There was wild excitement, as well as consternation, in the farmhouse on
the Mountain.
On the next day but one after Hazel had sent her letters, Chi had
brought up from the Mill Settlement a telegram which had come on the
stage from Barton's. It was addressed to, "Hazel Clyde, Mill
Settlement, Barton's River, Vermont," and ran thus:--
CAMBRIDGE, May 20, 1 P.M.
Hope to get in our order ahead of New York time. Seventeen dozen of
each kind. Letter follows.