Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-06-21

happy group Of friends fron :,
rney had been asked a. r,,.s &c cq
Decoration day and had e,- ols,
t'm ne. picnic Of that dss "
1t seems too good 70 ~
cried one. Of the girls 10 at. uus'
are going on a real picnic !. :, y
rial day" VI Memo
Just as all the countrx :.
iassies do back in good a. - ~
where l was a child add.a ''N
man with more than hall ss,, ; sOaa1
In his expression. a,s,
All we can do to mai.
sactly real" laughed anoth.. ne
girl. "is to go to some rravs-.. Hs'q
sit on the freshly decoratsd ~. -
and eat our lunches." 'a
Caroline's eyes suddenly
and she jumped to her feet ''e
Girls and boys!" she cr,.s
citedly. we can do that ver- e
thing! And let's do itlr ',~'
"What?" chorused the oth.,.
! Eat our lunch in the deara., ~.
cemetery you ever saw" carolIns ~ \.
planned more seriously. tn !.
very farm there lies a small =,
doned graveyard and you cant ,,..,
Inc how picturesque II is IN ,.s
bunch OF lilacs to put on each y J.
old graves that has been fors. J, .,
since-oh. since before any of rs'~.-
born," she said
Memorial day dawned Al . -.
May day should dawn, and csr,,,'s
was down on the broad old eole.,.,
porch In her fresh white frocE -
before the others were ont ~ ~.
beds. She sat beside her father -
ing back and forth in the hsl~,
morning air and looking out 49,.
the velvet of the lawns. Ths a
GRANGE of apple blossoms was h
about them, for the preezes cana n
them across the orchard.
Presently around the turn ~ -.
winding gravel path that led q n.
main entrance Of the farm ~.
came a young man. He walked h,;.,
ly, and yet there was an sxprersm
OF uncertainty in his carriage
AS he approached the two Ia .o.k
on his straw hat and addressed al
Darling.
rs this the old Craft fsrr,-,h.
dorado Craft farm" be asked.
1T is" the colonel answered y
have recently bought It. VIVA. q.
l do for you. sir?"
The young man smiled. I An
looking for the grave Of M rra,..
grandfather. and I was told thai 4
was in a small cemetery that pn
believed to be n the Craft properisr
"Oh. father" began Caroline
1T is" interrupted the c,lona
AT least there is such place cone
here hereabout."
Il know exactly where II is father
suggested Caroline.
Then you might try to tell "a
the father replied Better than th,.
daughter. you might come with IA
young man and me and we VII e.
II We can aid him in his search
AS the three sought the hemiott
grove the young man told them Of Ii.
reason for seeking so remote grave
His grandmother. recently deceased
had begged 1t of him as 6naI r,
quest that he find the buryInk placs
OF her father and care for It She
herself had been unable to do %. and
after much effort the yourg man I'D
traced It to the Craft estate.
They found the old fat stone N''A
the carved letters telling Of how %,
George Alexander John Carsions had
lived and died, etc.
And DO you bear one d TIE
names?" asked the colonel.
Il am John Carter--I beg your pc,
don for not having introduced myself
at once" the young man hastily 10
piled. extending a card to Col Oar
ling.
Not SO lengthy a name e ycm
great-granddaddy's. eh2"
Caroline laughed at her fathers
Righteousness with stranger, and yel
lin her innermost self-she was sure
the man would not always b
stranger. Already her father vas
saying:
''If you win. our house is yours and
you can remain through the day with
us and return to this spot and care
properly for the resting place q yow
En-, Csrolins!"
Yes. indeed. father"
The three returned 10 breakfast
and Caroline had misgiyinss as %
the picnic, now that the young nzr
had come on a serious errand.
He put her at ease IN moment
What better care than the vista
ton Of merry party Of young io'kf
could my good grandmother have
asked2 I'll Join you. II ! may"
And that Memorial day picnic b
meath the hemlocks was a day 70 .
by Caroline Darling. io'
Il was in the cool. quiet shadows
there that she frst saw into ns
depth Of the eyes Of the man vso
was to become her husband.