Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-08-17
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behind her, and stood so, with her
hands behind her on the knob. and her
slender hody leaning forward, and her
ecStntic breaths. 1t was May IN Cali
fornia, she was just eighteen, and for
twcnty-onc mnut she had been en-
gagged Ia be married.
She hardly knew why, after that
last farewell to Martin. she hail run
so swiftly mp the path, and why she
Ind flashed into the house, and closed
the door with Snch noiSclcSS haste.
There was nothing TO run for! But it
WAS rs If she feared that the joy with
III hcr might escape into the moonlight
might that WAS so pcriumrd with
lilacS and the scent OF wet woods. She
was afraid that it was al too Won
dcrIul to he true. that she would
awaken N the morning to find II only
dream, that she would somehow fall
short Of Martins idcul--SOmrhuw fail
him--somchow turn all this magic Of
m"onShnc and kisses into ashes and
hcnrtbrrak.
She was Il miscr with her treasure,
already; she wanted to fly with it,
and to hide 1t away, and TO test Its
reality In secret, alone. She had
cam. rron,nr IN from tho wond.r,,pd
down by the gate, inst for this. Just
to prove to herself that 1t would not
vanish In tho commOnplucenesS Of the
shabby hall, would not disappear be
fore the everyday contact Of everyday
things.
Dnd wus IN tbn sitting room uitb
the girls rho d.ct,r,s houso x.,c tu,l
or girls Anne his nIcca wos twe,tv-
four: All, Cherrv,s s,ster three vcore
younger.-how sto,d and ,nmorr,od
and undesIred thew seemed tonight 70
pantinp and p,o,r,rg and clarified
,.rh,eror An.n ,c;th A3Ix's nrrot,r
help. Kept house for hcc uncic. and
~an supposed 20 kccp q sAarp eye on
Cherry too l5ut Shc hndnC bcnn
sharp enough t. keep Martin LLOYD
from nskng her to marry him, exulted
Cherry, rs she stood breathless and
laughing In the dark hallway.
An older woman might have zone
unstnirs. TO dream olonr Of her now
10Y. but Cherry Thought that Il ;yould
bc "rur" to ipip th, fumIlv AMI "o ct
rs If nothing hud hnnncpcd - She
was only a child after MI.
Conscious)v or uur,nsc,ous,v thov
had all tried TO keen her 81 child those
three who looked m IN smu. ,t hon
as she came in. one of tbom ROSY
vrov.hcudci n,npnitirrnt ,t six,v was
her fnthcr. whose fnynritr sho know
she wns. lie held oui his hand 70 hcr
without closing thr hook thot was In
the other hand. ana drew her to the
wide arm of his chair. where she set.
tlcd herself with her soft young body
resting against him, her slim anklca
crossed. and her check dropped
against his thick silver hair.
AliX was reading. and drenmily
scratching her ankle as she read; she
was Il tail, awkward girl, younger far
ut twenty-one than Cherry was al
eighteen, pretty in gipSyish way. un.
tidy ns to hair, with round black eyes,
high. thin cheek-bOnes marked with
scarlet, and wide, humorous mouth
that was somehow droll In its expires.
sion even when she was angry or seri'
ouS'
Ahhe' Smlhhg deihur"lS over hef
white sewing. was small prettily
made Il'lle woman with SILKY hn''
'r''hi! "raloen' ana ra'her pale'
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