Chronicles of Chicora Wood

CHRONICLES OF CHICORA WOOD

MRS. PRINGLE AT CHICORA WOOD.
Photograph by Amelia M. Watson.
BY ELIZABETH W. ALLSTON PRINGLE AUTHOR OF “A WOMAN RICE PLANTER” ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1922 Copyright, 1922, by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS —— Printed in the United States of America —— Published May, 1922

As I sit in the broad piazza, watching the closing of the day, I gaze into the vistas of moss-draped giant oaks. All is mystery, the mystery of nature, the mystery of the ages. These oaks, still strong, still beautiful, have seen generations pass. Through their filmy vistas the god of the day is sending his gleaming shafts as he has always done.