Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-08-31
CHAPTER ".


Meanwhile the hot train sped on,
and the drnb autumn country flew by
the windows, and Still the bride sat
wrapped I'm her dream, smiling, mus
Ing, rOuSing herself to notice the
scenery.
When NIurtlh asked her If she liked
to he Amrrled woman, travelling with
her husband, she smiled and said that
1t seemed funny" For the most part
she was silent, pleased and Interested.
hut not quite her usual uncMiccrned
self. After dinner they had long,
murmured talk; she began to droop
slcepily now, although even this long
duy had not palcd her checks or visi-
bly, tired her.
At ten -, .'...''.' .U# . ....
and overh '..|.0 G05 ....fr@. ......
foreheads ID. Is .s.a.....t ...
air.
us this ., =, r.rf raw,., ..
~, clinginsr a,. ava.
'"rhis Is the place, Baby Girl; El
Nido and not much Of Il placer" her
husband told her. "Fhat's the Hotel
r-Yy'r' .. .... f'.rc .,'ar,. ,ra ''r'i.
are 'N' ..ai Gyr" trurNl ana lrivg
cut 10 0@. i,.r t1w0rrDv IA muu
RGe the. oHgs, "ut aa,,r ynu s,usuDle ="
I%hr wna w'5a-d"nre nov, iocllnr
aN"U. aN"u' U,s ur hn otrh @t~nrl.
Of the little town. Mud squclchcd be-
meath their feet, planks tilted. Reside
Martin, Cherry entered the bright.
cheerful lobby Of a cheap hotel where
men were smoking and splitting. She
was beside I'nt ui the Hv~n &u3 -.A
him write O. ,ta nadHnr q, NJ 1'mN
and WIFE," DNa "yr A.#urv u .s3y
across the ,o.uf'r, Nnnau .u .,' u.r
to Il rnttlinr p't'Gt...
She had II .u,..!., ,........, .. ..~...l,
Of Dad reading before the fire. Of the
little brown room upstairs, with AliN,
slender in her thin night gown. ynwning
over her prayers. 4 rush Of rcluc-
tance-of StrnngenrSS-of something
like terror smote her. She fought the
homcSicknrSs down rrSolutrly: every
thing would seem brighter tomorrow.
when the morning and the sunshine
came again.
There was Il brown and red car
pet in the oblong OF the room, and a
brown bureau, and II wide iron bed
with limp spread, and peeling
brown washstnnd with pitcher and
basin. The boy lighted n fare Of cleo
tric lights which made the chocolate
and gold wallpaper look like one pat
tern in the light and another In the
shadow. A man laughed In the Gd-
Joining room; tho voice seemed very
near.
Cherry had never been In hotel
OF this sort before. It seemed to her
cheap and horrible; she did not want
to stay In this room, and Martin, tip
ping the boy and asking for water,
seemed somehow part Of this new
strungcnrSs and crudeneSs. She began
to be afraid thnt he would think she
was silly, presently, If She said her
prayers as usual.
In the morning Martin hired phar-
ton and they drove out to the mine.
Cherry had Ind good breakfast and
was wearing new gown; they stopped
another phncton on the long, pleasant
drive and Martin said to the fat man
In 1t:
"Mr. Bates, I want to make you nc
quaintcd with my wlfe!'
"Tlcased to meet you, Mrs. Iloyd!"
said the fat man, pleasantly. Martin
told Cherry, when they passed him.
that that was the superintendent Of
the mine, and seemed pleased mt the
encounter. Presently Martin put his
arm about her and the bay horse daw-
died along ut his own sweet will. while
Martins deep voice told his wife over
and over again how adorable and beau
tiful she was and how he loved her.
Cherry listened happily, and for
little while the old sense Of pride and
achievement came bnck-shc vas mar
rled; she was wearing a plain gold
ring But after few days that feel
ing vanished forever and instead It
began to seem strange to her that
she had ever been anything else than
Martins wife.
For several days she and Martin
laughed necessarily and praised each
other necessarily, while they expert
mcntcd with cooking and ate delicious
gypsy meals.
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