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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-22
GROTON
Ralph d. Sherry of st. Johnsbury Married
10 Mrs. Carrie L. Doe OF Topsham.

A quiet wedding took place Saturday
afternoon Mt the home OF Rev. and Mrs
p. A. Smith when Ralph ID. Sherry OF
St. Johnsbury and Mrs. Carrie Leet Doc
of Topsham were joined in marriage BY
Rev. Mr.. Smith Both of the contracting
parties are well and favorably known in
this vicinity. Mr.. Sherry resided here
around 10 years and for a number of
years was an efficient and popular post
master, resigning the office on leaving
town about six years ago. The many
friends of both Mr. and Mrs. Sherry unite
in extending congratulations.
Mrs. II. A. Stevenson of st. Adams ar.
rived here Saturday on visit TO her
parents, Rev. and Mrs +. w. Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kimball of La
coma, N. H., are guests of Mr.. and Mrs
A. G. Welch.
G. H. Hendry left Monday TO visit his
son, Harvey, at Fort Ethan Allen.
Mr., and Mrs. A. G. Welch were called
to Manchester, N. H., Thursday to attend
the funeral of their niece, Mrs. Wells,
who will be remembered here as Carrie
Lovejoy, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Lovejoy.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frost of Lisbon,
N, H., were visitors in town Sunday.
Mrs. Walter Scruton and infant son re-
turned from Cottage hospital, Woods
vile, n H., Friday.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Kicker left Monday for
an extended visit with her son, B +.
Kicker, at Hotchkissyille, Conn.
Mrs. James Frost returned Saturday
tiers in Canada. One daughter, Mrs. Mar
ion Vincent, and husband and little son
of Danville, P. O., returned home with |
her mother
Mrs. Fred Perrigard and daughter.
Irene, of st. Johnsbury and friend, Mrs.
Stewart, passed a few days with Mrs.
Perrigards father, Charles Jordan, this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Taylor returned
Sunday from their carriage drive to Bris-
toll, N. H.
C. H. johnson and family motored to
|
and Marshall Darling also took parties
to the fort to see the boys.
Mrs. Hanson of Wells River passed
Sunday with Mrs. Eunice Hanson.
Mrs. Raymond returned Saturday from
/ visit with her daughter, Mrs. Lynn Hill,
1t Northfeld.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. n Hall, Miss Mary
Hall and Bartlett Hall returned yester-
lay from a 10 days automobile trip
through southern New Hampshire and
They visited relatives in
concord and Manchester, n. H, and Bos.
on and Walthani, Mass.
Mrs. Harry Jordan and infant son and
lister returned to st. Johnsbury yestcr-
ay after 10 days stay with her lus
and's father, Charles Jordan.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-22

Miss Marion harrington has returned
from a three weeks visit in Strafford
Norwich and White River Junction.
Max Barrows and Roland Newton have
returned from a bicycle trip to Lake
Bomoseen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Weston of Lynn
Mass, Mr.. and Mrs. H. II. Saunders OF
Brockton, Mass, are here for week.
The members and friends of the Meth
odist Sunday school will attend a picnic
at c. e. Blake's in the Locust creek
neighborhood next Friday. Those hay-
ing no other means of conveyance are
requested TO meet at the church at $3.50
for free rides TO the picnic grounds.
Mrs. f. A. Davis has learned of the
safe arrival in France of her nephew,
Frank Rourke of Boston, member of
the 4th regiment of engineer reserves.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Haywood of Sar-
anac, n. Y, George Haywood of Col
chester, Byron Haywood of Jericho, Mr..
and Mrs. VIII Haywood of Wilder, and
Richard Squires of Plattsburg, n. u,
were called here by the critical illness of
Mrs. H. H. Fifeld, who was reported
slightly better yesterday.
Miss Grace Reynolds is visiting in
New York City.
c. H. Kidder and A. n. Washburn and
families took an automobile trip last
week, which included Burlington, Platts-
burg, n. Y, Ticonderoga, n. Y, Sara
toga, n. y, and Springfield, Mass.
George H. Kimball is attending the
national G. A. r. encampment in Bos-
ION.
Elmer Raymond has returned to his |
work at Rumford Falls, Me.
Miss Lillian Benoit of Worcester, |
Mass, is with her sister, Mrs. Joseph |
on her way home from a visit
II Canada.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-22
MARSHFIELD

Rev. J. S. Grassland will be in his pull
pit as usual next Sunday.
The state herald., 1917-06-01

chamber In palace. And his daugh.
ter wns established In an adjoining
room whose fittings would have salts
fed a princess. They almost terrified
the poor habitant Of canal boat.
Royce decided to motor into the city
to fetch his surgical instruments and
bring out his assistant. While he was
gone Gloria stole into Trask's room
to question him, but he had passed into
state between sleep and coma, and
she dared not trouble him. She found
that Nell had fallen asleep, too, worn
out with emotions of every sort. Clio
ria stole away to her own room. She
was tired out, too. She felt that she
was on the brink Of discoveries that
would mean everything to her. She
was little afraid Of them.
She paused Mt her window, and, see
ing Doctor Royce just stepping into
his car. she mused on him. He was
IN increasingly interesting mystery to
her, very much at her beck and call
in some why's, and absolutely beyond
her control In others.
He looked back and waved his hand.
She thought he waved to her and she
answered his salute. Then she saw
that he was signaling to someone else
and had not seen her. 1t was wom-
an he was signaling to. for he lifted
his hat. Gloria wondered who It was,
and felt an odd quirk Of Jealousy. 1t
needed her like q stitch in the side.
She would have felt a sharper stab
II she had known that Doctor Royce
was waving at Lois. Lois was with
Casimir's wife, reading to her and COM
forting the sick woman as best she
could. The sight had startled Doctor
Royce. as much as It pleased him.
The wild and ruthless Lois had given
up her perilous intrigues, indeed, II
she could give herself to the monot-
ony Of ministering to the lonely and
the sick and take pleasure and pride
In such service AZ q substitute for q
social lawlessness that had made her
hateful In Royce's eyes.
A. he rode ON Into the city he felt
. great elntlon. He was not a relig-
ious man. but he loved a wholesome.
healthful soul as well rs a body that
was clean and well. He had
kept Gloria from learning Of Lois
affair with Freneau for Gloria's own
sake. Now he believed that under
cover Of the deception Lois own soul
had been enabled to redeem itself.
He felt that Lois had earned the
right to have back the letters she had
sent to Freneau. Whether she would
wish to destroy them or keep them as
q reminder and warning from her evil
The state herald., 1917-06-01
SYNOPSIS.
cesrasAu. islA y AIsisAs " Hssss

Pierpont Stafford. with his daushter
Gloria, Is wintering at Palm Beach. Clio
ria IL n vivacious but willful young lady
Z Soverness from whom she repeatedly
escapes. Her childish capers cause young
Doctor Royce to fall In love with her.
Becoming lost in the everglades she falls
Into the hands Of the Seminole Indians.
Gloria falls in love with her rescuer, Ere,
neau. Five years later she leaves school
and meets Freneau at the theater; he has
suades her to forgive him. Gloria's sis
ter-in-law, Lois, becomes intensely 1eal-
Gus and Doctor Royce discovers in her
an ally. Freneau takes leave OF GLORIA
She sees from her window an attack made
upon him. Doctor Royce convinces her II
Is a delirium. A telegram followed BY
letter. comes from Freneau. She replies
cidentalIy sees the supposed suicide of Fro
nsau reported in the paper. Gloria swears
to find the murderer of her lover. Royce
tells what he knows Of Ina. FIsnsau .,ISai to Mt
from enveloping Gloria. She accuses
them OF conspiracy against her. Gloria
sets about to run down Frenenu's mur-
nothing. Gloria calls on Mulry and there
sees Lois who is also. worried. Gloria's
suspicious are aroused. Royce endcav-
or to show her The difficulty she,d she tasss ss.
meets Mulry who fees at once. Gloria in
ststs on going to Palm Beach. Again she
sees Mulry there. He leaves for the
North. She Is recognized by her one-time
captor. the young Indian CHIEF He tells
her that Royce and not Freneau was her
rescuer at that time. Gloria attends night
court; she sees Mulry there, also the
tramp who attacked Freneau. But Judge
Freeman releases him. She follows the
tramp when he lesvss the court sppd {al|s
into The hands Of hold-up men; She fnds
selected BY one Of the patrons a. his part
and when he attempts . rescue, calle
down . riSt on their heads; The hall is
and Royce. are arrested and taken before
JSdEe Freeman. The nswspabers feature
house Casimir arrives with the child
Gloria promised to adopt She orders
ford home. She follows Trask and lands
ep q houseboat to hear him aecussd Of
imprisons her. but she ties him up and
escapes, BY many stases she arrives at
home. In the yacht Gloria and the
men pursue the barge. Trask nres on
them as they near him.
The state herald., 1917-06-01

the bills under the tugbcat captains
very nose. They had the effect Of cat
nip to a cat. The captain began to
purr. also to reach out for the money.
"Let US understand the transaction" /"
said Pierpont. 'This man Trask IL
wanted on serious charge. He had
escaped from the Jurisdiction Of Judge
Freeman. He was probably bound for
Canada. I happened to have steam up
in my yacht, 80 came after him. I'll
take him back and deliver him to the
Judge. You take the barge on up the
river and deliver It to the consignee. Is
that the agreementT
That's the agreement, sir" said the
captain, "pervidin' I'm took care Of
proper"
"Would those take care Of your
asked Pierpont, holding out two bills.
"What does 'C stand forT asked
the captain. II can only count up to
double X"
&c stands for hundred" Pierpont
explained.
1.-TWO Cs will just about take care
Of me. sir" said the captain. As soon
as he touched the bill he touched his
hat, called his crew back to the tug
and set forth once more on his twice
interrupted cruise. Pierpont ordered
Jed released to care for the barge. He
asked Nell to go with him, but she pre-
ferred to stay with her father, at Clio
ria's invitation.
Nell was sullen with Gloria, but
Gloria was neither surprised nor re-
sentful. She would have thought less
Of Nell II she had been too easily pla-
Gated by her fathers prosecutors.
Trask was no more responsive to
Royce's ministrations. He was be-
wildered with pain and terrified by
his captivity. He was as little grate-
full as lion that has been trapped and
bound.
To Royce he was doubly mystery,
both as q patient and as a criminal.
II ho were guilty Of numbering Fre-
neau. then his life belonged to the
state, and It was Royce's curious duty,
as a citizen physician, to save Trask's
life so that the state might take 1t.
Royce had done what he could to
keep Gloria from investigating the
murder. He had lied to her, knowing
that Freneau had been killed by some
person from some motive unknown to
The state herald., 1917-06-01
Seventeenth EPISODE
The TeII-TaIe Envelope.

Shots that are fired from guns do
not often hit the people they are fred
at. The coolest target puncturr grows
excited when his target is a man, and
more excited when II II woman. Gid
con Trnsk was not an expert with the
rife. He had been crazy enough to
take the life Of Dick Freneau-to
wiring II out Of him with his hands. He
thought he had escaped detection un-
I'll, with IN appalling abruptness. Glo-
ria StafYord-though he did not know
her name-charged him with the mur-
DER and declared that she had seen
him commit II before her very eyes.
He had not been quite crazy enough
or quite wise enough to kill her then
and there when she was alone and at
mis- mercy. He thought to repair the
consequences Of his delay by shooting
her down now that she reappeared
with an armed force at her back. So
he fred at Gloria where she stood In
front Of the pilothouse demanding
his surrender.
They told Gloria afterwards she was
brave as veteran and faced the as.
sassin eoolly. But she told the truth
when she said that she was parnlyzed
with fear. no frightened that she could
not sven show her fright.
When the muzxle Of Trask's rife
spat at her, she heard the bullet sing
past her ear. she was already won.
dsr1ng whether she were dead or alive,
The state herald., 1917-06-01

him. he had told Gloria that her &C
count Of witnessing the murder was
only q delirium. He had lost her con.
fdence and her respect. and they were
precious to him. He did not know
that Gloria was tormented by a dual
emotion toward him, one Of suspicion
and rancor, one Of gratitude aud af.
fection. Gloria was helpless In the
quarrel Of her emotions. She could
neither love nor hate Royce perfectly.
neither trust nor dlstrust him.
While Gloria was at little distance
Royce was questioning Trask in a low
tone, trying to persuade him to speak
the truth. warning him that be might
not have long opportunity to un.
bosom himself Of his crime. But Trask's
mouth, distorted with suffering. was
also twisted with sneer Of hate. He
would not even answer Royce's Ques-
tions.
Pierpont had drawn Gloria to one
side. and he said: swell. now that
you've got your man. whit are you 60
Ing 10 do with himf'
"F'ind out why no killed Dick" Olo-
ria said. "and then turn him over to
tho police"
'ln spite Of all the publicityf" Pier
pont asked.
I'm spite Of all the publicity" said
0lorin.
Pierpont gave up the fight. He
loathcd the prospect Of a Newspaper
scandal, but II II had TO come. he must
brace himself to endure II. He had
done all that he could lcgitimntcly do.
and more than TINT. TO thwart tho po-
lice. and now that the necessities Of
tho law compelled him to give tho law
tho right Of way or suffer the con.
sequences. Hc resolved TO turn
Trnsk over to Judge Freeman as 4 rep
rcscntntivc Of the law and lot tho
Judge assume the future responsibility.
When the yacht reached the country
house ut length. PIcrpont sought for
Judge Freeman. He had left tho house.
Picrpont would have sent Trnsk on
nfter him. but he was too weak 10 bc
moved farther. Besides, Royce wns
insistcnt In giving Trssk tho full bcnc-
NJ OF his medical and surgical knowl-
edge. md asked for guest room TO
lodge him In.
Now Trnsk WINS stupcncd indeed. Hc
had expected TINT his enemies would
throw him Into n prison cell. And
they had installed him In n luxurious
The state herald., 1917-06-01

turned from one battle to another,
tearing now at Royce and now at the
captain. recovered from the stupor
with which she had watched her fa.
TIERS disaster and, leaping over to the
yacht, knelt BY him. calling to him
with wild appeals and threatening
Royce rs his slayer.
Gloria came running down from the
upper deck and stood gazing at the re-
suit Of her work with utter dismay.
Trask was crushed and perhaps killed.
Jed was unconscious. and Nell seemed
to have gone out Of her mind.
Gloria felt that her head was COW
cred with blood guilt. The sobs Of
Nell were heart-breaklng. Gloria for.
got all her resentments against Nell
and her father. She forgot that Nell
had kept her prisoner. She snw only
that Nell was q motherless daughter
who saw her father dying.
She caught the girl In her arms, held
her In spite Of her resistance. muir
muring: "Forgive me. you poor child
It's all my fault, but We won't let your
father die. Doctor Royce 10 splendid
physician. He saved my life. He
will save your fathers You can trust
him."
Nell also forgot all other emotions
In that one necessity for hope. She
turned eyes Of prayer on Doctor Royce
and beat him on the shoulder with I'M
ploring hands, urging him to bring her
father back. It was not Royce. but.
doubtless, nature that brought Trask
back to consciousness. Royce re-
ceived the credit and the gratitude.
however. when Trask'g eyes opened
and his tortured lips moved.
Nell and Gloria were overjoyed at
the miracle. but Royce was the more
alarmed the more he studied Trask's
body with fingers searching every
where and finding everywhere the
hints Of broken bones and Internal
decorations. He pretended none the
less to be confident. for the sake Of all
three. Trask and Nell and Gloria.
A bucket Of water restored Jed
roughly to what wits he had. He came
up yelling. as II the fight had not been
interrupted. They had to tie him up
to keep him from continuing the war.
II had taken this much time for the
tugboat 70 round upon its course and
come alongside the barge. Tho crew
had watched the scrimmagc with i'm.
patient envy. They came aboard now
ready for carnage. They were armed
with weapons Of every sort, and with
xest for blood. The yacht crew gath.
cred Itself to meet the onset OF these
re-enforcements.
Now came the opportunity Of Pier.
pont Stafford to use some OF tho hcnv.
lest artillery Of battle-fnnncc. He
was too old and too little used to fisti.
cuffs 10 attack roustabouts with blow
for blow. He put up tho shield Of his
pocketbook. The captain OF the tug
boat led his little army forward In n
wedge, demanding with tugboat EN-.
| phasis:
"What kind Of pirates nrc yousc.
anyhow. and what you bcntin' up
the old man furf For two cents I'd"
Pierpont answered:
"Thats what want to know. What
would you do for two ccnts7"
"rd t'row do whole bunch OF yousc
Into do river"
II sec." snld Picrpont. "nnd what
would you charge not tot"
This stumpcd tho captain. uc could
not quite make out picfpont's drift.
Az he pondcrcd. picrpont gave him u
chance TO look Into the depths Of n
wallet full Of bills OF size nnd mum.
Der TINT Ind not been seen hitherto
| In his clrclc. Plcrpont kcpt moving
The state herald., 1917-06-01
helped Royce drag r...k to

deckhand helped Royce drag Trask to
the deck.
He was heavy, and his agony
seemed to increase upon him when the
desperate necessity Of swimming was
over. BE tainted the moment his drip
ping body was stretched out, and Doc.
tor Royce had. as 1t were, to save his
life twice, first to bring him back from
the swoon Of pain, and then to bring
him back from the humiliation Of his
shattered machinery.
Meanwhile Jed was locked in a fe-
rocious wrestle with the captain of
Pierpont's yacht. who called the en-
gineer to his aid. As the engineer
told Pierpont, II had to knock him
senseless before I could knock any
sense into him."
And now Nell Trask, who had
The state herald., 1917-06-01


where she heard the first one thwack.
The pilot grunted and mumbled: "He
got me!'
She forgot Trask and whirled round
to see the pilot fall across his own
wheel. The yacht wavered and swerved
in its course. Gloria was the nearest
to the pllothouse. She had been q
pupil Of the pilot only few minutes
before. She ran to him, lifted him
aside and seized the wheel by its pro-
jecting spokes, just in time to keep
the yacht from crashing Into the barge
at full speed. She made sharp turn,
the yacht swerved and ground along
the side Of the barge. Gloria mean
while was alarmed more for the life
Of the pilot than her own. She be-
gan to call "Stepheni Doctor Rycel"
But Doctor Royce was too busy to
hear her call. His immediate inter
est was not in a wounded man, but
In wounding a man. When he saw
that Trask was aiming his rife at
Gloria again, his whole being thrilled
with ferocity unknown to him be-
fore. To save Gloria from being hurt
he would have massacred a hundred
Trasks.
He leaped aboard the canal barge
before the deckhands could make It
fast. He sprang at Track and seixed
the rife he held. he twisted It out
Of Trask's hands before he could fire
a second shot.
But he was pounced upon at once
BY Jed, who pinioned his arms and
flung him to the deck. The captain
Of the yacht, following close after
Royce, laid hold Of Jed and dragged
him away before he could harm Royce.
But he left Royce supine on the deck,
with Trask's fatal clutch on his throat.
Gloria, wondering at Royce's not an
swering her call. clung to the wheel
till she saw the cable fast, then she
ran forward to the edge Of the up
per deck and saw why he failed her.
He was In the baleful clutch Of Trask.
Gloria, looking for weapon of res
cue, could find nothing but life pre-
server tied to rope. She began to
swing 1t about her head In circles of
increasing diameter, like lasso.
It was revolving at q violent rate
when 1t reached Trask. 1t smote him
aside and dazed him into loosening his
grip for just a moment. This was
long enough for Royce to shake free
and regain his feet. He hurled him.
self at Trask. but Trask, seeing his
victim erect and menacing. lost cour-
age and ran. At the edge Of the barge
he slipped and sprawled. He would
have fallen between the yacht and the
barge into the river II the yacht had
not swung alongside In time to catch
him. It held him up. but It held him
ns In giant lemon squeezer. and 1t
squeezed his bone and flesh with
dreadful force.
Gloria saw the agony In Trask's
face and the sight was horrible. She
saw the yacht swing free again.
Trask's body dropped into the wa
ter.
Now the life preserver that had
served as weapon returned to Its
original purpose. Gloria threw It to
Trask. Suffering as he was. he seized
it automatically and hooked his elbow
through II.
Now Royce also reverted to his pur-
pose AZ he knelt down and clutched Mt
Trask's collar as Gloria hauled him
In like a great nsh. One Of the deck
hands Tended of the barge and the
yacht and kept them from closing In
again like scissors blades. Another
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past, they belonged TO her and TO no
ono else. Certainly Royce had no fur.
ther usc for them.
When no reached his ONCE and gath.
cred up his instruments he took tho
package Of letters from the safe and
put them In his pocket. Then hc rc-
turned 10 tho motor and sped bnck 10
tho Stafford country home.
II was n long ride md ho wns trou.
blcd about mnny things. about Glorin's
determination to probe Into tho ~
crets TINT could mean only cruel dis.
illuslonmcnt for her. about tho chances
for Trask's recovery, and tho dangers
That threatened tho Stnfrords II tho
newspapers or tho police learned with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-17
IOWA FOOD ADMINISTRATION TO
EsrAsLlsH MAXIMUM GRO.
GERS CAN CHARGE
INTERPRETATION CARDS
FOR ALL CHEF CITIES
Local Board % Decide What 10 Fair
and Reasonable Cost 20 censumsr-
Figures 70 b Published for Benefit
g Pubiie-costs % Dealers A'se
Public.

Des hines, Dec. 1.-THE Iowa food
adminisls Alton Is going to regulate
prices OF groceries and provisions.
A price Interpretation board will be
established in Des Moines and also in
each Of the principal cities OF the
state. A meeting Of retailers. whole
salers, produce and commission men,
brokers Of food commodities and con-
sumers will be held.
It will determine what standards
are to be used by the price interpre-
tation committee in arriving at fair
and reasonable price and will deter
mine the commodities to be so regu-
lated.
Items, on which prices will be fixed
and published in the newspapers from
day to day, will probably be sugar,
flour, rye four, cornmea1. beans. hon.
my, dried peas, rice and potatoes. In
publication of prices. statements viii!
include the price Of each commodity
to the retailer. !. e., the price he pays
the wholesaler. and the maximum
price the retailer should charge the
consumer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-17

started on July l and closed on Nov
l. Miss tensions entry was started
at thirty eight pounds, and during the
contest gained little over two
pounds per day. weighing 800 pounds
at the close. The cost Of feed was
1855, and the animal sold for $3.50
giving a profit of $685..
The high school will present the
first school play Of the season on Dec
90. when the musical farce, The Drum
Major" will be given.
The basketball teams of the BOWS
and Belmond schools played the frs,
game Of the season here Thursday ev-
ening in the high school gymnasium
the boys game going to Belmond by
a score Of s to 6. The Bows girls took
the second contest from the Belmond
girls team.
The Belmond fire company will hole
their annual dance on New Years
eve. in the opera house. A supper viii
be served before the dance. These at.
fairs are always successful, and are one
Of the main social events of the year
Case & Son, who have had the liver,
business in Belmond for many years
sold at public auction Saturday thei
entire line Of livery stock and vehicles
as they are quitting the business.