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Show kFJERNS ERNS Or- Or OrPEN OF1 OF1r - : r &WOLFPEN WOLFPEN &WOLFPENHarlan & - ' PEN Harlan Hatcher 1 " 1 1u u ralton $ + 0I . t MMirs . . . . . ti a sNa x ru c W N.U NU JL4nfF c- c ; : - cCHAPTER ' CHAPTER IX11 IX11 IX IXf f -11- 11 - 11LD 11LD 11 - JLD LD not be gathered up , andwere andwere and ? were the other men to be beI beor beor I or r now that the tbe surveying11 surveyingII surveying ; II 11 under way . They made madeIe madele madeIe Ie le very large There Tllcre wasirncy was wasroey wasrney roey rney whom Keuben Heuben Reuben liad had ac-and ac and ac- ac actnnd acand - - tnnd and trained as chalnman chainman , , wliojne who whoIDe whodie sere ere re was Spur Darten IDe die is 'IS as ' as ax man And there\d there d there there.d thered \ .d d . haired hatred and anl1 toothless EzraJn Czra Ezra EzraVfrom : 1 from tram nboe above abo nbo\ nbo \ c e Horsepen Horsepenknew Horsepenknew Horsepennew Vfrom knew knew new hon how It would be butS butSnot but butr butr r not dream of or complainingising complaining complainingIsing complainingIsing Ising an Inhospitable thought.aid thoughtaid thought thoughtlId . . \lId lId uld \ heir he\f he f hear ' \ his ax on the hm hill hmJJe hillbe hillLbe JJe be orchard cleiring clc\rlng clc rlng clearing ' \ a sight sightt sightthe t { the trees for Reuben's Reubens ' com corn combd cornid bd ( d then the voice or of ofRcubenfto Ueubcn Iteuben Ueubcntto Iteubenito tto ito Abral to move the rod a n ai [ i his left . . . tess Less [ ess the tbe corn and the slieepe sheepe sheep e plums and Mother's Mothers ' popn popn pop- pop popgrow - - - n & grow all right this spring [ me looking looUng after them God GodT1arter God'after God'after Godafter T1arter " [ 'after after ' these things by HIm HImIhout Himthout Himthout Ihout thout much help from any- any anyut anyut anyit . - ut ( tie Ie He [ lea\c3 lea c3 lea\cs cs leases \ the kitchen hitcbcn andIs nnd and nndIs andIs Is to the womenfolk , and If Ir Ifn"t Irtt ifn't n"t nt n't " ' do them tbem , they don t get getf getShellenberger tt f fShellenberger f Shellenberger came ngilnie aglnIe againto ag\ln ag ln again ' \ Ie to first of at June , riding downa downn down n a on 00 Nelson's Nelsons ' mule andC nm1 and nm1g andg g Millions MulJcns Mullens with him Millis Mul MulIS Mulis IS a hard black blach man of or fortyd forty , d spent his years among the thelands thej ; lands of Pennsylvinia Penncylv'1nln Penncylv1nln Pennsylvanla ; ' as asanager asaoager asonager anager aoager and boss of at the lum lumamps lumamps lumamps amps . Shellenberger ShelJenherger bad badh badtx badl h tx him In to supervise the theprocess theprocess process rocess of or getting out theCi thed the thed Cid d Ci evening , ) Mrs Irs PD.tternJnln Patternnun Pattern PD.ttern PDttern Patterngain . Jnln- Jnln gain nun - . " " Jnlndy | Mr ( . n " ni ily dy ay , , . r Shellenberger SheHenberger Sliellenberger II 4 i Is I luke uke Mullens , , \ who s'vlio svlio ' ho manIe manto man manie ie to Boods "oods oods woods " for Cor me " are l1re right welcome welcoooe , " Julia Julla Juliar Juliapea JullaC Juliains r C pea 'ns ns ins " ' looked out from Cram under hisuacL his hisIJpCh hishack IJpCh hack eyebrows and did notPiling notPilingr not ( ! : tl _ hlng hlngt ing ingI r t I sit lt down on the time porch Theks The TheIts Theks Its ks are still sun sun surveying eying Theyto Tbt'y Tbty They Tbt'yto Theyto ' to be In any minute now , * " * Ala " , Id III IdFarranged IIItarranged Alaarranged Farranged tarranged arranged the chairs a lItUe little lItUefogelher littleogether littleJlogether fogelher ogether on each side and andtwo andwo two ( { o plates for the strangerssr strangers strangersextra sr sr"extra extra "extra " ! xtra menfolks makes the the1envler theienvler theKnvler 1envler ienvler , , " Cynthia said'nothing said snld 'nothing nothing ' nothing Dothlng for womenfolk to tothemselves tothemselves themselves mselves over . , " Julia JuHa said1lie saidtIlie said saidue 1lie tIlie ue worL worb work . was greater and andi.and andSand andi -i.and i.and Sand - . nd Its demands and the thef thefpl ) Jl : f the heat , the extra wash wnsh wnshtlronlng washSlroning washIroning tlronlng Slroning Ironing , , cooking coohlng and dish dishC dishBand dishCand C Band and the unusual excitementfring excitement excitementring "Ing Ing ! " ring to Julia Julla and nnd Cynthialaiwas Cyntl1ia Cynthia , , | a\was a was atwas \ , finding Ilnding It hard to get 4U | d strength tltrenblh strenblh to keep heep her gjrPL gJr gar gart it gJrit t . . Neither were the thc Ueldstucntly fields fieldsIUently IUently , bcntty fieldsbcntty and carefully "orl.e orl.e orle worked workedsig " . ff ffg workedfhg sig g . Never Ne er had a WolCpen Wolfpen Wolfpenone Wolfpen'Sone WolfpenSone WolCpenJione Jione : ' one without wItbout adequate adlqunte cultBut cuI cul cuI"tBut culBut , "tBut tBut " But the tbe survey must comeid come comeII comed II d one of or the time boys workingy worklnJ workla , 1 y could keep ahead of at the theJuUa theJulia ; Julia JuUa saw these things andaaw andsaw and aaw saw aw them But nut they had bad hadnd badad hadind nd ad they the1 were selling landwas landwas land ' , waa was much talk tall . among the theIn theIn theln , In the yard after supper . supper.fis supperfis Is the thc survey getting oat"ereer oatereer 001 oar " " ' rger asked asked.lent askedlent . . . Igbt Ight . , " Reuben said . "Some Some "Somerun "Somerun "Somerun Somerun " run a 11 great deal \ when hen U'sDl it's.not it's its U's Us ' ' .not not . not D\l D l \ ) too crown growo grown up and then the then n be found tound . . Other Otlier times timesd timesid d most of a day tIa1 trying to.ttralght tottralght to totralght totralght . tralght line Hne up and down acornerwe n a ncorner acorner ? corner we can CD.n CDn . be certain oftts ot of otts ofis ts is on as well welJ as common"a commona common . . " will wUl you 10U get around It"ildn't Itildnt It ? " dn't dnt ' say 8:11 811 : about that . TlJese These TlJeseYe Theseye TheseIve Ye no DO course and nnd only anDate an anate anate ate distance . , BO 80 so we have bave to tojiiWay to"way to'way "way way 'way " ' along Maybe MJybe : two orpntbs or orDtbs ornibs Dtbs nibs , more or less . . " Then ThenInto Theninto ( Into the kitchen , where wherewas wherewas wherewas | was washing dishes , , to get getMO getto to show sho\v sho v \ Shellenberger SheHenberger Shellenbergerthe . the first time f > since ince he be he.WoUpeo beWolfpen he.Wolfpen heWolfpen .WoUpeo WoUpeo Wolfpen . that ( hat he had been beenth beenLh beenth th th her . Cynthli Cyuthh Cytithia was acute acuteot acuteof acutet of ot his presence presences < s I can show sho\v sho v \ him better bettern betteran n .tell tell leU loll . him , " . Reuben neuben snll1 said . , snid.he snidhe he be thumb t tacks ks with wlll.1 wlll1 . th the thehis thehls , bls his knife t.nlre tnlre . . . . ' S"YOU SYOU s you 11 have plenty of or help beJp helpI " ? r rI I i ireckon reckon . . Are those men menatay menstay menstay -stay stay - atay stay here , too'BS tooBS to01 too ? ' B a Mother Is flying fI'tlng fItlng fixing ' up an o.n on o.nd and . d 1 In your room for ror Ihcmreckon them themeckou themeckou eckou you mind wind them tb4m ? be- be bet b bet'all - - " ' t t'all tall all Only . I'm Im ' ' afraid we weng weog weIng ng og too much work for ror you youthese youthl"se youtlieFe thl"se thlse tlieFe " extra people to coo\ coo cook \ " cooklook cooloot cookluok loot luok . after ' . , We 11'e 11e don t waDI want wanio waDIo wanto [ o your hospltnilty hospitnllty hospitality ' , ' 't t ' much more . , ' she site mur murmply murmpty miirImply mply mpty And th then < > o , wlipn whpn when 11 heout ho he ( > ? out to the men men- men menIles - ' , ' lIe Iles lies s the theno thean theman ) no an . that e\ e e\cr e cr er eser \ ( \ r I ( saw In mv my mvhis mvI myis is I . words Hut nut Rut that hnrrttn herdtn hnrri hnrrt herd [ tn n , . I don't dont ' tI\ tI \ like tIe < e him nml nnll nntl I'm Im I'mubcn Imubcn ' I'mbeD I'mben beD ben Warren Warrcn Is one of tlie the men , and not just that Shellenbcr Shellenber Shellenbcrger Shellenberger Shcllenbcrger ger and his man wlio who doesn't doesnt docsn't docsnt ' say sayan sayanything sayanything an anything tblng " And she \ was sins \ as less tired tiredbecause tiredbecause tiredbecause because of or the gentle gcntle words ords oC of oC"Ueuuen of'Reuben of'Reuben ofReuben "Ueuuen Ueuuen 'Reuben Reuben ' " . . " . . . and odiy tod\y tod y toddy ( ' \ we went over overthis overthis overthis this ridge which "hlch hlch " you ou crossed farther far farther farther ther north about ahout tlicro tJlerc there , and nnd weouglit we weought weought ought to reach the ( lie witershed w'1tershed w1tershed watershed ' tomorrow to tomorrov tomorrow morro\v morro v morrow \ and nnd turn northwest nortlm est andparallel nnd and nndpar'1l1el andparallel par'1l1el par1l1el parallel ' Ginnon G'1nnOn G1nnOn Gannon ' creek Into the territoo ter terrJtor terrltory rJtor rltory you want wJnt : to buy " Cynthincould Cynthia Cynthiacould Cynthiacould could see him In the last visibletwillfelit vislblp visible vislblptwlJlbht visibletwlibht twlJlbht twlibht ( . , pointing with wItb his pencilwhile pencil pencilwhile pencilwhlle while whlle Sparrcl Sparral Sparrel held the other end cn ofthe of ofthe ofthe the brown bron bro\\ bro \ n paper and Shellenbergerind Shellenberger'tnd Shellenbergerand Shellenberger 'tnd tnd and ' the dark min m'tn mtn man ' looked on'lhese on on'Iheso ' 'Iheso Iheso 'lhese lhese These ' are the creeks I have havesketched havesketched havesketched sketched In , just roughly rougbly Indlcatln indicating indicatinghow Indicatinghow how they radiate Into Wolfpen " As Rouben Ueuben Reuben pointed and ephlned explained ephlnedShellenberger explainedSliellenberger eipliinedSlicllenbergor " { Shellenberger Sliellenberger twirled his cigar and andsaid andsaid andsaid said , "I I " see . . . , I seeto see to " * , ' Looks good to me , Mr . Pattern Pattern'he Patternhe , ' ; , ' he said "I'd Id " 1'd 1d ' ' ' like mee lilce to go over th the theground theground ( ' ground round with my field tleId man here and andbeglD andbegin andbegin beglD begin to get the lay-out lay out Iny-out Iny layout - - planned 0 a . abit abit bit so we can get to work as SOO'1 SOO1 soon soonas soonas ' as possible I suppose sllppose you ou au can putus put putus putus us up for a 0 . few days until we cansee cnn can cnnsee cansee see wliere where we arc are ? Of Ot course I 1 I11 I11pay Upay U Upay pay you for lodging lodgln " People had come and nnd gone InWolfpen In InWoHpen inWolfpen WoHpen Wolfpen Bottoms through the cenfury cen con century contury tury They hid h'1d h1d had ' eaten eJtcn : at the Pattern Pat Pattern Pattern tern house , they bad had slept In Pattern Pat Pattern Pattern tern beds , and their mules muIes had beenstabled been beenstabled beenstabled stabled In the Pattern barn . . Butno nut But nutno Butno no man , not e\en e en een esen e\ e \ en a peddler or a adro adrotier adrover dro\ dro droer drotier \ er , , had e e\er e er ever , ' \ er pild p"lld plld paid " for a lodg lodglng lodglag lodgIng lng lag , or given ghcn coin In 10 exchanoe exchange tor for tora fora fora a meal Without Wltbout Witbout hesitation . , Spar SparreI Sparrdl Sparrcl reI rdl spoke the only custom he knew knewCor knewfor knewfor Cor for men to meet byStay by . Stay -Stay 'Stay ' - here and welcome , but butthere butthere butthere there Isn't Isnt ' any charge when wben a n . man mancomes mancomes mancomes comes to your YOllr house " " "Then Then " suppose SUIpoSe ) we ne e just give the themoney themoney themoney money to the tbe women womea omen . , " " Sbellenber Shellenber Sbellenberger Shellenberger Shellenbergcr ger slid s'1ld s1ld said slidCyntlila s'1ldCynthia saidCynthia ' Cyntlila Cynthia heard h'ard hard ( ' from trom the kitchenwhere kitchen kitchenwhere kitchenwhere where she was hanging han lng up the panrhe pan panfhe panrule fhe rule thought of ot pay for tor cooking cooUng formenfolk tor for tormenfolk formenfolk menfolk had never neer ne\ ne \ er occurred to herbefore her herbefore herbefore before . . But nut when Shellenbergermentioned hel1enberger Sliellenberger Sliellenbergermentioned hel1enbergermentioned mentioned It , the thought grew lessstrange less lessstrange lessstrange strange and nnd remote , and nnd as Itstayed it itstayed itstayed stayed with her there In the kitchen kltch kitch kltchen kitchen en thp the thought of having money oflier ot of other ofher her own for tor hervork her work \vork vork 'vvork vvork \ ' became becnme at- at attractive at attractive - . tractive ' 'It's Its ' , It's Its ' only onIy because It's Its ' no nofun nofun nofun fun to mix bread and say to your yourselt yourself yourself selt self . , 'Tills Tills 'Tliis Tliis ' Is for tor that Shellenbergerand ShelJenbergerand ShelJenberger Shellenberger and bis bls his black cvcd eved eyed helper , ' ; , ' so it If itthey Ifthey Ifthey they want to give money for It Itmaybe itmaybe Itmaybe maybe they ought to give ghe gise It It . . OnIy Only OnIyyou Onlyyou Onlyyou you don't dont ' think about n.bout nbout . It when you youmake youmake youmake make the bed or dip a 0 spoonful spoontul of ofhoney ofhoney ofhoney honey for tor Reuhon neuhen Reuben Money for cook cookIn cooking cookIng In ing for a n min m'tn mtn man ' ? I just reckon this thisspring thisspring thisspring spring ' ev e\ e eeT eserything \ co eT ) thing Is all nlJ twisted twistedaround twistedaround twistedaround around till tl11 a 8 body can t recognizethe recognize recognizethe recognizethe the way things arc are areIt It " " " . . _ . , for tor well we'1J we1J we'll ' be eitra etra extra " ' { troubleand trouble , . and I'd Id ' ' feel teel more like me , asking forwhat tor for torwhat forwhat what I want If It I was paying forIt tor for torIt forit It , , ' ; " . ' Shellenberger Shel1enberger was wns saying saylDg sayingSparrcl saylDgSparre1 sayingSparrel Sparrcl Sparre1 Sparrel dropped It there Theysat They Theysat Theysat sat on aD the porch listening Jlstenlng whileShellenberger while whileShl'nenberger whileShellenberger Shl'nenberger Shlnenberger Shellenberger ' told toId of ot his return toPittsburgh to toPlttsbur toPittsburgh Plttsbur Pittsburgh h and nnd of ot the business nnd and nndthe andthe andthe the bustle of ot the great world be be- beyond beyond beyond - - yond the hills hl11s hl11s"We're hills"We're hills"We're "We're Were " ' ' on the edge of great greatUllngs greatthings greatthings Ullngs things In the Ohio OWo valley vaHey , " Shell Sheliea Shelieaberger Shellcnberger en enberger berger sild s11d said . . "I I " reckon It all n11 depends on just justwhat justwhat justwhat what a 0 man mnn wants wnnts In this world worldSaul worldSaul worldSaul Saul and Barton Harton and nnd Tlvis Tltls Theis Pattern Patterntound Patternfound Patternfound tound found building a 0 place like 111.e 111e . this tbls 0 a 0great agreat agreat great thing And It's Its ft's fts ' been a good goodLlnce goodplace eoodplace Llnce place ) to live Jive . , " Sparrel saId"SII said"Sure said saidSure agreed'But agreed"But -Sure Sure "Sure "SII SII - " re , , " " Shellenberger ShelJenberger agreed " 'But But "But " ' a thing can't cant ' Just stay oneway one onewny oneway wny way . , you know . We have hl1\e hl1 e ha'e hae \ ' to go onwith on onwith onwith with progress " Julia JulIn came quietly to the porch.saying porchsaying porch . , snylng saying , "The The 'The " ' ' beds are nre ready , andI've andIve I1nd and I1ndI've andI've I've Ive ' ' tlicd fixed one for ror the two men wen Inwith In Inwith inwith with Jesse Jl'Sse JlSse ' and ond Reuben " 'I'm Im ' I'm Im ' ready to turn In la , " Shellenberger She11en Shellen She11enberger Shellenberger berger said saidYork . . York Burney |