Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-08


for it gave me a sweet lingering time;
and in the afternoon Guinea and I went
down to the river.
I'VE will get a boat and row up past
the island, away up to the beautiful
hills" she said. But can you row?'
she asked, with look of concern.
II have pulled boat against swift
ter current than this" answered. Il
lived near the bank Of rapid stream"
We got into a graceful boat and
skinned easily over the water. Now
it was my time to wonder and to- muse
over the changes that had come-to
dream as l looked at her. as she sat,
trailing her hand in the water her
hand, my hand, though she had not let
me take II to help her into the boat.
With her a swamp would have been at
tractive, but here we were in a para
disc. Boats up and down the river;
lovers went by, singing. On one shore
the scene was quiet, with easy slopes
and with houses here and there; but
the other shore was wild with bluffs,
with tangled vines and monstrous trees
that storms had gnarled and twisted.
Here a spring gushed out with glee-
full laugh, and lovers paused to listen,
and In it's flow the city oarsman cooled
his blstered hands.
Guinea, do you see that high bluff
up there among the pine trees?'
Yes, and isn't it a charming place"'
I'm glad you think So"
why are you glad of that"
Because you'll mean a woman who
has had her way-because she may live
there When at last she is tired OF
that way, and when she has gone to a
man with her hands held out, he will
take her to a house built on that bluff,
a summer home. I'm not joking. Next
year there will be beautiful home up
there. Don't you see, the land is for
sale? And in the house man is going
to write history of woman who had
her way and of a man who-well, l
hardly know what to say about him,
Dul iiOl SUNS ~ iiiNS iti' A'NNANS
nor cover up his weaknesses"
Are you really in earnest, Mr..
Hawes?"
YES, l mean every word of IT..
Wouldn't you'll mean, wouldn't the
woman who had persisted in having
her way-wouldn't she like home up
there?"
In her voice was the musical cluck
that so often had charmed me. "She
would be happy anywhere with the man
who had permitted her to have her
way, and l know that she would be
delighted to live up there. And YOU
/ mean the man-wouldn't have any
of the trees cut down. would he?"
Not one. He would build the house
in that open place.
Charming" she said. How sweet
a religion could be made of life up
there, with the river and the hills and
the island-beautiful.'
Guinea, l wish you would tell me
something Did you ever really love
him."
when l have come to you as l told
you 1 would come, you will not have
to ask me anything"
But can you give me some idea as
to how long l may have to wait? My
confidence in you IS complete, but you
must know that to wait is painful. Sup
pose that certain something that you
are waiting for-suppose that nothing
should come Of it? What them
mo matter what takes place, will
come to you. I know that it must ap-
pear foolish, know that l am but
vague in what try to make you un-
derstand, but-you will wait a while
longer, won't you?'
Her voice was so pleading, her
manner so full of distress, that
hastened to tell her that l would
wait, no matter how long she
might deign to hold me off, and
that never again could she find cause
to reprove my impatience. She thank
ed me with a smile and with many an
endearing word, and onward we went,
the boats passing US, the songs of low
ers reaching us from above and be-
low. We landed and climbed the bluff,
and l selected the exact spot whereon
the house was to be; We loitered in the
shade and counted the minutes as they
flew away like pigeons from a trap,
but We could not shoot them and bring
them back: so they were gone, and 1t
was soon time for us 20 go. for the
light of the sun was weakening. Down
the river we went, singing "Juanita,"
she ripping the water with her hand,
l half hearted in my rowing, dreamily
wishing that the train might leave me.
Close to me at the door she stood
The old man was outside, waiting to
go with me to the railway station
She bowed her head and kissed her
hair.
To he Continued.