Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-06-09
Out of the
Shadow
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By SUSAN cLAoRTT
Copyright isiS BY the Mcclure NsVspa.
per syndicate.)

"deer miss kin 30 help we uns me
an liz Crawford Is havin a Hard time
, guvment TUX our mems an we ais tyin
10 git vittles an cloths 20 Give the
chilrln 20 cot we calnt an uiss Honey
we ais mos purish me an liz an her
Gal babys II Twin with mol wade an
arfter we ais dun sit thru the wuk
thars muffin TO do but set fore the Fire
an tat an knit an woner ef our mensll
KUN hum an how we unsll git thru the
Winter II Is Awful cold an me an mol
20 up the mountin an cut down pine
sapllns an drag EN- hum amt plalnln
miss honey an I amt begin but jest
wants TO know ef yore frlensll buy
We alls latin.
With great Respec yore
"Frien liza rankin"
Lavinia read the letter over and over
again. she could make nothing Of II
I but a tumble OF words all but illegibly
written. Not a comma. not a period.
She glanced at the name: liza rankin.
and light came TO her. The meaning
OF the letter became clear Her throat
contracted with an uncomfortable
ache and tears hid the package In her
lap at which she fumbled with unsee-
ing eyes
II was roughly and insecurity tied
and she wondered how Il had come
intact through the malls. As the
thought flashed through her mind
smaller package dropped upon the
aoor. With an exclamation she picked
up yards OF beautifully fine and intri-
cate tatting. Examining the contents
OF the larger bundle she found it con
TIMED several sets Of table mats with
crocheted borders and coarse. home
spun linen centers.
Her mind went back 90 the summer
Just past aud the several summers
before vhcn she had helped spin the
cloth from fax raised In the little
ciearlng about the cabin. II she had .
BEEN asked she could not have told how
she had heard of the little home In the
Tennessee mountains across the border
from Virginia. but each summer there
after had found her a visitor. and she
and Eliza Rankin had become fast
friends.
She had helped Eliza make her we'd
ding dress had returned TO the noun
tain for the wedding taking with her
from her own store OF furniture enough
10 make comfortable the Tiny two
room log house that was 20 be ELIAS
future home. She had been with her
when the child was born; had been
with her when, dry-eyed. the grief
stricken mother had laid the still little
form In It's crib for he last time.
and Il was la the rough little cabin
that Layinia came under the influence
that altered the course OF her own life
when she raised her head from her
spinning and met the keen. questioning
gray eyes OF the mountain doctor who
had stopped for moment TO ask for
a drink OF milk.
She met him often In her wanderings
about the mountain. but aside from the
pleasure OF an occasional meeting she
had given him no thought until she
raised her bead that day and her eyes
were held by the dominant gray ones
Of the man standing In the doorway.
She felt as II he was reading her
very soul. Filled with resentment. the
angry color flooded her face under his
merciless gaze. Indignantly abe
Strengthened In her chair. Then. 10 her
everlasting shame. she left the spin
ming wheel and walked directly Into
bis arms.
She left the mountain the next day.
There was a long walt at Bristol be
fore the arrival Of the north-bound
train, but almost as II came into sight
Doctor Cochran crossed the platform
TO her side.
Eliza told me you had gone. whyf-
be had asked abruptly.
She had looked at him eoolly. crlu-
cally. A big. awkward but powerfully
built man. coarsely clothed with his
blue homespun shirt open at the
throat and sleeves pushed carelessly
back from his muscular arms Her
very silence brought TO him realiza-
ton OF her thought.
"Ohl That's III A mountain man |
Is not good enough You want the line /
clothes, the snavity and convention 10 I
which you are accustomed. You can
have them II you want do not doubt I
Il. But whoever he be le viii never
have what you have given to the
mOuntaincer."
She had risen aud faced him. How
dare you"
He had laughed roughly In Interrupt
ton. "Durei dare anything. my
dear young lady, and tell you plainly
that In that half hour IN Eliza Ran
kin's cabin you gave me what you viii
never give another man. and that was
your SOUL" and turning on his heel he
left her as the train pulled into the
station.
She heard from him once. month";
later. lie wrote that he had v0lun-