Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-01
from Yesterdays Star0
INSTAII.MENT NNlll.

missed the wild, fresh swee
ness of the night air After Z
moment she went to her jewel
case. unlocked it, and lifted out The
tray that lay uppermost. Under
Meath. in a long velvet-lined compart
mcnt. lay the key TO the sarden0'
largo old.Fashioned key beautifully
wrousht with iron tracerN.
She looked at it. 1t had lain there
for nearly II wears. Why should she
NOT use it, Why be within four walls
and under this glare of light, whcn
tho MAY night waited outside. beauu
full. comforting, serene. in silver
dusk:
She threw a loose black satin wrap
over her white dress and went do"''
through the still house 10 the library
The French window opened easliH
She passed the Dutch garden ana went
down the steps beyond.
I.avdon came up the Ions slope ol
tbe beech walk between the oatt
hedges. and saw something move III
the Swallowed angle by the door OF ,ne
I.adv's Garden. He stood stu. ana III
a moment the door creaked ana :" u',s
omen, letting the moonlight throuSi ..
dark figure stood out against 'ne
light. He SAW the moon OF ENeiE ~ :
hair. and the tiutter OF long Wiz.
sleeve as she turned To close the ooo.
hshini her. Then everything WAS All
shadow again. ,>,,,.,
-bcre-alone like this. Strange. hu'
,orhs,S sr, was only doing what shc
had dome a hundred times before. AND
the garden was hers. 1t was no' hatu
~ imagine the lure Of its peace ana
Stiffness on such night as TINS.
He began TO walk on slowly. ana as
10 walked he thought about the gar
den. II had been the center OF ms
Games when they were chllureh' -
Gre, Mace. remote and hidden. Inc
game conferred about it. but re-
NAMED unknown. untrodden.
H. could remember LaCy's But
Why can't we go in? l want to so IN.
a., do make him let us so in just
once"
lie could see the little flushed face
srd the long. floating hair. He could
hear her stamp her foot and cry on.
,,attishlv: But / want TO go in Ana
80 could hear McAhster's answer
Then want'n be your master. MISS
Lacy" ,,,
None of the children had even besh
into the carden-not big Jim Flela'
the wall and failed, nor little Lacy
nor the two Layton boys, nor Eveiyn.
None of them had ever been into the
garden. But Evelyn was there now.
He walked into the Swallowed cor
ror n1shed gently at the door. ana
s,ood on the threshold, looking IN
THE garden was small. and the middle
of il was sunk and paved.
I.avdon stood al the top OF nan
dozen steps and looked down on
paved walk with pool In the mio-
de of il. A very sweet scent came
nm 10 him, and he saw that the STOP
ing sides of the grader were thlckiy
planted with white narcissus.
He came down the steps and stood
nv an old. crooked hawthorn when
grew at the foot. its branches hluoeh
in a drift of white blossom.
On the moss grown steps his feet
had made no sound at all. he stooa
among the white flowers and saw Eve
lyn quite close TO him. sitting mouon-
less on the low stone wall that guard
ed the pool.
she had thrown back her cloak; her
head was raised; her eyes looked tar
rrhere were yellow irises growing IN
,ba nool. the moonlight blanched them
almost 10 silver. There was such
stiffness that il seemed Impossible 10
move or speak.
To I.aydon the moment was almost
one of peace. For the first time ne
could look at Evelyn and KNOW that
no one was there TO weigh ms ioon
or TO find a meaning IN IL.
He did not know how long a time
went by. but at last she moved. IL
seemed TO Laydon that she came BACK;
she had been away in some aaron
,xlara oF dreams
she came back with a little shiver.
dropped her eyes from the eio.y "
the night sky. and put out her haho'
I.aydon moved. too. and at once heF
face changed.
she said Who's there" in soft
fuitered voice, and put her mana 10
her throat in the way she had when
anything startled her
He took step forward.
1t is !. Did 1 brighten you!
Evelyn did not speak. She couid
~, cav IA him any Of the things that
,rere in her mind. Her thought was
f,,il Of him. 60 full that she could not
fnd words. :.
After that one startled instant. IL
see,ued the most natural thing IN the
world that he should he there lie
came forward slowly and looked DOWN
into the water ,r
..Do YOU come here often" The
words came IN spite 81 hliDfF1i- my
were part Of his munger 10 know what
Law behind that still look of hers.
The answered in her lowest. gen
test voice:
rye never been here before
That touched the old boyish TO
name the secret dream. This was
the garden IF the dream; ana they
were here foeet her.
why 6Id you come tonight?
EVELYN lifted her eyes. and the
dream was chilled. He thought they
raid. What ~ that 10 your: yet attef
while she said, speaking very
slowly:
Il think ] came 10 say good by.
Size looked into the pool ar she
rroke. and saw her own face dlfniE-
She FAN Layton az dark and form
Jess shadow.
''G0od -by--~so WHAT
Che III not answer 81 once, The
dark came closer " them both. Al
last she moved her lips moved.
TO the past. think, Tony"
The soft. iow spoken words pierced
his heart. So il Was like that? Irr".'
tcabiy The past "aE gone. she "as
hitting IL go saying farewell I" IL ana
be had no pD'ser 80 bid IL stay. she
War gone from hin-Eyeiyn~~E'eiSn
--Ioat Acknowledgement
Evelyn looked into the water. bef
heart b"a, hard. a passion Of thoughts
beat with her heart.
Let the past go. what does IL
matter? It's nov that counts, IL
.e1 and ], ana tits moinent-~this'
fop.-~J0ny~~Tony DOM you care
- aff Can't you i%t tie past goY"
TIE eiamoroUs thoughts went on.
Her iiHs were cold and silent.
t.avron was conscious only Of his
own crying need, II he could Know.
Sc y he could be sure. II he "onid hfidEe
ihai 10 yeais' gap @nd kno" which "i
1hegn had had her heart.
And yet. II he Knew, how W"hi1 u