TRe Light
in the
Clearing
ATtl.ofth. North
Country In th Tltm
2 Silas Wright
IRVING
By
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Next morning 1 wrnt rtnwn into tn
tnsln ilreet of the vlllng Mora lrir
Ini for home. I wuiU'd to how It
looked tud, lo b quite frank, I winted
me of lln people of ('anion to see
how I IcxikKj, for my cluthoa were of
tin brut cloth tod cut la the litest
fwnhlon, Many stopped me tod thnok
mjr hnnd men and women who had
neves noticed m before, but there wai
a quality In their tmllea that I didn't
quite enjoy. I know now that they
thought nie i little too grand on the
outalde. What I item aouled lot thone
Yankee! were I "All ain't gold that
glitters." How of en I bad beard that
Terilon of the old motto I
"Why, you look like the aenalor
when he It Just Htln' home from the
capital," aold Mr, Jeulaon.
They were not yet willing to take
me at the par of my appearance,
: I met Bety Price one of my school.
matet on the street. Hhe waa very
cordial and told me that the Duokel
. bergs bad (one to Raratnga.
"I got letter from Bally this morn
ing," lifts went on, "She eald that
' young Mr, Latour waa at the game bo
te! and that be and ber father were
' good frlendi,"
' I wonder If the really enjoyed itlck
Ing thli thorn Into my fiend a thorn
which made It difficult for me to foe
, low the advice of the achoolmaater and
robbed me of the little peace I might
bare enjoyed, My faith In Rally wav
ered up and down until It nettled it
lta wonted level and reassured me. . '
It wai a perfect summer morning
- and I enjoyed my walk over the famll
, lar road and up Into the bill country.
The blrda aeemed to alng a welcome
1 to me. Men and bya I bad known
1 waved their bat In the hayBelds and
looked at me. There are few pleae
urea In thli world like that of a boy,
getting home after a long absence.
My heart beat fast when I aaw the
bouse and my uncle and l'urvla coming
in from the twenty-acre lot wlta a
load of bay. Aunt Deel stood on the
front steps looklug down the road.
Now and then her waving handker
chief went to her eyes. Undo Pea
body came down the standurd off bis
load and walked toward me.
"Bay, stranger, have yon seen any?
thlni of a feller by the name o' Burt
Bnynesl" be demanded.
"Have Jour I liked.
"No, sir, I ain't Oosh a'mlghtyl
Bay I what have ye done with that boy
of our'nr
"What have you done to our house!"
I asked again.
"Built on an addition."
"That's what I've done to your boy,'
I answered.
"Thunder an' llghtnln' I How you've
raised the roof I" he exclaimed as be
folk.
do;
"Thunder sn' Llghtnln' I How You've
Raised the Roofl":
ernbhed mv satchel. Dressed like
tstesmsn an' blMter'n a bullmoose.
I can't 'rastle with you no more. But,
say, I'll run ye a race. I can beat
. an' cam the satchel, too."
, We ran pell-mell up the lane to the
atepa like a pair of children.
' innt rwi did not sneak. She Just
put ber arms around ine and laid her
iir.nr old hend iinon my breast. Uncle
Poabody turned awnj. Then what a
alienee 1 Off In the edge of the wood
'land I beard the fairy flute of a wood
thrush, . '
i 'Purvs, yon drive thnt load on the
i floor in' put up the bosses,"' Uncle
Peabody shouted In a moment. "It
you don't like It you can hire 'nother
man. I won't do no more till after
' dinner. This alave business Is played
, 01UV !"''-- "
"All rliht." Purvis answered.
"Tnu bet It's all right. I'm fer abo
lition an' I've atooo your uouiineenu ,
nlgger-drlver ways long enough fer
one niornln'. If you don't like It you
can look for another man."
Aunt Deel and I began to lough at
this good-natured, make-believe scold
ing of Uncle I'eabody and the emo
tions! strain waa over. Tliy led me
Into the house, where delightful sur
prise awaited me, for the rooms had
been decorated with balsnm boughs
and sweet ferns. A glowing mass of
violets, framed In moss, occupied the
center of the table. The house was
filled wltb the odors of the forest,
which, as they knew, were dear to me.
I hsd written that they might expert
m seme time before noun, but I
begged them not to meet me In Can
ton, as I wished to walk home after
my long ride. Bo they wire ready for
me.
I remember bow they felt the cloth
on my back and bow proudly they sur
veyed It
"Couldn't buy thrm goods 'round
these parts," said Uncle Peabody.
"Nor notbln' like 'em no, sir."
"Feels a leetle bit like the butternut
trousers," aald Aunt Deel as she felt
my coat
"Ayes, but them butternut trousers
ain't what they nsed to be when they
was young and Umber," Uncle Peabody
remarked. "Beeiua so they was get
tin1 kind o' wrinkled an' bsldheadvd-
llki, 'specially where I set down."
Ayes I Wai I guess a man can't
grow old without til prints grown'
old, too ayes 1 snld Aunt Deel.
"If yer legs are In 'em ev'ry Bundsy
thoy ketch It of ye," my uucle an
swered. "Long sermons ars hard on
pants, seems to me."
"An' tho longer the legs the herder
the sermons In them little seats over
t the schoolhoiise-iajes I" Aunt Deel
added by way of Justifying bis com
plaint "There wouldn't be so much
wear In a ten-mile walk-no!"
The chicken pie was bsklng and Ilia
strawbcrrlca were ready for the short
cake.
"I've been walterln' since the dew
wss off gltlln' them berries an' vT
lets ayes I" said Aunt Deel, now busy
with ber work at the stove.
"Aunt, you look as young aa ever," I
remarked.
Bhe slapped my arm and eald wltb
mock severity:
"Stop that I Wl Ton know better
-eyes!"
How vigorously she stirred the Are
then.
"I can't return the cwnpllinenl my
soul 1 how you've changed ayes I" she
remarked.
"I hope yon ain't fit no more, Dart
can't bear to think o' you flyln' at
a an' poumlln' of 'em. Don't seem
right no. It don't I"
Why, Aunt Deel, whst In the world
you mean?" I asked.
It's rurvls' brain that does the
poundln', 1 guess," said my uncle.
It's kind o' got the habit It's a reg
lar beetle brain. To hear blm talk
ye'd think he nn' you could clean out
the bull Mexican nation -barrln' accl
nts. Why, anybody would suppose
that yer enemies go to cllmbln' trees
ss soon as they see ye comln' in that
you pull the trees up by the roots to
sit at 'em." . . '
"A certain amount of such deviltry
Is necesKary to the comfort of. Mr.
Purvis," I remarked. "If there Is no
body else to tke the responsibility
for It he assumes It himself. Ills Imag
ination bus an Intense ' craving" tor
blood and violence. It's that type of
Amerlcnn who, eggod on by the slave
power, Is burrylug us Into trouble
with Mexico."
rurvls came In presently wltb a
look In his face which betrayed bl
knowledge of the fact that alt the cob
webs spun by his fancy were now to
he brushed , away. ' 8U1I he enjoyed
them while they lasted and there was
kind ot tacit claim In bis manner
that they were subjects regarding
which no honest man could be expect
ed to tell the truth.
As we ate our dinner they told me
that an escaped slave had come Into
i neighboring county and excited the
people with atorles ot the auction
block and ot negroes driven like yoked
oxen on plantations In South Carolina,
whence be had escaped on a steam
boat.
"I b'llcve I'm goln' to vote for abo
lition," anld Uncle Peunody. ' "I won-
der what Bile Wright will say to that"
He'll probably advise against It ; the
time Isn't ripe for so great a change,'
was my answer. "Hd thinks that the
whole matter should be left to the gla
cial action of time's forces." j
Indeed I bad spoken the Mew ot
the Bounder men of the North. The
subject filled them with dread alarm.
But the attitude of Uncle Peabody
was significant The sentiment In fa
vor of a change was growing, It. was
now to be reckoned with, for the abo
lition party was said to hold the bal
ance of power In New York and New
England and was behaving' Itself like
1 bull In a china shop.
After dinner I tried to put on some
of my old clothes, but found that my
nakedness bad so expanded that they
would not cover It, bo-I hitched my
white, mare on the spring wagon and
drove to the village for my trunk,
Every meek day after) that I worked
In tho fields until the senator arrived
lb Canton about the middle ot August
OA one ot those happy days I received
a, letter from old Kate, dated, to my
surprise, la Saratoga. It said
"Dear Barton Baynes: I thought I
would let you know that my father Is
dead. I have come hwe to rest and
have found some work to do. I am bet
ter now. Have seen Sally. She 1b very
beautiful and kind. She does not know
that I am the old witch, I have changed
so. , The others do not know It 1b
better that way. I think It waa the
Lojd that brought me heip, ( He has. a
ss comlnt nearer.
way of taking care ot some people, w, mui. kll ...ph-enother imt
my boy. Do yon remember when I be- , Mld
gan to call you my boy-you were very w, , , -....... Wit,h
little. It Is long, long sgo since I first for t M rearMng Dttck mi down
saw you In your fatber'a dooryard- , th op,,,, tbot ni tood look.
yon said you were going to mill on a , i0f0M tht Th Hnator
butterfly's bsck. Too looked Just as I rillwl) hl ,D)1 ttti n blltk
tnougnt my ooy wouia iook. ion give M lo ttlf rt ,be waler
me a kiss. Whst a wonderful gift II
waa te me then I I began to love yon. tfM
I have no one tise to wiua or now, i
"How shall we get blmr my friend
It will not be difficult," I answered
hope you won't mind my thinking m , b(.sa mirfM 'N(rthlD WM
much of you.
"Clod bless yon,
"KATE FULLERTON."
I understood now why the itrony
will and singular Insight pf this worn
an had so often exercised themselvet
In my behalf. I could not remembei
the far day and the happy clrcum
at a nee of which she apoke, but I wrote
ber a letter which must have warmed
ber heart I am sure,
Bllas Wright arrived In Canton and
drove np to our home. He reached
our door at eight In the morning with
bis hound ind rifle, He bad iged rip
Idly 1 1 rice I had seen blm list Bl
hair wit ilmost white. There were
meny new lines In bis face. H
seemed more grave ind dignified. He
did not lapse Into the dialect of bit
father! when he spoke of the ancient
pastimes of hunting and Ashing as he
cad been wont to ao.
"Hart," be snld when the grrtttntf
were over, "let's you and me go anc
sfend a day In the woods, nl leavt
my man hen to help your uncle wbllt
you're gone." t
We went by driving south a few
miles and tramping In to the foot of
the Stillwater on our river a tni.
long familiar to me. The dog left or
soon after ws took It and began U
rcnge over thick wooded hills. We sat
down among small, aplrelike sprucet
at the river's edge with a long stretch
of water In sight wblie the music of
the bound's Voice came faintly to out
ears from the distant forest
"Oh, I've been dreaming of this for
a long lima," snia we senator as nr
leaned back against a tree and filled
bis lungs ind looked out upon the wa
ter, green with Illy puds along the
edge and flecked wltb the last of tbr
wblte blossoms. "I believe you went
to leave this lovely country,
"I am waiting for the call to go,'
I aald.
'Well. I'm Inclined to think yon art
the kind of man who ought to go, n
answered ilmost ndly. "You irt
needed. I hsve been wilting until c
should meet to congratulate you on
voiir behavior at Coblesklll. I think
you have the right spirit mat ia w
all-Important matter. Ion will en
counter strunge company In 4he gam
of nolltlcs. Let me tell you a story,
l(i tnlrt me mnnv stories 01 nil un
In Washington, Interrupted by a sound
Ilk thnr of annroschlna footsteps. Wl
tensed talking and presently a ncc
of cartridges come near us, pacing
ninnff over the mat of leaves In a iei-
Hui-elv fashion. Weteat perfectly still.
A young cock bird with nil nenuiuu.
ruff standing out, like the hair on the
lurk if a frk'btened (Jog, airoui
toward us with a comic threat In W
mnnncr. It seemed ns If he were ol
linlt a mind to knock us Into the river
But we set as still is stumps and hi
spirred ns and went on with the others
The having of the bound waa nenrei
now. Suddenly we saw a
wne down to the shore of the covt
nenr us and on our side of tho stream
He looked to rlaht and left Then h(
made long leap into the water and
wnded slowly until It covered him. at
raised bis nose and laid his antlers
back over his shoulders nnd swara
onletlv downstream, nil nose Just
shqwlng ibove the water. His antlers
were like a bit of driftwood, u v
had not seen him tuke the water his
antlers might easily have passed tor
n hunch of dead sticks. Soon the buck
slowly lifted bis head and turned his
neck and looked at both mores, inen
very deliberately he resumed his placi
under water and went on. We watched
him ai he took the farther ehore be
low us and made off In the woods
again.
"1 eoiildn't shoot at him. It was such
a beautiful bit ot politics," laid the
senator.
Soon the hound reached the cove s
edge and swam the river and ranged
up and down the bank tor half an
hour before b.e found the buck's trail
again.
"I've seen many a rascal, driven to
water by the hounds, go swimming
awny as slyly as that buck, with their
hgrns In the air, looking as Innoceut
as a bit of driftwood. . They come in
from both shores the Whig and the
Democratic and they are always shot
at from one bank or the other."
I remember It surprised me a little
to hear him say that they came In
from both shores.
'Jut what do yon want to do!' he
asked presently.
"I Bhould like to go down to Wasn-
Ington with you and help you In any
way that I con." :
"All right, partner we'll try It," he
answered gravely, "I hope that I don t
forget and work you as hard as I work
myself. It wouldn't be decent. I have
n great many letters to write. I'll try
thinking out loud while you take them
down In sound-hand. Then you can
draft them neatly and I'll sign them.
You have tacUnnd good manners and
can do many of my errands for me and
rave me from those who have no good
reason for taking np my time." ,
"You will meet the best people and
the worst There's Just a chance that
It may Come to something worth while
who knows? You are young yet It
will, be good training and you will wit
ness the making of some history now
and then." '
What elation I felt 1
Again the voice ot the hound, which
bad been ringing In the distant hills,
llflleult those days.
I iwsm the river ind towed the
buck across with a Necb wlths In bis
lamtirei joints, ini bound Jomeo me
before I wis belt s cross with my bur
1en and noted the carcass and iwam
on ahead yelping with delight
We dressed the deer and then I
bad the great Joy of carrrylng blm
m my back two miles across the coun
try to the wagon. The senator wished
to send a guide for the deer, but I In
listed that the carrying waa my privi
lege. "Well, I guess your big tblgbt and
broad shoulders can stand It" said be.
"My unc.li has tlwiys said that no
mm could be celled a hunter until be
n to Into the woods without a tuld
ind kill a deer and bring It out on
oil bsck. I waot to be 'able to testify
tbst I am at least partly quill fled."
"Tour uncle didn't lay anything
ibout fetching the deer across a deep
river without a boat, did ber Mr.
Wright asked me with a smile.
Leaves of the beeches, maples and
bisswoods yellowed by frost bung
like tiny Unterns, glowing wltb noon
lay light above the dim forest aisle
which we traveled.
The sun wai down when we got to
rtrrlni.
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