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My boarders will be 'long and I
got to freshen the house up a little."
"You goin' to have the same folks you had last year, Em'line?"
"Oh, yes. They're real nice---for city people. I tell Barzillai----"
"How is Barzillai?"
"Middlin'. His leg ain't never been just right since he was helpin' ice
the _Tryout_, come two summers ago. You know, one o' them big cakes from
the ice fact'ry fell on him. . . . I tell Barzillai the city folks are a
godsend to us Cape Codders in summer time, now that sea-goin' don't seem
so pop'lar with the men as it useter be."
"I dunno. Some of these city folks don't seem to be sent by the Lord,
but by the other feller!" was the grim rejoinder. "I had tryin' times
with my crowd last summer; and the children with 'em was a
visitation--like the plagues of Egypt!"
Louise was an amused yet observant listener. She began thus early to
gain what these good people themselves would call a "slant" upon their
characters and their outlook on life.
Aside from her interest in her fellow-travelers, there were other things
to engage the girl's attention.


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