The Ordway new era., 1921-01-14

ties rv8: Buckeye. mile NJ the river,
and rhe City rwenry miles farther On
When the nzp returned 70 the
hDusebont The E-uIi-(5rHy- " oInnn still
lay back In the sfafy rocking chair.
Dipping the bEr-e-ad cup full uf fresh
water -he man stepped 10 her SIDE
Your cuDl drink narh..r-'
The riliu lids rAisel. The eyes she
turned 1DwErd him Inus1 hive been
wonderfully besurtul II her day
la-Ee and deep End lusrrups- The
cUpgh thEr wRsted her fireas seemed
pOweriess 10 dim their lusre-.
The InaD crossed rhe .unin Hno lEid
his hHnd On Ihs ruuIpied CurtHin over
ths doorway. about 10 return 70 MS
-ask Of sharpening The fish spear
III Ioofs coul-ard cHlIn-up there
Ba psused; Einnesd back Ove- his
shoulder II hs-, En5 waited for her
10 70 On
is that 2 Jog hpuse see up there
under the cItfsg'
The floor Of the housebout creaked
under the weight q him rs ne came
10 the window. 5e had 10 kipoV low
ID bring ms syss lsvel with the open
inE
a lnr house old and empty"
The I-uu-GrBE- Tyu1nun sat InusinE 4
moment. her eyes Esr-uy among 1hs
-reas npdding IanEuidly Il -hs ss-sos
I June Efrs-nDon
- wish ! might i've EEHir ur,on -hs
shore The sur besrs dowu 50 hot
| upor -ts huusehuut- Bud ! grow weary
I n rhs e-s-naI -n-oD q 1ns river Z
( : could only live Z u--ls while ID rhe-s
/ ! should grow strong"
And why no-. Ir'E empty. nnd no
F body would csra. Ii these deep woods
! the-e's nobody 10 care"
4 flicker Of UEhr crossed hs- tHCs
I'd ret vel up there, undsr ths
T strong cliffs. with fhe coal spring 50
nssr. And Trs lived so long-since
Z Fou ware child in a--ms-o- the river
I the Ohio- ths White: rhe Wahast Z"
Always. mother Always me bopse-
4 bnuf-drifrinE: drifting-and YOU so
1ral 50 peuutiful -
T'hs mHn left the window AID kralt
1 by the rocking ctRir- The Iro1-Grsy-
/ Woman saw The question IN his eyes
! 3 hunger for so1ns word on Ut ths
{ past q word thar had never come. An
/ his life she had Kept Il from him
wtfHtsre- Il had been that happened
hack there behind ttle Tsl Of her ST.
leDce tha1 left him nh1neless; river
E7af; & norned Il an orderly world;
Z fisher Of pearls; e peR-1nuurar. Her
1 eyes came back and faltared over him.
/ No longer child. bgy--hs rshec-
K toa startled he-. & ngn knelt 81 her
4 sid-ths question written big upon
lis face And Il vas his right 70
know. Her head dropped back aEginst
the guilt that cushioned The chair It's
rnar-Elorious but solemn.
The 1usr-ors eyes-hrighter tur the
fever wasting tharr-ceIns back 10 him
aHts, time He Esw e fsr-hung
thuuEh--t ulDsss IN them. knew they
had s-sFsd into that past from which
he wRs hHr-ed The thin lips parted.
The muu's fingers curled tense upon
the ehair Hrn
''Te 3 city On the Wahash. IN early
days. came three families Of Tirginis's
purest blood. 1ny family. your tathsrss
family. End The family ot-of-hDotter
mnlr
Ths Iran-G-ay-gorna shudds-sd
and Hps silent for Z moment. The
man picked up wasted ian6 stroked
II softly between his own. and shs
went on strained and slow. Ike one
Desperately nerTed 10 3 long-dreaded
task
sr,g, -.,-a-,-. -.-+., ,7ts.5 -,s,.,- .
SO email that ] can barely remember
them. leaving Ine. their only Child. 70
the care Of distant relative. & great
uncle Of my fathers. This gresf-great-
unel-weu. as ! look hack upon ny
life J cHunOf remember that be ever
gave ne q pleasant word
MY aunt WAS as different as dawn
TO dark She WIS everything that he
WIS not A thousand times she lived
ny hurt awgy.
''I'hsy had q dHpgtder. m only child.
almost my sge- and Of the same name
-sur-narns md all When uncle was
nwsy On business trips, as he often
was for weeks, Il wRs Ike sunshine
Ritter ruin Such Happy ri1oesi They
are high among the few pleasant
memories Of NY life
The Iron-fsrsy-woInsn psussd, her
onrk. cesp eyes seeming TO search
TACK into the 6ead past. like traveller
stra1ning his gaze across stretch II
o-ssrf 70 where the oasis Les. The
Inin shtfted to his other knee and she
went On.
My aunt died when we were IN our
Eirlbood. After ttlaf-tbe gray dars
were ever more ttan the bright.
lsfuiancs settled deep upon my uncle.
His best word was d grow1- The serr-
ants moved about the house like silent
shadows
In thls sarne city upon the Wabash
lived two other families, as have told