Charlotte in New York by Joan MacPhail Knight

Author:Joan MacPhail Knight
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Published: 2006-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

August 1, 1894

Appledore Island

The Isles of Shoals

I’m so happy to be back in Appledore! To get here, we had to take a train from New York to Boston, then another from Boston to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. When we stepped from the train at Portsmouth harbor, a gust of wind came up and blew our hats into the water. We didn’t mind—we could smell salt air and hear gulls screeching overhead. And see the steamboat Pinafore waiting to take us out to Appledore.

When we got to our cottage, Raymonde opened the shutters and windows and let the sunshine in. We haven’t been here for two years, but everything looks just the same. Toby and I raced to the Fosters’. He got there first and leapt into Lizzy’s arms. She was so glad to see us!

Tonight we went to Appledore House for dinner. Everyone was there, including the poet Mrs. Celia Thaxter with her houseguests. She always has lots of those—artists, other poets and musicians, mostly. Raymonde said the clam chowder was “beau et bon”—beautiful to look at and good to eat. Then she disappeared into the kitchen and came out with the recipe for the chowder and the peach crisp!

After dinner, we sat by the fire and listened to island stories. One was about a ghost who haunts the hotel, an old lady who warms her toes by the fire. Then Mrs. Thaxter told us about a wild storm they had when she was a girl, when her father was the lighthouse keeper here—the wind was so strong, they had to bring the cow into the kitchen so she wouldn’t blow out to sea!

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