Show 41 14 IV 4 V a it 0 WILLSIE COPYRIGHT av FREDFRICK A STOKES CO V I 1 CHAPTER XIV continued Ws p 14 wr KW aljo s first kofl I 1 11 res ilMy to awl wll her el at lattia and trell 9 sho turned tv aljo rond road ll uh l anade tier wy way swiftly to blim nor ton on place nil lv adio said panting tier her cheeks bright all tier her yellow hair blowing tm ill thai indian grafting mily billy put wt cut 11 lila ili hand solemnly al and 01 atio two brool hands for till nil hilly WR wim four years older than clydla they bolli boh were cro very very young ioui iff so younk young hint chilt they bell believed eved that hint they could fight tile whole whale world of nf intrigue and greed in which their little wa s set and veto et us as they inny seen blein it Is 19 on oil boung oun decisions riichi us as cheso that tile met cr eellis upward I 1 what oro arc you going to doo do ihley lichod lydia ila going to ret got it government tit in it lelot sant ted sol Boino lichow liow lip lie re rc take nl c arno time but ill got get it lin be lovely lodoly ledill 1 I little to think of it site olio said un nil steadily lizzle Is if mir bodny you tell your 3 our mother billy nil and ask tier her to boino over to aeo eo tier tills evening toning I 1 stop nily longel longar now poor ioor old lizzle lizzie was miserable indeed fee for years ii nr site sho flat struggled but now it till anid hound bound tier annd and toot foot norton orton came over tit in tile evening lazzlo was 1 b III sh I 1 vi I 1 ing an aind flushed blushed and gioan I 1 I 1 illta l I 1 till lazzlo slept RICIA then allo told I 1 i and 1 fulton find laolyn N tm awed an and aiellos n air started for or town at once doctor fulton shook lilt ills head aind sties in for n run of fever get det somo extra hot water wo tor bottled and mahe till ill your wind for it ft lony long aydn anait and it wag ans it long siege six weeks of 0 agony for or bazzle ot 0 nursing und and housework till worrying for or lydia alit norton forton and i nd alio gave what time they could but the brunt of course fell fel on Ly jytila tila nilly culled every amry evening on oil I 1 11 I 1 I 1 way home tb supper suit per john levine sat up lip two or a nent ken cuine caine out once it week with a ewery yord word and n basket of fruit and nt at frequent intervals tho maull surrey sun eyt stopped pit at tile gitte und or dave filipich filip ch red with some boino of Ill rys delicious cookery for adla atrid and attics amos during till nil this time thile slip site sald noth ing to billy about its ills campaign lie ito flushed finished lila ills luw law I ourse course in lune little and entered cx selmor at al cords office na its lie he lind planned there wnm anol election in the fa fall I 1 and lolin Iel lle was returned turned rp to col congress gress tills time almost without a str agle like a boulb bomb late in Decol december liti r fell tit the news that the indian commissioner lidd bad been jeper called before a senate committee to answer quest questions lotis re garding the relations of lake city to lilt alm re er while following close oil nn the of i tills this announcement unno runic cattle word feord that n congressional commission inis slon of ahrea hud had been appointed to 0 o hit fit at lake city to investigate in filan matters Il llly now ud alil you do 10 it risked I in ili consternation lie ile bud over inken tier one bitter cold january tier lier way home from eol col I 1 age do much paid lully 1 I just kot got affidavits dozens doyens of them showing frond frauds und and gave them to senator alvord lie ile tills lins n q lot of in ili lurico e among the senators natora be und Is n personal friend fi tend or of tile the j esl dent lips were set tightly us as she ill added along the lie snowy road rend hilly slie site mild il milly tire you doing tills to get even with dave miti afar fiill MIMI li ill im doing it because im ashamed or orl irit new englanders have dono done milk alth heritage anti and vin im dolar aellig it for you yo to io make inako a nanie for you ou you u ar golbig to laurry tile buo some duy day clydla ini im not said lydle flatly you enn cant t belp t elp your knurl Nn url bif honey chonoy its fate fu fur r loth both of us come along lioniel howe I 1 youre shiv salv when you sou talk chat I 1 hat ante lydia but billy crity alti rhe commissioners sat for months and in that time little tile flioy exposed to tile the burning bun isun of publicity wil tha muck of thievery anil and dishonor on which luke city altya s placid beauty duj built marriage after e or of squats squaws I 1 with balte city citizens was unearthed most of liebe citizens alap hav ine an fn white family hundreds Uund roua of oi ot met mid hud be been en ob Aln edLy 1 1 of Bill bilang ng OF or by raud faolu vil b 1 listed nagi of dy bits of nt bolts ot of cotton lidid been een tc lio ngod W r plue pine worth artl or tl numzia num fia 0 collars tf it was it 11 nervo nerve t racking licking period for fu luke lake city whether Vh ether purposely or riot nut tile no lid not begin to close round roum john till toward tile thu end of 0 the lie helit hearing nor lid levine cottle onu 1110 liliuo until lute into in ili the tw intner lien 1110 commission had been sitting bitting to for NOMO in ili spite f of it a sense of apprehension that hut would riot not lilt lift the year was n it happy ono on fur for liln in ili tile first she alio went to 0 o tareo college dancing lilt c partle 4 during tring It tho year in tile the second place kent asked tier her to go with hini to alir tit last party and to lydias inlow at notable oiiver couver sallon look place tit lit that time billik kent sold said lyd I 1 it carelessly but 1111 going with hilly hilly I 1 always ItI lyl llyl snorted kent why you till und I 1 were friends befaro wo over of hilly billy I 1 yes yea return etl lydia clil uly lilly youve always 11 llord iced tile me ny its I 1 have you hut youve youse nevii GW of my illy I 1 dont you ou a bit but y you ou ciui call Ini agine liow flow I 1 fe acil A about billy chols taken ule uio clothes clot lies or no clothes clot lica it was cents turn to flush hung it lyd ive lieen been till an internal infernal end cad tinta nil I 1 and lydin went on mercilessly IT vo got Ilo tIlIng to wear now hut flat tile old graduating dress I 1 suppose you ion were hol ilig tor for better things stop it III I 1 kent shouted 1 I deserve it but ini not going to it VIII im asking you for just one reason und that is ive waked up to tile fact that youre th the fit the world I 1 loix a candle to you there was it st sudden lilt in lydens voice that did riot not escape kent ng its slit answered la well if you feel the same after seeing margery tills this summer ril ill b glad to go to ono one of tho w flops next full fall with you and danilli you deeply mr moulton all right said jeret ont soberly tho first hop next full Is nud and as ninny many more us I 1 call get it was title lute in the spring and titter tile conversation with kent that it hegan began to bo be rumored rubout town that ix X senator alvirds AMI Alv rd S J ill ce was w as nt n t tile thu bottom of tile indian investigation kent accused billy of als tills openly one sunday afternoon nt at LV lydias ladias Lyd las dIas tin willing to tida the blame if necessary said hilly billye nice thing to do to your friende and neighbors will hill kent went on INN lint tile the deuce did you do it for hilly sill shrugged lilg ills shoulders and said mild nothing kent up pealed to lydia would you ou have gone to parties with him it if oud known what ila ho was waa doing to ills town lyno ruit kont I 1 know knew it said eald lydia after it 11 pause anni e you know knew it 1 you lot let it lot of 3 sickly sentimentality ruin lah luke lahe e city in the llie oyos eyes of the world not only that think coming to john levisie I 1 think co coining illing to me though love io done little ellou enough glit 1 then thell illi fill glad it came caino to stop you while still done cried 0 oil 1 1 theres margery I 1 mile ahe lovely I 1 1 1 I 1 it wits was margery just houie from boarding boardl school where slie she gaily announced as sit slie shook hands silo had bad been finally dually margery cried lydia youre so sa beautiful that youre simply above envy what it a duck of a agreed margery Marge ii wliam were ere you till nit disca bo 80 solemnly when hen I 1 interrupted indian graft I 1 said hilly lacall leally it oil hilly billy by tile the vay laddy suya says lo lie 10 thinks senator at vol voial if started the whole thing did lip lie yes and I 1 helped replie tl billy I 1 llly shortly II well IVell I 1 think you ought tu to be w ashamed of yourself cried margery it III dont ont you clydla no I 1 dont im proud of liliu him though ini im scared scum to donth elvdia well 11 II I 1 just tell you lully billy norton there wits a sudden shrill noto tit in matir gerys arys voice if anything really horrid la Is unearthed about daddy VII ill never speak to you again would you deuty bent 1 I dont intend to anyhow replied kent coolly yet tile me take anka you iou lionie home in I 1 lily iny toot toot but I 1 just got here protested at it rge ry its ita now or never said kent arts lne ilig ive V t to run along oh jr it its that ser loust Al argery took kents kac nta arm BS by lydin I 1 Con chinn leover over und and bee my lily new dresses racy iney were gone hilly billy slit up and tit at lydia lie bald ald im going to quit you know 1 ve worked with JACIC right along quit hut but mily billy why 1 1 kulink hank you minded neat kent and margery much V li dout dont inland thera nt at nil all but ly ila din I 1 found yesterday my fattier got one hundred und and twenty acres from it a ten year old full tull blood boy for uvo five dollars and a bl bicycle eycle last week charlie unearthed it full blood squaw from whom our rather had gotten iwo LW 0 hundred and forty acres for nn an old sewing machine mid and twenty flye alvo dollars dollar ivo done one sp much for tho the indians rind challio Is so fond of you that lint hell shut these indiana up tip but I 1 cant go on oil after that of co 11 yes go on oil billy lydias voice wits very ry low after afo I 1 faced what would conio conic to jolin john bolno through tills I 1 cun call fuco face anything nn tiling billy guti gave u little gronn gronli find bowed lih ills head tin on lydias Jil lat knot knee suddenly she hio felt years yo irs older than billy silo ills hillI tumbled bled blond lair 1 I told you ion ill tile battles or of alifi world fought for a n oni nii lio lie said h ild vear dear ill go on kilough lipai break mothers inot lida heart it wont aenk tier her lienert sald lydia hearts tic lit ta dont break that sort of tiling thing 11 CHAPTER XV bucit amor patriae tt it wits was tile lust last wool week in ili august when jolin wua summoned before tile lio lydia ur aind amos were mere summoned sum boiled moiled avith ailin there vere more two long tables tit nt ono ile end lid of the behind ono on of which slit tile three at tile other oilier table were the lie official will nil charlie Cli nille jackson before tile tales were chairs and licit here jolin levine and kent ila norton and hilly of old ausle and a younger squaw with several buck jytila gave it sigh of relief when I 1 lanu ville call ailt tier eye across the I 1 room no ili an tind Is milled tit nt her die looked tit at the commissioners curiously sim sho knew them fairly well from the ninny many alie ale I 1 1 7 I 1 R 1 V 1 i M t T 14 ji 71 r 7 |