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TUESDAY Jl'l Y 8. t 47
THE BRKCTEKRIDCF (Twtt) AMERICAN
PAPE FIVE
**
U. S. KEEPING HANDS OFF
WA1 PROPERTY RETURN
WASHtNCTON. Americans
Making to recover foreign prop-
erty seized by Mutiuy powers will
have to do butsines* with the gov-
ernment of the allivtl country where
the property was at the outbreak of
World War 11.
The State Department says it is
not Handling such requests. Nor
should they be sent to occupation
authorities in ex-enemy countries
what* the property might he now.
The Department says it's up to
the country from which the prop-
erty was taken to notify the loot-
ing country, which, in turn, must
make the necessary searches.
State Department officials holt!
out little hope for the recovery of
small articles or those of little
value.
O
The total weight <if the air
around the earth is :early ti mil-
lion billion tons.
Airport Activities
'HUFF-DUFF,' 'GAM,' 'HOP* KFRKD
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T ALREADY WOW
DANIEL MOTOR CO. Inc.
JOT fc- WALKER
. PMO"E I«
Speedy stays—
Spee<ty says local flying ac.ivi-
t its at • picking u|. ui> iu the air
. ".at is!
U«t tit.' week erd Stinsons,
Sai'er Ctuisvr , uiid those Kreoupes
glided in .« Br-ik ■nrid.,, . with all
n t I; people on all sorts ot trips.
Mr J mi ii.u 'n il at: Tipton* Okia-
l...na came in a Su, *r Cruisei lor
a 'eisursfly fishing trip ou Possum
Kingdom. &•>* In1 savjtf tots of
: shinfi hour-, by coming in that
raiser. "
Fr«-d R Hooker <•£ Tuylti. Texas
• topped' ori crjss country trip in an
ric ui-e By the way synchronized
controls allo.vs tho.-.e tlteoupes
. !\> flov.n jus; like driving a
ear So they say, 1 tlunno.
From Tulsa. Mr.E. A Douglas
cam.' in a Siinson: ;.nd from Vic-
tor::!. To\a . came '.V. J Sparks,
Ji in a new Navi n.
B R. Watson was flyirg a Stin-
in from 1 'illinger. Pa. Doti't
know wlv.v h> was v'oiug iho—
I.if he wasta't 'i.st!
A n -w Beech F.annnza will be
delivered to R. F. Pyo some time
t'ii> week. Speck you could see it
if you, writ oi.ii to ihe alrp-art.
Felix \l> rnatliy, ant* instructor
Howard Suley made a training
mission Sa't jjlay night. Went to
Wichita Falls, Fort Worth and
l„"ek to Bnt ke«t'id«e,
Heard thai J. H. Wilsi n is now
the proud owner of a ptiva*? li-
ens
Robert I.. Brown and Clyde
Fdwards are starting flight 'train-
'iig again since warm w sther is
here
Speedy reports swera1 new stu-
der.ts, -a Miss Jovco Howe includ-
iil .! M Gulhry. and R. E.
Durham are hetjinn'Ts too.
Speedy Mrt Mary Sybil Rose,
I'nioersjty of Oklahoma Student
11 .• other d; \ Marv can't drive a
car. but smp j- the first Co-ed to
By Htirman W. Nichols
United Ptua Stall Corieapondnot
CHICACO. — Such words as
I "huff-duff," "gupu." "mop" ami
"plenumtlirupous" have been added
to the American lantjuHire today.
Those, ami many others, are ile-
fined in the new issue of tht Kn-
cyclopetlia Br itannica's Hook of
1 the Year.
"Huff-Duff." for example is the
pronunciation given by servicemen
to the initials HF-DF. meaning
high frequency direction finder.
I • "Gapa" is short for ground-to-
air - pilotless aircraft, a guided
missile of the U. S. Army Air
Forces.
"Mop," is a mild form of "hubba,
hubba, hubba," whatever that is.
And "plesianthropous" came
into usatre because a man named
Bruom dug up some dirt in South
Africa. A "plesianthrepou.s" is ah
"almost man/' whose skeletal re-
mains were found by Dr. Robert
: Broom not far front Johannes-
! burg.
swing music which is unrestrained,
unrehearsed, high-noted, full of
horseplay, and often off key."
"Banana" money in the new
book is Japanese currency, so dub-
lied because it bears the design of
> a banana but we understand it
takes a good size stack to buy
i even a banana.
A '"bungalow biddy" is a huge
machine which can "lay" a four-
room concrete house in 24 hours.
One new word says just about
.vhat it means. k
"A 'sitter* is a girt who watches
the baby while mom and pop go
i io the movies."
-Q
Letter 25 Yean Lafe
Renews FrtadsNp
LARN'FD, Kan.—W. B. Conrad
of Lamed received that missin;r
letter from his old friend—finally.
For 'Zi\ years the letter-enclosed
You can put some of the new : envelope, properly addressed to tin
words into a sentence, if you feel Kansas man, lay in undisturbed
like it. Thus: "••uht* heloruting to Abe Hoss of
"The brideshpi has plenty of' Seattle. Wash.
cuddle seats aboard and lhre was long ago, Hoss found it.
a grea deal of 'mop'." (.traced anew the still correct ad-
it-ess on the faded envelope, and
dropped in the mailbox.
When Conrad got the quarter ol
j a century late letter, he sat dowr.
You could translate it like tfais:
"A ship carrying a large number
of servicemen's brides had aboard
many small seats for babies, which , . ,■ , , ,
are hung from a strap over the | [1™^ hour ^ '
shoulder an-i there was a g. eat Tht. tW(( fl U,mls huven't seen
form " hubba in a mdd ,a,n ,)ther in s„ra(. 41> yettrs.
The encyclopedia people aren't I
sure where "be-bop" c,-une from | MEETING DOG RESTORES
! WAR VICTIM'S MEMORY
CACJLtAKt, Sardinia.—A ten
year-old boy, who lost his memory
during a war-time bombardment
here four years ago. suddenly re-
membered his name and fumil;
i but they have a rough idea of what I
; it means—"a word used to describe
(receive h*r private 'iccrue und-r
i the university flight training pro-
! ,'ram.
i ... ()—
tn France, July 1-t is as famous
as July 4 in the United States. On
that day in t7SI>, the fortrewi-
prison, the Bastille, was besieged
and captured by revolutionists.
j--
(Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)
By Oscar Fraley
t'oited Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK. July M.—Fred-
' ilie Corcoran, the Boston Irishman
who made professional golf big
i business, was getting ready today
to tee off across the tremendous
| water hazard known as the Atlaulic
J but even a 15-hour jjlane flight
| couldn't take his mind off the t'air-
i wavs.
whi-n he met a little dog whilt
walking down the street.
The boy had been adopted by a
widow who found him in the ruins
■■e his neighborhood and gave him
the name of her dead husband.
When the lad recognized the
dog and called him by name, his
ft stcr mother questioned him and
after several hours the lad recalled
his proper name and details of hie
childhood before the bombard-
ment.
The bov's father hail heen kill-
in the bombardment and hi;
..©u- -
Barring a dubbed skv shot. Coco- , . .
ran will be in England before this '"olhe!' ^ whk?n he was less
ink is dry on a combined business I a yL'ak' °'''-
and pleasure trip. He'll cheer the
American delegates in the British I p Which of thv two houst>s ((1
. Ml '"J J?,%Trntemr' the" British parliament exercises
plated "VV ho s Who ol Golf." speak , Kl,euU.gt pawer't
to "British pros about visit in* the A H,ulsc uf Commons.
United States and arrange the HM8 i
Ryder Cup matches. | Q.._What is the divorce rate in
In the spare moments on his1 the United States?
| 10-day safari he'll play a little i \ The lSM."i divorce rote retvh
| golf himself. ' the record-breaking figure of
But even as he gazed at the hng« i diout one d'.voriv for every three
, - aluminum bird perched on the La-' marriages.
| C.imrdia Field runway, the one
KILL RED ANTS!, which was to carry him abroad, Q—when und where wus the firs'.
Corcoran had a difficult time think- HOP National Convention held .'
inn of anythimr but golf. A- Philadelphia, The nom-
Return to'Knickers > « * t'. Fremont.
And Freddie disclosed that he "•«' Vvhat wa:( Babe Ruths Ion1.'
hadn't given up the sartorial home run
Rid ycur prrmitai ol KtJ Ant B«di with
OUKHAM'S AHT BALLS (or ton fhon 5c
p«r «i«n. Jujf dissolve toil** io water, poor
in bed:. Cooub'/o An;.I liona/ ZC* unl 50c
<irt ct ye f '*• - I or
BARNES-WILL I AIMS DRUG CO.
p£3|r
■■ -
A seascape in red, white, and
blue, complete with a sailboat
for realism, distinguishes this
short-skirted bathing ensembls
from Paris. The outfit is of lin.'n,
with bluo strapless brc
Gray & Gray
BLACKSMITH and WELDING
SHOP
DISC GROUND BT
ROTODISC GRINDER
l H> N. BRK( KKNRIIHiE AVlfi.
strategy designed to return the
pres to knickers.
"I still feel that there should be
some distinguishing manner of
dress on the golf course so that
tfce competitors can he told from
the spectators." he mused. "The
onlv answer is knickers."
Bobby Locke, the South African
invader who has been burning up
American courses, gave foreman's
j program a shot in the arm. The
■ big traveler from the Transvaal al-
ways competes in plus fours and
his influence has caused Vic Ghezai
to be measured for the britches
fathered at the knees.
Locke incidentally has decided to
t AKE VIEW CLUB
Ever Ntalit at
•£• Except Monday
Which Is Reserved for Private f
Parties
landays At
IMi.R
A The one hit at the Pal-
Croundis in New York June I'.
Ii;il. off Howard Ehrnke. The ball
traveled -ll'.O leet in the air, into
the centerficld bleaciiers.
O—What is bryologv ? |
A-A branch of botany which,
Iro'ivs of mosses and liverworts.
O—When was Casey Jones, the
railroad engineer of story and
,-ong, killed?
A—"Susey," whose real name
was John Luther Jones, was killed
in a railroad accident April
l:)0 ).
He's Eliminating Guesswork
r
A Wise Polio Precaution:
Keep Foods Well Covered!
Cover food t* keep dies away,
during the polio
tr —rtlii ia mauncr, is
-wlm precantion to fol-
io* te combatliag spread of the
Heease, Iho National Founda-
tion for Infutile Paralysis eau-
ttoas through Ma local chapter.
Tfeo "bloo-boktle" fly, partlc-
Rloily. toMspeeted as a possible
(actor ia transmitting the vivas
■a a result ot ovidoaco dis-
hy investigations fi-
hjr March of Maws
/weep off
mthat food/,
*^9
Tho NaUoaal Foaadatioa also urges that all Iresh frait
sad vcfetable* should be washed before use; ten-over too*
covered properly, had pur bog* or rubbish ptacod ia '
Uds *• lhat flics caaaot |tl to it.
tiering aloud whether it would be
smooth enough to practice putting
in the aisle between the seats,
remain in the United States an-1 ®mtt" wonder the man is a
other monthfc or so, Corcoran t~e- j bachelor. •
vealed. He is making plenty of ffay " '
before his fellow pros from the
1 Kmpire realize what n aold mine
! American tournament play ha.- be-
| come.
Hut Over Refusal
; Corcoran refuseti comment on re-
| ports that American professionals
' are in a slo«- burn over the truar-
| nntees ofiereil Locke to play in I
George May's rii-h Chicago classic.
But it is generally known in golf
'•ircles that many of them are red
hot over May's refusal to provide
guarantees for our top stars, par-
ticularly such as new National
Open champion Lew Worsham.
"I did tatk to Babe Didriikson
ami I can assure you that she
won't turn pro," Corcoran said of
the American amateur nticen who
hist came home with the British
Amateur title. .
"t reminder her of the fiT she
shot at Phoenix in an amateur-
pro tournament, beating all the
pros, and she got a big kick out
of it."
To (io Abroad
Corcoran, who made the tourna-
ment trait the lush highway that
it now is when he was tournament
secretary of the P.O.A., is going
abroad for the fifth time but now
as P.G.A. promotion director.
He saw the t!>.14 British Ama-
teur: the 19.TT Ryder Cup matches
and Birtish Open and twice during
the war was abroad to entertain
troops in company with former
world heavyweight champion Jack
Sharkey.
"The last time I went by boat
and ft took 2(1 days because we had
to dodge submarines," he smiled.
"Now it wilt take 15 hours by
plane.
"That will save me a lot of time
which I can spend on the golf
course," he grinned happily.
With that he went aboard, won-
Curvaceous l8-yeur-o!d Susan
"George is on her way up in this
year's beauty parade. Becom-
ing "Miss Santa Monica," above,
she's now eligible to compete
for "Miss Los Angeles County
1947," a step toward the "Miss
America" contest at Atlantic
City on Labor Day. She's shown
v,ith actress Virginia Mayo, a
*■
JPgi
Newest wrinkle in beauty contest judging is measuring curves by
"contour calipers." Beauty judge Paul Mahoney shews how they
remove guesswork as he sizes up Linda Lombard, candidate tor
Miss Los Anfleltt County at Ocean Park, Calif. Curvesome helpers
are Janet Oempsoy, firing down statistics, and Ana Melton*
Mm Too Dangerous
Fiytag Doctor Sap
RICHLAND Ct'NTER. Wis.—
The flying doctor of Richland Cen-
ter, Dr. B. I. Pippin, estimated his
plane saved him almost six months
time in the last 24 years as he
made his rounds.
The physician - surgeon began
flying in His practice in-
cludes nearby Reedsburg, 50 miles
away, where he is one of the sur-
geons for the municipal hospital
"It's dangerous to drive a car,"
lippon commented on his flying.
"And besides, there is nothing like
altitude to get away from cares
and tired nerves."
* o
WICHITA, Kan. — Mrs. Paul
Lago, voice teacher, had a busy
schedule of giving lessons but
found time to whip up a cake. She
wanted it to bake just 30 minutes,
so she set the alarm.
Hurriedly she met a pupil in the
front room and was giving another
lesson when she heard the alarm
sound — somewhat muffled.
Mrs. Largo went to the kitchen
and found—the cake butter on the
window sill und a well-cooked clock
in the oven.
Here is one ot 1847's most cou-
rageous men—Claude A. Watson,
the Prohibition Party's candi-
date for the presidency in I EMU.
He accepted the nomination at
the party's convention at :
Lake, tnd.
Handbills announcing gladiatorial
shows in ancient Rome were posted
on public buildings and sokl in thej
streets several days before the i
event, according to the Eneyelo- j
paedia Britannicu.
Masked Marvel tUimasked
NEW YORK.—William Bunts.
!U>, appeared before Magistrate
Charles K. Murphy for selling a
tip sheet on the trotting races.
Although the name of the publi-
cation was "the Masked Marvel
Blue Sheet—A Wizard at all Trot-
ting Meets," Burns sheepishly ad-
mitted he himself bet—and usually
lost—at the races.
He also lost $!>, the fine assessed
by the magistrate.
0- -
Fifty-three per cent of the m-
tion's farms now hace electric
service.
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| If Interested Write 1
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DISTOiaUTtO a< mea shrvice. mc. '
XXXIII
CPRING came late the next year,
and I was a little bored, with
Bill busy even In the evenings. So
when Flora wrote me that Anna-
belle actually was coming home
on her long-delayed visit, 1 de-
cided to go home too, leaving Bill
to take his meals at the B'aculty
Club. It was an easy drive from
Ithaca to Otsego, and d got there
early enough to run over and
have tea with Flora before Father
got home.
Gloria Louise and Theodora had
tea with us, and little Amy and
Sam Junior were brought down
for my inspection.
After the children had been
sent upstairs I asked about Anna-
belle. Was as pretty as ever?
Did she : ::ppy? Did she ever
talk ubou. .dt?
"She says he is well or working
hard when anyone asks about
him," Flora said, answering my
last question first, "but she cer-
tainly never talks about him. I
suppose she seems as happy as
most of us. I don't know whether
she's as pretty as she used to be
or not, she's so changed. And her
clothes! You wouldn't believe it,
but Sister, who used always to be
well dressed if she had so much
as a length of calico, is now a
regular frump."
"That's hard to believe," I said.
"I know. Let's go over and see
her. You'll have to believe your
own eyes."
Anna belle was turning into the
front yard, on her way home from
a walk, and I had time for a good
appraisal of her clothes and ap-
pearance before she saw us. She
wore a severely tailored suit of
brown and white herringbone
tweed, stout brown walking shoes,
and loose, well-worn gloves, a
brown knit scarf, and a brown felt
'iat that shaded her eyes, and she
carried a practical stick. I almost
laughed out loud. From her rain-
proof hat, worn a little too far
jack, to her woolen stockings and
stubby brogans, she was a Boston
grunde dame.
• • •
\ NNABELLE was friendly, cor-
dial, but somewhat aloof. This
aloofness, X discovered, extended to
her mother and twin sister. I could
not say she was actually conde-
scending to the three of us. but
her manner certainly smacked of
the duchess putting the tenantry at
ease. In the present case the ten-
antry were far from easy. We sot
on the edge of our chairs in the
library, the old friendly library
where the four of us, as equals,
had had so many good times to-
gether, and answered the duchess*
polite interrogations. Yes. Mrs.
Tolliver had had a nice nap. Yes,
Flora's children were all well, for
a change. Yes, I enjoyed living
in Ithaca. No, I had no trouble
finding good maids, since I lived
in a five-room cottage and did my
own work. The duchess lifted an
eyebrow as she took this in.
"Indeed? How interesting,", she
said kindly, as if it were quite
beyond her experience actually tu
know anyone without maids.
Suddenly the mantel clock gave
six whirring strokes. Before I
could open my mouth to say I
must go Annabelle rose majes-
tically. I would forgive her, she
knew, but she barely had time for
a bawth before she changed for
dinner. I must give her love to
my dear father. She hoped. et> see
much of me. And did we still
have that quaint but delightful
Negress, Letty or Lizzy or some-
thing like that, who used to -be
so devoted to me? One so seldom
found those faithful old servants
any more ... I said that Leah was
still taking care of Father.
Annabelle said. "Oh. yes, Leah,
of course," as if she had entirely
forgotten, and made a stately exit
up the stairs.
• « *
A NNABELLE stayed two weeks.
Flora gave a large reception
in her honor, Father and I gave a
j dinner, and other affairs followed.
At luncheons and strictly femi-
nine afternoon parties, we found
out by persistent questioning that
Annabelle's husband was well and
very busy, that she was mi: tress
of a 12-room house, with a cook,
maid, and gardener, that her tour
stepchildren hail been something
of a handful at first, but now thai
the two oldest were at Groton. she
managed very well, though siia
was at the moment without the
French governess their father in-
sisted the two younger boys must
have to perfect their French.
Annabelle talked about the Bos-
ton Symphony Orchestra, which
was attended weekly, and the su-
periority of Koussevitsky over all
other conductors, including Tos-
canini. and about Art with a
large A.
Often she did not bother to talk
at all. but suffered our small-town
chatter and gossip with a polite
but superior indifference that
made us want to spii At her.
I had never understood Anna,
belle very well. I understood her
less after her visit. I understood
her even less when Flora told me
some months later in confidence
that Annabelle had borrowed a
thousand dollars from her mother
and never paid it back, althi ugh
she had promised to return it in
u few months out of her house-
keeping anil dress allowances.
Annabelle told Mrs. Tolliver that
she had spent extravagantly in
laying out a new garden, and she
didn't want her husband to find
out about it.
Annabelle really took that thou-
sand dollars and went abroad. All
her mother ever got in return was
a few postal cards and a collar of
Maltese lace. Flora, in a fury,
wrote Frank Hartwell about the
thousand dollars, demanding that
he repay it.
Frank wrote back what seemed
a characteristic ietter: "Dear Flora
—Your mother's claim is just. It
shall be paid. Sincerely yours,
j Frank Hartwell."
But perhaps characteristically,
also, he never wrote again, and
| he never paid Mrs. Tolliver her
money. We do not know, of course,
what Annabelle tokl him.
"Se s MATtn. now* mmmam! By MATEEL HOWE FARNHAM
MsrmnTta «m«ici. inc. T rr«n«
xxxiv
ryrSEGO had to live on its own
fat during th$ next 10> years,
for the Tolliver family furnished
little or no entertainment. Anna-
belle never came home once dur-
ing all that time and never invited
a member of her family to visit'
her. Amy may have written to
her mother, as Floru claimed she
did, but if so, Mrs. Tolliver kept
her own counsel. Nelson, who had
long since given up hope of tracing
his missing wife, grew older and
grayer and more and more stooped.
He continued to live with his
mother-in-law and found great
comfort in his handsome, quiet,
welt-behr«">d twin sons. Flora had
no more cnildren, but got along
no better with Sam. Otsego man-
aged to drum up a modicum of
excitement* over their constant
quarrels.
Although I continued to live in
Ithaca, 1 was in Otsego often and
spent many of my summers there.
Once 1 had gone home for a
brief visit when Maisie Maxwell
telephoned to say she had some-
thing exciting to tell me. I invited
her to come over.
"Who do you think I've seen?"
Maisie panted out as she climbed
our front steps. Maisie was in-
clined toward plumpness and exer-
tion made her breathing difficult.
"I couldn't guess," I said.
"Annab"Ue—Annabelle Tolliver
Hartwell, no less," Maisie said, as
she dropped into a chair. Obvi-
ously she expected me to be sur-
prised, and 1 was.
"1 was in Boston visiting my
brother." Maisie explained, fan-
ning herself with her handker-
chief. "Brother motored me
through Pittsfield on a business
trip to Vermont, and on the way
back 1 said I'd just drop off and
make a call on Annabelle and go
back to Boston by train, so i did."
"I'm surprised she saw you," I
said. "You know Lite Midklff
§nd Ssrsh Council and Mr. mA
Pittsfield at various times, and the
maid always said she was out."
• * •
"T KNEW that," Maisie laughed.
•* "so when I finally found the
house—it's a big brick house, but
so plain, not a porch on it—I just
rang the bell, and when the maid
came I pushed my way in and
said that I was an old friend and
Mrs. Hartwell was expecting me.
I had sent her a postcard from
Vermont and said I hoped to see
her; so it wasn't a lie. And then
I saw that someone was in a big
back room to the left; so I walked
in. and there Annabelle was."
"Was she glad to see you?"
"I'm afraid not, but she had to
pretend to be. She was lying on a
sofa by the fire and looked per-
fectly awful, sick I mean, and so
thin and old, with deep lines in
her face. But she got up and shook
hands and said how nice of me
and we'd go in the drawing-room.
But I pretended to shiver and
plumped down by the fire and said
she mustn't treat me like comphny
and anyway 1 was frozen. So
Annabelle. after looking daggers at
tne, rang the bell and ordered the
maid—the ugliest maid I ever saw
In my life—ugh, she'd turn the
milk—to bring me some sherry
and poundcake. It was wonderful
coke, the best I ever tasted. 1 ate
three pieces. And that's how 1
got a sight of the idiot."
"The idiot?" 1 gasped.
"Yes, the youngest boy. He was
there in the room. That's why I
was so determined to stay. Well,
perhaps he's not exactly an idiot,
but there's something definitely
queer. 1 will say he shook hands
very nicely, and he said, 'I'm very
glad to meet you. Miss Maxwell,'
two or three times like a parrot.
Then he looked over at Annabelle,
as if pitifully anxious to find out
if he'd done the right thing."
• • •
"AO that's why Annabelle never
asked say one to visit her," 1
| "Not only the boy. but the moth-
er—I mean the grandmother. She's
a horrible old witch. I hadn't any
more than finished my cake when
| I heard a Vip-tap-tap on the pol-
| ished floor of the next room like
j an angry woodpecker, and there
| at the door glaring at me was the
: most dreadful old woman I ever
saw in my lil'e. She had on a
black dress and a gray shawl, and
she looked actually dirty -and
mean? The poor queer boy began
to whimper and dropped his rake,
and Annabelle made a bound and
pushed the old hag through the
door and shut it. but before it
was shut tight I heard the mother-
in-law screech: 'Who is that
woman? -What do you mean giv-
ing her my best poundcake?' "
"Poor Annabelle,"' I said and
shivered a little. "Did you see
Frank Hartwell?"
"Yes. I did. It was after 5
when I got to the house, and Anna-
belle tried her best to get rid of
me, hinting she had to dress and
all that. I said my train didn't
leave until after 7 and could I
just sit there till train time. Frank
Hartwell came home a little after
6. I must say he was very nice to
me, drove me to the train and was
very cordial and friendly. He
asked about you, by the way.
Asked me if I didn't think you
looked like his dear dead wife—
those were his actual words. He
took me into the front parlor-—
excuse me, the drawing-room—to
show me her picture. It's a life-
size painting over the fireplace.
He told me he had left the house
exactly as his dead wife had left
it—I must say it looked it—so the
children could grow up picturing
her as still there in spirit. Did you
ever hear anything so horrible in
your life?"
"No, I never did." I said truth-
fully.
"But it's the boy who haunts
me," Maisie said. "He has such
sad eyes, and I think he's afraid
of his father. I can forgive
Annabelle anything because she
Is gentle with him."
I forgave her wholeheartedly,
forgave even her unkindness to her
mother. I think Otsego forgave
her too after they had heard
Matile's story.
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