New-York tribune., 1922-07-09

bought. One obvious econom,r she h
effected. JEFF HITLER still putssr.s ae,eF VI
place, rolling unsteadily in hts o.,. ABOUT h
oreaking en- egg or spilling drop o. -, ris new
his marketing expeditions. = VI mix
The Daily Market Basket
Grew Steadily Smaller
In way ne was necessity rr,+n !,
inlteiy abandoned the house on tho ,as s,,s ss
Liz could not set foot in the v;,,.s Aii, Oh
streets were denied to her IN ~. III
all Dalesb0rough believed her Wealth. ssss We Be-
more were they denied to her ,o,s se'slH sa
Dalesborough suspected that sbe We, | "asa u
and Old Liz knew certainly wbar ~ S'''e''l
would come. So JEFF still did .ta a'e e'''i
though he carried a much ,rs,,.~ Aelis
emptier basket than in the beo;nr;. 'Ra hr
adventure. hs
The horse chestnut blooms witbe,.s L..
littering the sidewalks with the brov,;.t ' lsA'
nants Of their proud plumes. Tho ,.a sal. 'sf'
came dusty and ragged. Cicsd.. .ss q.
each other droningly in the elm, s'''e ~
blazed day after day in nidsunme,,, s .s. 'of
splendor. '"a
No wholesome light penetrated ~. l.
front parlor Of the house on the hill -
and the heat was perceptible there o,,r
smothering gloom. For one brief sor, -
day the sun beat full upon the closed d. =.
Of that room. At 80, when Old Liz vs., =
ing the saucer which she always wa,bsa !.
Of her neager array Of dishes, the 6r,t ~.
Of its rays came through the topnost et;rk !,
the blinds
When Old Liz had donned her BLACK sIt 81,
taken her seat at the window il, uerfcrp,,.
OF the rite which long ago had lost ia or;v;r.
significance, full square of the window w,
Illuminated and the Stats of the blinds ess !,
shadow as of grated window upon the vi
behind her.
During the first hour of her vigil the sh,,
owy bars crept lower and lower, gridding ;s
face and then making queer quirks and sngs
across the folds of the black silk, as if inbv
lesque of prison garment
Just for moment there would be hint Il
ripping, translucent, golden greer in liz
bleak, high-ceilinged room. That was wts
the sun first slipped behind the topmost sprr
of the elms, interviewer in intricate changis
pattern by the breeze.
Then it was gone and the shadows Leaps
forth from the corners and embraced as
whole vast apartment and the grim figure &
the window
Old Liz sat stifay through this daily pie
nomenon, needless OF it all save for ss
conscious realization that the pattern On is
wall behind her was swinging slowly furhr
to the left day by day as the sun withdns
to the south.
She knew that, although the active pss
of her brain was busy with the Imports
fact that Mrs. Ed Hicks's washing hadn't bee
out on the line until Has that day, shk
meant that Mrs. Hicks had OVERSIGHT h
significance of which was that she had ba
up late waiting fog the return of Nj y
Hicks, whom Old IL had seen at dusk y
preceding evening ssauntering with osssrs
tious lack of purpose in the direction Of laa|
Miller's hotel.
Not much escaped the eye Of Old Liz %
there was not much she saw that has
to fit into the daily picture of the dunsz
situation in Dalesborough which Old LII as
trived with marvellous truth and fidelity u
detail behind her shuttered window.
On a day Of gold and blue msgia 20
Of yellow cleaned in the clustered sas
of clump of goldenrod which hs sa@
green and dusty, beside the road eva sas
they first sprang up above the dsisss ,
caught the eye of Old Liz, and she shaid''a
almost imperceptibly.
'Somebody's walkin' over my grave 30
muttered.
She talked to herself sometimes now %
less Jeff HITLER happened to be handy
Next, she knew the spearheads Of ~
sumac along the old line fence wouia :
dipped in blood over night, and then sn
morning the naples would be painted sS'
and scarlet and the crisp rustic of dead ies'a
more ominous to her than the warning :
rattler, would follow every breeze.
Old Liz did not wait for the frost. one =.
NAL day, when the rain was beating suna'@.
and worm-eaten leaves from the trees aaa !. !.
unreasonable gale was swooping ve'4s