Evening star., 1928-04-29
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Bv Ben Ames Williams.

| roared by, with a last angry hoot Of
! horn. The man at the wheel, Tup
! saw, was taller than himself, and his
! shoulders were broad, and Tup felt a
/ faint hunger,
| So his first encounter with Warren
| Iinnett made him dislike the man. But
| Molly first saw Linnett In other FASH
/ ion. and to other ends.
| Down at the foot of the pasture on
/ Tup's farm there was brook. IL
| emerged from the wood to the south
| and wound toward the State road: and
| there were trees. here and there, along
the way. The pasture fence followed
the brook. now on this side, now on
that. there was q meadow beyond.
ITn where the stream emerged from
the wood, two elmS lifted their gracetul
branches. formed like Tyre; their
shade spread across the brook and laid
a grateful coolneSs there, The stream
uuvred over hidden log, rippled across
gravel and descended into deep, open
pool. Here, as elsewhere, trout were
like to lie. Beneath the tartler Gnu
a stone wall came down along the Dor
der of the wood to the stream, and
within the wall there was bit OF cool
Grass and a wild cherry tree behlnd
Molly knew this spot 1t was no more
than n quarter mile from the mouse
And sometimes. on long Summer AIT
ernoon she liked TO come down ano
take Off her shoes and stockings ano
dabhle her feet in the cool water; ana
afterward she would lie along the grassy
hank. comfortably relaxed and read
She would lie so still that birds came to
feed in the trees above her head, on
the ground near her hand; and some
times she caught glimpseS OF tne me
tie nf II
stream. -,
once. on n Sunday afternoon. she
brought Tup there, but his eye strayed
he discovered a sagging wire In the
nast,lre fence and went off to mend H.
and he came back by and by, to go wan
dnrinr into the wood, considering
u.hether II would be wise to cut some
wood there when Winter came.
she called him back and tried 10 per.
suade him to go wading with ner, out
he was embarrassed, shook ms stuo-
born, heavy head.
60 she thereafter kept this spot as
- sanctuary. to which she mlgn.
withdraw. only she was never toIlsS
there but peopled 1t with figures lallcas s
ful. The singing Of the brook uIoMltrr W.
all other sounds; when Sne lay aApns ~,
The bank the high stone wan silu' @ so,S ouS
,,.noS u.ls and the interlacing branches ana
the CIV But she had always. 10 go
hac,r to the farmhouse in the end. 80.
she was here one day, early III JuIt
T, T.as a FRIDAY afternoon. and she mao
Tasks to do at home; there was
t~,1ancv about her coming her oMI'
sa,,sn :. ,,@ ~ guilt exhilarated her, breo ~
Ssa. ,aart a certain recklessness. bu'
sre was this day weary OF many Gays
sT,,n had been silent at dinner oue
t.a5 watched him, in SLOW dim revolt /
ard she was full of longing ior Ilile
gentle things. Vague longlngS. pu' te 1o'
fhnir very lack of form the Keehet; So
when he had left the mouse anu Nv
dishes were done. she slipped away, any
the cool water purled about ner Wllits VIM
ankles and the friendly SwaTo EeceL.a1
har when she lay prone naH-oro"suls /
n,cs half closed. and her thoughts were
free anal, a,o,,o 4.
tho brook she heard faint sounds; they
took form and shape; she tnought d
cow had strayed that way, seeking tne
shade of the elms. And for wnlIe
she did not stir. ,..
Then she heard low whistle, caught
the air of a vagrant little tune, anu
She sat up and raised her head to LOOK
across the wall, and so saw a man tlsh-
ing the brook. ,o
4 man taller than Tup, and lean |
ard strong. He wore knickerbockers |
and stout shoes: his shirt was blue, ana |
there was a soft old hat low upon hiS
ewes. And he handled q rod Ike
wanda rod that cleaned like gold when |
II bent and bowed In the sun. He flsnec
In a way that was new to her; his iinf /
swang in long. lazy curves above MS /
head; 1t reached out far before him; /
there was heck Of color at the end. /
And she saw him take fish. here and /
there; and she forgot herself in watch /
ing him The wall half concealed her. +
he did not at once know her presence |
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