| Show S 0 ay EDNA FERB ONS by CLARK AGNEW so y on A lil ROELF POOL 1 cintr during durin bo ao 1119 lurk writ raj rg in lili kits in fan fancy Y and his mod moll er r selina una 11 nir dauthit of s rim me ri I 1 okke al taint lint lr ter and sent mn of fortun fortune ifer 11 life if lu to young womanhood hood in in ions him ha bon n unc sort on a what wha I 1 irney an y I 1 u ut ken ra I 1 11 y ajoy abl blo at hool irr tier 1 urn I 1 li jull dabul IT tr f auguet august bill it ir I 1 r 8 0 in Is to 11 afi in a i ha hat lii Is 1 not ot lili own W 1 n belli IL in nl yam years old and practically destitute alln no cur bufi a a position poil llon as leather at t the high I 1 ralrh school in ih he out kirts of living at t th h horn of a truck armor 1001 I 1 ool CHAPTER 11 II continued it 3 rian quick glance I 11 41 me room in tile lip jiin iw ire a alv hard plants plante in pot pots on a giden paint ed ti boiden trick more us a sau inith ith a ArInk lid rillo callo cover three rocking cladas so nie file mark crayons of incredibly hard featured dutch nn tin elect on the tile null lilt it ran all fill neat stiff unlovely iv hut bellna find knon loo many years of boarding house u asil 11 II berit to be offended nt at this tills lin artje had lighted a small glass ines bowled bied lamp A steep uncarpeted 1 oseI led the sitting room lp UP ahli pool talking led the tile RY to ellna it bl llna itna wu as to learn hat tir tho farni farm buin ou an n often through 1 lack lick of f 1 11 a of talk nhen ol 01 rilly presen its if A narrow dim lall I 1 0 11 at the end eni of it a dour door opening into tile lie r ill 1 1 I I it a to be selina fl a As aoi its chill haru birina k lit li r to to th L marrow hue bleds chin lit t her CM rite bid bj a lauge und and oot dot n u alnut inadi olt it in reared its it somber laight almost to the il a top the of arn ill and corn buskI its n umi orth of ill ilni eill fite iut t r it mrs airs pool had it i WI 41 it feather I 1 led ed alfiel ed 41 tind and qu quit ile I 1 so 0 o abar 11 nal lay jay foft soft nn an I 1 o 0 through tilt tit m vin in ter er alone ailing lie no uil mall stood a lu luu lit lust t 0 o elihli irman ns its to bla ilia k the fr fro nt at panel of this tills uns as curious curio curiously uh car caned ed selina stool t d heft re it anil in for the second time that day aid said allow beautiful then looked quick ij ly round at 11 maartje pool not though fearful of finding her tier laughing laugh lne as klaas mass pool had laughed but lire airs poole face reflected the glow in her tier own she caroe came to selina and stooped with her tier over the tile chest hold ing ufa the lamp so that its yellow flame lighted up the scroll scrolls and tendrils of the carved surface mth alth one die dig colored forefinger the she traced the bold flourishes on the panel see how ilow it makes out letterer letters selina peered closer ai MIT liv ure sure this first ones one an SI 81 31 maartje aartje was kneeling knee linx before the best chest now sure an S 8 for sophia it Is a li holland olland brides chest and here Is K and here Is big D it makes sophia kroon devries it is two hundred bears my mother she gave it to me nhan hen I 1 nas visit married parried and her mother she gaie gae it to her biben ben she was married and her mother cave gave it to her when she the talas a married and her 1 I should think sot sol exclaimed selina rather meaninglessly but stem ing the torrent cats in it any thing there ought to be bride brides clothes in it yellow with age it lei cried haartje aartje Il pool and gave a little bounce that imperiled the lamp nor not the two on their knees sat smiling miling fit at each other wide eyed like schoolgirl here wait walt maartje pool thrust the lamp into bellnap Bell Sell niti hand raised the lid of the tb chest dived expertly into its depths amidst a great rustling of old newspapers news and emerged red faced with a dutch basque and volum inoue skirt of silk an age jage yellow cap hose whole wings tiff stiff with embroidery stood out grandly on either side a pair of wooden shoes stained terra rotta like the sails balls of the Vol lendam andam fishing boats and caned carved toe too to heel bi in a delicate and intricate pat tern tem A bridal gown a brids 11 esp ap bridal shoes shoel felir bald said selina with the feel log of a litt little loll girl la in a rich attic on a rainy day she clasped her hinds hands uny may X dregs dress up in it some sometime timer maartje pool folding the garment garments hastily looked shocked and horrified never roust must anybody dress up la in a brides dress only to get married it brings had uck then as selina stroked the tiff stiff silken folds of t the he skirt with a slim and cart caressing slIng forefinger so you get married vb a high prairie dutchman I 1 let you wear it al at this absurdity they both ix 1 ched araan bellna selina thought that tbell ahw ak was va start k a w ing 1 offit very well meil she he w lino lin U it I 1 to til tit lur hor then site ill till 4 r ral 11 sto elrd hl rd it lit tie ni lie at t I 1 ill tit n I 1 in lit ro re surge I 1 pr her a great ariit ri it ap p of I 1 angling for lur fallier fir tile hi for till imin r i lill till F I 1 bleat d arnul ra I 1 for it p liliko sire is tin annl I 1 the tile I 1 hinen hIn jn 11 f fr r julle for ming ml I 1 11 folio r x it 11 ll I 1 f r ant 11 hInic tin I 1 adv ut nip P thul wim IH it link enfil known end 1 if henf t I 1 r ro to fir slip lin lilt I 1 it arril IP I 1 11 alto going 1 to i ry I 1 to I 1 link u i ri faitt turned 11 R little blindly in ilic tile billni IIRI licit 1 nikl likht flight of the ro rot ni tit of third nr fir rf sting at A t luei inck i finder of on tin Ali sheeting peling like a atoe and ut tt until 0 it u no Polli hed alike the of pipe in the tile sitting room I P low inac I 1 it evidently a giant amer of if thin athill cm IN blute I 1 lit a that demanded 19 1 ina inari je pool deot lne the ilia lamp on in the little annh preparatory to leaving maled i pridefully ride fully drum drum I 1 or hent your room selina touched tou clied it it was icy ley 1 I hen there Is I 1 fire mrs airs pool added hastily ellna wui was to learn that its heating lower loers were mythical een men when tie tile in the sitting room aas aa bli lying amay aft ay with ith a cheerful roar none I 1 if f the he glo slow w itself to tile drum it remained ns choll 1 in n different to the waste breathed upon it an it iiri hotly otly bis leid 1 b an 11 un n ne elcome lionie fotr roared a voice from I 1 elov stair is the oice of the hungry male there wa aaa up too a faint taint smell of scorching ilion han came so bounds ands of a bumping and thumping along the narrow og e hedell cried maartje Nl in a link 1111 li it her tier hand hands til hufh h in air she as off I 1 eft at 1 ne in her room dinn reina un tin bilked her tier trunk and took from it ti two 0 one of a mild looking inn with lile life hat a it little on one sid elde e tile other of a woman lio ho might have 11 1 en a neill IM car tarold old selina minus the courageous ank line look 1001 ing about for a fitting place on n which to eland stand tho ahse e leather grayned treas urea ures she considered the top of the chill drum humorously then actually placed them there for lack of a better refuge from which vantage point they regard ed her with politely interested eyes perhaps they would mould put up a shelf for her that would sere for her little stock of books und and for the pictures as n well ell she site was as enjoying that little flush rush of exhilaration that comes to a woman un unpacking packing she took out her neat pile of warm arm woolen underwear her stout shoes she hook shook out the tile rushed folds of the wine colored cash mere now ow it if ever she should hae haie regretted its purchase but the she didn dian t L no one she he reflected as she spread it rosily on the bed possessing pose essing wine col ored cashimere casti casba mere kere could be alto altogether sether ether do dow froni from below tain stairs came the hiss of fr frang ing selina washed in the chill wa ter of the batin ba tin took down her hair and colled it again before the wimmy simmy little mirror over the wash ash stand she adjusted the stitched white bands bonds of the severe collar and patted the cuffs of the brown ladys cloth the tight basque was fastened with ath buttons from throat to waist alet her iler fine ions long bead rose above this trying base with such grace and dignity as to render the stiff garment beautiful it was a day of appalling and equally appalling tightness in dress dess of pannier gal loons so plastrons pla mere bubles buit but les all manner of lumpy bedevilment that selna could appear jn in tills title disfiguring garment a creature still graceful slim and pliant was a sheer triumph of spirit over matter she blew blow out the light now and descended the steep wooden stal stairway ruay to the unlighted parlor the door between parlor and kitchen was closed selina sniffed sensitively there was pork for or upper supper she was if ito 0 learn th that at there wa was always pork for supper she elle hesitated a moment there in the dark darkness then she the opened the kitchen door there swam out at her a haze of smoke from which emerged round blue ey tyes guttural talk the smell of trying crease of table stable of loam and of woolen wash freshly brought in from abi line with an inrush pf cold air that ent sent the blue haze into sis itris the outer kitchen door opened A boy bs arm piled hish high with stove C wood entered a it dark handsome sullen boy who stared at lt selina over the armload of wood selina stared back at him there sprang to life between the boy of twelve and the thill woman of nineteen an in electric current of feeling boelt no elt thought selina and e yen took a top step toward him inexplicably drawn blurry then with that wood there I 1 fretted il aartje at the MO store love the boy flung rung the armful into the boi box brut brumball ball till tits bleeve find 1 rout at front in I 1 aril lly still looking at tit kleal pool 11 already at thu thunia nid with witti I 1 II 11 is knife bit rif don salins to bokr it I 1 at 1 I XI maartje artje Meart Joo wan holding a fry ing pan loft aloft hi tn one band while the tho other kha ahr mt lot sit n I 1 poked a feelth stick of wood into the tit pen tion ililda I 1 clove stove III two ile tull II 11 ilio i in sellos nt rt he tile inbae not rt with will if its api checked cloth anil snot I 1 ne tie han lied tied cullery alolf flung 1114 lil rip eat t in in a w ill nil I 1 ho it a n I 1 mat at down doan only hellein an I 1 re r standing bit hit down n I 1 hit do dou it I 1 klass I 1 loo tool ill aid I 1 gig ill j jl I 1 I 1 ly ell 11 how flow III at 11 it X 11 rhu chu kip klel I 1 and wink vink I 1 A 1 ill I it I 1 of f tit term era fr fri in tit ile I 1 1111 at tin ilia stove lulled but it trill trimly grittily one onto gnp 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different enough that it e certain cort itin I 1 alile ill in 1 a vegetable form and they dont don t ent blet I 1 wonder why aljy mint a pity tl if nt at ehe title lets herself lork look like mo that just ehe mile I 1 a farm woman her tier hair screamed into that knob her ekin akin tough and ed that hideous dres ot she is not bad looking either A red pot spot on either chock cheek now and 1 her eyes so blue A little like those women omen in the dutch pictures pic turea father fattier took me to see in v here T where rew new york years ago agot aes ea hut but that wom fins an fac file was placid thil one a strained ned hy need the site look like that floway horrid old I 1 the boy lot 1 eo foreign looking italian queer they talk a rood good deal like some german neighbors we me had half in milwaukee I 1 hey twist t sentences I 1 iberal translations froin from the dutch I 1 suppose jokob jakob II 11 oen dunk pool a e hired hand ans as talking fulper over the mm sat relaxed I 1 lie ile in mouth Q fields of cabbage what you said they are beautiful he stam starr rin ered maartje maarije v was as clearing the supper things with geertje and jozina making a great pretense nt at helping it they gig glad like that in schoola selina thought she would in time go mad and knock their pigtailed pig heads together roelf rif R if at the table eat sat poring over a book one slim hand blind ell chapped a aped and gritty with nith rough tough work outspread on the cloth selina noticed without knowing know ing she noticed that the fingers were long lim allin and the broken nalls thin and tino selina wanted suddenly to be alone in her room ln in the room that but an hour before had been a stran e und and terrifying terr lOIng chamber with its towering toA ering bed Us chill drum if its ghostly bride brides chest chesl nok it had bad become a i refuge dug safe nafe infinitely desirable she turned to mra mrs pool 1 1 I I 1 think ill go 90 up to roy my room im very tired fired the ride I 1 suppose I 1 im in not used her voice trailed on off sure ald maartje briskly she had finished the supper dishes and was busy with mith a 8 huge bowl flour a baking boar board sure go up I 1 got my bread to let act yet and hat all if it I 1 could bite hais some hot water ItO fItl stop once that reeding reading and how show school teacher where I 1 Is hot ua a ter geertje Geert jel 1 never in my world did I 1 see such 1 I she cuffed a convenient pigtail by way of emphasis emp ballS A wall arose anever mind it matter dont bother selina waa was in a sort of panic now DOW she wanted to be out of the room but the boy with quiet swiftness had taken a battered tindall tin pall from its hook book on the ak rail all had lifted an iron slab at the back of ot lie the kitchen stove A inist of team steam arose lie ile dipped the pall into the tiny reservoir thus revealed then as its dellna made as though to take it he walked past her she heard him ascending lie file wooden stairway she wanted t to 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