Meadowlark Song
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James said to his wife, “I am going into the fields to see what has to be done to ready it again for a crop." Anna Mary said, “I will go with you James, I will help you.” James knew his wife needed to do this so she would not be constantly thinking of her children. He took her hand and the two went into the field. As they neared the field, Anna Mary remembered the day she was last here, but it now seemed so long ago. The memory of going back to the house and searching for Carrie and realizing that she was gone came crashing back. She thought she would not be able to control her crying if she started again, so she fought her tears with everything she had within her. As they arrived in the field that Andy and James had planted that day, they both looked in surprise when all they could see ahead of them was the acres of wheat that had survived and now somehow was fully grown. They watched as the wheat waved back and forth in the afternoon wind. They had never in their life seen anything so beautiful. James turned to Anna Mary. He could hardly get the words to come out when he saw the beautiful sight that lay in front of him. Grabbing Anna Mary and picking her up, he swung her around in a circle as he repeated over and over, “Oh my God! Oh my God! Anna Mary, I do believe a miracle has happened here, how else can we explain how this crop of wheat grew for the last couple of months without it ever being tended to?” Anna Mary knew it was a sign from God that if they stayed and tended the land, her children would come back home too.
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The Edwards came to the homestead land in Pennsylvania to give their children, Carrie and Andy a better way of life.
They worked hard to make a go of the homestead.
Andy was seventeen the winter he discovered a tribe of Indian’s living only a few miles from his home.
He decided not to tell his parent's about his discovery.
Andy went into the forest many times, but on one of these visits he saw a young Indian girl.
Never in his life had he seen anyone as beautiful as she, but when he spoke to her, Andy saw that there was going to be a language barrier.
In time Andy discovered that the girl's name was Meadowlark Song.
Andy and Meadowlark Song met many times during that winter when they fell in love.
They never told anyone about these meetings.
Spring came and Meadowlark Song discovered she was with child, but before she could tell Andy about the baby her tribe abruptly moved the encampment when they discovered the white man was taking over the land they had always called their home.
With Meadowlark Song gone it was heartbreaking for Andy, but he was devastated to learn that when her people left they had taken his little sister with them.
Leaving the homestead behind, the Edwards went in search of Carrie, but their search was given up when they realized she might never be found.
They returned to the homestead before they lost it too.
Feeling guilty about Carrie's disappearance, Andy could not give up the search.
His love for Meadowlark Song grew with each mile that he searched for her tribe.
Andy's search was in vane so he returned to the homestead, hoping that someday Meadowlark Song would bring Carrie home.
About the Author
H.J. Sterle is a native of Western Pennsylvania and writes most of her stories based on her love for her mother’s ancestor's, whom were American Indian’s and her love for the beautiful state of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Sterle feels that each story she writes, the spirits of these ancestors are guiding her to bring her stories alive.
With this feeling very much alive in her, many stories are written from a time when the white man and the Indian had encountered one another.
H J Sterle does not put into her stories the violence that did take place when these two cultures met, however she writes about the romance that could and did take place when these two cultures merged together and became American families.