Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-08-17
HELEN CHURCHILL'S LOVER

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HELEN CHIrRCHTLL'S IOVFR
The silver gray of a summer dawn
was spreading itsclfovcr the landscape,
rendering soft and indistinct all famil-
iar objects; vet, even seen by its dim,
uncertain light, he looked more like
one grown prematurely old by reason
of hard work or withering care than as
he had merely passed from youth TO
ge by the ordinary gentle rradations.
His brow was lined, his hair silvcrcd,
and there was u stoop in his shoulders
which told of hard and continuous toll:
vet, Notwithstanding these drawbacks,
there were the remains of youthful
beauty in the well shaped head and
clear rrav ewes.
He had arrived at the ncirhborinr
town too late the evening before TO
catch the last train to this little out of
thc-way hamlet. too late TO do aupht
but seek q bed there; but after three
or four hours the restless craving TO
complete his Journey so overpowcrcd
him that he rose and pursued his way
on foot. And now with the delicate
lipht of early morn siIycrinp the birch
cS and dimplinr the waters of tbc
stream. he stood at length where his
feet had not rested for fifteen wears
But these fifteen wears, awful rs they
had been at the time, seemed but as n
dream now, ON wakinr. rs he stood
thus looking at each well remembered
spot.
There was the quaint. old-fashioncd
church. where he could remember
kncclinr. n tiny bov, by his mothers
side and listening half consciously. rs
he stared about him, TO thc soft voice
repeating the responses. He could see
himself. older still. pazinr bnshfullv
from the hirh curtaincd new across TO
where. beneath marble slabs that smoke
of the virtues OF those who slepi br-
meath. a golden haired maidcn knclt:
inside the church. only the narrow
aisle between Them: outside. NIL thc
wide dividing space that lies between
the yillarc doctors son and fine old
est dauGhler of Suuire Churchill.
With Il sirh the wayfarcr BROUGHT
back his strayinr thouphts from nasi to
present and bccamc aware thot tbr SIM
had arisen; the birds were chirninr
forth an early song and the dewdron2
were plittcrino nil around-on the rose
crowned hcdGe bv which he stood on
the SPRAYS of erlantinc. and on the far
away Green meadows that Law between
the yiiIare of Bythomc and Bythorpe
Manor HALFWAY up the wooded stones
opposite.n
t.At lcnrth | am home aonin. " then
he muttered; "at lrnrlh, - throwino his
head hack with n certain ioyful gesture.
and stretching out n rouGh. t0il worn
hand rs if in token of Grcctino-
lp,oih fine wears orn ovcr tbn Wnrl; Is
occomnlishSd. thc nunishment wrought
ont. and am hack to claim my nriZc,
Ah!'' starting, SLIGHTLY. rs n voice nd
dressed him With a brief Good morn
ing
"Good morninr-sir.r sometime
in the strangers nnpcoronce onnorrni.
ly brought forth that sir, which had
not formed part of the original SEN
tencc, but was hastily added on as he
turned his head to see who had adj
dressed him.
You are about bctmes," the new
conner went on at isnot many of the
gentry as troubles themselves with the
sight of summer sunrise"
"They miss much, said the stranger
briefly. "Thourh pcrhaps to us, who
possibly have seen it nearly every
morning of our lives, il is a common
affair enough
The farmer looked at the speaker in
some surprise, and he added immcdi-
atcll,-
II have not seen il myself for many
years, in England. You belong to BY
thorpe he went ON, as if anxious 10
divert the conversation from any per-
sonal channels.
"NIan and boy, lhave lived here these
fifty years. That ismy farm, =" pointing
in 4 proud, possessive air in the dircc,
ton whence he bad come, "NIanor
Farm
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