The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-09-08
CHERRYC0TE FARM.

"And you expect ne 10 travel over
nine miles Of muddy Tosds behind that
beast and In that rattlS-trapr . gentle.
man said, diScontsntedly surveying the
conveyance provided fof him BY an
obliging oountryman residing near the
station Of the Virginia railway, where q
way'train had recently deposited the
stranger.
swell, faint as et thar was much to
choose from, mister" was the answer.
III you're mind TO walt tIll eyentn', the
stage mout happen along. But, bless
yore soul, sab, ole Buck Il carry you
thar et you only give him time enough.
An | reckon the buggy won'tbreak down
tween this and the blacksmith's at the
crossroads. ThaSS string an rope an o
lot o nails under the buffler.robe, an
little POss here'll manage to mend the
damage Of 80 It be that tharS q rock to
pick up long the roadside"
May ! drive, boSs;" was the hesitat-
ing PRAYER OF little Poss ishort for hos.
sum-. az the dilauldated vehicle. drawn
by a spawned piouph.horse cot finally
under way. looking down with amuse.
ment at Ills excited ectitluner, Barksiale
saw d droll little darksy, costuhed in
meal bars, hRtless and with plaited
twirs Of wool, who, when the roma reIns
were relipuuishod into his hands, as.
sumed the post Of charioterr with die.
nity inefTable,
Barksdals forgot poss and everything
besides a. the oyormasterino nowsr II
early association took nossession N him
Ten years before bebad leit tho neipbbor.
hood through which they were now mass.
inc. al the outsel, Of tbe ,snf brtwrrtt the
states and during ali that time the m.
tory Of its places and its people had been
almost A sealed book 10 the wandersr m
mnny lRndS He had fanciod bimsslf
weaned from hi, sentimental love for old
Virginia; but hero he was cranino his
neck 70 look at the ancient lnndmarEs
recalling rides ending at this poipt and
picnics at another, nj, check flushinr.
and a lup,p coming into his throat. liEe
the yeriest sohool.Soy home FOR tbe hoIi.
DAYS. The country was beautifully
green. and AZ old Buck plodded along he
had nothing to do but resign himself 10
memory and anticipatlon while the
sprinv wind ladsn wild, frapranc1 from
the blossomiug woods blew over him 10.
freshiuuly
AT last Cberrycote farm was reached
but before thew could enter Il little Pos
iunpei down TO struggle tylth an old
red gate Of such rersistent inhosnitality
that Barksdale himself could only force
It open by half lifting the Eate pc,t from
the crumblin0 soil
sBarren acres.r bo said with n sigh
plancinp over what were once nrostsr.
Gus fields Of grain, Grass grew ON The
roadway and a multitude Of little blue
star flowers were crushed beneath their
wheels. Emerrinp from a M ot
pine woods, he caught sight Of
the gables Of the Old honse Tbsy
Al least were unchanged half Yelled from
sight by Virginia creeper and wistnrin
Jasmine and roses, his old room was
that one with the window, over which
grew the branch OF A mulberry tree, Ia
foliage 20 thick that neither blind nor
curtain was required. As Barksdals
ruzed he saw, coming from the Shrul,.
bory around A turn In The road, A cayo.
lier bestriding mule. This was man
seemingly between 30 and 40 years cid,
his once elear.cut features oyervroTn
with Hesh, and wearing A long brown
beard Of litsfal rportions. III frame,
albeit A trife unwieldly. was muscular
bis ewes were of an honest bIus, Nd. ,eat
In the saddle even though ths steod was
a the present unenyiabIe class Sdn,ira.
bic, His clothing consisted of a naIr Of
corduroy breaches tucked into snprrrl
cavalry ROOT. md a nondesoript shoot-
inc JACKET faded by sun and rair. with a
broHd.brimmed hst az straw showing
marks of homs manpfachIrs Az tbe
flrst sj0b. az Ba,ksdale bis brors tnIt nh
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