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fast In the wake Of its sounding. She
knew only that II ntted In with nor
childhood's conception OF the indian
warwhoop. But she did know that
in an instant after It had been borne
along the wind she had seen thins
happep which she would have disoe-
lieyed had she heard II from the lips
OF q narrator.
She saw In one breathing space the
half.raised figure OF Fle,ch McNash un-
der the quilts OF his bed. and that OF
Young Jeb under the covers OF ms
pallet She saw in the next breathing
space. with no realization OF how II
had happened. both of them crouched
low at the center OF the floor. the ia
theirs eyes glued to the front DOOR
| the sons to the back. The older man
bent low. like q runner on his marx
awaiting the starting signal His right
hand held the rifle at his front. his
left lightly touched tho floor with
fingers spread 10 brace his posture
and his face was tensely upturned.
So, while she counted ten, father
and son crouched in precisely similar
poses. one covering the barred door
at the front with repeating rihe, the
other seeming to stare through the
massive timbers of that at the back
with leveled pistol. No one spoke. NO
one moved. but the regular swelling
breath of sleep had died. for every
pair of lips in the place was holding
its breath. bated.
Then came fresh pounding of hoofs
and scattering OF gravel and a chorus
OF angry incoherent voices sounded
above the noise of fiight-or was v
pursuit? Whatever words were being
shouted out there in the night were
swallowed in the medley, except
wake of oaths that seemed to float be-
hind.
The noise. like the other which had
preceded 1t, died swiftly. but in the
instant that II lasted Fletch McNash
had lifted his left hand and brought
his rifle to the ready" and his son had
instinctively thrust forward his
cooked revolver.
For a full minute. perhaps, the girl
in the bed had the picture of two fig
ures bent low like bronze emblems of
motionless preparation, yet not syl-
liable had been spoken, and when, from
quite a distance beyond, there came
the snap of single shot, followed by
the retort OF a volley. they still nei
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PROMOTES PROSPERITY

Constant reiteration of the f,I.
statements of liquor advocates has IN.
doubtedly led some persons to ths
conclusion that Maine is suffering and
has been impoverished because Of III
prohibition policy. A careful and
truth-seeking Investigation will SHOW
the exact opposite to be the case.
A bulletin by the United States cen.
sus bureau reviewing the 30 years pre-
ceding 1912. shows the STEADY advance
mcnt Of Maine in financial independ
encc. In 1850 Maine's per capln
debt was SS.49, ms contrasted with an
average of IL states of S5.4S. In 1872
1t has been reduced 75 per cent and
the average of the other states only q
per cent. Maine now owes sl67 pa
capita, while the other states ayeraes
S3.62. Massachusetts, with her high
license system, which the liquor adve
Gates say Is the best license law b
the world, has n per capita indebted
ness over 13 times larger than the pro
hibition state of Maine. The genera
comfort of the people Of Maine b
manifested by the large percentage Of
homes owned free from debt. In 1910
the total number of homes owned Wa
according to the census report, lle'
29S. and rs per cent of these were ffs
from mortgage.
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GOOD OF PROHIBITION.

"The plea that prohibition falls 9
prohibit would be quite valid II 1t eouh
be shown that any license system sue
ceeds better in regulating the llqua
traffic. Police administrations iau
down in the attempt to restrict iliu
selling of liquors in any comlnunu
where the traffic is licensed. fro@
bitlon does throw the business in'
thoroughfares of the saloons anu ~
moves from the sight OF the young
who are taught that the business :
outlawed and disreputable. lM
drunkards for which it is incidenlsp
responsible die of rapidly, lot 'u.,
are tempted to drink the WORST 'r, Az
most powerful connections. f,OI y.
ton may kill the poor misefau''
piers, but 1t tends to preserve 'i'' -
die classes.-New York Times
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Temperance
-sNOteSa
BUTTERFLY EACsEv

In search Of the facts
the claim of the brewers tbo, ..efnlns ~
liquid bread" the Christian oeer b
leading periodical of the Ma,s s!e
Ep'scopni church, wrote to tho ''' d,.u
OF the laboratory of the Conunos'ot ..e'ot
oonrd OF health, asking for n sa.a' .o,s'
statement. The unabbrev,o,ss'e 'ellne
was as follows: u reply
editor the Christian Advoc,,,.
reply 10 your note l will say tha, !, ~
hard to conceive n moro ,,,.,I Mn
statement than to call hoa. auas g,
bread. The facts are that the n.s, nsaa
out OF which beer is made do co.,.,a '
deal of nourlshment, adan,od Ia.a aam
for fuel and tissue buildinr :, wv
process of beer-making tho may. We
are mostly destroyed and removss Y
the process of clarifying. As 49,.
the hnal product has lost prac,,ssuA
nll the tissue-building material /, av aa
contained. and most of its fuel NV nv,
mas been converted into alcobo, rh,s
has less fuel value. to say no,b,r. :.
Its poisoning effect upon the no-s,s.
system. Before the ferment,,lo, a"
material might possibly be c,lss
liquid bread but not after the To-,
mentaton and Qualification: for thss,
processes have destroyed nearly al
the value 1t originally possessed N.
final product has no tssue.hn,,al..
value, only little fuel value, and /,
addition has II poisoning action NM.
the nervous system. Bread has l,,,.
value as tissue builder and also =,
fuel, and in addition has no had j,
feet upon the nervous system. n,
call beer liquid bread is therefore nj.
terly false and badly misleading.
III. W. CONN.,
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ther spoke nor moved But at last.
as II by one impulse, they rose and
turned to face each other.
Then. and then only, was there ut.
terance of any sort inside the house.
In voice SO low that Juanita would
not have heard it save that every
sense was painfully alert. Fletch said
to his son: Il reckon ther wars on
again"
The boy nodded sullenly, and the
father commanded in an almost inau.
dible undertone:
Lay down"
The boy went back to his pallet and
the father to his bed. For long time
there was dead silence. and then one
by one they took up again their chorus
OF snores. Tomorrow might bring chaos
but tonight offered sleep. Still the
girl lay gazing helplessly up at the
rafters and wondering what things
happened out there in the grim. un.
communicative silence of the slopes.
little while ago she had been
dreading what might come. Now. in
an access of terror, she thought of
what must come.
Ther wars on" That was enough.
Evidently there had been 'hell'' over
there at the dance. She had reached
the country Just in time to see a new
and sanguinary chapter open.
She would in all probability SEQ
people she actually knew, with whom
she had spoken, and whose hands she
had taken, the victims of this bruta,
blood-lust
And in the face Of such things these
human beasts could sleep!
But one was not sleeping, and after
a while among the snoring slumberers
Good Anse Talbot rose and knelt ba.
fore the hearth. There were sti,, a
Few glowing embers there, and as he
bent and at last took the knotted
hands away from his scanned face tbev
cast a feeble light upon his features
and upon the bare feet that twisted
convulsively on the stone fireplace.
It was tortured face, and m IN.
girl watched him she realized for ths
flrat time the signincance Of the vords
TO wrestls in prayer" II suddeniv
came to her that shs had never befc,e
seen = man fsally Dray. ~ = 49,
- AaHsvanAa t11aa1aaasxfhu~1e.ei, ei,1-l.
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(Copyright BY Charles Neville Buck.)

/ . loi tuhC. VI iei
tunes, since the plural rather than the
singular fitted their dimensions, hac
come to her with his wish that part o.
them should go to advance education
in the Alleghenies. She was to be
his stewardess in overseeing the work
but that she should 60 in person and
| permanently to that crude environ
ment had not been anticipated. Those
who had known her in her life OF nor
NAL luxury, of dancing and playing
and of deliciously rhythmic person
ality, would have laughed at the idea
as absurdly incongruous. OF this fact
the young man had heatedly reminded
her on the night when she gave back
his engagement ring and announced
| her determination.
"Juanita," he had expostulated
with suffering of hopelessness in his
eyes which she ached to comfort
"Juanita. dearest, courts and juries
and the bayonets of militiamen have
struggled to civilize those savage
| people. and for a hundred years they
have utterly failed. Their one god
is Implacable Hatred"
Il shan't so with juries or bayo-
nets" she had retorted.
You will go without knowing them.
their ways, their point of view
Il don't know them now, but l will
know them"
You haven't even a letter of in
PRODUCTION"
Il never heard"-her voice rang
tato l. : ba
futility of argument-'that the Savior
needed letters of introduction"
And so an imagined heartbreak and
a crumbling world of illusions-as she
fancied-had driven her suddenly into
self-appointed exile-and a mission.
Her education had been pointed to
fitting her to oversee such work-doue
by the hands Of others. Even then.
had not he and all the rest goaded her
with their insistent refrain. You can't
do it?" Now she was here.
She drew herself up straight as she
sat on the stile and impatiently dashed
away the moisture from her eyes II
that other man had only had in him
the iron wasted on this desperate,
Anse Havey! She rose at last and
went unwillingly back TO the cabin
The host sat barefooted before the
fire and talked with the missionary.
The girl heard their conversation
through the dullness OF fatigue, won
dering how she was to sleep in this
pigsty, yet restrained from asking per
mission TO retire only by her embar-
rassment and unfamiliarity with the
native code.
At last she heard Brother Talbot
suggest: Hits gittin' ter be late an
we've got a tol'able long way ter jour
ney termorrer ! reckon we'd better
lay down"
Juanita began counting heads. There
were six in the room. and the boy Jeb |
was yet to return from the dance, and !
while she was still trying TO work out |
the problem the woman pointed to a |
corner bed and suggested: II reckon |
you'd better bundle in with Dawn"
She saw the girl crawl into bed |
just as she was and the mission !
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ABSTINENCE INTELLIGENT.

Major General ORyan, coininA i.
the division of New YORK tio.p Il.
81 an order before leaving iv
Sou..i, in which he said: iou
frnin ut all times from the us s,,a h
liquor and beer and the reason s sD \
appeal to your intelligence. o ~ n,
the results of this order Is seeD ,rI, a
reports of the sick rate. From w vi
to August IA in the Sixth NeT :, ~
division it was only .oio' ~ ~
Spanish-American war tie
was from z to Is per cent.
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coat. Taking off her own boots and
Jacket, she slipped between the faded
"comforters" of the sheetless couch
In five minutes the taper was out
and the place was silent save for the
cracking of the logs. The little girl
at her side lay quiet. and her regular
breathing proclaimed her already
asleep. In another five minutes Jua-
nita. with closed eyes and burning lids
and aching muscles. heard the nasal
chorus Of snoring sleepers. She alone
was awake in the house.
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TAXPAYERS REJOICING.

In the first six months tnu' = phof
was without saloons the CITY '. LIN
nix increased in taxable ~ Y
5000, 600, had n decrease - ~, a.
rate, and the city goVeia ~ sale6
$4,000 less than during u. a,,t at
regime. Furthermore, the III .sio,s
months the city was wltnou. nou.ssonssl
the number of arrests for druntest i,n y. q
was s5, compared with ~ .he ssvk
corresponding six months ID ~ pS|
oug year.
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SYNOPSIS.

woman OF wealth, on her Journey with
her guide. Good Anse Talbot. into the
heart OF the Cumberlands to become a
at the door of F'letch McNash's cabin.
While resting there she overhears talk
between Bad Anse Havey. chief of his
clan, and one of his henchmen that ac-
quaints her with the Havey- McBriar feud.
Juanita has an Improbable talk with Bad
An8e and they become antagonists
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a raIsUrE TO PRoHIsI7,sV., y =,

To show his apprecIa.,,.. ~. .hlne11
bition in the state OF Ne ~ !
travelling salesman recen, Il sslt
to the Anti-salcon league :
with a note which read: -. Y O.
ifornia and who has cv',s ,ss..rcsa d!
for twenty years to 81. !, ,ssscl (.|
ana who has sold ncrs p ~
ON h,s nrst trip n Nara y MI
under prohibltion tnan - -
% any prsvious trip vi.
= ~ l1Asehs ~ 3 =
g. - = ~ y. ~
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cHApTER ~.

II u rsla4eA ia ths history Of the
Hetnes11fscsv fpsA. whteb busst ost
lsess 4. nae1 !. 49, - - : : I. sss.v ~.
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caMnIbal oo1;

F3ian cannibals worship I -
uamed Mata waloo, who - ni1S1
sAeeaAelAa- - T. aluags ea4fee, q
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p,eadtns with his God for his unrepsn
tant people.
Outside single whippoorwili waiieo
piaintiveiy. These poor hills! These
poor hills!"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-03-31
WILLARD oUTFoUGHT MORAN.
Latter Made Game Effort, but Cham
pion Had Advantage of Having More
Weight and Longer Reach.

Jess Willard, the worlds heavyweight
outboxed and outfought Frank
Moran of Pittsburg in 10round bout in
New York Saturday night before a ire
mendous crowd in Madison Square Gar.
den. Wizards superior reach and his ad-
vantage of IS pounds in weight could not
be denied. Moran made plucky effort TO
win by a knockout and made rally after
rally to accomplish that result.
Many of his right-ha swings were
short or were blocked by Willard or landed
across the champions neck or top Of his
head. There were a number which landed
flush on Wizards jaw, but the latter sim
ply smiled. The blows which were appar-
emily shot with full force did not seem to
Tease the champion. Willard used his left
effectively all through the bout At the
end of the contest Tom Jones announced
that Willard had broken his right hand in
the third round which was offered as an
excuse for the champion not ending the
contest by knockout.
In the seventh round Willard made a
great effort to win by knockout. He had
Moran apparently groggy. but few sec
onds before the round ended Moran
seemed to take on new lease of life and
fought back viciously, swinging left and
right for the jaw. His strength was gone,
however, and his blows lacked force
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-03-31
BARRIERS VIEWS ON HOSE HOUSE
Value of Small Plot More per Foot
than Adjoining Large One, He Sa.-o
-Holstein- Friesian Deal.

Editor of The Phoenix:
AS | probably shall be away and do
not expect TO attend the special village
meeting in which | am not voter,
called for Saturday evening to con
slider the selling of the hose house
property on South Main street to A.
|B. Clapp, | desire to take this means
'Df presenting my views on the matter
\ recent communication in your paper
from c. r.. Crosby gives all praise to Mr.
lapp for keeping the lIolstein- Friesian Of
4 ices in town by building frcproof office
building for them Most people know that
was ready, and had the plans prepared,
for lireproof five-story store and office
building, the two upper floors of which
INcre to be used by the Holsten-Fresian
people at rental of 5000 annually
These two floors would have given them
tS,0O0 square feet of floor space.
The reason for their change was because
would not consent to Mr.. Brockway, the
financial man of the concern, becoming the
|lrchitect and basing "his' plans on the
plans drawn for me by Mr.. Mcdowell
Nlr. IIoughton, in the presence of Mr.
P3rockway and Mr. DeBergh, suggested
hat this might be arranged and later Mr.
|Brockway asked to be employed as the
|lrchitect. | declined and then they closed
with Mr.. Clapp.
My plans, had I leased the two upper
floors to the Holsten-Fresian association,
called for an expenditure of nearly three
times the amount of money that Mr..
Clapp will spend to build this office build
ing which Mr.. Crosby argues alone keeps
this association here. 1t is noticeable that
the rental is larger than I asked and that
there is not the land to give the desired
floor space unless Mr.. Clapp acquires the
hose house property.
Mr.. Clapp, | understand, has told the
village commissioners that he is willing to
pay as much per square foot for the hose
house property as he paid for the Stewart
He has said that this price was
about 81 cents a square foot. If this in
formation is correct and | have no reason
to doubt it, he obtained bargain. 1t is
a well-known fact, however, that small
piece of property adjoining larger pieces
in business section of any community is
always held at a higher price per square
foot than the larger pieces. So far as |
am concerned the village may sell or give
the property to Mr.. Clapp without obiec-
ton on my part My real estate holdings
are in that section and it goes without
saying that any Improvements made there
by Mr.. Clapp or anyone else will be bene-
fetal to me
HERBERT G. BARBER
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-03-31
LEGAL NOTICES.
ESTATE OF ABBY S. RANGER.
STATE OF VERMONT,

- Al IA Ot E$lLhONI,
District of Marlboro, SIS
The Honorable Probate Court for the
District Aforesaid:
To the heirs and all persons interested
in the estate of Abbie S. Ranger, late of
brattleboro, in said district, deceased,
Whereas. application hath been made
to this court in writing, by the eXecu-
tors, praying for license and authority
to sell all of real estate of said deceased
to wit: one house and lot on Melrose
street, representing to said court that it
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 appreciation in writing, of all the
heirs to said estate residing in this
state. and setting forth the situation OF
the real estate.
Whereupon, the said court appointed
and assigned the LIST day of April, 1916
at the probate office in Brattleboro. in
said application and petition and order
ed public notice thereof to be given tc
all persons interested therein, by pub
fishing said order together with the time
and place of hearing. three weeks sue
cessively in The Vermont Phoenix a
newspaper which circulates in the neigh
borhood 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 objections to
the granting of such license, If you see
cause.
Given under my hand at Brattleboro
1916.
11-13 A. +. SCHWENK, Judge.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-03-31
LEGAL NOTICES.
ESTATE OF HENRY M. kIDpER.
,TATE OF VERMONT,

STATE OF VERMONT,
- District of Marlboro. S.
The Honorable Probate Court for the
District of Marlboro:
To all persons interested in the estate
of Henry NJ. Kidder, late of Wardsboro,
in said district deceased, Greeting:
At a probate court, holden at BrattIe-
boro. within and for said district on the
18th day Of March, 1916, an instrument
purporting TO be the last will and tesla
ment of Henry NJ. Kidder, late of Wards
boro, in said district deceased was pre-
scented to the court aforesaid for pro-
bate.
And it is ordered by said court tnat
the LIST day of April, lgl6 at the probate
office in said Brattleboro. be assigned for
proving said instrument; and that notice
thereof be given to all persons con
cerned, by publishing this order three
weeks successfully in The Vermont
Phoenix, newspaper circulating in that
vicinity. in said district, previous to the
time appointed.
Therefore, you are hereby. notified to
appear before said court, at the time and
place aforesaid and contest the probate
Of said will, if you have cause.
Given under my hand at BrattleborO. in
said district. this 18th day of March,
1916
lib \. +. SCHWENk, Judge.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-03-31
NOT A QUESTION OF PRICE.
Board of Trade Directors Think vii
lage Sohuld Help Consummate Hol-
stein-Friesian Project.

Editor of The Ph9cni;;:7-
The permanent location of the Of
fee of the Hoistein. Friesian asso-
citation in Brattleboro is q matter
of the greatest importance to this vii.
lage. The lease of their proposed new
building is for ten years. At the rate
the association is growing it is safe
to say that before that lease expires
an addition to their quarters will be
required and corresponding extension
of the lease demanded.
1t is not too much to expect that
with the permanent location of the of
fee here, the Advanced Registry de-
partmeut, now located at Dclavan,
Wis, ultimately will be brought here
and into the same building for purely
economic reasons.
The question is not how much the
village can get for a small parcel OF
land, the need of which it has out
grown, but rather how much can the
village do to further the plans of a
public spirited citizen who is doing so
much for his home town.
We do not expect the village to give
this property outright, nor do we adj
wise that, but it is the opinion of our
board of directors that the village
should allow nothing to hinder, but do
everything it can to further the con-
summation of this project.
Yours very truly,
HORTON d. WALKER.
President of the Brattleboro Board OF
Trade.
March %, 1916.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-03-31
Estate Of GEORGE r. FAULKNER.
STATE OF VERMONT.

District of Marlboro, IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the
District Aforesaid:
To the heirs and all persons interest
late of Nottingham, in said district, de-
ceased, GREETING:
Whereas. application hath been made
20 s9s court in Wrtng by the admin
ity to sell all of real estate of said de-
ceased to wit: the home farm and the
r. III. Faulkner farm in Nottingham and
Wilmington in said district, representing
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 appreciation In writing, of all the
heirs to said estate residing in this state,
and setting forth the situation of the
real estate.
Whereupon, the said court appointed
and assigned the LIST day of April 1916,
at the probate office in BrattlebOro. i'm
said district, to hear and decide upon
said application and petition, and order
ed public notice thereof to be given Ia
all persons interested therein. by publish
ing said order, together with the time
and place of hearing. three weeks sue
oessively in The Vermont Phoenix, a
newspaper which circulates in the neigh
borhood 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 objections to the
granting of such license, If you see
cause.
Given under my hand at Brattleboro,
In said district, this 10th day of March,
1916.
1l-lS A, f. scHwENK. Judge.