The Detroit times., 1913-11-29

cord seemed TO mock ~ Jnoo4
The great house HAD boeomo
to him; he told himself that ~ p
make no other. The few t1lo
had brousht-his books and 01E
had grown to be = part ~ 4, N
they should remain. The n oAo1
not be laid to the walnut groSo- II
his father had done. he wouI1 (p9x
behind him the life he had lived q
and the old Court should ~ o0&
more closed and deserted. UuEl ~
Jefferson and Aunt Daphne miGht
ON In the cabin back Of the kitG&ou \
There was pasturage for the bo9o
and the COWS and for old eutoys o1k5
some acres had already been cloo&o4
for planting. And there would 10 a.
swans, the ducks and chickens. ne f
peafowl and the Ash. IA
A letter he'd come TO him that mogz
ing. The Corporation had reeuuno6
business with credit uuimpalfo0@ N
Public opinion was more than frien4
" now. A place waited for him Tiers Y
end one OF added honor, In c0ncogn
that had vigorously cleansed iteol1
and already looked forward to nox
career Of prosperity But he thnuGht q
Of this now with NO thrill The 90
life NO longer called There were SIN 4
wide unpeopled spaces somewheTG Y
where mans hand and brain were
no Less needed. and there was work (.
there that would help him TO bear, x y
not forget. ~
He paced up and down the porch Il
under the great gray columns, h1S 8
steps spiritless and tagging. The vfr,s'
gtuta creeper. trailing over it, end,
waved to and fro with sound Ike i y
sigh. How long would It b befogoae
the lawn was once more unksmpk amds2
draggled? Before burdock and thioe n
tie, mullen and Spantsh-needlo wou11a "
return to smother the clover? b.
fore DamOry Court on which he ha<1 q
spent such loving labor, would Iieso
again as 1t lay that afternoon WHOM y
he had ratified thither on Uncle J0G4as
Persons crazy hack? Before there
would be for him, In some farawGy u
corner OF the world, only Wfahfng-ts
House and the Never.Never Land? r
In the hall he stood moment bo-3
fore the fireplace, hin eyes ON tt93
carven motto. Il ciinE9:" the PHRASE
! was like q spear-thruSt.~ He began v
To wander restlessiy through the
house, up and down, like prov ling 6
animal The dining-r00m looked ANS
tere and chill--only the little lady M;
hoops and love-curls who had been 3
his great grandmother smiled wist. !
fully down from her gilt frame above
the console-and in the library Z mel
ancholy deeper than that of yester-
days tragedy seemed to hang. through
which DevilJohn, drawing closer the I
| leash OF his. leaping hound, glared I;
sardonically at him from his one cold
! eye. The shutters OF the parlor were !;
closed, but heFthrew them open and
let the rich light pierce the yellow |.
gloom, glinting from the figures III ]
the cabinet and weaving Thousand
tiny rainbOws In the prisms OF the
great chandelier.
! He went upstairs into sytAe bod
rooms one by one. now and then pass
Ing his hand over polished chair
back or touching an ornament or .
frame on the wall: into The Hilarfum1
with its records of childish study ana
play. The dolls stood now on dress
parade In glass cases, and prints tns
bright cOlOrs, dear to little people,
were on the walls. He opened tAeS
shvtters here. too, and stood some !
time on the threshold before he turn.
ed and went heavily downstairs.
| Through the rear door he could |
see the kitchens, and Aunt Daphne
sitting under the trumpet-vine piec- /!
Ing q nine-patch calico quilt with ft-i
tie squares of orange and red ana
green cloth. Two diminutive darhfos
were sprawled on the ground looking;
up at her with round serious eyes.
willis = wary bantam pecked indus-'
triousiy about their bare len. +.
EN- den whW de roostah. say. Aunt
Damph?"
"Ol' roostah he hollah ter I'll NJ
wifes. 10000! Oo-ooo. Yoang
Mars come!-Young Mars' come!-
Young Mars GOMEZ En- dey eli
mighty skeered. case Mars John he
Ecert'n'y fond OBJ fried chick'n. Bat
Do big turkey gobbler he dom buoee
ct tall. Doubtful-doubtful- doubt
fun he Say, lax dat. Den de drake
he peep erOun' de cornah, en- he ray,
Hash! Hash! Haish. Foo he uOBo
seed Mara John comm. sho' nuR.
But ct too late by den, 70, Aunt Dnph
she done grab Mis- Pullet. en- Mars
John he g~ineter eat huh dis berg
Ievenin' To- he suppah Now you chill
lun runs erlOng home ter yo' mann
mics. en- don 20 pick none Of dem
green apples on de way, ne3dah.'
1t was not till after dark had come
that Valiant said sood-by 70 the gar
den. He loved IL best under the star.
light. He sat q long hour under the
lpergola overlooking the lake. where
he could dimly see the green rocks.
and the white froth OF the water bub-
bling and chuckling down over their
rounded outlines to the shrouded iiy-s
Ell below. The moon lifted finally and
scared through the sky, blowing out
the little lamps OF stars. Under its
light . gossAmer mist robed the land
which trere and shrub altered their
scape In a shimmering opalescence, In
Ivaldes and became transmitted TO sill
yer sentinels. watching over . ro-
Imesne Of violet-velvet shadows filled
with sleepy twitterings and stealthy
Irustlings and the odor OF Wild honey
suckle.
AT last he stood before the old sun
dial. rearing its column from its
lpearly clusters of blossoms. Il coune
no hours but the happy ones ne
read the inscription with an indrAwn
breath. Then. cropping at its base,
he lifted tie ivy that had. once ram.
bled there antk drew up the tanxte