The Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1919-current, 1922-07-07


beating the floor az be- las doau NJ
Peters side, Presently the dog laid
his nose On Peters knee and poured
forth faint sound that was Dot quite
a whine, not qsIie a SIGH. and rose
resilessly, and went 10 the closed door
% Alix's room. and paved 70. bis eager
nose 20 the threshold.
"Noi here. old fellowi- Peter said.
stroklng the SHAY bead under BIZ
hand.
lie bad not been ln this room since
The day ~ her death 70 struck him
as sifunegly ehansed strangely and
heuriuninsly familiar The windows
uere closed. us AliH bad never Bad
them closed. winter or summer rnn
or sunshine. Her bsoks stood ln their
old order hcr students Shakespeare.
and some ~ hef gr'hoois books
Little Women and -Juc'e Max" Do
ihe closet which tzhairi q damp and
uordy SMELL were one or two ~ the
hoyish'ookIns bats be- bad so often
seen Der crush ursiessiy on Der DARK
hair md ihe bis heltcd cnnt that was
nj plain as his own. and the BIZ boots
she wore when che tmmpel about me
poultry yard siiil slafored with pale
dry mud. Her fathers uoru nit'e o.
be lay on me table. end beside lt ~.
other tcok duck Raising for .he
Market" with the marks u raadG,
and uelly hands siill lingering o. lis
cover
suddenly. evoked D. ,hs.e silent
witnesses % her hus7 Az happy me-.
iha ahuir woman seeuel GO stand be-.
aide Peter ihe tall eagef vital woman
Who bad BEEN a. home hcfe. who hai
ruisd the cabin with q splendid aud
vital personality. ie SEEMED % fesl
her near hlm again. 20 SO ihs inter.
esicd eyes DE hIsh cheskIones
touched with scarlet ihe uisn % hair
thar would fail across her facc s1me
times when Abe was dcep lu tak'ns
or pre,erv.ng % pouliynrm.ns ana
that she would brush away with ths
hack % an impatient hand only b.
have o s'lp ioose again
one ~ her kitchen aprons. cuusht IN
ihe current ~ air from the offued
door blew about on De toos. lle o..
meuherei her. on many q uInirT iay.
huiioncl into Just such crisp apron.
rud.anily busy and brisk 10 her kiich.
en. siirius and chorfIug moving con.
sinnfiy between stove ani table. Win
strong hands siiil showing TRACES 10
Tour she would come o. s't beside hlm
~ ne piano % play a duet with hor
chamcicrsiic dash and finish only o.
jump up On sudden conjunction. with
on exclamation; "Oh. my durts-rd
Forgotten ihcmi oh. he poor little
wretchesf"
And she would b. gone. leaving
ftrcak ~ wet fresh air through che
warm house from me open door end
b. would perhaps F.ancs from q win.
dow to seq her roughly coated nni
booted riourhinr about Dor d1rt yard
deir.ns into barrels ~ grain. turning
on faucets welding a guthy o'i
broom.
She loved her me-. b. unused with
a bitter heariaehe as Do finoi hcrp
in her empty room Sometimes be- had
maryelof 40 tho complete AMI unques
uonlug Joy she had brought % q. ~
ter rrm'nded himself that never m
their wears together had b. heari her
complain about anything. o. seem O.
feel bored % ~ loss
"we've aiways thought ~ Cherry ss
me ehild'" he thought "nui % va
she. AK who was the rel ch'ld She
never grew up she never entered Into
the time ~ moods and soifanaiysIs
end iea'ousies and desires She would
have played and picnlcked an her
ne
H. heart pressed me a dun pain
in hs chest Duly quietly. he went
out 20 the nre again. and duIiY ani
quietly moved through ne far. uer
books nni music mirhi stand as tfer
aerc ter rntted ferns ana Dor s.si.
frni small rosussInas-tfe sewing.
basket fhaf she always handled ulh
q boys aatvariness nri fhe ramsu /
atr used so vol asfaH1 tr.r fhfir
rHoof uai tc went to trr frst /
thinking ln th's lous SOLITARY rvrrne
fo destroy various ranrn thar sta /
mieht wish destroyed before the cabin /
uas deserted Ana her1 he found Der /
lciicr
ile found u only after be- bad soms. /
what explored ihe different SMALL /
dnwcrs and nirrouholes ~ iho desk /
drawers and plgronholos which wero |
O. biz surprise Oh Do astonishing or. |
der fur Alix Everything was marked /
tied pcckcicd; her accounts were bal |
anccd and II she had anywhere len /
private papers. hey were NJ least on.
where 10 b. found
See'nr in Oh this n drad rnnfrma
lion of h.s hrsi suspicion ~ her death I
Peter nevertheless experienced = shoel
when be- found her letter
Il had been PLACED 'n an empty
drawer, face NJ and was sailed. and
addressed simply with BIZ name.
ile al holding n IN be hand. anil
moments Iassed before he could open
H.
~ n bad been true Then. ths fsar
that he hnd'tr'ed an these v-ets ~