Woman's enterprise., 1922-07-03
THE SIGN in THE SKY
A Phantasy
A Phantasy.

vows had minded him of the manner
cf the white men to meet and con-
fer on matters Of Importance and in
this respect the whole world seemed
tc be akin. His thoughts then went
back across the seas to sunny France,
the lad of traditions and Legendary
lore, the land of chivalry and cour-
tesy, where the women are more
spirituele and the wine is redder in
the cup of Love and Song reigns su-
preme.
On this winter afternoon, Pierre sat
on log, on the edge of the bluff
and his soul was wrapped in the
transcendent beauties of Louisiana
sunset. Before him stretched the
mighty river, tossing its yellow name
of foam as it rushed down on its
journey to the sea and on its bosom
were the trunks of trees torn from
the banks by the ebulitions far to the
North and now extending their
branches and roots like arms of a
drowning man reaching for some ob-
ject to which they may fasten and
stay their mad course to the end OF
their journey in the bosom of the
eternal ocean.
It was an inspiring and awesome
sight but his soul fretted for here
he was in the midst Of the wilder
ress, far from the haunts of civiliza'
ton, and this was Christmas eve anC
tomorrow would be Noel in Nor,
mandy, where the wishing wells
abound and the lutins dance on the
lawns in the moonlight, this was c
night of great moment for on this
night it was sometime given to NOR
tai men to see the signs that once
portended the coming of Christ in fa1
off Bethlehem and strange things Oc'
Cured on the night before Noel jus
as they do on the night before Ii
Toussaint.
Above the sky line to the West, thu
sun made it's last stand and waveret
moment on the edge of the worlt
before it took it's plunge into the voi(
of space under the rim Of Creation
and around the orb Of day there wer'
gathered some filmy clouds ready t.
wrap him in diaphaneous robes ant
make a downy couch for the Lord O
Light. Bands of orange and ochr
and all the tints of the chromati
scale between, made the sky resplen
dent in the West while in the East
the gathering cleaning showed tn
stars ready to peep forth when tn
sun had seded them the vault of heav
enen for the night. The atmospher
was warm and balmy except for tn
occasional watt of chill breeze from
the bosom of the river which remind
ed that it was winter even in thes
tropical climes and there was not tn
snow and the cold weather that mad
Noel the day of celebration wit
warmth and cheer indoors such a
was now the case in Paris and in tn
provinces. Here there was nothin
to remind one of the day except
be the inspiring solitude Of the fores
and the glories of the heavens in tn
boundless West.
Far out on the bosom of the rive
, long pirogue, the kind that tn
Canadians used in their travels frol
! the Lakes to the Gulf, swept rapid
l down the surface of the river liz
/ the galleys of old. propelled by man
: oars and the rythmic sound Of the
, accompaniment to the song Of Il
t boatmen that came floating over tt
S water in subdued cadence and brougi
d the words of the song to eager ea1
: that thirsted for the language
!. which they were accustomed.
n Holla belle FRANCHISE elonguai
d Holla bella Francoise
5, Qui va &c marier, mon iuron, ma |,
i rette,
l. Qui va ce marier, mon luron, ma i
It rette.
+ Apporte mes mitasses elonguai
= Apporte mes mitasses