The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-02-18

Of the colonies they strike 20 deeply
thsnf Do even the ladies OF land
such az this feel the stingT 'F ~
She gased out toward the low knob |
bed hills limned against the deepening
sky, her elbow on the window sill, her
chin In her g;oved hand, silent. Above
them In sun stained air shreds of torn |
clouds folded away Nike dreams. From
near by came the startled fiutter of
field larks aid the rustic OF rspening
corn
The road curved quickly and lurched
into pine forest, where the day filmed
TO twilight and the boots fell noiseless-
ly into carpet OF brown needless 1t
was a pleasant way, full OF mingled
doors, all strangely pure and agreeable,
where elamorous wood things piped to
a musical silence.
"'Tis not all Virginia, after all, that
one sees here, monsieur" she said slow
ly after time. Far to the west. of us
is q vast region. raw, full veined and
of scattered tenants. There are great
mountain peaks and ravines, wastes
waiting seed and hoe, plateaus and
woodlands where the musket and the
ak are never silent Deer run in the
brake. Wolves race along the ridges
There strong men have lived and
toiled and fought back the savages
| and cleared themselves homes. Their
children have grown up unyielding like
the granite in the mountains heart, I'M
| trammeled like its torrents. And this
life amid the silences has taught them
justice that may not be bought,
strength that knows neither fear nor
favor. The region you see here, mon
sieur, to this great weave speak of is
but the raveled edge.
Here broad rivers run brackish with
tidewater, and ships lie at the wharfs.
They bring to our manor houses all of
luxury and refinement which Virginia
tobacco can buy. And here the planters
for Virginia was first settled by gen
tlemen, monsieur = choose to put on
courtliness and dress in gold lace and
make q bit OF London for themselves
on the edge of the wilderness.
"Just beyond those hills to the south
ward is Williamsburg. the capital they
have built. 1t has a college and a
court. There the cocks are ever fight
Ing, the horses are ever running, the
fddles are ever playing, and there In
his palace sits the royal governor his
majesty is pleased to put over his colo
malls, levying on their leaf and sheer
4 ing at their buckskins."
1.-THE Earl of Dunmorer'
aye, my lord the earl. Think you he
knows one whit more Of this Virginia
than does the king, thousand leagues
away? He drinks in his palace and
drives his white horses and DULLES his
burgesses, the representatives whom
the people have elected. They must
pleasure him or he dissolves them. The
king has forgot that the Virginians are
Englishmen and that Englishmen love
freedom"
"And Englishwomen, too" he said.
eve can do little" she went on. eve
wear no swords. All we can do is tc
hope and to wait"
aLittler There was a thrill In his
, tone. Little! You call such a hope
such a feeling, small? You think 1t val
q ueless OF weak? All, mademoiselle
know you what makes lady adorable
!. to mans heart what makes hin
worship her? 1t is that she inspires
. him; that is it-not to dress for her o.
: bow or sing her little songs, but t
. toll, to struggle, to fight, to die maybe
something high like the stars. Mai
\ has a want for two things-a cause L
II fight for first, and then-then one,
perfect one, a loved face, to wait ant
smile on him when he has won.
with this a man could do miracles
n All, 1t could make of poor nobody
II king, an emperor! l, even l, mademol
n selle, stranger from another land
= could fight so we'll for these grea
% things. for this Virginia of yours,
N I--if r.
He paused. There was tense me
~ ment
10 Then the air filed itself with Ions
or dull sigh, and on its train came sue
se den swapping of dead boughs, an III
ne jointed, cracking report and Doth 1901
ID ed up startled.
a SlTdDBt ldIAMdJ
~ had part in this. Indians had not pee
rs used to fell trees as did their VIM
" conouerors. Instead they cut zee
a. rings into the bark and let nature
no axman. These trunks fell when Oh
he rot had done its work, sometimes
ed storms, often when no wind SUITE
Ar crashing in q forested silence. A qua
D. ter century before perhaps MAI
IS. pony brave had thus girdled gre
a pine with his tomahawk' ana ~ w
,st this dead tree, its limbs now "ni.e
bleached wolf bones, when was ~
Il after its time, leaning to It's iaii iio
the roadside. -
adj A shrek burst from Annes np'
Ter she saw the topping bulk through =
XIV window. and she started 10 hsi ~
n simultaneously came DOW VI ~
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