The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-07-20

service 10 the colony. could build
po". reap, save. buy servants and
| roli III his own coach to sit rs burgess
Ihel" WAS but one seat Of learning
at Williamsburg What culture they
had they brought from England or
Sot from parents or minister. .And nj.
ways they had seemed to prefer sword
ana stump to the pen. They hated
l"WhS AT rrpr% wharf long shai;v
'rcStlc ran from Il warehouse ont i,,o
me river To load ships with tobacco
Tor England and TO get in rc;nrn MI
convenlrncrs and luNur!es. ana thar
was enough In towns men iostled
ana individual freedom was lost, so.
10 FOR the great sweeps of land and
lhe sway of Il territorial lord! Eng
ilShincn thcy were of Shakcspearcs
time but living in Virginia. and that
is all they wcrc--s.ve that the flower
of liberty was growing faster in the
nrwworld soil.
| EngIishmrn called It the Good
Land and found 1t most plentiful
sweet wholesome ana fruitful of ali
| others"
Down 1t now came Il little girl--the
Hover OF all those dead and gone
ana her coming was just as though
one of the flowers about her had
stepped from It's gay company on one
or the other side Of :hc path to make
through them a dainty, triumphal
march rs the faircst of them ALL At
the dial She paused and her impa-
: ticnt blue eyes turned To q bend Of
the yellow river for the first glimpse
of gay barge that soon must come.
At the wharf the song OF negroes rose
rs they unl0adcd the boat Just from
Richmond. She would go and see II
there was not a pncliage for her moth
or and perhaps q present for herself,
so with another look to the river bend
she turned but she moved no farther.
Instead, she gave q 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 gaZrd steadily into Il pair
of grave black eyes that were fixed on
hcr from under 4 green branch that
ovcrhung the footnuth and steadily
she searched the ngu"e standing
there from TIM coonSkin cap down tbs
,, '"''''' H"''' az" '''"Seu
'.,;,, m,s :. .". '",,'S'"''' ''''' ana
~, ~, ~ .""S' 's"'c S'""'l arms
~ "''. ''''''''' t>c'''.er
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ness Stiffcncd. her arms went rigiily
to her sides, and Il haugh,y little snap
sent her ,lndinipled chin upward
"Who are you and what lo you
II w,s ,,,, w ~ -.
| snc,}, to !, ,,n. hn t., t,,.,> ~ =.
| plcnscd and , ..,,,.,, =, ,,;t. .oa
showed II
! at nm Tho sou NJ , ,,n..
she s,lrirl ia ,,u~h In, .,ro., NV.
Zlcd Cor sbr hud IN. hlond of poc..
hontas herself.
"You mr., an Ird,,n,v
He shnoE his head scorrinr TO nx.
plain. dropped his rjro 70 thn hollow
| of his arm. and, rcachinu For his hnlt
| whore She snw the buckhorn handle
| of Il huu,ing-kni'c. came toward her,
! but shr did NOT ninch. Drawing a lot
| ter fro:m the h"!t. lie handed il 10 hrr.
1t WAS 50 worm and soilcd ,ha, She
| took 1t ,!nii;i!y and saw ON It her
fathers name. Tic boy wave, his
hand toward ;hn house Ear UP the
! path
"lIc Hive hcre?'
you wish To see hin?'
| The box yr,lntcd Assem-. and With q
shock Of resentment the little lady
started up the path wiki her head
| very high indeed. The hoy slipped
| noiSclcSSly after her his face un-
moved bnl his eyes were dnrting right
ana lrft I" the flowers, trees, and
n"S''S' |" ever! 'lllihG' strange oird.
| 'he Sr'N Slr'ak "i Il Srahl'crin% SOUR