The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-06-12
ANOTHER VICTORY
BY MARGARET HOLMES

That's y,llower perch. sally thnt
one is.' The old man, Sally's Grand.
father. dropped squirmlng fsh Into
the boat, stuck stubby forcnngcr into
tomato can at his feet. scoopcd M
long, wriggllng worm aud proceeded
TO drnpe II upon the fish hook.
II was June evening. between sun.
set and dusk. The rlrl sitting beside
the aged man In the boat looked ,rou.
hlcd. For few moments she watched
The yellow perch Hopping about nj her
feet. then gingerly sh. lift,-i II and
slipped u back into the water.
why do water lilies close their
petals when the sun goes down Grand
fatherf she asked.
The old man. fumhllng with the bal,
aud hook. ignored her question.
"A dead worm amt much Temptation
10 hsh.' he sollloquizcd: always pu,
the bait on So II covers the hook an
always leave bit Of the worm wrig.
Cling At the ends"
lie cast the line again. and the girl
watched II ns n went quly.rlng ON,
toward the shining green leaves Of the
lily pads
That's nll he thinks about" she
thought, that and tho price Of Ium.
her"
The trouble with grandfather IS"
she reflected. that he has "A pile Of
money and he doesn't know how 10
spend II, and people call him III. Lun.
Der King and he thinks that he l.
some kind Of n monarch who knows
u oil. and. really. he doesn't know
hardly anything. guess he has a lot
TO learn about-ahout some things"
A bunch ~ limp water lilies Iay IN
the girls lar, and sh" lifted them %
her face. --A----,---------
He forests" she conAded 10 the
lilies. that am ~. H. thinks that
hecnuse J an al he has. and because.
some day. III be very rich. and hocrusr
that away hars In - no ari Ne,rs
grnndfuth'r had quarrel-hc 'hlnl;s
hecnuS" % an that that Nc'-Nad
Burrett--l. not good enough for me.
He won't allow me ~ ,c" Nod. ha
opens every letter that r~-cg INTO the
house. uul ever since Nod returned
from France. a week ago. grandfather
doesn't let me out II his sight He Just
hates the Burrrtts. and the fact that
the Burr.tts are the very incest people.
and that Ned has covered himself and
his fnmly with glory and has come
home decoratcd-decorn,e with ever
~ many meials-that fact lmprcsscs
my grandfather not at all. He sim.
ply"
Her eyes had caught a swirl on the
water. n whip ~ the tnu,ened line as II
swung upward. and then, high up In the
air. another sight caught and held the
young rehellious eyes. II was the sight
81 n huge flying thing.
Look. look, grandfather. look at the
airplancl"
The fish upon the line was forgotten.
The wary old eyes Of Sam Densmore
were beholdIng new. strange thing.
The big plane had begun to swoop
lower. lower II came, dronlng like n
million bees.
Looks hs n II was comm down IN
my meadow" the old man looked per.
picked. You 80 M 10 the house, Sally
sn-an III 20 an see"
With few strokes Sam Densmore
beached the boat and scrambled out.
Through a tnngle 81 cedar and swamp
oak he took u short cut 10 the meadow.
Sally, her eyes shining now. tripred
along toward the house. Now and then
she laughed and kissed the lilies In her
hand. From the veranda she watched |
the two men standing In the meadow
below.
For long time she watched them, |
her heart pounding and a prayer upon
her lips. Then. when II was almost |
dark. she saw them climb the hill to-
gether. aud she went out 10 meet them. |
for she knew that gallant young on. |
Ger had won another victory.