Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-03

- wind through the eaAess trees that made the
trouble Some say that the wind can W., wear ,1, On
that they would.
The sun had risen into troubled red sky, and tn,
hills that banked the horizon the south In front OF
the little unpantcd house. the ground red-btow4 with
dwarf oak and elm. dropped sharply to the Sours
River below, that ran shal low over its sandy bed to
join the Assinbon in the long, long march to the sea
Inside Of the little house. tired woman co9rlGss
breakfast The wind was rising already and the trail
before the door smoked with dust. She looked YEARLY
the fields The harvest the summer
for the preparon for next years sowing % had 'csn
foragcd. gave touch OF color to the unending gray
1t had bee1, an abundant harvest. a wonderful yield,
they said but it all WEAKNESS to her Her eyes
ached her shoulders were bent like an old woman her
hands were rqughsngd ard s9rcshe looked at them
could not understand it.
big fellow, cear-cycd ard Wholesome, with face of
beaning good nature. born for out of doors. for
the room.
"Wc haven't had much time for chat lately, Mil
dr.d, he said as he washed hi? face in the lyle
enaneled basin that stood box in the corner. But
i,nt II ne to nave al ne gram safe IN tie elsVaof
oI rrl5 ''4''i O"s'e'S' N'D''o 'o' 'o' o''' = ~
E Yot too had, che ,soc,cd .tcs.v She was look
i1e oh. or me Mtc iiyspcCked WINDOW; the dUst lay
'yE upon dead ine s ,1 coMn sineI IL A.. d
sNypt screaming past the niue mouse ana INC Dust
1SaW ANY the gust on NOW she pace II ,s
~. az hoi houce. j ne Sl'u on l'Ens paCoil Wa
sweet 10 nm ne country was Elorousne mad planted
' t1 ana he h4d seen it srowlt was great 'oun
lie ' loved II"' anu many o'0'' ''''' u " "''
b ~' "ad a. Dc WE wGi bea T want
co oi'o,+ so,ro now, 'acinn@ and ,a,.he boro'
sontching you want I am gong to try one of those
'-'N lily - '''' 'e'' ''''s - Wv LIN
But Mildred was not listening Neither did she
"Hurrv IN Mildred and we'll 90 before dinner" he
inry up '''o'eo ana we 60 before o''"'e nc
so,a o1 nan Ta nn 70 on E Se S''' DIT 'AS ''
~ III, cd -, ~ r;t distressed ,oo, on b;s how
t"W WHAT'S wrong, Mildred, What's wrong old gr?"
"Notbina" she answered. and her tone came near to
.: oi';, ~ N' W " ~ ~
er9 c,i n, and bccd his horses TO the oow in
For what could be wrong with Mildred? She had al
WAYS been so CHEEKY, When the hail had come the
wear before and battered down his crop and with it all
disappointed child 1t was Mildred who was brave;
how she had put new life, new hope in him If Mile
went back him, what good was anything
The long furrow stretching the even mile lay before
him. Overhead, in the crisp October air V-shaped
flock Of wild geese honkcd living so high they seemed
like tiny spccks beneath the blue. The steam OF
reSle, mII ;d,tr;S h,,, came 70 his ears The
ds,ace al anp al rs t b b cAr ran
in the furrow ahead OF his horses, and then, wirrng
,ose and cjrcled over his head
1T is a lovely country he thought as he brcatfed
in the freshness of the morning, a great big, lovely
counry--but what can be wrong with Mile:
Trdoors Mildred worried rs,lcs.v The silence was
% hn,.er or1, nv, the d;es 1at brzzed rncea snpv
~ w. cocl, bad eionn,d shc had FORGOTTEN ia wind
th b,,s, dave befdre She was wondering vaguely
,+ W. I'D ~ b3,ne3od ~ ali 5nr ,,bons~shc had had
VIVA. nHu , 90 ,r bons, She had even told her.
slf tlat She liked thc rontrv She thought of those
g.. davs eeer,ed aces zoo when she and Tom had
Mrst day" t az ~ m; house. '1, The little
;.h % f,,r, ,;t,ie ~, rots ard mans had all been
~ .nd sh;n and tbe dainty friiled curtains and
~ reorue coycrcd cha;rsNhow oroud she had been
" .harI Nov thcy wore al, dl and worn and grjmv
.,,;r heo,tv qoncle her own she thought sadly but
4i,out h;ttcTness If was ali oart of the country this
;,ees hnrry;ng hnsv countrr She wiped the dust