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F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian

           

           ItwasonthelawnofForestEdgethatCowperwoodnowsawBerenice.Thelatterhadhadthegardenersetupatallpole,towhichwasattachedatennis-ballbyacord,andsheandRolfewerehardatworkonagameoftether-ball.Cowperwood,afteratelegramtoMrs.Carter,hadbeenmetatthestationinPoconobyherandrapidlydrivenouttothehouse.Thegreenhillspleasedhim,theup-winding,yellowroad,thesilver-graycottagewiththebrown-shingleroofinthedistance.Itwasthreeintheafternoon,andbrightforasinkingsun.

           "Theretheyarenow,"observedMrs.Carter,cheerfulandsmiling,astheycameoutfromunderalowledgethatskirtedtheroadalittlewayfromthecottage.Berenice,executingatripping,runningsteptooneside,wasstrikingthetetheredballwithherracquet."Theyarehardatit,asusual.Twosuchromps!"

           Shesurveyedthemwithpleasedmotherlyinterest,whichCowperwoodconsidereddidhermuchcredit.Hewasthinkingthatitwouldbetoobadifherhopesforherchildrenshouldnotberealized.Yetpossiblytheymightnotbe.Lifewasverygrim.Howstrange,hethought,wasthistypeofwomanatonceasympathetic,affectionatemotherandapanderertothevicesofmen.Howstrangethatsheshouldhavethesechildrenatall.Berenicehadonawhiteskirt,whitetennis-shoes,apale-creamsilkwaistorblouse,whichfittedherveryloosely.Becauseofexercisehercolorwashighquitepinkandherdusty,reddishhairwasblowy.

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