Author of Capn Eri, Etc. IMMustrations by Ellsworth Young CHAPTER L Which Keziah Hears Two Pro- posals and the Beginning of a Third. a fog: a fog in Trumet in blown during the nis Atlantic might t ck that but drapery, the dence to plum and b dunes The pois beacon w from Bost wide and heav) one So thi were aste along the main road dim shapes behind its and only 1d fences houses gray the g of were plainly in evi by. The beach bushes on drops front yards the passers vbherry 1igled with beady were bay, was weathe ed to tl tack mm * hand he was k ! Ut bie ret Hori vard, who Wan Nas t he like Grace Hammond's if ran there anything } ing trunk the sub them in a ) an attered The ject for to pair had : ussing which all Trum had di three imely, the of the John Wee calling’ Regular” Ellery who the pastor hurch young divinity = take the place of minister In the i Dia¢ reached a ate Rey udent. the was irish for aver thirty the lage had al point, for expected by al days the railroad years usgion now ri John was any coa In of the fifties, the C extended as Sandwich; passengers regt of their journey by came direct from the packet, the little sg Ellery had probably They remarks with a dark dresged Reverend mos!’ days down those the ape only made the stage city hy but that he sho coach vary nooner Mr written 11d come on the gay he's dM Van nice-looking,’ Horne soberly, but migchlevous glance under her lashes at Keziah The lady paused long enough to trans fer several tacks from the floor to the saucer, and then made anawer, “Humph!” she observed "A good many years ago | saw a ghow up to Boston. Don't shocked; those circumstances we hear #0 much tell of--the kind you can't control-- have kept me from goin’ to much, even if | wanted to. theater he But | did ‘twas, too, all singin’ instead of talkin’ opera, | believe they called jt. Well, as 1 started to say, one of the leadin' folks in dt was the Old Harry himself, and be wes pretty good-lookin'.” laughed, even though she had been somewhat shocked. “Why, Aunt Keziah! those who knew Keziah Coffin best Illy called her aunt, though ws and nleces she had Aunt Keziah! What by comparing the you just mentioned with “Oh, } asn't comparin’ leave that "you ' Drat { BAW ' she exclaimed None do you person to an ~=the a minister ‘dm; I'n Outers to do. never of Come Seems's if | long tacks; I do belie this such ve ho- down drove ‘em clean and t'other ever put ‘em rough the t the Chinym ide. {I hau ‘ | floor center with igh, “1 inxious to ! She Broke into a Smothered Laugh. | Keziah hastened to cl the sub ject How do ‘but what my goin’ to { the beat thing that me You can't tell. No iin’, Annabel ain't given | why should 1? Hey? i body comin’? Her companion sprang her iand ran to the window Then b roke into a smothered laugh “Why, It's Kyan Pepper!” she ex. | clniired. “He must be coming to see you, (Aunt Kezinh. And he's got on his Jory best Sunday clothes Gra ciousl [| must be going. 1 didn't know you axpected callers” Kez dropped the tack hammer ange you know,” she observed, wogton may be happened to despair up hope Ain't that some ever . use vob: ’ to foet she and sted up.’ “Kyan\ ' she repeated. the world is that old idiot comin’ for? To tulk about the Pe AY nne) hair and thin one of his He was when a yougster, boy of good y, cherished life His older than of thelr parents, job of “bring sympathize v Con alone Abishai (( let him out Pepper, Mr, called “Kyan" of his red gide whiskers, was “characters,” and character was wenk and, every other in the communit ring ten years | death | undertaken the i her brother, did these ambitions Kyan ran Boston, where he had him, literally {of the un tion, lavinia gave him a plece immense delight loungers on turned wi That {to My cally because pper Pepi or in Car born in family sister, La vinia, he, after the had 1g up’ not with sequently followed | aboard the shipped, and and figuratively enturing to offer objec turned upon him of her mind, of the and wharf ghe vagrant van's sole she im to Vos! stalked collared ates vy to crew Then to Tn vent the th the cone 3 wenty- turned of a wife with table. broke meral SON 8 “You're goin got +) get ie FAR : dining Ito erpendicularly then extended e high-boy, until Kyan looked at Sunday clothes “Why, I'd be glad to, of course.” declared with dubious enthusiazm I don’t know's I'll have time. Per haps 1'd er come later and do it Laviny “Oh. horizon it en it and cd i ts : tered the wall. then at his ’ fut bett ght iaviny can spare for a I gue ‘specially as she you're out Better take coat hadn't you? Grace, of those chairs for Bishy to stand on.” Grace obediently It happened to be one rickety leg, but its owner was help ing reluctant Abishal remove the long-tailed blue coat which had been his wedding garment and had adorned hig person on occasions of ceremony ever since. She did not notice the chair “It's you £ ott ew minutes, don't know your off, one Ky-for brought the chair the the real good of you offer to help,” she said “Grace and 1 didn’t hardly dast to try it alone. been up so long that I wouldn't won. der if "twas chock-full of soot. If you're careful, though, 1 don't believe you'll get any on you. Never mind the floor: I'm zoin’ to wash that before 1 leave | Reluctantly, slowly, the unwilling Mr. Pepper suffered himself to be led to the chair. He mounted it and gin. gerly took hold of the pipe. “Better loosen it at the stove hole firat,” advised Keziah. “What was it you wanted to see me about, "Bish 1 “Oh nothin’, nothin’,” was the hasty response. “Nothin' of any account that is to say" He turned redder than ever and wrenched at the pipe. It loosened at its lower end and the wires holding it Jin suspension shook, toy “1 saa nn WEBS, house, that observed the lads vou'd be out you help ms iter mov {| ches IwWers BO'8 you | behing Grac e, Now move hat's from table girl” V van protest tha + did not {the ham r. but hi Irotest need un- glance at the from the kitch the door Hee | couple, Grace parted en, bit She shut ghal it any more ed le you're 1 to te iammer, talk whi 1 WAr i gave gtr + k f 3 wabbled. Kyan himself and, of stovepipe, disappeared with nd the high-boy and obscured the Ve { chalr, sections i Pepper behi A clo 800Gt Bn vies Aros h 14 , too indignant even to laug the wreck In t hen Grace Van Horne, han mer in hand, leaned against the jamb i her handkerchief at her mouth and { tears In her eyes. Lavinia, mi | and rigid, dominated the scene. Fron hehind the high-bos came coughs, | sneezes and « mphatic ejaculations Miss Pepper was the first to speak “Abishai Pepper,” she commande “come out of that this minute” (TO BE CONTINUED) History of the Pipe. The. history of the development of pipes is fascinating and forms an im: portant part in the history of censers it is believed that the pipe ante-dates the use of narcotic herbs, bacco, although the importance of smoke appears to have been chiefly, if not wholly, due to its supposed med) cal properties, The offering of in. cenge mude by the Autecs to the Spanish conquerors resembles (nn Kezis glared at { of the kits He doory 1jent i an customs of the American Indians, and the pipes themeelves are to those found everywhere southern Mexico and Canada custom of smoking probably did not originate through the enjoyment of the taste of the smoke, but connection with the development of the fire cult In which it had a sacred | significance. between Ca en A A 5 “COMMERCIAL 1 | Weekly Review o of Trade and I | Market Reports. ib. 18@18%0. Eggs Maryland nearby firsts, West Virgin ern firsts, handled eggs, %@ 1c higher Live Poultry--Chickens, heavy, 14@15¢; do, small 13%: young, 17. 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