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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-16

cia abbandonate sopra la paglia. al
giovane parve che lutte le membra
gil 81 apI esGntissero imTrovyiSe in
luell abbattimento mortale, in QUello
sEassimo senZa nome del sUo risve- :
clio senti che tutta Ia vita gil sfuggi- |
3. 81 guardo' intorno, con gil occhi |
sLarrati. Sui bassi giacigli came |
rati sonuecC hiaVano, imnloti: ii |
Tecchio guardiano biascicava senza /
posa Ia sua preghiera. la tesla china
sui petto. Nessuna voce vicina lon
tana: nessun passo. DinanZi a lui,
suIl altare in ombra, Ia statua riSida
della santa spicoava ira candelabri
lucenti, soto la luce scialba del gran
di finestroni istoriati che ripetevano
nella confusa policromia dele lore
vetriate la storia del martirio di Girls
to-.
Quando il medico passo' per la vi
sta mattutina trovo' Basil che deli
rava. L'aveva lasciato la sera con-
valescente, 10 ritrovava ora un'altro
volta agonizzante. Ne chiese al vici-
nj, ne chiese al guardiano. Nessuno
aveva visto, nessuno aveva udito null
la.
una piccola dana che sopraggiun-
Sc, il medico raccomando' di assis-
| tere Quell agonia
= 81 ieri passeggiava nell lorto!?
= obietto sommessa la DANA.
Ha perduto troppo sangue, po-
vero, f1gliolo - rispose il medico,
pensose. E poi aggiunse: = ora e
questo che non regge piu' = e addi-
to- il petto in direzione del cuore.
La piccola dana che assiste' la lem
ia agonia del ferito 10 senti invocare
con la voce sempre piu' fioca un
nome: Mary. E 10 credette un nome
del suo delirio.
Ma ne ad essa, ne al medico, ne a
nessun altro, anche piu' tardi, dopo
che Basil fu sepolto nel piccolo cimi-
tero campestre, dietro la chiesuola
solitaria, passo' per la mente il pensi-
ero che pinvocata fosse leroina croci-
alta chep eli campi insanguinati della
TERRIBLE guerra era la fata la favo-
la dele ambulance.
FINE
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-16

Era una mattinata di sole tepido
come ne sa regalare a volte rautun-
no, quasi che per un prodigio tutta
una primaVera nuova rifiorisse dalla
terra ormai spoglia.
Basil 81 lascio ricadere sopra IL suo
gliacigIio, nella beatitudine di quel
primo annuncio di un vicino ritornO
ALA vita Mary si chino sfolgorante
sopra di lui. Ed egli la fsso' arden
temente negli occhi strinse quelle
piccole mani lungo, a lungo ira lie
sue non pote' parlare che Pemo-
Mone gil metteva nella voce mel
cuore soltanto un gran tremore di
pianto. Piccola Mary benedetta! Ed
egli laveva cacciata da Sc, ed egli
aveva calpestato il suo amore? All,
come sentiva d'essere state vile, come
sentiva d'essere state folle! Egli
fayeva abbandonata, povera sola
mel monde, dopo di averla strappata
ALA sua casa, ALA sua gente, ALA sua
agiatezza, al suo tutto: Paveva abb
bandonata Paveva fuggita per fu-
ggirla sempre piu' lontano, s'era ar
ruolato volontario, era partito per la
guerra, era volato in un Desperate as
salto contro la morte! Ed ecco, sui
limitare della morte, egli la ritrova-
va. Ed essa non 10 respingeva, de-
bole e solo tanto bisognoso lui, ora,
della sua mano, ed essa non gil getta-
va in viso lie sue parole bugiarde, Ia
sua fede mancata, la sua Vita, il suo
abbandono ed essa non 10 condannava
come egli aveva condannato lei quan-
d'egli era il piu' forte. Ma dimenti-
ca di tutto solamente pietosa di
lui, gil apriva con un piu' grande
amore le braccia Paiutava rinasce-
re 10 confortava sperare. Mary!
Come ora egli 81 sentiva d'amaria:
come avrebbe fatto, quail pegno le av-
rebbe dato per testimoniarle tutta
la sua gratitudine, per dirle tutto IL
suo amore, per cancellare tutto il ri
cordo orribile della sua colpa, per
compensarne tutta la pena passata? :?
Mary! Egli non aveva avuto pieta di
lei, allora. Ed ora da dove veniva a
lei, che pure era povera g sola alb
bandonata mel monde come allora,
tanta pieta' per lui?
Gil occhi del giovane ST abbassaro-
no da quella fronte di neve aureolata
dal nimbo del capelli 'oro, 81, abbas-
sarono da quel soavi occhi chini, da
quel viso serio mesto sopra il quale
un'abitudine di privazione e di la
CRIME andava gia' scavando i suoi
lunghi segni, 81 fermarono sopra l.
abito bianco, sopral la grande croce
rossa che la fregiava sui petto. Ed
egli riste' come un automa, in quella
eontemplazione rivelatrice.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-16

LIE brew passegiate al sole pei via
Ii riparati dall'orto, dietro la chiesa
81 ripeterono nei due giorni radiosi
che 81 seguirono secando, dopo tanto
Orrore, una specie di compenso idilia-
60 ALA terra rinata.
Basil 81 poggiava tutto al braccio
di Mary ed ella a quando a quando
10 cingeva ALA vita per sostenerio e
per incuorarlo a proseguire.
- Bene: COST - diceva egli piano,
sorridendo.
II secondo pOmeriggio che s'erano
trovati soil, Tuno seduto in faccia al
Paltra in una sosta al sole, Basil ave-
va tentata un'allusione all'avvenire:
Ho tanto bisogno di te Mary:
non mi lascerai partir solo, e. vero?
Ma Mary non aveva risposto. S'era
alzata yivamente, con un non so che
di improvvisamente duro negli occhi
gil aveva porto il braccio per ritor
mare. Basil non aveva replicato piu'
nulla. L'aveva avviluppata solo con
I'M suo umido sguardo supplichevole
da allora, Quando la scorgeva, non
mancava mai di riavvilupparla in
quello sguardo.
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era state sui fronte ed ora era dele
Fetrovie, pareva quasi lontana. Da
forse dieci giorni non s'era piu' udita
una fucilata, non era piu' giunto un
ferito.
Ma una nOtte giunse improyvisa,
&oll'eco ridesto del cannone, una staf-
fetta trafelata. II colonnello medico
del sesto corpo d'armata, accantona-
to venti miglia di Ii, mandava in tut
Ia fretta ad avvertire di mandar su-
bito al campo Quanto piu' materiale
di medicazione quanto piu' auto
6'uomini 81 fosse potuto. E il MESA
Sgero aggiunse per proprio conto che
laggiu' 81 battevano da yenti ore a
che le trincee rigurgitavano di feriti.
S'era improvvisata un'ambulanza in
ana fattoria, ma mancavano / medici,
nancavano infermieri, mancavano
hende, mancava tutto.
ii medico scese nella sagrestia. Ra-
3uno' le sue robe, chiamo' le sue gen.
III.
Tn earro fu subito apprestato vi
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-16

ALMAR.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-06-23

The janitor was a heavy man, and
his overalls upon Penrod were merely
oceanic. The boy was at once swad-
died and lost within their blue CULTS
and vast saggings, and the left leg,
too hastily rolled up, had descended
with distinctively elephantine effect,
as Margaret had observed. Certainly
the Child Sir Lancelot was at least a
sight.
1t is probable that q great many In
that hall must have had even then a
consciousness that they We're looking
on at history in the making. A SUI
preme act Is recognizable at sight; it
bears the birthmark of Immortality
But Penrod, that marvellous boy, had
begun to declfm, even with the ges-
ture of flinging off his mantle for the
aceolade:
IT first, the Child Sir Lancelot du Lake,
Will volunteer to knightheod take,
And kneeling here before your throne
l vow to-
He finished his speech unheard. The
audience had recovered breath, but
had lost self control, and there ensued
something later described by partici-
pant as sort of cultured riot.
The actors in the pageant" We're not
SO dumfounded by Penrod's costume
as might have been expected. A few
precoclous geniuses perceived that the
Overalls were the Child Lancelots own
comment on maternal intentions, and
these We're profoundly impressed.
They regarded him with the grisly
admiration of young and ambitious
criminals for Jail mate about to be
distinguished by hanging. But most
of the children simply took it to be the
case "a little strange, cut startling)
that Periods mother had dressed him
like that-which is pathetic. They
tried to go on with the pageant"
They made a brief, manful effort.
But the irrepressible outbursts from
the audience bewildered them. Every
time Sir Lancelot du Lake the Child
opened his mouth the great, shadowy
house fell into an uproar and the chill
dren into confusion. Strong women
and brave girls in the audience went
out into the lobby, shrieking and cling
ing to one another Others remained,
rocking in their seats, helpless and
spent. The neighborhood of Mrs. Scho-
field and Margaret became tactfully a
desert. Friends of the author went
behind the scenes and encountered
hitherto unknown phase of Mrs. Lora
Rowbush. They said afterward that
she hardly seemed to know what she
was doing She begged to be left alone
somewhere with Penrod Schofield, for
Just little while.
They led her away.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-06-23

~NHE sun was setting behind the
back fence Though at con-
siderable distance) as Penrod
Schofield approached that fence
and looked thOughtfully up at the top
of it, apparently having in mind some
purpose to climb up and sit there. De-
batting this, he passed his fingers gent
ly up and down the backs of his legs,
and then something seemed to decide
him not TO sit anywhere. He leaned
against the fence, sighed profoundly
and gaZed at Duke, his wistful dog.
The sigh was reminiscent. Episodes
of simple pathOs were passing before
his inward eye. About the most pain
full was the vision of lovely Marjorie
Jones, weeping with rage as the Child
Sir Lancelot was dragged, insatiate
from the PROSTATE and bowling Child
Sir Galahad, after an onslaught deliv-
cred the precise instant the curtain be
gan to fall upon the demoralized "pag-
cant" And then-oh, pangs! oh, wo-
man,-she slapped at the ruffians
cheek, as he was led past her by re-
sentful janitor, and turning, flung her
arms round the Child Sir Galahad's
neck.
"Penrod Schofield, don't you dare
ever speak to me again as long as you
liver Maurice's little white boots and
gold tassels had done their work.
At home the late Child Sir Lancelot
was consigned to a locked clothes clos
OF y,ondinrr fIn or,.ivol Of 10 20
Mr.. Schofield came, and shortly after
there was put into practice an old
patriarchal custom. 1t is a custom
of inconceivable antiquity = probably
primordial, certainly prehistoric, but
still in vogue in some remaining cita-
dels of the ancient simpllcities of the
republic.
And now. therefore, in the dusk,
Penrod leaned against the fence and
sighed.
His case is comparable to that of an
adult who could have survived SINH
lar experience. Looking back to the
sawdust box. fancy pictures this CONF
parable adult a serious and inventive
writer engaged in cOngenial literary
activities in a private retreat. We see
this period marked by the creation of
some of the most virile passages of a
work dealing exclusively in red cor
puscles and huge primal impulses. We
see this thoughtful man dragged from
his calm seclusion to a horrifying pub
Hcity; forced to adopt the stage and,
himself a writer, compelled TO exploit
the repulsve sentiments of an author
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-06-23
CHAPTER v.
School.

RTEXT morning, when he had
NH once more resumed the dread
full burden of education, it
seemed Infinitely duller. And
yet what pleasanter sight is there than
a schoolroom well filled with children
of those sprouting years just before
the teens? The casual visitor, gazing
from the teachers platform upon
these busy little heads, needs only a
blunted memory to experience the
most agreeable and exhilarating SEN
sations. Still, for the greater part the
children are unconscious of the happi-
ness of their condition, for nothing is
more pathetically true than that we
never know when we are well Off"
The boys i'm a public school are less
aware of their happy state than are
the girls, and of all the boys in his
room probably Penrod himself had the
least appreciation of his felicity.
He sat staring at an open page of a
textbook. but not studying, not even
reading, not even thinking. Nor was
he lost i'm a reverie. His minds eye
was shut. as his physical eye might
well have been. for the optic nerve.
fiaccid with ennui. conveyed nothing
whatever of the printed page upon
which the orb of vision was partially
focused. Penrod was doing something
very unusual and rare. something al
most never accomplished except by
colored people or by a boy in school
on n spring day-he was doing really
nothing at all. He was merely a state
of being.
From the street a sound stole in
through the open window. and abhor-
ring nature began to ill the vacuum
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-06-23
POINTS FOR THE MOTORIsT

If a universal joint pin drops out of
a shaft-driven car, a temporary pin
may be made from bunch of wire or
a small chisei, held in place by wire
or twine.
Twenty-eight years ago, at the time
of the invention of the aluminium cleo
trolytic reduction process, aluminium
sold for s25 pound. To-day it can be
had in unlimited quantities for is
cents.
The Chicago Speedway association
has decided to lay the planks on its
track with an opening of three-eighths
of an inch between each plank, so that
slipping due to oil may be lessened.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-06-23

relative was shown and, finally, the
drunkard's picturesque behavior at the
portals of madhouse.
So fascinated was Penrod that he
postponed his departure until this film
came round again, by which time he
had finished his unnatural repast and
almost, but not quite, decided against
following the profession of a drunkard
when he grew up.
Emerging. satiated, from the theater.
a public timepiece before a jewelers.
shop confronted him with an unex.
pected dial and imminent perplexities
How was he TO explain at home these
hours of dalliance? There was a
steadfast rule that he return direct
from Sunday school, and Sunday rules
were important because on that day
there was his father, always at home
and at hand, perilously ready for ac-
ton. One Of the hardest conditions of
boyhOOd is the almost continuous strain
put upon the powers Of invention by
the constant and harassing necessity
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-06-23

Victorines hair was thick and the
brickish gliHts in 1t were beautiful, but
Penrod was very tired of 1t. A tiny
knot of green ribbon finished off the
braid and Kept 1t from unraveling, and
beneath the ribbon there was a final
wisp of hair which was just long
enough to repose upon Penrods desk
when ViGtorine leaned back in her
seat. 1t was there now. Thoughtful
ly he took the braid between thumb
md forefngrr and, without disturbing
Victorine. dipped the end Of it and the
green ribbon into the inkwell of his
desk. He brought hair and ribbon
forth dripping purple ink and partially
dried them on blotter, though, mo-
ment later, when victorine leaned for
ward, they were still able to add a
few picturesque touches to the plaid
waist.
Rudolph Krauss, across the aisle
from Penrud, watched the operation
with protuberant eyes, fascinated. In
Bpired to imitation, he took piece Of
rhalk from his pocket and wrote
rats" across the shoulder blades Of
the boy in front Of him, then looked
across appealingly to Penrod for to-
kens of congra tulation. Penrod yawned.
Half the members of the class pass
ed out to recitation room, the en-
purpled Vfetorine among them, and
Miss Spence started the remaining half
through the ordeal Of trial by mathe-
MATES. Several boys and girls were
sent to the blackboard and Penrod,
spared fer tale moment followed their
operations a little while with his eyes,
but not with his mind then, sinking
deeper In his sent, Imply abandoned
the effort His eyes remained open,
but saw nothing. The routine Of the
arithmetic lesson reached his ears in
familiar, meaningless sounds, but he
heard nothing, and yet, this time, he
was profoundly occupied. He had
drifted away from the painful land Of
facts, and Heated now in q new sea
Of fancy which he had just discovered.
Maturity forgets the maByelous real
ness of boys day dreams, how color
full they glow, rosy and living, and
how Opaque the curtain closing down
between tbs dreamer and the actual
world. That curtain is almost sound
proof, too, and causes more throat
trouble among parents than is sus-
pected.
(1o be Continued)
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-06-23

ham Remedies Vegetable Compound
and Sanative Wash. | am now well and
strong and can do all my own work.
owe it all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and want other suffer
ing women to know about it. - Mrs.
H. E. MABEN, 211 S. Spring, St., Muir
freesboro, Tenn.
This famous remedy, the medicinal
ingredients of which are derived from
native roots and herbs, has for nearly
forty years proved to be a most valua-
BILE tonic and invigorator of the female
organism. Women everywhere bear
willing testimony to the wonderful vir-
tue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Why Lose Hope.
No woman suffering from any form
Of female troubles should lose hope un-
til she has given Lydia E. Pinkham' s
Vegetable Compound fair trial.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
he opened, read and answered by
woman and held in strict confidence.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-06-23

not only personally ulslasfefu1 TO lin
but whose whole method and school In
belles-lettres he despises.
We see him reduced by desperation
and modesty to stealing a pair of over.
alls. We conceive him to have ruin
ed then, his own reputation and to
have utterly disgraced his family;
next, to have engaged in the duello and
to have been spurned by his ladylove,
thus lost to him according to her own
declaration forever. Finally, we must
behold Imprisonment by the authori-
ties, the third degree and flagellation.
We conceive our man deciding that
his career had been perhaps too event
full. Yet Penrod had condensed all of
it into eight hours.
1t appears that he had at least some
shadowy perception Of recent full
1fess of life, for, as he leaned against
the fence gazing upon his wistful
Duke, he sighed again and murmured
aloud:
"Well, hasn't this been a day"
But in a little while star came out,
freshly lighted, from the highest part
of the sky, and Penrod, looking up,
noticed it casually and little drowsi-
ly. He yawned. Then he sighed once
more, but not reminiscently. Evening
had come; the day was over.
1t was a sigh of pure ennui.
Next day Penrod acquired dime by
simple and antique process which
was without doubt sometimes practic-
ed by the boys of Babylon. When the
teacher of his class in Sunday school
requested the weekly contribution Pen
rod, fumbling honestly (at first) in the
wrong pockets, managed to look so en-
barrassed that the gentle lady told him
not to mind and said she was often
fergetful herself. She was so sweet
Penrod began to feel confident of a
small but regular income.
At the close of the afternoon serv-
ices he did not go home, but proceed
ed to squander the funds just with
held from China upon an orgy of the
most pungently forbidden description.
In a drug emporium near the church
he purchased five cent sack Of candy
consisting for the most part of the
heavily favored hoofs Of horned cat
tie, but undeniably substantial, and 80
generously capable Of resisting solu-
ton that the purchaser must needs be
ayaricious beyond reason who did not
realize his moneys worth.
Equipped with this collation. Penrod
contributed his remaining nickel to a |
picture show, countenanced upon the |
seventh day by the legal but not the
moral authorities. Here in cozy dark
ness, he placidly insulted his liver
with jawbreaker upon jawbreaker
from the paper sack and in a surfeit
of content watched the silent actors
on the screen.
One film made lasting impression
upon him. 1t depicted with relentless
pathos the drunkard's progress, begin
ming with his conversion to beer in the
company of loose travelling men, pur-
suing him through an ineXplicable
lapse into evening clothes and the So
ciety of some remarkably painful la
dies. Next, exhibiting the effects of
alcohol on the victims domestic dis
position, the unfortunate man was
seen in the act of striking his wife
and, subsequently, his pleading baby
daughter with an abnormally heavy
walking stick. Their fight through
the snow TO seek the protection of q
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-06-23

The Hon. Probate Court for the District
| Aforesaid
To the heirs and all persons interested in the Es.
tate OF MARIA S. FARNAM, late OF Johnson
| in said District, deceased, GREETING:
| WHEREAS, application hath been made to this
Court in writing, by the Administrative of said es-
tate praying for license and authority to sell all of
the real estate of said deceased to wit House,
barn and about onehalf acre of land in the village
| of Johnson, representing to said Court that it
would be beneficial to the heirs and all persons
interested in the estate OF said deceased, to sell
| said real estate and convert the same into money.
And bringing into Court the consent and appro.
baton in writing of all the heirs to said estate
siding in this State and setting forth the situation
OF the real estate.
WHEREUPoN, the said Court appointed and
assigned the 28th day of June, 1918, at the Pro-
bate Office ill Hyde Park, in said District, to hear
and decide upon said application and petition, and
ordered public notice thereof to be gwen to all per-
sons interested therein by publishing said order,
together with the time and place of hearing, three
weeks successfully in the News AND CITIZEN, a
newspaper which crculates in the neighborhood of
| those persons interested in said estate, all Of
which publications shall be previous to the day
assigned for hearing.
THEREFORE, you are hereby notified to appear
before said Court, at the time and place assigned,
then and there in said Court to make your objec-
tons to the granting of such license, If you see
cause.
Given under my hand at Hyde Park, in said
District, this 9TH day of June, 1915
60 MOVES G. WOOD, Judge
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-06-23
THE SITE OF WATERLOO.

THE SITE OF WA ERLOO.
Forbear! This plain is still too
deaf with cries,
This soil too sanguine for thy
stucco lies.
Shall earth where reeled the
guard thy villa pen,
Where nations groaned be heard
the cackling hen?
A mansion mark where in the
gathering murk
Those terrible gray horsemen so
did work?
Here wilt thou dare to live,
where such men died
And on that memorable dust re-
side!
Here only ever let the solemn
moon
Uninterrupted weave spirit
Here only falter down a pensive
dew
From skies too wistful to be
purely blue.
But shouldst thou build on con-
secrated ground.
Then be those houses filed with
spectral sound
OF clashing battle and the ghost
ly war
OF charging hosts against the
battered door!
Let solemn below of hollow
cannon boom,
A dreadful cavalry invade the
gloom!
Until in awe of those who fell
or fed
The living fee from the more
living dead!
That silence now too conscious
is for sound,
1t broods upon itself and is self
bound.
Then let no builder of this field
have lease,
TITS let to time. the property of
peace!
Stephen Phillips in Poetry Re-
view.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-06-23
Estate of Curtis A. Harrington
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

The undersigned having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District OF
Lamoille, Commissioners, to receive, examine
and adjust the claims and demands OF all persons
against the estate of Curtis A. Harrington, late
of Eden. in said district, deceased, and all claims
exhibited In Offset thereto, hereby give notice
that we will meet for the purpose aforesaid at
the store Of b. W MaXfelO, in the town OF
Eden in said district, on the Path day OF June
and 4th day of December next, from 10 O'Clock
A. NJ until O'Clock Z. NJ, on each OF said days
and that six months from the 4th day of June,
A. ID. 1915, Is the time imiteO by said Court
for said creditors to present their claims to us
for examination and allowance.
Dated at Eden. VT, this 9th dey OF June A. ID.
1915. BERNARD W. Manifold,
j. 5. EMERY,
&c Commissioners.