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Show ALL THAT SHE CARED TO SEE. Most Interesting Discovery One Woman Wom-an Made by Use of the Glass. "I thought it was a pretty fair sort of telescope for ono that wasn't very big." said Uncle Silas. "I rigged It up in the attic by the high north window win-dow and had it fixed so It would swing around easy. I took a deal of satisfaction in looking through It, the sky seemed so wide and full of wonders, won-ders, bo when Hester was hero I thought I'd give her the pleasure too. She stayed a long time upstairs and seemed to be enjoying It When she came down I asked her if Bhe'd discovered dis-covered anything new. " 'Yes she says, 'why, it made everybody's house seem so near that I seemed to be right beside 'cm, and I found out what John Pritchard'i folk are doln' in their outkitchen. I've wondered what they had a light there for night after night, and I Just turned 'the glass on their windows. They are cuttin' apples to dry folks as rich as them cuttin' apples!' . "And actually that was all the woman wom-an had seen! With tho whole heavens heav-ens before her to study, she had spent her time prying Into the affairs of her neighbors! And there are lota more like her with and without telescopes." tele-scopes." Christian Uplook. |