Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-08-28

"Molly, you are one lovely dream"
that If Pet breathed a single strain Of
music out of his arms I didn't see 1t.
knew that gone expression on his
face and 1t made me feel SO lonesome
that l was more gracious to the Judge
than was exactly safe. He dances just
as magnl6cently as he exists in life,
and 1t Is kind of ceremonial to do 1t
with him. The boys all wore white
fannels and most of the men. but the
Judge was as formally dressed as he
would have been in midwinter, and !
wondered If Alfred could be half as
distinguished to look at. l suppose my
eyes must have been telling on me
about how grand | thought he was
looking because newell, was rather
relieved when one Of the boys took me
out Of his arms for a good, long, swing
ing twostep.
And how l did enjoy it all, every
single minute Of it! My heart beat
time to the music as IL it would never
tire Of doing so. Miss Chester and l
exchanged little laughs and scraps Of
conversation I'm between times, and l
fell deeper and deeper in love with
her. Every pound have melted and
frozen and starved off me has brought
me nearer to her. and ! just can't
think about how | am going to hurt
her in few days now. put the
thought from me and so let myself
swing out into thoughtlessness with
one of the boys. And after that l
really didn't know with whom was
dancing, began to get so intoxicated
with it all.
/ never heard musicians play better
or get more of the spirit Of dance in
their music than those did tonight.
They had just given us the most lovely
swinging things, one after another,
when suddenly they all stopped, and
tine leader drew his bow across his
violin. Never in all my life have !
ever heard anything like the call OF
that waltz from that gypsy's 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 caught step and gllded off the
universe. The strongest arms that
had felt that evenlng-or ever-held
me, and didn't have to look up to
see who 1t was. don't know why
knew, but | did. wasn't clasped Sc
very close to him or left to float by
myself an inch. was just a part OF
him like the arms themselves or the
hand that mine nodded into. And
while that wonder music teased and
cajoled and Knocked 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 somC
wonderful eternal good came to me
and | found myself humming Billy:
little "soul to keep" prayer agains
the doctors sleeve to the tune Of thai
magic waltz. had never danced will
him before, of course, but felt as Il
| had been doing 1t always. and
melted in his arms as that baby hat
wilted to his mother out In the cabiI
few hours earlier, and ! don't Sc,
how such happiness as that could stop
But with a soft, entreating wall tn,
music came to an end. and there tn,
doctor was. smiling down into m!
face with his whimsical, friendl!
smile that woke me up all over.
Somebody has stolen a rose fr5u
the Carter garden and brought 1t I
the dance" he said with Il laAsh tina
was for me alone.
mo" flashed back, "a string bean.
And with that danced of again wit
the Judge. while the doctor disappear
ed through the door. and | heard tn
chug Of his car us II whlrled away
He had Just stopped In for second {
see the fun, and God had given me tina
gypsy waltz with him because he knev
l needed something like that In m
life to keep for always.
This has been happy night, |
which | betrothed myself to Alfret
though he doesn't know 1t yet. | al
going to take II as sign that life fC
us is going to be brilliant and gay an
full Of laughter and love.
l haven't had Billy in my arms {,
day, and don't know how | sha
ever get myself to sleep II let myse
think about It. His sleep place on IN
breast aches. II Is n comfort to thin
that the great big God understands Ii
womenfolk that he makes even If the
don't understand themselves.
.
Most parties are just punches Of sci
ish people who 20 Off In the corners m
have good times all by themselves, bl
In llllsboro, Tenn, It is not that wa
Everybody that Is not invited hell
the hostess get ready and have MI
things for the others, and sometimes
think they really have the best time
all.
This morning Aunt Bette came I
my front steps before breakfast with
large basketful Of things for my dl
ner, and wondered what won
have collected to be served TO tho