Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-16

pies ana Snc smiled NJ thc man, say
ing: "Good morning. did not
imagine that anyone else was up at
this hour"
~Well, you sec" said David, jump
ing the hedge and taking the basket
from her arm, 81 wanted to lxlH
how things look before the deW
brushed off. You aroused my curios-
ity last night with your enthusiastic
description Of the early morning."
"Come with me-" she said. ct
want you to see the nasturtiums;
each leaf will be centered with a dew
drop"
David found himself scrutinizing
the girl with a critical gaze and won
dering how anything SO big could be-
come enraptured over anything 50
insignificant as a drop Of dew.
Then they cut the roses and Mar
jory knelt beside a bed Of sweet alys-
sum and clover pinks to pull the
weeds. She frequently forgot that
David stood near and he had to re-
mind her of the fact. Her utter
indifference puzzled him, for he was
a much-courted man. The summons
to breakfast interrupted his analysis
and when he sought her later in the
day to renew it she had gone to the
woods for wild flowers.
David returned home and once
more assumed his writing, but soma
how thoughts would not come. TheNk
was a peculiar, unsatisfed feelingN
and he blamed it on the heat. : The
girls of his set seemed artificial and
he no longer cared to take them out
even the country club seemed dull
and commonplace. Almost every eve
ming he sat alone in the dusk, smok-
ing pipe and trying to discover theI
reason for his lack of interest in life.
Then letter came from his sister,
in which he read ''Marjory Thomas
has absolutely refused to devote so
much of her time to society and her
mother is heartbroken. She has per-
suaded Mr.. Thomas to purchase the
Randall farm, six miles east of here,
where she intends to raise flowers
and vegetables and incidentally give
some poor children of the city a
country home duringthe summer.
David sat with the letter between
his fingers for an hour and then he
determined to visit his sister the next
day.
When Marjory Thomas came to
the garden the following morna q
she found David Hoyt down ON Il
knees before a bed of pansies. 81
was just looking at their impertinent
faces" he said. 4 came to Marian's
last night and remembered your
early morning here, so / thought 1
would come to see how, your garden
grew"
"Mrs. Norton said that you we're
not well. You are better, l hope?"
eyes, thank you. l am much
more energetic. Marian tells me you
have decided to go in for farming"
81 have always wanted to live on
farm" said Marjory, simply, "and
now daddy has consented for me to,
experiment"
"You are very old-fashioned.
aren't you?"
eyes, l fear l am"
"Do you know" David said pres
emily, "that you have done me a
great wrong? You have stolen my
sane poisefulness. l cannot write
in fact l am utterly useless. Won't
you take me to the farm with you
and teach me to live? l want sol
much to become flesh and blood in
stead of ink and paper. Could you
with your charitable inclinations UNI
dertake the task of making me over?
Marjory, ] love you, love you"
Marjory looked down at him, her
lips trembling and a radiant light
shining through her eyes. David
drew her head to Ibis shoulder and
kissed her.
"Can you love me?" he asked.
81 do-yery, very dearly"
"When will you marry me ?"
"Just as soon as the alterations on
the Randall house are completed"
"How can. you love me-snch a
worthless creature?" David asked.