The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-03-08
CHAPTER Kx.-~continued.

Two days later. Daylight stood wait.
ing outside the little Glen ellen hoteL.
The ceremony was over. and he had
left Dede TO go Inside and change
iato her riding habit lhtic he brought
the horses, lie held them now, Fob
and Nab, and In the shadow ol the
watering trough Wolf lay and looked
m. Already two days OF ardent Cali
fornia sun and touched with new fires
the ancient bronze IN D%aylight's face.
i!at warmer still was the glow that
came Into his cheeks and burned IA
HIS eyes as he saw Dede coming out
the door, rlding.whlp ia hand, clad in
the familiar corduroy skIrt and IoE,
ginRq Of the old Piedmont days, There
vas warmth and glow IN her own face
rs she answered his gaze and glanced
"a past him TO the horses. Then she
SAW NAB But her gaze Icapod back
to the man
"0h. Elam!" she breathcd.
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Many persons, themselves city,bred.
and city reared, have fed to the
soil and succeeded IN winning great
aapriness, In surh cases they
have succeeded only by going
through n process Of savage dlsiI.
iusionmeut But with Dodc and Day
light It was different, They had both
been born on the soil, and they knew
ats naked gimplicltIcH aud rawer ways
They ere like two persons. after Tar
wandering, who had merely come
home again There was less Of the
unexpected In their dealings with pa
tuee. while theirs was all the delight
Of reminiscence, What might appear
sordid and sunalld to the fastidlousIy
reared, n 10 them eminently whole,
some and natural The commerce of
nature was TO them 90 unknown and
Ratried trade, They made fewer mis-.
takes, They already knew, and It was
a JOY 10 remember what they had tor
gotten.
And another thing they learned was
that II was easier tor one WIN has
gorged az the aeshpOts to content
himself with the meagrcncss Of a
crust, than for n who has known
only the crust Not that their life
vas meagre. II was that they found
kecner delights aud deeper satIsfac.
lions Ia little things Daylight. who
mad played the game IN It's biggest
aud most fantastic aspects. found
that here, on the slopes OF Sonomn
Mountain. It WIS stlll the same old
game. Man had sim work 10 perform.
forces to combat. obstacles to over.
ONE When be experimental In a
small way at raising "A few pigeons
for market, he loard no less zest in
calculating in SQUADS than formerly
when he had calculated In millions
Achievement Was NJ less achieve,
ment, while the process of II seemed
more rational and received the sane.
ton OF his reason.
The domestic cat that had zone
wild and that prcyed on his pigeons.
he found by the comparative stand.
ard. to be Of no less paramount mon
ace than a Charles Klinkucr IN the
field OF finance, trying to raid him for
several millions. re hawks and
weascIs and 'coons were so many
Dowsetts, Lotions, and Guggenham.
mcrs that struck at him secretly. The
sea Of wild vegetation that tosged lis
surf against the boundaries of NIL mis-
ciearings and that Sometimes crept in
and flooded In a single week was no
mean enemy to contend with and sub.
due. His fat.soiled vegetablegarden
In the nook of hills that failed OF its
best was q problem Of engrossing i'm.
portance, and when he had solved 1t hy
putting in dTaintile. the Joy OF the
achievement was ever with him. He
never worked In II ard found the soil
anpacked and tractable without ex.
~perlencing the thrill Of accomplish,
ment.
There was the matter Of the plumb.
ing He WAS enabled to purchase the
liaterialg through a lucky sale OF a
number Of hts hair brides. The work
hn did himself. though more than once
he was forced to cnll In Dede to hold
tight With . ripe-wrench. And In the
end. when the bath.tub and the sta
tin1arS tubs were Installed and in
Nef king order. he could scarcely tear
AsAef way from the contemplation