The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-02-11

landed from 4 sailing vessel At James
town wharf With the household goods
Of nat English Garland who had
adopted the old Middle Plantation
when Dunm6re was royal governor IN.
der George ILL., Framed portraits and
eng-avings lent lnts Of tArnished sill
yer. oId-rose and snnset-e olds-eolnrs
time-toned and reminiicent. carrying 4
charming sense OF peaceful content, Of
gentleness and long tradition. The
dark polished stairway had at its turn
q square dormer-window which looked
out upon one OF the rose-arbors
Down this stair. somewhat later that
afternoon, came Shirley cambridge,
booted and spurred. the rebellious
whorls OF her russell hair now as close
iy filieted as Greek boys, in a short
divided skirt OF yew-green and a cool
white blouse aud swinging by its rib
bon a green hat whose rolling brim
was caught up II one side by q crisp
biue-biaek hawks feather. She stopped
10 peer out OF the dormer.window to
where. under the latticed weave of
bloom beside round iron table hold
Ing a hoop OF embroidery and q book
or two isds sat reading.
The lady's hair WAS silver. but not
with age. II had been SO for many
years. refuted by the transparent skin
apd color as soft as the cheek of an
APRICOT. 1t was solely in her dark
eyes, deep. and strangely luminous.
that one might see lurking the SON.
Der spirit OF passion and OF pain But
they were eager and brilliant withal.
giving the lie to the cane whose crook
one pale delicate hand held with q
clasp that somehow conveyed a sense
OF exasperate II semi-humorous re-
bellion
She looked up at Shirley's voice, and
smiled brightly. ON fer your ride.
dearT' r.
Yes. I'm going with the Chal-
mers'
oh, of course. Betty Page is visit
ing them, isn't she?"
Shirley nodded. She came yester-
day I'll have to hurry. for saw them
from my window turning into the Red
Road She waved her hand and raa
lightly down the stair and across the
lawn TO the orchard.
She pulled green apple from q
bough thai hung over q stone wall and
with this in her hand she came close
TO the pasture fence and whistled q
peculiar call. II was answered k5 Z
low whinny and q soft thud OF boots.
ana yOideaxnustnut hunter tnrus.
long nose over the bars. iaring
name lined nostiils to the touch o; her
hand, She laid her cheek against the
white thoroughbred forehead and held
the fappls to the larger reaching lip.
with several teasing withdrawings DO
fore she gave 1t to it's Juicy crunching.
She let down tho top bar Of the
fence and vaulting over, ran to =
stable and presently emerging with :
saddle On her arm, whistIed the horse
to her and sAddlsd him Then opsn-
Ing the gate. she mounted and sAA-
tered down the lane to meet the o1r
coming riders--a kindly. faced. middle.
sSsd man, younger one with dark
features and coaa.black hair. ana two
sirlt.
Chisholm Lusk spurred In advance
and lifted his hat. Il held up the
fudge. shirley he said. land made
him bring me along. He selIs me
there's q tox hunt on tomorrow: may
Gomez"
"pshaw! Chilly" said the Judge. u
don't believe you ever got up at i've
o'clock In your born days. You've
learned bad habits abroad
"You'l see,e he answered. III my
man FRIDAY doesn't rout me out 20.
morrow, III be up for murder" e
They, rode an hour, along stretches
Of sunny highways or on shaded bride
paths where the horses hoofs fell muf.
fed in brown pine-needles and drooI-
Ing branches flicked their faces. Then.
by o inurky way gouged with brusk
sullies, across shelving fields and
''turn-rows" In long detour around
Powhattan Mountain, a rough spur In
the shape OF an Indians head that
wedged itself forbiddingly between the
fields Of spring corn and tobacco.
"Do let us get drink" said Chilly
Lusk, I'm a. Thirsty d q cotton
batting camel"
4 "All right, we'll STOP" agreed the
Judge. "ahd you'll have. chance to
see local lion. Betty This ia
wharc Mad Anthony lives You must
have heard Of him when you were here
before. He's almost - celebrated ~
the Reverend John Jasper Of Rich
mond."
Betty tapped her temple. "Where
have All heard Of John Jaspery'
He was the author OF the famous
sermon on The sun do Move He
used TO prove 1t by bucket Of water
that he set beside his pulpit Saturday
night As 1t hadn't spilled In the
morning he knew 1t was the earth that
stood sttli"
Betty nodded isughingly. "Ah re-
member now. Is Mad Anthony really
mad"
only harmlessly." said Shirley
Hes stone blind The negroes all
believe he eonjures-thats yoodoo
you know. They put lot of stock
In his 'prophecisms.' He tells for
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