Putnam patriot., 1909-08-20

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 i ----------S ! half dozen tir.s-when he was in the baiidiqg and trying To fad Hag hack t0 fafaiiiar haunts fhere vas not a sign of q serv about 9he house or grounds. The whom Bow les had eagaged carried HSeage 10 the rooms which Lady | Fiagham selected and then vanis as f into space
 They say these Americans ar wonderful people. ny lord" Yentu Mr. BoNles. T dare say when and Mrs Browne arrive they'n h some way of
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 "h hat are we to do:s walled L AgIlas. sitting down suddenly upon edee Of 2 fountain.
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 You are not going to die. Den. said his wife eonsolingly. unless starve 10 deatn.e she supplemes with an expressive moue
 CHAPTER VII.
 THE BROWNIES ARRIVE.
 ~1oNTRtRY to all expeetat the Brownes arrived the morning. The Deppingi and their miserably fright servants were scarcely out of when Saunders came in with the that a steamer was standing off shallow harbor Bewles had teiei ed up that the American claimant on board.
 The deepest gloom peryaded household when Lady Deppin discovered that not one of thei1 :. nue knew how to make coffee or bacon-not that she cared for but that his lordship always askd it when they did net have it. E
 Bromley upset the last peg of I u anee by hoping that the Ame q were bringiug d cook and a p maid with them. 0
 "The Americans always travel V lords" she concluded. forgetting she served q lord and not in the t' intending 10 be ironical. s
 That will de. Bromley" sal D mistress sharply. If they're lik Americans I've seen they'll have s ing but wet nurses and chauffel il can't eat this vile stuff. Cor b Deppy. Let's go up and watch ! I proach of the enemy" n
 Scarcely half an hour passed g the advance guard of the Brown I pany came into view at the pars V below. Deppingham recalled tI q that an hour and half had be- sumed in the accomplishment ? day. He was keeping sharp $ for the magic red jacket and tir my Atkins lid. Quite secure fir servation. he and his wife VI b the forerunners with the han< q then came the sweating trunk I and then crated objects inF Yes. by the Lord Harry, in " I carts that had been their chariots the day before.
 Deppingham's wrath did nos explode u.a. the two were F open mouthed upon Robert BroN I his wife and his maidservah d his ass. for that was the namh n his lorslship subsequently, applih q no moderation. 10 the unfortunA f tleuaan who served as Mir. Bs attorney. The Americans wetg a swiftly. cozily carried to th@ home in filters of oriental conr g elegance. famed vigorously frtn y sides by eager boys. First cae Il Brownes. eager faced. brigh- Il alert young people. far betterig a than their nex enemies could eh- b fiously admir- utsier the circunf' tIen the lawyer from the .stasn E q pert young lady ip pink she' h and A sailor hat: fb<n two gigF- Il tergy -EnSiisa maids. anp' them IoIling in luxurious eaAr q red jacket was c0nspicssousiy p If Is not to be wondered af iS t' lordship looked al his wtie- e'n sympathy and then said sAif r' me emoral,ie.
 Almost before they couid1e what had happened the ne were chatfering in the spacies below. tramping about the rcs" giving orders in high, thous entity efiicacicrs voices Closer heels trooped the servants 7" . whom took part in the discsin :. cident to fresh discoveries they came upon the great ny . pauslng just outside the frs
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