The Republican journal., 1915-09-30
Letter from|Crawford's,

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Ny DEAR JOURNAL Tn" line gale
[,,,n is here today, eyctly on schedule
\. 1t was lookingn at my window
[.x o'clock this mollng' and seemed
lowing and Sinking with deliri-
|, 10y because it ha' made connections
rived in seash. But it had no
Il 10 buster like tat. Any old storm
| hos had a dat set for its arrival
| yesr can get th'ugh on time. There
| .ot been one blitary storm, to my
4 -lalg p. that habeen tagging behind,
.ttipg itself terdue, or letting it.
\, bs worried abdt. And so, although
c. always ben pleased to see the
|. ssls storm, h account of an argu-
T once ha in Waterville with a
man. from M neapolis, who claimed
% was no Ii lie, and consequently no
r.la there was no real enthusiasm
NJ greeting this morning. But the
Gale storh was here to spend the
|, anyhow, aid possibly the week, and
[.,rsnty want fussy about who liked
/. 4iin' liJ it. 1t went right about
[..,king i'd it's exhibition, and has
having HE time of its life all day
rs-ng til goods. 1t has piled blanket
4 ,Iouds ali over all the mountains,
,nisbedkll the brooks and cascades,
|,AOwledhnd shrieked up and down
,Cb thl Notch and around the cor
l. unt.ft has distinguished itself and
I,sjit4lf no ordinary storm; and one
4 40 evfence has been added in my
[~3phe argument that there always
,Irss has been, and always will be
|a4 gle storm. 1t is day like this
N cowds the lobby, drives the people
rfs endless letters, and endless tele-
n; mi ask endless questions, to pass
r1e away. Even Madam Serenity
l.. en- Of such a day has a tinge of
st,ess IN her smile, while the rest of
lea tsfen our smiles off entirely and
hem away in the table drawer along
bur cash and other valuables. We
/ ut wear our smiles anyway, as
|sscouslv as we did earlier in the
In. There is certain solemnity
4 las Us in its grasp. When we look
/ nd the lobby. we realize perhaps for
f.st time, how many of these faces
new to rs. How many of those peo-
I7Bose faces had become as familiar
as the faces of old friends have,
BY day and one by one, gone with
Eshahe and pleasant word of fare
out of our range of vision. Many
benz forever. A few weeks ago we
|; feeling as Independent as that
Euerworked brook of Alfred Tenny-
Men may come and men may go,
But go on forever"
|.t now we have reached the place
h We see our own finish, and in our
b eve we can see the house as it will
few weeks hence, dismantled and
|aisi and suffered. The thought
its solemn side, and also has it attrac-
|al5. which for all of US, lies in the
|ght of going home. ''Going home"
Eltte any of US know what a day
bng forth. Last week the lady
! Parls who owned the nice little dog
bad the Indigestion, and the tail
did not pull, you remember, was
|Haly 10 90 home and had sent her
f. along. On her way to the dining
/ she turned aside into the Bazaar
|Gsak TO Mrs. Wright. She slipped
b. polished floor, and in an instant
Eging there, poor helpless creature
q badly broken leg. Twenty-Five
|EndolIars are hers, they tell US, but
Eg her white agonized face and lis
|lg to ler terrible means and groans
+ she had lost consciousness, l felt
Ewaye of thankfplness that | was
} my tumble self with all my bones
Er and my purse so light that never
/ to lose any sleep over the fear of
Fng from it. Thus disappeared poor
PAN into the regions of upstairs, and
fned nurse and a maid and the little
EsFe all that we see, to remind US of
Presence in the house. Speaking
more of little dogs. At last l have
one truly wonderful and beautiful
Fge Pomeraniap, valued at some
(iands, the winner of many blue rib
His master brought him into the
p and stood him on our window shelf.
H We were admiring him somebody
Eaio him in English, but he appeared
70 hear. Then his master spoke to
IN French and he was all alert.
Pc he understand French" asked
Eone. "Oh yes" said the man. "He
|Htands French, He has a French
"Oh my!" l said to myself
fe dogs are lovely, but think of the
children, the thousands and thou
Y of little children" and then
|snt of a young man who is making
lte work the welfare of boys who
bis help and care, Mr.. Chas. C.
Y of Maiden, Mass, who, during
Sumner was golf instructor here,
|glh tents with his fourteen caddy
H. He 10 kaan facod vDopIu IooL