The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-24
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friends pump anything regarding the
estrangcmcnt out OF thean. Ana li'i"''
Ball, wisely, sealed his own lips h&9.
Phil did not miss session olSkhe
singing club. He seldom called foTor
drove any of the girls nome. IL he
did n ,yas always somebody who 9th
erwisc would have been ncgicctcd. lie
f,Id himself that Myrtle should see he
WAS no wcathcrcock. Ahd' Ill ruln'
If he could not have. the girl or his
| choice he wanted none at nll.
rho winter drew toward spring.
There had been a thaw In February
which almost spoiled the sleighing, but
when 1t grew cold again the hard pack
ed snow froZc solid, and the runners
! fairly hummcd over the roads. The
wiscacrcs, too, declared that the Win
ter was by no means over. There was
n big storm due, and the longer 1t de
laycd the more severe 1t would prove
when it finally came.
One Friday late In the month the
snowbanks began to pile up around
the horizon, and the farmers FASTENED
to get their sheep into the folds and
make all secure for the night. There
was little wind, however, and the
storm grow slowly. Phil was late at
the singing club that night. 1t was
well under way when no entered, and
as he came in he brought with him n
sudden cold blast Of wind. The first
flakes of the coming storm spnrlilcd on
his bcarSkn coat.
"You had better close early, Mr.. Elm.
cry" he whispered to the master as
ln TO T.. ~
to be n heavy gale"
But 1t Is hard to break up Il merry
party Of young people. The fine snow
siftcd down about the schoolhouse and
packed hard over the door stone. Had
they been without they would have
heard now and then the swapping Of
the ovcrlndcn branches Of the forest
trees behind the building The school
house stood upon the verge OF Il wood
BY the time the session broke up
the wind had risen and was moaning
angrily through the forest. 1t swept
the snow ficrcely into their faces as
they breasted 1t too. 1t was astoniSh-
Ing how much had already fallen.
Everybody but Phil and the master
hurried to get away. The latter lived
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