The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-09-13

belong 10 yOu?"
"Of course not. Papa brought me
out here the other day, driving in his
machine. and we both loved it, It's so
spacious and dignified and plain"
Yes, it's plain enough" George
grunted.
Yet it's lovely; the g-ay-green roof
and shutters give just enough color,
with the trees. for the long white
walls. 1t seems to be the finest house
I've seen in this part of the country"
George was outraged by an enthu-
siasm so ignOrant-nOt ten minutes
ago they had passed the Anderson
mansion. rs that Il sample of your
taste in architecture" he asked
Yes. Why?"
Because il strikes me you better 90
somewhere and study the subject a
little"
Lucy looked puzzled. What makes
you have so much feeling about it?
Have l offended yOu?"
defended nothing" George re-
/
think they know it all as soon as
they've learned to dance and dress and
| fiirt a little. They never know any
thing about things like architecture
| for instance. That house was about
as bum house as any house I ever
saw"
He spoke of it in the past tense, be-
| cause they had now left it far behind
| them-a human habit of curious sig
| nificance. 1T was like house meant
| for street in the city. What kind
| Of house was that for people of
any taste to build out here in the coun-
try?"
But papa says it's built that way
on purpose. There are lot of other
houses being built in this direction.
and papa says the city's coming out
this way: and in year or two that
house will be right in town."
1T was a bum house. anyhow" said
George GROSSLY. II don't even know
the people that are building ii. They
say lot of riffraff come TO town every
raft that have always lived here, and
have made little money, and act as
if they owned the place. Uncle sgd
ney was talking about it yesterday:
he says he and some of his friends are
organizing a country club. and already
some of these riffraff are worming into
it-peOple he never heard of at all
Anyhow l guess it's pretty clear you
don't know great deal about archi-
lecture"
She demonstrated the completeness
of her amiability by laughing. I'll
know something about the north pole
before long" she said, ''if we keep
going much farther in this direction -
Ar this he was remOrSeful. "All
right; we'll turn and drive south
awhile till you get warmed Up again.
| expect we have been going against
the wind about long enough. Indeed,
I'm sorry"
He said, Indeed. I'm sorry" in
nice way, and looked very strikingly
handsome when he said it, she
thought. No doubt it is true that
there is more rejoicing in heaven over
one sinner repented than over all the
saints who consistently remain holy,
and the rare, sudden gentlenesses Of
arrogant people have infinitely more
effect than the continual gentleness of
gentle people. Arrogance turned
gentle melts the heart; and Lucy gave
her companion little sidelOng, sunny
nod of acknowledgment. George was |
dazzled by the quick glow of her eyes, |
and found himself at a loss for some |
thing to say.
Having turned about he kept his |
horse to walk, and at this gait the |
sleighbells tinkled but internationally. |
The snow no longer fell, and far |
ahead. in a grayish cloud that lay upon
the land, was the town.
Lucy looked at this distant thicken-
ing reflection. when we get this far
out We can see there must be quite a
little smoke hanging over the town"
she said. II suppose that's because
it's growing. AS it grows bigger ii
seems to get ashamed of itself, so II
makes this cloud and hides In il.
Papa says it used to be a bit nicer
when he lived here: he always speaks
of it differently-he always has a
gentle look, a particular tone of voice.
I've noticed. He must have been very
fond of il. From the way he talks
you'd think life here then was iusr
one long midsummer serenade. He
declares it was always sunshiny, that
the air wasn't like the air anywhere
as he remembers Il. there
always seemed 10 be gold dust in the
lir. l doubt it! l think it doesn't
seem TO be duller air to him now
just on account of having a little soor
IN it sometimes, but probably because
he was twenty years younger then. II
seems 10 me the gold dust he thinks
was here is just his being young that
ne remembers. | think it was lust
youth. 1t is pretty pleasant to be
-Oung. isn't it,"
You're a funny girl" George said
gently. "But your voice sounds pretty
lice when you think and talk alon. to-
,ether like that
The horse shook himself aIl over
md the impatient SleighbeIlS made his
Wish audible. Accordingly George
iChtened the reins. and the cutter was
IF groiu at y thrpp-r1ful+a tro- M