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His day had been busy one, but for
some mysterious reason his thought
of her had been on his mind Think
ing he heard slight stir above him,
he went up, but there was no answer
to his knock; yet going down the
stairs he met Tim, the janitor, and in
response to casual question Tim re-
piled that Miss Ronald had gone to her
studio, he thought.
He tried to compose himself to work,
but he was restless. He went upstairs
again and knocked on her door. ST.
lence answered him. Profoundly puz-
zled, he called her name softly, and
was certain he heard a faint sound
within. Then he took the situation by
the horns.
Avis, open this door or ! will get
Tim. Please, l have something impOr-
tant to tell you'll"
The door opened slowly, and she
was facing him. His quick, trained
eyes saw in her girlish face fear,
fright, and some terrible determine
ton. He clo~,d the door quickly.
"Avis, what is it? Tell mel" He
caught her to him. II have been wor-
ried for some strange reason all day.
Tell mel want to know--and-"
With his arm around her slight
waist, he held her to him in spite Of
the effort she made to release her
self. Then she held out one small,
finely formed little hand.
"The troublew she said in a dead.
wistful voice. at is enough. / have
felt my hand growing numb, l thought.
l practiced all yesterday afternoon to
drive it away. This morning | could
not move it, and this afternoon a spe-
cialist told me l would never use it
again-paralysis. You see"-she spoke
with dangerous quiet-"I have over
done my practicing. Tried too hard
to make dream come true, and now
it's gone! |"
She did not weep. There is stage
beyond weeping, beyond despair. He
knew something of its meaning He
looked down at the dark head. He
noted that her left hand was hidden.
He pulled it into view. In it was a
small bottle, and his cry of fear went
into his words:
avis, what Is that-poison" he
cried in a choked voice.
She nodded simply. He caught the
bottle, threw it aside, then gathered
her in his arms and sat down. Look
here, little girl this, l think, is the
luckiest thing that ever happened I
have been in love with you from the
first time saw you. When one dream
ends, another always begins, if we
keep our eyes and hearts open. Your
dream of musical career is over.
Let's dream of other-ours togetherl
What do you sayT'
The helpless little hand made 1t
possible for him to say what he other
wise never could have said to her. He
spoke softly, quietly, swiftly. COM
himself with effort. She
began to relax, weeping softly. When
she spoke her whispered words were
music to him.
II wanted you to love me. but-but
I thought It was just friendship.
would have given up my music for
II loved you, too--from the
first, but didn't think you cared
for me-"
He settled that-without the aid Of
words; and the other dream began.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-12-01
DoQs' Tails.

When 1 was a small boy an elderly
doctor said to me:
watch the dogs. If you see a dog
with awhile hair on his body he is
sure to have a white hair right on
the end of his tail"
/ have watched hundreds, perhaps
thousands of dogs, and always have
found the white hair on the end of
the tail.-Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
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None Too Hot.

During an art exhibition one Of the
artists was receiving the benefit of
friends criticism.
This canvas" said the friend, indi-
eating a violent bit of impressionalism.
do you not think, after all. the at
mosphere is too warmT-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
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sands Of Ameri-
lean homes, Paul
Akin went home
to dinner one night
n Indianapolis
and said to Mrs.
Akin
well, dear, the
time has come.
I'm going to join
up-the navy"
"So?" said Mrs.
Akin. "Well, 1
r e c kon I'll go
along"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-12-01

cifc coast In the
nor t h W e 8 t, and
back through Cal
lfornia, Colorado
and Kansas, adj
dressing a state
convention Of the
American Legion
in each of the FIVE
$ t a t e s, Lemuel
B oil e s, national
adjutant, has re-
turned to head
q u arters with
three outstanding
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ESTATE OF CARRIE G. TEMPLE.
STATE OF VERMONT.
District of bradford SIS

District of Bradford, IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the
District of Bradford.
To all persons interested in the estate of Carrie
G. Temple, late of Newbury in said District de-
ceased, Greeting:
At Probate Court, holden at Wells River
within and for said District the 18th day of
Nov. 1922, an instrument purporting to be the
last Will and Testament of Carrie C. Temple late
of Newbury in said District deceased, was pre-
sented to the Court aforesaid, for Probate.
And it is ordered by said Court that the
4th day of Dee 1922 at the Probate Office in said
Wells River, be assigned for proving said instru-
ment: and that notice thereof be given TO all per-
paper 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 Wells River in said
District this 18th day OF November, 1922.
8 HARMON T. BALDWIN, Judge.
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Send US your Job Printing
LEGAL.

PROBATE COURTS-Bradford District.
Probate Courts within and for said
district will be held the ensuing year
as follows.
Bradford-At Town Clerks Office in
Bradford, second Monday OF each month.
Also at the Probate office IN Wells
River on the first and third Monday of
every month
III. t. BALDWIN, Judge.
Wells River, VT.
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LEGION IS MORE EFFICIENT
Lernuel Bolles, National AdJutant Of
Organization, Points to Enthusi-
asn Throughout Northwest.

Swinging from Indianapolis through
Minnesota to Washington on the Pa
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-12-01
Doubtful.

II always pay to tell a maid.
Hers is the nrst kiss you've esssyed.
But In the kiss I'm not 20 sure
II pays to play the amateur
American Legion Weekly.
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BOTH SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
Mrs. Paul Akin Of indianapolis Also
Answered Call When Husband
Joined the Navy. b..

Back there In the fall of 1917, when
the sadness of parting invaded thou
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Society
Editor
IIIIIlIIIIIIIlIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIl
Copyrisht. 1922. By the Macmillan Co.
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE

NHEY say that In the newspaper
offices Of the city men work In
ruts; that the editorial writer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-10-15

him quite often Robert Lincoln was captain
in the army.
We'll. one day Lincoln came down on bust
ness, and he came aboard my boat, which was
all housed UP and laying there at City Point.
| knew him. I'd seen him walking around
there lot. What did he look like then? Oh,
long and lanky-youve seen the pictures.
He came aboard with the boy and wanted to
buy some apples and candy--the little Teller
wanted some. told him he could help him
self was cap'n and I'd like to have him come
in and get acquainted with the manager
name Of Benjamin. Said we'd like to have him
aboard for dinner some time, and he said
fine. After that he used to drop in often.
Well, one day was going down to Adams
Express Office to deposit bale Of greenbacks
about SO square, when I met Lincoln and his
wife and the little Teller The little felIer saw
mo coming and ran along and made good deal
OF me. The President said: 4 want to know
who you are that my sons making SO mncb
Of The little feller's mother and father was
glad to see him make friends / said to him.
Some time at your convenience I'd like 10 bava
you come aboard and have dinner we had II,
the latest supplies from the market. Mrs. LIN
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occrnred when President Lincoln came to
take potluck.
Later, the good craft under the same CON-
mand was chartered by the Kings, firm of
wholesale suffers, and ordered to the Peters
burg front. There in the Virginia Theater Of
the war the tragic curtain was being rung down
at last, while Grant laid siege to the town and
threatened Richmond and Sherman closed in
relentlessly on the Confederate rear. On the
beach OF the Appomattox River, near Grants
headquarters at City Point, the Ioyalist lay.
those aboard her heard the guns of Buffers
disastrous assault on weakly garrisoned
petersburg and Grants later attempts, bloody
but vain, until Sheridan took Five Jerks.
They heard the terrific defamation Of the
great Petersburg mine, which destroyed an
entire Confederate regiment, but still did not
open the way to the Union forces
The Loyalist stood by, sort of maritime
storehouse, replcaished by schooners from
New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia.
we was wholesale sutler establishment"
relates the captain, land we furnished stores
Tor the retail suffers to deal in with the army.
we done business of about $4,000 day. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-10-15

coin says: How would to-day Beg And I
said: All right"
1t was then about o'clock in the nornine
VI course, If there had been a Mrs. Cahin 81
any other lady presiding aboard the Loyaiis|
she would have gone stark, raving mad at The
prospect Of having to arrange dinner for ths
presidential family on two and half hours
notice But to the cap'n it was no occasion Tor
panic. He simply told the manager he had
invited President and Mrs Lincoln and son 70
dinner. He reports the manager as being very
pleased and forthwith getting the cooks %.
gether.
The boat was like one of them yoa see cue
there" narrated the Capn, pointing tcTaFd
South Street wharf, s.and the dining room Wss
about the size of this Office Then II cou'a
not have been very large. I'VE used % ~
about fifteen hunks down from the dining Io0A'
wall for the retail suffers to sleep in wnen spss
spent the night.
President Lincoln and his wife came up 'i'
gangplank-the little Teller had been snsl'
ahead OF time. They shook hands, The r1es'.
dent was an everyday man, not much d e1sAs
from an ordinary man, but jolly and slwass
to tell you.'
The canal boat dinner in honor OF the A'''
coins, which was given in February Of % ap'
pears to have been most pleasant fullc'1Vsa
The reaches had been permanently and the ~.
rlers' hunks temporarily obliterated. The mus0
was furnished by the artillery before Psss's.
burg. The fare was the best to be had g nsss
the front-the best condensed milk and cows
corn beef and salt pork, hard bread ana sp s.
cially baked bread. Being against toe a1ns'
and ship rules, no liquors were serveas s.,
though cornmissary whisky and bottled asss
were to be had thereabouts The colyey s. saoa.
Alas! it is lost. The Capn's memory sanlvs
serve and his imagination win not. ],
What immortal anecdotes on corn Willy ae4
hard tack may have been withheld py ~ 9
kindly great man who bore in mind taa1 8 ~, &.
hosts dealt in those commodities long sangp'sps
long suffering armies!
Where is the Loyalist now? The Cap,n Nas
bought her after the war later sold her, aaa
perhaps after many years of stout serves s1as 8,
good craft is no more. Certainly she sno9ss
have been preserved. Far rarer than hoas
where Washington spent the night are eakss {
boats on board Of which 1incoln had dlnns1sg
&
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-10-15
Women Pay Their Share
Of S.UfndIers' Profits

Such concerns have "saleswomenn en-.
ployed and go after possible prospects among
women-not only among the clerks IN stores
but among housewives as well. 1t is surprs.
ing how much of the swindlers' annual profit
is contributed by women.
Even college men are not neglected, FOIL
noticed the other day where the prospects
Of swindling firm that had run afoul Of the
law included thousands of college men and
women throughout the country. Playing for
the money which was to go toward the educs.
ton Of some young person would not be too
strong" for these modern swindlers
1t is to be said Cor the oldtime condolences
man that he went after only those who coah
afford to lose, and he overreached only thoss
who would have overreached him. Il took
more or less some brains to carry him through
his various roles, either as gambler or con.
fidence man, but the modern swindler seems
to be merely glib in promises. Also the money
of the youthful or the aged, or the halt and
the blind, all looks alike to him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-10-15

it would jump nervous|y at the veru
of a gold mine. Then came oil, 4. .'shsioa
people have been and still are being a. ra'saI
though not by painters. Land sales h.,s syAe
source of considerable profit and sa,;s. zen
have even managed to tarn trick 80 y
cover Of Uncle Sam when public 1.ras !. e1
been disposed Of 'ass
AT these public land DRAWINGS 49,.
by the government it is the custom =
the lottery system instead Of tba .Y,.a g
rush similar to that which made the c)kl.hsn
opening SO spectacular. big crowd =
ways present on the day of the draxvinu : =
a week before any such drawing tbayo = "
good pickings for confidence men d.. 's
they open fake locating Offices pesora =
land-hungry individual is taken out q ~. S'
the acres he hopes to get, he Is inve;e,od : n
a little game of three-card monte ~ IL. ..''
and everything but his carfare home i 4al.
from him. Among the confidence fratsrr;.a
the announcement Of one Of these land ~.
ings is always welcome news. Several a., - n
will descend upon the town that hao -.
selected as the scene Of the dravns =. N
big proportion Of the visiting popuation
not robbed Of its patrimony, it il NO fsrI. -
the Woodworking confidence men.
The sale of motion-pieture STOCK bae b.a.
great field of endeavor for those who be,;...
In getting living with minimum ~ &C.
In buying stock, most people are not .hss
selves. They listen to the most absurd :,
reservations. They are carried away bv :
thusiasns and prejudices, and they REIN. !,
discount the most fairylike stories Of g,...
wealth to be gained.
It is to be said for oldtime confidence WA.
that few of them engaged in gtock-selI;r,
schemes which mean the fitting up of of6ess
the hiring Of statesmen and the separating 4
men, women and children from their menev
| dropped in at one Of those places recentiy
and saw young man and his wife listsnirs
to the siren song Of Salesman Thas
were at the point where knew they ysra
about to fall" They were little hesisant
as, no doubt it had taken them q long Tina
to save little nest egg, but they were 50 well
hooked that a note Of confidence had coma
into the voice of the Salesman" felt tks
stepping over and warning then-but. Of
course, such warning would have gone IN.
needed.
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"HIs might be sort of "Pinafore" epic
on the career of Cap'n Peter Cahill;
OF how he navigated a canal boat so
carefulee, that now he's the admiral
Of tug navee. But the Cap'n didn't tell the
story that way. He dwelt on an episode,
which reminded him the other day, being in
the life Of a very great man, that with that
first canal boat Of his he left keel marks in
the sands Of time.
1t was to the humble dining room of that
good craft that the Cap'n one winter day back
in 65 bade welcome to none other than
Abraham Lincoln. And, being truly great, the
President suddenly remembered no previous
engagement, but accepted and brought the
family along.
In the Civil War Peter Cahill, youth of
eighteen, was serving his country in capacity
which would now be identified as a captain
OF the quartermaster corps, division of trans
Z portation and supplies. Through the zone Of
advance he was skipperng around canal
boat, which he had cased cross country from,
his native Rochester. While that craft, the
Loyalist, was chartered to the government, he
was in the employ of sutler, as the civilian
conimissary departments of those days were
called. His mission was to follow up the Fed
eral armies by the most adjacent rivers and
canals and hold his cargo in readiness as
emergency rations.
Let none declare that the Cap'n did not full
FIJI that mission. He did considerable inland
waterways cruising. 1t wasn't his fault that
the emergency never emerged. While the
emergency rations of the late conflict were
nicely timed and called "iron," perhaps partly
because Of their durability, such was not the
case with the supplies carried by the Cap'n,
Allies Of tbs enemy in the form of hoard
q hungry eockroaches came aboard.
when We made port ons day. relates the
Cap'n, looked like the -four and hard bread
Was paradin' all around the hold"
The Loyaiist was burned cut with sulphur,
swabbed and allowed TO freeze. After that
We havS the word Of the Capn, she was all
shipshape again and no untoward Incident
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-10-15

~ EVERAL mornings ago was awakened
by most insistent individual who
~ simply could not leave without seeing
me- found 1t was salesman" for
hy-by-night stock-selling outfit which had at
tracted my attention in the downtown district
OF New York. I had dropped the outfit a card.
just out Of curiosity, as like to get the de-
taiis OF various schemes Of separating people
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-10-15

from their money. 1t is comparatively mild
curiosity on my part, as have no desire to
engage in any such schemes. but as was what
is known as confidence man years ago take
more or less professional interest in the
changes in my former employment
The salesman did just about as any such
salesman will do. He tore through stereo-
typed speech about the wonderful profits this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-10-15
South Street Skipper Tells of the Proud Dnu
When He Fed a "Long and Lanky Man,
By FAIRFAX DoWNEY
Drawings by Eldon Kelley

suffers would get supplies from us and take
EN- up the railroad toward the line in front
of Petersburg.
President Lincoln had boat called the
Milton Martin, private boat, little side
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-10-15
Inventors Internationally
Aid the Grafters

To-day, from my observations, cities Of 3O0,-
900 or more offer ideal fields of operation for
the modern swindler. The radio boom afforded
an excellent opportunity for such gentry. If
they could establish connections with some out
fit that was selling stock in any invention an
plying to radio there was good going assured.
AS matter Of fact, the inventor has all un-
consciously aided the CRATER and the conf
dence rnaa1 Of this era. 1t is much easier and
safer to sell stock In company for the promo
ton Of some invention of doubtful adaptability
than to negotiate the sale Of gold brick or
take away farmers patrimony by the "coun-
try send" swindle, which has been described In
previous article. Stock selling Of any sort
is within the law, in most states The public
can be promised anything, and there is no re-
dress, apparently, If the promises are not made
good.
One Of the commonest forms Of getting
money from the public, for the benefit Of the
CRATER. is to organize a company to promote
some invention that is snowy, but has no real
value when put to practical test AS matter
Of fact, the inventions Of genuine merit need
little financial help from the man in the
street. They are taken care Of by shrewder
investors The kinds that are not quite good
enough to get over, but which sound and look
infallible In prospectus or in operation in
city show window make the profits for the
modern confidence man.
The usual form Of operation is to open an
Office in some easily accessible part of town.
ground floor on a busy corner helps in a
publicity way. The of1cs is fitted up with an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-10-15

wheel boat apparently the Mayfower Of those
days)' which used to come to City Point right
OFTEN. When the President was there his
headquarter. would be at Grants headquar-
tiers. MES. Lincoln and Tad used to come with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-10-15

In and join lis, instead Of being against us.
Ii you will sell stock In our chain stores among
your friends and customers we will agree to
stay out of this field"
I'll think it over" the storekeeper remarks.
But his thinking is not long lived matter. In
fact, he has already decided to leap at the
"out" which has been SO artfulIy presented
to him.
He agrees to sell stock in the chain store
concern, and, fearful of having that threatened
competitor across the way in case he does not
make good, he buys stock himself and works
desperately getting his patrons and friends to
come in also.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-10-15
but
ua !. WI, ca.wronn
Illustration BY WILL CRAWFORD

scheme offered. 1t was chance to bay stock
in device which need not describe. let
him run on, and then asked him just what
turnover he was getting out Of the graft. He
gave me panied look and vanished, to call ON
more genuine prospects.
To say that the public has been swindled out
of millions by such outfits would be to state
something that is generally known. In fact,
the sums made by these modern swindlers are
so much larger than the profits Of confidence
men In my day that the Imagination can hardly
grasp the difference. AS said in previous
article, confidence men Of a generation ago
were Of the opinion that there was little or no
use working in the cities. There was gem
eral impression, most firmly fixed, that city
dwellers were too wise to tamper with. Con-
sequently, the goldbrick men, the monte men
and the grafters in general flocked to the
country districts and worked twice as hard as
the city CRATER for much smaller returns.
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imposing array of desks and battery Of
stenographers is kept busy rafting typewrit-
ing machines. Statesmen sit at the desks which
bear their names, and they have the look of
men who are selling so much stock that they
are getting round shouldered carting their
profits to the bank. This may be true literally
for they get tremendous percentage on stock
sold, and If they are glib enough and the pub
lie Is fairly well disposed toward the invention
which they are handling their profits are pro-
portionately large.
In most Of the "spiels" Of these men thew
go through more or less set formula, lust
like the individual who called on me In answer
to my card Of inquiry. They tell of the enor-
nous profits made by Henry Ford and those
associated with him in the early days of the
Ford company. If you are properly dazzled
you buy You find that you can buy any
amount Of stock. The salesman will even ac-
cept the money which laundress has saved
for the purchase Of new tub. If nothing
larger is in sight he will accept the price Of
subway ticket in commissions.
Such games after all are but variations Of
the old-time County rights" game. In an
earlier day, before stock selling became so COM
mon and so easy, 1t was the custom to sell
county rights to inventions. The purchasers
had the right to sell said inventions within
their own county confines. The county rights
salesman did not always have practical thing
to SELL That never bothered him, for he sell
dom went over the same ground twice in SELL
ing county rights. But for large profits coun-
ty rights are not to be mentioned in the same
day with stock sales by fy-by-night outfit
to-day. Instead Of selling to one person in a
town the stock salesman can sell to hundreds
or thousands.