Library of Congress · resource:sn78000873/1911-09-28/ed-1:page:6
Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 28, 1911
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THE RIGHT HOUSE Jack Merton arrived in Chicago at 5 oclock on a rainy afternoon His train for the west left at 9 and he was prompted to spend the intervening hours with his cousin Taking a cab he was driven to the house No 232 There she is the next one to this I might have recognized the bronze flowerpots on the balcony any way Now for a surprise He ran lightly up the steps of No 232 pulled out a latchkey he had long carried and inserted it in the lock The key fitted easily and the door swung open revealing a long expanse of cool dark hall in summer attire of linen coverings There was not a 30ul in sight The doors that he remembered led to drawing rooms library and sitting room tirrViflxr Mrusorl At this hour Uncle Fred and Peter would probably have returned from the office and as was their daily custom would be grilling overthe evening papers in the little library in the glare of strong electric lights instead of spinning along the lake front watching the sunset after the strenuous day down town The Mer tons were money grubbers anyway with but
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maine state library. 1911-09-28. Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 28, 1911. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn78000873/1911-09-28/ed-1/?sp=6
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