New-York tribune., 1912-02-04
CHAPTER VII.

WNSDW every day and all day long, see
N%41/ what life must be;
n )TE a. But Lii my poor little one vou
~ - ravc Come, collect your data, and
%>T arrange Your narrative in the cool
GUO and dgniicd spirit worthy OF one
whose ambition is the pmoSophc calm.
First our departure from New York. Immensely
bic In the lead Mrs Cobb and |. in motor coats
and wonderful white wells rattling around like two
dried beans in a plate OF SOUP inside OF the immense
new limousine that brought over on the halscr
Wilhelm with us Behind rs another machine
filled with Mrs Cobbs personnel, not the ordinary
servants because she keeps special staff IN each oi her
houses; but important people like her secretary the
new fuo,man she brought from Pas her ua>,cu,c ana
that sort Of thing On the TWO little seats IN the hinou-
sine were pcrrhcl Mrs. Cobb and poor old Gcncucyc
cutrhng my new lcw,lry box on her lap and looking
abou, her with anazcmcnt. like cow that regards a
train that passes.
very far We slept at q town called Springfield such
a nice ulic little place after the roar and hurry oi Ne"
York In the little hotel It was funny 10 rrr the way
people stared. They stood IN two lines Tor u, Z" pas,
between "a, We went IN and uut 'o our duom"pIr dnl
fugh, for places next 20 or table m the dining room
YES IT is amusing 'o travel Ike 90 Queen even with d
Victor IN the background!
The. next l4v M, early and o1 20 beautiful June day.
The road, wcr. the bumpcs' du,trrst affairs ! ever
SAW: but 'h, country wds sweet. II reminded me- q"
Normanly-al the apple trees ani the niue 'HI'H',
but the churches. and the houses Toe" are hu q" WOO"
Irn.ginr that, How rich everyone must De, 10 use
wool ike that, The house, are painted white, with
Green blinds aul little pointed roofs, the qunnic,i
thing ha, ever va, seen: and such lots Of little Hover
gardens and such lots Of hens running about, never
Bu, the peasants themselves regret TO say, are not
SD agreeable as in France. They are very long ni lean
and stylish hcrcs no costume OF the country mere IL
appears: the women al wear PINK hI2us's ana chi.
hats and the men -|, but they sometimes have not
very nice manners | own. They 5cOWl IN such an IN
dependent way when Augus'c, the Dhauiiour call, "ut
TO know the way; the little BOYS sometimes thip"
f,, II mt F11 -fftsk
rgh, in the middle Of the road with his cart and won
M the automobile pass whether to one side or the other
But then the air is 50 fresh and clear, and the pretty
litt. girl, throw flowers, and love So the things We
get 10 eat at the funny little hotels Mrs. Cobb Scods
and says the food is a,rocous because We get nothing
but beans cooked with molasscs and pork lso droIlJ
and-oh, 50 many different kinds Of pastry. hey
cal it pie but | love It and eat them all. On | IKE
America!
As the afternoon OF the second day on, the air
grew frcshcr; every and then we caught ghmpScS OF
the sea.
"Wc'rc nearly thcrc," said Mrs Cobb. y red spot
burned on each check and could She was thinking
Of her darling boy. But the same reason that urged
her on, held me behind. The blood was in my checks
too: could feel it burning. But ah not with delight
What going TO see, now at last that the moment
ha come for bcholdng my husband;
50 it can be imagined that little while after six
~ o'clock, when the limousine blew out ITS cIrburctcr
or lis magnomctcr, or something like that was not 50
hcarbrokcn as the rest In fact was delighted. An
other hour of frcclon-anothcr hour before my fate
should close and grip me, never To let 60 again
"Now what are we going to do," cried Mrs. Cobb, ,
almost in tears.
1t transpircd, YOU See that Augustc would have to
90 to the town himself TO get the part that needed
because, it was an imported car no one else could
understand; and Ludovic the electrician, had to 60
with him because no one else could speak French and
English too and SO interpret for him. Oh, it was a
mixed up and confused affair! Then, OF course, Mrs
Cobb couldn't stav because her darling boy was wait
ing for her only an hour ahead. During all these
consultations the touring car with the servants
drawn up alongside and finally it was decided that