The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-10
Easter in : the !: CarOIinas /: in : Ills.

/ Msjlr's voice, but, hee dlessly Margaret
vent on.
.I wonder now whatour Betsey Bess
would do il she saw q band OF creep
Yemasseeel T.
Turn 60 give them Egbt. like the
brave soldier I'm sure che isl declared
the Major, and with euch q light IN his
kuud oil eyes it warmed Z izabeth
through and through.
"Turn and run you'd better say,
Mel n; that lie, provided her nose wasn't
e ued TO a DO K.
When Mr.. Murray and An
thony came he me they brought
the information that the Easter SER
vices we're not to be put eff unless, be
ore morning, the Iodians had shown
a more decided attitude for war than
It present.
The old Church OF 81. Adrew wa
July two miles from Murray Place.
e z Abeth went In the coach with her
aunt aud Margaret. b. side them on
horseback were her father and An
Enony.
How lovely the woods looked Easter
YES late this year of 1715, near mid
April. The dog GOOD, the ..crabapples
aud the yellow ssamine had been
5oree weeks or more in bloom. IL was
now high carnival time with them. SO,
COO, with the wild bay arc the mag
noliss. e E3beth felt that sle must
Jump out Of the old coach and fit
.way through the woods, as. the bees
and birds were doing.
At last they came in sight Of the
church. 1t STOOD IN a grove Of live
oaks and msgnolIas FIom them the
gray NOES swsyed in long streamers.
as the wind went ~trolickipg by. The
building was Of brick aud erected in
the form of a cross IE looked strong
and substantil, almost like q small for
Crees. l. had Oeen made so purposely.
The windows were small, man feet
from the ground, and prote cted by
Tonwork. There we're tWo doors, one
IN liking the south entrance, the other
ne west. OF late only one of these
doors was kept Cpen-h9 tOuth door;
the west one being not only closed, but
heavily barred. To the south Coor
! there were Fl ted springs and a strong
lron bar, elso working Oy mans Of q
spring, and q catch, both the ingenious
work Of a young artisan VINO recently
had come over from France. Thus
fSCed, it was possible for even q
cnlld, with the right expenditure OF
force, to s wing the heavy door quickly
shut and secure it
The Murray pew was almost at the
south 1907. There was only one other
between. E izAbeth sat right where
she could lOOK through the door. Next
TO he's was Margaret. Just over the
rail, In the other pc ., was the old Gas
g q / Commings, his wife and daugh-
ter. By che door, one on either side, were
Z quire Lowndes and Maj Dotnam.
Ehcn sat with hts gun across his knee,
and was expected to keep watch for
the Indians.
The cnants had been sung, the psalms
read and ire old mister was pretac-
l"g his sermon with some interesting
remarks Every eye vas bent upon
him, for be was dearly loved and hon
ored. Even E quire Lowndes and
Maj DJtham had forgotten their vigil.
Their attention, too was upon the min
lister. Lt was at this moment that
Elizabeth locked away. How beaull-
full it vas out Of doorsI How golden
she sunshineI What 6ashes of color
through th9 woodsI Even the SOM
Ger gray moss seemed to be taking
part In the carnival, for it was dashed
here and there with yellow, belEshaped
blossoms of the iHsemnne that had
caught in falling. e zabeth's eyel
wandered along the white stretch Of
; road d.cked with sunshine, then bach
! again 80 the burial ground surround
3 ing tie church. The only real scmbel
3 thipg was the tomb OF the LsndgraVe
L. stood almost az an angle from whert
. E E4beIh set, and net far from thI
I corner of b church. T. 7Abeth coulC
= see only for a small space about ant
beyond it. But il was enoughT Foc
even while she looked her heart al
d most stopped beating. An Indian