Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-02-10
THE STAR
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Copyright. 1922. Western Newspaper Union
Far out at the lonely crossroads
huddled the little school house. Nov
with the dark sky above II lay lik,
blot on the snow, and inside the
school house, placing the last avail
able BIT OF wood In the box stove
Rhea still hopefully waited. She ha,
not gone home after school with he
released pupils, for there was TO hav,
been meeting of the school board
that evening, here In the tiny assembly
room.
Rhea's presence was desired, so she
had brought her supper, folded in one
Of Mrs Browplng's neat napkins, and
eaten II, meditaijyely. seated before
her teachers desk, flrs. Browning
Yas the village mother, WIN whom
RIea found board, end Mrs. Brown
lngs Two growing 4s2hs were the girrs
comfort and projection. ---~..,
II was to Jacks thoughtfulness that
she was indebted for the orderly pile
Of logs out In the auto shed. Jim
had himself filled the oil lamp be-
fore departing. But as Rhea waited
alone the snow which had been fall.
Ing softly al! day elanged suddenly
into a fefce blowing blizzard, % that
treyel FOR the time would be danger.
Gus. Jack had Intended TO drive the
fllvver over for her after board meet
ing, but Rhea, peering through the
snow blurred window, wondered,
troubled II he might be able to make
lt-~-~~auvs>ae;assx ---'-.~''-'
Twilight descended into darkness.
The members Of the school board,
doubtless dlseouE gas sy ;iac weu'"rs''.
failed TO arrive. NJ t5$NIxs
Ms Yssf H. ~. .. q HSSd II h ~ Hove
burned cneerIly. gratefully. Eat II
was the last that Jack had brought
in. She put her cloak ground ner
and male her way with difficulty.
| even that short dlstance-to the shed
Then Rhea paused In dismay, for there
was not one log among the many pilet
there. that she could possibly carry
In her frailness. Jack had been s.
sure that the men would be there L
assist her by the time the log would
be neededs
Breathless, a little frightened, Rhei
fought her way back through tn
cutting winds.
Sitting before the rapidly freezin
window, Rhea looked back over tn
years of her own saddened girlhood
The mother, tender, unselfish an
adoring always; yet mother In
valided, needing constantly her owl
youthful care. Youth? Rhea sighe'
over the word. Youth had passed he
by, leaving none Of its pleasures
Then as she looked through the win
dow Rhea saw the stare unearthe
bright II cleaned through the clear o
the glass, alone 1t seemed, sign o
promise In the lull Of storm. The cir
smiled, and now II was not wal
smile, but one of warm courage.
my star of promise" she said.
She went over TO the creaky organ
and turned Its rickety stool. Then Il
| tlt ciuIty iVoiii ANhtu piuySh hull'
song. At the lonely crossroad, an oil
jecting automobile abruptly gave u
Its struggle with the snow. While tn
driver, muttering invectives agains
roads and weather in general, cllmbe
shiveringly from the cars seat-an
heard the gay notes Of an organ. II
did not fully realize that II was "a
organ, his first realization bein
merely that shelter was near TIL
snow had banked itself against tn
schoolhouse windows, doing its bes
to conceal the feeble light within
But Paul Danvers found his way
the schoolhouse door, and pounde
loud enough TO be heard above Rhea
music.
When she opened the door, with ht