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388 her house, her friends, and even inanimate objects she thought were infected with mesmerism and made hostile to her. Throughout the winter and spring she complained continually to her adopted son that Boston was so full of mesmerism that it was choking her, and that she must escape from it. Her one thought now was "flight"—to get away from the Boston Christian Scientists and to a place where she could prosecute her work and carry out her plans without interference or interruption. She talked of going to Cincinnati or Pittsburgh, but at last she threw deliberation to the winds and announced one morning that she must go immediately—somewhere, any where.

Foster Eddy knew of a furnished house which was to be let in Barre, Vt., and thither he conducted Mrs. Eddy, with Mr. Frye and the women of the household—Lydia Roaf was no longer one of them, having fallen ill and gone home to die. When Mrs. Eddy arrived at Barre, new troubles awaited her. The town band customarily played of an evening in the square before her house, and although she sent Mr. Frye out to request the band boys to desist, they refused to do so. Consequently Mrs. Eddy packed up and returned to Boston. A few months later she was up and away again, this time moving into a furnished house at 62 State Street, Concord, N. H. She found no peace here, and sent Dr. Foster out to look for some place that should be a certain distance from the post-office, telegraph-office, express-office, etc. She wanted to be well out of reach of these, and yet be not too far from Boston. Dr. Foster canvassed the suburbs of that city and found a desirable house and garden for sale in Roslindale. The owner