The young man himself--Mr.
Haskins--smiled genially at Tom, and said by way of explanation:
"I liked your place so well I brought them up to see if my fairy tales
were true."
Upon which Tom naturally did his best to make the fairy tales seem true,
and thought, by the signs he noted, that he had succeeded.
During the following week three or four others of the men of the
original fourteen came up to Boswell's or sent small parties. Evidently
the flattering paragraphs in the two dailies had also made some
impression on people eager to get away from the intense heat of a season
more than ordinarily trying. They found the air stirring upon the
porches and through the rooms at the Inn; and they found--which was, of
course, the greater attraction--a table so inviting with appetizing
food, and an unpretentious service so satisfactory, that mouth-to-mouth
advertising of the little new resort, that most-to-be-desired means of
becoming known, began, gradually but surely, to tell.
Strange to say, several more paragraphs now appeared: brief, crisp
mention of the simple but perfect cooking to be had for the short drive
of sixteen miles over the best of roads.
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