The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-04-01

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He Leaned eIlshtiy Toward Her, One
Hand on the Dlai's TimsNotehsd
Rim.
We got comp'ny. 20 trihin' Oh fan
tail. 20! Git outen heahi" She
waved her weapon and the bird. with
. rauoous shrek of defiance. retired
In RULED disorder. The master Of
Damory Court looked At Shirley.
What shall We name himf
ia call him B1re-Craoker 4 he
noes on like that" she said. And Fire
Cracksr the bird was christsnsd forth
WIN.
And now" said Shirley. Tets -
out the ramblers."
The major had brought . rough plan,
sketshed from memory. Of the old A.
rangamant Of the formal garden. tn
iust 10 over the lines Of the beds with
UnC Jefferson" he proposed. while
you two potter over these rooea." 90
Valiant and Shirley valksd haak -
the slope beneath the psrgola 10
gether.
With Ranston. pumng and blowing
like . black porpoise over his creak-
ing go-cart. they planted the ramblers
crimson and pink and white-va
liant much Of the time on his knees.
his hands plunsing deep into the black
spongy earth. and Shirley with broad
hat flung ON the grass. her fingers
separating the olinging thread-like
roots and her small arched foot lamp
ing down the soil about them. Her
hair-the color Of wet raw wood In
the sunlight-was very near the brown
head and sometimes their fingers
touched over the work. Once. as they
stood up. flushed with the exercise.
great black and orange butterfly.
dazed with the sun-glow. alighted on
Valiant's rolled-up sleeve. He held his
arm perfectly still and blew gently
on the wavering pinions till It swan
away. When q redbird nirted by. to
his delight she whistled its call 20
perfectly that It wheeled in mid flight
and tilted inQuiringly back toward
them.
A. hax A>~AA.I.I T.
to the pergola. he said. There's only
one thing lacking at Damory Court
q sun-dial"
Then you haven't found TT" she
cried delightedly. Come and let me
show you"
She led the way through the maze
of beds at one side till they reached
q hedge laced thichly with Virginia
creeper. He parted this leafy screen.
bending back the springing fronds
that thrust against the nimsy muslin
Of her gown and threatened to spear
the pink-rosed hat that cast an ador
able warm tint over her creamy face,
thinking that never had the old place
seen such . picture as she made
framed in the deep green.
Some such thought was In the ma
jors mind. too. as he came slowly up
the terrace below. He paused, to take
on his hat and wipe his brow.
with the place all fixed up this
way" he sighed to himself. 81 could
believe It was only last week that
Beauty Valiant and Southall and
were boys. loafng around this gyar-
den. And to think that now it's Va
liant's son and Judith's daughter!
Why. 1t seems like yesterday that Shir-
ley there was only knee-high to .
grasshopper-and I used to tell her
her hair was that color because she
ran through hell bareheaded. I'm
about thousand years old. reckonl"
Meanwhile the two figures above
had pushed through the tangle into
circular sunny space where stood
short round pillar of red onyx. It was
q sun-dial. its vineclad disk cut of
gray polished stone in which its metal
tongue was socketed. Round the outer
edge Of the disk ran an inscription
In archaic lettering Valiant pulled