PAYING GUESTS.
THE PEOPLE OF HYNDSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.
MARY MAGDALEN; QUEEN-OF-SHEEBA; FERNOLIA: Important Persons.
BORIS: A Russian Wolfhound.
THE BLACK FAMILY: A Witch's Cat's Kittens.
BEAUTIFUL DOG: Last but not Least.
A WOMAN NAMED SMITH
CHAPTER I
THE SCARLETT WITCH DEPARTS
If it had been humanly possible for Great-Aunt Sophronisba Scarlett
to lug her place in Hyndsville, South Carolina, along with her into
the next world, plump it squarely in the middle of the Elysian
Fields, plaster it over with "No Trespassing" signs, and then settle
herself down to a blissful eternity of serving writs upon the angels
for flying over her fences without permission, and setting the saved
by the ears in general, she would have done so and felt that heaven
was almost as desirable a place as South Carolina. But as even she
couldn't impose her will upon the next world, and there was nobody
in this one she hated less than she did me--possibly because she had
never laid eyes on me--she willed me Hynds House and what was left
of the Hynds fortune; tying this string to her bequest: I must
occupy Hynds House within six months, and I couldn't rent it, or
attempt to sell it, without forfeiture of the entire estate.
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