The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
DRIFT WOOD
hEaselI ef the GxnsIes.

A light. breeze atirrsd the tall ferns and kissed the wild yiolets until they the s's srooR eel gnrsisd Ssda ana nd tSs siue~brd l whistled cheerfufly as Mazeli moved Lightly through the little ravine, sing The heavy black curls in careless nicturesqueness fell to her shoulders. | 1.-the and graceful she was as young evinced gypsyiike disregard for | fashion that decreed shoes and stock Eings The complexion was dark, the aSeS deep asrn rca hhq Fed WRich when e 's partes hsr littiie soul
 the sea isss agnf es eSa o the to ors fdr F and majestic solitude since a wee Gi in at 'si1 the edge 4or of the vii vilaee % by
 band of strolling gypsies-she and Brenan. the young. vagabond. who be- for her liking that. had. of late grown into a sort of passionate worship as the girl grew each day more beautiful. of Brenan's however-in fact, almost detested the feIlow---for his low, thiey- ing ways. and had more than once dis missed him from svsr her presence; tBss But he might fetch her rare birds eggs or luscious berries in season, and when,
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 The old couple had attempted to send her to school more times than Sse eega SCb bqt the sGrts teacher nor. pupils being able to com fine the wild roaming spirit in the -Four walls of country school-room. She repudiated all advances of friend ship and after one day of fretting. sob bing and misery. always slipped away to her trees and little brook. and breast of Mother Earth.
 The child was never so, happy as when mothering some crippled bird or
 This came t2 be a sort of passion breast. now that she was in her teens. She knew every wild bird in the forest, could ever pucker up her little red lips and initiate its cali, knew ev- not by the names that are set down So carefully in your botany. but by little pet names of her own. true cept of her race--fren and untamed she was. free and untamed she would al-
 One morning as Mazell waded out into the stream to turn struggling | turtle over on his feet as he lay pit tifully kicking on big rock. a boylsh ness 1sssn of FaRs tRss Ss fOrese dp0n 'ne S0is" '
 fall to it's proper length. and turned 10 What AhSs 'he eeonfronted dnsaSd her was nOt sight to inspire special wonder or admiration from a girl who had come Srs WSrid than tn Msssu but tn to T this wils creature of the forest, who had never seen. any oe the opposite sex except | the barefooted, unkempt lads of Oak, ley, the tall, weil-dressed young city man who took off his cap and bade her good morning. was like the Prince "iou:n pardon me for laughing won't you--but-weli--ha- ssls tq turn that beast over on his a,ssIt. wasn't ;s troy6ls. ,s;t slrnat I least rI think thfi OH' it was s s pfetty 'ine mean trick in n whoever treated him like that" Brantley laughed at the quaint se- riopsness Of the. child.
 | the ground and figured out that it would just about reach to the rock in the middle of the stream.
 A shadow of pain crossed her fair
 "You-couldn't-you didn't" | "Yes--I could and I did--my pretty l Nimrod--but honest-if you win smile instead of looking as though or-brightSnever do It again" This seemed to satisfy the girl, who gave him her hand as he reached out to help her Ssos,sf ashore. w.. vsrv vo,,n1 and very happy ana because she was Snd Saty bs6ause bs4Ts t 'a was S Spring psSad ana shs birds were ,,%,,. %stipg' , and yeii;1Iiustt t
 Instantly she struggled and ran ' from him--erying-"Why did you do