The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-27
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less arrival, tremendous and nnyr-
terious pnssaE~. mysterious and
alarming departure. No escaping II:
no voiition 70 enter II or 10 avoid n.
no prospect Of defeating n or solving
a. Odd affair Mysterious aud baf-
fling couundrum 20 be MIXED up INT
IAfei
Come 70 this pair. Marx faiyrs and
hts wife hatsi. at Penny Green. and
have q look AZ them mired up In
this odd and mysterious business OF
NJ dome apprehension OF the Oh
affair trat II WINS. was characteristics
~ Marx eabre's habit OF mind. in.
crrasingiy with the years-with Ma
bel
Penny Green -picturesuue,
quaint n ever n place was in gar.
ruious hr. Hspfood's words--iies IN
a shallow oppression. IN shape like a
narrow meat dirh. II runs east and
west. and slightly Tilted from north
10 south. To the north the land
slopes pleasantly upward IN pastur.
and orchards. and here was the Hite
Of the Penny Grs~n Garden Home
Development Scheme. Beyond the
site. n considerable AREA. stands
Norshr~pps. the s~at Of Lord Tyi1ar.
Lord Tyhar sold tho Development
site 10 the developers. and. as he
sirned the deed OF conywyancs. re-
marked IN his airy way, "Ah. moth.
lng like exercise. gentlemen. That's
made every one Of my ancestors
turn In his grave" The developers
Uttered respectfully as befIis men
who have ianesrd a good thing.
Westward OF Penny Green Is C,ho-
vrnsbury; behind Tidborough the
sun rises.
Viewed FROM shs high ernfn~nce OF
sorthrepps. f~nny Green gave rath.
er the impression Of having slipped.
Ike a sliding dish. down the slope
and come 10 res, slightly tilted.
whsrs its impetus had ceased. II Was
ccrtainly at rest: II had a r.stful air.
and u had certainly slipped cut OF
tho buster trafficking Of iia sur.
rounding world. the main road from
Chovensbury to Tidboruugh. coming
from greater eities even than these
and proceeding TO greater. ran far
above Il tsyond Northrepps Tho
main road rather sighted than &C.
knowiedged Penny Green By the
ncry~leMs and shrainken fe.ler which,
mile beyond Chovensbury. II ex.
tended In Penny Green's direction.
This splendid main road In the
course Of It's immense Journey across
Southern England. extended feelern
to many settlements Of man. pruyId.
inx them. as .; we're. with q talent
which. according 70 the energy Of the
settlement might be increased a
hzndredfoid - Grained. metaied,
tarrcd. and adorned with splendid
telegraph poles and w.res--or might
be wrapped up IN . napkin OF p~g-
lc~s. monstrvus ovcrrro~n hedges
and decsyed bitches, and allowed 10
vther. the splendid main road. hav.
ting regard 70 its ancient Roman
lineage. diRsainfnify did not care
tuppenoc either way: and for that
matter Penny Green which had
aE-s aSo put its r~eier In a napkin.
did not care tuppence either.
IL was now. however. TO have a
railway.
And meanwhile there wns iris 10
be said for ~: that whereas rorrre
OF tho dependents Of the splendid
main road constituted themselves
abominahiy ugly carbuncies on the
end OF shar~ly and well-manicuresi
fingers OF the main road. Penny
Green. At the end OF a withered and
entirely neglected finger. adorned IL
as with a jewel
A KATE Grccnaway picture. the gar
ruious Haprood had said OF Penny
Green. and II was wei said. At its
eastern extremity the withered tai.
ent from the splendid main road
divided into two talents and encir.
cied the Green which had. as Hap
good had said. cricket pitch lin
summerl and a duck pond tmore
prominent In winter: also. In all
seasons. and the survivors OF many
ages a ciump Of elm trees surround
ell by a deoayed bench: wei sur
rounded by decayed paling. SO de-
cayed that IL had long ago thrown
itself fiat on the ground into which
II continued venerahiy to decay: and
at the southeastern extremity n vii
lare pound surrounded by n decayed
gray wall and now used by the youth
Of the xffiar~ for the purposa of i'm