. A family flight around home. her. You must come to us. We will spendthe summer wherever you like best ; but we think you will likeour little Chateau Henri Quatre. It is just far enough from Pauto be quiet, and near enough to be amusing, and the view of themountains is superb. Mrs. Horner was a good deal upset by these letters, amongwhich was a private one from her husband, which seemed tomuch urge the same thing. His plan, to make everything simple,was that Philip should cross with his mother, in that same Bor-deaux steamer they were so fond of. Philip, the second Horner, and eldest son, had

. A family flight around home. her. You must come to us. We will spendthe summer wherever you like best ; but we think you will likeour little Chateau Henri Quatre. It is just far enough from Pauto be quiet, and near enough to be amusing, and the view of themountains is superb. Mrs. Horner was a good deal upset by these letters, amongwhich was a private one from her husband, which seemed tomuch urge the same thing. His plan, to make everything simple,was that Philip should cross with his mother, in that same Bor-deaux steamer they were so fond of. Philip, the second Horner, and eldest son, had Stock Photo

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. A family flight around home. her. You must come to us. We will spendthe summer wherever you like best ; but we think you will likeour little Chateau Henri Quatre. It is just far enough from Pauto be quiet, and near enough to be amusing, and the view of themountains is superb. Mrs. Horner was a good deal upset by these letters, amongwhich was a private one from her husband, which seemed tomuch urge the same thing. His plan, to make everything simple, was that Philip should cross with his mother, in that same Bor-deaux steamer they were so fond of. Philip, the second Horner, and eldest son, had finished his firstyear at Harvard. Class day was just over, and he was lingeringin the neighborhood of Cambridge with a college friend. No soonerdid he hear the plan than he rejoiced greatly. Meeting, oddly 174 A FAMILY FLIGHT AROUND HOME. enough, Miss Lejeune at the Country Club, one day, he had achance of briefly talking the matter over with her. The result ofthis was a sheaf of letters rom these two, which hardly left Mrs..

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