Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1903-01-30

THE HOPE Of
the HEART

By BALDWIN SEARS


appeared. As she held up her face to
the evening breeze, her fair skin, yell
low hair and delicate features made
her appear like some faint star Just
glancing above the horizon.
A young man with scythe over his
shoulder crossing the lane below the
barn looked up toward the house. See
Ing the girl, he stopped. Strengthened
his shoulders as though he half expect
ed her to speak and to speak himself,
then walked on with tagging steps and
disappeared below the orchard where
the brook flows into the woods.
Mary leaned her arms on the edge OF
the scuttle and looked out. The hot air
from the garnet blowing In gusts past
her face was like twitch at her
sleeves reminding her of the household
she had left below.
She was the only one who had not al
ready gone to bed. 1t was harvest
time. They were cutting the wheat In
the meadows. and all day the hum of
the reaper had come up from the
broad, white fields where the men
were at work. Since. dawn the house
had been buzzing with lively toll, but
no" .ne uny WORK was enueu'
In the front room Off the porch the
farmer and his wife were asleep. They
had gone to bed Immediately after sup.
per- ana WINE mary hau sat IN the
p"rch she hearu their low Volces talK-
ing over the potato crop ana the gram,
'h'ir "roWsN "orus growing ieWer'
''o" VI ""'' Ut 'ehs'h 'ney SUNK AWAY
""u ',"N'"' "nhe 1e. Tue popoiihAs
WI S"i,''!,'''s oVei .ne iiie"uo" anu
'h' r'n VI 'he SUNSET iihgereu'
H''''' Wv s"'e ne. niuI'eu protner
NV n.'s"uo. n"u '"'Aeu poi''cs'
""'' ""' "''tu '"''' nasal no'Ses AZ
,e''"'',"s- Inv ',e ""oue" u"'s 'oSseu
~ J" I"Sh''. VI ,"o 'ou'n cuan,per
Jus, ""u'r 'ne "'.'c her SISTER -m,mw
~. ia" pe'" Pu''',s neI c"iiure,' W Deu'
.ne .'e"N' '','N VI 'ne rocAihs chair
90 ~ N""!," oN'i an uneven oo"ru
u'"''s ""n'''e '''ioukn '"e S,ien' nouse'
49,, =" W. ~" u",ei 'he rooi siept her
"'''' o'',"ei no"' 're"n'icSs' tireu anu
''"'en''" ~ '"' emu VI MS 'ohs SUM
",l ""',
DoWn III 'he h',clen yaru the turkeys
""u 'n'cNe'' n"u gone 10 roost ID the
"r''' ''''s ",'' ,ne grape "rpor' ciucA-
"S "i" '"'''eiihs !" S'eepy protest
ns''i.st Tue n"N""ru ones as they set
"su 'hen'SeiVes 'oselher
III 10" 'no'neht~ IL hhu grown
yer! sun ""u uark'
E"i v" ,ne "ouse Top ure"
i""s pr'"'n anu leaned her head Dack
"sa'ns' 'nc cage Oh the roof. IL was
o""! oeio'N' anu ,he iaint yeloW
'"inSh' hnSeren Oh the Dorder OF the
'u'i''''.' "'H"'' ne" moon huhg 10"
over we crest Oh tue WOODS. Inc west
w'hu proush, up the not smell OF
a, ~, corllne ,' ana pat dartcd
out VI tns orch"ru III swooplhg CIR
'"s "s"'nS' .he ciear h'ght'
FROM h'r eyre ABOVE the treetOps
,ne '"'i', pu'iuineS 'he heighporlng
houses 'ne helds ana lanes. even the
"'ue post rohu' looked quite small ana
ene"p IKE 10Y village. Ihe country
''ue III 's "resuihr checkerpoard OF
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dons 80 aa"h Ia '"e 80. D"p , 'ne Dur
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