The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-07-02

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 1t needs the flowers"
He looked at Shirley with sparkling
eyes. How splendid of you to bring
theml feel like a robber."
With our bushels of them? We
shall never miss them at all. Have
you set out the others?"
Il 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 on next week under.
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have a ball that night. The tourney
ground is on 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 II thu
young people would put up with it, II
would be a great pleasure to me, az
sure you"
"Oh!" Eeathed Shirley. "Tha:
would be too wonderful"
The major seized his hand and
shook 1t heartily. Il can answer foS
the committee" he said. They'll
jump at it. Why, sab, the new gener-
alton has never set eyes inside the
house. It's a golden legend to them"
Then I'll go ahead with arrange
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 US 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 it 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. His head was turned
away. "Ah, yes," he said.
THE last twenty years." continued
the other, from my present view
point, are valuable mainly for con-
trast."
"As a consistent regimen Of pate
de foie gras," said Shirley quizzically,
makes one value bread and butter"
He shook his head at her. "As star
vation makes one appreciate plenty.
The next twenty years are to be here.
But they hold side-trips, too. Now
and then there's a jaunt back to the
city"
Contrast AGAIN." 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 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 semi-occaslonal longer fights.
too" the major reflected. "a look-see
abroad once in blue moon. Why
| not?"
Yes. For mental photographs-im-
pressions one can't get from between
book-covers. There's an old cloists2
garden l know in Italy and partic'-
lar river bank In Japan in the cherry
blossom season, and tiny island w4Sh
u NISCh Cd6IAo Ou IL AL IAO <AO6St>o"
Little colored memories for me to
bring away to dream over. But al
ways come back here to DamOry
Court For this is-home!"
They walked beneath the pergSla
to the lake, where Shirley gave cry
of delight at sight Of its featheIed
population. Where did you get than
from?" she asked
Washington. In crates"
That explains it," she exclaimed.
"One day last week the little darkies
in the village all insisted circus was
coming. They must have seen these
being hauled here. They watched the
whole afternoon for the elephants"
Poor youngsters!" he said. 'Tt's
q shame to fool them. But I've had
all the circus l want getting the IfTe
stock installed"
They won't suffer" said the major
Hickey Snyder'll get them up three.