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It had belonged to the various branches of a certain family of Hamiltons for fifty years or more, but in course of time, when it fell into the hands of the Lemuel Hamiltons, it had no sort of relation to their mode of existence. IT HAD BELONGED TO VARIOUS BRANCHES OF A CERTAIN FAMILY OF HAMILTON'S FOR FIFTY YEARS OR MORE BUT IN COURSE OF TIME WHEN IT FELL INTO THE HANDS OF THE LEMUEL HAMILTONS IT HAD NO SORT OF RELATION TO THEIR MODE OF EXISTENCE
y minutes in the Lowell station before a slow train for Greentown would pick him up, and that he should still reach his destination before bedtime, and need never disclose his stupidity. After all, this proved to be his only error, for everything moved smoothly from that moment, and he was as prudent and successful an ambassador as Mother Carey could have chosen. He found the Colonel, whose name was not Foster, by the way, but Wheeler; and the Colonel would not allow him to go to the Mansion House, Beulah's one small hotel, but insisted that he should be his guest. That evening he heard from the Colonel the history of the yellow house, and the next morning the Colonel drove him to the store of the man who had charge of it during the owner's absence in Europe, after which Gilbert was conducted in due form to the premises for a critical examination. The Yellow House, as Garden Fore-and-Aft seemed destined to be chiefly called, was indeed the only house of that color for ten miles square. LY HAVE TO WAIT TWENTY MINUTES IN THE LOWELL STATION BEFORE A SLOW TRAIN FOR GREENTOWN WOULD PICK HIM UP AND THAT HE WOULD STILL REACH HIS DESTINATION BEFORE BEDTIME AND NEED NEVER DISCLOSE HIS STUPIDITY AFTER ALL THIS PROVED TO BE HIS ONLY ERROR FOR EVERYTHING MOVED SMOOTHLY FROM THAT MOMENT AND HE WAS AS PRUDENT AND SUCCESSFUL AN AMBASSADOR AS MOTHER CAREY COULD HAVE CHOSEN HE FOUND THE COLONEL WHOSE NAME WAS NOT FOSTER BY THE WAY BUT WHEELER AND THE COLONEL WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO GO TO THE MANSION HOUSE BEULAH'S ONE SMALL HOTEL BUT INSISTED THAT HE SHOULD BE HIS GUEST THAT EVENING HE HEARD FROM THE COLONEL THE HISTORY OF THE YELLOW HOUSE AND THE NEXT MORNING THE COLONEL DROVE HIM TO THE STORE OF THE MAN WHO HAD CHARGE OF IT DURING THE OWNER'S ABSENCE IN EUROPE AFTER WHICH GILBERT WAS CONDUCTED IN DUE FORM TO THE PREMISES FOR A CRITICAL EXAMINATION THE YELLOW HOUSE AS GARDEN FORE AND AFT SEEMED DESTINED TO BE CHIEFLY CALLED WAS INDEED THE ONLY HOUSE OF THAT COLOR FOR TEN MILES SQUARE
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