The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-06-06

death. The story of her life closes
with the birth of Seth. Maybe Eve
married again-married one of those
mysterious "sons of God,'' about
whom the book tells us. I am in
clined to believe she had right to a
second chance. Her first matrimonial
venture had not been a blooming
success. Adam had seen fit to trace
back to her every family trouble.
With all her added knowledge and
experience, she felt sure she could 90
better the next time. One day, she
went off in the brush, sat on rock,
and began to work her mind-thus-
eff it isn't good for the man to be
alone, why is it good for me?. There
was always something wanting about
Adam. I had an idea it was his
missing rib. He said it wasn't-that
in taking me from his side, so little
was taken that he didn't feel it.
When he had aches and pains, used
to ask him if his side hurt him, and
he always answered in italics with a
snap, MOI I saw he was trying to
belittle me. One day, he groWled'
If a dozen women like you were
taken from my side I'd still be full
man That was his conduct. Adam
always was mighty conceited, and
was powerful stuck up in his ways.
So, Eve went back to her shack
there on the border of the land OF
Havilah. He mind was full of the
new scheme. Under the shade OF a
terebinth was Abel's grave. Cain
was out and gone, wanderer on the
face of the earth. Eve had now also
the double Office of mother-in-laW'
for Seth had brought in woman
one day, saying she was his wife
Eve looked at her with big eyes.
She stood in doubt about this other
woman. Most women do.
When early autumn came she dlked
out in her deer-skin hobble skirt, and
told Seth to look after the chickens,
that she was going on a visit. Her
mind had been made up. She was
going out to look around find a
husband, perhaps. Some women have
an aptitude for this sort of business.
Eve was one of them. She hadn't
gone many miles before she came
upon a. man-just mere man-de-
scending from an apple tree. She
lodged behind a convenient bush, but
left enough of her person unconceai-
ed to enable the man to see her.
That's an ancient trick. Seeing but
a small part of her made the man
anxious to see the whole. Man has
always had that failing. So, the
man she had found drew nigh to her.
What kind of courtship they had,
we must guess at, and pass on. we
are in a hurry to get this second
husband back home to the land OF
Havilah. But we may rest assured
that it was just like all the court
ships of to-day and to-morrow-tWo
strangers who vainly imagined they
knew each other entered into a COM
pact to have things common between
them. Eve was mighty proud OF the
new ring on her finger. Adam had
never seen fit to give her one.
The wedding cake was barely cold
before Eve began to reason out the
proper course for her to pursue. She
said, s'This new man of mine needs
teaching. I caught him out yonder in
the brush. I must begin at once to
hedge him about with wisdom" And
so she held up the lamp of the past
full in the face of the present. She
shined his eyes, so to say.
This new husband, we may say,
was named Heber. One day when he
came in, she brewed him a pot OF
coffee, fetched his corn-cob pipe, sat
on his knee, ran her hind through
his hair, and began
.'Heber, much depends on getting
started right. I want you to go out
right now and kill all the snakes
about the premises. Well never
have any trouble if the sources of
trouble are put away" Then she
kissed him, and told him all about
the snake she had met in Eden-the
beast that ruled her, and how her
first husband had refused to shield
her. eyes," she said, cit was mighty
mean in Adam. He denied laying
the blame on me, but 1 heard him
say The woman whom thou gavest
me, she gave me Of the tree, and I
did eat it, I never could quite for
give Adam for that thing. I don't
feel that I'm bound to do it. It was