Show 4 T WN CONDENSED K X J CLASSICS i x THE HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES I 1 NATHANIEL by HAWTHORNE HAWTHORNE condensation by y Joseh josephine lne van tassel bruorton Dru orton sv hii 4 soon utter after the publication of 0 the dlithe scarlet letter I 1 moved to lenox stain alamo where there lie he wrote the seven I 1 of set en gables gable ap there linw has ninny always leen been more or less n to which kouke in pictured n llila ailt story r j some p persons e arx no cla cholm im wig IOK gnep one name another it han become somewhat of nn an ie ic cepter filet fact that the house on turner street no now iv kept ns an a memorial to 1 the original house of the story it linn purchased by ml dilas Un amerton lerton of salem and during the work of restoration rento reit ratton oration there were found two more gables than it at flat appear appeared edl these were uncovered so ao that now at least it in a house of seven gables ca blea some same atara a BRO 0 it was w stated that hawthorne giniat lf when naked asked about it at p claimed that he had bad no particular house bouse tn in mind when writing tile the story ory but ande M fide a composite picture of at sev lawthorne went back to concord going on with alx liter literary nry and bublin ha Tana lewood calesi alao a life of franklin birce tIr ce during biolo tiolo period the nuth luthor or llred lived at n 11 the writ inam of bitow a hubble and a power 1 of 1 analyst beside trent mental he be the liters literary of tyle n grace erace onil and charm a perfection of ian inns aina age e which no other american writer poN eMed in the name mime dearer and which place hawthorne among he great ma term of english prone d HIM friend sn nd collece binte ninte longfellow in revie winve twice toll told talea an old d that it came from the hand of a genlue and nd praised it for KM ito style which he said guldi wan all i clear as n run rua maw water while hawthorne lacked the acco epli of verse he was la in the the highest sense a poet ri P YOUR courtesy I 1 beg you to ofa call this tnie a romance rather VA F than n novel for it makes attempt to connect a bygone time will the lie present that la Is even now drifting away from us it Is a legend bringing with it the mist of the post floating round each character and event even round the old house itself sometimes it drifts aside and you catch a glimpse of older days days when colonel out of pure covetousness despoiled old wizard maule of ills his house and little plot of land hind days when baulo cursed the colonel tor for his sins sing and foretold god would give jilin blood to drink 1 days daa when lien thomas aigule of the wizard art built for coloni colon 1 cheon over ills fathers very th tile the house ot ofia A h SL sean gables cables oo 00 day when aien ryn choon trot trod her pride rifle underfoot and opened the little cent shop built in the ilie front gable of the old house there were but few of the Pyne heon blood left juige judge ryn chcon ills his son who died abroad and enters not into this tale holzl halt bah and her brother clifford little phoebe Pyne beon who had come for a long visit and a few cousins were nil all the race of mule maule was supposed extinct at least thero there were none known long since hester find let one of the gables to a named hoi 1101 grave and none others were in the old house save herself and clifford now pardoned out after serving sentence for the supposed murder of tin nn uncle and little phoebe judge was the great roan man or of the town but despite his ever ready smile and studied benevolence lie ho was not greatly liked shrank away from him and clifford shrieked when he would have forced ills his way into in to see him and clifford scarce left the house even for the garden hut but phoebe and young ITol grave met there often and the kindly mist made itself thin between them till they saw sav each other clear and thelt hearts drow drew close and love came to them but so softly and sweetly they knew it not for love but ca called llod it by that other sweet name friendship then phoebe must needs go home and with her went nil the sunshine and the mist drifted back and all the scant happiness that had conie come with her to hepzibah and clifford tor for a little littie fled away when she had gone the judge became even more determined to a BM clifford cousin ho he begged with his most benevolent smile let me see clifford you connot said since yeste yesterday he hath both copt his bed what cried tho the judge Is he ill then I 1 must and will see him thero there la Is none who would so delight to promote his happiness and I 1 beg of you to lot let me ma see sec him bah in the name of Ile heaven avent I 1 cried her anger overcoming her fear give over I 1 beseech you tilts loath loathsome pretence predence pre tence of affection for your victim you let him go to prison under false accusation you hate him I 1 ady saiso so like a man I 1 at this moment yo rou u cherish some brack purpose against him in your heart I 1 speak it out I 1 but never speak again of your love for my poor brother the judges benevolent countenance became linail cousin lie he said it Is my niad nia fixa d purpose to 0 o see clifford before I 1 leave tail th house dewse I 1 will give you my reason of my uncles uncle s estele which I 1 inherited not one third was apparent alien ho it died clifford can give ro iTle I 1 clue to tile the le covery tit of the roma remainder inder it 13 na s certa certain iii as as that I 1 stand santia herol hero I 1 in and what tf if lie he refuse sly illy benr cousin smiled tho judge blan blindly dIX the alternative Is ills his con finci nent for tho the rl bainder ma inder of his life in a public asylum for tile the insane you ca cannot amot mean it I 1 cried ilester hester t but ut tile the judge only shrugged his shoulders and said time tiles flies bid clifford f come to me and hester turned and went slowly up the stair and knocked at her brothers door and called none answered after long ions waiting slip she knocked again then she undid tho the door and anti entered tho omni chum bur was empty back she ran down tho the stair calling fr frantically anti cally clifford Is gonel help jeffrey puncheon chcon I 1 some harm will come to him heinl I 1 she ran through the hall calling and searching for him when site she approached tile the parlor door again clif ford stood in the door coming coining fron from within lie ile pointed ills his finger back into the room come he cried with a wild gesture tho the weight Is gone from us I 1 we can sing and laugh now ayel we can bo be as lighthearted light hearted us its little phoebe herself horror stricken at ills his looks and motions slipped past him into the parlor immediately slie she returned a cry choking in her throat my god I 1 sho clio cried what will become of us I 1 come with mol cried clifford still with that wild gaiety gayety put on your our cloak anil hood bood take your put puree so with money in it and come cornel I 1 still with that wild w lid gayety gaiety so BO foreign to 10 jilin him clifford led tile the way first to the depot where lie made tier her tako take the train when they loft it at nn fin out of the way station still leading lie drifted C d away with her into the cold sullen mist with the day came many people to tho the cent shop but none gained admittance but when phoebe came the gar den door opened for her A hand clasped hers and she was led into tit the disused reception room the sun streamed in through the windows and she saw her companion was lie ile told her the judge was dead in the same manner as his ancestor to whom god had given blood to drink 1 ile he convinced her that the uncle for whose supposed murder clifford lind had suffered for thirty years had died in ili the same fashion we must not hide it a moment lon longer gerl 1 cried Il phoebe boebe clifford is innocent 1 god will make mak it manifest I 1 let us throw the door wide and call the neighbors to set aee the lie truth begged phoebe Pho obo in nil ou our lives there can call never be another moment like this Is it nil all terror are arc you iou conscious of no joy as I 1 am that lias ills made dinatle this the only point of life worth living for it seems n sin silt faltered phoebe to speak dejoy of joy lit at such n time phoebe cried Hol colgrave grave before you came my past v was its lonely mid dreary my future seemed a n shapeless gloom with you came hope warmth and joy I 1 love you phoebe do you ou love me look into my heart said phoebe dropping her eyes you know I 1 love you at that moment the mingled voices of and clifford came to them phoebe and tier her lover went to meet them when site she saw them burst into tears clifford smiled and murmured that the hose of eden had bloomed in the old house aliouse nt at last by the death of judge chcon clifford ant and phoebe mccamo rich they decided to live at the judges country place pince at the very moment of departure through cliffords troubled mind drifted a recollection of the time when a mere boy lie be hod bad discovered the secret spring which caused the he portrait of the colonel before which they stood to swing forward disclosing it a recess wherein were important papers but lie he had forgotten the secret of the spring perhaps I 1 can recall it said ald itol grave and touched the spring it was much rusted and therefore when released the portrait tumbled bled to to tile the floor there was the recess and there the title deeds to vast indian lands old 7 trey bons eons missing property nut but how came you to know the secret of the spring phoebe asked ot of apart my illy del irest phoebe smiled djoi grave how will it please you to take anke the nomo name of maule this secret Is tile lie only inheritance that has come down to me from that ancestor when thomas son of wizard manule alan le built this house ho he took the opportunity to construct tilts this recess and tilde away those title deeds I 1 would have told you this before but I 1 feared to frighten fright ell you phoebes phoebea Pho ebes smile forgave him mhd as their carrl rolled awny away the old house of of the seven gables cables freed from its burden of secret and curse smiled after them brightly as the mist lifted and fled awny away copyright 1919 by the tha pott post rub liah ing co the boston post copyright in the united the dominions its colonies and dependencies under tile copyright act by the rest post publishing co boston mitzi mass U S A all right r te served ved houghton II co all a theorized publishers |