Kohlers

A child with talent had to be kept at the piano; so twice a week in summer and once a week in winter Thea went over the gulch to the Kohlers ', though the Ladies' Aid Society thought it was not proper for their preacher's daughter to go "where there was so much drinking."

The song of the lark 1915

In the middle of the vacation week Thea went to the Kohlers 'through a soft, beautiful snowstorm.

The song of the lark 1915

Beyond that gulch, on a little rise of ground that faced the open sandy plain, was the Kohlers 'house, where Professor Wunsch lived.

The song of the lark 1915

It was the first time he had ever been inside the Kohlers 'house, and he was so much impressed by Napoleon that the piece-picture formed a new bond between him and Thea.

The song of the lark 1915

The air was a tender blue-gray, like the color on the doves that flew in and out of the white dove-house on the post in the Kohlers 'garden.

The song of the lark 1915

The first dunes were accessible enough; they were only a few miles beyond the Kohlers ', and she could run out there any day when she could do her practicing in the morning and get Thor off her hands for an afternoon.

The song of the lark 1915

Across the gulch the Kohlers 'little house slept among its trees, a dark spot on the white face of the desert.

The song of the lark 1915

She was going to the Kohlers 'to take her lesson, but she was in no hurry.

The song of the lark 1915

More than anything else, falling snow always made her think of Moonstone; of the Kohlers 'garden, of Thor's sled, of dressing by lamplight and starting off to school before the paths were broken.

The song of the lark 1915

Thea was reflecting as she walked along that had it not been for Professor Wunsch she might have lived on for years in Moonstone without ever knowing the Kohlers, without ever seeing their garden or the inside of their house.

The song of the lark 1915