French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-06-12

with the perfumes of the isles of ths
BIest. From it's dim races3es came q
cheerful call:
rs that all, mother? It's nearly
full, UP here"
The patient mare, watching with in.
telligent eyes the labors of the women
whinnied as she heard oats beira
measured in the near by feed room
A spotted COW ratified her chain i'm
patiently and wondered why she haG
been so long neglected, Soon from
one stall was heard a contente6
~crunching, while from another came
the pleasant impact of milk foaming
into a somewhat battered bucket.
Chores completed the women walk
ed slowly towards the farm house. de-
serted and dark, while the promised
rain still delayed. From the qu:et
sky the evening star looked down on
d world asleep. To her it seemed an
sVangel of hope, eloquent of joy in
work well done, in rest well earned
Il promise of happiness in store. The
night wind earessed the service fac.
whispering solace that she had been
divinely permitted to offer up a sac |
rifice, had been enabled to give ner
Sol the worlds greatest heritage-al
living, breathing, Spirit of Justice les-
tined to regenerate and rule the unf-
verse, to govern all mems actions and
so bring heaven to earth. |
On the wide porch a low and CGm-l
Portable chair invited, and utter wear;-
ness came yer her as she sank limp
1y in its depths. The drowsy hum OF
crickets alone broke the Stiffness as
she watched a mist rising from the
warm earth. To her half seeing eyes
out of the mist seemed o come a
figure-majestic, beautiful, terrible.
one hand was held a great sword,
in the other balanced scales, and the
eyes were no longer blinded. i was
the Spirit Of Justice, born in the no
Their heart and the all-dominaEt force
at the peace table, where sat many
men nd clad in many r"i-
Surrounding them, in number
beyond all reckoning, were shaGowy I
forms of young men who had been
taught, as she had taught her OWE
boy, a God-like habit and of
simple justice to others. Fields
broad and pleasant were seen dotted
here and there with rose-covered cot
tages around which children played,
their laughter mingled with the song
of the feathered choir in many trees.
Men and women with shoulders no
longer rounded by Improbable ana
endless toll but walking erect IN the )
image of their God, were departing to
their daily occupations, a smile on
their lips and with brows quite serene.
OF men armed for war she saw none
and neither we're any unduly raised
above their fellows: The eyes of the
aged held no haunting fear of that I'M
lust poverty she so we'll knew, ami of
strife and t~oo-strenuous striving
there were none. In the far distance
she dimly visioned many other strange
and beautiful scenes, but ever she
turned to the Spirit of Justict Dresid-
ing with a calm divine at the table Of
world peace.
The sting of sharply driven rain
awoke her. Hardly realizing it had
been but a dream she opened the
door of the quiet room. Beyond
came a clatter of dishes as the young
er woman prepared their simple meal,
and as she entered there entered also
her heart a peace which passeth ali
understanding, that peace to reign in
this world as now in another hut al
sigh away.
For the last war was ended.
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