Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
"a MGR resentment Saizad her


put aoafnant' was TINS radlant thins.
why should her JOY in life be mega.
lived by n thing like this? It's very
immobility was appalling. 1t neither
coaXed nor menaced 1t remained al.
ways the same a part of her, pro.
jected eternalIv through the lens of
the eve-a SIGHT defect
THE resentpent n,oyed ba, Oh.
would assert her win she would Ie
rid Of this intruder And With bcr
hand extendad to,yara tho Ia+ob - ia
-. r. $50, ~ -.
a tHv,, sire s saIiiuu ca, anu ai once the
oiS1 piIiS AalCS zen away IKE the I'M
MI - VI ms
"e,s oitS q hiouii.aln "oiIla II
anu iieA 'Iiiiu iiieehiS peslue hei- Inc
MoliIdn SPOKE; lhere was friendly
SsnhPatnS III the Soit voice.
Dlu you get coiu? you walked
pretty fast.
IN sorry. was thinking OF some
| thing else.
know what that's like. You
can 40 iot OF Things when you are
thinking and not know about il. Be
fore he was born'-she indicated the
child by an affectionate note OF the
voice. used to do all my work with
out knowing ia done it. | was by
myself most of the time
x K X x
hIiiiND the leaued glass OF the
door hung great wreath OF
noiIV crimson with berries. The SYM
Dol recalled the significance Of the
hisht 70 the mistress OF the house, and
IL recalled also the venture upon which
M was determined. And for 4
tiIoilieht sue was annoyed by the pres
ence or the mountain woman-un-
ioftuilate that she should appear just
a' .. S,,in lilile 10 require shelter.
ote -eouiu not denS II, on a
l.siiI VI winter TO mother with a
cAilu.
peeil avoided. IT might make matters
d ..iiie more olIncult- But such
p 49, ooi' r1I'iu ne Easily managed. BE.
.iu; anu she sinlleu as she opened
siio uooL' II "oulu De subtle touch
i0i Iei nusotiu 10 ma a mother and
my Ii, III MS mousse instead OF pagan
uo =. .c,,
,.c Soiile III.
she removed the rubbers and the
;na a,Iu ieo the way into the draw
'As :, So,
+.,rS ~ 81 " queeI reversal OF al
'nn,,st nc Ihe, d pdillPered exquisite
sbo,,Id hn ha,c,oif ser We
ta;,, -, rAei sei sihs 'iils noun
,,a.,; en- ouI Vi some per
80. e. ni,i, Al 'ne lahcg, she selected the
,ileet atticieS lot tnat service; a
auPei y tidy, d iusleI poWl. very nearly
5 5a ana a napkin from queens
I.erSion a s,, ~ p LUZ tiier eAtenu that per
sersioh, she pore them IN and present
e th mem 10 the mountain woman as
Co., ~ ,
Mds ,lilpIeSsed with the
LIE a.liospiiefe pi tne room.
ud,, esoelce " Things tnere had
Tbat -. r.,,,n r.'iinS S ~ coliiplete II.
80 L. "iiiei Her laui,iess
49, $50 i hoa ceselessiS ehdeaVored 10
s.Th ii 49, a. iset'
a.. io N,stsol 81 on me uiIan pelore
dreSs "o LII ~ it., i ne y1iow nUliiesPull
Inc " 49, 80, 10 ionS sklrt, fallen lhto
nh;yS ~, Ht airio ~ cassie iiiN disnlty; me
bar 90 T., "a 49,, e, I'm UusiioiL oesiu i'
&C ~ b,,u tr a itiL ioI oegoiiu sne couia
The sa,,,;o. NV ADVANCING Will
"And ~, s,,,., 80 .h;.
che faIt h,,,,hIad ~, , ,I,' pay 'ao'iis
~ -. 49, a'iu pul uo"n;
.;.o.io mla. tniuuen sirlue nay the uis-
r,non y. az SILL Iis sill iloLh tne
cIothf,s ,,ith q ohi,d, l" 'ho ooeS'
And yet the very scents of the
room had changed; the perfume, the
exotic cigarettes had been replaced by
the fresh doors of the fields, as when
windows are thrown open on a Spring
, morning.
She put the tray down on the divar
beside her visitor. She indicated the
child.
g" Is he asleep
Yes
You came from the village
Yes, we had to go to pay our
taxes. If you don't pay your taxes
he state sells your land. We didn',
want to lose our home-not now.
, The mountain woman spoke softly
gently. She went on.
1.-The sheriff don't come through
| the mountains to collect the taxes
He sets a day for everybody to come
| to the town
And you made that journey ir
Winter. in weather like this, with your
child?'
THE mountain woman seemed EN-
! barra ssed to reply.
'He-he wasn't born then. He