Show I 1 dal ANAD K IL L if K G A C Y J the tile story of what happened when the city called d and the country called back again by ELEANOR PORTER author of pollyanna just david etc by eleanor ir bortol TH legacy amounted to ten a and n d dollars and coming ns as it did di from a little known scarcely relative it seemed even more mor unreal than the man who had be quent thed lied it now we can leave the farm ex bulted mrs dalton why sarah do do you think that thai la is quite wllie asked her husband lius band wise of course it Is I 1 she returned decidedly why caleb dont donl you lyu know neve always wanted to tc go to 0 the city and cousin john sold said g hen hed give you a place in his store any time ime so earn something to start right away we never dared to tc before you know for you want sure how do but now weve got all this money we shant have to worry a mite oh ob it just splendid caleb yes but it he hesitated but there any but caleb sarah and turned to a boy of twelve and a girl of fourteen who alio entered the room at that moment weve got it nil all settled children were going to boston sure tills this fall oh mother ethels hands came together in ecstasy while fred whooped in glee Yh there ere caleb I 1 told you lio how it would bet be smiled mrs dalton as the I 1 door banged behind fred then anxiously you want to spoil I 1 it all now would youl N no rio but no no of course not murmured murmur pd caleb this was in august by the middle of september such household goods as the dalfons daltons had bad planned to take with them were packed bur lapped crated aud and labeled it had been sirs mrs dalfons daltons Dal tona tons idea to sell the rest of the furniture on the farm at auction but X oh come now that aint going to do you know jut here she encountered an unexpected but stubborn resistance from her husband consequently the remainder of the goods were arst stored in the attle attic find and the farm was rented until the first of slay may cousin john in boston had received the news of their intended coming with cordial interest and had already procured for them a six room apartment in Rom bury and it was in lila thriving market and grocery store on warren avenue that caleb was to have a position its as clerk some weeks later when mrs dalton saw her new home she t know whether li ether to laugh or to cry why caleb 1 I 1 I cant breathe the rooms are so small she gasped getting settled was a w wonderful on delful experience peri ence at last the tiny parlor with its mirror adorned mantel end and gas fixtures the pride of Sa ralis heart was in order and after that sarah made sure each day that three found her dressed in her best rod and sitting la in solemn state in that same parlor waiting for tile the cells calls that were surely now long overdue days passed and her ber patience was save for a sharp ring from a sewing cuchine agent and another from a book canvasser sarah could not understand it surely her neighbors in the block must know of her arrival even it if those in her immediate vicinity on the street did riot not meeting it a tall slender woman whom she had already seen three times slie she spoke illow how how dye do slie she began timidly the tell woman started s tar ted threw a hurried glance around lier her then came 0 to o the conclusion eliat the salutation a w aia mount for he herself relf good liioi in oi ill ning n g s she he returned then hurried ti ong through tin the liall hall sarah barah tood looking aate lier her vaid 11 ll baica c att why how funny funnye 1 she murmured three days later the two ladles again met at the outer door oil how dye do nice day aint it began sarah hurriedly you you live hero here dont you why yes sold the woman smiling it little 1 I do too on the top floor 1 I im all settled now announced sarah stumbling over the words a little Is that so returned the woman politely but valt without hout enthusiasm sarah nodded yes all ready for caller 4 I 1 I 1 hope come soon she finished with sudden courage thank you you are very I kind ind murmured the women woman ns she smiled and turned away the tell tall woman did not call and sarah never asked her again A few words from cousin johns julins wife at about tills this time opened eyes and taught her riot not to expect to become acquainted with her neighbors sarah was not the only member of the family who head had found trials by the way ethel and fred had entered school and at first they came horn home each afternoon with faces new methods of study recitation discipline and even of recreation puzzled and frightened them to caleb the city was waa a thing of noise hurry and more people than he be had thought existed early and late lie he worked in the store 1 I dont like it he be would say sometimes to his wife 1 I dont like it sarah december january february and march passed and the first of april brought a letter from the lessee of the farm asking if lie he was ws to have the place through the lie summer of course e he c can n havelt ave declared ec are sarah just as it if we wa wanted it again Y yes es yes of course murmured cole caleb b 1 I ill write later on it was an early and a wonderfully beautiful spring that year sarah grew restless indoors downstairs on each side of the big front door was a square yard patch of puny straggling grass and it was these two bits of possibilities that put a happy thought into head slie she bought a trowel and some power flower seeds and set resolutely to work she land had dug the trowel into the earth four times and was delightedly sniffing the odor from the moist earth when the janitor appeared did ye lose something maam lie he asked suspiciously lose something laughed the ene woman of course not ive found something william ive found a flower bed im going to have the prettiest one ever was T wont do maam t wont really now im sorry but the boss wont stand it it was that aigin that caleb brought out the paper lind land pen to write the letter willett which would lease the farm for smother another six months twice he dipped his pen in the ink and paused with no word written finally lie he spoke 1 I ir going to give him some hliras sarah lie ile wont know how to run some soine of the ti lings im sure it if he should plant the meadow lot to potatoes now it and caleb cut in sarah be sure and wad trend word to his wife fife about the roses if she dont spray em cm real early the bugs and worms will get an awful start there was another long silence broken this time by the children cull drena entrance Il mother lother began fred discontentedly dont they ever go fishing down here or swimming or anything isaiah sol all sprang to her feet with A ith a nervous little laugh caleb we we me might go up home just for for a isit slie site said Il hurrah lurrah 1 lets cloned fred and ethel elhel clapped her hands it was a jubilant four that left the north station a few days later and it we was a still more jubilant tour four that arrived in ili the village at the foot of the green hills oli oil dont it look splendid and roomy I 1 cried sarali sarah ns as they reached the turn where they could see the farmhouse farm house arid and dont the air smell good just at dusk on the third day caleb found lils wife vaire in the old summerhouse wrapped in slin shawls vils slie she was wa fosterling fastening ines to the trellis well sarah 1 I 1 I spose id better settle up with west now I 1 halat et you know sarah nodded without Epe speaking aking things took look first rate now but ive got my doubts of west I 1 I 1 wish nish I 1 could handle them myself sarah threw a quick glance at his averted face well why dont you she almost whimpered ISar lill would youl you would you come buck back do you mean it cried caleb with a swift joy in ili his eyes sarah burst urit into tears and threw herself into lier her husband i UDUS ainis oh ob caleb I 1 just would 1 I ie wanted to ever so long but I 1 just juat you uw |