Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-20
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GARDENING FOR GLORIA
nY JOHN DARLING.

lovely grounds were sadly IN need Ol
q gardeners care and just as surely
ere his tagged nerves IN need Of the
.s.@SSl tonic that working In thai
Garden would provide.
IA had taken the day in the coun-
try that he might select a quiet
boarding house in which to spend q
month or two, but alas! The quiet
boarding houses were so totally lack.
ing in attractiveness that Randall ID
decided that of two evils the lesser
was the city boarding house. Even
the appalling set Of people in the city
house was no doubt preferable to
deadly monotony in the country.
But I would love to garden that
bit of property" he sighed and would
have passed the WoodVine cottage
for the last time save that a slip of
"a girl at that psychological moment
happened to come out of the vine
covered porch. Her hair was braided
in long sunny plait and her smile
traversed the distance between Ran
dial and the porch.
He retraced his footsteps and went
up the path toward the girl. His
walk was impulsive, as were his In
fentions.
4uG Btil SdGCo AutSllOlllil6l ~ e1I nm
though with a CLEAN of interest in
her eyes; eyes that were far seeing,
as if they expressed the beauty Of a
great mind.
rs there a chance in the world
that you require q gardener" Ran
dal asked as he reached the girls
side.
II certainly require one" Gloria
Woodvine returned quickly. then with
slight hesitation, "but 1 am not sure
that l want one"
oh was RandaPs ejaculation,
then do you perhaps know any one
who does both require and want my
services?"' ~
Yours! Are you the gardener"
She looked him up and down with
6aNning wonder In her eyes.
Eyes. And l would have this bit of
property looking like a show place in
Two weeks if you would let me-
There are wonderful possibilities
here Randall said, and the peculiar
look in his eyes brought a slight
flush to Gloria's cheeks.
II couldn't pay very much, she
said quickly, because l keep this
+ little place UP myself. My family
considers me mad for com 'ng down
! here in the country to live. 1t is my
own retreat for writing and | have
not been able to get some one to
make it beautiful, much as / wanted
to-"
'Tf you permit me to pitch tent
down by that clump of fir trees and
camp there I will care for the garden.
plant some vegeta bles. get a few
/ laying hens and help you out lot
Is it a go? l really need the work. +"
Gloria looked rather startled, but a
tiny smile played about her lips. As
suredly here was a type around whom
she might write q story. She would
chance the trial anyway. II he did
not please her she could easily dis
miss him.
81 am down here for absolute quiet
and concentrate tion,' she told him. I
would have to ask you to go about
your work without consulting me
more than is absolutely necessary.
My old black NANNY will always be
about
Randall looked searchingly at Gloria
Woodvine. Suddenly he knew who it
was she reminded him of. 1t was
I Freddy Woodvine, but Randall had
4 not associated the name of the cot
tage with that of the girl. Now he
knew who she was and his task be-
came ono of trebled interest. She
was Gloria Woodvine, Freddy's sis
Ter, ana All duluoleSS VA hO Siii'ii
e name.
isis is a bit daffy,' Freddy had
said on one occasion when Randall
had wanted to meet her. 'She goes
OFF into silences and retreats and
Aueyer shows up until she brings
efull-f1edged novel back with her"
'I will pitch my tent tomorrow II
|tit is agreeable to you," he said and
S&s called that he could scarcely wait
Id shake the dust of newspaper offices
from his feet and take up his abode
In the garden of Gloria
81 AS he travelled on the Long Island
s8railway back to town all he saw as
he went past villages was two long
fraids of golden hair that hung down
{sloria'S back.
M Absurd he warned himself, land
( 1 1emember," he added in his mental
e sconyersation, 'you are to consult her
s Black nanny and not herseH for
fnything you may require
"a And Randall found, after few days
IA Gloria's garden, that his nerves
vere beginning to respond to proper
freal ment. but that they were apt to
,olav tricks when the girl with the
t<hinv hair was anywhere in sight
,#4Je did not seek to talk with her
IA II that he wanted he obtained from
s Martha, and many hint on COOKING
e z<lid he get from that source. lie
prepared his own meals on ms camp
IRE and altogether enjoyed ms ecceli-
+. tric actions more than anything he
had tried for a long time. His holi-
z6ay was going. to be great success
# The garden, too, responded TO
4: sbroner care and looked much like
dairty flower basket set against
Il background Of tall chestnut trees
> Vegetables which found their way 10
4 black Martha's kitchen and hence 10
Il 4he table of Gloria, were great sue.
ress The chickens, too, produced
S}Ioria's breakfast, and Randai re-
Soiced each day in the chance that
had sent him past Woodvine cottage:
Gloria. apparently deeply engrosseu
with her hero of fancy, did, however,
fnd time to discuss the new gardener
with black Martha, and to learn Ironn
her faithful servant that Ranoai ""S
all but a paragon. ou ,,,,
half with his chickings and matoes
end onions. Seems lax / never couiu
make 'em grow"
Gloria had also found many mo-
,nerts 10 spare while thinking out
.nassages of speech. These she en-
-oloyed by watching Randars strong
sody as it plowed or built chicken
5oops or gathered sticks for his camp
fire. Her SpeculatlnS as W .iS l0oy, 80
reason for working in a garden was
more vague than she liked.
II wish I knew" she repeated orten
20 herself.
r. was her very interest in him that
t-ent Gloria away from Randall when
he would have often strolled about
seeking information from him about
aowers or chatting on general sub
jects. She was curiously shy about
seeing him, and wondered not a little
- har own Sillv reasons for not wish