The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03

sM #$ H with her had come four grown <sor and daughters, five dogs of varior
 wm breeds. seven huge vans of furnitur
 a waitress, a gardener horse or two carryall. modest runabout, and huttering Tel
 s sn wno iron h ms eageT deei ness, we rightly assumed to be her husband. Thi
 ing at the neghboTng gate made an ana pearance. and Jessica and wedding ndustriousiy i courteous attention. Intellectual though we were aud becoming indifferent to the trlvialities of life we were not above normal human interest in ney
 Thus when the excitement of getting the furritur out of the vans and into the house it's height we were privileged to observe close intervals terestlng pf enonlenon This took the form of fire quent and abrupt cessaons of the ordinary activities STS W. noise attendant qpon the enterprise of pvng top of a van, when trunk fell dog, when truck paused to argue hercely over 1t, front window or the second floor of the house slowly raised and slowly. once or twice fhisf 1snd rose and fe TheT it disappeared and the. window closed; but simu- over the busy throng of workers the lawn below a bush that was uncanny Conversation ceasedl Hi pressed lips and the expression of men who have male female, hastened to the nearest yeping dog and sat on it, to silence it's paints The very heads iaton; their tails hung limp and dejected On tiptoe across the greensward. silent beings bore burdens into the house to the sole accompaniment of soothing soundsIthe hum of insects the stir of rest of q horse the chirp of happy bird in it's nest. The work on our asparagus beds permitted Jessica 1t had not pevons~ occurred to u bat short of the awful solemnity of the rocan could were not above learning how the thing was done When the wagons stopped at the next gate we had daughter of the family, promptly detach herself from mother iuttered anxiorlsly beside her She was young-twenty- three, or, at most twenty four rather pale quite pretty. and for invalid, if such inded she was, somewhat strikngly independent and indifferent in her movements She did not reappear. and with the alert intuition of es sica and associated her with the opening window, the hand, and the hush
 Eventually we observed that order was coming out of chaos or that chaos at least held secret of irlpedimenta deposited on the front lawn, inde fatigable search being made for small articles of rugs and bedding were opened that eertain rug might be found. and carried hurredly upstairs. A burrowed for half hour in chest, finally bring It -amturous relief and then in response to the beekoning hand. bore atoft to it's owner Jessca turned upon me the inspired eye of the seer.
 T begin to understand she 1nurmured. reflective 1y. Its not silence alone she wants it's service, too She wants them to keep quiet, and to wait on
 Thus, after only hours observation of the ing into Chambersburg of the Hutton family, did my friend discover the two objects of that fam fly lis and even gam % insight into the superb deyo ever slight mistake in assuming that the service was wholly elective Tn this she was promptly set right by Mrs Hutton. who having informally ad- dressed neighborly question across the her heated brow and declining offer of tea after her exertions- She was plump and kindly little
 
 strained attention-an expression we subsequently discovered have taken up it's abode the face of evry member of the H luton family As she talked she kept turned expectantly to- ward the house and quick, apprehensive, bird Ike eye upon the window which often framed the motioning hand
 'fYes" she said. in reply sympathetic tribute to the character of her 1abors moving IS dreadfuly trying It's hard for every one, 1 suppose but it's worse for us of Evelina. Of we have consider Evelina first in everything. Only this morning said Mir. Hutton, If 1t wasn't for Evelina, it wouldn't be so hard. "
 , She looked into our symps thetic faces as she spoke but before her last sentence was ended she had again turned toward the house the alert and ready ear. -.7 .e NYes Evelina's our daughter" she resumed, as If treasured. and in Jessica's tentative re- and the poor child is so dreadfuy delicate and nerv- or1s that I'm don't know whats going to hap pen to her. The doctors say she has of the most highly strung organisms they met in he1r prac- tice They couldn't do anything for her-not thing, though goodness knows gave them all chance 1opaths and the osteopaths. ad all the rest So now we're trying things-beng near tc nature heart and mind over matter, you know and psycho-tneT- any That's why came to the country " e IciI thst we simply Lad to. if nothing else would do
 She paused for breath, and Iessica took advantage trear1ents were proceeding simultaneously Mrs Hut ton waved plump and wriHkled hand in swift negatio of this tf1ought1ess inqmrysg
 -@fSesr me no" she explained. in worried tone ~risev can't be You don't know how particular every healer is having things done in the regular way A5 ev are that sensitive Why. just before we lett + citv Miss Sercombe reproached me for taking Eve 1:1. sIxav from her so She sad Evelna Wds t.- 1tie flower bed where she had planted peautIu