The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-09-24
By SEWELL FORD

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within the last ten or fifteen
years" adds Aletta. There is one
ON either side of us now. We've
cried when the old Babson house was
torn down; didn't we, Urania? r.
Urania mods "The Babson's were
|such nice neighbors,' says she.
"They came to motehr's funeral"
"And once when our chimney
burned out" says Aletta.
Real folksy, eh?" says l. winkin'
lat Wee.
"Yes," says Urania. ''Mr Babson
was member of the grand jury for
three terms. He and father some
times used to take the same street car
lon their way to business. He was a
wholesale grocer, Mr.. Babson."
Father was in leather" adds Aletta.
Poor father! We lost him ten years
ago"
at was that fall we we started to
talk about coming to the mountains, .
|says Urania.
"And you've been coming up here
lever since?" asks Wee.
mo-" says Urania, "but we talked
about it every year. And this year
I'VE came"
"Just shows, don't it," says ;,
lsmotherin' a grin.
"Shows?" says Urania, starin' &C me
puzzled.
"That if you talk a thing up strong
Ienough,' says l, "it's bound to come.
Like Noah and the flood"
I'm sure you must be having a
wonderful time cuts in Wee. ''The
city is so dull in summer"
"Joralemon Street isn't" says Aletta
land we have an upstairs bay window
from which we can see everything
THAT goes ON. Through the Venetian
blinds, you know"
eThere was double wedding from
1.-THE Patricia apartments, just across
from us, only last month" says
|Urania.
aaAnd the week before adds Aletta.
I'the janiter of the house two doors
Eabove was taken away with delirum
Itremens. He'd been stealing private
stock, they say"
i aAnd the man on the second floor
lacross the street." says Urania, "has
lbeen carrying on high since his wife
went away"
$50 has the bald old wretch on the
third, Z comes in Aletta. I've watched
him.
"And the woman we call the grass
widow in the next house." says
Urania, shakin' her head solemn.
"My" says Wee, rollin' her eyes at
me.
But up here nothing has hap
pened," says Aletta We've been here
nearly two weeks. too"
Something WILL" says Urania
hopeful. Last season they say there
was an e1opement from here. The
chambermaid told me-"
"And several years ago a young
married couple, just about your age,
says Aletta, were caught out on the
mountain in a storm and lost their
slway and the searching party didn't
find them until nearly noon next day.
She died. Pneumonia"
1 People are often lost on the noun
|tain," says Urania, land have dread
Iful times getting back, so the house
keeper says. They haven't this sea-
son, though"
'Not as YETI chimes in Aletta. al
ways hopeful.
Say, between them, they put up a
|great duet. Maybe as soloists they
wouldn't rate with Lulu Belle, from
Georgia, but their team work was 100
|per cent perfect. Sometimes one
would start sentence and the other
would finish it, and the very second
one eased up the other came right in.
They left mighty few chinks for Wee
and me to FILL And there was no
chance for us to end the converse
ton. For nearly two hours they
rambled on, from this subject to that.
but mainly about the prospects of
something thrilling taking place. un-
til Wee consults her wrist watch and
announces that she must get back If
she's going to dress for dinner.
"Oh, dol" says Aletta. I'VE were
saying at luncheon that you must look
perfectly lovely in evening dress.
Well see you after dinner"
"Huh!'' says l. as we scrambles
down the trail, mot if we see you
first"
but they're such innocent. simple
souls" protects Wee.
They're simple enough" says |, but
i don't know as I'd call EN- so limo
cent. Pu bet they can sniff scandal