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Bear Tooth, and Miss Berea is the able
assistant of her father. We are all
rank conservationists."
NOrcross senior examined Berrie pre-
cisely as If his eyes were couple Of
X ray tubes, and as she flushed under
his slow scrutiny he said, 81 was not
expecting to find the forest service in
such hands"
Wayland laughed
81 hope you didn't mash his fingers,
Berrie."
She smiled guiltily. I'm afraid 1
did. l hope 1 didn't hurt you-some-
times l forget
Norcross senior was waking up. "You
have a most extraordinary grip. What
did it-piano practice?'
Wayland grinned; piano.! No-the
cinch."
THE what?"
Wayland explained. Miss McFar.
lane was brought up on ranch. She
can rope and tie steer, saddle her
own horse, pack an outfit and all the
rest Of it"
ooh! Kind Of cowgirl, eh?"
Mrs. /McFarlane, eager to put Ber-
rie's better part forward, explained
"She's our only child, Mr.. Norcross,
and as such has been constant COM
panion to her father She's not all
cowhand. She's been to school, and
she can cook and sew as we'll"
Mrs. McFarlane comes from an old
Kentucky family, father. Her grand
father helped to found college down
there"
Waylands anxious desire to create
a favorable impression of the women
did not escape the lumberman, but his
face remained quite expressionless as
he repliedA
"If the life of cowhand would give
you the vigor this young lady appears
to possess I'm not sure but you'd bet
ter stick to it."
Wayland and the two women eX-
changed glances of relief.
"Why not tell him now" they seem
ed to ask. But he said: There's long
story to tell before we decide on my
career. Let's finish our lunch. How
is mother, and how are the girls"
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held she found Sadie Lownes buzzinG
around the table of domestic exhibits
ike slim wasted wasp. Sadie was
very tall and thin and ordered every.
body about in an impudent, good ma.
tured manner that was very taking
among her friends and quite disarEr
ing to her enemies. She was not pref
ty, but she had rather FASCINATING
manner of using ter black eyes atlJ
tossing her dark head, but her f,,le
was thin and freckled, and her MISE
vas too large for actual beauty.
Milly set down her big basket aLu,
leaning against one of the poles that
supported the tent, famed her flushed
.ace with her handkerchief.
"Milly Fenwick, you're MS red as q
neetr' exclaimed Sadie, dartlng AZ
Milly's basket. what have you got
N hersT'
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the others, and as Wayland came to
meet them NorcrOss said, with dry hui
NOR: Il admire your lady of the cinch
hand. She seems to be a person of
singular good nature and most uncom-
mon shrewd'-
Wayland, interrupting, caught at his
fathers hand and wrung it frenziedly.
"I'm glad"-
Here. Herer A look of pain COW
cred the fathers face. "That's the fist
she put in the press"
They all laughed, and then he grave
ly resumed: Il say l admire her, but
it's shame to ask such girl to marry
an invalid like you. Furthermore l
won't have Der taken east. She'd
bleach out and lose that g o. in year.
| won't have her contaminated by the
city" He unused deeply while looking
at his son. Would life on a wheat
ranch, accessible to this hotel by mo-
torcar, be endurabe to yOu?"
You mean with Berea?"
If she'll go. Mind you, don't adj
wise her to do it," he added, interrupt
ing his sons outcry. Il think she's
taking all the chances" He turned to
Mrs. McFarlane. I'm old fashioned
in my notions of marriage, Mrs. Me
Farlane. ! grew up when women
were helpmates, such as, l judge,
you've been. Of course it's all guess.
work to me at the moment, but | have
an impression that my son has fallen
into an unusual run of luck. AS I'M
derStand it, you're all out for a pleas
ure trip. Now, my private car is over
in the yards, and | suggest you all
come along with me to California;
Governor, you're a wOnderr' ex-
claimed Wayland.
'That'n give us time to get better
acquainted, and if we all like one an
other just as well when We get back
well, We'll buy the best farm in the
North Platte, and
ITS a cinch We get that ranch!" in
terrupted Wayland, with triumphant
glance at Berea.
Don't be 50 sure Of It," replied the
lumberman. "a private car, like a
yacht, is terrible test of friendship"
But his warning held no terrors for the
young lovers. They had entered upon
certainties.
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| he Postoffice. Island Pond, VT

Office hours, $50 am. to $50 pm.
Office hours, Sundays, 900 am. to
1000 am. land LOO pm. to 200 pm
Drop box open all night.
MAILS ARRIVE.
From Newport and points south
and west of Newport, LAT am.
From Newport, West Derby,
Derby, West and East Charleston,
7.30 pm.
From Morgan and Morgan Center,
l1.45 am.
From points in Province Quebec
Ontario and Western Canada, LAT
am, and l.25 and 1O.1Op.m.
From Norton Mills, Wallis Pond,
and Averill, 1910 pm.
From Lake 400 pm.
From Beecher Falls, Canaan, and
all poir S on upper Maine Central
Railroad, north of North Stratford,
7.55 pm.
From all local points. Berlin to
Island Pond, 7.55 pm. m@
From all local points Portland to
Groveton, 1.30 pm.
From Lancaster, Littleton, White,
field, and points on Boston & Maine
south of Groveton. 1.20 am, and
l,3O pm.
From North Stratford, Groveton,
Berlin, Gorham. and all points south
and east, 1.2O am. and 1.20 pm.
MAILS CLOSE.
For Newport, Derby, Derby Line,
and North; West Derby and Beebe
Plain, LOO am.
For Newport, West Derby, Derby,
East Charleston and West Charleston
5.45 am.
For Lake, Norton Mills, Averill
and Wallis Pond, 6.15 am.
For Morgan, and Morgan Center,
7.15a. m.
For Beecher Falls, Canaan, and all
points on upper Maine Central Rail-
road, 90 am, and 800 am, and 90
pm.
For Lancaster, Littleton, White
field, and points on Boston & Maine
Railroad, south of Groveton, 100
am. and 500 am. - yss..-y
For local points, Island Pond to
Portland, l.30a.m, and 500 am.
For local points, )Groveton to
Portland, 1.00p.m.
For Berlin, Gorham, and all points
south and east, LOO am, 500 am.
and!1 90 pm.
Rural Delivery carrier arrives
1890 pm.
Rural Delivery mails close 6.15 am.
Except Sunday.
SUNDAY.
From all points south and east,
1.20 am. and 100 pm.
Mails close for all points south and
east, LOO am.
Mails for Norton Mill 100 am.
D. P. MACKENZIE, P. M.
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MILLY'S
PRIZE
Despite the Trick Of a
Rival, She Proved
a Winner
BY CLARISSA MACKIE

Milly Fenwick danced triumphantly
around the kitchen table, wherein re-
posed the four loaves OF bread which
she had baked for the Little River fair.
Big loaves they were, Drowned deli
tately without, snowy white and sweet
within-perfect loaVes OF perfect bread.
you silly child" smiled Mrs. Fen
wick as she hustled into the room and
caught Ailly in the midst of her gay
dance.
Mother, did you ever see such beau
tiful bread?" challenged Milly, stop
ping breathlessly to implant kiss on
her mothers soft cheek.
Never but once before" said Hrs.
Fenwick, with a twinkle in her eyes.
when was that?"
Years ago when 1 baked my first
ioaves for the fair"
Mother. And Of course you took
first price,"
Eyes, did-and | bought my we'd
ding gown with the money"
Milly blushed furiously.
"Well, of course you were engaged
to father, but I'm not engaged to any
one, but know what l shall buy With
the first prize money If l get It."
"What shall you buy?' asked Mrs
Fenwick indulgently.
Chickens. Yes, truly am going to
raise chickens and see II l can't make
money enough to pay off that little
scrap of a mortgage on the place"
Dear child" sighed Mrs. Fenwick.
ut would be the biggest blessing In
the world il you could. 1t you'd bs
such a repef to your father. That little
balance Of 5000 has worried him for
five years, and he cannot seem to get
ahead so he can pay it off. 1t has been
such a bad year, and he has had to hire
50 much help because Of his Illness"
you can't say anything that / have
not already thought Of, protested Mil
ly as she buttered the crusty loaves
and tossed a white napkin over them.
I'm only afraid that Sadie Lownes
will carry off the prize. She certainly
Is good cook"
"She can't make handsomer loaves
than those asserted Mrs. Fenwick
proudly.
well, we will see. I'm going up
stairs to get ready, mother, and then
I'm going to take the bread over to the
tent" said Mllly. And she flew out Of
the room with whisk Of her pink and
white skirts.
"It's too bad for Sadie to carry off
6rst prize In everything" unused Mrs.
Fenwick as she stepped briskly about
her tasks. Every year she's carried
of prizes for baking and fancy work,
and l declare If she hasn't carried of
the biggest matrimonial prize as well,
for folks say she Is engaged to Frank
Barlow. l never could understand why
it was that he stopped coming to
see Milly all of a sudden. He seemed
to think a lot of my girl, and I'm
afraid she liked him too we'll"
S24e- Milly Fenwick reached the big
tent where the annual county fair was
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-24
Sounds Fishv.

A New York lawyer tells of a case
tried in a fishing town of Massachu-
sets, during which the chief witness
under cross.examination refused to
state the amount OF mis- gross income.
you must answer the question" said
the judge. But, Your Honor" said the
man, 81 have no gross income; | am
d fisherman, and it's all net"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-24

All scientists recognize and admit
the unity Of the human race. and at.
tribute seeming variations to physical
conditions, environment and habits
The points of physical identity among
the different races are far more nu.
merous and important than the points
of difference
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-24

Someone is quoted as having said
that of all the letters in the alphabet
IF" is the most unfor tunate, because
It is always out of cafh, always in
debt, never out of dHnger and in hell
all the time" 1t is also the most fire.
auently used letter in the alphabet.
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-24

ing like a new fiddle, barring bruiSe
at the back of nay head, which makes
a hard hat burden. l may as well
tell you first off that Mrs. McFarlane
Is the wife of the forest supervisor Mt
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-09-24
Height He Must Reach

A public speaker never reaches the
pinnacle of fame until some newspa.
per dubs him the prince OF orators"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-31
w. Allied Ofensives.

The first campaign in the west ended
with the Battles of Flanders on November
Is. 1t left the Allied armies victorious, to
the extent that they had parried the great
German design to dispose Of France. 1t
left them holding lines which had endured
the shock of terrific attack, but it left them
shattered and to some extent disorganized.
The first British expeditionary army had
disappeared in casualties. France had lost
at least three-quarters of million of men,
1t was necessary to reorganize all the
Allied armies. to attempt to overtake the
Germans, whose preparation and foresight
had almost won them the decision.
Once this reorganization was achieved
and preparation began to go forward it
was necessary to attempt offensive opera
tons not alone to get the Germans out of
France, where their hold upon the mineral
and industrial districts was Gripping the
French, but also to relieve the pressure
upon Russia and thus assist the great Rus
sian offensive in Galca. These attempts
stretch from January to July and are,
with one exception, an uninterrupted series
of local successes, yet wholly barren of any
but the smallest local advantage. Great
as Is the place they have occupied in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-31

attack by new German armies, supported
only by the beaten Belgian army, when
had escaped from Antwerp and come south
through Ostend to the User River north
Of Dunkirk.
Battle. of Flanders (Oct. Fl, Nov. 15).
German effort to crush France had
failed. There remained the chance of capt
uring the Channel ports, Calais, Boulogne
and Dunkirk; Strengthening the western
front and shortening it, preparing the way
for submarine and Zeppelin campaigns
against England and completing the con
quest of Belgium.
Accordingly, vast new forces were sent
into the line between Lille and Ostend anc
o general German advance in masses was
begun against the thin line of British ano
Belgian troops on this front. A month OF
desperate fighting followed. The Belgians
heavily attacked, just managed to cling tc
the User line, after opening the slulces and
flooding the region. The British held
Ypres despite so per cent loss and
against three or four times their number
The struggle was over by November 10.
In sum, then, the first German offensive
was decisively beaten at the Marine
France was neither destroyed nor serious
ly crippled. Her losses in captured and
killed and wounded combined probably
equalled those OF the Germans, who, as
the attacking force, lost heavily. Not
less than a million men were put out in
this opening phase. But at the end the
Germans had won only few thousand
square miles of territory in France, they
had failed to take Paris or the Channel
ports and they could no longer afford to
neglect the Russian menace. From No
vember 10 to July 25 the western cam
paign from the German side has been de-
fensive, save for local attacks. 1t has
become a mere war of trenches.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-31
iii. Germany Against Russia.

All hope of a decision in the west
ended with the repulse of the Germans
in Flanders in November; in fact,
it had practically terminated when the
beaten German masses had retreated from
the Marine Germany had undertaken to
dispose of France at one blow, and France
had escaped. Belgium and the industrial
regions of Northeastern France remained
in German hands, rich prize, protected
by the strong defensive lines which the
German armies held from Switzerland to
the sea. But there was no longer any
prospect that new German offensive
could reach Paris or crush the Allies.
On the other hand, it might still be pos
sible to win the war if Russia could be
eliminated. If Germany, while holding all
of her western conquests, could dispose of
Russia as she had hoped TO dispose of
France, there was still time to win great
triumph, make peace on terms which would
be wholly advantageous, if not as favora-
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irremediable repulse. At the close Of II
first year Warsaw and Constantinopls s.s
the critical points in the situation.
Italian Operations MAY 23.July gay.


the critical points in the situation.
Italian Operations MAY 23-July 2a).
Italy declared war upon Austria M
May %. The nature Of her frontis,
hemmed in by the Austrian mountain,
from the Isonzo to Switzerland, her north
ern provinces open to attack from tbs
fortified places of the Austrian Tyrd
made it inevitable that her efforts u,
many months would be confined TO a..
tempts TO clear her own frontiers Of N.
Austrians and close the gateways leadin,
to her own regions and held oy her foes
Such offensives as she could undertake |,
addition would naturally be directed q.
Trieste and the Italian-speaking district,
east Of her frontiers.
At the close of two months Of war Italy
is still striving to penetrate into the Trep.
tho about the fortress of Trent, to cut Ii.
railroad lines serving the Austrian Tyrd
by the Pusterthal, to surround and reduc.
the whole Tyrolean salient south Of Ii.
Bremen Pass. So far she has made Sigh.
but unimportant progress, and is still out.
side the first lines of Austrian defence in
the Adige Valley, along the Pusterthal and
south of the Stelvio.
Between the Julian Alps and the sea, On
the front from Tolmino to Nabresina, tai.
ian troops have in several places passed
the Isonzo, have taken Montfalcone and
Gradisca, and are now pressing in upon
Gorilla. Here Italian troops have en-.
countered the first line Of Austrian De.
fences, and have for many days been en-.
gagged in a severe and expensive conflict
1t is not yet clear whether the Italians
have made the progress their bulletins
claim; if they have, the fall Of Gorilla and
the capture of Trieste are at hand.
But it is we'll to recall that these sue.
cesses will not have any serious effect
upon Austrian defence, and the road 10
Vienna will still remain barred by many
forts and mountains, while, until the Tren.
tino salient is reduced, Italy will always
have to fear a German offensive from the
Bremen. AS yet, then, the Italian cam.
paign has but begun, and the difficulties
of the territory make it unlikely that Italy
can exercise any great influence upon the
whole combat for many weeks to come
Certainly she has not been able to force
the Austrians to recall their masses from
tho Warsaw drive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-31

BILE as had been hoped for in August, l9l4'
While the world was talking Of spring
drive of the Allies Germany was steadily
preparing for a great offensive of the com
bined Austro- German forces, which should
relieve the Russian menace to Hungary,
clear Galcia, take Warsaw and, If posi-
BILE. crush Russian military power so COM
petely that Russia would ask for peace or
cease to be factor for many months.
The long series of French offenslves IN
the west in the late winter and spring had
demonstrated that the German lines would
hold. The failure of the British to get up
Kitchener's million or to provide the am
munition necessary for successful adj
vance offered the new chance. In April Ger
many turned her attention to Russia with
the same purpose and the same possible
ties that led to the earlier offensive against
France.
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On the Aisne (Sept. 13-Oct. 81.

In the opening days of the second week
in September there was hope in Allied capt
tails that the Germans might be driven out
of France, but it proved vain. Between
the Marine and the Aisne the Germans raj
lied. The fall of Maubeuge freed a Ger
man army which came south and rein
forced Won Kluck. Allied advance was
stopped at This stream and in the next few
DAYS the Germans established line from
the Disc at Noyon to the Argonne. All
Allied efforts to drive them failed.
The French then made desperate eff
fort to turn the Germans out by attacking
their right flank and turning it, coming in
about st. Quentin. But this failed, and in
few more days the line had begun TO
mount toward Belgium. each General Staff
meeting the others efforts with new bat
talons. Meantime the Germans directed
their attention toward making their posi-
ton in Belgium secure by besieging Ant
werp, which fell after a ten-days' siege on
October 9.
Just before this surrender the British
had been. taken out of their trenches along
the Aisne and sent north to fill the gap
between the French battle line and the sea.
Their objective was Antwerp but the fall
Of this town ruined their plans and they
were again left TO face an overwhelming
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-31

news of recent months, tremendous as have
been the losses to the forces engaged, they
have left the battle lines hardly changed
and require no detailed examination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-31
The First Warsaw Drive (Oct. 1-2O).

German attempt to save Austria took
the shape of sudden drive at Warsaw,
through Central Poland. Russia had made
two great efforts, the chief endeavor di-
rected against Austria, which had sue
ceeded, the second against East Prussia,
which had failed. But in doing this she
had left Central Poland bare of troops,
and Germany now struck straight through
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Mail Matter.
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The Third Drive at Warsaw (July)

Once Galica was cleared the full extent
of German purpose was revealed. Glance
at the map and it will be seen that Rus
sian Poland extends into German and Aus
trian territory, which grips it something
like pair of jaws. Warsaw, the western
most fortress of the Russian defensive line,
is outfanked by German East Prusslan
territory and by Austrian Galiclan dis
tricts.
Very shortly it became clear that the plan
Of the Austro-German commanders was
to attack Warsaw frontally along the ia
miliar Rawka-Bzura front and at the same
time to attack the defensive lines that COW
cred the railroads from Kiev, Moscow and
Petrograd to the Polish capital. If these
lines in the rear fell before Warsaw was
evacuated all the Russians west of the
closing Jaws would be cut off, surrounded,
ultimately captured; the greater part of
Russian military strength would be elimi-
mated.
If Warsaw were evacuated in time the
Russian front would be thrown back from
the Vistula to the Bug, the Austro-German
allies would gain a tremendously strong
defensive line, having conquered most Of
Poland, and they might expect that Russia
would seek peace, or at least be compelled
to conduct relatively harmless defensive
operation far within her own territory for
many months.
The main object was, of course, to dis
pose of the Russian armies by enveloping
and capturing them. This would in all
probability mean a decision, but short of
this, if the Russian armies were COM
pletely routed, with Austrian and German
territory freed of invaders, with victorious
German armies standing in Belgium, Po-
land and Northern France, Germany might
expect to hear from her foes some pro-
posals for peace, which would be based
on the full recognition of her conquests
and achievements.
These lines were written with the fate of
Warsaw still in doubt. The Austrian and
German jaws are still closing steadily be-
hind Warsaw, but the Russian resistance
is desperate and so far sustained. At the
moment Germany is as near to a decision
as she was in France in September of last
year. But if the Russian armies hold, as
the French did at the Marine, or escape, as
they did in the Great Retreat, Germany
will miss the great decision, even if she
takes Warsaw