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Updated: April 30, 2025
On the day of the funeral we went directly from the cemetery to the house of a widow who owns a little fruit farm beyond the Park. Her name is Bledsoe, and it is not an exaggeration to say that her house, small as it is, contains an endowed room always at Mr. Bentley's disposal. "Mrs. Garvin is there now. She was received as a friend, as a guest not as an inmate, a recipient of charity.
The face was clean-shaven, the cheeks touched with red, the nose high and dominating, distinctly philanthropic. And the blue eyes rested on the clergyman with a benevolence unfeigned. "Good afternoon, sir," the old gentleman said; "I am told Mrs. Garvin lives here." Before the rector could reply Mrs. Garvin herself stood between them. "It's Mr. Bentley!" she exclaimed.
Perhaps it's the Garvin baby," she added to Peter. "She said she was going to stop in!" "I'll find out!" Peter was conscious that everything was beginning to tremble and thrill again, as he went to the telephone. "Why, yes," he said, coming back to the porch, "the baby arrived just before she got there, and they were all upset. She's in her glory, of course.
Judge Garvin laughed heartily. "Oh, pshaw!" he exclaimed in high good-humor. "There ain't nothin' in all that. Them newspapers down below's jest obliged to have somethin' to talk about. We're all neighbors up here. We're simple sort of folks.
Professor Edward Cummings was toastmaster, ex-Governor Garvin of Rhode Island and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt spoke and the Festival then resolved itself into a celebration of Mr. Livermore. She had insisted upon coming, although by no means able. She said, "Mr. Blackwell and I have worked together for nearly half a century; we have gone anywhere and everywhere for woman suffrage.
A deep breath of relief swept over the place. The crisis was averted. Garvin beckoned Marcus and the opposing counsel to his side. "Gentlemen," he said coolly, "the boys seem a little excited. Unless there is an objection I'm goin' to adjourn co'te for a half-hour, and then keep this room clear of spectators."
But you cannot let a prejudice stand in the way of saving the boy's life, Mrs. Garvin." "It is more than that. If you knew, sir " "Whatever it is," he interrupted, a little sternly, "it must not interfere. I will talk to your husband."
Garvin, the latter standing at the corridor door, observed that his spirits had shot up in the most astonishing manner, and in their blindness they attributed the phenomenon to Edward Henry's delight in a temporary freedom from domesticity. Mr. Garvin had come from the neighbouring compartment, which was first-class, to suggest a game at bridge.
In the sudden intensity of his feeling, Hodder seized Garvin by the arms arms that were little more than skin and bone. The man might be crazed, he might be drunk: that he believed what he was saying there could be no question. He began to struggle violently, but the rector was strong. "Be still," he commanded.
He even spoke of Garvin: adversity, worry, the heat, constant brooding over a happier past and an uncertain future was it surprising that the poor man's mind had become unhinged? They must make some plan for Garvin, said Mr. Bentley, get the man and his wife into the country for a while amongst kindly people. This might no doubt be arranged.... "Here we are, sir."
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