The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-06-03
CHAPT ER Xxx.
The Gardeners.


Shirley iii q lilac musln by his side
and strobe to meet them. Behind
them Ranston propelled hand-ca
filled with paper bundles from each of
which protruded bunch of Towering
stems. There was a flush in Shirlcy's
cheek as her hand lay in Valiant's.
AS for him, his eyes, like wiful
drunkards, returned again and again,
between the majors compliments, to
her face
you have accomplished wonders.
sab! had no Idea SO much could be
done in such a limited time. You
have certainly primped the old place
up. could almost think was look.
Ing at Damory Court in the sixties,
sah!"
That's quite the incest thing you
could have said, Major" responded
Valiant. but it needs the flowers"
He looked at Shirley with sparkling
eyes. How splendid Of you to bring
them! I feel like robber."
With our bushels of them? We
shall never miss them at all. Have
you set out the others?"
II have, indeed Every one has
rooted, too. You shall see them" He
led the way up the drive till they
stood before the porch.
Cad" chuckled the major. "Who
would think it had been unoccupied
for three decades? At this rate, you'll
soon be giving dances, sah."
"Ah," said Valiant. That's the very
thing ! want to suggest. The tourna
ment comes off next week, under
stand and it's been the custom to
have ball that night. The tourney
ground Is OH this estate, and Damory
Court is handler than the Country
Club. Why wouldn't 1t be appropriate
to hold the dance here? The ground.
floor rooms are in order, and IL the
young people would put up With it, it
would be great pleasure to me, as.
sure YOU"
"Oh!" breathed Shirley. That
would be too wonderful"
The major seized his hand and
shook 1t heartily. II can answer for
the committee" he said. They'll
jump at it. Why, sab, the new gener-
'ation has never set eyes inside the
house. It's a golden legend to them"
ments."
He led them around the house and
down the terraces Of the formal gar.
den, and here the majors encomiums
broke forth again. you are going to
take u5 old folks back, sah." he said
with real feeling. This gyarden In
it's original lines was unique. 1t had a
,piquancy and picturesqueness that.
thank God, are to be restored! One
can understand the owner Of an es.
tate like this having no desire to
spend his life philandering abroad. We
all hope, sab, that you will recur to
the habit of your ancestors and count
.Damory Court home"
Valiant smiled slowly. II don't
dream of anything else" he said. "My
life, as l map 1t out, seems to begin
here. The rest doesn't count-only
the years when l was little and had
my father"
The major carefully adjusted his
EYEGLASSES. Ills head was turned
away. "Ah, yes" he said.
1.-THE last twenty years." continued
the other, from my present view.
,pont, are valuable mainly for con.
trast."
"As a consistent regimen Of pats
de foie gras," said Shirley Guizzically
makes one value bread and butter?
He shook his head at her. "As Sta
walton makes one appreciate ~
THE next twenty years are TO i
But thoy hold side-trip"
and then there's Jaunt back to the
city"
Contrast agnin?" she asked inter
estedly.
"Yes and no. Yes, because no one
who has ever known that blazing
changing life can really understand the
peace and blessedness OF a place like
this. No, because there are something's
which are to be found only there
There are the galleries and the opera
] need breath Of them both"
"And occasional longer flights
too" the major reflected. "a looksee
abroad once in blue moon. Why
not?"
Yes For mental photographs
presslons one can't get from between
bookcoverr There's an old cloistel
garden ] ks.ow in Italy and particu
lar river.bank in Japan in the cherry