Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-12-20
In Tidy
Lane
n0
BY DOROTHY DOUGLAS

Copyright. 1918. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per syndicate.)
81 like 1t alreadyw exclaimed Alice,
as her eager city-tired eyes grasped
the vision of Tidy lane with Its row of
small cottages neatly lining the street.
isn't it good to get sniff Of country
air2"
"Glorlousl We both need change
from city dust. ! get so sick Of the
Office every day and cooped-in fiat
every night. hope the cottage Is pos
slble-it will be so disappointing after
coming way out here In Long Island"
Helen Randolf absorbed deeply the
freshness of the avenue Of shady trees.
She was tired, frightfully tired Of the
strain of her editorial duties on one of
the big magazines.
Eyes, hope so, but the cottage itself
doesn't amount to much. can make
anything in the way of shack COM
Portable for us two so long as there
are few walls and a roof"
Both girls were eagerly scanning the
small houses In search Of No. 8.
Number nine must be the black
sheep that has wandered from the
fold" laughed Alice. "rhe tidiest part
of Tidy lane doesn't seem TO have any
number nine. OH could that darling
one over there possibly be ltf"
The advertisement for the small cot
tage in Tidy lane had read SECLUDED
but not Isolated"
Number nine certainly was isolated.
1t had rambled off the other houses In
the lane and found for itself seclu-
sion that made the hearts of the two
tired city girls jump with sheer JOY.
Number nine lay in the heart of
small grove Of pine trees and had set
tied itself down there for all the
world like bit Of the landscape that
had been created, not built.
Its too good to be true" Helen said
as they made their way back to the
city to pack up and take the first train
they could manage back to Tidy lane.
~ love the way it's gone Off by Itself
and nestled in those smelly, healthy
pine trees"
And l snail nave rev chickens IN
that little coop, and you VIII come
home tired every evening from the Of
fee and I will be waiting for you with
good things to eat" Alice was delight
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gone with the American expedltlonary
force to France. Allce realized that ne
couiu not OBJECT 10 the rev SHRUBS WIN
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nope ne VIII come DacK TO MS coy
nest she saiu by WY oI n'ti"
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hou mush hurt your DacK u'Bgins
so much' auinonisheu helen oitcn
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her return from the clty' lou are
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urangea .nis AFTERNOON anu was prop,
ing rounu ior u solt spot 10 uis III anu
one ! came upon TINS poA'
buried treasuref l suppose !. ls
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no,e anu renu its cohlents. rureweil
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