The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-12
BY Wyssal'as's Martyss

ships him. He has driven her abroad.
and now he laughs at the havoc be
has wrought"
When built, at the end OF the
Eighteenth century, the Gray house
had been square mansion of stone IT,
twenty acres of meadow land inclOsed
with five-foot wall. Succeeding ten
ants had enlarged 1t to its present
size, and had acquired two hundred
acres more of meadow and woodland
Ivy, Virginia creeper, wistaria. ard
trumpet vine fought for its walls
giving It a softness of outline of
which it's builder could not have
dreamed.
Very strongly built. its exterior was
in perfect condition. War had passed
it by, and time had treated 1t gently
Before the Hanbys moved into it, 4
careful renovation of the interior had
given 1t a new and dignified beauty
The grounds had been nodded to the
new owners desires. The Hanbys
had moved from duplex apartment
INTO SdClSlyiuS ucliie.
Dina breathed a sigh of content
II have always wanted just such
place as this" she said. squeezing her
husbands hand. A
you never told me So" be replied
reproachfully. .s
Il thought it was the unattainable.a
said Dina. Lets so through eyery
single room together. It's a home for
our children. and Celia's children. and
the children of Celia's children. lt's
adorablel didn't know the hall was
as big as this" she added. pausing ~
a Ofty apartment thirty feet long and
nearly as wide. ''This wasn't accord
ing to the plans. surely?"
81 had 1t altered" Handy told her
incidentally, had to reduce our
thirty rooms to twenty-eight. Isn't
this whale of place for dances?'
Eagerly he pointed out the great open
fireplace. "The flue goes right up
through the center Of the house
That's a valuable feature. No heal
Is lost, as It would be II the shaffA
were on the OuISluo.
Dina moved toward 1t. Over thel
green marble mantelpiece was some
thing carved In old-English letters:
arHE SANCTUARY CLUB
"Fsules
emo member shall do or say an2A,
thing Of which another member
approves.
aNo member shall disapprove Of
what any other member says or does.
aGets EN- coming and goingi"
laughed Handy. Great idea. isn't
it? Now for the billiard room. That's
for Bills special benefit. He can
trim any amateur that holds cue"
Dina looked from her own windows
down on the tangled thatch Of bush.
bramble, and flower that was sacred
to the birds.
"There's a scarlet tanager," she
cried. Look. Hil-the beautiful
thing"
From another window the glittering
lake could be seen. AS she looked.
Celia, Les, and Junior, In bathing
kit, raced toward it. Tim was else
where, bent on Staying rabbits. There
was not a hint in the whole place of
the tragedies which had happened
within it's bounds. Summer Dragged
on every tree.
The first dinner was one of those
happy functions at which every one
talks vivaciously and no one troubles
to listen. Exclamation points ended
every sentence. Les smiled openly
and the house detective was off duty
"Niy jobs a sinecure," said Bill Pei
ham. II really had no right to take
it, after accepting the honor of being
hoe man in chief to Dina"
"Your work begins tomorrow" Mrs
Handy told him. II want you to sur
vey a place for a sunken rose gar
den."
"Ill set the alarm for daybreak," he
said.
He was up very early next morning
Only Tim, rifle in hand, eQualed him,
Tim was after the early rabbit and
the unheeding squirrel. Pelham had
decided on a location for the rose
garden when Celia stopped before
him.
"'To labor that we love we rise
betimes, and go to it with delight
he quoted.