Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-07-06
Copyright by Edwin Balmer
CHAPTER Xx-Continued.

Nlldl is IL you want TO KNOW!
Sheriff. asked.
"What were the relations between
benjamin Corvet and Captain Stat
f0rd?"
Sheriff. thought a moment.
"Corvet," he replied, was a very
able man; he had insight and mental
graSp-and he had the fault which
sometimes goes with those, a hesitanCy
Of action. Stafford was an able man,
too, considerably younger than Corvet.
Twenty years ago, when the conflict
Of competing interests was at its
height, Corvet was the head of one
line, Stafford was head of another, and
the two lines had very much the same
connections and competed for the same
cargocS"
Il begin to see" Father Perron ex-
claimed. 'please go on"
I'm the early ninetieS both lines still
were young; Stafford had, l believe,
two ships; COrvet had three"
$50 few? Yes; it grows palmer"
"ln 1894, Stafford managed a stroke
which, if fate had not interviewed, must
have assured the ultimate extinction
of Corvet,s limo or its ohSorntion into
storrord,s Stafford ooinod nc his nor+
Her Franklin Ramsdell, a wealthy man
Whons he had convinced that the lake
traffic offered chances of great profit
and this connection supplied him with
the capital whose lack had been ham
rn,inr him nc If v,e eti1l hannorinr
Corvat Tho nov, ADMINISTRATIONS and
Observation-Disclosures rho Construction
with RooedoII,s rorov Of nun,hor
If nre,t stan, froiobtare Tho fret of
thnsa-tho lriwolo teet shin whose
cynorinnco u.os 70 orido +bopl in +ho
construction or tho ,n,+---vos lounchod
&, ,I,, ram Of 1Qo7 and ,,,os Lost an ire
maiden Trim with both S4offord and
ro,oydn,I ahoord rho St,rrord and
lo,,,doII i,,toroets could NOT survive
fine drotb of hoth owners and dieon-
ra,r,d from fine IoI,ne Is tbis what
,.nn vvontnd to l,nowgo
1,hn n,inst noddod Alan 1nonod
tnrs,I, fo,.v,rd u,otcIinr. what bo
Ind L.,rd eanrod to bo,.o ipcroosod
and d,rneund thn nriost,e fonlino o,or
v.lI, no L,d to toll and f. boyo oidod
IL. c,n,nroborsior of il
oils non1n yyo. Coloh c,+offordr 10
tner pnrrou berou "rVhio is what
rnuiumin Corvat told to mo u,bon no
v,os divine, undnr tho ,recl,,ro ON tho
forI.vl He was nc fair and ohlo a
man as thc IaI,os evar 1,nn,v had
my will of most men in the lake trode
in those DAYS. hut couId NOT bove
my will of him With all tho l,lyos to
trade in he had IN nicl, ont for bis tbo+
traffic which 7 already bod chosen for
INV own Rut 7 fougbt him fair Fo-
thnr-I fouobt him foi, ond ,.o,,Id
have continued to do that ia tho opd
..J wos ot Nonistao Eotbor IN tbo
ord of the sposon-Dncembo frth of
1891 The ice had bnrun to form, ,,or,,
corIv that vaor and ,,.oe oIrood,. had.
there wos cola and bioh coIa had
laid nm one Of NV shins of Nonietoo
and ,,.,s croseinc tla+ ri,,b+ ,,,,o,, .
tug I'm NTauttowoc whore anotbor wac
to he laid I'M. had still q third ono
1ondiuo. m, nv, tho rorthorn ,,orirorI, Of
Nanistioua for q LAST trim which If II
could he made vould moan - oood
profit from q season which so far ha
carse of Storford's comnetition had
Lcpn only fair Aftor Ioovinc Nonie.
fee If orcw stiu marc cold and c,o
afraid the ice wouId close in nm har
snG kpon bnr whore sba WINS eoT do+or-
mined to on north that niob+ and COO
that shn cot out Mono tno,,, Eotbor
evcant those ,boord tI,o +r,,. t,,o+Ihod
r,odo thot c,orro
"At r,i,Ini,,ht L7,,+1,o, =, ,..,,.,.,,.,,,,.,
~ tho Eo,oe 700 ro,.d .,o co,,,, t,,,4,
80 e,o,,,o, :, di.troa, 49,, fl,,,, Ia,,
hlosts r,hicI, ho,o sorndod i, 49,. a,n1
avor eincnr vo 4rrnnd +anarh ,,.bono
,,,o cav. t,o etoo,,,o,,, ti,,,+,,.' ,,.,,,t
,ooro, ood rono,. - ,,a ria e,,,t
ebin-tho NIi,v,I,o, W. ,,aa ,aa,,5 .,,,o
dave before tbot cho hod roeeod +ho
Soo.vot od rot l,rou.,, ,,,l,a t,,o,, +tat
ofu,boro sbo ,ros cho had h.al.o,, ,,,,,