Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14

1 li1G suppose AAhe-N -
about the only morning dissipation In
Hillsboro that l can think of, and II
all depends on whom you meet, how
much of dissipation it is.
The next thing that happens
after you have done a noble deed
is, you either regard 1t as a re-
ward of virtue or as a punish
ment for having been foolish. ! felt
both ways when Judge Wade came
down the car aisle. looking so much
grander than any other man in srght
that l don't see how they stand him
ever. At that minute the noble
| black taffeta deed felt foolish, but at
the next minute l thanked my lucky
stars for 1t.
| 1t is nice to watch for a person to
catch sight of you If you feel sure
how they are going to take, 1T and
somehow in this case 1 felt sure.
/ was not disappointed, for his smile
broke his face up into a joy-laugh.
Off came his hat instantly so l could
catch a glimpse of the fascinating
frost over his temples, and with a
positive sigh of rapture he subsidized
| into the seat beside me. 1 turned
with an echo smile all over me when
suddenly his face became grave and
considerable, and he looked at me as
all the men in Hillsboro have been
doing ever since poor Mr.. Carriers
funeral.
Mrs Carter" he said very kindly,
IN voice that pitched me out Of the
car window and left me a mile be-
| hind ON the track, ali 10y myself,
wish I had known of your sad errand
to town SO | could have offered you
some assistance in your selection.
You know we have just had our lot
IN the cemetery finally arranged and
I found the dealers in memorial
stones very confusing in their ideas
and designs. Mrs. Henderson just
told my mother of your absence from
home last night, and l could only
come down to the city for the day on
important business or / would have
arranged to see you. / hope you
found something that satisfied you"
What's a woman going to say when
she has a tombstone thrown in her
face like that? l didn't say anything
but what l thought about Aunt Ade-
line filed in a dreadful pause.
Perfectly dumb and quiet l sat for
an awful space of time and wondered
just what l was going to DO. Could
a woman lie a monument into her
suitcase? 1t was beyond me at that
speaking and the Molly that is ready
for life quick didn't want to. l shut
my eyes, counted three to myself as
1 do when | go over into the cold
tub, and / told him all about it. We
both got a satisfactory reaction and
I never enjoyed myself so much as
that before.
l understood now why Judge Wade
has had so many women martyr
themselves over him and live un-
happily ever afterward, as every
body says Henrietta Mason is doing.
He's a very inspiring man and he
fairly bristles with destinations.
Some men are what you call taking
and they take If they want you, while
others are drawing and after you are
drawn to them they will consider the
question of taking you. The judge
is like that.
In the meantime it tingles me up
to a very great degree to have a man
use his eyes on me as it is the
privilege of only womankind to do,
and I feel that 1t will be good for
his judgeship for me to let him
draw" me at least little way.
may get hurt, but ! shall at least
have an interesting time of it. I
started right then and got results,
for he stopped under the old lilac
bush that leans oven my side gate
and kissed my hand. Old Lilac shook
a laugh of perfume all over us and
l believe signaled the event at the
top of his bough to the white clumps
on the other side of the garden. I'm
glad Aunt Adeline isn't in the flower
fraternity or sorority. Suppose she
lad seen or heard
And it didn't take many minutes
for me to slip into old summer-be-
fore-last-also for the last time in
side of those buttons-and run
through the garden, my heart sing
ing, BILLY, Billy" in a perfect rap
ture of tune. l ran past the. office
door and found him in his cot almost
asleep and we had bear reunion in
the rocker by the window that made
us both breathless.
w hat ulu you DIiUB IIle, hOlly
he finally kissed under my right ear.
"A real baseball and bat, lover,
and an engine with five cars, rake
and a spade and hoe, two blow
guns that pop new way and some
thing that squirts water and some
other things. Will that be enough 2"
Rugged him up anxiously, for some
times he is hard to please and
might not have got the very thing
he wanted
Thank you, Molly, all them things
is what I want, but you oughter
brung more'n that for three days
not being here with me-" Did any
woman ever have more lovely lover
than that? I don't know how long
I should have rocked him in the
twilight if DIR. Johns voice
hadn't come across the hall in COM
mand.
Put him down now, Mrs. Molly,
and come and say other w-do-you-
does he called softly.