Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-25
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tiny island With 1ieeh S'9'iO - =
| in the Aegean Little coloie ~
memories for me to bring away ~
dream over. But always ] come BACK
here to Damory Court. For this is
| homet' -
They walked beneath the pergola 10
the lake, where Shirley gave a cry oil
delight at sight of its feathered popu-
! iation. "Where did you get them
| front" she asked.
Washington. In crates.
",rhat explains it." she exclaimed.
zone day last week the little darkies
in the village all insisted circus was
coming. Theysmust have seen these
being hauled here. They watched the
whole afternoon for the elephants;
Poor youngsters!" he said. IT
shame to fool them. But I've had all
| the circus I want getting the live
stock installed
"They won't suffer" said the major.
"Rickey Snyder'll get them up
three-ringed show at the drop of
hat and drop it herself. Besides,
there's tournament day coming, and
they can live on that. l see you
dredged out some of the lilies.
Yes. l take my dip here every
morning
1--WE used to have a diving-board
when we were little shavers," pur-
sued the major. Il remember once,
your father"
He cleared his throat and stopped
dead.
Please" said John Valiant, IL
like to hear about him.
at was only that l struck my head
on a rock in the bottom and-stayed
down. The others were frightened.
but he-he dove down again and
again till he brought me out. 1t was
narrow squeak, / reckon"
A silence fell. Looking at the tall,
muscular form beside her, Shirley had
sudden vision of a determined little
body cleaving the dark water, over
and over, now rising painting for
breath, now plunging again, never
giving up. And she told herself that
the son was the same sort. That hard
set of jaws, those firm lips. would
know no fiinching. He might suffer,
but he would be strong. sSubscon-
sciously her mind was also swiftly
contrasting him with Chilly Lusk;
the same spare, 1.-the frame, but set
Off by light skin, brown hair and
hazel eyes; the two faces, alike sharp
ly and clearly chiseled. but this one
purged of the lazy scorn, the safety
and RESTLESS indulgence.
Half unconsciously she spoke her
thought aloud: You look like your
father, do you not?''
Yes he replied there's a strong
likeness. | have a photograph which
I'll show You sometime. But how did
you know?"
Perhaps ] only guessed" she said
In some confusion. To cover this she
stopped by the pebbly marge and held
out her hand to the bronze ducks that
pushed and gobbled about her fingers.
what have you named them?" she
asked ono
Nothing. You christen them
very well. The light one shall
pc Peezletree and the dark one Pill
garlic i got the names from John
Jasper-he was Virginia,s famous
negro preacher. / once heard him
hold forth when he read from one of
the Psalms-the one about the harm
and the psaltery-and he called it
peezletree."
speaking of ducks" said the ma
Jor, twealdng his gray imperial, IRE
minds me of Judge Chalmers white
mallard. He had pair that were so
much in love they did nothing but
loaf around honey cafuddling with
their wings over each others backs.
Il was a lesson in domesticity for the
community, sab. Well, the drake got
shot for wild one and if youu he
lieve it, the poor little duck was that
lnconsolable it would have brought
tears to your eyes. The whole Chal-
mers family were affected"
Shirley had put one hand over her
mouth to repress a smile. major.
Major" she murmured reprovingly.
10 ~ crIf,
YES. sab. nothing would console
her. So at last Chalmers got another
drake, the handsomest he could find,
and trotted him out to please her.
What do you reckon that little white
duck did? She looked at the Judge
once reproachfully and then waddled
down to a black muck-bed and Law
down in it. She came out with as
fine suit of mourning as you ever
| saw. And believe it or not, sab. but
she wouldn't go in the water for ten
daysl"
Valiant's laugh rang out over the
lake-to be answered by q sudden
sharp screech from the terrace, where
the peacock strutted. blaze of
spangled purple and gold. They turn
ed to see AUNT Daphne issue from the
kitchen, twig- broom in hand.
"HeahN she exclaimed what TO
yo' kyahin' on like err will gyraff
wen we got comp'ny. yo' triflin' oil
fan-tail, yo'! Get outen heah!" She
waved her weapon and the bird. with
raucous shrek of defiance, retired
in ruffled disorder. The master OF
Damory Court looked at Shirley
What shall we name him."
"Id call him Fire-Craeker If he
goes off like that she said. And
Fire Cracker the bird was christened
| forthwith
"And now" said Shirley, "let's set
out the ramblers."
The major had brought a rough
plan. sketched from memory, of the
old arrangement of the formal gar
den. "I'll just go over the lines of tie
beds with INC Jefferson" he pro-
posed, while you two potter over
these roses" So Valiant and Shirley
walked back up the slope beneath the
pergola together. The sun was west
ering fast, and long lilac eloud-trails
lay over the terraces. But the bumb-
ling bees were still busy in the honey
suckle and hawking dragon-flies shot
] hither and thither. A robin was tilt
ing on the rim of the fountain and it
J looked at them with head turned