Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-08-04


The way was open as now. Any man
could get two Thousand acres By
service TO the colony, could build.
| pillow, reap, save. buy servants, and
roll In his own coach to sit as burgess
There was but one seat of learning
at Williamsburg. What culture they
had they brought from England or
got from parents or minister. And al
ways they had seemed to prefer sword
and stump to the pen. They hated
towns. At every wharf a long shaky
trestle ran from warehouse out into
the river to load ships with tobacco
for England and to get In return all
conveniences and luxurIes, and that
was enough. In towns men jostled
and individual freedom was lost. so,
Ho! for the great sweeps of land and
the sway of a territorial lord Eng
lishmen they were of Shakespeare's
time but living In Virginia. and that
Is all they were-save that the flower
of liberty was growing faster In the
new-world soil.
Englishmen called II the Good
sweet, wholesome, and fruitful Of all
Others"
Down It now came little girl-the
flower of all those dead and gone
and her coming was Just as though
one of the flowers about her had
stepped from its gay company on one
or the other side of the path to make
through them dainty, triumphal
march as the fairest of them ali. At
the dial she paused and her impa-
tient blue eyes turned TO bend of
the yellow river for the first glimpse
of a gay barge that soon must come.
AT the wharf the song OF negroes rose
as they unloaded the boat just from
Richmond. She would go and see II |
there was not a package for her moth
er and perhaps a present for herself, |
so with another look TO the river bend |
she turned. but she moved no farther. |
Instead, she gave a little gasp, In |
which there was no fear. though what |
she saw was surely startling enough |
to have made her wheel In flight In
stead, she gazed steadily into a pair
y
her from under a green branch that
overhung the footpath. and steadily
she searched the figure standing
there. from the coonskin cap down the
fringed hunting shirt and fringed
breaches TO the moccasined feet And
still the strange figure stood arms
folded, motionless and silent Neither
ho OF no ell
pleasing. and the girls supple slender
ness stiffened, her arms went rigidly
to her sides. and naughty little snap
sent her undlmpled chin upward.
''Who are you and what do you
want?"
II was a new way for woman to
speak to a man; he In turn was not
showed it,
II am the son of king"
She started to laugh, but grew puz-
lied, for she had the blood of Poca-
lontas herself.
You are an Indian?'
He shook his head, scorning TO ex-
lain. dropped his rife to the hollow
# his arm, and. reaching for his belt
where she saw the buckhorn handle
# a hunting-knife, came toward her,
'ut she did not finch. Drawing let
er from the belt, he handed 1t to her.
t was so worn and soiled that she
COX it daintily and saw on II her
ather's name. The boy waved his
and toward the house far up the 4,
ath.
HE live here?"
you wish TO see him?'
The boy grunted assent, and with a
hook of resentment the little lady
tarted up the path with her head
cry high indeed. The boy slipped
oiselessly after her. his face I'M
loved but his eyes were darling right
nd left to the flowers. trees, and
ushes, to every fitting strange bird,
lie gray streak of scampering squir-
Il. and what he could not see his
hrs took in-the clanking chains of
the whir of quail. the
'reech of a peacock. the songs of
sgroes from far-off fields
On the porch sat a gentleman In
'NutfCu WIZ anu hDtt-UIGtCutS. WHO /
fling his eyes from a copy of The
lectator to give an order to q negro
rvant, saw the two coming. and the
st look of bewiderment on his fine
&c gave way 10 tolerant smile.
e asked no question. for a purpose
ry decided and definite was plainly
inging the little lady on. and he
Duld not have to question. Swiftly
e ran up the steps her mouth prim-
set. and handed him letter.
THE messenger is the son OF
~"
"A what7'
The son Of king" she repeated.
All" said The gentleman. humOring
r. "nsk his highness 10 be seated"
His highness was looking from one
the other gra,ely and krenly. lie
NOT quite understand, bat he knew