The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1913-07-31

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Tney had just given us the most lovely
swinging things, one after another.
when suddenly they all stopped, and
the leader drew his bow across his
violin. Never in all my life have /
ever heard anything like the call of
that waltz from that gypsys strings
1t laughed you a signal. and you felt
yourself follow the first strain.
! Just then somebody happened to
take me from whomever | was with.
and l caught step and glided off the
universe. The strongest arms that |
had felt that evening-or ever-held
me. and | didn't have to look up to
knew, but I did. | wasn't clasped so
very close to him or left to float by
! myself an inch. l was Just part Of
him like the arms themselves or the
hhand that mine nodded into And
while that wonder music teased and
cajoled aud mocked and rocked and
sobbed and throbbed | laid my cheek
against his coat sleeve and gave my
, self away, ] didn't care to whom.
Again that strange sense of some
wonderful eternal good came to me.
and | found myself humming Billy's
little "soul to keep prayer against
The doctors sleeve to the tune of that
magic waltz. had never danced with
him before. of course. but | felt as II
had been doing 1t always, and |
melted in his arms as that baby had
wilted to his mother out in the cabin
few hours earlier, and don't see
how such happiness as that could stop.
But with soft, entreating wall the
music came to an end. and there the
doctor was. smiling down into my
face with his whimsical, friendly
smile that woke me up all over.
Somebody has stolen a rose from
the Carter garden and brought it to
the dance, -he said with laugh that
was for me alone.
mo" flashed back, "a string bean"
And with that | danced off again with
! the Judge, while the doctor disappear.
ed through the door, and ! heard the
chug Of his car as It whirled away.
He had just stopped In for second to
see the fun. and God had given me that
gypsy waltz with him because he knew
1 needed something like that in my
life to keep for always.
This has been a happy night, In
which l betrothed myself to Alfred
though he doesn't know 1t yet. l an
going to take it as a sign that life fol
US is going to be brilliant and gay and
full of laughter and love.
/ haven't had Billy in my arms to
day, and I don't know how l shal
ever get myself to sleep If let myself
think about it. His sleep place on my
breast aches. 1t is comfort to thinl
that the great big God understands tn,
womenfolk that he makes even If they
don't understand themselves.
Most parties are just punches of self
ish people who go off in the corners an(
have good times all by themselves, bu
in Hillsboro. Tenn, 1t is not that way
Everybody that is not invited help
the hostess get ready and have nice
things for the others, and sometimes
think they really have the best time o
all.
This morning Aunt Bette came vi
my front steps before breakfast with
large basketful of things for my din
ner, and | wondered what / wouI'
have collected to be served to thos
people by the time all my neighbor
had made their prize contributions.
took Aunt Bette and Judy half hou
to unpack their things and set them il
the refrigerator and on the pantr
shelves. One was plump fruit cak
that had been keeping company In
tight box with a sponge soaked Il
sherry for ever since New Years.
was ripe. or smelled so. II made m
Rnaw under my belt