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Show X- - PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH OFTH course, you're Just like a brother to me." Oh, I don't 'jel so brotherly as Gee, theres a Lydia!" Faintly through the trees gleamed a distant blaze. ' "It's the camp crowd, I guess," said By Hon ore Willsie Are, In a low voice. Now I can find the j lake." In less than half a mile they found the lake and far around Its curving shore, the gleam of their own camp j fire. Mike'! do What Holy yon think of that I demanded Kent as they headed for the fire. Isnt Levine a won- Know Your Sweetheart! by His Handwriting Lydia. they started on what they called By EDNA PURDY WALSH No, It Isnt, Its a bunch of men, beeline southwest And It was mid Character Reading Magazine. Editor, 1 ((2 bz Frederick A. Stokes Co.) . afternoon before, hungry and leg corrected Kent. Hold on a minute, der ! WNU Berrios John oooooooooooooooooooocoooco Lydia scarcely heard him. weary, they reached the store that Lydia. Lets see what were getting Lydia Dudley, with hr baby Into." (Copyright.) Levine I she murmured. backed np against the Indian school slater, Patience, returns from and My best He pulled her Into the shelter of a friend I Oh, I cant believe It" , afternoon of play to the in the pines on the waters tents set They bought crackers and Is He Secretive? sardines, home of her father, Amos edge. cheese and ate them perched on a dry giant pine trunk and the two peered They were nearing the camp now Her faDudley, in Lake City. he Is secretive he will be able to If the at around deCharlie Are. groap and Kent the had made their goods box near the hitching rack and Kent stopped 'and In the moonther's friend and her own keep a secret 'but he also may keep There were six halfbreeds In store John Levine, voted well and they displayed admirer, "There! I feel happier, said Kent preparations light took Lydia by the shoulders. secrets too well ! How do we know on clothes think it is time the Indians and them moccasins had the as "Look rented he threw away the empty sardine proudly. They here, Lyd, dont you tell a soul the squatting a nearby reservation were movsecretive writer?-- ' around the blaze. None of them was about what we saw. Promise me!" three old A tents from the agent, as cans. "How are you, old lady? ing in ordt r that the white men If he can , well as the seven canvas speaking. the do Levine of land. Ill the cots, mikht have this Lydia swung her feet nothing kind," things act dishes nnd the cooking utensils. The "Fine! Lets start hack. contentedly as announces his Intention of going If They they were waiting snapped Lydia. Weil be Into politics 1n Lydia, Patience some one, whispered Lydia. and for middle tent had been arranged with a there by supper Kent. Promise! repeated time, Im sure and Ktnt Moulton, playing by ' lock things Hush! There comes some one rough slab table and benches for a know the way now. I will not!" returned Lydia. the lake, are joined by Margery, . ip we will dining an living room. The boys But alas for the vanity of amateur else. For the love of cats! Well, promise me, youll say nothsmall daughter of Dave Marshall, find that he tent with three cots and the girls woodcraftsmen John the town's banker Margery falls Levine in while were camp, anyhow." emerged from the dark- ing The late June dusk Into the water Puiled out unwith four, were crowded but comfortness of the forest Into the Are glow. locks up hesitated. After she found them Lydia all, still the endless threading hurt, she is taken home by Lydia able. "How!" he grunted, slipping Into an thought, to whom could she tell the the small aisles of pine, their sense of direction and Kent. ller father blames . Its very nice, Indeed, boys," said completely obscured by the sinking of empty space, opposite the two eaves- story and what could any one do! letters, o. the two children for the mishap I d U satisfactorily explains the Miss Towne. "Come, girls, get out the sun. a and s All right, Ill promise that, Bhe droppers. Levine tells Amos his (Mcidtnt. I suppose youre all Very tightly, often tying them vvitli your aprons. "How, returned the Indians. agreed, slowly. "Scared, Lyd?" inquired Kent as plan to have the reservation S little extra loop at the top. starved." Silence In was the nine It after for woods, the Patience scarcely oclock, except settlement. they paused for a moment's rest on a opened for Walt! Walt 1" cried Kent. "Thats toward the , Terminal. wifi, turn hack all, when they trudged into the camp. (lien of diphtheria, leaving Lydia cracking Are. log. Is God in not the trust .eft. ! her bn that this to moment came a "Kent, In Charlie Gustus feeling and way lets I camps to want going go dont "No, but Im awful hungry." Lydia She finds comfort In the lost run. Charlie, Gustus and me do the In the majority of cases the writing later, having heard Miss Townes call. drew a trifle closer on the log to listen. I dont want to know." loving kindness of John Levine. will be backhand, slauting back toYou ladles are cooking. Kent seized her arm. worried Oh, Lydia! Ive company Kent. "Supposing we have to A note of Amos, backed by LeLydia! You've got stay out to and dont have to do anything exAnd the cruel Miss ward the left. . stay. Its your business to know, vine, find held by Marshall, Is myself sick. here all night!" She shivered a little due and cannot be met. At Lydcept wash the dishes and make your he whispered sharply. the grouchy Miss Towne, Towne, . When words start out with a fair-size-d "Well, Id build a fire," said Kent ia's appeal, Marshall agrees to own beds. arms a about threw with letter and then the'' letters are Wheres her Lydia, Eagle's Feather?" asked renew It. Lydia enters high manner that Lydia Levine. "I think thats a very nice arrange- In a matter-of-fac- t little murmur that was curiously like decreased in 'si2C as tlve writing goes A fullblood Indian boy, school was assumed, and fix you ment," decided Miss Towne. a sob. Come, suspected on, we will he sure, to find a person Charlie Jackson, makes accusa"Sick," replied an Indian. on a bed of pine needles. Then Id tions against Levine, and at- girls, let's unpack nnd arrange the up We were Just gofng tq the settleJohn nodded. lo does not tell ail, whq is ever on I back from got stand all an is like a shot him. little tin Levine tacks by guard night, tent." ment for help," said Charlie, "though Ihe alert for his own Interests, is Washington there. today. Big fight and slightly jnsecn assailant, There wns a very early pairing off hero. I hope the folks wont worry Marshall and his wounded make we were pretty sure nothing serious shrewd and observing and yet not prycrowd, Recuperating at the theyll us. about In the and meantime, you In the ramp. Kent devoted himself to a big fight. I may have to compro- could have happened. Somt times Dudley cottage, le realizes Lyding into others affairs. I can have a good old talk, like the mise. I may make ia's loneliness and her shaken Olga, Gustus to Margery and Charlie We saved your supper, said Marthis type of writer is too secretive for my bill read, only faith in God They enter into a to Lydia. Kent and Olga kept the old days. Remember?' Come on, Gustus, well heat it his own good and does not express mixed bloods can sell their lands, not gery. ompart to start a search for I remember Kent, camp supplied with fish. Excepting for em. full bloods." himself enough. lie gradually retires Ond together Hilly Norton, boy at meal t lino nnd the bathing hour, afraid?" hum of Lydia, arranges for her Good ! said an Indian. Full blood Lydia was tired the next day and within himself and loses his ability to "I should say notl I like the woods d to earn money they spent the day In a blreh-barelected to stay . In camp with Miss speak fluently. want to sell, anyhow. at night. Don't the fern and the dont making and selling fudge. ' canoe on the lake. "Better for you .mixed bloods." Towne while the others went on an Terminals that curl back under. Charlie undertook to show Lydia hunt. strawberry neath the line are signs of a person ngreed Levine, "because youll get Ihe reservation ns the Indians knew with who will hold his own if he lias to Lydia was lying in higher prices for your lnnd, but worse CHAPTER IX Continued It. If Lydln wns n little puzzled by for us whites, for therell be less land, a book, when a horses hoof beats Stretch the truth. his eagerness to make her understand -1- 0sounded under the trees and Levine unless you mixed bloods should hapI'.ll'v h viggestlon proved Indeed to conditions on the reservation, she pen to swear the full bloods are rode Into the camp. ' Does He Love Nature? lie n Imppy one. lie win a willing gave little thought to the riddle. Lydia had been wondering how, mixed, too. Itll be a good way for The nature lover is always a big In him one horse visited saw middleman for or she nnd two when was neat Indian They town, she pi'fl Lydln, all of you to pay up old debts." soul at heart, lla.canfiot.coop himself to meet was she what and though the demand for fudge was farms, hut for the most part Charlie gohim, going Lydias henrt wns pounding so hard in a small dark room In some garne or overwhelming, Lydia hy to the oththe led her from one vvlck-l-uthat It really pained her. She stared ing to say to him. But now, her only up in a city and spend his life there ret was devotwas here end of May had cleared something er, dee) set tn recesses of the. wood, that the thought at John unbelievably. Jet it was the and ed where the only whites to Intrude on friend who had over thirty live dollars. understood neglectful her same familiar, sallow face, with the A Ihe since Indians indifferent were the occasional govto babyhood. Her Joy over this method of earning look gaunt about the cheeks. Only the beauties to As he dismounted, she Jumped to money was not confined to Its relation ernment wood cruisers. These wlck-I-up- s the eyes were strange. had Lydia he- - found were hovels, usually In the last in Oh;' my dear Mr. Levine ! to her camping trip. She saw herelf never seen them so hard, so searching her feet. fifty. IBs spirit dear! she cried and dear! My My helping to pay up their Indebtedness stages of poverty nnd desolation. before. her hair flying, she ran to him and Ono day they came to a wlck-- I lip flows ant his to I (wine, Marshall having made good Well," said Levine, Is that all you where there were three children bearms are wide tils threat to call In (he note. folks have got to report, after six threw her arms about his neck. John threw a long arm about her, open to life. In the meantime she expended ttie sides the father nnd mother. Two months? What do you think I'm payand held her to him closely, while Therefore you whole of her four dollars on a pair of the children were hnlf blind with ing you for?" trouble. with his free hand he smoothed back wifi find in his whole eye The was family of buckskin outing hoots and eight What more might have come Lydia And Miss dollars on n little corduroy limiting sitting in the sun, about a pot of fish. writing a sugdid not know for an old squavv came the glory of her hair. saturgestion of coat and hklrt. The suit was cheap Tbe grown ups chatted eagerly with Into the fire glow. She was Towne, watching, saw his long tottering nine face transformed. soul a hut well cut, with belt and pockets Charlie, and he translated for Lydln. and emaciated. They say Its been a fearful winter. Why, Lydia, my little sweetheart! "live and let live" spirit. .and welled seams. The soft buckskin our old squaw, Kent, rethats "Oh, Look for large writing, I didnt realize youd missed me so. whoes (Hied the slender calves like They only lind ten dnllnrs this year large loops member? whispered Lydia. he Miss The loop efin., be large Then, particularly. gaze, catching velvet. With her bright cheeks nnd out of their government allowance and Towpes "Shut up!" murmured Kent. and Still be found. , they C9ildnt get work. The baby her yellow hulr above the j The squaw made her way up to smiled. ' Lydtfl has few lores, hut they're The proportionate size is.vhut voting. froze td death or starved, or both. counts. John- - There was something sinister irduroy, Lydia looked hnlf boy, We'll bring gome food over to these If tiie lower loop' of 'Hie teh:er f Strong, he saidx I'm her '.foster fahalf woman. in the look of her and he rose. folks, Lydia, because there are kids ther. My names John Levine. goes far be) ond add' beWw the. fine, M.vsoul, Lydia, they're Just grand! What you do now, white man? eh? And this herself. Lydia disengaged cried Lizzie. perhaps twice as. lpng Steal she snarled. Steal more, upper Is Miss Towne, she said, my dearest loop, then you have a writer "But, Charlie, what's the "What boys are going In that who loves eh? tnent allowance?" the crowd?" demanded Amos. There will" be a Levine looked down on her and his teacher. Oh, didnt you know? and youre said the chaperone; suggestion of harmony in the Sit down, "Charlie nnd Kent nnd Margerys was voice writing, Why, pitying. you poor one the white lords of creation, while Lydia and I finish dressing. too, like a flowing brook). Th i s writer nioihers given In Gustus finch. I too! ofThe old devil, you look half starved. He Youre Growing Up the Way a Girl "Youll have lunch with us? called government set aside this the music of, nature. tohl you. Daddy, dont you like the T bars dug Into his pocket and brought out Lydia as she retreated toward the likes land for the Indians In solemn treaty will be made with a wave. General Ought To. Mill'' Go get some grub, a dollar silver with them, for ever and ever. Then tent. appearance will be distinctive and 'Like It! exclaimed Amos. "Lydia, It he said. sold off a big block of needles smell fine? Yes, but I cant stay longer. Must neat. . old woman The from Im stunned hy It! I wish I could It deliberately stared the and deposited tbe money at Wash- going to do after be back in Lake City for supper," reWriters who are often out' with nato face and Levines first suit mydollar her voice have bought you your The income from this was to school ? plied Levine, tying up his horse. a lot write 'a sltpshodand ture to a rose shriek. self. Lydia, fiut on a dollar and a ington. messy Go on to the university, be given to the Indians. There's over Lydia was delighted to put her hand letter but Make our young Steal ! Steal do. not really revere half a day, I swan they two million dollars there, fiut by the you? to and while Miss cooking again, The. true lover of nature vdia spun through her Junior "Dad wants me to, but I guess IJ men drunk! Make our young girls Towne set the tablet John chatted nature. time Its filtered from Washington to babies makes his ts and (ts .and t bars like these have that grow once For marks blissfully. his of tbe Indians, this Is the result." lie go to work. Why waste four years both them of with Washington reach upward." Tile' whole-lin- e snakes," she pointed a trembling, and final averages were of little of nodded at the He rode away Immegroup about learning a lot of stuff thatll never scrawny finger at the scowling mixed experiences. runs to her. For the week after the fish writing too... usually earn me a cent? What do you want uphill, finished he had after eating." pot. diately bloods. "White man dirty fool m bool closed she was going cnmptngl t Lydia had bad four duys of this. As to go to the university for? she spat at Levine, Miss Towne wiped the. dishes thoughtand thief, dirty Is Amos had been very sober when he I He Versatile? Kent, mother prdhiised Id go. made their to back fully. the they way su'd good hy to Lydia, at hnlf past camp for supper she said to him, In And I want to anyhow. We're so poor, at the same time striking the dollar If he Is versatile he Is adaptable Its hard to realize that her the six "Ls your first trip, Lydia. Dont an never he anything hut a scrub from his hand. It rolled out onto the scandalous John Levine," she said. Ill that will never be at loss to please and I voice, cant "Charlie, unsteady you needles and lay' shining In the firedo anv thing you wouldnt want your stnnd It! Think of that woman if I dont get educated. r- aH through life. He wifi always have Hes simply charming 1 that baby light. mother to sec." Kent stirred "I froze to death. And all these beautiuncomfortably. Lydia flared, flushed and subsided. something of interest for .you. ifis I John stiffened and the mixed bloods Never ydin looked at him wonderlngly, ful woods are full of half starved In- want to make money, quick. again, she realized, could she him the But curiously. I don't see what the hurry Is Is watched then tlnew her arms about his neck. dians! What can I do about it, Charcontradict aspersions cast on Levines " arrives It Olga?" "Oh. daddy, I dont want to go off lie?" squaw' suddenly burst Into the feeble character. And yet, how like a bad of sobs the and reaching drawn old, an 'cave you two whole weeks!" deep Of course It yet Isnt of all the Shes last dream You cant do anything. Olga episode night Its too ysfb beIt's too late to hack out now. Go late, fiut I wanted you to see. I don't right to flirt with and a peachy looker, tottering over to the silver she picked seemed. If only it had been a dream fore he All !" she sobbed, on and have a good time," said Amos, enre what girl understands ns long but you don't suppose a fellow wants it up. "Hungry will give And she picking up Ids dinner pail. Lydia ns you do. I think an awful lot of to marry every girl he gets crazy the time much hungry. you the started slowly away from the Are in wan lied him down the road. Sud- - you, Lydia." about ! The charm and romance of a advance Kent and Lydias hid-- ' of direction the I didnt said Even know, first den'y she realized how lonely her Lydia, meekly. thought proposal! lie took Lydias hand nnd patted It. girle must he without her mother. wns place. ever lng he is not the right man, it la crazy about me." Lydia looked up at him, thrilled by his "Nobody abqct traits.' Here "You aren't that kind, thank heavQuick whispered Kent, and noisePromptly at nine Charlie and Kent bronze beauty and the note In his a happening never to be forgot-- , !s how vu iiuay- - find versatility r en. You're growing up the way a girl lessly the two ran hack Into the darkwlii'li'd up to the gate in a carryall. voice. ten. Shch Is In store for Lydia. . . Read through ness of the woods, through which, thy letters, &nd notice "Here come Miss Towne nnd Olga! "If I were a white man, said Char- ought to. I know nil about it." t bars as you go. See 'if they ail tle was a silver light beginning however, cried Kent. sat Margeryll be late, of lie, "I'd make you love me nnd marry into I.ydia the darkness, staring fiy7to the" right of the 'upright or Theres the moon, he said cowse." (TO BB CONTINUED.; me. fiut I'm an Indian nnd sooner or thinking this over. She was getting to filter. whether they made or if t Margery was driven later Ill go hack to my people. I'in an amount of comfort out the conJJtie.v .lan, a. little to the. left. Some y In nnd state at versation that made her realize how by Klvlry, up Just making believe I can play the may slant up find .some, down. Some a spot there had been within her. sore the carryall was off to the white mans game for a while. lie may be short and" fight hnd hthers long noitli in a cloud of dust, leaving Adam eyed Lydia wistfully, "fiut we'll be asked Lydia, suddenly, "Kent, and heavy. There may-hthose with hnvv"ng dismally at the gate. friends, eh, Lydia? Always? Even "whats a hussy?" hook on. the right-hana, end or a "Where the hills begin again, thats If I go back to the wlck-l-u"Huh! exclaimed Kent What you'll be left to contain an abbreviated Latin hook at the beginning. Others may he One of southwestern New Brunsthe i eservatton, said Charlie. "Just my friend? makes you ask that? is Inscription, In which It was set forth flowing and wavy." The more different "Election night there were lots of wicks interesting historical spots "Oh. yes, Charlie, always, beyond that group of buildings Is the replied once the site of an Indian that the church, dedicated to St. John kind hf 'Stroke made In .the crossng Meductic, reservation line. Lydia, earnestly, even while there women, flashily dressed, around, and Mall-ates Here the Indians had a Baptist, had been erected by the of the t more vergti!e the writer The buildings Charlie pointed to flashed through her head the half father said they were hussies. And I village. in the year 1717, while Father Is. were the first that had appeared In whimsical thought, Queer kinds of saw Gustus flirting with one of them, rather Important fort and here the a mission and In Jean Baptiste Loyard of .the -- Jesuit The same-- holds true of the various several miles. A two-storunpointed men want to he friends with me, Mr. nnd some of the senior boys, too. French established house with several barns and Levine, Mr. Marshall, and Charlie. And I saw some of the best dressed time built np a little church. Louis order was in charge of the mission. degrees of slant found In the writing. XIV was so Impressed with the work Montreal Family Herald. He may write hack hand, . vertical, sheds comprised the group. There And they all hate each other! of the Indians with them. he caused to be slant forward, and with a pronounced was a sign on the front of the house. Youd better ask your father," said of the priests that After this episode, Charlie was less Great Opportunity Lost ' shipped from France an elaborately Last chance," read Margery, as strenuous about showing I.ydia Indian Kent. These slanting forward. various belin the to be bell placed designed Some things, are worse than death, For goodness conditions. That night be resumed a Thev clustered by. show versatility but they, also "I did and he said Id know when angles for stood church many years, worse than death by Chinese torture, show emotion and fry. The sake' she giggled, is It a hotel?" mild flirtation with Olga that be had I got older. ability to become many worse than being buried alive; aye, mood;. I ooV at all the women ! One In dropped when school closed and Olga There was silence again. Kent was during which, tradition relates, MeducHowever, if the fermio.d about occurred events ! ev or y window worse than seven times seven deaths reaches z.ir rnd h!gb fcort) the word cried Olga. Why, met him more than half way. only seventeen. He sat staring with stirring which were the clashes be- and forty-nin- e hev must have a lot of maids! Do funerals. For example, the writer will he cheerful. "Wouldn't that come and get you ! puzzled eyes Into the darkness. He tic, among and the French and there is the Noie Do not make final Judgment people come up here In the summer, growled Kent to Lydia ns Charlie and tried to jlcture Olga putting a ques- tween the English Chicago man.. who held their Indian allies. Kent thirteen diamonds at bridge, then until other s'gns in writing are studied. Olga paddled away In the canoe, the tion like this to him, and failed. A One day a Mr. Hay, owner of the never had a chance to play the hand'. "If n a miserable, disreputaole place, next morning. "Say, Lyd, let's kill sudden utilization of the loneliness g.- rlz. said the teacher. Poison Ivy Hit Colonists Why look time with a tramp up to the settle- of Lydias unmothered girlhood, of her Meductic property, was plowing near He was bid down because an opponent at that when you have these beauti- ment for some gum. Innocent faith In hint, touched the a clump of bushes that 'alone remains ultimately bid seven spades and the , Poison Ivy. w r s one of the first agful hills before you? How far into AH right, I can stand It If you best that was In him. His voice was to mark the site of the church and fault was all his own; he took a peep, found In the new gravating tin reservation do we go, Charlie? world when the colonists first.came to can. Will you come along, Miss a little husky but he answered coolly. the nearby fort, when his plow struck spoke too soon, and opportunity was "About four miles. Its where I Towne? ' a slab of slate. T?ie stone was not gone forever. A hussy, Lyd, Is a flirt whos America. In fact, CapL John Smith, gone whole or Intact, but enough of It was ennp every year." to The hand of a ceLtury did not taka as early as 7000, wrote of having Miss Towne, who had been highly the had. Those around Lake City The road, curving around a hill, had edified by the chase after the students and the Ina point. It spent Its great life force found it,. and gave a very accurate mornings without warning entered the pine shook her head and settledmaneuvering herself In dians wlio've got government allowfollowing the dummys lead and when description in some of his records of WOOuS. Tapestry Makers Famous the tumult and the shouting died was the effect of the weed. Strangely her hammock. "No eight-milwalk ances. and get their money away from The others fell to chatting again, for tne. Im of the most famous tapestries a sorry pile of scrambled tricks. Oh, One a them. rest cure." enough, he was never poisoned by it taking Eut I vdia was too moved for words. Oh," said Lydia. "Oh Then Is that made by Matilda, wife of Wil- the pity of It I Imagine the despair of himself, but saw the suilerfiigs of othThe incen.se of the pines, their curiliam the Conquerer, or at least cred- his children, his childrens children, ers on a number of occasions. thoughtfully, "Arent men silly CHAPTER X ous murmuring stillness, roused In her Yes, they are," agreed Kent. ited to her. It was found In 1725 in his posterity to the doomsday generaAnd, memories that were perhaps half Bone Heads Lyd, whenever you want to know the Cathedral of Bayeux. Another Mation. Paradise gained and paradise , The Camp e.i i t. She was still In a half dream about such things, you ask me. Its tilda, the daughter of Henry I, who lost, the thrill that comes once la e We shudder to think what scientists v n the blue of a lake glimmered be-- i Lydia and Kent did not use the a man's place to tell a girl the would teconstruet If they should dig things died In 1107, was a tapestry weaver. lifetimes, lifes darkest moment ile far aisles and the carryall roads. It was with the old familiar she ought to know. with gloom I m u.o vel! known skulls of this Her remarkable work wa9 214 feet New York up age adventure that All right, -- v (!,(. up with a flourish before three sense of World. replied Lydia, and of long. Beach Tost. STORY FROM THE START ImpOY-eiishe- . , 1 much-neede- k all-da- y big--ne- gray-heade- fawn-col-oii- d (l as-th- e 1 1 half-starve- d ' I 1 1 fu-t's- 1 nine-fiftee- n x:x:x:x:xx:x:xvX:x:x:x:x:x:x:x:xx:x:x:x:x:x:xxm Stone Slab Recalls Church Built in 1717 nine-twent- te 1 pe-d- s e 1 1 thrice-darkene- i make-believ- e V , |