New Britain herald., 1925-07-01
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on the 18th of April, 1sSa," he an- nounccd, "1he half-dozen finished prints were sent 10 Mir, Holloway at Baralong cottage, Putney Heath road, Presumably the gentleman in the photo was Mr. Holloway and the lady and child wore his wife and little son"
 Thanking Mr. Boscombc, Klync look his departure, well pleased with his dive into the past.
 After q series of devious con nectons" by train and tram he found himself in putney Heath road.
 He had passed through gate on to the sidewalk, when he had the feeling that he was being stared at. Looking up, he caught the gleam of aged, but undimmed and rather fierce eyes watching him from the window of ground-hoor room in small house on the opposite side of the road. Acting on impulse, he went across and was met on the threshold by a gaunt old woman leaning on two sticks.
 "I saw you coming" she quay cred at him through toothless gums. "AnyonC who is interested in Bara- long cottage interests me. Were you asking about the Holoways? An. knew that sooner or later someone would do that And of course they could tell you nothing. Come in, sir and ] will tell you what l know. It isn't much. but I was living in this house forty years ago, when the HolloWays were over the road
 Klyne found himself in an old fashioned parlor, of threadbare car pets, springless chairs and Victorian engravings. His hostess introduced herself as Miss Arabella Beazeiy. Folding her mittened hands, she proceeded:
 ''I am a very old woman, and though il is so long ago l was quite elderly when that young couple came to reside at Earalong cottage. I always like 10 be neighborly. and [ went across and called on them. They were both at home, and ] quickly formed the opinion that Mir. Holloway was better born than his wife. In fact had not known them many weeks when Mrs. Holloway told me so, and that they had made q runaway match Of it to avoid of- lending her husbands family
 That. suppose, accounted for Mr. HolloUay's long absences from home, frequently as much as d fort night at time, spent no doubt under his fathers roof. In due course 8 boy was born. after which the young husband made longer stays, being from my observation much attached to the infant. But a great sorrow was in store for him, for the boy died when he was be- tween three and four years old.
 "The poor mother was broken hearted, her one solace being, as she often told me, her husband z sympathy and kindness, Then trou- hle of another kind swooped upon them. though they were very re. tiCent about it, and l never really learned the rights of the matter. A man called at the cottage one day and there was d dreadful quarrel He remained inside half an hour and whom he came out he was CUTS ing and shaking his fist at Mir. and Mrs. Holloway who had followed him 10 the door"
 What age was he?" klyne inter- rupted the narrative,
 He wasn't old" replied the spin ster primly. "J am no judge of mems ages, but he might well have been Mrs HonowayS father, That is what l took him to be. guessed that he had only just discovered their retreat and had been giving them a hit of his mind. Well, whether It was cause and effect I cannot say, but Mrs, Holloway died a month after that visit, MT. Hollo- way at once sold the house, and l have never seen him since"
 Can you tell me who bought the cottage" Klyne inquired.
 "The purchaser was a city man of the name of Jessick member of a firm called Jessick & Co.,, wholesale haberdashers" the aged spnster replied, with evident pride in her knowledge. "IEc bought the house as an investment aud not for residence, He owns it still, I be- liove, and my acquaintance with