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I A 1 1I 1I 1wNU I I WNU Servtce Service I - - - SYNOPSIS SYNOPSISOn birthday blrthdny btrthday , , Barbara Bar- Bar Barblra Bar Barbara - On her clght eighteenth ot of ChristThorne Christ Chri8t Christopher blra bara ! . , , motherless daughter opher Thorne artist taa taatielpatloof awakes with 'I.n- I.n 'I.n In 'I.ntlclpatlon ' . an anticipation - She Sheroceives Shereceives Shereceives ot of tho the day tielpatloof ticipation tlclpatlon of the Joys roceives receives a . birthday ring from Bruce BruceMacLaln BruceMacLain BrucoMacLaIn of tho the thoamUy thefamily thafamily artist friend MacLaln MacLain , 3oung ) oung Bar- Bar Barbara Barbara Bar Barbara - to amUy family ! amUybut but but more than friend 'Barbnr'l Barbnrl , ' bara Barbari Barbary ' . , and Bruco Bruce eo go plcknlck- plcknlck plcknick- plcknick plcknlckIng plcknicking picknick-Ine picknick Ine - Ing on the Bands sands at Provlncetown Provlneeto\\ Provlneeto Provlneeton Provincetown ' \ n He Ho Hetells Hotells Hotells tells her a n story of a . eypsy gypsy boy , . a litci lit- lit little llt-tlo llt tlo - tIo tle litcitIo eypsy gypsy eirl girl whom ha ho 10\ 10 loves 10es lobes \ es , , an antho and andthe andthe She Imows knows Imowsit knowsit knowsIt tho the Bonff song of a . silver sliver flute l1ute it la is her own love Jove tale t'lle tlle t'rle trle ' ' Her happiness happinessturns happinessturns happinessturns turns to sorrow when she returns homo home homoto hometo homoto to learn Jearn her father hia h\s h s hits ' \ been drowned drownedBnrbara drownedBarbara drownedBarbara Bnrbara Barbara . fears she and her brothers brothersand brothersand brothersand and cistor sister will wlll be separated Rela- Rela RelaUves Relatives Rela Relatives - tives Uves a a-rlve a rlve a--rlve - rive and nnd take talte charge chtlrgo of ofthlnesHavlne things thingsHa.ving thingshaving Ha.ving Having . been almoit nlmo'lt nlmolt aimogt ' a mother to theothers the theothers theothers others , . Barbara cannot think thlnJr of Kit Kitssensitive s ssensitive ssensitive sensitive nature bruised In Uncle Her Her- Herbert Herbert Herbert - bert s household by his rough and- and andreadY andready and-ready and ready - readY cousins , . nnd and Gay spoiled spoUed by her herassociation herassociation herassociation association with silly Aunt Loh Loll LohDruca LollBruce LolaBruco Druca Bruce urees urges Immediate m marriage m\rrlo1ge m rrlo1ge ' \ srriage , , . but butthat butthat butthat that would mean separation scpar'lUon scparlUon separ'ttton separttton ' ' Desper Desper- Desperate Desperate Desperate - - ate , the tour four children ch11dren plot to run runaw runaway runaway aw away y to Barbaras Barb"l.r'l Barbl.rl Barblrl Barbmras " . ' . s godfather , , . Uncle UncleStephen UncleStephen UnciaStephen Stephen ' Drakehom Drake ' ' , , . whom \hom hom sshomn \ , they thoy have ha\e ha e lmase \ nov- nov nev- nev novel never nov-er nov er - - el er ' seen . CHAPTER IV-Continued IV Continued IV - Continued Continued"Four IVContinued7 -7- 7 - 7"I 7"Four - "I I "Four Four " < 'our our ' of us are quite a lot " Kit's Kits Kit'sbrow Kit'sbrow Kit'sbrow Kitsbrow ' brow \ wore ore an anxious fro frown " n "Do Do " you yousuppo yousuppose yousuppose suppo suppose e hell have ha\o ha o imase \ enough beds beds7 beds7"Uncle ' "Uncle Uncle " Stephen Is rich , . " Gay said saidwIth saidwith saidwith wIth easy assurance assur'lnce assurlnce ' 'He He ' lIe He sends such suchlovely suchlovely suchlovely lovely presents " . "I I " ' 1 wouldn't wouldnt ' expect him to keep heep us usalways usalways usalways always , . " Barbara explained "Four Four "rour rour 'Tour Tour ' " IS ISquite isquite isquite quite a lot . . But he's hes ' a la lawyer " er and he lme hecan lmecan hecan can tell us what hat to do I know he be will willhelp willhelp willhelp help us He said he would ould " Kit was as reassure reassured The frown frownsmoothed frownsmoothed frownsmoothed smoothed Itself out and his face slow slow- slowl slowly slowly - l ly brightened Barbara folt felt more con confident conlident confldent fident lident She Sl1 saw "Uncle Uncle " Stephen , " a anIce anice anice nIce old man , . telling them them what to do doThey doThey doThey They needed a champion ch'lmplon chlmplon ' I"ather Iather rather I"atherwould ratherwould " ratherwould would have ha\"e ha "e e ' \ " approved It seemed a asensible asensible asensible sensible Idea"WI idea"Where Idea Idea"Where "WI WI "Where Where " . ere docs does 'Uncle Uncle ' Stephen arse 11\ 11 11e7 live'Gay liveGay \ e7 ? ' Gay asked asled , . , , hoping hopmg it " would "ould ould be some someenchanting someenchanting someenchanting enchanting ' far f'lr flr off ot'c otc sty ' place"Near place"Near place place"Near "Near Near " Philadelphia PhIladelphiaIt It " It"Th'lt "That That "Th'lt Thlt " ' isn't isnt ' " so 0 far " Gay felt dls dis dlsappoInted disappointed disappointed appoInted Florl Florida a " was "as as lovely 10cl losely 10\ 10 \ cl Sbe She Sbehad Shehad Shehad had been therelth there tlmere \ with \\lth lth \ . Aunt .Aunt Lola before beforeBut beforeBut beforeBut But It " was "ns ns fun to be running funning away l1\HlY l1 HlY assay \ . , . , . 'It.s It.s Its ' It's Its ' . not right in the city , . " . Kit h.1t h1t hit said said"Don't < ; said"Don't saidDont 'lid lid 'liduDon't ' uDon't uDont "Don't Dont " ' you ou remember remember7 ? We looked lool.ed looled . It Itup itup itup up on a map m'lp mlp ' It's Its It.s ' . far cnou enough h Iluvew Ihve Iluve Havewe w e any mone7 monev mone\ mone manes \ 7 ? How IIosv will w " we e get getthere getthere getthere there , . Babs Babs7 ? ' "Hitch Hitch " hike , " Jamio Jamie Jambe said s'lld slld ' promptly promptly"I promptlyI . , "I I " II 11 bet we could , . as easy as any any- anything anything anything - thing " His illS face was bright and ex- ex excIted excited ex excited - cited cited"Or "Or Or " we could diess dless dress up like 11he g gypsies gvpsios"Gay gvpsiosGay psIes ; , . " G'lY GlY Gay ' , . al always avs dramatic , . suggested "And And "Anddance "Anddance "Anddance Anddance " dance nnd and play phy piny on tambourines and andpeople andpeople nndpeople people " would "ould ould give ghe gse u ug us money " G Gypsies pSles I ! ( Barbara llarbaf'l llarbafl ' felt a 1 ' pain In her herheart herheart herheart heart . , 0 . , . * ' Once upon n a time there there"as therewas therewas "as as was " a gvpsv gspgy g\ g gp \ p < ; ) boy \ who ho loyed0 loved loyed vciv 0v sely \0\ 0 \ \ v de\r de r clear derly clearly dearly ' \ ly n a little g gvpsy gypsy ' psy girl " , . , . But nut she shecouldn't shecouldn't shecouldn't shecouldnt couldn't couldnt ' think thlnl , about Bruce She Iept kept Ieptseell1g keptseeing keptseeing , seell1g seeing Kit's Kits KIt.s ' . face streaked with Ith tenrs tears tenrsand tearsand tearsand and Tamie 1amie Jambe looking looldng at ' Chips Chlpe ; ' ' nnd and G\y G y G'ty Gty Gygro G'tygrowing Gaygrowing ' \ ' gro growing " ing up into a :111) 111 cilly < : < ; illy ) little peacoclc peacock peacoclclike peacocklike peacocklike like Aunt Lola's Lolas ' horrid hor1"Jd hor1Jd lmorrld " Gwcn Gwen She Shehad Shehad Sliebad had to take care C'lre Clre taro ' of the children chtldren . , . "I I "r r " htn has have e some moneshe monev mone\ mone mones \ , . " she gnid " saidswallowing 'lid lid ' , , 8\\ 8 8allowIng swallowing \ allowIng hard h\rd h rd ' \ to banibli b'lnbh blnbh banlslt ' the lump In Inher inher inher her throat . . She < ; showed ho " cd It to them a avery avery avery very byGreat slim sInn roll of bills , . provided pro\Ided pro Ided prosided \ by Great aunt Josephine's Josephines Josephlne's Josephlnes ' checkIt checkIt check checkIt It looked looled , like I1b.e I1be dike . a fortune The thlI chil thlIdren's children's eiilldren's eiilldrens dren's drens ' eyes " widened "Idened Idened They felt 1l1e like 1l1emillionaires likemidllonalres likemillionaires , millionaires midllonalres millionaires'When When 'When ' are \ we \ e going golng7 ? ' Gay n asked as > Ied kedher , , . her herolce \ voice \olce olce soice fluting high " with 1U1 excite excitement excitemeat excitement ment meat mentII meat"tomorrow II " . .Tomorrow Tomorrow fomorrow IIfomorrow "tomorrow morning mornmg " That made It seem reil reII roil nnd and frighten lng ing frightenIng frightenlng but \ very sery ery thrilling thrII1lng , too"Won't too"Won't too too"Won't Babs"Jamie BabsJamie "Won't Wont " ' we tell teU an any anybody body , , llnbs7 Babs ? " Jamie Jambe wanted anted to hnow"No know"No know hnow know"No "No No " , . indeed " Barbara B'lrb'lf't Blrblft ' ' ' was firm u\vp'll u vp'll vpll "WWII WWII firm"We'll firmWell firmuvp'll firm"WWII " \ ' go E > early arly In the morning before beforean beforeanybody beforenni an anybody body It up " 'nut nut ' But the train doesn't doesnt ' leave until untilehht untileight untileight ehht eight : o'clock oclock o'cIocb ocIocb ' . , . " " Kit reminded remmded her . her'They'd herTheyd ' The'd Thed Tlmey'd Tlmeyd , } ' mie miss niiss ; us bthat bv b\ b bs \ that time . , , sure , " : She hadn hadnt t thought of that The Thepmk Thepink Thepink pmk pink faded out of her chel checks cliceks ( . < . ; Here Here"ns herewas Herewas "ns ns was " n a problem problemm , . In Indeed eed Her I1er SPirits dropped ( spiritsdropped Babswas BbsW'1S Babssvgs The < . children .hl1I1"en .hl1I1en hl1I1en ( " felt fLIt ftlt It If B\bs B bs Babs ' \ W'1S W1S svgs ' discouraged discouruged , . there " was "as as no hOIe hope ) hopeThey hOIer.I.hey r.I.hey rI.hey rIhey They . pressed clo closer < ; or together t06ether , . subdued subduedand and defeated , feeling that the gro grown " n tIp up grownup ntIp world orll ( In 2n was 'lS lS ' hostile league le'lgue lelgue ' ag'llnst agllnst agnbnst ' againstthem ag'llnstthern agnbnstthem thern them thernIt themIt againstthemIt It was W'ts Wts ' Martha \ who ssdio \ ho solved solsed soh ed the prob problem prob1em lem 1em She came C'lme Clme ' Into the studio with 1th n a "arning arning warning " awarning n"arning about taking t'll.lnJ tll.lnJ tlllnJ ' . ; ( ' cold 'old old Tlie The Theurn \\urn urn warn \ lng lag warning urnlng warnlag wag was seas merely mereh an evcii&e evciie evcuse e CUbe & She wantedto dto ss \ \ 1nk qnt ' d to be near ne'lr nelr ' thrin thl'lIl thllIl thrum ' this together last Inst e\ e evening ecnlng esening \ cnlng to gether gether'You're ' You're Youre 'You're 1 ' ' up to sowthin somathin som : > thlll ' . . " . baldMartha 'lldMartha a'tldMnrtha , , . she he I : > a'tld atld 'lld lld ' ' Martha Mnrtha had 11\ 11 lived 11cd Used \ cd cd"th \ with \"th "th th " them befm befote befoieMother befotehfotfiner e Mother hfotfiner eMother < died lied Sheas Slie She was \\as as ssas \ funillarfriend untiiarfriend n a f 111111111 untiiar " frIend TheI.nl They The\ The Thes \ I.nl Inl knew hnw . . ( " that thut 'Iarth Iarth Marsh ' Martin 1 t loved lovedthem them 'Ihev Ihev 'lhev lhev ' 1 hey told her a nboiit about out it Bat lint bnr hart Baiban Batbnr linthart 1 taking tnklng th thp this , . Ie Ictd Ied letd \d d \ the tile clilldicn chiidten chllll'en chllllen , , ' In terl teriupting intenupting Interl Interiupting uptlng ghry 1 ' They hI > . } dipw diess dl \ \ hor her Into thl tlit . circle thecircle thlcircle ohjoctions'I and nnd talked talf.eil talfeil . . 1\\ 1 ' away 1ny nsslty \ ny hoi hel het objections ohjoltlons ohjoctions 'I I . ' I oughtn't oughtnt ' to lI listen < ; " Maltha'slankce Malthaslankce Martha'slankee te11 Martha's Marthas 111'11 11111 ' tin ' . 1anlee lankee ' , conscience consdence battled h'ltt1ed hltt1ed hnttled ' against nN'llll"t nNllllt ' " hel bet uffe affections heiaffections heluffe betaffections .tlons tlons < . .tlonsI .tlonsI I ' the inthe IIIthe .tlonsouht Iought I ought ouht ; : to gOb gObright go right III in house this tWs minute nnd and tell them ss \ themwhat themss \ hnt liat y vou're voure ou're oure ' up to ' 'But But , ' But ; you rou , won't wont \ on't ont ' . , . " Baibara Barbara o.lbarn olbarn . said con her hcr cheek against l\Iarthn's l Iarthn's Iarthns Martha's Marthas lIarthn's"You Martha's"You \ Martha's"You MarthasYou ' fldently fldent1y fdently , lIarthn'sI Martha'sI " ' " ' I "You You " " w won't wont n't nt ' do nny any such thing Martha lihrthn Murtha surrendered Elurrendcred herself herseH uncon uncondltIonay unconditlonally unconditlonally dltIonay ditlonally ) to the tho charms ch\rms ch rms ' \ of or the tho four fourThorncs fourTliornes fourThorncs Thorncs Tliornes "There's Theres "Therc's Thercs " ' no fool tool like ll1.e ll1e . an anold anold anold old fool . I won t ( do (1o 1o any such thing " They told tolll her about the tile problem ot of otgetting ofgetting ofgetting getting a away way In the morning . , 'Iartha Iartha tilartha 'IarthaconsIdered tilarthaconsidered ' Marthaconsidered consIdered , . her forehead forehe'ld foreheld forehe'ttl forehettl ' ' smocked smocIced ina ina In Ina a fron frown n n"Jake frown"Jake "Jake Jake " Preble drives drlveIJ his truck to toNew toNew toNew New Bedford ' ] Ihursday hursdny hursday mornlngq mornings mornings"Martha morningsMartha , . " Martha said nfter after an Interval or of orthought ofthought othought ( thought "Irly "I I " ' \ arly \rly rly ariy , , thoufch thoulh : , , He lie le'l lel leaves leavesaround leavesaround ' ves vesaround around five o'clock oclock o'clotk oclotk ' " 'J'omorroVVas ' Tomorrow 'J'omorro\V 'J'omorro Jomorro V ' \ \ was \Vas Vas 'l l ' Thursday hursday 1 hursda ; } morning morningIt It seemed an act of proldenee"We pros providence proldenee providence"We'll , Idence Idence"We'll "We We "We'll Well " ' ) leave lcave n a note , " Barbara llarbara said said"We'll said"We'll saidWell ald aldVe'n \Ve'n Ve'n Ven "We'll Well " \ ' tell them we've weve ' gone to Uncle UncleStephen UncleStephen UncleStephen Stephen They don t know \ where here he heUve helives helives Uve lives & That will wIIJ svlll give us U'3 U3 ' time , . , But But.Martha ButMartha ButMartha .Martha Martha . , " she added a shadow shallow slIp slIppIng slipping slipping pIng across Bcross her s \ vivid Ivld ivid face , ' I ro m afnid afr'ttd afrttd afraidIt afnidIt afr'ttdit ' It won't wont ' be pleasant for ; you rou ' They 'They 11 11make 11make 11make make a dreadful scene They'll Theyll ' prob probably probably probably ably explode " 'Don Don ' Don t mind about th'ltIt that th'lt thlt ' ItThe It " The light lightof lightof lightof of battle flamed in Martha hrtha s q e eyes eves , } es "I'll Ill "I'U IU "I'llspe'1k "I'Uspeak "I'llspeak Illspeak " ' ' spe'1k spe1k speak ' my mind and pin on my hat h\t h t h'tt htt ' \ ' an andlease anfl and anflleav " . "They They " , lea\e lea e lease leav \ e They fell felI upon her \ with ith strangling- strangling strangUnv strangUnvbugs stranglinghugs stranglinghugs - bugs"lou're hugs bugs "lou're loure " , 1 ou're oure ' an angel , . \ Martliy l\I\rthy l I rthy Mnrthy ' \ Ann , . " Bar Barb'lra Barbara Barbora b'lra blra bara ' whispered gratefully gr\tefully gr tefully ' \ , . her arm armaround armaround armaround around ) Maltha's Malthas Matth't's Matthts Iat th'l's thls ' ' ' neck'I'm neck 'I'm Im ' ' I'ro Iro I'm Im ' an Idiot IdiotI Idiott I t ' ' Martha pushed pUc'hed pUched ; ' the thechlldlen thecimildien thechildien chlldlen cimildien a away ay , . Herolce Her \ voice \olce olce soice soun sounded soundedscolding soundedscolding ed edscolding scolding and cross crols : ; " 'Til Til "I'll Ill ' ' ' probably Bve live |