The Detroit times., 1913-11-08

yawn Of pleasure. m the room below
he could hear the vigorous sound OF
Aunt Daphne's hard-driven broom and
the sound flooded the echoing space
with a comfortable commotion.
The present task was one after
Aunt Daphne's own heart. A small
mountain Of dust was growing on tho
terrace, and as beneath brush and
rag the colors OF wall and parQuetry
stood forth, her face became one
shiny expenss Of ebony satisfaction,
When the bulldog. returning from his
iaunt. outstripping Uncle Jefferson,
bounced In to prance against her she.
smote him Justify with her scrubbing-
brush.
cit outer heah, 20 good-fo' -nuth-
I'm wife rapscaiiyun! 0wins trapse
yo' muddy feet all ovah dis yeah floor,
whut All jes' scrubbed tell yo' marstah
kin eat of'n et?". Che broke on to
listen to Uncle Jefferson's voice out
side, directed toward the upper win
dow.
Dat yo'. sub, Vas, sub. dis me.
Well, sub, All take OIL Sukey out dc
Red Road, en- All hitch huh ter 20
mschine-thing. en- she done balk.
Won't 60 nohow whut, sub?
Beat huh ovah de HAD! Vas, sub,
done hit huh In de haid six times wid
de whip-hanI. On she look me In de
eye On ain said er word. Twis'
huh tajlr Me, sub? No-suh-ree, sub.
Mars Quarles' boy one time he twis'
huh tail en- dey SEN him ter de hors-
pitt Daid.' sub! No, sub, AIM daid,
but OF mos bust him Wide open. !.
Set nah undah huh!' Vas, sub. done
set nah undah huh. MOS burn up
de harness, on ATM done no good. i.
Well, sub. All jes' gwineter say no use
wnitin' To- Sukey ter change huh.
min, 90 An put some fence-rails un-
dab huh en- Jock huh up en- come
home. Hn Abs swine ont arter sup
pah On Sukey b all right den. suh.
An reclxn. Yas, suh."
Aunt Daphne plunged out WIN nfS
IN her ey1, but tdU MuUn TINT Uxnno'
from sb0ve war ruassurfng. Mover
mind. Uncle Jeffsrson,- Miss Sukeyss'
wAims shall be~rseArded.A- ~ - -s~~
:. Chum. .bouneing up. the stairs hbs'
an animated bundle Of springs, met
his mnster coming down.. *Old man."
said the latter, Il don't mind telling
you that I'm beginning to be taken
with this place. But It's In bad
way. and It's going to be put In
shape. It's q large order, and well
have TO work Ike horses. Don't you
bother Aunt Daph! You just come
with your Uncle Dudley. He's going
to take look over the grounds"
He went to his trunk and hshed
out soft shirt on which he
knotted loose tie, exchanged his
Panama Tor q SLOUGH hat. and whist
ling the bar carole from Tales OF
Hoffmann." went gaily out. ~ feel
tremsndousiy alive today" ne con.
ftded to the dog. ~ he trsmpcd
through the lush grass. IF You see
me ladle the muck out Of that foun-
tain with my own fair hands. don't
have q 1T. I'm liable TO do any
thing"
His eve swept up and down the
slope. There probably iBn't hnsr
site for house in the whole south. "
he told himself. The lvfng-ro0ms
front south and west. Well get
scrumpti0us sunsets from that back
porch. And on the other side there's
the view clear TO the Blue Ridge. And
as for this gArden, no landscape Art
ist need apply. The outlines are oil
here; It needs only to be put back
Well FIRST rake out the rubbish; chop
down that underbrush and trim tho
box. The shrubs only want pruning.
Then we'll mend the pool and set the
fountain going and put In some gold
Ash. F1ower-seeds and bulbs. are
cheap enough. fancy. Just think OF
a bed Of black and gold. pansieo~ run
ming down to the lake! And -on- 4ha
other side . wilderness garden. rye
seen pictures Of than. in -thal ulus-
trated weeklies. Those rotten pCsts,
under that snarl Of vines, ~ wore :
pergoia. Any old carpenter can 70.
build thst-I can draw the plans ny
he skirtsd the lake. "only to grub
out some Of the Nlies--there's too
many OF them-and straightsn tho
rim--and weed the pebble margin to
give those green rocks q show. I'll
build q little wharf below them to
dive from. and--yes, I'll stock II With
spotted trout. Not just to yenk out
with a barAed hook, but to make II
inhabited. How well couple OF
white swans would. look preoning In
the shade out there!. The roofs gone
from that oval summer-house. but It's
no trick to put another on"
He, penetrated farther into the
tangR and came out into partially
cleared space shaded with great
trees, where the grass was matted
with clover into thick rug, sprinkled
with designs worked IN bris-bells and
neld-daisies. with here ana there q
Haunting poppy, like a scarlet medal.
lion. He was but q few hundred
yards from the house. yet the silence
was 50 deep that there might have
been no habitation within fifty miles.
All at once he stopped short; there
was a sudden movement In the thick
ct beyond--the sound OF light fast
footballs. ~ Of some one running
away.
He made a lunge for the dog, but
with growl Chwm tore himself from
the restraining grasp and dashed into
the bushes. "A child. no doubt he
thought as ne plunged In pursuit. and
that lubberly brute will scare 1t half
TO DEATH"
He pulled up with an exclamation.
In q narrow wood-path little way
from him, partly hidden by a wind
fall. stood a girl. her skirt .transhxod
with a wickedly jagged sapling. He
saw instantly how II had happened:
the windfall had blocked the way,
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