Blythes

Carl and Faith were already on their way through the early moonlight to Rainbow Valley, having heard therefrom the elfin lilt of Jerry's jew's-harp and having guessed that the Blythes were there and fun afoot.

Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud 1919

This is true of the Blythes, an ordinary family that—with the spectacular prominence of one of its members—suddenly becomes a public curiosity.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

She stayed in town a few months, even living briefly with the Blythes, but then left for Dallas.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

This is true of the Blythes, an ordinary family that—with the spectacular prominence of one of its members—suddenly becomes a public curiosity.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

The Texas branch of the Blythes has passed down a tale of how the family moved to Sherman, Texas, from Tippah County, Mississippi, in 1909.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

The Texas Blythes love that story, because it evidences how uncertain were the lives of their forebears.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

She says the Blythes treated her well, and she liked and respected all of them, but that she felt as though she was a terrible burden on a family that could weather no additional burdens.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

The job and the apartment never came through, and Adele moved in with the Blythes in that tiny house on Preston Road.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

She stayed in town a few months, even living briefly with the Blythes, but then left for Dallas.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

The Texas branch of the Blythes has passed down a tale of how the family moved to Sherman, Texas, from Tippah County, Mississippi, in 1909.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010