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VOL..L:,'NO. 20 WHOLE NO. 4471.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1912.
THE SPIRIT 'OF THE AGE
Woodstock, Vermont.
Printed Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
WOODSTOCK NEWS
A Pathelic Story of Pioneer
Sufferings.
Mr. Gcorgo It. Mnxham of Wood
Btock aendn to Tlio Ago n littlo pnin
plilet of uuubuuI intorcnt, printed nt
Witulsor in 1792, which wob the
propoity o hia grcnt-grnndfnthor,
niiil conlains tho lutter'8 nninr,
" Ilonry Boyoa, his Hpok."
The title pnge rends :
Henry Boyes wnn born in 0I
Sulem, Mhbb., iu 1753, nnd lived o
tho plnco now jnvndd by Iiving 'I
ShurtleiT. Up To 189fj tho favm wat
in tlio poflsqsston of tho Maxhuu
family 112 yeuis. rion.ry Bnye
built tlio fiist Baw.mill. in Bridgt
wuter mul owueil tho first lall clocl
brought irito the town - Tho olock ii
now tho pioperty of- Mr. Mitxhnm.
A .
NARRATIVB
OF THE -.
EXTRAORDINARY SUFFERINGS
OF
Mr. ROBERT -FORBES,
His WIFE and FIVE CHILDREN
DV H O
AN UNFORTUNATB JOURNEY TIIROURH THE
WlLtiRRNESS, FROM
CANADA to KENNEBECK RIVER
tN THE YEAR I7S4
IN WHICH THUnit Ol' T1IU1R CHILDREN WHRE
STARVEn TO DBATIt.
Taken parUy from tlicir own Mouths, and parllj
from an impcrfect Iburnal, and complled
at thtilr request.
by ARTHUR BRADMAN.
Piiintedat WINDSOR,
BY ALDEN SPOONEK, AND SOLD XT HIS,
OFFICE, M,DCC,XCII.
The Btoiy ia otio of torrible Itunl
ship antl suiToring, aa the titlo pac
tella us, and it in wiid the publh
demund for the pamphlot required
tlio printing of soveral editions.
" Mr. Robert Forbes," the aton
bogins, "not being a imtivo o)
Canndn, but h.lving re&ided then
sevoral yonrs, was desirous of Tjeinj.
whero ho might Imve a moro fro
qucnt opportnnity of nsBnuiatiiig
with his own couhtrymen.
"Honud his wifo had promedi
tated a removni tn tho United ftlatef
of America, when falling in cnmpany
with three Dutchmen, by the tinmee
of Midsinff, I'aneako, nnd Chnstian.
were induced by their inaiiiuntiQnB
to undertaUo tbe journoy by land
tlio anid Midataff engaging, for a
certaiu Bum, that with the adsietance
of tho othor two ho would eonduct
them, in twclve days' timo, fo the
Betllements on Kennebcck river'
Mr. Foibes'( neighbora. tried to
diBsuadd ltim from undertukiug tho
journey, botb on nccnunt of 5ib dan
ger nnd tho posstbility qf his boing
desorted by his gnidea in ihe tmdst
of the wilderness, but ho pereiBtcd,
and 011 the 17th, day of March, 1784,
Lo Bot out, with tho mon.imd hisBOii,
sged 13, on pnowshoea. fJia wifbond
four young childron tho youngest
15 inouthB old they undertook to
'lndl " on Iiidiaii sleigliB, or haud-
sleils,
Tho party pfocceded with great
difTmiilty for eight days and then
I tteio nbliged to abandon tho elods.
Tho inon, takinc eomo provisions
and all the baggage thoy could carry,
Ift tho .votniin and children, etarted
in searOh of MeconicV Ppud (on
ILnkc Chadote), expecting to rotorn
tlio next dav, but did not. roaeh tho
pond until tho next nftoinoon. Thoy
Ileft tho baggage theronnd.crossing
the pond Btnppcd that nigbt at n
Ideserted Indinn cantp. On roturning
next morning to whero thoy left
their baggage Mr. Forbes' jgiiidoand
tho other two mon, tnking. tbo prq
visions and many of his 6ffeeta, told
tkm thoy tnuat leavo hhn and muke
thoir way tbrough to Ronnebeck.
"Thia", Buid Mr-.Forhea, "-struck.
jmo to tho hoart, and fillod riiy oycs
Iwith tears, it coiifirmed wbat my
fieighbovs had ropeatqdly nienlioned
nniong thoir fcars of what miglit
hnppon to mysolf rind my family."
Left with ono poor axo, a small
(irelook and two small loavos of
bread, lie rotumed to bia family-
Thoy dccidod to keop on, aflor
much porploxod "disoussion, tbo
childron hanging nround tho tlie-
troseed couplo crying bittorly for a'
mornel of bread. Tho next morning
thoy encountorod u violont atorm of
ruin, bail nnd snow ; in tho meuntimo
tbo childron wore pinchod with hun
gor and cold, and their cries weio so
bitterly distreBsing that tho fathor
and son pushed forward to tho pond,
roturning with tho two loavca ul
bnmd left thoro, to thoir unfortunatt
family. Thoy puBsed an nncomfort'
nblo nigbt, with raiu-Bonked clothea
and 110 fire, and proceeded the nexi
inorning, and at the pond, to thoir
great consolatinn, mot 11 n Indian
whom they had known in Canada,
who hospitably invitod them to hii
eamp, nnd direetod them on thoii
way. Their proviBions wore vory
sooti oxhausled, bo Mr. Forbea and
sthe son - yont on ,ngain after mak-
ing a camp for tho wotnan and
children. They traveled on tho ici
for Bonio distnnce, then "finding thr
rivor qnife elear built a weak kind
of raft wbioli was aoon wreuked in
-Mie swift current, but thoy got safely
to bIioio and (.oilthmed their truvelK
until noarly exhausted. On the 10tl.
jdiiy Bince leaving tho cnmp they wen
diBcovorod anrUroliiived by twi
hiuiteiH, who conduotcd them to thtj
notiloment. at Sevpn Milo Hrook, bi-
callcd, near Norridgewalk, reniihiu
there in a few houis, hardly ablo i
walk nloiio.
Heio Mr. ForbeB nrocured threi
inon to gn with lnni to the rolief -ol
lis wifo nnd cliildien, and aflei
traveliiig 13 days returhed withnin
liuing ible to fiud ihemv It wjib now.
the 24th day Binco Mr. Forbes left
them, and again, with two moro nien
waiting unlil the Bprin'g flood' had
ubaidel, the party Btartcd off. , Mr
.Forbes was booii obliged to" givo nj
uid I'otuni. but tho others kept on
aud renf.-hing the plai'o whero Mrs
Forbes and tho children were lefi
'ouiid tlio, mother and one of tln
iildren alive fifty days after thej
were left ivith, nptliing but a litth
mooao meatand tallow, and the.y..ha(i
fieen 48 duya without fire. On th
38th day after Mr. Forbes parted
vith ihem the little l boy expired.
nnd iho othera. lived but a few dayp
longor. Tho poor woman was horsell
just alive aiid expeptod evory houi
to olose tho eyes of Keggy, hor ouly
remnining clnld and t-ompanion,
" On the third day of Juuo they
ot out for hoino, and carriod Mrs.
Forbes aud child 011 a bier by land,
uud in n eaiioo'by wator, till thoy ull
safely arrived iJt Norridgewalk.
whero to, tbo aurprise of tho iuhabi
rautR, and tbe ittter astonishmeut ol
Mr. i'orbea, ho wus onco moro pre
sented with a Iiving wifo aud otie
living child.".
Masked Men-Hold Up Soutli
ern:Train. -
Two maBkod men held up th
MemphiH Special near Stovenson,
Ala , Tuesdtty, Rept. 17. ntid lootijd
ho mail chr and escuped The
unount 'of raoney secured .isun
knowh. Four mail clerka oro bound by
tho robbers and were nearly Buffo
aled under mail sacks when they
were fouiul- by thb engineer pf thb
"traim ,
Arrested. on Assault Charge.
Villiam Smith(aged 30, a married
man, was.nrrested TueBday nitirning
in OhiUendon chnrged. .with an
alloged ii8su'ult and atteinptod. iopo
on M're'; Asa Ager of OhitHmdoif,
aged 70 ' flo waa taken to the Rut
land jail. .
State Events.
Oct 3-3 Annual meeting. itate
Voard of Jibrary' commissiouersa'nd
Vermont Library AssocintiCri iit,St.
Albnns.
Oct'. -Aiiiutal meetinffsurvivors
of First Ve,rmont Cavnlry at Bur
lington: Oct. 23-25 Annual meetinjj Ver
mont State Sundny- Sobool Associa
Xoi at JJ.ifre.
HUNTING SEASON OPENS
Nearly Every Species of Game
Protected by Law May Now
be Shot.
Tho hunting BcaBon on nearly
ovory Bpouiea of gamo protected by
law bogan Sept, 1S.
Tho auimala aud birds 011 which
tho luw ih now olt aro :, Rabbits or
ha'res, to Mitrcli 1, not moro than six
to a porBon a day ; gray Bquirrols, to
Decombor 1, not moro thau fivo a
day ; rufled kioubo or partridgo, to
Novombor 15 j woodcock to Novom
bor 15. not moro than fivo grouBo or
woodcock a day nor-moro than 25 of
oithor in a Benson ; rjuuil, to Decom
bor 1 ; English snipo aud plovor,
not uplund plovyr, tOjDecomber 1.
Except wild duckB, ui moro thnu
five gome birds of uny spociea may
bo taken in a day. Ttventy duckB
may bo taken Uplaud plovcr are
protected until August 1, 1915,
wood ducks to Septem.bor 15, 191G,
r.nd pheaHant or English partridge
until Octobor l, 1913.
No f"X or skuuk may bo taken be
tween Septeinbor 15 and Octtihor 15
In general tho open sensoim include
the firat dav- but not tho last.
ADVICE TO BOYSAND GIRLS
Save your pennies nnd seud tlicm
to the Hyde l'ark Snviugs Bank.
"Tluit Bank receivcs eithcr pcnnieB,
climcs or dollats.
VVhy ? ' -
Ik'Ciiuse it wishes to encotiriifce
the cliihlreii to be'frugal and tn Imve
11 little bank accotpit ot their own,
eveu though the iiiitial deposit is the
smitllest possible 611111. '
Children who coiiunenco an
:ccouut 011 a peiiny, a nickcl or a
dime, often grovv into cnpitalists
lnter'on.
Tbe vay tt becoine a capitaltht ic
to coinnicnce now to save; tbe
pcniiicK.
Centennial of End of the War
of 1812.
Atteutiou iacalled by the burling
ton Freo Press to tho iiPceBsity iu-
cumbont upon thu legislature to
adopt siutnble meaBures for the pnr
ticipation of Vermont iu the obBerv
i(nce''of the 100th atinivorfary of the
"BtahHBhm'eut of peneo botween Eng-
land nnd the Uuited States followit.g
the War of 1812.
Vermont troops figured in the
tioiifliut4,.Qnp jiundfo'd yearsof pence
wlll have passed oti the nnnivemry
of tho signiiig of tho trenty of peace
nt Ghent, Decoinher 24, 1814 Con
greas declarcd war ngaiust Englaud
luno 12. 1812, nnd iu tho following
Octobor tlio lrgisluturout Montpelier
iu respoiiBU lo an nppeal from Qov-
ernor Galuaha' paancd n resolution
pledglug Hupport aud cxprcBaing
reliance on " Tho Qreat Arbiler of
Evoiits " for n fiivoruble result.
A law xvhb pasaed prohibitibg all
intercourso botween tho pooplo of
Vermont and Cnnada without n per
mit from tho govenlor under u pon-
nlty of a $1000 fino nnd bovoii years'
I'onfineuieut nt hurd labor. Acts
were. passed exempting the persnnB
.uid pioperty of tho Vermont militio
white iu nctual service, laying a tux
of a cent an ncro on.lnud in the stato
ju udditiou to tlio usual iiBsesfiiientB
and relating otherwiso to thu pay
ment of militin.
Appointmerit of Midshipman.
' The sccictnt;V of the'navy iutorins
Cougrcssman Plumley that there is
to bc a vncimcy at the U. 3. Nnviil
Academy for a midshipman next
spring from, the 2d district of the
stnte of Vermont, aud Mr., Plumley
is reqtlestcd to nomiiiiite a piincipal
and tliree'altci'natus ftir exnmination
for nppointment to fill the vnc.incy.
It is neccssary thnt the candidatc
be a residcut ot the,2d district and
tbe mininuim nge of admission of
midshipinnn to the, Academy is 16
ears, the miulmuni nge 2oyenrs.
t A comp'etitive.pxnmintion will be
held at Norwich Univ'crsity, North
field, Vt., Oct. ist nnd 2d, under
the direction qf Prof. IT. R. Roberts,
lenn.
All Are OUro'.
We lumont' tlio liostlllty of clrcum
stancea and, thu eluslve naturo ot op
portunlty; but If v.-e ar la tbe stream,
Pt' power all c'rcumstanccs aro ours.
Tho maater of right llvlng ls keyod
to his BurroundlncB and llvoa aa the
roao opena to tho sky arid alr, Study
youraelf, lay flnn hbld on- the deep
Benna of nngolliood, the folded blos
Eoms ot boauty, and hld them como
fortht
SUMMER AT THE MATTERH0RN
Monster Mountaln H Clatmed Muny
Vlctlms Who Attempted to
8calo lt summlt.
Zermatt. Hlgh up tbe". mountaln
pldo, nbovo Zormatt, ln full vlow of
that dread outllno which is tho won
der ot the world, wo speht tbo lonsr
days of Bummor. From .the small nnt
ural platform, dlrectly ln front of the
hotel, lt wns possible to Include both
tho oppoElto pcak and tho vlllago far
benoath, ln a slngle glance.. The Jlat
torhorn reared his fcarful form ln
mcnnclng attltude agalnst tho Uoav
ens, an object of worshlp uovortholoss,
for nll his aopect of grlm cruelty. Ev
ery morning yory oarly ho accoptod
my homago from our tlny dormor wln
dovr through whlch tvo ohtalnod a
At tho Foot of tho Mattsrhorn.
marvelous vlow of tho entlro valloy
,and lta coloasal guardlnn, and by de
grecs thoro dovoloped a sllont but
thorough, and I mlght von sny, Tjay
chlo aympathy betweon us. - .
We wero not ao fortunate aa to soo
tho Alplno glbw at any tlme, for lt waa.
not tho proner season; only d tlnge ot
roso appearod aometlmoa on the
rugged alde's pf the Mntterhorn. Aft
er all lt waa' onough to breathe tho
alr of that hlgh, freo plnco; to rnn
ovor tho grasay rolllng- lmolla behlnd
tho hotel, to Ho down ln tlio ounahlno,
near Borae veatlior:Bta!ncd chnlct, and
to soo the shlnlng of tbo ovcnlng star.
npparently qulto closo to tho dark
crcat of tho mlghty mtiuntnln oppo
slto.
Otio day -wo talked with, n rotlred
guldo, whoao flngers nnd ono foot had
been frozen off ln tho Andes, and
who, ln hla day, had mndo many na"
cente, among them that of tho Mat
terhorn. Ho 8eemed to consldor the
latter feat slmple cnough, andrcally
vory saf with due procautlona ' He
was a fine-looklng speclmen ot man
hood, barrlng his pathetlcally malmed
condltton; an almost glgantlo, thor
oughly gonlal mountninCor. who Beem
cd to talce pleaaure ln showlng us hla
remarkable museum, with lta lntorest
lng charts, rellcf mnps, and photo
graphs. Also, IU pnlnful rellcs of tho
numerous vlctlms of thnt mountaln
conquorlng madneaa, 'whlch I, tor ono,
cannot condemn, slnco it eelzod, to
some exlent, on my ovvn Imaglnatton,
whllo ln slght of thoso alren helghta
that call and beekon with a mysterl
oua onehantment, from their frozen
Bolltudes. Thero were nalled ahoea
and caps, knapsacka and ice-plcks, all
mnrked with tho namca of their own.
ora who had loat their llrea in ono.w
storms, from' avalnnches, or from
Bomo treacherous mlsstop on tho edge
of a preclplce, . Thero wero an appall
Ing numhor of causcs enumorated, but
tho chlof reason for most of these
catastrophes Bcemod to eprlng from
human raBhne3s completo lndlffer
.cnco tp tho propor ooason for auch un
dertaklnga, aa, for oxample, attompt.n
to acalo tho Mntterhorn or tho Lyp
kamm ot- lofty Monto Kosa as lato aa
Octoher, nt whlclv tlme tho chancea oi
bllzzards and avalanchoa aro vory
great.
THRASH BEATER WITH H0SE
Pennsylvanla Masked Men Wallop J..
W. Bowman In a Park for Btrlk
Ina Uia Wifo.
Beaver, Pd. Thlrty-flvo masttod
men dressed as women took J. W,
Bowman from Pollcoraan Bakor after
tying tho oHlcor to a fenco. nnd es
cortcd Bowman to a park, when thoy
bent hlm with a rubbor hose. Bow
man had been arrested, charged with
wiro boailng.' Arter hearlng tho caae
a JUBtlce nstruoted Offlcer Baker to
tako Bowman homfe, and, lf Mrs. Bow.
man told her husbnnd to return to ro
lonso hlm. On the way to the Bow
manMiome tho prlsonor waa tokon by
tho ylgllanco commlttoo.
Poundmaster to Make Job Pay.
Orovllle. Cttl. John IUch, newly
electcd poundmaster sees a fortuno ln
tbo Job. First, ho will get B0 cents a
dog from the clty. He Jntcnds to skln
the anlmalB and scll the h!deaK Tho ,
meut ho wlll crush and extract the oll,
whlch ho- declares ls a gonulne cure
for consttmptlon. Tho flesh Is to be
uscd for chlcken feed and tho bonca
for fertlllzcr. He Intends ualng eyery
thlng but the bork.
TELLS OF VAT1CAN
Magnlficcnt Strucrtures In Romo
Covercd With Vlnos.
Palaoo Llea Apart and Dlatlnct From
Roit of 'Rome, Not Ftomovod
by Isolatlon, but Through
lta Atmoiphoro.
Romo, Italy Columhs hayo been
wrltton regarding tho porsonal np
poaranco of tho pope, his part ln the
ceromony of tbo conslstory aiid the
pomp and splondor that aurrounda the
pnpal court, yot rolatlvoly littlo la
known ot his intlmato peraonallty
Thls, in part, may bo explalned by
roaoon of tho ceromony that aur
rounda tho pontlff and by reason oi
the care that has been taken to.guard
hlm from tho approaeh of 111-lnten-tloned
plebclana.
Tho Vatlcan ibsolf ls a mognlfloent
old plle whoao aplrea, roofa and gables
rlso hlgh above an onelrcllng grove
of anclent treoa that decorate lta gar
dcns. The qulot aerenity of tho' vlno
covored maaonry, tho peaceful majes
ty lent by the hand of ngea and tho
atmosphoro that seems to surround
tho hallowed spot through lta long
ossoolatlon with tho eccleslastical hi
tory, mako lta lmpostng arehltecture
tho most promlnent ln Rome.
Thla featuro ls all the moro accen
tuated after n viBlt to tho anclent Bo-
man amphltheater nnd tho, great aque
ductB. and mausoleums of tho Roman
emperors, Theso, ln truth, are lm
poslng, but they contrast Bharplywlth
the buldllngs that house the popo and
form the fpnt of tho Roman Cathollc
church, Tho Roman bulldlngs are ln;
animato and magnldcent in their
death; white tho Vatlcan is anlmate
and doubly Jmposing through tho soul
that llvoa wlthln.
Tho Vatlcan, indeod, llea apart and
dlstlnct from tho rest of tho clty. It
Is not romovod through lta isolatlon,
but through lts atmoBphore. On tho
ono hand is tho magniflcent palace of
King Victor Emmanuol, busy with
the toll of war and feedlng the count
less avenues that lead to tho Qhetto,
and on tho other ls the palaco of tho
pope, vast, sllont and lmpostng, set
ln an atmosphoro of lta jvrn nnd as
,much apart from the busy elty as
though It were surroundod by .a des
ert. Of tho popo hlmself, hla rltes and
character, thero aro a thousand eto
ries current. Plus X tho son of a
poor peasant, la hallod everywh'ero aa
tho Fathor, and to his pcople he baa
always rotalnod thoso slmple. mannera
and customs that markedhlsnoyltlato
aa parish prfest and"toacner T of tho
peaaanta.
Somethlng besldes moro anocdote,
howovor, forms the foundatlon for
thoso storlea of slmpllclty and nobll
lty of character. There ia ln Romo
wHBmgmumKB
In the Gardons 'of the Vatlcan.
St. Peters ln the Dlstnnco.
at the presont day physlcal prpof of
the pontlft's former obecurlty. Thls
proof lles with his two slsters, Xiucre
cla nhd TereBa, undbtruslve peasant
women who havo followed the pope
from his humble home.
. Lucrecla, tho cook, ln partlcular, ia
keen and crltlcal ln tho lntorest of
the pontlff." It was" sho whom he
called from Bieso when he was. flrat
nttacked by tho rheumatlo gout that
has proved bo paTnful and so danger
ous durlng-hiB Jater years. Aud lt 1
sho, asslsted by her Blaf er, Teresa, who
nor aupervlBoa tho "popo's meals nnd
tends hlm ln his illnesa.
Another luterestlnff flguro of tho
popo'B housellold is his brothor, An.
gelo Sarto, a humble postman, ' who
spends what tlme he may ln com
pany with tho pontlff nhd his slstora.
It ls his brothor upon whom tho popo
rellcs for that mascullne companlon
shlp that ls a part of every mortal.
And these two old men, both hand
some and with thlck, white hairt'allke,
and. yot not allke, are the closcBt com
panlons. Settlng Hena Dlsturbed.
Yonkersr N. Y. Yonkers amatour
poiiltry fariclors havo nppoaled to tho
atreot commlssloner to stop blastlng
becauBo lt dlsturba thoir settlng hena.
r 0m 1
VALLEY OF RH
ONE
Beautiful Soonos That Greot
Tourtet In Svvltzerland.
Realona. Through ChamonlK and Zer
matt 'Aro Vory Mountalnous,- With
8now-Capped Peaka and Dan
gerous Oorges.
Zermatt, Bwltzorland. Tbo regions
ootWoen Chamonix and Zermatt aro
(argoly of alate and vory mountalnous,
with anow-capped dlstant helghta and
fcarful gorgcs, through whlch turbu
lent mountaln torrenta roarod. Tho
troln runs'deop besldo steepslopos cov
ored with a wilderness of plnes and
hazel bUBhos, and tlio clder with lto
gorgeoua ma8ses of hlood-red horrlos
(lamin'g out from tho green deptha of
the uncleared, anclent forests whlch
sholter lt. Qlgantta mossy bouldero re
posod under tho genorous out
stretched bougha of tho overgreons,
nnd it requircd no effort of the eager
iancy to imaglno small gray men, clad
ln the browh garb of their race, soat
ed, muslng, on thoso rocks, in tho
heart of tho mountaln solltudo.
From auch acenory Wo made a stoep'
and slow descont, .into the wldo, green
valloy of tho Rhono. It lay far be
neath us, complotely vlslble durlng
our wlndlng progress downward; fair
dnd broad, with rows of stately Lom
bardy poplors. flelds of wavlng green
asparaguB and tho sott, bonding wll
lowa, nestllng each to cach, along the
banks of the sauntorlng rivor: From
Vlcgo, otherwiso known as Visp, to
Zormatt, tho scenory changed once
more, growlng wilder and far moro
grandly beautiful, lt soemed to mo,
than nny landscapo wo had Been, even
in Switzerland. Tho mountalnB beT
cnmo wnlls that ahut us away from
the rest of the world, until we could
feel the very presence of tho Soul of
Lonellness broodlng thoro. We passed
through gorges olinllar to thoso
among , the Rocky mountalns and
strangely dlsslmllar to tho smoother
slopes and green valleys to whom wo
had grown accustomed ln thls land.
Among Bome oxceedlngly wlld por
tlons of tho region we -wero penotrat
tng thoro wero lonosome-looklng, appal
llngly primltive chalets, or rather
wretchcd hovels, blackened by tho
weathor, nnd froquently bujlt agalnst
some mlghty rock, which had rolled
down tho mountalnsldo and which,
Been acr'oss tho gorge, among numer
ous other rocks of varylng bulk".
lookcd Uke a pebblo with a curlous
bamnclo atthched to it. The dwellorB
in these huts appearcd as rugged and
wlld as thclr onvlronmonts, with
whlch' 'they1 mustr,'wage -earful' "wars;
atruggllng to wrest, a llvellhood from
such barren, cruel naturo. I cannot
help, wonderlng, as I recollect thoir
dreary habltatlons and Isolated stato,
what can bo their vlew of Hfe-contend-
Typlcal Swlaa Chalet.
lng that,, as human belngs, they pos
bcss some gllmmorlngs of the Ught of
hopo and falth and charlty, Bome falnt
occaslonal promptlngs of nmbltlon, or
bllnd yearnlngs toward wlder hbri
zons and other' worlds. Tet they Uvo
in the mldst of an awful wllderneBS,
almost in the mannor of tho cllff
dwellors, born and jeared and hurled
on tho mountaln slOpos; In poverty, ln
solltudo, ln Ignorance; cllnglng liko
bllnd Bucklings of a wlld beast, to the
bosom ot their Mother Earth.
FINDS HER RUNAWAY SP0USE
Then Mrs Harmco Baba Has H'm Ai'
rested .on Charge of Wifo and
Chlld Abandonment.
Chlcag'o. A seven-yoar country-wlde
Bcarcli, flnanccd by an mherltanco,
ended Bticcessfully 'when Mrs. Ilarmoa
Baba causod the arrost ofher husband
on a charge of wifo and chlld aban
donment Ho was taken into custody'
ln his restaurant nt C31 Wells ntroet
by detectlvea ot tho Ohleago avenUo
Btation.
Mrs. Baba told tho poHco thit Uer
husband dcsert'ed hor sevon years ago.
A month latcr she inherlted a lcfucy.
(rom an aunt and uaed the money to
Bcarch for Baba. Sho traced him to
varlouB towns througbout the coUntry,
and a month ago learned that he waa
(n Chlcago. She found hlm recent
y and caused his arrost Tho BabaB
are Ferslans.
Long Tlme 8tartlng.
Plymouth, Masa. tTncle Tllden
Plerco, 101 yoara old next December,
haa juat pl'ayed his first game of golf.
Ho has just had his first automoblle
rlde, too, and to flll out tho list of
novel oxperiences, had his flrst glass
ef glnger ale.
QliEEN SEEKS REST
Wife of Klnq Haakon of Norwa
!$ TlrorJ of Court Llfo.
Her Hlghnsss Would Qladly Surrert
der Titlo, Woalth and AttenHono.
to Again UIvo tbo Slmple
Llfo In England.
Ohrlstlnnaand Norway. Incotne
1200,000 a year. Evorybody saya
"Your majesty." Power to doaB ,sh
pleases. A husband who la devotod to
hor. A son who ia growlng- upfull of
llfo and splrlts, yot a model ot what
a son and a futuro monarch ought to
be. Subjecta unlversally adorlng her.
And, -withal, Queen Maud ot Norway
isn't BntlsOed. Sho ia content with
hor huEband, Norway's Klng Hnaton
VII., and aho is rojoicod ovor hor son,
tho Grown Princo Olaf.
But sho doosn't care for tho $200,0t)0
a year Norway granta to.monarchs;
Bho'd rather have tho ?40,000 sho usod
to sktmp along on and bo poor. Sho
' is tlrod of belng her majosty, and
would inflnitely prefor belng a prln
' ccsB, poor at- that, Bays a wrlter. She
would wolcomo her carllor Ufe, when
she was plcked on by a mdther-In-law
nnd whore can woman flnd a moro
1 mallgn fato? Sho Is wllllng cnough
that tbe Norgeglan peoplo shall adoro
her; but sho would dellgbt ln exchang
ing her coach of stnte for tho-top of' a
I London omnlbua, with Norway forgot-
tlng all about her.
So thero, enthroned by a wholo na
tloh'a dollborato cholco, vlctorloua
over all mlstortune nfter years of
harBh subjoctlon, ls a queen who ro
Bembles no other queen alive, and a,
woman who ls homeslck for thcvery
1 thlngs whlch mllllons of other women
j are breaklng their necka and their
j husbands backs to get away frorft.
J Sho has had her grandeura now for
j halt a dozen yearB, nnd tho longor
they have been thrust upon her tho
elckcr sho grows of them.
"I Bometlmes " get tlred, of boing
.royal, cspecl'ally when I nm looked at
and wondered over Uko ono of tho
Tussaud waxwdrks. ,1 often thlnk how
glarloua lt muBt be to be ablo to jump
on tho top of a bus and have a day
out. I thlnk I 'Bhall some day."
That was wbat eho snld soon after
oho waa cro.wnel aa Norway'a. chosen ,
tqueen. Sho thlnks lt moro cmphatlcol
ly now; sho ls chronicaliy tired' of be
lng wondered' at, and chronicaliy. hun
gry to Jump on top of a bus nnd, havo
a day out She sald 80 only tho othor
I day in othor words.
If eho could only abandon her solomn,
throno; only-go-to her old-homo ln
England and llve, thoro ln peace and
qulet. fearlng her boy,-now uomb nlno
years old, to bo a. slmple gentleman;
Street In Qualnt Old Chrlstlanla.
lf eho could only enjoy her outdoor
llfo as Bho used. to, without any ono
notlclng- her nnd with her husband. at
her slde, to be called Carl tnstead' of
Haakon. .
Sho calls hlm that anyway; but sho
wants to hcar everybody else peak
of hlm by the famlliar name, and sho
longs to hear horself called Harry by"
tho yolcoa of hor own family, as sho
used to be whn hor fathor, Klng Edi
ward, waa allvo and was akjmplng' out
a few thousand pounds a year from'
his royal lnc6me to kccp her from bo
ing too hard up over ln Denmarlc.
She is dlffercnt from hcr other,
Queen Alexandra, "who has lioon-mov-lng
heaved and earth to rotaln some
vestlgea ot tho royal authorlty sho
Tvlolded before Queen Mary bo morcl
loasly relegated her to dowagershlp
and obscurlty. Sho. is "dlfferent from
Qucon Amelld of Portugal, who brnvod
assaBslnatlon to hold-- her totterlng
throno for tho sako .of. Manuel, the ono
son tho assassln loft to her; dlfferent
from Italy's qtieen, who assumad a
throno in the face ot roynl contempt
and popular dtssatlBfactton, and fought
her battle for respect and obedfence
through years of susplclon nnd unklnd
orlticlsm; dlffercnt from dlmoat all
other qucens, who have lived and, hav
ing once relgned, havo abandoned the
roynl "promlnence and prorogatlves
only at the bayonet polnt and cvcn.
then lf-we, recollect, Morlo Antolnette
reimlned resolved to wnlt for tho'gull
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