Relaxed and limp she sat down in the big rocker before the kitchen
stove, a confused mass of thoughts racing through her head. Dazed and
excited, she hardly knew how time was passing until she heard the sound
of wheels.
"O, Letty, the funniest thing--" shouted Laura, bursting into the
kitchen.
"Wait, let me tell," interrupted Jamie. "Why, Letty, somebody's hung--"
"Somebody hung," exclaimed Letty, in horror. "Why, Laura Mason, how
dare you say that was funny?"
"I didn't--" began Laura, indignantly, but here Mrs. Mason interfered
with a "Sh-sh-sh, children, mercy, goodness, you nearly drive me wild.
Here. Laura, take mother's bonnet and shawl up-stairs.
"Here, Jamie, take my boots and bring me my slippers. I'm that tired I
don't know what to do with myself. Goodness, but it feels good to get
home. The strangest thing's happened, Letty. The afternoon express
was coming into town this afternoon, and, when it was about two miles
out, all of a sudden the engineer saw a red flannel petticoat hanging
right down in the middle of the track, hanging by a clothes-line, mind,
from the limb of a tree.
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