Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1912-03-28


iX thea water powers fnIthe radbns.
,1sHg Had Rfihneiy ailo*ed aheft to
reant othshfYatffi. bMuah Of fheAmr 4she
fo1nd tee6hicai and,i Aside fro8 It he
YYact that 'he had written thems ,fhi in
teresting. But there Was foIe' BOOK
I,remahhfg I'M which he Simply dis1
cussed the mountain Il" "theo gtfloussI
seasons of the year, when the snowst
2bvefedi 'tRemP, Wien the grass and tha,
moss came again, when The dA0%eIs
! boomedp pjwf1eu eantnmnr touched the
Htfees9IG 2TKereilwaStthe soul ofa the,
man, npoetfyi e1p1ssset Inc prose, mi an an
like Butrfene ths hess poetry forlthat-I
'9This book iporst toVer. she -questionedr
him abopt 1T = Jthet discussed it.asthey1
3disc&ssed Kdatsy and ltneE other poets
II 'THoss o%ers happy evenings She
2on One eide oof' aheh fret sewtust heEI
finger 7@odnd nVith ee16thoto hold his
fEaht thfmble; "fashioning hforg hsrssKe
some|wlhtero gat atiheitsi odtbbfoae gay
, 'iGqioref; red, white and Black lanrient
iaaSaddo aSaddo eIduishel5yo woven Navajo hanSo
ae,s soR ahR hiabieT aahebt i@pan old
fashioneH ipieee osf saith Apficepess Is
osRe had Baf RhSwh it-aswEteh he psat
6t9heT dfsb6sagodWhfle ptbs IptheG.
gfdg'Uf the 2sams ho1tely. bidHa he
fhaS 99f h@ but. .bfHthe fskas op soma'
hrfhe dah1hafY tRaaI!He BadMiRd ,oa
hhsfapefess fo6e seo1ehhg @Aalf moceasi
4 sfR Raas WHO'LL Gflyedeggh, ii which, sha
could wear over her shoes. 4R her
short excursions around the plateau
aAhnaaf1hawsllf hesr1haI feet wamns
;anducomfortdblsls IulWG edt ei
sd1Be aier: permission Ae smoked as he
2 worked renjoyiHg the honr,Io putting
tsside1 asstCa and the future ssssndd ssnnd for
a bfeY pmyqmp5eR8tts sbpsSfnllyo ,s21t ,eso2n1tent:
Wat %%RaAteTveerg Z CIV Work he Was oeEgagsd UPON
ahd7read e6 hsf from Some fmmdt.
taf 1oBfe ntffber:d1 Sometimes the en-
tteftainmemnfelf1to her and shedsang
to rnf1n In heb glorious cotitraho rofees
music that -mads- -him-sad. Once he
could stand: it no longer. At the end
of a burst Of song which filed on} the lit1
tie room-he, had risen to- his feet
while she sang, cotnpelled' to the erect
position BY the magnificent hdefodyI-
as the last notes died oaway fahd she,
smiled at him triumphant and fexpec-
tant of his praise and his approval, he
hurled himself out ef,the ROOM, apd
into the night. wrestling for hours
with the storm which after all was,
but trifle to that which ragged in his
bosom. While she, left alone and de.
serted, quailed within the silent room
till she heard him come back. j. .ra
often and often when she slept
quietly on one side the thin1partition,
he lay awake on the other, and some
times his passion drove him forth to
cool the fever, the fire in his soul in
the icy, wintry. air. The struggle
within him preyed upon him, the keen
loving eye of the woman searched his
face, scrutinized him, looked into his
heart, saw what was there. 4 .
She determined to end it, deciding
that he must confess his affections.
She had no premonition of the truth
and no consideration of any evil con-
sequences held her back. She could
give free range to her love and her
devotion She had the ordering OF
their lives and she had the power to
end the situation growing more and
more impossible. She fancied the
matter easily terminable. She thought
she had only to let him see her heart
in such ways as a maiden may, to
bring joy to his own to make him
speak. She did not dream of the re-
ality.
One night, therefore, a month or
more after she had come, she re-
solved to end the uncertainty. She
believed the easiest and the quickest
way would be to get him to tell her
why he was there. She naturally sur
missed that the woman Of the picture,