The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-07-19

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them IL come with him to the cabin.
s.Somethinp has happened, some one
said sand the dog wants us to 90.
Perhans the old man is sick, or dead"
Tbev remembered then that he had
not been seen. and thew followed the
dog home. there to find it was as they
feared. and that the old man was sick.
He Law on = moor bed of straw and leaves
and tossed about with fever.
They entered verv Quietly and talked
in low whisners 80 as not TO disturb him.
Init his ouick ears caught the sound of
their footstens. and attem ptinp to shrink
awav from them. he nut out his wasted
hand as II to stay their approach.
mo. nop,h he said. II will not 90 with
Won. will NOT he locked nm as a manner
where there are no flowers or birds. and
NO oreen fields and NO beautiful forests.
am go;no home d;rectlv. and thew can
not send ma awav AGAIN Go away now.
and let me 90 ON. for the tourney il not
loro and 7 am In a hurry to oct there - 4
.Poor old man. y some one said: che is
f,;cbtv and talks ~ unseer tbinps,
I'll: little Sor came IN and laid. his
baaa in the old mans hand. The tired
ewes onened for a moment and a soft
sm;la snread over the thin. sallow face.
..Wa sro a,most there Sanch. almost
there y the old man said. "a he tried to
rat the dco,a Mead s uIt has been a long
;ourrav ana ~ 49, has baen ronph.
ana scr,etir,ei Is . etorn,s RACED high.
h,,, ,ro .ra ra..1v throuch ~ now and
~ !. nttIa wb;ia va viii he at home.
Tbero 10 Init another hin or two to climb
"a thar NO sha aae the dear old MACE
Nth ths r,eadowe ali a. bloom and the
trees green with leaves and we shall
ha.r tha birds sine az thew used To be-
toro No came .svav They won't drive
- -. -, WOW 40 thew ala then. hut we will
i;vs &. The o,d houea and wander about
the Garden and orchard every dav and
Mo, u,o ora t;rod wen, ro down and
rast hsnaatb the hir tree where wa used
to 90 ~ EVENINGS when tho DAVIS were
van Wa,II soon he there-soon he
there. IS
Then the eves closed and the old man
was ouiet
.Ha "a aalaann some one said. ssSee
hor, h. srriIas a. ba reaches ont his
hands He "a dreaming sweet dreams. y
For a lone time thew stood about the
old man and watched him in silence.
Once or twica His l,ns moved al II, in
sneecb and the smile ON his wasted face
crew brichter. Then again his ewes
onened and their eaze wandered about
the little room.ss -
81 thoucbt ue. ware there F, he said. a
l;ttla a,aanno;ntad .T tbonobt we had
reached the cnd ~ the ;onrnev and were
resting on the blue grass under the big
tree down nv the meadow I smelt the
Glover blossoms and the wild roses and
hoard the birds singing IN the tree
along over the white stones ON it's way
down from the bio sprine mn under the
three old elm trees. But it is not far.
and wa shall be there be fore night comes
ON. Come now. and let's be going. for
we have another hill to climb. and I
am anxious 70 see tbe dear old place.n
Ha was st;ll AGAIN for a minute or two.
but no one looked M to disturb him.
.Ahp he said At last. as the smile
faded from his features and q look of
doubt and trouble succeeded il. "What
II thew will not let us come in? What
il they drive us away again as they did
before? But they can not be SO cruel as
that. No, no; / will tell them that we
have come q long way and have walked
many, many days to got back to the old
home, and they can not be so cruel as to
turn us away. will tell them how
we'll 1 love it. and of all the fond mem
cries have Of it. and they will be
touched by that and not drive us away
any more. l will tell them Of her
of my dear, poor Marian, who came to
live with me in the old house. l will
sneak to them of the times when she
and used to 60 arm-in-arm about the
big pasture. and of the times when we
sat ON the long porch and dreamed and
planned for the future. 1 will tell
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