The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-07-27
A Prince of
Highwayn1en
BY KATHARINE lyman


INNu NNLlNf WIN Nlfi llI lfNi'lHNNI
hls great Jolly laughter when had
behaved 800. or so my mother thought
yet out OF mere childish roEuery and
darlng rather than with evil intent
Ho was not many months dead wnen
my brother Aymor was born.
People used 20 wonder that we could
be sprung OF one Btock-l 80 dark. he
20 fair. I so rude ana wild In my Ways.
he all gcnuencss
wa ever msty. and as the years
passed ! grew strong as young colt.
and unmnnagoablc as one yet no.
bitted.
Iic. ON the other hand. Kept his inir
delitary OF look and WINS .omewnat
frau OF health. which made another
reason for my mothers loving him.
since she blamed herself that excessive
grief for my father had weakened the
unborn child.
wiz lonely 600 my u.iu Joan
came. Her mother. Dame Winchester
was my mother sister, and now both
were widowed Therefore they Thought
well OF housing their grief under one
roof
hut these are childish thiuFa ana let
me on To the limo lf the great war
Ny mother wls dead before those
evil days bofrl or else ahu h1d died
OF Them perhaps. nH many l loyal lady
dld And even at the mHI, dear soul,
hho lett 70 birbcl wound Too my heart,
for said ahu 90 mD. Boo those luat pre-
cious hour while we yc. Kept hor'
Roger my SON. do you love your "ou-
vim JoanF
u know not dearest" Hid I. and
Redeemed. even 40 that moment Tor
waa callow. rough lud and would
have been ashamed tu think upon love
She laid her Thin hand on mine. and
! thought Fhc would have kissed mo.
for we had drawn closer during her
illness. but what she said was
Listen. Roger II Aymcr loves her.
too. aa ! fear he does, lct Aymcr we'd
her. You viii forget You Will go out
IN the world among other men ami
will see other ladies tu love. You are
strong ana valiant, my son. he is gcn-
tic aud delicate. lot him have his
love"
aid not dlscrcdltably. and for my
part In certain exploits came 10 be
known us Mad Mninwarlng."
But alackl those gloriea were well
over. and here was I. q rnggod cav lior.
with but my horse. my sword and my
little dog Aud ere I Joined some gay
friends or mine. VINO were making war
In another fashion great hunger
came upon mo 10 look upon the home
of my childhood. 10 see that which
q had renounced and visit once again
my mothers grave.
! turned my face westward. there
fore, and rode nlEht and day, am the
watcry sunset OF spring evening
showed me Kings Bcochos. with los
turrcts and chmnoys black against the
sky.
The window WINS open and some one
was singing "a ripe voice which was
slow to recognize au that uf my rro-
Their Aymer
with the song went the thin music
OF splnct I holsted myself by my
hands on the window viii. yet ere /
had looked within. know what
should see,
My brother dressed soberly. yet with
richness, lcant by the spinet which my
cousin Joan was playing
Several years had gone. ana some
thing almost mntronly had come upon
my cousins beauty, something 80 nobll
and ~ tender that ! must swear sOr
ever no woman's beauty we're perfcc
luckag that The waves uf her chest
nut hnlr were rolled away from thI
pure outline OF her face could sc
her little ears and the full, milk.
throat below the golden head
For an instant I Toasted ON her beau
~ Then my eyes wandered 10 m
brother he looked less slight than %
old. but his Apollo grace and lalrncs,
which usod Jo thuh uubccumius
man. had NOT deserted him
The whole sDoue was POD peaceful, NJ
FUN of home. chat 70 made his hcnr
ache who had doomed himself tu %
homeless And then Thought cam
to mo that sent the blood ure.ug O
my head Why 90 was % home seen
looked upon, and lhls pn.r with tnr.
happy luIgude were mo- 'nNrr oN,or
welded ones,
bld w,Ilol 10 Ho, or Ihr dead boa
wilod 10 for mo. yot { turned 20 th
nIght with on oath ou my lIp, un
despair 300 my heart. for never unit
hgn I .h.ua, had { realized my sy
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