The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-08

Joni heard the other women dis
cussing her clothes after she left
And she still had the mannerism tina
was most fascinating to me-she KEEP
her eyes down while she was talk
ing or listening, and raised them nov
and then with a full, slow look a
you.
When Mrs. Liscombe asked her Z,
come TO dinner the next evening will
the people she was visiting, she said
Unfortunately, / must start TO
Washington in the morning. I an
overhauling my school and building
an addition
1t had not occurred to me to thinl
where she had come from or how
she happened to be there, or of any
thing in the years since I was las
with her. The reminder that she hae
school came as shock-she wa:
SO utterly unlike my notion of the
head of a school. ] think she saw
or felt what was in my mind, for she
went on, to me: I've had it si1
years now-the next will be the sew
enth.''
DO you like ft?" / asked.
Don't look like happy woman p
you do" said 1, after our eyes had
met. You are
There were so girls last year
g." she went on. Next year there
will be more-about a hundred. It's
like garden, and I'm the gardener
busy from morning till night, with
no time to think of anything but my
plants and flowers"
She had conjured a picture that
made my heart ache. / suddenly felt
old and sad and lonely-a forlorn
failure. Il, too, am gardener" said
/. But it's a sorry lot Of weeds and
thistles that keeps me occupied. And
in the midst of the garden is a plum
tree that bears Dead Sea fruit
She was silent.
you don't caro- for politics %
said l.
NO" she replied. and lifted and
lowered her eyes in a slow glance
that made me wish 1 had not asked.
ct is. I think, gardening with weeds
and thistles, as you say" Then, after
pause: do you like it?'
Don't ask me-" / said with a bit
terness that made us both silent
thereafter
That evening I got Fred to land me
at the nearest town. The train she
must have been on had just gone. In
the morning / took the express for
the east. Arrived at Washington,
drove straight to her school
A high iron fence, not obstructing
the view from the country road; a
long drive under arching naples and
beeches; a rambling, fascinating old
house upon the crest of a hill; many
windows, a pillared porch, low,
very wide doorway. 1t seemed like
her in it's dark, cool, odorous beauty
She herself was in the front hall.
some workmen. "Why, SEN
ator Sayler, this is a SURPRISE" she
said, advancing to greet me. But
there was NO suggestion of sur
prise in her tone or her look, only a
welcome to an acquaintance
She led the way into the drawing
room to the left. The furniture and
pictures were in ghostly draperies:
was in confusion. We
went on to side veranda, seated
ourselves. She looked inquiringly at
me.
81 do not know why" was my an
swer. II only know had to come"
She studied me calmly. / remem-
Der her look, everything about her
he embroidery on the sleeves and
bosom of her blouse. the buckles on
her white shoes. / remember also
hat there was a breeze, and how
good 1t felt to my hot face, to my
eyes burning from lack of sleep. At
asst she said: "Well-what do you
hink of my little kingdom?"
ut is yours-entirely
House, gardens-everythin Ipaid
he last of my debts in June"
I'm contrasting it with my own"
said
But that isn't fair" she protested
With a smile. You must remember,
m a woman
With my own" / went on. as IL
he had not interrupted Yours is
yours. honestly got. 1t makes you
'roud, happy. Mine" did not nm
sh.
She must have seen or felt how
profoundly / was moved, for ! pres
ntly saw her looking at me with an
l might have resented for
IS pity from any other than her.
Why do you tell me this?" she
Sked
There Is always for every one"
Fas my answer, some person TO
Thom he shows himself as he is
on are that person for me because |
I'm surrounded by people who care |
DIT me for what | can give. Ever |
~ children care to a great extent TO- |
hat reason It's the penalty for hay |
lg the power to give the materia
ainss all human beings crave. Onl |
vo persons ever cared-cared muci |
)r me just because / was myself |
hey were my mother-and you"
She laughed in quiet raillery. Tw
ave cared for you. but You hav
AIRED for only one. And what d,
otion you have given him."
Il have cared for my mother-fo
" children