Show B BY y BRIGHT B R G H T 11 MARY A R Y S SCHUMANN C H U M A 11 N STAR copyright by macrae smith co service CHAPTER I 1 11 hugh marsh waited on the station platform for the 1125 from rom washington which was bringing his younger sister kezia home from school the train was a few minutes late he was annoyed and wished he h ad called before he left his bis office to time its arrival he might have worked a few minutes longer on the cost sheet he was pr preparing sparing ep aring around him were the milling people who wait for trains people of all classes and conditions some with harassed faces who carried cheap suitcases one or two laughing family groups some traveling salesmen with smart luggage and an air of success A long whistle coming from around the curve startled the groups on the station platform into scrambling activity baggage was lifted goodbyes good byes were said the crowd surged forward toward the steel rails as the train thundered by and came to a gradual stop kezia twenty years old slim and delectable her eyes bright with excitement cit ement a small brown hat on her curly ash blond hair a jacketed brown silk suit with a spray of pal 06 1 0 ea 1 I 1 AF goodby good by perhaps we may alay meet again orchids at the shoulder came down the steps of the sleeping car the smartness of her costume and the supple grace with which she moved made her look much prettier than she really was she smiled radiantly at the well dressed man of 30 who picked up her bags with his from the row the porter had set out chatted to him as they came alor alon the narrow space between the wall of the em embankment ban kment and the train here here said hugh bouc touching h her arm hugh darling she cried in glad surprise she kissed him held both his hands for a second then turning to her companion said this is hugh the most wonderful brother in the world mr Xe degraffe Graffe nice people should know each other and mr degraffe has been very nice r on in this trippa trip the men shook hands degraffe obviously amused by kezia uttered a few murmured goodby good by perhaps we m may a y meet again lifted his hat a and rid followed in the wake of a taxi driver hugh and kezia climbed the stairs to the street and the waiting car hugh released the brake preparatory to starting ever hear little girls sho talk to strange men on trains how dodou know I 1 picked him up she askea pouting deduction perhaps perli aps we may meet again it she wrinkled her nose at him even emily post says you may speak to a w well e 11 b bred red stranger in a museum or trave traveling lingl dont be elder brotherly ll she added in a whisper with a pert look at him im grown up now know my way about I 1 serving notice just as well she laughed they went forward to the green light and edged their way through a narrow street congested with traffic the steel mills beyond the river vibrated with a rhythm that was like the roar of distant surf how is mother she inquired almost at once very well the love murmured kezia tenderly and how is dorrie dome ashes great she had an aa engagement ga or she would have come this noon she sent her love no little hopes for the bassinette shame on you hugh youve been married four years give us time were young think of sister margerye Mar gerys example ex three in no time at all living is expensive and so is dorrie the ricker nicker ot of annoyance in his hazel eyes was his only answer hows ellen pendleton she asked ashes going with a boy nam named ed jerry purdue good looking smooth but not up to ellen according to mother I 1 ellen still arty the edge in her voice did not escape hugh kezzie had always had it in tor for ellen a distant I 1 cousin on their mothers side a remnant of childish jealousy ellen had a natural charm unique and appealing which was all the more provocative because she was so so unconscious of it 1 I think she still paints a little he replied gavin and lizzie let her finish art school you know to himself he wondered as he often had before how the dickens had gavin and lizzie managed to produce such a lovely lyric creature as ellen they moved faster up an avenue over which elms met forming a gothic archway A mile further on hugh made a sharp turn there it is said kezia in a choked voice her eyes misted with tears their childhood home lay before them a white house with colonial pillars set back on a deep lawn when they turned into the drive a woman acoman rose from a chair on the porch mother cried kezia she leaped out of the car the second hugh brought it to a stop kezzie darling it has been so long fluvanna marsh put her arms about her da daughter aughter kissed her then held her off to look into her eyes with wistful affection so long and it is good to have you home to stay then her fingers touched hughs I 1 sleeve with a ca caressing 9 gesture altho although she had seen him only a few hours before on his way to the office she murmured hugh that was part of mothers hold over him thought hugh if you skipped a day coming to see her she never made you feel remiss at each meeting she surrounded you with an unspoken flood of joy in your presence as silent and intangible as sunshine its great to be home simply marvelous I 1 could have cheered when I 1 saw pittsburgh this morning dear old smoky pittsburgh it reminded me of corinth and evary every things just the same the house the yard you mother oh I 1 do love it all and im going to have a wonderful time this summer merl 1 come on hugh be a the new england pronunciation of ili idea dea as ll idear glidear universally adopted throughout the sect section iun duplicates cates the colloquial london accent of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries according to a report of studies by james L clifford of columbia university the practice called one of the most distinctive and generally recognized marks of the eastern type of american speech carries no social stigma although in england it was regarded as the cockney pronunciation and recognized as af characteristic of vulgar speech says clifford in american speech hannah for example is pronounced noun ced as hanner tobacco is is called cur and umbrella becomes ambe rUler window is spoken of as winder fellow as feller and belinda as belinder Be lindar the london colloquialism was a distinct local dialect it might be said to be universally adopted by the natives of new england where highly educated people as well as those of the lower classes unconsciously ly use it although regarded by language authorities of the ei eighteenth 9 cen redcap for me cairy my grips upstairs and ill wash up her room had been redecorated in her absence and she exclaimed with pleasure pale gold and chintz of gold and green adorable she went about joyfully examining her possessions her bookcase the pictures on the wall margery was sitting on the porch with his mother when hugh came downstairs hello hugh she lifted her face for his brotherly kiss 1 I wanted to go to the train with you but things were complicated 1 this morning angela would not sleep after her bath she walked around her crib clinging to the bars and sang and ashes only 10 months old stop laugh laughing ingi she really sang I 1 tell couill you ITO BE CONTINUED new england pronunciation of idear Is traced by columbia university man tury as almost too despicable for notice the pronunciation was used by members of the upper classes including william weller a man of high social rank and a cousin of the diarist samuel there is much evidence that a large percentage of the early settlers in america came from southeastern england cufford clifford says and one writer goes so far as to say that on the whole it is not impossible to think that the standard speech of london conditioned in the main the language of early new england historical evidence as to the origin of this dialect pronunciation is meager probably the original cause was purely psychological the fact that such words as obet better have two forms with and without the final r may have led to the addition of r when there was no justification for it thus words normally ending in a vague unaccented vowel would e easily be confused with other w words fistori cally having art r endings many speakers would as a result be constantly perplexed an and d unhistorical I 1 dialect forms would naturally result |