The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-29

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Continued from YESTERDAY.
One day IN the middle Of the
next week when the children
passed the big house they saw
boards nailed over All the win
dows. The wicker chairs were
taken from the lawn. Tie lilac
trees were stripped. Everything
mad q lonely look.
Nora Lee was terribly excited
She couldn't imagine what had
happened and went flvirs hacE
% the school house with the
news. Andrews house was all
nailed upl He was gcnel The
white LADY was gone
" was long time that Mar
earet Just kept rubbing chalk
1 from the old red plush erasers.
The child said: WeIl-you don't
seem much surprised. You didn't
know, did you're
YesI knew. This Is tho time
that people so away. (
That made Nora Lee feel hot
and foolish. She didn't know
what answer to make a0d kent
raising her eyebroyvs IN !
Nuizzlcal way. Mamma talked a.
though she didn't care didn't nre-
sAnd ~ care cit all. Ther wllv
nad she always looked at Andrew
eo9 Why had she given that
happy laugh whenever lie was
She said vaguely: ooh. / s,,p.
pose he'll be coming back mi, 81.
s1ppose So.
OH That's why YOU don't
Even under the fiae powdering
chalk she saw rgrat's
cneeiks redden. Then there were
Tears IN her mothers eyes. Slle
hung her head.
Margaret said In 4 soft way:
We're going to have q vacation.
700. Nora Lee you ana t.
A few weeks after this they
packed UP. They even took the
pictures from the walls. Nora Lee
guessed by this that they were
never coming back. She cried her
self to sleep. hating to leave this
place because the berries grew So
req along the stream and there
were such peoples IN the fields.
The night before they went
they walked out to the hills. Il
was q holy, gentle night. The sky
had clouds Of flame and pearl:
there were sweet scents every
Where.
Nora Lee said: ssWhy do we have
% leave, nlarmee7 And never com
Ing back?"
You'll like It where were going.
IL win be lovely place.
You can't be sure. can you?
Are we going where Andrew is?"
wont We ever see him any
KnOre?,s
Margaret's clasp frightened on
the cllild's hand. They were al.
most running now. The hills went
all around them, silent and brown
and vast. You could see their
mighty breasts curved still and
dark against the sky. You could
! hear b breathing like some deep,
eternal sigh; or Nike the dim. un-
dying echo Of q song flung down
the forgotten yesterday.
Margaret's heart was trembling.
I She was alone in this majestic SOL
itude; lonlier now than on that
night when she stood in the dark
eTled street, the baby in her arms.
For that night It was only death
she left behind her; now It was
Life-the dear life itself she was
renouncing.
Nora Lee whispered: We're
sad, n1armee, aren't We2 Then
why do we do these things?n
She drew the child closer and
kissed the sweet young face. She
answered: sad? How can / be
sad, when ! have you, my gypsy
child?''
50 they went away from Fair
dale, the child and the mother to-
gether. No one knew the wild re-
rret IN Margaret's heart, nor all
lL6 &CuhH8 3SAAHuAe WAAEA1t DAAU NNAnC0g
with such q quiet grace from the
sweetness and the beauty that
were so sadly offered.
No one knew how hard this was
20 do, now how her spirit shouted,
SO they put space between them
and their love. Margaret went
70 enc end Of the earth; Andrew
to another. Time, too. hardened
between Their. Time and peaca--
with these they tried to cheat
the hunger that they could not
kill.
Summer glowed on the noun.
tain tops dewy and young when
Margaret and Nora Lee reached
the little cottage. It was shu I'D
far hack, like dim, white star,
hidden BY q thousand leafy spires.
And there was hush and rhythm
as OF softly-cnanted players about
the place--tfe infinite majestic
cadence OF the sulitudes
sAh," Margaret thought and
smiled. Here I will forget.
Here there Is = peace"
When Nora Lee slept, she mbns
out and stood beneath the trees,
hitting her face To the gentle
GOODNESS Of the night. She pushed
FAR down the troubled voices IN
her heart, that she might hear
the vast, primeval quiet
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