The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-06
She Ate It
By sHEELA ESTHER DUNN
Copyright, 1910. by American Press
Association.

IN Belgium the mouth Of May Il
known as the Virgins month and con.
secrated to the Virgin Mary. In the
province OF Liege during May young
girls have a pretty way Of learning
whom they shall marry. A group Of
maidens arrange to meet at sunrise.
walk through the fields until they come
to hedge, and, selecting a spot IN
exposed 10 the highway they choose
a honeysuckle bush beneath which to
perform their mystic rites. Each girl
selects three blades OF grass. cuts the
tops to equal lengths and to each ties
colored thread OF silk. Black rep
resents bachelor, red an unknown
lover and green the person the girl IN
her heart wishes to marry. Ten days
afterward they return to the spot
where they left the blades growing.
and that blade OF the three which has
grown highest represents the lover
that il destined for the maideRis nus
band.
There lived IN this province poor
girl named Anna DeWindt She was
an adopted daughter of an old couple
who worked a small farm. Anna was
a fair eomplexioned, fair haired, blue
eyed maiden. her pure heart being
plainly manifest IN her countenance
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much larger one and owned by farm
er named DeRoace, with one son.
Heileger. Heileger DeRoade was at
the university when Anna DeWindt
came to live at the adjoining farm
When he returned for his spring yaca.
ton lie saw her busy about the al.
Joining premises, but she WIS SO far
from him that he could not tell wheth.
er she was comedy Or ugly Taking q
glass, he brought the image nearer and
discovered what be was pleased to
call bis Madonna"
From that time when be would see
Anna on the porch Of the house or
back in the kitchen garden he would
watch her through bis glass and long
ed to go out and chat with her.
His vacation came to an end, and he
experienced pang al leaving his Ma
donna. whom be had been used to
bringing So near to him by means 81
his glass On the morning Of his de-
parture be was obliged to rise early
Going out on TO the porch, he shifted
the delicious spring air. The sun was
just rising. He walked about, present.
~ going under a tree with overhang
ing branches. A door opened in the
next house. and Anna and another girl
came out and walked directly toward
him. They advanced to the hedge
that separated the two places and
were screened from him by its twigs
and leaves
Stealing out OF his retreat, Gtooping
that he might not be seen, he went
treading Oh the soft grass to the hedge
On reaching It he heard coming from
q few yards distant on the other side
their soft voices Annals companion
was speaking.
This IS the bachelor" she said, ty
ing a thread on a spear Of grass
This is the unknown" tying another
land this, tying d third, lis my dear
love"
And who Is your dear love?n asked |
Anna. who Yves herself tying threads
on blades OF grass
John Ten Eyck. who is yoursf'
4 can't tell you; it is so foolish OF
me-
'sYou needn't I know already. It /
Is the handsome student In the De /
Roade place"
Anna made no reply, but Heileger.
having found an opening just big
enough to give him view Of her face, I
saw blush overspread her features.