The Glenwood post., 1920-05-15
the BROOK
BY IRENE BLUE.

pretty little cottage well situated In
Town OF central New Hampshire.
Mrs. Dawson, my hostess, on COM
ing out, remarked: Here are George
ana may coming;" and looking up I
nsueed young couple.
What ID the special interestr
asked. well. II It Isn't Just like me
to forget that you do not know them
and probably have not heard their
story. In town like this all news
Ii meat and drink to us, and will tell
you the story about George and May.
n you care to listen.
"Now," said she, n mentioned that
George and May were coming, as 1t is
only lately that they have been seen
together. This was not always So"
she continued. "Since their early days
they had lived side by side on farms
about three miles out from the vii
lage. and as necessity for the COM
partnership OF playmates they were
more rather than less together.
Back from the house about mile
or SO there is between the farms equal
ly divided az to ownership, a piece of
woodland that was the playground of
George and May until the time came
when the village school and academy
were unable to teach them more.
George, graduating first. was to
leave for college; and while his en-
thusiasm ran high In his preparation
for new scenes, fear clutched at the
heart of Nav that George. while he
was away, might learn to care more
for the university city and its young
people, and forget the home folk.
"Two wears of waiting and loneli-
ness waiting for Ceorpe had nassad
zone Of May's fayorite walks was
down through the woodIand tn tho
meadow whore ran tho utt,e hrook
that an old Indian basket weaver had
told her was called nv bis neonIe tho
wishing, brook He told her the In
dian legend. and he said that anyone
who drank NJ tho water and bresthed
a w,sb at tho game t,ma vop1d h.va
the wish pranted
sand here on this afternoon tired
from her eyert,ona IN tho work of tho
morn,ng taxing a hoot sba souvht for
the last time che said n herself the
Wishing hrook and its charm Finally
reaching the hank sbe stooned over
tho stream and cunniro ber hande
brought the water to the level of her
Inns and unconsc,ous,v said aloud.
Tear brook LOT mo have NV wish
send nv love IN George md lat n
bring him home IN me safe,
"It was inst as well for her peace
of mind that she had not seen two fine.
looking vouno mon who when thew
saw ber anrroac ching stenned beb,nd
trees where watching her tbev could
roman unsaen
"sbe was conscious only NJ deli.
c,ous sense of rest. and ,s she sat
there II scanned strange that on the
otber s,de of tho hrook which seemad
wider than usual tbere were several
indian tents that sbe had never no-
tod hefora And tho youne neonIs
and tho cb,ldren-sure,v she Lnaw
them but only in an indefinite wav II
was strange also that none of Thorn
snnarentlv roticed tho hroo,,-nerhans
tho cb,Idren had been told to kean
away from II Rpt seei Here comes an
Jndion n,o,dan .Cortaip,v, sotd Nov
z know her. nerhans she will come
and talk With mo, Tho indian maid
onnroached tho hroor. d,nn,nu into
tho water With a cun made of birch
barb sbo 1ooLod +o tho beayens ond
cried aloud. oh Great Shirt of tho
J Wish send INV love to NV bravo and
hiring him safelv hoc,, IN mo,
.AJav wes oil reodv IN coI, ont ,yha,
tho maiden and tho tents sIoylv faded
from view and In their n,ace wos tho
house NJ an earlv settler well that
seams oueer Nav tborcbt and inst
90 7 vos oo,,o IN snooL IN hor Now
= wonder who occunIes that oId.fasb.
,onoI I,tt,a house .nd wbera rbey
cave from, tho,,bt thot tpew oil