Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-11-07

! Whereby he called attention to his
turned-up overalls, soft shirt, battered
hat, and tapping vest with the tobac-
co-tag hanging out.
Bud Lee turned down the wick of
his lamp, which had been smoking, and
sat staring at 1t another five minutes.
by thunder" he said softly to himself,
"I'll do it,"
place in the corner, opened a trap
door in the floor and, lamp in hand,
went down into the cabins cellar.
Here was long pine box, hooped with
tin bands for shipping, its lid securely
nailed on. He set down his lamp and
with shirt-sleeve wiped off some Of the
accumulation Of dust and spider-web.
A card with the words, David Bur-
rill Lee. Rocky Bend" tackled to it
made Its appearance. Lee shook his
head and attacked the lid.
ITS like digging out dead man."
he muttered. "Well, We'll bury him
again tomorrow"
1t was a box Of odds and ends.
Clothing, few books, pack Of pho
= tographs, an ornate bride, a pair Of
gold-chased spurs, a couple Of hats,
gloves, no end Of the varied articles
which might have gone hastily into
such receptacle as this from the hur-
ried packing in a bachelors apart
ments. Bud Lee, with dress-suit and
the articles 1t demands, even to tie
and dancing-shoes, went back into the
room above. ,
Like Hampton" he mused, looking
at the things in his hands, II wonder
what it'll feel like to get back into
these! I'm a fool" He laughed short
ly and set to work to improvise fat
iron to take the worst wrinkles out of
the cloth. "Once a fool, always a
fool. You can't get away from it."
1t was settled. He was going to
Marcia's party. He insisted upon call
ing it in his mind, "Marcia's party,
And he was wondering, as he shaved,
how Judith was going to look
AS Bud Lee came through the lilacs
into the courtyard, he heard the tinkle
Of distant piano and the tremolo Of
violin, so faint as hardly to be distin-
guished above the plash and gurgle
of the fountains. The court, hathed
in soft light, seemed a corner of fairy
land, the music vanishing eltin
strains to some mischievous troop put
ting sighs and love dreams into sleep
ing maids breast. The night was rich
with stars, warm with summer, serene
with the peace Of the mountains. He
was late. They were already dancing
within.
He stood a moment looking In at
the outer edge of the food of light
which gushed through the wide doors.
Behind him japanese lanterns hang
ing from vine-covered trellis; before
him flowers, bright chandeliers, girls
dresses like futtering, many -colored,
diaphanous butterfly wings. He had
been saying to himself: II must hurry
If want to dance with Marcia" And
something stirring restlessly within
him showed aside the thought Of Mar
cia and put In Its stead the olo Won
der: What sort of a Judith would he
see tonight2"
He found it difficult to form any
picture of her here, among these gay,
inconsequent merry-makers. Judith to
him spelled a girl upon horse, boot
ed, spurred, with a scarf about her
neck huttering wildly behind her as
she rode, the superb, splendid figure OF
a girl of the out-of-doors, alive with
the hot pioneer blood which had been
her rich inheritance. sort of wonder
full boy-girl. Remove her Tapping hat
her boots and spurs and riding-suit,
and what was left Of JUDITH
Outside were half a dozen OF tine
boys who had not mustered courage TO
set foot on the polished floors, Carson
and Tommy Burkitt. among RaM