The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-06-25

place, a grassy nook on the mountain
side, gazing across the lake to where the
opposite mountains rose from the waters
edge.
Darrell had great store of wisdom
not the wisdom of the towns, but the lore
of the woods, of the snow born streams
and the mountains. His voice was as
soothing as the wind through great pines
or the rush of the river through its
gorge.
Darrel had lived among these noun
tains for thirty years, and, please God,
he would die here, he said. He would
listen interestedly to what | told him of
life in the great cities, but at the end his
eyes always turned with satisfied affec-
ton to the ranges that shut him in.
Its mighty nice, | reckon" he would
say, "but | couldn't get sllong without
the sound of the river in my ears or the
smell of the pine and cedar. Once
thought"
What it was he had once planned |
never knew until this night.
Jim" he Said, as we lay back in the
soft grass smoking-'Jim, he WAS my
,o,,tror W. w,s rnrtnpn>s from the
Ga +ho,oh bo u,,s, vo,,uyar than mo
rIbor y,o,.n't navar 3, hetter mann than
Tn, White ,s Won mnl.a com straight
ot, n,,o of +boso boro rino sonlirs snrv
o., a dor W. nro.r,ectad II torether
nn, ,.o .i,,,oroJ II nu, wa ropcbad il
s,,,oro or, shoro nil, a coma rood times
Nod urtil"
rho old man nouscl d, moment One
,,innn,1o az .rnu. v.,. ike g., Honr of
fna ,,,d r,r Inv,n h,Aoy the d.,kliur
1,ko rnlnctnd tho Homn
eli v.,s tv,utv v,,,rs .,rs, thot Mary
cono bn,.,. with hnr farther old man
D,,,.v Ia tnal nm , claim down 10 thn
nnJ ~ ,L, l,l,n M,,,. wen, inst - Iittln
o,,l +hon th,, could t,kr en- my knees
om, ,,I,, with nm tn,ch +, fish am mad.
Al, = c,ron An, vn,r hv vn,r shn grow
OIL ,,,, .,,,,yol r.Ittv * snmn fnwr,. put
down nor, in , ,rnvi,r nf tbr rocks An
+hnn nrn d,v-I mind if we'll seed she
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,,,,.,n't unynr rn su,.ir., like thot sn1.in,.
no,. ro d,v Iikn thot ,Inv
81 didn't tnu nor sn-I WIS feared
o,mos+ + tnuch hnr WIS -, r,,,rh nm
rnJn nm, .bn .n like Il flower, but |
thnr.rht or bor , hr,n If didn't make
ma Iifrornrcn ,,h,r wn>. lawn out on
tho mrr-,in s;dn win only fine stars for.
a ,.c~.f y.nrLin, in thr shaft ny >.,tti,' in
INV .h,c; Ii.rn,,ir' thn wind h.wlin'
tl,r,u,rh thn tiu,rr,. ,r' tho rrorllin' ,f
+hn A. Man., u,,s ,v,rvwb,r she WIS
In ,hn frst st,, th,1 ,,m, .h;uin' ont ot
n;.ht in tbn tirst Hn,yrrs thot .nrunr M
in thn hn,tn,n band Tho vni,,. ,.r th,. river.
in tho .hnIInv. ,,r,,.n, v,s IiL,. hrr l,u,,h-
for
,rho OIL man rnirtnd g., .iunvv finger
down, toward = cIumn Of trrns hrI,w
II.
.I4 w.. thar on th,t u,jrt with thr
rivrr ON .rn side on' thn bake on fine
othar tn,t ! hniIt nv house, ,rttin' mn
hero Of .on ,vrnin' If WAS 40 he a 1u1l
houso-,nt a lnn sh,,k-,,n' WINES ,ll
ovor If nm , carbon Many - nipht I've
huiIt th,t bnusn am lived in if mn wotch
oil Mary r,rkiur 1hr c,udln uspd 70
+rcv, Too thom piuhts mo an Mary.
IA thn ,,St nu' for-off keutrrs what she'd
rnoI ,l,,,,+
.Iin u.nd to wor,1nr why left him
o,,, cnrne ont born NV mvsnIf hut if was
hncousn vented tn he .Inn. an think
ohout II uu | never told him uothin'
If how, I fnIt
"Au' thon snn nyn1riu' | wont down To
Nr,rv,s house to toll h,r If were g,ttin'
do1.l "a, If mirht hn this very evenin'
I l,ndol ou;at an comn IN, tho r,th ou'
+brn l,rnwed What I MIGHT have know.
oil oII ,Irr for lin an Marry w,rn sci
fin, Loal;in, ot tho sumsot-on' each othnr
IN, I knnynd thnv loved e,ch other an
tbot wos niph tnn wears AGO
81 had for~ot thot I was old an rough
nm, ,yLo was Young mn thnt il was "a
no1urnl thing for her to love lin as
Aowers TO love the SIM, but | didn't think
nf tbo+ +hon v,,s Wild ril. a. I n,L-
dlad away nm tha I,lkn mr., ,.Iimhn. thc
tro;l 70 thn .,,,c,; nm, S,t th,r in tho
dnrl, cursin, him COD f,n,rivn mo
.Uo came homo hv am Inv dill Tim
7 conId Lnor him v.hi.tIiu, w,v d,,yn
thn mountoin side rs if No woS bonnv
ia SAT- in thn dooiw,v lookiu' nm nt the
Stars on, tnlkin, ohnrt tha claim we bnd
am if the nina manned ont mn of the