL church in this town,
with which Mrs Gates had been affili-
atcd for over 20 years, officiated at the
service which opened with the hymn,
Rock Of Ages" sung by members of
the church choir. Mr. Day then read
the Scripture lesson and following prayer
gave a short discourse from Isaiah l.. ..
prefa "ng it by saying THE words sum
up very SUCCESSFULLY and very heauti-
fully the spirit of the life passed out
from our midst" At the close the choir
sang the hymn. Jesus Lover of My
Soul" Tho burial took place in the
family lot in Maple Grove cemetery. the
bearers being the two sons. Governor
Gates and Arthur II. Gates; grandson
Wnslow II. Gates, and her son-in-law
Charles w. Powell.
The large house was filled to overflow
ing with relatives and friends from the
surrounding towns Of the county In
cluded in those who attended We're Con
gresham Frank L. Greene of St Adams
Secretary of State Guy w. Bailey OF
Essex Junction. State Tax Commissions,
Charles A. Plumley and Inspector OF
Weights and Measures c.. +. CARPENTER
of Mortified. Commissioner Of Educa,
ton Mason s Stone of Montpelier, STATE
Highway Commissioner Stoddard h
Bates of Barton, Sanford A. Daniels OF
Bratteboro of the Industrial accident
! board, County Highway COMMISSIONS
j. G. Towle and DIN Merrill of EnosburG
Falls, Judge c. s, Gates Of Swantor
| and Chauncey II. Hayden Of Underhill
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RUTLAND COUL II
NJ j DER CASES
SUDDENLY ENDED
State Accepts Pleas of Guilty to
Lesser Crimes in Two First
Degree Indictments.

Rutland, Sept. 1.-THE prospect Of two
murder trials at the present term of
Rutland county court was done away
with to-day when the State accepted
pleas Of guilty to lesser crimes than were
charged against George kasuba OF South
Poultney, "A Hungarian slate quarryman,
ana JOB Phillips Of Dandy, who were
indicted at the last ession Of the grand
jury for murder in the first degree.
kasuha caused the death Of George Sad
lax. also slate worker, Of South
Poultney. ana Phillips inflicted injuries
which contributed TO the death of Henry
ToWne, former oversecr of the poor Of
Dandy The prosecution accepted a plea
Of guilty to manslaughter in Kasuba's
case and Judge Zed S. Stanton imposed
n sentence of not less than four years
nor more than five at State prison al
Windsor. In the Phillips case new in-
formation charging simple assault was
filed and the respondent admitted his
guilt.
There was no disagreement between At
torney- General II. 6. Barber Of Bratte-
boro and States Attorney G. Y. Pouin ot
this city. who appeared for the prosecu-
ton. and Attorney Joseph c. Jones for
the respondent, as to the facts in tina
Kasuha case.
A statement made by Kasuba before
| the grand jury was read to the court "a
| follows:
"Sadlak was my brother-in-law. He
had boarded at my house, but was not
staying there on July when the trouble
| occurred ! had ordered him away and he
left for the bush, returning with Steve
scerron (whom the State has since held
IN jail as witness of the killing. They
had sticks when they came to my house
and l picked UP a stick too. and when
| Sadlak struck at me I struck at his
shoulders and he lodged and received the
| blow on the head"
The States attorney agreed that Ka-
suba was one of the better class of thrifty
laborers in his community and that he
| had never been in any trouble so far as
had been learned.
The affair which led to Phillips indict-
| :nent took place at Dandy on May &c.
.9,5. Towne and Phillips had been to
| Granville n. Y. In a carriage and had
| some liquor. The next morning Towne
| was found beside the road near his home
! suffering from severe bruises and other
! injuries from which he died about a
| month later. At first he stated that his
horse kicked him but he made a death
| bed declaration to the effect that Phillips
| was responsible for his condition. Phillips
fed and was arrested weeks afterwards
IN New York State. He has been in jail
many times but never before for a SER
ious crime.
An autopsy showed that Towne died
primarily of pulmonary tuberculosis but
that he had four broken ribs, this in
jury Fastening his death.
| Phillips was sentenced to not less than
two nor more than four years at the
house of correction.
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OATMAN ARRESTED.
Man VINO shot Pens into Boys Facc
Accused of Intcnt-to-I<ilI Assault.

Bennington. Sept. 16.-Charles 7. Oat-
man, who Tuesday night fired a charge OF
peas from a shotgun into the face of
Walter Hollister. the 16-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank +. HOLSTER. with the
result that the boy is known to have lost
the sight of his right eye and may also
be deprived of the use of the other, was
arraigned in municipal court this fore
noon on the specific charge of assault
with intent to kill" He waived cxami-
nation. bail being fixed at $l."o. The
case was continued until tomorrow when
States Attorney Frank G. Archibald of
Manchester will be in town to investi-
gate.
1t was stated ut the hospital in Troy,
y. V, last night that the boys injuries
other than to his eyes We're superficial.
The parents Of the youth have engaged
counsel and it is understood that a civil
suit for damages will be brought against
Oatman.
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GEN. RIPLEY'S FUNERAL.
Vermont War Hero Laid to Rest mt
Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland.

Rutland. Sept. 16.-The burial of Gen.
Edward Hastings Ripley. OF Mendon
and New York. one of Vermont's fore
most Civil War heroes. who died Tues
day at the Rutland hospital. took
place this afternoon in Evergreen
cemetery here. following prayers at
the Mendon residence for the family
and impressive services at Trinity
Church in Rutland at 4:3O o'clock.
Rev j. w. Baker, pastor Of the Men
don Church. conducted the brief pri-
vate service.
| Prominent men from all parts OF
Vermont. New York city and other
| places. brother officers of General Rip
ley In the Civil War, fellow members
in military and other organizations
and former associates in business,
were gathered at Trinity Church, with
| a largo assemblage of residents Of
this city and Mendon when the flu
neral party reached the edince.
Betweens the open ranks of Roberts
Post. G. a. r., OF which the general
was a charter member. the massive
| English oak casket, covered with the
| flag of the Military Order of the Loyal
| Legion. and a banner of General Rip.
| ley's old regiment. the 9th Vermont,
| and the noted soldiers hat and sword.
was borne through the entrance Of the
| church. Following it were Percival W.
| Clement, Henry +. Field and MARCEL
lus b. Wheeler of Rutland, Capt. Sam
uel H. Kelley Of Salisbury. Major Louis
Livingston Seamans. NJ. D., of New York.
honorary bearers, and Minot Weber
of Boston, the generals orderly, in the
| Civil War
| AS the procession stood at the end
of the aisle the choir and Rector Jo-
seph Reynolds entered the church from
the choir room, singing onward Chris
tian Soldiers" They passed down the
! middle aisle until they met the ap-
preaching procession. where the order
was reversed and the clergyman ana
, choir approached the chancel followed
by the cortege. The solemn service
! then began with the words: Il am the
| resurrection =" Passing out
the rector vested choir. Grand Army
members and honorary bearers pre-
ceded the caskct, which was followed
by the orderly, There were no body
bearers
special trolley car conveyed the
| war veterans to the cemetery. The
| HaG sent by the survivors of General
Ripley's regiment was buried with the
BODY or the soldier who won distinction
by leadlhg Union troops into Richmond
ut the iall OF the rebel capital
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
SAVED DYESTUFFS.
L. s. Government Able to Color It's
Postage stamps SIX Months Longer.

Washington, Sept. 16.-By employing
rigid economy the bureau of engraving
and printing has met the scarcity of dye
stufs resulting from war in Europe and
now has available enough pigments to
color the governments money and stamps
for six months. BY the end OF that pc
rod Director Ralph of the bureau be-
licves that either a supply of colors made
in America will be available or that ar
rangements will be made for securing am.
pie shipments from Germany. When the
war broke out the bureau succeeded In
buying a years supply of the necessary
blues and reds for postage stamps. The
amount of color used in inks wa reduced
to a minimum even at the risk in some
cases of making the printed product
tr!he pa!er than normal.
process. however has been expensive.
During the last year the bureLu has
obtained several small lots OF colors and
n good sized shipment from Germany
was secured through diplomatic negotia-
tons.
A vegetable dye used In coloring black
ink, formerly imported from Germany
now is being purchased in large
quantities from a Pennsylvania dyestuff
plant.
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they found 1t would still run. so having
been robbed of n trip to the fair yester-
day when connecting rod burned out,
they concluded to continue on to White
River Junction.
The accident happened at what Is known
as Cow meadow" crossing near the house
OF James Leonard. about three miles south
OF TINS village. The crossing has always
been considered n dangerous place by mo-
torlsts and drivers Of horses. Beattie, tho
owner or the machine, was driving.
Beattie's brother, DIR. william Beattie,
VINO was we'll known physician of Lit
Teton, n. H.. was killed at Crawford
IN the White mountains last year when he
stepped in front of an automobile.
The two men who figured in to-day's &C :
cidont started off yesterday morning, ac-
companied by Mrs. Beattie, Mrs. y. l..
Terry and William Terry Of South Rye
gate intending to spend the day at the
state fair, but hadn't gone far when the
machine gave out Another car came along
and took the women and Mr. Terry for the
remainder Of the way to White River
Junction, while the disabled machine was
towed back for repairs.
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EXPLORER Is ALIVE.
Stefnnsson Also Found New Lnnds in
Inchnrtcred Seas.

Nome Alaska, Sept 17-Vilhialmur Ste
fansson, chief of the Canadian govern
ment Arctic exploring and surveying eX
pcdition that left Nictorl, i. c., in Jun"
1913, and who set out afuot over the ice
with two companions, from the shores OF
mort thea stern Alaska in March. 1914, to
seek new land in uncharterod seas, did
not 20 to his death. as the world had be-
gun to fear, hut found the new land. and
the only hardships endured were those of
short rations.
The power schooner Ruby arrived from
IIerschel island yesterday with dispatches
from Stefansson to the Canadian govern
ment in which he omits reference to the
peris of the Journeys on the ice and gives
space to the scientific results achieved.
Stefansson Is wintering at Banks Land
where he has "A large power schooner and
a small one. He plans to explore his new
territory during the winter and next sum
mer penetrate further into the region OF
mystery between Alaska and the North
Pole, where no ship has ever gone
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brain Is feared. He will probably be
placed under an X-Ray tomorrow.
Thomas Conboy, 81 barber of New
port, was brought here to Brightlook
hospital to-day suffering from a
punctured lung the result of being
thrown from George Youngs car at
Newport. When rounding a turn the
car skidded and was overturned lie
stands chance of recovery.
Phillip Franklin, driver for an oil
concern, had narrow escape from
death to-day, when large tank auto
| truck was overturned on Western
avenue. The road was slippery from
last nights rain and the car skidded
! in going down the hill, being tipped
over against u tree with Franklin PIN
ned beneath the top which WAS smash
ed, and the seat lie escaped without
Injury.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
w. A. LAWRENCE BURIED.
large Gathering Attends Services for
Prominent Bristol Man,

Bristol. Sept. 1.-THE funeral of the
Hon. w. A. Lawrence was held in Hol-
ley hall this afternoon at two o'clock
and was largely attended. The Rev.
q. A. Parker OF the Methodist Church
officiated. A quartet consisting OF DR..
T.. r Briggs, f. II. Palmer. c. c. Cur
rier and Philip Lawrence sang. Cath
ering Home" and Nearer. My God,
to Thee"
The funeral services were in charge
of Libanus Lodge. f. and A. NJ. Mt
Calvary Commandery. X. T.. acting as
escort Bristol lodge OF Odd Fellows at
tended In body The bearers were
G. A. Danforth, l.. c. Balm, w. H. Car
dell. z. I. Garrow, G. D. Draper and
D. II. Parmeee.
The Masoni, ritual service was con-
Quoted at the grave by Libanus Lodge
and a quartet sang the Masonic burial
hymn.
The stores and bank closed during the
funeral service.
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EXPERT AGRICULTURISTS
Plan to Produce Beef Cattle and Sheep
at Vail Farm.

St Adams, Sept. 19-F. W. Marshall
and M, Ward. experts from the United
States department of agriculture, have
been in Lyndon with State Commissioner
Of Agriculture T.. :. Brigham of this
town and George Il. Chaffee, trustees of
the state Agricultural school at Lyndon,
to look over the Vail school farm with
reference to the suitable production of
beef cattle and sheep. 1t is expected that
in time one Of the outlying farms will
he devoted to the production of sheep
and another to beef cattle and potatoes.
Mr., Marshall and Mr.. Ward are in the
bureau Of animal industry. the former
being an expert in sheep and the latter
in beef cattle.
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Farmhouse Burns.

Brandon. Sept 1.-the house OF F. A.
Trudo of Leicester Junction was burned
to the ground early yesterday morning.
The fire was caused by the explosion of
n lantern in the kitchen. Mr., Trudo in
attempting to extinguish the blaze was
badly burned about the hands and arms.
He succeeded in arous!ng the rest Of the
family. but was unable to save a single
article from the house The property
was pa-tlV Insured