《The Heart Mender 》作者：- Robert F. Young【EPUB】

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His calling card didn't say so, but the old man's specialty was repairing broken romances. By ROBERT F. YOUNG 14 Sycamore Street Tompkinsville, N. Y. April 3, 1959 Bluebird Houses, Inc. P. O. Box 2244 Cove City, N. Y. Gentlemen: Two weeks ago I sent for one of your build-it-yourself bluebird houses. I followed the instructions to a tee, but so far all the house has attracted is sparrows. Please let me know what I can do to correct this situation. Yours truly, ELMER ADAMS BLUEBIRS HOUSES, INC. P.O. Box 2241 Cove City, New York April 7, 1959 Mr. Elmer Adams 14 Sycamore Street Tompkinsville, N. Y. Dear Mr. Adams : I will arrive in Tompkinsville at 3:25 tomorrow afternoon to personally take care of your bluebird problem. Naturally I assume that you will treat me as your guest during toy sojourn in your fair village. Sincerely yours, S. SIALIS, President P.S. I would greatly appreciate it if you will arrange to meet me at the Tompkinsville bus terminal. Elmer spotted him right away. Not that Mr. Sialis looked like a bird expert —or any other kind of expert, for that matter, but he did somehow suggest a bird. He was on the small side and rather scrawny, and the gray suit he was wearing gave the impression that he was beginning to molt. His neck was long and thin, and his white hair—he wore no hat—had receeded away to his occiput and stuck up like a crest. A pointed nose, plus a pair of far-apart blue eyes, completed the illusion. Elmer went over to where he was standing by the magazine rack and introduced himself. Mr. Sialis beamed and offered a rather clawlike hand. "Sparrows living in your bluebird house, are there? Well, we'll take care of that!" “I shoo them away every morning,” Elmer said, "but every evening they come back." Mr. Sialis nodded wisely. "You'd be surprised how