Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-01-28

like a dreary wind, ran through the
church.
l did not want to 60 to the grave,
but did. Somehow, most deeply
I desired not to see what had been
the splendid body of Ace lowered
into the earth given over to
decay Yet I went. A large
group of his friends accompanied
Ace. Bruce Hexson was not there.
Mrs. Thelford told me that he was
so sick with a bad cold that he
wouldn't be able to enter Aces will
for probate before Saturday. I saw
both Doctor Marden and Caro-.
81 wish you hadn't felt obliged
to 60 to this funeral, Aunt Mary"
Hopestill greeted me, when I re-
turned. @~
IT didn't feel obliged" I an
swered, "but l wanted to 60. Ace
was one of my Oldest and dearest
friends"
"Was Caro- there?"
eyes" answered.
''Sile wasn't intending to co."
Hopestin explained. "We were
planning to 60 places and do things
together this afternoon, to get this
horror out Of our minds. But
after luncheon, she telephoned me
that her grandfather insisted on her
attending the funeral"
"They sat together" said.
doctor Marden looked frightful-
1y exhausted. This terrible thing
has worn on him as much as any
body"
II don't see why he made Caro-
co." Hopestill grumbled. "She says
she hates funerals. She knew Ace,
of course, but not awfully well"
"Well, / suppose he has the
French point of view" I explained.
Hes lived many years in France.
There they make so much OF death.
Funerals and burials are extreme
ly important events.
81 don't think Caro- liked Ace
particularly" Hopestill declared.
Although I don't know why I bring
that up when he's dead-poor old
Ace!"
The telephone rang and Hopestill
answered it. eyes, she's here.
Yes. Yes. Come right down." Still
holding the transmitter, he looked
over at me: "Caro Prentiss is
coming here"
"That's nice. She'll be just in
time for tea"
It seemed to me that there was
an air Of suppressed excitement
about her; for as we drank our
tea, her foot tapped the floor. Once
I intercepted an interrogative look
in Hopestill's direction.
The instant I put my cup down,
Caro- and Hopestill put their cups
down. Hopestill arose and came
toward me- AS though unconscious
ly drawn, Caro- arose too, walked
to Hopestill's side, stood with him
looking down at me.
"Aunt Mary" Hopestill said,
"Caro and I want to take you
Now don't get weepy and don't
say move want to take you down
into the Spinney. We want to show
you something. think can give
you my word, Aunt Mary, that
when you see what we have to show
you, you'll be glad you did what
we asked
Caro's lovely voice reinforced
him. ''Please, Mrs. Avery, please,
please come! It's something lovely"
'I'n go, children" I agreed.
And then, ''May Sylvia come too?"
eyes," they chorused, 1--WE want
Sylvia to come"
"Caro and I will go first" Hope
still declared. "And you and Syl-
via walk behind us"
I followed those two about the
piazza, down the steps at the side,
over the path into the shade of the
Spinney.
Uncontrollably I began to trem-
BILE.
/ fixed my eyes on the two beau
tiful young creatures ahead. Light
and shade poured a checkered
stream upon them. That stream
flowed over their figures and
poured into the earth. My trem-
bling grew. Suddenly they stood
aside from each other, stationed
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