Phillips County herald., 1922-04-14

10 Uye tne cntiOrene Easter eggs
which will figure so conspicu0usly in
the egg contest on the last school day
before Easter. But at last they are
all colored, dozens Of them. and the
glad day arrives. 1t is an exciting
event for old as well as young, and
they all go to the school house to wit
ness 1t. Even father leaves his cows
and sheep long enough to indulge in
this pleasure.
Few Eggs "Go the Limit"
The teacher stands the children In
a row and then divides them into two
rows. Each child has basket Of
eggs. At last the fateful moment ar,
rives. Little hearts beat pit-a-pat rs
the opponents egg is smartly tapped
against the one held alOft. Alas !!
There Ii an ominous crack which pro-
claims the ralnbow-hued egg as the
weaker. Fortunately, there is always
one egg In the multitude that remains
intact despite the vicious raps and
tups, and the match-winner naturally
captures all the others. Old and
young are supremely happy
That evening just after dusk there
is enacted pretty little Easter tab
leau they have been anticipating
Jean has been absent for more than
"a hours. and they suspect that he
has gone up the mountains with some
OF the other Easter swains to find his
chiltenhleume or courting flower. Be-
hind the easement of her room Vreneli
awaits his arrival with a beating heart.
Suddenly she hears the soft yodeling
of well loved voice. She dlscreetly
remains In the background. however,
until the shadow on the balcony
pusses, then she throws open the
window and gathers from-tlle sill the
precious stnrshaped Edelweiss bloom.
trembling n bit still MS she thinks Of
the dizzy heights he hazarded to OBJ
tain them for her. Well she knows
that they symbolic love through death
and eternity. and she knows. too. that
not fur distant In the shadow Of the
pine tree her Jenn has had her answer
In that she has deigned TO gather
them TO her breast. She yodcls her
welcome. whereupon he dashes for
ward with nll the impctuousness OF the
Swiss lover.
Formal Sign Of Engagement.
In addition TO the courting flower
Jean has planted under her window
young tree which he Inns gnIly decked
with ribbons and blossoms. vreneli Is
now engaged. She invites Jean In. The
fninIly crowd round the young pair
with congratulations, greatly I'm
pressed by NIL jeans signs Of devotion
They all sit round In the fire poke
hour" drinking from their jugs of milk
and entIng vrcneli's cakes.
1T was not thus with another maid
en-" reminds the father. ~ knew her
md her lover well. She was wicked
und sent him up No high elf TINT
he was dmshed 10 denth before he ever
found her chiltenbleume--"
"Nor yet like the puppet hung In the
window of Nnrin when WIS young"
says mother. "bccnusc she held her
bend too high. looking for match
outside our village"
Father looks NJ the tall grand
faihcr's clock. the snmc one that
mothers father used 10 look n, when
he stayed ton long. lie does not mean
10 be nipolltr. bus iomorrow VIII bc
Easter mnrkci dn: and they must nll
get IN early sinr't fw Liicerne. Just
n few liours of sleep viii be theirs.
then the cnndlcs will begin to flicker
throughout the vnllcy nnd further NJ
the Alpine nrndows. Jean departs, fur
he ls 10 Join them ON the morrow.
grandmother and mother remain ~
hoic for their ,iny of going n.lnrglng
IL past. They must live In ihclr
memories inside from the weekly
church service and the fctes OF their