Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-16

cAr-z .ka- she EEi dreamed % a. time.
zone ttlnE lam SO %. your father knows
nov. and she ~5-is-ei Il Roger o. she
v0-i ever kn0r
F.T4 yez-s ,z.=- ;t4y E--e going 90 Eu- ,
ROPE. The packing vas done. the children /.
we've .y.nE asleep sikh their travelling /.
things really % b. slipped on f1r AZ early F.
s;2---
Roger had foreign appointment. They F.
we're no; 90 30 hack 10 America f0- some .
years She had mean; 20 20 up and say .
zoot-5T 20 her aIr.s. t-; mother Of
:h-@e children intends 90 90 a Erea. many
things ;hA; never y; done. One thing she
hal done ;ha; very day. and as she paused
for moment o-.we=- ih@ writing Of tTo
notes ia; mus; - posted before she Ten,
70 bei. she said
"R1-s-. roo remember Rita LASH Well.
she an cousin Nan 90 Up 20 the Adlron-
tzcks eve-T autumn. They are clever girls.
zIi have inirCst=i 20 them something
van. t3le very much.
They are the girls 20 DO il, then. every
inch Of them"
! kloE il, An4 they are going TO"
"W=-e"
"Way. you ,ee, Roger. tia, li:;le room
-"
oh"
Yes. vas . coward no; 70 90 myself.
t1. diin't ind time. J-c4lse hAtI'; the
courage
oh, Tint Ezs j.. vas i.s'
YES. .1s, ;hA: They az going, and
;n-y vi. write - zoJu. .-.
Wan 20 b-.s
NO. only Eaa. 20 know"
Rita Lash AMI Cousin Nan planned 70
20 90 Vermont 0l their way - The Adj
-ontacks They found they would have
.Li-= hours between trains. which would
give then -Im- - drive up 10 the Keys
farm, AM they could Sill =. 20 the camp
:h2. l..4;. But. .. he las: minute, RIA
Vas prevented from going. Nan had 70 %
70 NEE. the Ai.-outa-k party, and she
promise 80 telegraph L-- when she zrr4T11
a: th@ camp. Imagine K.tz's amusement
when she received ta.s message. safely
arrived: Y -l; - She Keys farm. il is a liz
..- room.
Rita vas amused. because she did NJ. In
TIE .+4.: ;1ink Nan had been ,h---. She
thought f. was hoax tg, i: pu. j. into
Der mind 20 carry .he Joke further By really
Stopping Lers-.f when sh- sen. up. a. sl-
mean. % to th- TEX. week.
She did sop over. She .l,-pilc-i her
self 20 tL4txo maiden ladies'. xh1 seemed
familiar. p, .h-y hal been described by
M. Gran
They were. 4 I'D. c3-t.al, 4, l-as. moi.
i4.co1o-r--l a. L-r visit. AMI willingly
showed l-r over .A- house. s. .h-y did
no. sp-as q any other stranger having
. been 20 ,--. ,a=m .a.-.y. she became COM
1-m-! . 1-r belle: -L4' Va. hal 40. been
:h-re
IL the n5-.h room sA- saw the -,--s and
. u0-u.1--- ory paper on the sal, AMI also
/ the door that should Op-l iu.o-HAa,t
>h- a.k-l L she IL ,l' open j..
Certainly" sad Hannah. AMI Mara
echoed. Certainly.
She gp-aed !. and found III chiua-c.0,~,.
. She experienced certain Pellet. she a.
.aas. a. 10; under any spell. M Grant
I-f. 10 4 ch.ua-c.os-.. SIZE found :. tl@ same
GOOD.
But .he ,r.=I 20 .uIuc= The o.i sisters TO
remrMoe. hat ;tere had A. various times
been certain slest.ous relating ~ a cJufu-
sion a. % whether The close, hsI always
been a cio.e.. !. "a 10 l,@: tle.r stony
eyes gave no sign.
Then She though. oi the story Of the
sea-capta.u. and said, Miss KEYS, did you
ever have a lounge covered with India
chiu,z. ri;h a -.ure u a peacock on il.
given % YOU in salem oy a se4-c4p.aiu. who
brought !, from Iat.a''
Il dun no a. ever Did" said Hannah.
Tha, was all She though, M4ria's checks
were little flushed. bu, her eyes were ike
a stone wall.
She went on that night 70 the Al.ron-
dacks. When Nan and she were alone in
their rooms she said. "By-the-way, Nan,
wha, did you see a. the farmhouse and
how did you ike Maria and Hannah?''
Nan didn't II strust that Rita had been
there, and she began eXciteily 20 tell her
all about her visit Rita could almost have
believed Nan hal been there il she hadn't
known il was no. 90. She II, her 90 on for
some time. enjoying her enthusiasm, and
the impressive way In which she described
her opening the door and finding the slit
tie room" Then Rita said Now. Nan.
that is enough fJbing. ! went 70 the farm
myself on my way up yesterday, and there
i no little room, and there Hecer has been
any it IS a china-closet, just as Mrs. Grant
saw il last"
She was pretending TO be busy unpack-
ing her trunk, and did not look up for a
moment; but as Nan did no. say anything,
she glanced al her over her shoulder. Nan
was actually pale, and it was hard 10 say
whether she was most angry or frightened.
There was something Of both in her look.
And then Rita began 10 explain how her
telegram had put her in the spirit OF going
up there alone. She hadn't meant 10 cut
Nan out. She only thought Then Nan
broke in 1T isn't that; | am sure you
can't think It is that. But l went myself,
and you did not 90; you can't have been
there, for Il IS little ROM
Oh. what a night they had They
couldn't sleep. They talked and argued,
and then kept still for a while, only 10
break out again, it was so absurd. They
both maintained that they had been there,
but both felt sure the other one was either
crazy OF obstinate beyond reason. They
were wretched; it was perfectly ridiculous,
two friends at odds over such a thing; but
there it was-''little room, "china closet, -
china closet" 'little room
The next morning Nan was lacking up
some tarlatan at a window TO keep the
midges out. Rita offered to help her, as
she had done for the past ten years. Mans
NO, thanks, cut her to the heart.
Nan, said she, come right down from
that stepladder and pack your satchel.
The stage leaves in just twenty minutes.
We can catch the afternoon express train,
and We will 90 together to the farm. l am