The Washington herald., 1922-01-22
By Charles Saxby

~Ot nsaanekslI y~paA Doyn TIE lane
IL ngurs q Ma roslsy stood out as.snst
tAs lingering hvs.a~s q The sly. intsnuy
vssehfu q hg sn- Hocns the iosk ..
Daas be-. Maynard Ia m cd fssssng that
ss1k Il ~ eth~s question iurtsd sons-
Ting vAarA he could emily vas.eiy spp-s-
bod ~ ths tsrm . . 91zzsl. but . exaxs a
What he could net fnaeina
.TS ADs ntxhf ar ham,- Msas went On
grfunang as.sa - ths1gh In Asfixht a q
mutual mystsy. -rhs mastn b aosuins
soon. ana h nkss rhs mist
who nkss TIE mistf- Maynard fnps-
uently demanded. and Elias Er1nned a<.is
In COY rspresch Of % much reserve
As n you DIDN'T know. For what elss
come darkf ITS the oive. I mean, q
courss--
-rhs oivsrf.
From 1own the lane came MIA Toneyr
vooa calling her son In hsr.h entrssty. but
Eiias took no heed Acres his f.cs. 90 UNI
marked BY an that would have made n that
Of . man. there s1owsd q f.tnt Light N q
one who, for an instant. nSha scmethIns
bsyond the stats a his e1-psradised hp-
manity.
Yes f.y.- he NODDED eagerly. o Tne ofvsr.
who s,ssf n % b yoa $500 him up In
the wood sftsr daxk. hsu stve you what
you asks of him II vas an that away that
Peter Quincy, down 10 Narycisavs, rot the
wench for wife. come three ysars asonel-
Some Moor Legend. Maynard ... one a
which he had fsst an about him with .
tourists svidnss for ths picturesque he
hstsned ~ Elias vsut On
-cauSht up TO ths wood. Peer v.s. b.
The night and the miss. and vhsa he tr.ipsss
past, come morn kDowsd he'd seen un-
The vench v.s promissd 10 aDoehar and ths
bAnns an called DOWN 10 shapsn Church
but she up and on b Ptymoufh vtfh Pear
that day and narrsss In snrs ths masss-
trsta Lks CT and dog nv b nov, ana
Peter doing his tan days n r.vsstook IN mr.
elouttng bar with stsck, bon = spt ,G.-
with singular vfv1fne9 ksynaxd osual
imagine that man q whom Raas spokA IN
couth, palnd with tbs str.nssness q hin
vig1. str3ding down that lane In ths swfri q
vspory dawn aitvs WIN roeved hops q
woman ,ost 10 hun
A susptczou prumptsd HIM 10 sussoon.
carefully d,.guistns thu amused tossr.nos
back Of n
And you. En.A h.w yvu sssn him tssf-
How should I Dotf. Eiias ousrasd b>cA.
wtfh u<r,c~@ s<rra~<<x so<x -
was, cone 81 Joints Eve yust % eaoss -
you he stood. VIM ths nudst allowing an
about IN And Whist would you havs. n -
be you couldf' . asks M. laughing MA Bun
hoved I'm and HyS % bold br.sa
That mother anu has her rent say.
And Squire Brasdoa can tais On IN he nrssL
but her rent mothAr h.. nur what rhs 0fp>r
gives you sstA-
onos mors Mrl fuuey-s can scbesd % O.
lana. and 1t tts COMMAND ths Light n,Ast
from EliaS fAce, leaving n only that Il an
innocent- Then ~ he turned to obey. cana
last flicker that sent him after Maynard
who was already sIsdtns I'D the s,ops-
you'll know II you sees IN yost NJ
me, he looks
He ciouded for an instant IN . Aoubt ehaa
ended In q weak fame Of Denial
THAT Peter Quincy told that the Glv.r
looks like him; but it's falseL I ten 700 rvs
seen and know. Just like me-. that's how q
Is he looks
He shambled OF, piping his way down -
the solitary woman who awaited him, . dsrf,
er shadow on her shadowy land VIM o
breath OF relief. Of one bursting through
entanslinE oobwebs. Maynard strods o.
alone
A rough way. but gradually he nesred ths
Wood. the nrst time be had seen n snpspt
by the Light Of full day. A fev upsndsd
acres Of stnntsd oalz. unbensvshsy sssd-
their boles half buried In . slids Of hrokea
granita-
wistmsn's WOOD the Wood Of tia WIS
Men; last remnant Of the Legendary forrest
which once covered all the Moor, sole rscep-
tacle Of the secrets Of those Druids WHOSE
overthrow cromlechs strew tu vsstsa
Cautiously Maynard entered picking his vay
over the granite slabs. the holes bstvssn
them treacherously marked BY hr.eken and
brambles- A weird enough place svsn By
high noon. II showed serie and stnistsr IN
this play Of moonlight and black shads. II
looked such a wood AZ might be grown for
the fashioninE Of Chsron's bark or the aim
galleys of some terrestrial Dis
Gnarled trunks going deeply down amidst
the boulders that lifted him almost 70 the
level Of the sparse branches, fnercany