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tree was broken. We were trying to secure it with wire, 

 which we always have with us, when an elderly gentle- 

 man drove along and asked if he could help us. He exam- 

 ined our work and approved it, but did not seem quite sat- 

 isfied to leave, and finally said, "Does this team belong 

 'round here?" 



"No, sir; it does not." 



"Oh, I see ; perhaps you do not care to tell where you 

 came from." 



"Oh, yes, we do; we are from Leominster." 



A little intimation of business came next and we 

 assured him we were not book agents or canvassers of 

 any kind, but were simply traveling for pleasure. His 

 interest warmed, and when in justice to Jerry, we told 

 him he took us seven hundred miles, to Canada and back, 

 in one month last year, he was greatly pleased, and said, 

 "Well, well, that is good, I will warrant you !" and drove 

 on. 



Our repairs were completed just in season for the next 

 shower. The little whiffletree episode came in one of 

 those between-times when the rain seemed to stop to take 

 breath for a fresh start. This last, which proved the 

 clearing shower, was a triumph. How it did pour! 



We left Palmer in the morning, after some delay, in 

 glorious sunshine and with a new whififletree, but minus 

 some of our literature, owing to the washing of the 

 phaeton. The hostler said he knew some of the "papers" 

 went ofif in "that man's buggy." We do not know who 

 "that man" was, but what he thought when he found 

 himself possessed of a writing tablet, a "New Ideal" and 



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