Show r AL J I r ti r has been b bi bs bk r i k s OF THE PINES t By HONOR HONORS WILLSIE wu U 1 Q b A sinks Ce 1 J CHAPTER XIIi XI Ii 11 11 Lydia Giggles The days i flew new lI lightly by lightly fn Lydia too In n spite of the heavy y se Fe Feere secret ere cret she c 1 of Le Leine LeIDe IDe s plotting Th The day before they broke camp campI I s 8 old squaw squats appeared orell and l for Charlie on Charlie and Kent Keut were cooling cooking din ncr D Dear a r me ml said sold tits Miss To Tonne Towne nr tel him to tale tal-e the loor t U tJ I In log Ing y I Y ydie I Idill dill die lie must feed h her r first exclaimer I dla leading the old Indian over oser to tc the cooking shelter nt I and I ydia exchanged Its lIS Charlie led It'd the Susie squaw squaw Susie he called Into her her Into the woods wood I after I v die dla had bad heaped her hr old arms with lIh food Kent and Gustus Custus had I 1 i ut the dInner on 00 the table and t the hc all nil were seated ested at the mesh meal when re- re returned re returned turned hat did she want Charlie aske asbe I IOla i Ola you wouldn t care It If I told lold you replied Charlie grimly nut Cut het hebur he t burst bur t forth suddenly some day duy you I f whites will pay Some day dav the Japs JapsI z J or the Jews will till do to you ou Americans I what you yon ve ye done to us ns t 1 i look I IH here re I lidia dla luC Levine Is up tot to t some ome new Dew cussedness s Old Susie camer came rr r on him In council the other oilier nl night ht with fI six Elx of ot the worst wor t half breeds In the ther r j reservation reser She he lost her head andt and iE t a began bean to jaw him him- to so she slie didn t find 4 1 1 out what It was vas about tad nd he lies 9 t iet et r c tin tine tang the last laet of my timber r now r ly Iy y 1 din you youe e e a pot got ot to help me When y ou get home talk tall to tn Levine Le I Getting the last of ot sour our ur timber limber exclaimed excl limed Kent Yes s Yes the l hiss latt lets Its let em m get the dead lead and down stuff and who ho s going to swear its It 8 fresh stuff tuft that he cut title I summer Eummer and anti will get Ret out next newt winters winter 11 nut But ut how v does lie he come to be he taking your wood ht liv hv don t you vou so go o to see t him yourself asked Kent hent KentI I I can t answer either of ot those questions replied d Charlie sullenly The two young thought of the attack attick on I Levine vine and looked nt at each ach other oilier apprehensively a C on t t the Indian agent stop top him 7 asked d Lydia lie III 11 hy Iby I by lies he a s deep In tie the tI e mire mireL himself with e Dae Marshall My Iy God Cod Margery Marshall went to tn Z ew lor lork on a blind Indian n I 1 1 oy spines s pines pilles I s din diny sate ca 68 e my pines pine for me I rites fhe belong to my tribe Mv M father rather was nas as going coins tor to tot t r w a on three thre dears oars ago ato to tell the I resident al 01 out the graft craft when they hey shot hot liot him from ambush It If I put E up a n fight they 11 hoot me I won t t ou help us Neither Kent hent nor Lydia L dia eer cier had seen Been Charlie Charlie- thus before lie was neither nor sullen liE He OS wasI lending with Hh a tragic tra de that mo mosed moed ed hIs hia too t t 0 hearers pro Iro profoundly roundly Oh Charlie 1 I I will try cried I din I I truly will willI III IIII I knew von vou would ouM said eald huskily and lie he turned bac back abruptly to the camp campI I ydia stated staled e l about her Supposing she he thought that Flue phe owned a n hun Bred Ired acres of tills this pine land She he forgot Lent Kent and ond CHr every c force of ot her mind on sensing what land ownership would mean menn And suddenly there stirred within her r a desire for acreage for tree trees soil 1011 stream and shrub a wide wille de that should be I 1 ers era and her ber children s forever er Are you really going to talk tall to L Le- Le Lesine Nine Le-Nine sine Ine Sent Kent roused rouse her from her herre herre cile ref re et ell is isI e leRI I leu en I 1 Didn t I promise to lots I of goo good It II 11 do grunted Kent nd If It you iou ou t tell him hime se e e overheard overheard over heard him In the wools ooh be sore I den lIn t see sec shy hy Because I finish Light school I I m going to tell him I know to make mu him let me In f rn cn n the deal I lock O ork k here I d de dent n t tell him I was with you un hO Oh all nil right replied i I din din dia cross crossly cro sly ly Iy 1 I or goodness sake don t let s a si talk about It tiny uny more 1 I LIon dont t see eee seewhy why hy men nl have e to be I in ut going back bael to camp ant and help lp pad pai I fhe The inter er arrive I with the carry corry carryall all 1111 at nine o clock lie Ito next net morning and at afternoon I I dla Ho nas as drat Irol ped pell at nt the kate ate where Adam took POI po i s lon of II 1 r r TI Tie I a hou house e seemed H emell small and dingy I s die dla drol droned I ell ed her lier suitcase In the kitchen 1 I H e Just pot Jot to train old Lizzie se sl I e t said so 10 o that he the went wint on n t lease lea e hr hrold h rold old carpet slippers and ond her lier apron In tl C ml Idle of the I I lichen eHr time she lie he koes hOtS out I I do wl Ih h we ne had Ih Ion Joi furniture In Instead lad ot of this e eHr eer tasting old mat ma ogan I ju just t kuess tue hoes ra 8 got ot to 1 Ie to e some reforming to It 1 tills this house houe this summer hummer Amos clime came In the gate shortly I att after r rI 4 I six lx lx I dla OS nas wn for tor him nt at atthe atI I the front door lIe He look looked ell suddenly bi and null oil to I and an nn she he t hekl kissed ed lint him Mry scry ten tn lily luly It require I 1 1 F oil all the sul bUr urier 1 er hour and nil all tho re reminder r of or the opening e to tell the story lory of ot tl tI e a camp and to ans answer anser er I Iz Izen j i es e en h end ind Amos questions There here rue fl le several e c I lIla dla dl l not that of tI tic e a half breed coun 11 il ii In n the wool for tor example i iyda t y wn ns sitting on the front I I t steps eps the next afternoon with n a boot book bookIn bootin bookIn In her lap lop ao ant Adam at her feet when Z orton called lIe He stopped tor torn fa faa forn n a dial chat In the garden arden with nith her father f Left re comin coming up to greet erect I din dla lie Ho Is Ie n awful ful homely A regular old farmer farmr she khe thought blur Ith the tho elegant Gustus Custus and with Witt bents 5 careless trace brace Hello lIello i Idl l Awful A eln glad clad you rs back no lie sat down on the step below her het In an I 1 I r din dla d t I I er nose lIe II car with him tho the odor of nt hay ani horses horst's lion How s I J our mother asked n I m comIng over oyer tomorrow v well nett bite he Mothers Iother s not BO so O very works too hard at nt the blamed cnn can canning canning ning I told to t er I Id d rather never eat cat It than ha hate e her get et so done upI up upI III I II be o er to help her said LydIa Lydin e had hall a n perfectly hea heavenly enly time In camp hilly Billy Did Dill you asked t 1 I er r caller Going to try to sell fudge e this winter Inter I lyd 11 I don t know Inow L din dla s a tone was mournful D D eddy hates to have me a p ps pt s t I 4 f ft t i f t 1 Oh All Right Replied Lydia Crossly Now ow I Im m gro Ing up he s teems seems to be begetting begetting getting sensitise e about my earning money mone lIc lies Iles s right too said Hilly Ith n note In hIs hia olee Ice that Irritated I lydia y din dla Much Inch you know about Its It Itou I lou ou Just try to make ur clothes an I buy bur your school bool boot s I on nothing Dad Dads s a just afraid people 11 II know Inow how little he hee twins earns that s all Men Ien are sel selfish h pigs A hed by lor this tills outburst I Illy turned round to look 1001 up at nt I Site She was wearing sealing her lier Sunda dress of the tear ear before cotton that she the lend had u I the Hie he young twin min at her lier feet teet did not see ee ec this thle Alii All I 1 e I I 1 were the lie dusty dusti duet gold of her curly head the clear blue of ot her lier eyes yel eye and the flap fine set of at her lier headon head on her lIer thin little shoulders ders you lOll s look 1001 ju just t right to me Lyd l 1 I e said Listen I r yd I m not going to l I l e n a f firmer I ns- ns mot m Not sot ot t te to c n a farmer cried I dla After all nil you iou ou se e said ald about It I Z ol ol Im Lm going coing In for two Ito J Irs mw tI tl en eo I 1 m ni going Into poll politics ills I 1 Itell Itell tell you vou I dia shat hot tills this countr country needs todi todo more than anything Is young oung clean clein politicians you lou mean menn loure ou re going to do Llo lIte Mr Ir Let LL Inc God Cod forbid Cd the man I I m nt going to 10 light men like ilkI lne Leine Ard I ly y hectic heck he lie I 1 l iii d in I locked at nt I dl Iii be ko JO o emor and be more let et But w hal lulls II changed tout ou 1 ed ad I ydia the llie light about U tJ tit L c r er mostly mo tl U There s a something wrong you ou know in lu i i 1 1 of ur co that 11 conditions like U Its It II against m I us f I LIlas LIla dla w a is s Impressed She blie he forgot that hilly Bill nill smelled of the barnyard ell ell elf she said Kald t u i d all nil Li Ll L l j loud ot of iou It If you lou ou were nere ere resilient resident 1 1 I can cun cantell cantell tell teU you ou you iou ou be bet bel I nilly 8 oice olce was Ilien Thew Lidia will iou Ion JU walt wait for met me IDe t Salt alt olt for tor you ou c I 1 es el till I make male a H name to bring to you OU OUI I Idla din dla flushed angrily I look ook here herl Lill LIlI orton Dorton I orton you don Ilon t lime hate e to l t t sill silly after atter all ull the years year wove neve eve no 1 known n each ach other 1 Im m only fifteen Just Ju t I re 10 er that and I lion don t ose to wait for tor any man I d us liS soon think ot of waiting for tor for for Adam Adom as us for tor you Inlow arl ow Hilly Billy rose roso with and n II word ord strode do down don n time the path to the gate and thence up the road rond I dla stared Mared utter after him liiro Indignantly That old farmer fanner I sl bl e a sold said to Adam wl wi o 0 1 and slobbered sympathetic sympathetically oily ally She Slie he suns as wa still till Indignant when hEn John Levine arrived cd and found round her lier toast Inc ing herself hercel t and the nm for tor supper IndIscriminately I It was this sense e of or Indignation that made her herless herless less patient pat than usual with what nhat hat site she nas as ere gr wing Ing to consider the foibles of the male sex ex ex At any ony rate she pre her C ll planned con on con cr on with LellIe when the four or of them were re seated ate on the crt b steps step after supper cupper The oUters others were listening to I din s of i 1 1 er cr t cur with saint Charlie I t say ny ay It was the best Iet Idea In the for or you to be wandering 1111 ough the lire woods Hoods with that Hint toung olm was Iet I e eInE Inc InE s q comment when Lydia had finished I t don t fee how v you ou can speak peik so PO cried Lydia passionately when this minute you re taking tn his Ills pine woodI wood r I yllia I said Amos Amo sharply I r et her lier alone Amos I le e lne IDe spoke quietly hat Shat hat are ore you talking ab about The Indians are people just like hike us site she cried and aud you re treating them as It if they were wre beasts You re robbing them end and letting them starve c Oh I sa saw them them I Charlie showed the I poor things to m nil me-nil me all sore eyes an nn 1 coughing and eating dirt And you TaU rl re money out of them diem Ia Maybe Maybethe be bethe the very ery money you paid our note with ns nas made out of ot i t starved Oh Ohr OhI OhI r I can t stand It to think It of ot you yon I ydia paused with a n half bait sob and for a B moment only the gentle ripple of the waves wares on the th shore tad ind the crickets w n ere to be heard r I evine I el t tow ow on knee Inee elfin chIn on hand looke 1 through the dusk du sk at nt the sh do I sweetness of I dl s face his own face calm am and thoughtful I You re so a goo I l and kind to me I J Tydia ydia begin began again how can ou sou ou be beI beSo beso I So jQ lard hard on the Arc Are you I stealing Charlie Charlies s logs Are Arc you Mr I lne evine I evine I bought his pine replied quIetly lie dOln doe nt t belle belle c c It lie thinks youre you re ro stealing And he her heft It so 60 afraid ot of you ht 11 does he feel teel that way Mr Ir I Te e eIn in r I hat re ou ou say Ba Ing l I exclaimed ex exclaimed claimed Amos Keep beep out Amos said I r lnE e evine e c e to e got ot to clear this tills up I ve ye been r It for some time tune I r sears ago ngn bet lie e the gO government bE began gan an to support the Indians Indians this sere ere serea I a n fine race The llio he could hive h learned a 0 lot from them The They were er brave and honorable and ond moral and In i tent wn thrifty ell ell then the sentimentalists among the whites devised the he reservation re er atlon C stem and the lie ance system nd the Indians have e gone cone to the de de it 11 just ns os whites would under like clr lIce Any An human 1 Ins his to earn orn what he be eats cots or he lie teJ rite only way say ny to sa save those Indians up there Is to kick them out I the he stron strong ones will slit the ll and be he hated Into our ch libation 1 The neak enl ones will till III die ju just t like 1111 weak trenk do But hut how liow nl tut ut Charlie Ch s a pines In Insisted Isted i I r dia R hint makes him think ou re stealing tealing them And Antl hp he hi says sa s that when the pines go the tho tribe will willdie willdie die I paid for the pine pint Inel Insisted ted I e evine vine Int vinen n Indian has lias no Idea Iden of or buy buyIng bu Ill Ing anti and selling It Its s a cruel incident title 1 I reeking up of the but It Its s 5 Ill 11 llie e a cutting on oft a Il leg to sa sate sae sa e ethe the patent p s life lite Sentiment Is 11 1 a east wasted t tell ell ed ellI edI I dl was ns turning oser o o er In her lier mind e Us HE scene cne In the lie wood wood-i between bet John Johnon on nil the t 1 alf elf breeds ds That then nas nasu wasa as aso u o part of ot the tile process of ot remo remo Ing the leg lest I Tin The end justified the thc means menns Site She heaved a great sigh nigh of ot relief lieli ell then I don tIon t t have ha to worry about that any more morl the site sold said Only I don t flare dire to think about those stan starting Ing old S or the baby boby that froze to alit dc-alit That s a right agreed I eTine corn com comfortably Don t think about them It If there lucre was still a n dr doubt d In the hack of Ivilla I s mind regarding tho reservation for a time lime at len least t she hc succeed 1 I In quieting It L LOne One of or the not unimportant results ot of the camping trip was us that lint I el It the llie pine by the gate It as the same line against which she hind hall I nten her little fists the night I ot of Patience nce s 8 death I ISI SI Sl e a liked hiked to sit en n the steps and stare at It drenning and wondering r f or the Indians and the he pines nero ere no un ly u user r elated In I r ydia s mind fhe Flie life of ot one depended on of ot tie tl tI o c other String thoughts nn an I 1 t i not altogether cheerful and wholesome thoughts for tor a girl of I r dla sage age So o It wis probably well nell ell that lar Jer about this tills time lame began to show dla a Margery esque type or of attention In her heart heart In spite o of her mothers mothr s teachings Margery shire sh 1 her fathers admiration for tor Lydia In her lier childhood It hat ha 1 teen a u gru lous je admiration that seemed III ill e c actual dislike dl Hut But has as de developed as os a social fa favorite and I 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