The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-14
BY TEMPLE BAILEY.
tCopyright. 1919. by Associ'

z {Copyright. 1910. by Associated
Literary Press
~ pushane lying iaSiiy on the marble
4 6ench by the fountain could see Julia
~ she swept dawn the long shaded
walk with the vista of Tn. terfaesd
Il gardens at the end. She was IN
+ nhtmmerlng green with Il necklace
i md belt of turquoise. Behind hvf
\ atrutted a peacock with outsPfeaa
I tndl. nushane's artistic eye sioateH
over the perfection Of the picture
Il ssYou beauties" he murinhfed ah@er
his breath.
Julia coming nearer said Il knew
I should find yea here You are al
ways lazy IN the afternoons. other
men play. tennis--hut YOU Shv
+ shrugged her shoulders
"Would YOU like TO haze me play
eennis-- now ?" he asked.
She shook her head.
mo, you may talk ~ me.
what shall | talk about r
She gave him q swift glance. As
n YOU didn't know. she nnfinnred
He kne@ what she wanted. lie had
always paid homage iu her beaory,
and she liked la hask in the sunshine
OF his compliments
Somehow he felt net in the mood
to give her what she desired
WEAKNESS had come over him. a sense
of Incompetence. He had planned
to-day to ask Julia To marry him. and
now that the moment had arrived. hc
had ne desire 10 speak.
Even as he hesitated the peacock
raised his head and gave a harsh cry.
Julia put her hands over her ears.
He Is such Beauty. she said.
.'aho would have dreamed that III
could give forth such an evil sound p
II flashed through bushane.s mind
/; a. she sat there. touching her shin
i ing hair, settling the blue stones at
her neck making a thousand little
ineffective feminine movements that
& she was not unlike the peacock preeh-
{ ing Itself III the sunshine. At his
\ SILENCE SHE routed - cure not inter-
esting she said. Il am going to
4 leave you aud tind somebody wno can
Y talk
VII He ist her go. wondering Why be
did 50, yea held from tne declaration
8@0k his feelings by some intuition.
sfRhGn he WAS again alone he became
syx0nfcieus OF a little sound IN the
E$mfiilntss. "A soft song sung III II quay
N$erInE voice. lie rose, followed the
#&0nnd, and came upon IL little sum
EsMAHr house get at the foot OF the
#yeGetable garaen. In ii a litti. Old
#a4Ay Eat with Is biG pan III fSE I'd -
into which she Was Smelling peas.
nnshane laughed deiightedly, .taSfly.
kTx Worthington--,' he said. Who
#eDuld have believed ii.
s The little old lady rose hurrIealy,
nMd the peas few in all directions.
oh, what would Jniia say If she knew
E9sUn saw me" she gasped.
aas She was a quaint iittle figure. Her
Il HaNdish black chiffon gown VAS coy
6ded With II hlg, nite apron. her
& hair. dressed with ie@eied combs. 0as
piled high on her head, and she
had perched on il an old straw hat
a130 shade her eyes.
Julia doesn like to have me do
aanything in the Kitchen she falter-
- You know Julia has been away
q ~ Eehessl, and since We got the h1g
y shcnEe she wants us all TO Ike like
Nenple in the city. but l''-si1e Dire "
M quick BREATH have always
Sssheiled peas. anad done sach things
IND l cannot get used to idlenesS. .
sS III know" he added my mother
@slpveK houseeifely things. In our
place in Virginia sue Is ont In her
garden half The time
MI Oh. Is She The little lady's lone
d Ssas eager. II WISH you would tell
II JultA. she thinks tadios-~lilse your
Il 1n0ther---do not do such things.
#S Dushane knew now the cause IL his
Il AMGttnciaye suspicion ct Julia s beauty.
|sS1ie had felt behind 1t there was q
&SaAck OF character anu snubbishness
that was piebeian His own lineage
d WAS nnauestioned. but the women OF
AiE family had bes.n proud OF their
&sBArdens. their Kitchens and of their
SSs51Uusenifely domain.
Nov Neil Ii different the old ladI
WAS saving. Sometimes she comes
xstst and helps me. The other day
wH ran away and had Il picnic w
&sa3pnght Il loaf OF bread and bottle
3ef milk. and made milk toast over
M little fire We built In the woods
and you cannot imagine how good ii
4AEted.'
Indeed / can Dushane said hear
filr. The NEXT time you run aWay