| Show LA I 1 6 a CHA CHAPTER PTER II 11 continued tills this truck struck me as tho the snug imaginable though I 1 I 1 na at atall deed dared ind and my tongue seemed leaned to base giai e died 1 in my mouth month this them guk girl this wholly charming bud and deligh delightful B young soloan vas oas the BIG monstrous mou being I 1 had bad conjectured as aa tile the globe trotting widow who had and married my uncle not hot only had bad she MR rear married clod my iny uncle cie bash and tn in due course burled him she had be been a a adow will when ehe he norl married icil lie him the t thing we was staggering bewildering og cien she e was clearly ly anxious to be friendly but nothing that I 1 had bad thought of baling 1 1 to ler her fitted filled the ills attention in tile the first place I 1 finally began 1 I 1 must apologize analogue most humbly lor far the earnest ellorea of the se Ber rants nuts to murder ld r y you 1 lant lb t night sir bit lorl loreece ece be had d promised ro d t to 0 let or a me it know when be you would reach here but lip must at lae jase forgotten it I 1 As had it in motored to s to a friend s it house I 1 to time and ad I 1 t get bac back until the ml mischief mis thief was done one I 1 loi in ery cry sony bority not hot for far the world would I 1 ims have reheard that elm ehe exclaimed with a exclaimed in mei city ry lauh it was waa perfectly delicious and it was all my fault faul t I 1 meant to remain comal a day at hartford Hart foid you know and send a message to air T torrence or renco from the there r e but I 1 found faun d that b by Y pushing 0 OD I 1 could old reach h here em yesterday and you know ue a 1 I 9 lab glite wa expect strange th things in to happen in america I 1 don t understand und erbland yet why by those people at the gat gates pece were so an jolly anxious to kill us hot but it t does doean t matter iou on would old spoil poll the joke johe by explaining nill it 11 however I 1 did my best it was a weak attempt t to explain the no neail ot of the veteran servants and their display ot at violence her 1 made 1 it likely that we should about it BOOD know more or about the par parties tift ab chobe visits and anem inquiries 1 rise had so alarmed antoine and his comrade I 1 told her with all 11 the turner humor I 1 could throw into tic alie recital of f the drilling of the bell hops and ad of f I 1 the he uncomfortable comfortable relations between the allied forces aud ad tile the teutonic minority on the be III estate to it was deal of 11 mr me to provide proad a 1 home I to tor C these I 1 home p people Is asat h he e really ly t the h t aunt that er ii ith el ever aled e d she e z aard softly she fihe gazed wistfully acard se and I 1 saw the th I 1 gleam of t rs on OD her long lambea my uncle had then meant something t to harl TO no 1 one I I 1 la speech or m manner nue r could hate haie the adventuress less lems uncle bush was a gentleman a ratio man of esthetic tastes and ad the oil girl wait waa adorable hl moie ie 10 lie reald things bad happened in die mt story history d of line rod and marriage it than that two such person meeting 1 in a far corner of the world would hones itly car care for each cacti ot at ier you tou stopped at hartford I 1 lacna breaking a a long 1119 a you he have ald amends that 1 not onel east I 1 I 1 had made a plan pious 1 to mark twain s last lie home at ithome and ad hemma tieni ing that he be bad lived at hartford I 1 came ahsee there to render reader my fiill st homage he be baa always been one mm of if my heroes heene you know knew OUT our introduction introit action I 1 la comp complete lems I 1 laid lets 1 1 holder our or knef old fell friends coha 1 I all thought we ad aled such each other oilier she sold 1 in her even mellow tones you know knew we tind had vou tour photograph pat out eist a to erv 9 a ad one I 1 1 it seems ao I 1 led had an alel aulle of III what you I 1 looked kd 11 lle s lie he was very to fond nd ot of vou van he was oas very proud imad that you had bad gone into the war at 1 I am glad to hear that I 1 thought lie disapproved of me tor far refusing to go into business lie he offered no me a substantial In deleet before he sold out 1 I know knew that but I 1 think lie he liked you rather better tor fee refusing it business with w ith him w am aa merely a means to RO an end aud and it was doubt doubly sad that he should hould die just when he was as free to enjoy the beautiful things he in loed ed it vs was at the tip or of my tongue tague to ye aa say may that tile the loss of her companion compard ship was esen more grievous but nothing in her manner invited such a comment amt she talked for some inure time of uncle bash a life in the ilia east of hta his short illness ad quite quit unexpected u plated death but 1 I in keening you yen line alie to ex claimed suddenly jumping down train froin tire tile wall and I 1 roust must finish my unpacking A aa we walked to the house houe iam I 1 BBS her questions about the neigh bor boyhood bo bood bud and promised to telephone TIre torrence ence immediately ot at her arrival you lou will ahme luncheon with us ua or maybe anabe dinner would be better or hot both I 1 shall think you rent mv ITY coming if vou van don t dine it at the house every cry day mrs M foth F oth my fiend and companion campon lon la fis a very in fo te resting woman w ama I 1 am sure you will IH like list her tim the information that fast she he was a pro in her he youthful widowhood by a companion was A imported imparted call it was really much nicer feet meeting this nal wa slie she said giving me her bil hand ed we shall expect you at seven I 1 found them tha elanda do she came toward me a slender hours in in of 1 I might even boast of it my aunt replied white slie she seemed taller in 11 white as she mile tool took a few blips toward me are of mt elins I 1 tied missed at the shore be A queenly 0 o g person but as unaffectedly affectedly cor r die dial and ad friendly file rolly as I 1 in tile the bright morning sunlight mrs ales farnsworth Farnsw ml ali S gleton mrs alto was a pleasant faced white tolled hailed w woman with ie t mar kably fine file daik dack ees if t the positions position had been changed if mrs orah had b aten my 7 uncle a cholle a of a wife tic the situation ill would ld no have been much inch more are real I 1 instantly liked al mrs barnsworth larns worth ahe lie uttered a few f w w P 1 es in I 1 an mail place al n c e coneg tone without N vit 1 out pausing in her he quitting h t g airs bashford ashford had hem ben att knitting n too to and as she a wt down a she sha took talk up hot her yarn and em ile manner are of a knitting g waa chirm r thor ing she knew that I 1 wai as takhing Re thung list her hands and remarked TImor ked with a grace ful turn of the head tor rr mj an english boy bay somewhere ibrom I 1 begun b hy Y knitting for far my tofil to broiher fil 1 r I 1 and ad cousins but hei be held it bo beut i lower hot feet tsa t for me t to de do any by ocl aar store more her ill eves tui 11 ll bcd it up upon to me for harr be a re moment in r nt were bright I 1 ht with wilh ta deaia s is it had been years since lure the ron house had find known knowla woman we a hand bond and ad it vaa too how bow human hum anted led it tied had become in 1 a few hours the fhe long ie dleo always it a bore b 11 1 for e bidding place had been reduced to cosy proportions people I 1 by old and a round balile replaced bcd lcd II 11 hie aws a elve eliat byl 11 d ma s though u 91 it be hail hcan cen limit built into ahe bouse boom by the ile 1 found thos thoi lose loopy irein re 1 i 1 1 I 1 garret and ad Iho 11 kt 1 I nj 1 enjoy the them and ad that long you jet jar you see eee on the sideboard t too to be hidden in the vault I 1 1 I nm but sure in no uncle basil bash would b happy 10 know you yen cure are for fee th thee things so much I 1 I 1 said bald noting that the w voute bite ro she had bad chosen for far the he JI J jar I 1 kill knew the choice waa herit served to emphasize tile the deep D red of III glare 1 am among the remark ed ades Fa insworth na hen 1 I bin abe told that such thag are beautiful aut 1 I am immediately 1 ui in cell life I 1 y convinced om oil I 1 say Y they are beautiful and ad that 1 Is enouyeh that line has almaa ble been enough h to for I 1 me I 1 top rep led my undo uncle used to Z try to interest a get me but he gave it up ahe im he t found d kimt my began soul out was aro aroused by noticing nothing but pottery I 1 am a heattie fice ul I 1 I 1 bal am gratified that 1111 yuu on 1 make I the ile admission so an frankly cank y said hildis mis I 1 larn ve earth 1 I have ball aa atwara I 1 ben a breut greut great admirer ot of the heathen but you know mi all singleton alice aud it I 1 I 1 never ever can ag agree ce as to SO jut what a bothen heit lieo is 1 all our or squabble have been about that I 1 I 1 BID am alpos disposed dit posed sit to include all who believe bellevo in bhele fairies good or bad and pill who she II honestly 1101 believe I 1 in 1 omens and it lucky it stones and it ma I 1 all 1 I 1 who oho have it the R to receipt I 1 of 1 let fern seed led bud and walk it invisible there s S akes peare peare for that I 1 t think hi sold eald mrs bashford sobel v that I 1 be have alwag he leed t in witches and if I 1 keep a on bealice ing I 1 shall see OR one some sells do adny we shall ball find an anthine thing in this world that we ae bolice benoe in hoed hard enough she he a was talking very lately as though ought witches wor were the chomi commonest let thal topic ot conversation but finding ending my ees turned told up upon her in frank wonder she laughed at my iny amazement let us be honest with cm mr air singleton nice mis farnsworth explained and till bit you yen that we PC are just testing you it may be a b beadli cach of hospital ho pital ity fly and too lou or are a but a stranger hut but we a are curlo curious to know whether you ire are of that small company of the foed favored of heaven who he can play at being foolish without becoming idiotic alice I 1 li ter rese near idiocy hilley lou admit that alice 1 I not only admit it but bill I 1 might cien can boast of it I 1 my aunt replied at UK tile mention of vit v itches ce I 1 had hf caught antoine crossing himself in a as he ha il mined to the sideboard cloard I 1 loft 1 that I 1 myself had been startled by the drift of tile the talk ran it mrs barnsworth and my aunt treated each other aa a though they the were contemporaries and ad it was al alice and I C constance Con between me them A As the 1 to talk it ran exhaust exhaustively hely through the to lore of witches I 1 be and ad led gob 1 una 1 I had bad hoped that one or the other would d drop dof some borne clue n as to the pl p l one oils history III story of my aunt it iva was as pill onald as aa dy that site she and ml all a bartaw orth til indulged 1 in w hims far the joy of it ft old and line her zest in the dIscus discussion Aon carried on while antoine served the table lips tightly compressed and with an ration of f III his a stately beack a wis tic the more are are startling riling train from the fact that my a aunts it co companion milmo was a u woman ot of barsi car a handsome woman rome with a 1 high oil bred air who ho did not at look at all 1 like a peter person who would discuss witches itches as though they had bad been unde do the topic ol of the day by the afternoon newspapers and when tie the shape of go a witch a 3 thin chin b became me the immediate point of discussion ca 1 I 1 knew tt it ftak la in 8 mind that such con corn was ons un on becoming an offense to tile the memory of lia itai hmood mood Basti tord at mrs bc I 1 iorns w wortha rh a brown bronn eyes speckled led rod and the color deepened in my aunts cheeks as we upon witches and the chlus chins the thereof my I 1 had bad a friend in cot col lege w ho he used to indulge 1 in the sot soil t of piang but tint that my uncles widow and her elderly companion should old de delight it ht in such inch absurdities bewildered wil me jg e ahad I 1 had been addressing my aunt t as T mis bashford it seemed chittal Ch ridiculous itral to call if her I 1 aunt AIR alice alce old and in the line heat sot ot of in our or men ment t so ai to whether witches itches are necea sailly naughty old and mullion malign boners beings I 1 I 1 had just misled the sirs when so she bent beat toward me and said gravely and with no hint of C cant it we a ma make ke it alice and bob babl I 1 think that ibal would a u d bo be a lot I 1 1 experienced I 1 I d a curious or flutter of b rea 2 am ke heart the first time I 1 tried it but alter that it came me or ery Y atly easily she sha I 1 was simply the Joll lest prettiest otiest tt iest gin that tied had ever crossed my hall and to be talking to her across the table gase gae we me thrills camper compared oil with which sliding rug go out of clouds ous in on an airplane la a a brockm rocking chair pastime for far I 1 old III m men ile e hod coffee on the veranda alice thought it would old be nicer elect the an and it as aa antoine anve we me my cup he be edged lose close to my chair to whisper lint last party sir air it if he m should come tell the troops not it to attack attach say any visitors I 1 said loud laud enough f for the olluis 11 c to hear bear mr ile torrence will be here ire shortly and it it would be annoy ing to lae h him I 1 ushered in on a shut hot ter ill I 1 know why this Is the land of the tree end and the of if it uw b braive cl laughed alice one me has to be brave to 11 ahe here late tho those s e women are play on ang g atri a trick c k TO BE can |
