Evening star., 1922-08-27

at her, but lneZ really mas
restless disposition. Most
of the time, too. she seems
placid enough. especially when she
rarks herself in the swinging lawn
seat under the shade of one of the big
elms out front. gets that rhythmic
jaw action at work on a double size
cud of gum. and gazes steady down
the road down toward Keene
I've discovered. though, that she
isn't nearly as tranquil as she seems.
There may be a pastoral, Holstein-
F'resian look in those wide-set gray
eyes of hers, but underneath that
amazing mop of wheat-colored hair
y lot is going on. IneZ still has
movie mind. She longs for thrills and
exciting doings. and as she seldom
gets into town to see any of her
favorite flve-reelers, she feels that
she's being short changed out of
something. She has begun to COM
plain that life up here on New
Hampshire farm is dull and monoto-
nous.
Didn't we have a midnight burglar
only last week." l protested.
Huh" says Inez. only village
'ut-up gettin' fresh
I COULDN'T deny it. Also I've
noticed that Inez has taken to
reading the New York papers. At
least, she Skins through the front
Iase headlines.
n see where some more of them
-unmen got to dghtin' on Sd avenue" ;"
says she. Drove ten blocks shootin' at
ZACH other from tourin' cars. and the
cops shootin', too. Musta been some
h,ttle."
YES p" says I, smothering a yawn.
''And on 7th avenue there was a big
explosion" she goes on. Two buildin's
wrecked"
nodded and kept on stemmng
| crab apples for Sairy Jewett to make
into jelly.
Funny about that doctor on 4sth
street who vas shot while in his
car" continues Inez. "They think it
might be a nurse who was sore on
Kim. but he wouldn't tell. Funny.
that
We'll. I've heard of things more
humorous" says 1.
up here" says Inez, "nothin' goin'
on at ALL
"Oh. come" says 1. Even if you
were back living on East 21st street,
how much of any of those things
would you see? You might read
about 'em happening. in the morning
paper. but that would be about all
And you can do that just as well
here, only few hours later"
But Inez still seems to think she is
%l,
she. 'nothin' goes on at all
You were excited enough yester-
day" says !, when Barry threw an
apple into that wasps' nest and you
made that hundred yard dash from the
orchard to the kitchen door,
HUH says Inez. and resumes her
gum yanking.
1t wasn't more than an hour later
that we were both standing out in
the front yard watching a great
yellow sided cloud roll up over West
hill and come pouring menacing
across the valley towards US. If we
had seen anything like that back in
Minnesota there would have been no
doubt at all what was on the event
card. We would be dead sure that in
about ten minutes thunderstorm
was bound to hit US. But up here
YOU never can tell. They carom and
rattle around among the hills, some
times sliding off to the north, up the
Connecticut valley; sometimes going
aroundNto the south; and then again
coming straight at you. Even though
we could see the rain lashing down
like a shaken curtain. and hear the
claps of thunder echoing against
Chesterfield hill, we knew there was
good chance that it would skip US
altogether. We would watch 1T a
few minutes longer before dashing in
to help Sairy and Millie shut the
thirty-odd windows tina. were open.
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NOW in New York thunderstorm
~ is practically wasted. Generally
YOU don't see it coming, unless you're
up on the twentieth floor of some Office
building. You can't hear the thunder