The Glenwood post., 1905-02-25

were as demonstrative in their leave
taking as two Frenchmen of near kin.
Their chickering's were of little depth,
both being too closely united in the
giving of their best Drawn and mus Gle
toward the bettering of the house OF
Long Haut to be at outs long.
Nance-toughened pine of an up.
land growth-knotted her brow for Il
moment as she squeezed forth tear
She thought 1t befitted her who had
occupied the exalted position 6 nurse
to the one setting forth upon jour
ney to show SO much emotion.
Indeed, there was an inward re-
joicing, in spite of the house being
of so sad color, that the young lord
was at last to have his fling
Our horses were Flemish mares,
chosen for their greatest endurance.
Soon we were astrde them and gal
Looping down the steep road. We
passed the jutted rock, balanced in
such away that it rocked when the
lightest wind blew. 1t had been
feature of the road so long, that no
man living could reckon back when
it had not been the curiosity of the
country side. We passed the gnarled
birch tree whose few branches were
wide extended and in the moon light
it looked not unlike monster sentinel.
Once Noel's horse hau shied there
and he, taken unawares, had been
thrown. He lay upon the ground with
the breath about knocked out of him.
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without giving his horse a vicious
kick in memory of his shame, for Gil
kept alive his modification by his
trite remarks upon the accident.
We came to a narrow ledge of the
hillside where single file was safest
The dropping stones kicked free by
the horses hoofs made a merry sound.
| We clattered over the little bridge
beneath which the water fairly bub-
bed and sputtered in it's fierce de-
light at being loosened from its win
ter fastness. Here the road became
freer and mud now mingled with the
powders. Farther on the horses were
pushed together. and they gave a
glad wbinny.
We reached Torraine's hut at the
foot of the hill. Here he lived with
his buxom wife and nine children as
though he were the keeper of the
lane which led to the Manor.
He stood out in the road, surround
ed by his brood. They stolidly
watched us and begged with out
| stretched hands for a coin.
Out of the way" yelled Gil, "out
| of the way. Do you want us to run
| over those cubs of yours?"
lorraine gave the children cuffs to
| right and to left. 1t served two pur.
poses as well he knew it would-the
old fox, took them from beneath the
horses hoofs and sent my hand into
my pocket.
Then he held up his scrawny hanu
demanding attention. We reined up.
If ye need me in that hot bed of
hell where ye're a-going," said he,
send word, and lorraine and his
jolly boys'll be with ye ere the sun
has sunk twice behind Black Point"
"All right, old fox" answered Gil.
But don't imagine that lorraine and
his jolly boys will cut much of a
S""i'h III i-oiuoH Io"H, us HOL as
bare of rapscallions as lady's hand
is of hair"
He grinned and called out yet
again after VIC had started:
Remember. ere the sun has sunk
twice back of Black Point Good by
mlord; goodby old ape"
When we reached the selvage of
the woods where the huts lay thick
est, | saw that there was crowd
of men and women and children
awaiting us, They had collected to-
gether at the foot of one of the lanes
knowing that we must pass that way.
Some one has spread the news of our
| departure.
ITO be continued)