| Show 1 ea ak great scott nhat a was aa that leair tiu 0 atud col ferbuson Fer g n dodd lie ile hail had just jul finished limsi hed shaving having himself id A i tufui as brush bruschnig nIg his handsome iron ity ay whiskers when a loud report like to IQ discharge of a small cannon made to 10 maci a of his room rattle a and n it so titled him that ile he gave a lurch and inert like a frightened horse knuckle knockle I 1 his its shaving mug olf off the dressar ath a arah the bound waa isais followed shrill screams and laughter as from score of juvenile throats 1 with len 0 a ao 1 bulging pe u with SD an exclamation that he beer have been guilty of using I 1 polite society lie he rushed to the door his chamber and threw it open jason jason jasion he called excitedly 3 stentorian voice re rever cr berating rough the house louse like the roar of a n oh here you are lie he fumed as i colored mauser mau ser ant stumbling hug er r himself in his haste came pitching pit chiny aw 0 the room now jason jaon what in name of all that is u outrageous dui doc i 5 mean you know that I 1 con vu here for peace and quiet to estie c noise thatis that is always in e crazy in the city on th HIL july aud and I 1 am no soon r xan an I 1 am greeted i ith a under my very window ble for chis thial confounded chillen neddo uh ifal heaven I 1 child within live I 1 i 1 moren a bushel ah vernon Vernoll s iad an carrai carrein car on it goats in ID s a bihn d i gwine keep it ai M 1 threw up ins his 1 i 1 i lie on the verge I 1 i re especially to jn i ive jumped I 1 turning their lir i open i kindois rtin A I 1 I 1 soar ar up into the r toan man the house K ground amid an r f huers licer sand and childish c r dew dent big cannoo cannon ed jason an dey de d z pail an n tech em cm off pail po go or er scooting otin e edo do these children mine come banded the colonel you au an to tell me that the vernona I 1 J aipa dust gis DW have bare such a family as that I 1 particularly charged the agent not to let that house to anyone with children dey aut aint got nary de ve aint declared jason then I 1 suppose they think it smart to 0 invite a regiment of other people brats here to raise a donee dence of a disturbance tur bance on the fourth of july I 1 wont have it ill give em cm notice this very minute ill teach em to trample on my rights here help heip me on with my coat anil and bring we me toy roy hat and cane but de breal bre altfas clas bell bingin sub breakfast be thundered the colonel 1 I wont eat a bite till ive given those people notice to vacate that house show erol the next minute lie he was descending the stairs clutching his cane asif as if he were sallying forth to give battle to a i mad dog puffing and growling h he left the house and strode toward til th gate to in n th the lie 11 high stone wal that formed iraq aa of t h vernons Ver T e col dodds wrath was in a measure I 1 justifiable to avoid the dastra distracting e ling nerve shattering noises which young america believes to be essential to the proper observance of independence day he be had blipped clipped out of the city and an and d I 1 have not the patience to deter defer a most t emphatic pr protest test my object in moa olic owning a country house nibe madam I 1 is to have a place to which I 1 can safely withdraw when I 1 desire absolute quiet as I 1 do today to day I 1 am here now to escape the infer abouel the outrageous racket incident to the celebration of the fourth of july it in town ciare 1 I col escaped it Is there any peace for r a ma man just then there was another terrific explosion and another burst of A wild ild buzas from the happy it a appy young people who were hidden badden from froin view low by the dense shrubbery 1 I was not aware madam continued the colonel striving to calmly that you had any child children the lady had stood becom himwich him with a shocked and 1 helpless liel pless air sk u he talked seemingly seem angly chuch she was a liea neatly aly formed trim Tittle body with large dark eyes and tl c tresh com alexion pl exion although i it was from the few silvery i iia or linds blaa hw cil hood behind lie her 1 11 I take tahe it fo for granted hat you are mrs vernou vernon sid said col dodd abruptly as the possibility that she might be some one else occurred to him for the first time blame at all I 1 brought them all here myself lie in stopped and for tl the he first time looked squarely down into the womans comans face her hat had fallen back find and her eyes did not flinch before III his gaze hut but the rich blood beat into her cheeks checks and she looked positively beautiful the colonel started lord bless my he exclaimed in sudden astonishment astonish me nt la Is it possible that pardon me but I 1 have I 1 not dot h bad d t the it e h honor on or of 0 f you before 1 I think you have mr dodd she eha replied composedly and you sie aie really madge ile he checked himself as he be was as about to seize her hand and straightened up stiffly well truly this is a great surprise ho he added how flow in the world did you happen to be here Is is your husband with you my husband and are all these children yours sirl sir but of course they cant all be sitoa lor dor there const ho be acty it t the least calculation there are arc just fourteen sir air a and nd they are all pupils of mine said the tha lady biting her lip 1 I brought them down from the city for a holiday at the invitation of mv sister how could you think me base enough to do otherwise ise she demanded 1 id I detested led him but 1 I 1 I was told 1 I know she interrupted her voice softening 1 I learned long afterward how cruelly arm lly we were ere both deceived and imposed upon by my designing uncle lie ile eoe be bac I 1 refused to marry the man of bi his choice and dorothy because she approved of my decision por years I 1 have hare supported myself by teaching fifteen minutes later col ferguson Fer guion dodd appeared ap apt neared leared before the astonished jason and rattled olf ole these habby di erections ions tell tel the cook he is ia riot not to wait breakfast for or me I 1 shall breakfast with the vernous this morning anc chev will dine with me this evening children and all and jason I 1 wadi you to lo RO go to town on the 10 oclo oli train here is an order on oil S boyle for three hundred do lialas ll alas w boyll of trod tl tail them down here immediately going to have a rov roning mg time here bore t infill ill show em how to ce ee lebrat tit taif fourth 1 and jason I 1 may as w tell yuu you confidentially con fid en ti biilly illy that cherf reng anns to be ft a edding at the verno eat col collare tape tare two weeks from today to day TL hi illow iun now dont stop to ask fool ques que tiou lious |
