The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-12-09

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Her syss spsnsa: shA looked - at
hin with fsvssish Quickness
I've LIVED twssty years without ths
void m not . back to It now"
"Bu& mother. Il Va Just keep on this
way. you1EysaT"-As hesitated at
tAs eat word; Anally lst II fall-'dis.' =
"Diei" che seemed 70 fondle he
word "A small thing-to disi"
6hs ut musing ~ II she found q
melancholy casufort In the thought.
But ! shan't de-" she continued,
With . hasty glance up at his face.
NY cough 10 worse today because my
medicine " eoos."
TAo young man. started.
"YooP slecampans goael"
Il took Tie last Of It yesterday"
sNothert"
He wsnt 70 ne cock stove and lifted
~ sauee1 from q small jar In which
~ roets were Usually stepped. It VA
empty and ~. There was Q great ten.
6ssoeas b bic vsics % 10 cane back
al beat over her chair.
"Yo0 shall have your elecampans
49," ~ said. III the roots are to b
foanA u Tie Tlatwoods: and you shall
slesp teaight In The old cabin up there
us1se H. eeol trees"
4 fippss Of pleased expectation, Of
half.Awaksasd Interest. broke tie
afeaf surface Of the weary faes-liks
Q fains eloW hack Of q curtain that
nsvee ralDsa
He Ss6lled the cup with cool water.
Fannagsa . spade out Of the locker
ssAee tie Toward deck, and was Just
- ~ peint q leapins to the bank
WAeo ~ heard her speaking. He
Dees1 bis head hack Inside the cur
taiss. and shs repeated what she had
~ aid:
"Isut he Elatwoods where the Wild
MAJ livesf Seems to ne ! once heard
tAat thGs y sscA . man In these
Voodo."
He felt earslsssly along the rusty bit
e ~ spads with his thumb.
4 believe this 10 the woods."
s1layba he'o-l mean-hs's not dan.
eeeeosr
Daagsressi 4 gray Ghost Of q
nAa WITH Q pltifal face. They say b.
go tAssush the woods a. still q
0eks. and leaves % little TRAIL"
A minute later b. had lsapsd asAors,
diDbed ~ bluffs and plunged into
tAs dsep woodA
TAe rest Of ~ elecampans was
00eA esteemed a. . remedy for
csagAA but Il WAS By no means abun.
east No ous knew this fact better
tAao tAe Pearlhunter.
Ths small stream that feeds the va.
tsefAll at Fallen Rock 10 known %
WeH Fun. Following up along III
eeus0e The Pearihuntef presently came
- tiny thread Of water that Joined II
ftsm TIE west-probably the outlet Of
ssos small pood tucked away among
~ hills. II 10 along the open margins
q swanps and ponds, and never In
~ Thick woods, that the eleeampane
gsowa. Believing from the warmth
and dullness Of it, water that the tiny
stream came from a pond. rather than
frsm . spring, the Pcarlhunter fol.
lowed It
Il had grown 70 small that the
Pearihuntsr began to fear II would
disappear altogether. when there came
q break Ia the forest line just ahead.
4 scramble through . dense fringe Of
hazel. and there II lay-a little pond
10 The midst Of Q narrow glade In q
pocket Of the hills. q delicate Inlay Ia
the forest.
The man glanced at the sun
turned. and hurriedly looked about for
The elecampane. Along the east edge
IT The glade, not far out from the
fringe Of basel. he found lt-a ciump
Of some dozen stalks. three or -four OF
them ready to bloom. The rusty spade
was soon at their roots-probably the
hrst ground ever broken on the mar
gin Of that pond. Three plants he
digxed. cut their stems close to the
ground. shook the dirt from their clus-
ters of fleshy roots. and hurried down
the tiny outlet back to Wolf run.
Il was upon the gravelly margin Of
q pool that the Pearlhunter stopped to
wash the siecampane roots, and cut
them looss from the clusters 10 which
- had bsea carrying them. He had
finished the task and was storing
them away b The pockets Of his blouse
when the song Of . thrush from some.
whses up The stream gradually worked
itself across BE consciousness.
Ths song puasled him. There were
notee-esetain little foreign lights; Q
deeper viteAsFy-that he eould Hot
have belisved possible 70 Q thrusA's
shsoat. TAe FeaSlhuntef had q aiee
car foe ~ esao6s Of the woods. He
Atels cautiously up The bank. TAs
ss0nA. wheo - lad drawn quite 1oas,