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1 lie old Kluibull bouse stood alone
on the side of the bill. Around It the
acres that one generation hjd cleared
and two others had protlEoly tilled
during the goldeu age of New Kuglnnd
agriculture were growing up to birch
und w hite pine. But the hilltop pns
ture still furnished grazing for Betsy,
the aged Holstein, and Jael, the pot
bellied .mare, sole survivors of tbe
st«K'k that once crowded the whlto
wushtsl t»arn. whllo In the garden
grew potatoes, corn, turnips, beets and
the other hardy truck that wintered In
a corner of the big cellar und enabled
the Kimball ••girls’* to sit by their nlr
tight stove and watch with unconcern
the storms that blocked the roads and
sometimes shut them off from the
store at the Center for days at a time.
Breakfast over und the dishes wash
ed. the sisters went Into the garden.
r.very pieasant aay until the sun roso
high Slid hot they worked there. Blue
cotton gowns faded by constant wash
ing covered their thin, bowed figures
as they stooped over the onion bed or
with the hand cultivator scratched tho
earth between the hills of beans and
corn. Blue gingham Ruubonnets pro
tected their delicately wrinkled faces.
Miss BInley, seeing them for the
first time, pnused to study nml ad
mire. Against the background of yel
low green cornstalks their bent figures
st«>od out In harmonious relief. In tho
foreground the whitewashed fence, the
prim flower l>«*ds and the old house
with Its rotting shingles and weather
washed green blinds contributed a set
ting that appealed Irresistibly to her
artist soul.
For Miss BInley was an amateur
photographer. She seldom walked
abroad without her camera, but un
fortunately this was one of tho rare
mornings when she h«ul left her enm
era at home.
"t>h, Mr. Holbrook," cried the girl
regretfully, "see those perfectly dear
old women In that onion patch. Wlint
a genre study! I’ve often said It nev
er was safe to go anywhere without a
camera."
”1 might run hack and fetch It.”
suggested the carrier meekly.
“N-no,” she replied reluctantly. "It’s
too far. Probably we can get them
some other time. I'm going to speak
to them.”
Young Holbrook watched with ador
ing admiration the process by which
the girl penetrated the barriers of
New England reserve. Before tho
three women had convened fivo min
utes something of Miss Binley’s own
abundant youth and enthusiusm began
to sparkle In the faded eyes of the sis
ters.
"Oh, Mnrthy, don't you wish wo
could have ours taken again? We
haven't had our likenesses mado since
we were girls. Hemeniber, Mart by.
you were thutty ami I was thutty-five.
You were a mighty putty girl In those
days. Mnrthy.”
"Oh, g’long," commanded her young
t * HISII*1 •
‘‘It used to be n turrlble lot of trou
ble," continued Phoebe. "Wo hnd to
sit pulflekly still for five minutes—
couldn't Btlr, nnd it seemed like five
hours.”
"You wouldn't have to sit still at all
now," said Miss Blnley eagerly. "The
process is instantaneous."
Kager assent was on the lips of Miss
Phoebe, hut her sterner sister fore
stalled her.
"That’s very kind of you, miss, but
we couldn’t think of putting you to so
much trouble."
Familiar with the fundamental chnr
actcrlstJc of the older New Knglnnd
generation, Miss Blnley advanced cau
tiously. Already In her artist mind
she saw the print sho would moke a
marvelous study of two gaunt figures
wringing an unwilling toll from the
harsh mountain soil. It was the sub
Jcct she hnd been looking for all sum
mcr to enter In the fall exhibit of her
cnmrra club at home. "Oh, It won't
trouble me In the least," she replied
guardedly. "If you knew how I love
to take pictures you would understand
Would you bo here in the garden at
this time tomorrow?"
"Yes," answered Martha, yielding.
"But wouldn't you rather take us l i
the house. I>o folks ever hnve their
pictures tnken outdoors?”
"The light Is much letter outside,'
explained Miss Blnley. "And. be
skies, I wouldn’t think of keeping .von
from your work. I’ll come nnd take
some snapshots of you Just as you
are—weeding the onions."
"Yon can come with ine tomorrow,"
she said to Holbrook, "I had prom
ised to drive with Johnny Lsrcon, hut
all engagements are off In the face
of an epoch making chnnce like this.**
The next morning brought weather
perfect alike for pedestrlnnlsm nnd
photography. The day was cool, nnd a
thin haze tempered the rnys of thrt
mountain sun Miss Blnley rnn down
the steps to meet him. radiant with nn
tleipatlnn. and as he received the big
cnm«>rn from her hands Holbrook
thrilled with the thought of another
morning nt her sld".
"There's *o*ro one in the gnrden,"
•aid the young man ns the Inst turn
n the rood brought them In sight of
heir destination. "But they don't ;?<
'< rt, with imj recolle; tion of the old
ladles. Holy smoke!” gapped the
youth. “It's they, all right, but no
wonder wc didn’t recognise them.”
Miss Blnlcy gaaed, speechless In hor
rified umaaement, as her two subjects
approached the gate. Clone were the
picturesque gowns and the sunhonuets
| of faded blue. In their place the Kim
balls bad donned a veritable riot of
modletry. Their costumes paid tribute
to the varying fashions of n full half
century.
But the faded countenances of the
Klmhalla showed naught but pride
nud satisfaction, slightIv tinged with
embarrassment. “Wo sol up most nil
night sortin’ things over mnl decklin’
what to wear,” announced Mly
I’hoebe when they cnine within speak
ing distance. “Of course we wanted
to do you credit, seeln* you were so
kind. These silk mitts cost n sight of
money when Brother Illram brought
them from Oonconl. They’re pretty
well darned now, but nil the mendin'*
on the Inside where It don’t show.
IX) n’t Mart by look scrumptious? she
found that silk skirt she had made up
for the Frost weddln’ most as good ns
new.”
Holbrook welcomed the old lady’s
volubility. Ar It was plain that fo
onee his companion was at a loss for
j words. When Miss llinley finally
I found her voice It was pn queer nud
strained that he senrcely roeo.*,nl;;ed It:
”1—I’m sorry you went to nil the
(rouble. Beally, it wnsn’t at all neces
sary. In fact"—
in rnct,” broke In Holbrook hur
riedly—“nevertheless It wns awfully
good of you to tlx up so. That eer
'nInly Is n fine piece of good*. Miss
Martha. It will show Up splendidly in
• he photograph.*'
He rambled on thus, hardly renllr.
, Ing what lie said, anxious only to
I cover the bitter disappoint men: that
wns written on Miss Ululoy’s face so
• lenrly Hint he felt It must be evident
I to all.
"'Twurn't the leant bit of trouble.”
lasts ted Martha. “We really enjoyed
fixln’ things over, didn't we, Phoebe?"
Holbrook was wondering how long
bin {towers of Invention would stand
the strain when, after a brief nud—to
him—uncomfortable pause, .\JIkh Mar
tha suggested timidly, "Were all
ready, miss, any time you soy."
To Holbrook'a Intense relief this np
peal brought Miss Willey to a sense
of the situation. “Oh, yes," she sahl,
rather wildly, "your clothes are beau
tiful. I’m going to send you each a
dozen prints so Mint you can have
plenty to give your friends."
Declining a hospitable invitation to
stop for a "snack and a cup of ten.”
the girl and the young man somehow
got through their farewells and walk
ed away over the hill, leaving the
wearied but thoroughly delighted old
•Mica g«*i»g after them from their
station by the front gato. In silence
Holbrook lugged the camera, and
without a word'fSfiss Illuley trudged
beside blm until the old house and its
grotesquely clad occupants were hid
den by the bend in the load. Then
the girl said:
"Would you mind sitting hero In the
shade a minute? I really believe I'm
a bit tired.”
Immediately tho youth was all anx
ious Inquiry and suggestion:
"It must have been the hum, You
have to bo careful In these mountains.
If you don’t mind waiting here alone
for a couple of minutes I’ll hurry back
and see If the old ladles won’t lend
me soino kind of a rig to drive you
back to the hotel, or maybe you'll lot
me carry you back to their house."
won V oo runniiotm, ’ ordered Miss
Blnley, with a slightly hysterical
latigh. ‘‘Thoro isn't n thing the mat
ter with me.” Then, noting his amaze
ment, she burst out desperately; "I’m
Just fearfully disappointed, that's nil.
I don’t believe I ever was so disap
pointed before In my life. But that’s
only part. I’m horribly ashamed of
myself, too oven more ashamed than
disappointed. Oh, I believe I’m the
meanest girl In the whole state of
New Hampshire.”
’’Why—er- er’’— ho started to pro
t«*st.
“Don't pretend you don't compre
hend," she Interrupted. ’’You're asham
ed of me too. You know you are.
No; let me finish," she Insisted, when
he made ns If to deny. “The worst of
all is that even now, when I under
stand Ik»w mean and selfish If Is to feel
so, I’m Just overwhelmed with dlaup
point merit still. You can’t understand
nobody could but nu artist. My
hen i t was set on it picture of those
dear old things In their delicious work
Ing clothes. And when I saw how
they had gone and spoiled everything
I felt so badly I didn’t even want to
concent it,**
Holbrook gazed with awe and quick
cnlng heartbeat upon n new and
holier divinity—with quivering lips and
dewy lashes, Irresistible In her sweet
repentance. In another moment he
was on his knees on the grass beside
tier. Without hesitation, naturally as
If he had done It as often ss lie had |
dreamed of doing it, his nrrn slipped 1
about tier. Just as naturally her head j
somehow found a comfortable place on j
tils shoulder. Her hat fell off. and he t
kissed her shining hair
*'I do understand,” he whispered, 1
although there was none but the raoun I
tains to listen, "f understand, dear. |
I may be an Ignnrnmua about photo? i
raphy and art, but I’m mighty well .
acquainted with Tommy Holbrook,
and I know he knows that you're the
aweeteat, most unaelflsh, most What
I want to aay la that I want to make
carrying your camera my life Job.”
he concluded desperately
Miss Blnley sat suddenly erect An
answer hovered on her lips, but faded ,
into a smile as she picked up a black. 1
leather cohered object from the grass \
Vxide her and placed It In Holbrook s
lands.
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