The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-04
CHAPTER X.
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years, He looked at her little quit
ily: but her eyes had turned away
They were gazing between the cataF
pas to where. far OFF on gentle rise
the stained gable OF a roof thrust w
dark and gaunt above its nest OF
foliage. Everything changed then'
she continued dreamiiy. everything
The majors fingers strayed across
his waistcoat. fumbling nncertalhi
for his eyeglasses. For an instant ne
too. was back in the long'ago past
when he and Valiant had been com
rades. What long panorama uniold-
ed nj the name; the times when they
had been boys fy-fshing In the Rapl'
dan and fox -hunting about Pilot-khoh
with the yelping hounds-crisp win
tiers OF books and pipes together ~
the old university at Charlottesvliie-
later maturer years about Damor!
Court when the trail OF sex had deep
ened into mans passion and the
devils rivalry II had been curious
three-sided affair--he, and Valiant. and
Sassoon. Sassoon with his oissipated
fair and ungoyernable temper ana
strange fits of recklessness clean,
thigh.idealed. straight-away Valiant
and he--a Bristow, neither better nor
worse than the rest OF his name. lie
remembered that mad strained sea-
son when he had grimly recognized
his own cause as hopeless. and with
burning ewes had watched Sassoon
and Valiant racing abreast. he re-
rnembered that glittering prodlga'
= dance when he had come upon valiant
'~9nd Judith standing In the shrubOers,
the candlelight from some open door
eHxolde,iDg4 their faces; hers smiling,
4 a little fippant perhaps, and con-
scious Of her spell; his grave ana
earnest. yet wistful.
'You promise, john?
II give nv sacred word. Whatever
I, the prcvocation, | will not lift my
hand against him. Never. never!
Then the same voice. vibrant, appeal
ssing. Judith. 1t isn't because-be-
J csuse--you care for him.?
/. He had plunged away in the dark
ness before her answer came. What
had IL matterei then 10 him what she
had replied? And that very night had
befallen the fatal quarrel
The major started. How that name
had blown away the dust, That's a
I. long time ego. Judith.
think OF 1t. wore my hair just
"A Shirley does now. liz was the same
4 color. with the same fascinating little
Iishfs and whcrls in it She turned
toward him, but he sat rigidly upright.
Z his gazo avoiding hers. Her dreamy
\ look was gone now, and her eyes were
s very bright.
Thirty years ago tomorrow they
fought" she said softly. Valiant and
Ssssoon. Every woman has her one
anniversary, suppose, and tomor-
rows mine. DO you know what do
4 every fourteenth of May. Monty? !
keep my room and spend the day al
WAYS the same way. There's little
book | read. And there's an old hair
cloth trunk that I've had since was
q girl. Down In the bottom of it are
some-things. that I take out and set
round the room and there
Il 4 handful OF old letters 20 over
from f1rst to last. They're almost
worn out now. but could repeat them
All with my eyes shut. Then, there's
= tiny old straw basket with yellow
\ wisp In Il that once was bunch or
cape jeesamines. wore them 10 that
last ball--the night before it happen
ed. The fourteenth OF May used 10
forward to- ~ r always have lot OF
jessamines, that particular day-ill
have Shirley get me some tomorrow
and In the evening, when ! go down
; stairs, the house is full. of the. scent
OF them. All summer long. IT'S roses
but on the. fourteenth OF May II has
TO be iessamines. Shirley must think
me a whimsical old woman, but | IN
slst on being humored."
She was silent moment, the point
OF her slender cane tracing circles
IN the gravel It's black date for
you too, Monty. | know. But men
and women are different. | wonder
v what takes the place to a man of
s womans haircloth trunk"
Il reckon It's a demijohn," he said
mirthlessly.
A smile flashed over her face, like
sunshine over flower, and she
looked up al him slowly. What
bricks men are TO each other, You
and the doctor were John Valiant S
{ closest friends. What did you two
care what people said? Why, women
don't stick TO each other like that,
IL isn't in petticoats. II wouldn't do
for women 10 take to dueling, Monty
when the affair was over and done,
the seconds would fall to with their
hatpins and jab each others eyes
OUT"
He smiled. little bleakly and
\ cleared his throat.
Isn't II strange for me 10 be talk
ing this way now,' she said present
Iy. Another proof that I'm gettin {
old But the date brings II very close f.
II seems. somehow. closer than ever
this year.-Monty. weren't you tre-
mcndously surprised when mar
ried Tom cambridge
Il certainly was"
I'll tell you a secret. was. too.
\ suppose did II because Of sneak.
ing feeling that some people were
feeling sorry for me. which ! never
could stand Well, he was man
y any one might honor. I've always
thought woman ought TO have two
husbands one to love and cherish
and the other to honor and obey.
had the latter, al any rate"
And you've lived, Judith" he said
Yes" she agreed. with little
4 oigh. 1--WE lived. I've had Shirley
& and she's twenty and adorable. Som,
4 OF my emotions creak a bit in tn,
4 hinges. but I've enjoyed things. A
woman Is cat enough not TO be wholly
miserable II she can sit In the sur
and purr. And I've had peopl,
I enough, and books to read. and plent,
4 OF pretty things to look at. and OF,
ACE to wear. and I've kept my fgur,