Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-10-04

Within the next week I received
copy Of the paper with my letter In II,
prominently placed on the first page,
and note In the same mail from tho
editor congratulatlng me on the excel
lence of II. He told me to send one or
two more from Georgia and then to
push on and write up the bayou coun-
ties IN Louisiana. He liked the dia-
logues aud suggested that give more
interviews with the farmers. i read
my letter in print and II again stieck
me that had not made II clear to my
conservative readers that Il was TO the
sons OF the antebelum, slaveholding
families that the south had to look for
lts regeneration and renewed prosper
ity: that Il was this element which
wns rebuilding the fortunes I'm TINT
section and not the few men from the
north who had gone there To invest
money. IL | dared to drpw n picture
of the Buds and the Ellcns OF the
south how the people OF the old com
monwenlth would rrnd the future Of
this sunny lund ana appreciate the
struggle OF It's Younger generation TO
overcome the obstacles which ,hcy mad
inherited In consequence ot war.
A fine sense oi houor had Kept me
= from mixing ,lse ~ the life ~ the
Pines Ms u basis for n letter hIi |
longcd TO hnudlp the subject Ms ! saw
II and ia make others see II through
! my eyes and APPRECIATE liz hunulN.
shut In my room away from The inilu.
ence ot Miss Ellen OF Rud md even
OF the colonel. | argued that such n
letter could do no harm and might IN.
dllre TO much good do not hide from
myself even now that there was with
me- n certain satisfaction In pleasing
those IN the home office. nor did con.
renl from myself then the additional
prestige such u letter might give me
with my critics The editor had com.
plimenl"d me on the first letter What
would he NOT do when he received one
written with pen guided by love and
every word OF II poured from the
heart? II Miss Ellen loved me. ar
Rued. she would only rejoice with me
over my success And then. too. she
might not see H. This inst thought
brought n blush TO my check. and |
started M. determined 10 show her
my letter and tell her what I ronten
piaIed doing
What evil genius led me 10 change
my mind | do not know. II might
have been the fates OF the wishing
stone whom ! had nngered by partial
Iy revea ling the secret ! had conhdrd
to them But at the time | was pleased
to think II was a confidence | had M
right To give her until had told her
OF my love. Then too, II |, who was
as JeniOus Of the familS honor a. Bud
or even the colonel nimSelf, saw nu
IMPROPERLY In mulIIg use OF their
heroic struggle with miSfouunps. sure
~ there could be- none. thought
When should nave told nor ~ my
love. together We would talk over these
hard times ana together We would read !
my description of them aud laugh I
over u. or possibly cry. tor IL whs al.
ways the pHthuS OF the life ~ the |
Pines which ! saw aud not the humUr
Wien n woman loves she always m |
lcrstnndS. | said 10 myself but I did
not know then how sensitive these old |
families had become Of criticism nor |
how deeply they felt their changed
conditions. I had only seen their forti
ude and bravery for they would have
bought II beneath them 10 complain 81
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