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
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