Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-10-17
see again by the simple process of

I see again by the simple process of
shutting my eyes, the little party of
five-for Jean, our servant, had re-
Joined us-who on that summer day
rode over the hills to Caylus, threading
the mazes of the holm-oaks, and gallop-
ing down the rides and hallooing the
hare from her form, but never pur-
suing her; arousing the nesting farm
houses from their sleepy stiffness by
joyous shout and laugh. and shifting.
as we climbed the hillside again, the
scent of the ferns that died crushed
under our horses hoofs-ded only that
they might add one little pleasure more
to the happiness God had given us.
Rare and sweet indeed are those few
days in life. when it seems that all
creation lives only that we may have
pleasure In 1t. and thank God for 1t.
Ii is we'll that we should make the
most of Them as we surely did of that
day.
| 1t was nightfall when we reached the
edge of the up!ands, and looked down
on Caylus. The last rays of the sun
| fingered with us, but the valley below
was dark! SO dark that even the rock
| about which our homes clustered
would have been invisible save for the
| half dozen lights that were beginning
to twinkle into being on its summit
| A silence fell upon us as we slowly
wendell our way down the we'll known
| path.
Now with the nightfall and the dark
ness, now when we We're near our home
and on the eve of giving JOY to another,
| we grew silent. There arose other
acknowledgements of all that had
i happened since we had last assembled
that track; and so cur minds turned
| naturally back to him to whom we
,rin, 1f-f:
behind in his pride and power and his
loneliness. The others could think OF
him with full hearts, yet without
/ shame. But l reddened, rejecting how
/ 1T would have been With us III j had had
my way; if had resorted in my short
Il sightedness to one last violent, coward
ly deed, and killed him, as had twice
wished to do.
II Pavannes would then have been lost
almost certainly. Only the vidame with
his powerful troop-we never knew
whether he had gathered them for that
purpose or merely with an eye to his
government-could have saved him
And few men however powerful--per-
haps Beers only of all men in Paris
would have dared to snatch him from
the mob when once it had sighted him
dwell on this now that my grandchil
dren may take warming by 1t, though
, never will they see such days as hay,
, Eseen.
i And SO we clattercd up the steer
street of Caylus with pleasant meian
emory upon US ailu passeo' ,l'e Mi.iiou
more serious though., the siooii is
lroWhlhg portais, all barred anu shul
:. tered, OF the HOUSE Oh lile VOL all'
Ihaer lhe very WINDOW, so.Eper aila va We
4 CANT, from Whlch l'ezers mao l ~ w
rappie IN lhelr allacN on iaNa .., ss
!. courier we mac gone ny gay, ana "
came PACK ny hlsht. I,uI we ila .,., s on
ttempiing, ana we came PACK MN ., Jos
o we ula ilol hegq 70 Illis eiie s s,,se
pen. Jean ciS no. .Iale .iieie. op =;
LOT my lolas. hla seaiee,s i'a',s ',a -,
ups pelo1e we we're aolliltleu. anu nut ei
we cou!d mount lhe ramp o.,e Isf'so
cutrah ,hose VINO came loith w se
what the matter was: one oulia, -Mili'
Il Slaude, outrah o.d 'Ii', outiall .iis ,i ~
rylhg Servants ana me weleoi,ie ol ,, W y
hGuse. sa" slehaer i'sule an
II Wh1te preaK away from me ll NE clo"
e ana dart toWards US, dlscloslis as
L reached me race that seemed s.i
I, winter than us robes anu re. lac