The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-27
nightingale is in good voice"

nightingale is in good voice"
Il never heard nightingale before
/ came to Virginia. | wonder why 1t
sings only at night"
What an odd idea! Why, 1t sings
in the daytime, too"
Really? But | suppose 1t escapes
notice in the general chorus. Is 1t a
large bird?"
No; smaller than thrush Only a
little bigger than q robin. It's nest is
over there in that hedge--a tiny loose
cup OF dried oak-leaves, lined with
hair, and the eggs are olive color.
How pretty the hedge looks now, all
tangled with freely sparks!"
Doesn't It! Uncle Jefferson calls
them lightning bugs"
The name is much more pic
turesque. But all the darby sayings
are. DO you find him and Aun,
Daphne useful?"
He has been godsend," he said
fervently; and her cooking has
taught me to treat her with passion.
ate respect. He's teaching me now
about tiowers--its surprising how
many kinds he knows He's a walking
herbarium."
Come and see mine" she said.
Roses are our specialty-we have to
live up to the Rosewood name. But
beyond the arbors, are beds and beds
OF other flowers. See-by this big
tree are speed-well and delphinium.
The tree is a black.walnut It's a
dreadful thing to have one a. big as
that. When you want something that
costs lot of money you SO and look
at It and wonder which you want
most. that particular luxury or the
tree | know girl who had two in
her yard only a little bigger than this,
and she went to Europe on them. Bat
so far I've always voted for the tree.
How does your garden come on?"
"Famously. Uncle Jefferson has
shanghaied half-dozen negro gar
deners-from where can't imagine
and he's having the time Of his life
hectoring over them. He refers to the
upper and lower terraces as 'up-and-
downstairs I've got seeds, but it
will be Il long time before they
flower"
oh, would you like some slips?"
She cried Cor, better stlll, can
give you the roses already rooted
Mad Charles and Marechal Neil and
Cloth Of Gold and cabbage and ram
blers. We have geraniums and
fuchslas, too. and the coral honey
suckle, That's different from the wild
one you know"
You are too good! II you would
only advise me where to set them!
But dare say you think me presum-
ing"
She turned her full face to him.
" Presuming! You're Furnishing me
now for the dreadful way talked to
YOU about Damory Court--before
knew who you were. Oh, ii was un-
pardonable, And after the splendid
thing you had done--I read about 1t
that same evening-with your money,
| meant"
NO, no." he protested. There
was nothing splendid about it, II was
only pride You see the corporation
was my fathers great idea-the thing
no created and put his soul into-and
1t was laundering. | know that would
have hurt him. One thing I've wanted
to say to you, ever since the day We
talked together-about the duel |
want to say that whatever lay behind
it. my fathers whole life was darkened
by that event. Now that | can put
two and two together, | know that It
was the cause Of his sadness"
"Ah, can believe that she re-
piled.
Il think he had only two interests
myself and the corporation. So you
see why Id rather save that and be a
beggar the rest of my natural life,
But I'm not beggar. Damory Court
alone is worth know it nova hun
drea times what | left"
You are so utterly different from
what l imagined you!" -..-,-
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