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' \ ttlien when hen the wild wlId touchl touch touchi touchare touchare are waist high hlgb with yellow yellowspotted elIo\\ elIo elIo.spotted elloni \ i .spotted spotted . potted bagb bags bag : . and tv tno two > o re red redi ( ] . .n n . each eneh one , and bumble bees beesgdown beespgdo\\n beespgdo n ? g gdown do " \ \ n Into them tbem an and andshoulit ( ] shoul shoull shoulthe l the he icilott yellow ) eUo\\ eUo eUodust \ dusL dust . . " shoulI I sounds the best best , " Reubenlght Reuben Reubenfright fright 19ht lght pretty when th the creek creekover creekover creekkover over and the bushes are arelth arevlth | Jth lth Ice and the tbe snow bans hangs hangspine hangspine : ; [ pine lne trees . . I guess It Is al algood alrgood [ , . ? good place ' to be be"bl bebl . " 1 be getting the tbe survey done donew donew doneaw w , I guess ! ? ' " " yFon't yFont on't ont ' be so ' very ery mtlcb much mncn longeraCrald longerafraid longer Ipi afraid aCrald " a n what will wlII you d07 do dosee ? " " | ee If It closes on the map , En n ' I'll Ill ' take rohe It ft back home and andher andher andtbcr her \ vlll will , III or maybe I 1 wIll wIllbe willbe willthe In be calculations and fis fix up upers upors upers " ? ers ors " \ don't dont ' ha have e to come back bach back'ire . - 'ire ire ' ' re after aCter you\e you e yoUe you've youve yoU\ yoU \ e finished finlsbed runt run runy .jre jre y t " depends I might have touck to toack uck ack ck about the piece cut oft off oft.ellenberger offtellenberger offellenberger .ellenberger ellenberger tellenberger . " There Tbere was 8 a 8iluse ause aStuse iluse use Then he added , "When When "Whengo " ] .Itg-o .Itgo .Itg Itg o . i - go to I'lhevlIle IlhevlIle Pikeville ' I'lkevllleeptember Ilkevllleeptember ' ? ' ' ; eptember . Jesse's Jesses ' going too toohasn't toohasn't toohasn't toohasnt hasn't hasnt ' told Daddy yet . . Be's Bes He's Hes Be'sllv He'slaw He'slaw Heslaw ' ( { ll\v ll v law : \ with Tandy Morgan Morgan"Ink MorganInk . . " Ink that will be fine fine"iyou fineiyou . . " ou going to follow surveyJ surveya surveyThere's surveyThere's survey ? J a There's Theres ' lots of work worh to do doountry doountry dorountry ountry . And the ' towns are areinnd are'and areTand , innd 'and and ' the counties thln1.lng thln1lng thinking thln1.lngads thinkingads thinkingads . ? ads I want to be the thecounsyor coun counror counyor ror yor some day day"that daythat . . " at would be a fine job torAs forAs for tor forAs As law "id id " good as the d of hate to see a place placego placego placefgo go over to a man like llke ShE'1 ShE1 She ShelF ShE'1r ' ] ! r to cut Into The Bib Biblopes ' Bigilopes lopes where whcre the timber Iq la laare I < 'are are ' are re awfulloohlng awful looking things "lust lust " ust the part down the creekwon't creekwon't creek ' won't wont ' ' see It from here Dut But Duts Buts But5es s at night I can hear the thekIng theking theIking kIng about what's whats ' going to toto toto toto ! to them and It goes from fromnother frompother fromIpother nother pother all over the hills and anday anday anday ay In to a sigh on our creek creekrechon creekreckon creek'reckon creekreckon ' rechon reckon people need timber timber"Icon timberIcon . " on " . .all all . [ sit 8\t 8 t ' \ at In silence , listening to toall toall | all about them them"oil themoil . " all this cooking and board boardany boardany boardmany any too hard on Just you your r mother mother1 ? " It came so sud Bud sudd Budd sudbd d without preparation thatstartled thatstartled that i " itartled startled . . J no 10 , Beuben Reuben A body justnk justnk just justk nk k much about It . " l.mother lmother .mother mother . looks a little wornn't wornn't worn wornph't ph't pht n't nt ' think " ' you so r ? 'I I ' $ ' 6is I just hadn't hadnt ' thought o1d ol of o1 Bd d surprised her again b byof bi by ) d 1 of observation which mennot mennot men 'not not men'not ' not make mahe . She turned andall and andull ull 011 all at him . . , ; e e different , , Reuben " nlled singularlyI lIed sled at her , a singularlyengaging singularlyengaging singularly I engaging smile . rent ent eat how and from trom whati what ? ? " ' I't It . ' 't t ' know bow how to say It It . . , But Dut 180 \ + 'so so * ' so then are you Yiu pgu " . " ' * ' It the thrill thrlIl of these ad adblch adbich adrhich blch bich came unwilled unwllled into he be heathen . athen then as curloosly curIously retreatedotlg retreatedong retreated oug otlg ong Mason what yon you callt call M callM t " . he be asked . . . > Why IWhy Wby hlmT him ? ? " ' [ have seen him look at you youitched tched youtched him when you areDo areDo are Do you . . , . Are you old oldM M ' . tt a good boy and runs mns the thence thence thenee nce his Daddy died ne'al neal lie's lies lie'sshe's He'8'he's He8hes ' neighbor'mother's neighbort ; she's shes ' he's hes ' just a good neighbor neighbormother's neighbormother's neighbormothers t ' 'mother's mothers mother's mothers ' not well " . " I Ihad had been led far tar deepersurface deepersurface deeper > surface of ot their talk since sinceconfused sinceconfused sincef-contused sincef contused -confused confused - - moment by the thetable the.table thetable , . . . table . Cynthia began to tohat tohat tohat hat they had both dresseda dressed a word and set him beforea before a symbol of ot their new re rep rep reP p . Nothing othlng else seemed to tocpt toept tosept cpt ept this entranced momentg moment ' "E E " _ g a ne- ne new " - experIence - with " being Her open openalong openalong openf along the delicate green greenering greenering greenrering dividing0ol dividingof ering of ot the atone stone dividing fingersdropped ! 001 of points , with her fingers fingersropped fingerssopped ropped sopped his long brown and andrrett andrred andirred rrett rred hand gently upon Itarm itarm It Itarm arm and alive among the thends theads thepnds nds ads . rcr er even dreamed of ot finding findingl1ke findinglike ' like l1ke yon you when wbcn I started up nd upnd upd d I ' nearly didn't didnt come comeother , ' other thathad thatbad job jlb ) came along that . had bad to look after himself " d yon yoU have minded that tbat BO so soCynthiaa Cynthia Cynthiaa asked ftsked . soI I ? Ihe I , he ftnswered answered answered.L answeredL . seemed uemed to be b nothing more morelalond morealoud aloud . She withdrew her heril herd | d let It He lie In 10 her lap Jap . , H It seemed different from the other one oneand oneanti oneand and anti In communion 'itli itli " ' v > ith all the I test testof lestof est estof of her bcmgJulia beingJulia being bcmg beingJulia Julia Juliaas v . \\as as was \ \ as now at the gate of her hergarden hergarden hergarden garden She stood 1001.1 10011 looking , . ng at Cyn Cynthin C n nthm ntlna thm thin and Iteuben Heuben Reuben Iteubene'd " \\e'd e'd ed \ \ e'd ed ' better , e0 bO o back bac1c now , . , " Cy C n nthla nthin nthia thla thin saidZhe said saidI Zhe I 1 ' he con cous cows s , heavy " with "lth lth the long longd'1Y longday longdiy d'1Y d1Y day ' , , WCI wcie were e coming slouly slo\\ly slo ly slowly \ In file filearoun filearound filearound aroun around ( ] the hill 11111 hilt toward the b'1rn b1rn barn barnEverything b'1rnE"er birnEverything ' E\"er E "er er Everything \ " thing vas was ' \ , as stirring stirringgiln -giln giln "gin "g g - " gtln \in in \ Into Intolife intolife Intolife ' life for feeding feedmg time tUlle time'I ' 'I I ' I like lIhe to come down this valley valleythis valleythis alley alleythis this time of day , " Ileuben Hcuben Iteuben finally finallysaid finallysaid finallysaid said as they near nearcd neared cd the yard 0 ' 0It It Itseems Itseems Itseems seems like lIhe e\ e everything eervthing erervthing \ ervthing is doing just justwh'1t justwhat justwint wh'1t wh1t what ' It1S It \ " wis \\1S 1S ' Intended Intende ( ] to do " o * ' If you look 1001 . close you can CUD see seeSaul seeSaul seeSaul Saul climbing cIlmblng back to Crancsnest Cranesnest CrancsnestShelf CranesnestShelf CranesnestShelf Shelf , " Cynthia slido slidI slid slidII o ' II I see him , " Reuben Reubln 'lnsweredAhr'1l 'answeredAhral ' ' nnswcred 'lnswered lnswered 'answered answered nnswcredAhril Ahril Ahr'1l Ahr1l Ahral ' \ wis was 1S ' all alieidy already e'1dy e1dy ' In the yard yardHe yardHe yardHe He smiled smlled boyishly , and when Cyn Cynthia . I Ithla thia thla thin had gone Into the house , he said saidI saidto saidto saidto to Reuben , "Oh Oh " , YOU\ YOU you've youve YOUe you're youre ' \ e been sur surveying surveying surveying I " " veying I Reuben Ueuben smiled at Abral He IIhed liked IIhed'bls likedhis likedhis 'bls bls ' his spirit and his energy , . "les les " , Abral There Tbere s a u lot to bE besurveyed besuneved ' surveyed sun e ed on this place . , " CHAPTER XINEAR XI XIXTEAR NIAR NEAR XTEAR : , the end of an nn afternoonsome afternoonsome afternoon * ' some days da s later latcr Into July Reu Reuben Reuben Reuben ben Warren drove droye the Iron spike splhe of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Jacob s staff stafI Into the ground groundbelow groundbelow groundbelow below the mill mm and nnd brought to toa toa toa a close cIoce ; the uncertain unccrtaln line IIne around aroundthe aroundthe aroundthe the Pattern lands Day after day dayfrom dayfrom dayfrom from dawn to dusk they had pushed pushedIt It through the ax as cleared way waythrough waythrough waythrough through the timber tlmber , climbing 0\ 0 0er otter otterthe overthe \ er erthe the ridges that th'1t th1t ' lay lifeless In the thenoonday thenoonday thenoonday noonday heat , and down Into cool cooldamp cooldamp cooldamp damp hollowshere hollows where \\here here ' \ theblrth the birth gath gathered gatherect gathered ered erect In the afternoons Then Tben they theyhad theyhad theyhad had marked marhed off ofl the portion tor for torShellenberger forShellenberger forShellenbergcr Shellenberger , cutting across the theplace theplace theplace place from the jutting point on onthe onthe onthe the Big Sandy watershed overlook overlookIng overlooklag overlookIng Ing lag the tbe river rlyer where the long ridgesrolled ridges ridgesrolIed ridgesrolled rolIed rolled Into , form Jorm out of blue and In Indistinct indistinct Indistinct distinct space , to the rich earth at atthe atthe atthe the foot toot of the Pinmcle Pmn'lcle Pmnlcle Pinnacle ' on Gannon Gannoncreek Gannoncreek Gannoncreek creek In view of ot Cranesnest . Tomorrow Reuben would be leav leav- leaving leaving . - ing this place where he had 11 lived livedthrough livedthrough ved vedthrough through the das days da ; s of spring and andearly andearly andearly early summer . He Be would ride In sl si sllence silence sllence lence behind Sparrel to Plhev1lle Pikeville Plhev1lleand Pikevilleand Pikevllleand and then by boat do\\ do down don \ n the DIg Big DIgSandy BigSandy BigSandy Sandy , sitting on the prow to watch watchthe watchthe watchthe the Pattern lands he be hnd had surveyed surveyedcome surveyedcome surveyedcome come Into view and recede and pass passinto passinto passInto into the bands hands of ot Shellenbcrger Shellenberger ShellenbcrgerIt , It was the first time he had ever everbeen everbeen everbeen been sorry to complete complcte a job In Intbe inthe Inthe tbe the hills and return homeHe homeHe home homeHe He had bad had enough experience In Inthe inthe Inthe the changing world to foresee that thatthe thatthe thatthe the loveliness ofVolfpen of ot \ Wolfpen \Volfpen Volfpen could not notsurvIve notsurvive notsurvive survIve the wave of de\elopment de elopment development deelopmentwhich developmentwhich developmentwhich \ which would some day sweep oyer over oyerIt overit overIt It it . . , He Be was sorry . He Be stood by the kitchen hltchen win window window window dow , smelling smelllng the scent of poplars poplarsand poplarsand poplarsand and pine trees on the light breeze breezefrom breezefrom breezefrom from the hollow . Cynthia found him himthere himthere : there for a minute alone The Thenote Thenote Thenote note books and the deeds were tiedIn tied tiedIn tiedin In a bundle on the table by the thecompass thecompass thecompass compass , ready for ( or the journcy journey journey.In journeyIn . In the corner were the pins , tbe the tbechaIn thechain thechain chaIn and the staff statr . "I I " guess It's Its ' all finished . " He Hesmiled Hesmiled Hesmiled smiled . . * ' It will w1l1 be different tomorrow tomorrowwhen tomorrowwhen tomorrowwhen when you are gone ; . , " ' she said . , o * ' oIt's 'It's Its ' It's Its ' been a good place to be In Inand , and It will w1l1 be a good place to come comeback comeback comeback back to " be he said " "But But "Dut Dut " I " , . suppose supposeyou'll supposeyou'll supposeyou'll supposeyoull you'll youll ' soon be busy over at the In Institute . stitute stltute statute " "I I " 1 reckon so . Will W111 Wli1 you have anymore uny any unymore anymore more to do here at our place ? " ' 4 * It doesn't doesnt ' look like Uke It now . , " * ' Then you won't wont ' be coming comingbnck7 comingback comingback bnck7 back ? ? " " ' she said . "I'll Ill "I'U IU " ' ' ' be back " he coming . , an answered . swered . "It It " may be September and andIt andit andIt It may be spring and It may not be beto beto beto to sun survey surrey eYe eYeDut . . But Dut ' I'll Ill ' ' be coming back " The spirit of ot the place changed changedabruptly changedabruptly changedabruptly abruptly after Reuben went away away.Released awayReleased . Iteleo\sed Iteleo sed Released \ from trom the survey , Jasper JasperJesse , Jesse and Abral were deep In to the theneglected theneglected theneglected neglected corn and the 111 III ail tended tendedcrops tendedcrops tendedcrops crops heretofore unknown on Wolf-pen Wolf pen WOlt Wolf - . pen Cynthia found the day very verylong verylong verylong long and the work Irksome when wben it itwas itwas Itwas was done for tor Shellenberger and andMullens andMullens andMullena Mullens I Shellenberger filled up the valley valleywIth valleywith valleywith wIth his presence and his lumber lumber- lumbering lumbering . - ing operations The Tho old gristmill gristmillwas gristmillwas gristmillwas was converted Into a eawmllL sawmilL . One Onechange Onechange Onechange change In a generation was weU well weUestablished wellestablished wellestablished established by precedent , . but two twoand , and not only In a generation but butIn butin butIn In a 8 . single year . , threatened the sta stability . bility bluty biltty of ot a man's mans ' customs . . Sparrel Sparrelwas Sparrelwas Sparrelwas was too engrossed In the tbe mechanl mechanl.cal mechanlcal . I Ical cal details of ot rigging tip up the saw sawand sawand sawand and ripping out boards for tor the camp campto campto campto to be sensitive to it It . . But Dut to Cyn Cynthla Cynthia Cynthia thla thia It was all new and disturbing disturbingSometimes disturbingSometimes disturbingSometimes Sometimes she watched wntched the smoke smokebon smokeboil |