The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-07-27
BY John Fox, Jr.
copyrIsh. BY Charles scribner's Som,

And from his window the little Ken
tuckian saw the company coming II,
the path, brave with gay clothes an,
smiles and gnllnntrles. The colonc
walked with grand lady ut the hen,l
behind were the bellies and bcaux, ant
bringing up the rear was Barbara. es
cortcd by Il youth of his own age. VIII,
carried his hat under his arm an,
bore himself as haughtily as hi,
elders. No sooner did he see then
mounting to the porch than there wa.
the sound Of a horn in the rear, ant
looking out Of the other window TN,
lad saw q coach and four dash
through the gnte and swing around
the road that encirclcd the great trees
ana UP to the rear portlco, where
there was joyous clalnor Of greet
1ngs Where did all those pcoplo
come from? Were they going to STAY
there and would he have to be omonr
them! All the men were dressed nlikn
ana not one was dressed like him
Panic assnilcd him, and once more bn
looked ut the clothes on The he'd ana
then without hesitation walked
through the hallway, ana stopped on
the threshold of the front door
quaint Igure he made there, and for
the moment the gay talk ana laughter
| quite ceased. The story of him nj
| ready had been told, and already WAS
sweeping from cabin to cabin to the
larlhcSt edge of the great plantation.
NO son Of Powhatan could have stood
there with more dignity, and yoru.
larry Dnle's face broke into a smile
OIL welcome. His father being indoors
he went forward with hand out
stretched.
i am your cousin Harry" he said,
ana taking him by the arm he led him
on the round of presentation.
Mrs. Willoughby, may present my
cousin from kentucky"
Ihs is your cousin, Miss Katherine
Dale; another cousin, Miss Mary; and
thiS is your cousin Hugh"
And the young ladies greeted him
with frank, eager interest, and the
young gentlemen suddenly rcprcsscd
patroniZing smiles and gave him grave
greeting, for If ever rapicr flashed
from human head, it flashed from
the piercing black eye Of lnut little
Kentucky backwo0dSmnn when his
cousin Hugh, with rather whimsical
smile, bowed with Il politcneSs that
was trlle too elaborate. Mrs. Cen
cral Willoughby guessed how the lad's
heart was humping with the effort to
conceal his embarrassment, ana when
tinEe OF color spread on each side
of his SGT mouth and his eyes began
TO wavcr uncertainty, her intuition
was quick and kind.
"BarDarn," she asked, "havc you
shown your cousin your ponics?"
The little :,irl saw her motive ana
laughed mcrrily:
"Why. | haven't had time to show
him anything. Come on, cousin"
The boy followed her down The
steps in his noiSclrSS moccaSins. along
grass path between hedges of an
cicnt box. around an ell, and past the
Kitchen ANA toward the stables. At
the gate the little girl called impcri-
ously:
"Ephraim, bring one of my ponics."
And in Il moment out came Il sturdy
little slave whose head WAS all black
skin, black wool ana white teeth lead
ing two creamy-whi;r little horses
that shook tho lads compoSure ut last,
for he knew ponies rs far back as he
could remember, but he had never
seen the like Of them. His hand al
most tremblcd when he ran it over
their sleek coats. and unconSciously
NO ri ;,,t,, l.;
did not know it until the girl asked
laughinyly:
"Why, what are YOU saying to my
ponicsY'
And he blnshcd, for the little girls
artlcSs prnttIng and fricndlincss were
already beginning to make him quite
human.
That's Injun talk"
Hugh had followed them.
Barbara, your mother wants YOU"
he said, and the little girl turned
toward the house. The stranger was
Ill at ease With Hugh and the latter
knew ii.
at must he very exciting where
you live"
"IIOw?"
"Oh. fighting Indians and shooting
deer and turkeys and buffalo. 1t must
be great FUN"
"Nobody does it for fun-it's mighty
hard work"
My mce-your fathcr-uscd to
tell us about his wonderful adven-
lures out there"
"lic had no chance to tell me-"
"Bnt yours must have been more
wonderful than his"
The hoy gave a little grunt that was
a survival Of his Indian life, and
turned to go back to the house.
"But all this, | suppose, is as