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And now Hazel noticed that on the covered veranda in front of the wing of the house across the way there sat an old lady on a reclining wheeled chair, and that another wo upon her A luxuriant woodbine partly hid the chair, and the distance was too great to see the face of the woreith wonder and pleasure She sat quite still trying to gather her forces while the su to leave her chosen su place so an to rally Hazel on her silence She turned away annoyed, and answered the the landlord into the house and questioning hierly She had suddenly arrived at the conclusion that she h and know if she looked like her son, and if she was the kind of mother one would expect such a son to have She felt that in the sight ht lie her emancipation from the bewitchment that had bound her in its toils since her Western trip She also secretly hoped it ht justify her dearest dreams of what his mother was like

"Do you suppose that lady across the street would mind if I went over to look at her beautiful flowers?" she burst in upon the astonished landlord as he tipped his chair back with his feet on another and prepared to browse over yesterday's paper for the third tis with a thump and drew his hat further over his forehead

"Not a bit, not a bit, young lady She's proud to show off her flowers They're one of the sights of Granville Mis' Brownleigh loves to have coht over an' tell her I sent you She'll tell you all about 'e She's real generous with 'em"

He tottered out to the door after her on his stiff rheuht like to go along, but they one and all declined, to Hazel's intense relief, and called their ridicule after her as she picked her way across the dusty road and opened the white gate into the peaceful scene beyond

When she drew close to the side piazza she saw one of the most beautiful faces she had ever looked upon The features were delicate and exquisitely , yet lovely with a peace that had per silken hair white as driven snoas piled high upon her head against the snowy pillow, and soft brown eyes irl's heart throb quickly with their likeness to those other eyes that had once looked into hers