Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-06-14


there were other horrors that almost
petrified her when she allowed herself
TO think OF them
Here and there the travellers passed
by rude cots whore dwelt woodmen and
mountaneers, and at long intervals n
tolltary but picturesque horseman stood
aside and gave them the road AS the
coach penetrated deeper into the gorge
signs Of human life and ACTIVITY be-
came fewer. The sun could not send
his light into this shadowy tomb Of
granite The rattle Of the wheels and
the clatter of the horses hoofs sounded
like constant crash of thunder in the
ears of the tender traveller n dainty
morscl among hawks and wolves.
There was an unmistakable tremor
in her voice when she at last found
heart to ask the officer whore they were
TO spend the night. II was far past
noon. and Aunt Fanny had suggested
opening the lunch baskets. one Of the
guides was called back, the leader be-
ing as much in the dark rs his charge.
There is no village within twenty
miles" he said, land we must sleep in
the pass"
Bevcrly's voice faitcred "Out here
in all this awful Then she caught
herself quickly. II came to her sudden
ly that she must not let these men see
that she was apprehensiye. Her voice
was a tritle shrill and her Dyes glisten-
ed with a strange new light as she
went on, changing her tack completely:
How romantic! I've often wanted to
do something like this"
The officer looked be7-iidercd and
said nothing. Aunt Fanny was speech
less. Later on, when the lieutenant had
gone ahead to confer with the guides
about the suspicious actions of n small
troop of horscmcn they had seen, Bev-
crly confided to the old negress that she
was frightened almost ont OF her boots,
but that she'd die before the mon
should see a sign Of cowardice in a
Calhoun. Aunt Fanny was not 50
proud and mperious. 1t was Win diff
tlculty that her high strung young mis-
tress suppressed the walls that had
long been under restraint in Aunt Fan
uys huge and turbulent bosom.
Good Lawd, Miss Bev'ly, deyll chop
us all to pieces an take ouah jewl'ry
an money an clo'es an evythinc else
we done got about us. Good Lawd.
les tu'n back, Miss Bev'ly. We ain
got no mo- show out heah In desc
mountains dan a.
BE still, Aunt Fanny" commanded
Beverly, with nne show OF coura ge.
You must be brave Don't you see
we cant turn back? It's Just as dan
Gerous and a heap sight more so II
we let Oh We're not one bit afraid
they'll respect us, don't you see, and
men never harm women whom they
respect"
lymph" gruuted Aunt Fanny. with
exaggerated irony.
"Well, they never do maintained
Beverly. who was not at all sure about
it. And they look like real nice men
honest men, even though they have
such awful whiskers."
"Dey's de wuSt trash All eveh did
see" exploded Aunt Fanny.
Ssh, Don't let them hear you wills
De- s,-f.
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tho Emo 1adv i'm tho coocb.-ar, tho
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noyorlr caIhoun o,osnod IN os+onfsh.
rno,+ II ,yoc TOO t,7orodi,lo to haIiava
II v,os octno1Iv 1ndicrous Sha largh.
oil heartilv How narfectlr absurd "
~ am wolI aware +hot Won are NOT
tho princaes yetiva ." NO continued ON.
nhatcallv "hut whot can do? 'rhs
mon wont helinvo me They sweor
thov hove been tri,l,od and ore manic
stricken over tho situation The bunt
ers fell them that tbe Axnhain author
i+ies fuIlv aware of +h. burriad Atrht