Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-07

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 Aa orchard repeated Mrs St Aa- hfu. looking after the old apple waH= an who had hobbled b the crossing. T wore my hair in a braid then, I re- member. and big friIled sunbonnetz How fresh and wonderful the world seemed in those days It's SO bong age that I've almost forgotten what rffs- ticity is like And yet''-
 She paused \ sudden longing for the country took possession of her-f for the real country, where 10 smart, higH seated traps met the incoming train. where roads wound between fields, uQt lawn and where the air was full of autumn scents and sounds. the smell of earth and withered grass the ITS tle of dry leaves underfoot She turn ed abruptly from the window and with q swiftneSs that denoted decision crossed the room and rang the bell
 Prompt as T trapdoor fairy Antoi nette appeared
 T am not going shopping after all said Mrs St Aubyn, And you may telephone to the dressmaker that can't keep my appointment for this afternoon
 Antoinette opened her brown eyes wide in astonishment She would have opened them still wider an hour later had she seen Mrs St Aubyn seated in g ear whose general dinginess pro claimed it's acquaintance with obscure places off the general line of travel Instead of we'll groomed commuters and their wives there were men whose clothes were a bit rusty and women whose bulky satchels and bags bore witness that they had been to spend a week with daughter in the city Wide , and bananas, crying babies were gehe mentiy urged to look out the window at grandpa and when the train began i to move goodbys were said with an abandon which half amused. half stirred Mrs. St. Aubyn. h her world repression was the law of life It was long since she had been in touch with aiy nc nt O vi
 'HTo think that this actually occurs in New York" she murmured 10 herself and then laughed a iittle Y,iltiiy. for under her monogrsmmed morocco bag there reposed a neat brown paper par eel containing chicken sandwiches and bottle Of olives that she had paused to buy at the station in the breathless- ness of her flight. Bought at the sta ton, With what horrihed shruggings would Antoinette have protested had she known. and with what ejaeulatlons would she have complained against the crowded stiffness of the train
 .Fairview" called the conductor
 Mrs St Aubyn' looked at her time fable Four stations more
 IT. was noon when she stepped out ar Meadowbank The narrow platform was deserted save for a young tale graph operator. who looked apprecia lively at Mrs. St Anbyns tailor made costume of gray and violet and in quired if shn would like team She shook her head She would rather walk How well she knew the road And how lttle it had changed She followed t by cluster of trim fenced houses, past the general store and on 10 where the fields wdened and stretched away to hills whose summits were a misty biue Blackberry vines. rusty with fall. tangled at the roadside. and here and there asters glowed ike a purple flame At the far edge o' tho rilla n1lk ak eka shh