The fire and the gold by Phyllis A. Whitney

Author:Phyllis A. Whitney
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: New York, New American Library
Published: 1956-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

OUT OF A TRUNK

At the Bonner place there was fresh activity around the laundry stove kitchen on the curb. Quong Sam had given way to Mrs. Ellis and was being indoctrinated into the mysteries of cooking Italian spaghetti. When Carlotta Ellis saw the young people coming down the sidewalk she waved a long-handled spoon at them. Papa Lombardi, who was Tony's grandfather, and Uncle Vito Lombardi, had come down earlier from the restaurant on Telegraph Hill, and brought with them all the makings for spaghetti. She put the spoon down to show them a length of crusty Italian bread. It was slightly stale, she said—but no matter. The young had good teeth.

"Too bad you missed them," she told Tony. "Uncle Vito has not been out to fish since the fire, but he goes tomorrow. And then perhaps we will have fish too."

"That's wonderful," Melora said warmly and glanced at Tony. He looked neither pleased nor interested, but ignored the bubbling pan of spaghetti sauce and turned to a car which stood at the curb beyond the kitchen.

"Whose car is that?" he asked.

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