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CHAPTER <.
The New Rodman.


 There are no more beautiful valleys anywhere than those cut by the waters of primeval floods through the foothills of the great snow-covered Rocky noun tains. The erosions and washings of untold centuries have flung out in front of the granite rarnparts of succession of lower elevations like the bastions of fortress. At first scarcely to be dis tinguished from the main range in height and ruggedness these ravelins and escarpments gradually decrease in altitude and size until they turn into series of more or less disconnected. softly rounded hills, like outfung earthworks. finally merging themselves by gradual slopes into the distant plains overlooked by the great peaks of the mountains
 The monOtony of these pine-clad, wind-swept slopes is broken even in the low hills by out-thrustings of stone. sometimes the hard igneous rock, the granite of the mountains, moro ire Quently the softer red sandstone of a period later. yet ineffably old. These cliffs. buttes, hills and mesas have been weathered into strange and fan tastic shapes which diversity the land scape and add charm to the country.
 The narrow canons in which the snow-bed streams take their rise grad ually widen as the water follows its tortuous course down the mountains through the subsiding ranges and out among the foothills to the sandy. arid. windy plains beyond. At the entrance of one of the loveliest of these broad and verdant valleys. c short distance above It's confluence with . narrower. more rugged ravine through the hills. lay the thriving little town of Coro- nado.
 Some twenty miles back from the town at . place where the valley was narrowed to . quarter of . mile. and separating 1t from the paraileling ra- vine. rose huge sandstone rock called Spanish Mesa. Its top, some hundreds of feet higher than the tree-ciad base of the hills. was mainly level. From its high elevation the country could be seen for many miles. mountains on one hand, plains on the other. It stood like an island h . sea of verdure. Lit tie spurs and ridges ran iron 1t. To ward the range 1t descended and con- tracted into . narrow saddle, vulgariy known as . "hog-back," whers tho granite of the mountains was hidden under . deep covering q grass-grown earth, which formed the only division between the valley and the gorge or savine. before the :and, widening. rose into the next hill.
 TAs people came from miles sway to zee that interesting and e~yioua mesa, much more striking h its ap- pearance than Baldwin's knob. the last foothin below it. Transcoutinental tFavelers even broke journey to viat it Ths town prospered accordingly sspseiaIly e It Was admirably situated e . place of departurs for hunters. sx-
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f"oh " @ssSs
 ners of far countries, in strange cont. nents. These possibilities did not at tract him. He wanted to get away from, out of touch with, the life he had led. He wished to go to some place where he could be practically alone where he could have time to recover his poise, to think things out, to plan his future. to try to devise means for rehabilitation, if 1t were possible. He could do that just as well. perhaps bet ter. in America than in any place else And there was another reason that held him to his native land. He would still tread the same soil, breathe the same air, with the woman. He did not desire to put seas between them.
 He swore to himself that the free dom he had offered her, that he had in- deed forced upon her unwilling and re- jecting 1t. should be no empty thing 90 far as he was concerned. He would leave her absolutely untrammeled. He would not write to her or communi. cate with her in any way. He would not even seek her to hear about her and of course as she would not know whither he had gone or where he was she could not communicate with him The silence that had fallen between them should not be broken even for ever unless and until An, yes. he could not see any way to complete that unless and until" at first, but perhaps after . while he might.
 He knew exactly where he would go Dick Winters, another classmate and devoted friend at Cambridge, had gone out West shortly after graduation. He had a big cattle ranch miles from railroad in a young southwestern state Winters, like the other member of the youthful triumvirate. Rodney. was bachelor. He could be absolutely de pended upon. He had often begged Meade to visit him. The engineer would do 1t now. He knew Winters would respect his moods, that he would let him severely alone. that he could get on a horse and ride into the hills and do what he pleased. think out his thoughts undisturbed-
 To Winters, therefore. he had gone He had an idea that his future would be outside of engineering. Indeed hs had put all thought of his chosen pro fession out of his mind and heart, d least so he fancied. Yet. spending an Idle forenoon in Chicago waiting for the departure of the western train, he found himself irresistibly drawn to ths great steel-framed structures. the sly. scrapers rising gaunt and rigid above the other buildings of the city.
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CHAPTER xl.
The Valley of Decision.

tUO WotiSy VI SCSsosOus
 Much water had run under the bridges of the world and incidentally over the wreck of the International. since that bitter farewell between Bertram Meade and Helen nlingworth over the grave of the old engineer. Life had seemed to hold absolutely noth- ing for Meade as he knelt by that low mound and watched the woman walk slowly away with many . backward glance, with nany . pause. obviously reluctant. He realized that the lifting of hand would have called her back. How hard 1t was for him to remain quiet; and, finally, before she disap- peared and before she took her last look at him, to turn his back resolutely as if to mark the termination of the situation.
 Father. fame. reputation. love. taken weaker man might have sent life to fol- low. In the troubled days after the fall of the bridge. his fathers death. the inquests, his testimony and evil dence freely given, and that parting, something like despair had filled the young engineers heart. Life held noth- ing. He debated with himself whether 1t would not be better to end 1t than to live it. He envied his father his broken heart. Singulariy enough, the thing that made life at least value was the thing that kept him from throwing 1t away-the woman.
 Striving to analyxe the compiler emotions that centered about his losses he was forced to admit, although 1t seemed . sign of weakness, that love of woman was greater than love of fame. that in the balance one girl out weighed bridge and father. That the romance was ended was what made life insupportable. Yet the faint, vague possibility that if might be resumed if he could find some way to show his worthiness was what made him cling to 1t.
 Of course he coulc have showed without much dimculty and beyond peradventurs at the inquest over Ab- bot and the investigation Into the causs q tAe failure of the bridge-un- fse1unate bat too obvious-that the ftisAfful and fatal eFroe In the desdm WIS not his and that hs had protested against the accepted plan. If only he had found the 1ettaf addressed to his fstAer. But thas hs would nsvss c
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CHAPTER lx-continued.

'Shurtliff." said the young engineer. after the mound had been heaped up and covered with sods and strewn with flowers and the workmen had gone, "I have left everything possess in your charge. You have a power of attor- to deposit, invest, and carry on my fa- thers estate. The office is to be closed and the house Is to be sold. My will. In which leave everything to Miss h. nngworth. is in your hands. You are empowered to draw from the revenue
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4 man ef Meade's ability will coon ind . place for himseH IW any environment, and @ It b with the young engineer. His asw start ln fife b described jn the next lnstallment
CrO BE CoNTINUED.)
Sweet, Yevna ThIna.

fn . local theater, one evening 70 cently, . powerful spotlight revealed [ house hy crawling over the powaeres surface of . pretty girls back. -OA lookie," whispered little girl. In tonel that could be heard all about hes 7ootie at the fv~ "HusA. dear," ths childs mother cautiooed- nere was . moments silence, then the little siel again whispered hoarseiy: T spec tha fly thinks hs c ea . nAaAmaueV.s- Unchan9A
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est distance between two cardinal points, and one of the great transcon- tinental raIlways bought 1t and began improving 1t to replace its original rather unsatisfactory line.
 The long wooden treStle which crossed the broad, sandy depression in front of the town, the bed of the an cient river, through which the Picket Wire and further down its afluent, the Kicking Horse, flowed humbly and modestly, was being replaced by . great visduct of stssl Tar up the
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Green Salted Pelta
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS,
Prices for Metals.

New York.-Lead-11DQ DQ12hc.
 Bar Silver-7sc.
 Copper-Casting, $30.12h.
 St. Lou:s.-Spe!;eT-ss
 London.-Bar Siiver-3sAsd per oz tI7.00 per unit. Crude ores. 60%, $500; 2sSe. $s.4oQ 1900: 1eqd. $S.70q q 1000 per unit
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BERTRAM MEADE CUTS OFF HIS OLD LIFE ENTIRELY AND GOES FORTH INTO. STRANGE COUNTRY TO MAKE
 NEW CAREER

Bertram Meade bridge let Construction Meade engineer the bridge site Helen nngworh Colonel nngwvh of Mar questioned
 
 colapses are Meade senior dead giving pubic The orders blame engagement
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Minneapolis Flour and Grain Prices.
 Minneapolis. Minn.- Flour Fancy patents, S1475.

Minneapolis Flour and Grain Prices. Minneapolis. Minn.- Flour - Fancy patents. S147s.
 Barley-sscf I.43 Rye-S274Q32s
 Bran-S27.00a zs.0e. Cash: No. hard. s25sh a2.sIh: No. 1 Northern; s2;sIh '.5sH; No. 2 North corn-No. : yellow. sI.sIE Oats-No : white, SAX ks5&c. Flax-s3i5q3.2o
 Price of FIosr Reeedes. Chicaso.-Fiour-So for $40 less per barrel than a week ago. standard spring patents bringing sI4 and bak- CTS brands S12.lo.
 New York Cotton Prices. New York-m.cotton-July. as.ss: Oct. 25.52. Niddiing, S.s.7o. Chicago Graf. ana Previ.seu Prsees. Chicago-wheat-N 2 and red and and ! hard. nominal Corn-No. yellow, S16sa1.70: No. 3 yellow, s1.ss6i.7o; No. { yellow. siss oat..No. 2 white. ssS es7Hc; s,and- Bariey-u:lo9Lts.
 cioyerS,IiooGi7.oo.
 Pork-1SS.z0
 kis:-:i1::sssihis:. k1ss-:ssiSssiss.
 Kassas City Produce. Kansas City.-Buttsr-Crsam aSc. ists 9Shc. Ends ssc. packing 1shc. Positry.Roosters. Ice; hens, isc; broiiers. 1sc.
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Price Of FIe.r Recedes.

Chicago.-Fiour-So for $40 less per barrel than a week ago, standard spring patents bringing Sl4 and bak- CTS brands S12l0.
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Vegetablei
HIDES AND PELTS.

Dry Hides. Flint butcher. per lb. ......3I 439 Flint bull and stag ........ l9 Flint culls and glue ...... Is Salt hides 20 Sc lb. less. Horsehides H291/3 price of green salted.
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New Yerk Cotse. Prices.

New York---Cotton-July 2s.s3: Oct. 15.Is; Dec, 2s.31: Jan, 25.3s; March, 25.52. Niddiing, S2s.70.
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Dry Flint Pelts,

Wool belts. per ID. ..... 34G 35 Short wool belts .-....... 304 32 Butcher sheariings. No. 1 19 No. murian shearlings =. 05
 Bucks, saddles and pieces at value.
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Eggs, graded No. net, F. O.
 b. Denver ~ q SV Eggs. graded No. net, F. O.
 B. Denver ....,..,........ 20 Eggs. case count, misc. cases
 less commission. ......... s.25
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Apples, Colo, fancy. box. .l.75 Q 3.25
 Gooseberries. Colo, at. cts. ..f.50 Q 300 Goose berries. Colo. pt. cts .l.25 c l.50 Strawberries. home grwn, pts. zoo
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-11-07
UNWILLING Police.

Civilian policemen were the only ones
possessed by Glasgow at one time. In
the eighteenth century, according to II.
G. Graham, ''the whole safety and Or
der OF Glasgow were intrusted to the
unpaid and reluctant burghers. Every
citizen who was between the years of
eighteen and sixty and paid a yearly
rent amounting to f3 had to take his
turn at guarding the city. On touch of
drum the gentleman was at his post
by 10 at night and strolled with weary
tread and yaWning gait along the
Trongate and High street and up the
pitch dark lanes Of winter nights till 4
in the morning. After that hour the
city was without a police. "-London
Chronicle.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-11-07
Words from Home
Statements that May Be Investigated
Testimony of Barton Citizens.

When a Barton citizen comes to the
front, telling his friends and neigh
bors of his experience, you can rely
on his sincerity. The statements OF
people residing in far away places do
not command your confidence. Home
endorsement is the kind that backs
Doan's Kidney Pills. Such testimony
is convincing. Investigation proves
it true Below is a statement of a
Barton resident. No stronger proof
Of merit can be had.
c.. F. Cutler, farmer, Park, ST.,
says: II suffered from lumbago and
with rheumatic pains in my Shout
ders. This bothered me a lot and
made me miserable. I heard of Doan's
Kidney Pills and decided to use them
and I went to the E. w. Barron Co.
and bought some. They relieved me
and I know Doan's Kidney Pills are
good, reliable kidney medicine"
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Cutler had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-11-07
War Information.

How do you pronounce Ypres?
The Monitors Csc War Atlas will
tell you. 1t will also tell you how to
pronounce many other war names.
Where is Sissonne?
The Monitors 25c War Atlas will
locate it for you in an instant with
it's locating index.
What is the population of Germany?
The Monitors 25c War Atlas will
tell you. 1t will also tell you the
population of the other European ma
tons.
What is the Russian Flag?
The Monitors 25c War Atlas
shows it in colors, as we'll as the 9TH
er national flags.
When was the Lusitania torpedoed?
The Monitors 25c War Atlas will
tell you. 1t will tell you a hundred
other facts you want to know and re-
member.
When did France become a Republic?
The Monitors 25c War Atlas will
tell you. 1t also gives a short his
tory of 22 nations.
When did Germany declare war on
Russia?
The Monitors 25c War Atlas will
tell you. 1t also tells when all war
declarations were made up to and in
Guiding that of the United States.
Where is the 'Zone of Danger" mined
by the British?
The Monitors 25c War Atlas will
show you. 1t shows the German sub
marine zone.
IL you are not satisfied that you
have Csc worth when you get this at
las the Monitor will refund the mon
ey.
This is the second shipment of
these aliases and they are going fast.
Over the counter at the Monitor
Office, Barton, Austin's Pharmacy,
Orleans, and Davis & LivingstOn's
Pharmacy, Newport. Or by mail
from the Monitor for a silver quar-
ter. Wrap it safely.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-11-07
Why Oil Will Still the Troubled Waters
In1r1ediately

Frequently we hear the expression
that some one poured oil upon the
troubled waters,' which is linked up
with the discovery that oil poured over
board from a ship in distress will tend
to increase it's safety by stopping the
waves from breaking against the ships
side This is due to the fact that the
oil is composed of molecules which are
more closely compressed than the mole
cules in water. The Oil forms a kind Of
blanket through which the waves can
not break, thus protecting the sides Of
a ship that has poured overheard
enough oil to cover the sea for a few
yards in all directions. The waves be-
meath the Oil are just as violent as
ever. but they cannot break through.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-11-07

A. O. Gray visited his brother in
Boston last week.
David Dopp of ST: Johnsbury visit
ed his parents over Sunday.
Morris Barber Of Franklin, N. H.,
recently visited his sister, Fife Dane.
The young daughter of Lutte Ches-
ley hurt one of her hands quite seri-
ously recently.
Mrs. Nettie Pearl enjoyed a visit
from her sister and family from New
York last week.
Sarah Drew of Glover visited her
sisters, Jane Woodn1an and Mrs.
Frost, last week.
Eben Eimpson and Della Emerson
of St. Johnsbury visited his sister,
Mrs. George Stern, over Sunday.
Don't forget the donation and oy-
ster supper Friday evening. Supper
will be served from o'clock until all
are served.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-11-07
CALEDONIA COUNTY.

The Rev. Chauncey Adams, who
was granted a leave of absence last
May from the Congregational church
in Danville to drive an ambulance
'Somewhere in France" has been
transferred from the ambulance
corps to the Y. M. c. A. He was
formerly Y. M. C. A. secretary in
Ceylon and later in St. Johnsbury.
Miss Cora Frasier of East Burke
was instantly killed when the horse
she was driving became unmanage-
able and ran away, throwing her
against a tree, crushing her skull.
Miss Frasier had been at the mill for
grain and stopped at the postoffice on
Miss Frasier left the building and en-
deavored to stop the animal. The
horse turned back and ran into the
yard of Bert Streeter, dragging the
woman. She was thrown against a
tree.
Highways were flooded and bridges
damaged by the So hours rain the
first of last week. A highway bridge
in WheelockWas partially swept away
and traffic between Wheelock and
Lyndonville was tied up. A bridge in
Lower Waterford was put out of COM
mission and the main road leading to
the White Mountains was closed two
days. The St. Johnsbury and Lake
Champlain track was under water in
three places and trainnen say the
water was the highest ever known in
this season Of the year.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-11-07
Christmas Mail for American Forces.

Christmas Mail for American Forces.
Washington, D. c., Oct. 8, 1917.
To the Public:
The time is approaching to give
thought to bringing Christmas cheer
to the American soldiers and sailors
abroad.
Arrangements have been perfected
whereby the Christmas mail to the
American expeditionary forces in
Europe is to be delivered by Christ
mas morning. Without the fullest
cooperation on the part of the public
it will be impossible to accomplish
this result.
The three essential respects in
which the public can aid in assuring
a happy Christmas at the front are:
Mail early, address intelligently, and
pack securely. For this reason it is
urgently requested that all persons
diers and sailors and the civilian
units attached to the army in Europe
observe closely the following direc-
tiOns:
1. Mails to reach the soldiers in
France by Christmas morning must
be posted not later than Nov. Is.
2. Every package must bear con-
spicuously the words, "Christmas
Mail" the complete address of the
person for whom it is intended, and,
in the upper left-hand corner, the
name and address of the sender.
3. Every parcel must be so pack
ed and wrapped as to admit of easy
inspection by the postmaster. No
parcel will be dispatched to France
which has not the postmaster's GER
tificate that it contains no prohibited
articles.
A. S BURLESON,
Postmaster General.
NEWTON D. BAKER,
Secretary of War.
JOSEPHUS DANIELS,
Secretary of the Navy.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-11-07
The Monitor,
Barton, Vt.
Don't Need Too MANY.

Don't sWerve so far to one side OF
the road as to make too many enemies
nor yet so far to the other side as to
make too many friends. A few good
friends are enough, and usually q few
enterprising enemies will manage to
keep you busy.-HOustOn Post.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-11-07
Parents Interest in Children.

Psychology prOnounces the law of
interest from parent to child to be true.
Therefore, if parents desire their chill
dren to succeed in music or in any
that success is to take more than a
passing interest in their work, and see
that they practice the studies which
are designed to insure that success.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-11-07
CUT THIS QUIT IS WORTH MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS Gut out this slip, enclose
with SC and mail it to Foley & Co., 1855 Sheffield
Ave, Chicago, H., writing your and address
clearly You will receive in return trial package
for coughs: colds and Group; Foley Kidney Pills for
pain in sides and back, rheumatism, backaChe, kidney
and bladder ailments; and Foley CathartiC Tablets
a wholesome and thoroughly cleansing cathartic for
constipation biiousness, headache and sluggish bow
els. Fred D. Pierce, Barton, G. H. Hunt, Evans
vile
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-11-07
Trust Estate of
Edwin L. Chandler.
STATE OF VERMONT

District of Orleans,
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict aforesaid.
of Edwin L. Chandler, late of Barton in said
district deceased,
GREETING:
WHEREAS said court has assigned the
9th day of November next for examining and
allowing the account of the Trustee OF said
trust estate and ordered that public
n office t h o be given to all
persons interested in said estate by publish
ing this order three weeks successfully pre-
viOus to the day assigned, in the Orleans
County Monitor, a newspaper published at
Barton in said district.
THEREFORE, you are hereby notified to
appear at the Probate Office in Newport in
said district at ten o'clock q. m. on the day
assigned, then and there to contest the al
lOWance of said account if you see cause.
Given under my hand this 23d day of OctO-
Der, 1917.
43-45 RUFUS w. SPEAR. Judge
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JUST FOUR DAYS MORE.

The following prices on magazines
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We do not know what prices we can
quote thereafter. Better get under
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scriptions do not expire for a month
or two, they will be extended from
date of expiration.