The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-02

utAd r.
crossed q! the Skin. 3 creek, 4
dismounted. Ahead of him
stile where he had said po,.
Sally. The place was dark
chimney smokcless, but. a. !.
nearer, holding the Shadows
trees, he saw one silver Of lion
bottom Of a solid shutter, tbs
Of Sally's room Yet, for a vh,
son stopped there, looking N,
ing no sound. He stood at NJ.
con-and behind him lay all n
ter and culture OF that other
world that had been good to NJ
That was to Samson South
those pregnant and portentnI
ments with which life 50,
PuHcludteS us turning points, r.
times all the set and solidifq
that go into the building Of II,
nature may be uptoSsed Al
ranged. So the layers of n
chain and a continent that u
centuries remained steadfa
break and alter under the ST, 81
earthquake or volcano,
heights under water and
new ranges above the sea
There was passing before
as he stood there, pausing,
rama much vaster than any
been able to conceive when
stood there. He was seeing III
the old life and the new, ID
contrasts, and, as the picY
things thousands of miles al
before his eyes as clearly as
ried backbone Of the ridges
comparing and settling for s.
the actual values and prON
the things in his life.
He saw the streets Of I'll
New York, brilliant undo
strings Of opalescent lisl 3
Champs Elysees ran its smo
trimmed parQuetry from The
| Concorde to the Arc de TrionD
the chatter and music of its ID
in his ears. The ivory spaces
from the Pincian hill, whers
saw almond trees in bloom
Piazza Venezia, spread thet
story before his imagination
buses and hansoms string
the mud and fog of London
endless pot-pourri of Manbst
the things that the outside VI
to offer; all that had ever sd
pulses to a worship OF the
the harmonious, the excellelt
exact value. Then he saw
sunrise as it would be tomOrf
ing over these ragged bills.
the mists rise and grow wisk
the disk of the sun gain cola,
the miracles Of cannoning
and caressing palm-and, d
had come back to fight,
peace settled over him, for
that, if he must choose tines
tive hills, or all the rest
forego all the rest. Ant
Would she be changed?
was hammering wildly nd
had remained loyal. 1t W
acle, but it was the one
counted. He was going to
nothing else mattered.
He lifted his head and
long, clear whippoorwill q
quavered on the night mud
other calls in the black BID
him. After a moment he Va
in the shadow of a popls
peated the call.
Then the cabin door ol
jamb framed a patch of yels
light, and, at the center,
silhouetted figure, in a flutteI
attitude of uncertainty,
turned slightly to one side,
did so, the man saw clasp
right hand the rife, which
his mission, bequeathed to hs
She hesitated, and the man
in the shadow, once more in
bird note, but this time II VI
and soft that it seemed the
whispering whippoorwill.
Then, with a sudden GLAD
she came running with ha
grace down to the road.
Samson had vaulted the d
stood in the full moonllSlI D
saw her coming he stretcna
arms and his voice brohe
throat In a half-hoarse, passlS
Sally"
It was the only word be 4
spoken Just then, but It w Il
was necessary. 1t told hef
It was an outburst from .
full of emotion to grope any
the cry of a man for the 80
who alone can call forth al
more eloquent than phrase {
etry. And, as she came ias'
stretched arms as straigns
as a homing pigeon. they eis
her In a conyulsive grip tns
straining to him, almost 81
in the tempest Of his emo1s
For a time there was no