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Show Bolt From Sky Settles a Dispute "While Neighbors Quarrel Over n Piece of, Timber, Lightning Shatters It. W1NSTED, Conn., May, 2S George Eaton cut down a big chestnut tree last winter and started to haul the log to his woodhousc. "It's mine," so.id Fred Bailey, his neighbor: "it stood on my land." Tho neighbors waxed very unnolgh-borly unnolgh-borly in the dispute. It began to ruin. They rotlrod under a tree for shelter and the dispute grer hotter as tho rain fell faster. Then a stroke of lightning splintered tho log thoy were quarrol-ing quarrol-ing about. "I don't want It- I'll bo neighborly and give It to you." said Eaton, gazing on tho splinters of the tree. . "You can't shovo it off on me that way." said Haliey. "And you had better bet-ter take it out of tho road before the city gets after you for obstructing the highway ' |