The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-05-14

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back through the perfnmed dark.
An hour later she stood in the
coy Stiffness OF her bedroom.
She threw on her gown. slipped into
a soft loose robe OF maize-eoIored silk
and stood before the small glass. She
pulled out the amber pins and drew
her wonderful hair on either side OF
her face, locking out al her reflection
IKE a mermaid from between the rip
ping waves Of moon golden sea
Al last she turned. and seating her.
self AZ the desk. took from IL a diary
She scanned the pages at random. her
eyes catching llnes here and there.
A good run today Betty and Judge
Chalmers and the Pendleton boys Ny
fourth brush this season" a frown
drew Itself across her brows. and she
turned the page. One OF the hounds
broke his leg, and gave him 20
Hickey" Chilly Lusk 10
dinner today. after swimming the Lor.
Ing Rapid"
she biz her lip turned abruptly TO
the new page and took up her pen.
This morning twelye-mile run TO
DamOfy Court" she wrote This
afternoon vent for cape jessamines q"
There she paused. The happenings
and sensations Of that day would not
be recorded. They were UNIV ritable.
She laid down her pen and put her
forehead on her clasped hands How
empty and lnane these entries seemed
beside this rich and eyentful twenty.
four hours Just passed What had
she been doing a year ago today she
wondered, The lower drawer OF the
desk held number OF slim diaries
like the one before her She pulled IL
out. took up the lastyear's volume
and opened H.
Why" she said in surprise, Il got
Ieasamine for mother this very same
day last year" she pondered frown.
| Ing. then reached for a third and a
fourth, From these she looked up
startled That date In her mothers
calendar called for cape leasamlnes
What was the fourteenth Of May to
bert
She bent slow troubled gaze about
her, The room had heen hers az
! child, She seemed suddenly back In
that childhood with her mother bend.
ins over her pillow and fondllng her
rebeliious hair When the wind cried
for loneliness out In the dark she had
sung old songs TO her, Sad songst
Even In those pinafore years Shirley
had vaguely realized that pain lay be-
hind the brave gay mask Was there
something some event that had
caused that duileoiored life aud un.
fuitilment7 And was today. perhaps,
Its anniversary
John Valiant sat propped up on the
library couch. an open magazine un-
heeded on his kBee, The reading.
stand beside him was litter OF lot.
tiers E-d papers. The bow. window
vas open and the honeysuekie breeze
blew about him, lifting his hair and
ruifling the leaves OF the papers In
the garden three darkies were labor,
Ing under the supervision OF Uncle
jefferson The unaightly weeds and
llchen we're gone from the graveled
paths. ANA from the fountain pool.
whose shan nov apouted slender
spray shyered BY tho breeze into a
million diamonds. Which fell back Into
the pool With tlntnabulant trlcSle
aud drip
The master 81 namorv Court closed
the magazine Wltn a sigh slf could
enl 80 a all AZ oacc'~ no muttered
"a takes such ronioundod time
-Four DAYS they've been working nov
aud they haven't done much more
than clean up lie laughed aud
shfew thE mhsaxinc az the dog who
doaned " wish tniafpd aiaerity After
all. Jhum he remarked, "ita been
thirty wears getting IN this condition
guess we're doing Pretty we'll
tle stretched mxartcusiy "tll take
hand a. u mFsslf tomorroW TIN
as rtEh, "a rain a9atn now thanks TO
Aunt paph and the doctor Some
tAtns % grustS citizen. the doctor
but he's ali to the seed
A HEAVY step came aicur the porch
aod uuclg tenersea appeared with a
teat aoljluE covered dish VITA
plate % biscuit nud round iaurpe,
ttnek hers saia JOHN valiant e
ha8 nv NNeheop three hours aNe. lm
being stuEva iks m,ls fed tuekey
me old man smiled widely SIS
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yHJaah lhinsa uis yeah pots dat
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valiant shifted Nith satisfaction
ter rrtfiHF q" ,osfesuavdr spatlvd 30
BE- said that lm tsunied 'c STAY siek
Ant So nethine 81. ~at ~ the Was
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