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" " She lookedI loohedII lookeda loohed looked II a Wordsere Words \\ere ere were ft \ are useless unless unlessneanlngs unlessneanings unlesspeanlngs neanlngs ! neanings n were ere already sensed'they sensed sensedtlicy f 'they they ' tlicy they were spoken , and here herewere herewere hereSpere were not and could never be beyou beIfyou hou houant you want \\ant ant \ to let them eat up upeds ipeds ip ipeds eds I 1 \ want ant [ for or ne\t ne t net neat \ " , : , ) iear ear ? , ' he hemed hemed hemed hemedrturned med medrturned medturned rturned turned the mare slo slowly " ly b'lc blc back backhe bickhe ' he e way she had come conic . , movIng movIngthe movingthe movingthe the hollow ag ngiln ngiin Iln toward the theDoug thet 1 Doug followed along alonj : ; close closeher closeI I her , confused and perpleed perplexed perplexedas perpleedss perplexedss " , ss you 11 be going away righttow right right10W rightlow 10W tow , , . " he said at last 3 1 On Monday lIIonday . Daddy Is rId rIder rider rider er with me " lat's lats cat's cats ' the use of your goln going off offhere offhere offhere here , Cynthia Cnthln Cynthla : , ? You don t hive h'lve hlve have have'd h'lve'd ' 'd d > ' d for that LInd hInd kind of book learni learnt learn i > i > t I do , too " a're are lJ're lJre u're ure ' just lust going over there bejof berot be beiot iot jof rot that surveyor surve"or surveor , " , and youIt youIt you youIfc , , It Ifc It . . " ly IY , ' I'm Im Fm ' not , either ; ' I've Ive ' beenng beenng been beenng ng on going there all an year yenr and andt t smart before any of ot thoseame thoseame those thoseame ame to the creekV creek " aw \V V \ you looking 100J.lDg 100JlDg . at him " . at doesn t make mab.e mabe . any differnit differ differn nit n It It . . " a 11 swear It 1t ? , " old sou you ou once when you wereour wereour were wereour our house " u IJ swear It then then1 thenc then1on't ? ' on't ont n't nt ' feel teel any call to give ac acto $0 0 $ to o ; ) iou you ou , , Doug " It was sinrperie sll'lrperIe sharperre sinrper sll'lrper slllrper sharper ' ie re bad ever heard her hcr speak speakd d of advancing ad\anclDg ad anclDg adsancing \ bis bls his rising tembalted ternhalted tern tem ternhalted halted balted it It Italculate . . alculate lculate I ought to get about aboutusand aboutusand aboutusand usand dollars for my 'sengling 'sengdng 'seng seng 'senglng ' lng ling dng > to dig It soon now now"it'll nowitll . " d'lJ dlJ at'II atII ' ' be nice and ' I'm Im ' rIghtabe rightshe right righthe abe she he said ' I have to go back backt backtljust ij backij t Just stopped to say good by " . "nthia nthia pthla thJa Don t go oft of off ! over there . . , why cant can t we . . , .lets lets . . let B s us'r us usI 'r r " ' tfla ttp1a 'rttp1a a scrlnged scrlngcd stringed , , . seeing birdsng birdsng birds ng ; through the still air Intogetting Into Intociting . I > . citing getting things In good shapeI shapeII shaped shape II d I been thinking about youwas youwas you youwas was doing it It . . Will wm youc you ? ' ' Dot not lot time tilDe for tor me to thinkat think thln1 thinkat . I at , Doug " I i n 0 i you get back bach , then ? " an BCP sel see ' aboutit about nbou ; . lt It then It'sot It'sof It's Its ' ot of ; time yet and I hadn'teto hadn't hadnt hadn'tto ' eto to mirry m'ury mury marry ' " ivon't ivont won't wont ' feel teel too stuck stud . up afte afte aft aftB , e B been over o\er o er oser \ there tbere ? ' Mason , sometimes I get so soou soyou soyou you ou I could die You l.now lnow know l.nowIan knowan . knowian Ian an that . . " list ust that . . . you know . . , .cs cs . es It Its s right lonesome and andthlnhlng andthinking andi thinking thlnhlng about you goIng goIngople goingople goingeople ople not just like 1I1.e 1I1e . us , nnd and nndu andu andP u won't wont ' ' change your mindlng mindlag mind Ing lng lag ? ' ' t , tno { "no no " 'no no ' no , Doug ' I've Ive rye ' been planthis planthis plan this all year " ; ot of easily easl1y Into the saddle . . I by . , Doug " 1 by , . C Cynthia Cynthla nthla " Ja a booted the mare with herdihurrled her herd ! dihurrled d J "hurried hurried "hurrIcd hurrIcd " from trom Sirah S1rah Sarah and ande | e birds and nnd the fallen tnUen trees treesWolfpen , Wolpen Wolfpen ( through the ruins ruinsIt ruinssit ruinsIsit sit It she sbe had plannednal plannednal planned plannedloal loal nal days were busy ones onesla onessin oneshia sin la , . but wItboutvisible wlthotivislble wlthoti without wItbout visible vislble evlber evilher evi evl evil [ her ber Inward In\\ard In ard \ excitement at atght atght atght ght of being awav away trom from tromutta fromulia fromulla | utta ulia was always al"ays alays nlways " near her herd herd herid d words and suggestions suggestionsacklng suggestionsasking suggestionslacking suggestionslackinghrce askinghree acklng asking hrce hree days before the time timehla timelila timehia hla lila to leave , Abral Abrnl camely camely came ly from the camp lookIng lookIngweak lookingweak lookingweak weak , but declaring he be waslittle was wasi.Uttle i.Uttle iUttle "Uttle Uttle " . leavIngbefore . little for supper , leavIng leaving.before leavingbefore . before the others otbers to lie Inn inn In Inn > n the porch . , Sparrel vv ss " ent entm entm entn m . the trouble with you , i iI I just got my stomachtIe stomachtie stomach tie at the tbe camp " n "did did " dJc1 did It begin to hurt hurtIt ? * ' t t tunny tUDny funny for tor a day or so "gave gave " . Cllve gave him some of his rem remafter remafter rem.after remafter . . after ahUe a \ while \\hUe hUe Abral went wente wentSe e lay there tor for two days dnys dnysand daysand daysand and refusing food food.plla foodplla . , uUa ulia , . who had looked 10o1.ed 10o1ed . tired'weeks tired ; weeks 'weeks ' and had bad been up up.for upfor . Abralh for upfor two nights with Abral Abra1 , . , [ D n the third night and Bnd end had hader hader hadi cr er bed very pale and with th withth withh h . . till tillday Pday day at the hour set torr for tor forled 1 1r r for Cynthia to rIde away pen fpen awaypen awayfpen ( , she sat by Julln Julia and andled led to see how large her herunder herunder hers under the pale skin ofad ofad of ad and how weak she had hadm hadm hadn m her sickness sicknessU'it sicknessnst sickness"ist sicknessist " U'it Uit nst ' go , dear , aa as wei we i 111 I weI It be aU all rl right ht now ' . , " she shelow low " ' 'never never voice ( 'neverto "I've Ive ' never i neverto to amount nmnnnf- nmnnnf nmnnnftn - to tn anything nTT i < t . , . . . . ' " . + C y But Cynthia Cnthla Cynthla : , sat bv b\ b bs bber \ her ber bed lJed sny :1\Y- :1 1 Y :1Ylng snying < : \ . - | ing lng , * ' Abril Abr'11 Abr11 Abral ' s some better 1\\ 1 1ouldn I ns \ vvouldn \ ouldn t tgo tgo tgo go off today tOd1Y and vou von sick A few fewdays fewdays fewdays days won t rmke m'1ke m1ke make ' a sight of difrcr differ difrcrence difference difference ence . . " Thinking ThlnJ.lng ThlnJlng . ' . 'I I ' I wonder how howSId howsick howsick SId sick . . she Is Ie : ; and nnd \ why \ hy It came cnme on so sosudden sosudden sosudden sudden right now It must be the thespread thespread thespread spread over the plice phce place of the slch sick slchnes sicknesa sickncs nes nesa & in the trees or it wouldn t be begIn begin begin gIn don down n theie there thel e in Dry Creek Creel . and andfusten andfasten andfasten fusten fasten on Abral and come on up uphere uphere uphere here ' She left Julia In a n weak sleep sleepthe sleepthe sleepthe the long fingers of one hand Is-In Is In lying lyingdelicately lyingdcllcitely - : ; dclc1tely delicately ! along the sheet She found foundJesse foundJesse foundJesse Jesse by the drying dr\'lng dr 'lng lng \ ' kiln hlln cpreadlng spreading cpreadlngapples spreadingapples ; spreadingapples apples In the sun'llow sun 'llow llow ' How is she she'1 she1 ' ) ' ' ' , Jesse Jessc asked , whls whis whlsperlDg whispering whispenng perlDg pering It It"Asleep It"Asleep it"Asleep itAsleep "Asleep Asleep " now " 'She She ' She dldn didn didnt t sleep nnhst nnv nn\ nn any \ ' Hst last night night"f nightf " "r-.o r.o "r r .o o " 1\o 1 o - . \ > o She looks 1001s , pretty sick , Jesse " ' \ . les es , she's shes ' kind kand of worn out I IrecJ.on Ireckon Ireckon recJ.on recJon reckon . you re not going this morn mornlIng morning morning lIng ing " ? 'I I ' I reckon rechon not1 not1"Sorry not . . " ' ' "Sorry Sorry " ? ' "Some Some " maybe , and because 'loth loth Moth 'lother Mother ' Mother er is sick ' When do you aim to togoc togo togo go-c go c go- go - ? ' go"In "In In " about two weeks now I cal calculate calculate calculate culate to get my share of ot the stuff stuffIn stuffin stuffIn In " She felt suddenly unlnppy unh1PPY unhappy Inside Inside1nd Insideand Insideind 1nd and depression deprecclon : ; ; squeezed at her splr splrit splrIt spirit it It . . There were ere so many m1ny things sbehad shehad she sbe ' had wanted to talk talh about so she shecould shecould shecould could carry them Into the tlw diy d'1Y d1Y day ' bright brightwith brightwith brightwith with tlie the sunshine and Jesce Jesse Jesses : ; s un understanding understinding understindingAnd erst'1ndlng erst1ndlng derstanding ' erst'1ndlngAnd derstandingAnd And there was Reuben far n\\ n nay away away1n awayIn \ ay ayIn In 1n some distant county , and nnd the un uncert'lInty uncertainty uncertiinty cert'lInty certlInty certainty ' of ot Julia s sudden Illness Illnessand illnessand Illnessand and confusion every everywhere " here to be at attaclted attacked attacked taclted tacked ordered and subdued But Butshe Butshe Butshe she could not get It out bet between betweenthem betweenthem " een eenthem them at the 1.Iln"I'm kiln"I'm . kiln 1.Iln 1Iln kiln"I'm "I'm Im " ' ' sorry you can't cant ' go today todayCynthia , Cynthia May 1II'1Y 1II1Y ' be It won't wont ' be long longDon't longDon't longDon't longDont Don't Dont ' you get sick " It was unexpected and clothed clothedin In a depth of ot genuine feeling whIch whIchwarmed whichwarmed whichwarmed warmed the coldness she had felt feltcreepIng feltcreeping feltcreeping creepIng over her She might even evenyet eveniet yet et say the things In her heirt he1rt heart . . But Buthe Buthe Buthe he was going on now She watched watchedhim watchedhim watchedhim him away and then went back Into Intotbe intothe Intothe tbe the yard "There's Theres "Tbere's Tberes " ' a sight of things thingsto to do without thinking about your yourselt yourself yourself selt self . , Cynthia Pattern , and mahlng making mahlngout makingout makingout out to yourself that you're youre ' wanting wantingsomebody wantingsomebody wantingsomebody somebody to sympathize with you " It was In the second week of ofSeptember ofSeptember ofSeptember September that Julia Julla Pattern died diedSbe diedShe diedShe Sbe She lay in the room which whIcb Sparrel Sparrelhad Sparrelhad Sparrelhad had built bUllt for her when he brought broughther broughther broughther her as a bride to Wolfpen She lay layon layon layon on the sheets which she had made madewith madewith madewith with her own binds h1nds Bands by the fireplace fireplaceas as the children cblldren grew through the thewinters thewinters thewinters winters , on on the bed \ where \ here three threegenerations threegenerations threegenerations generations of Pattern Pnttern women bad had badlain hadlain hadlain lain before herSparrel herSparrel her herSparrel Sparrelas Sparrel was \\as as \ broken He sat by byJuUa's byJulia's byJulia's byJulias JuUa's JuUas Julia's Julias ' side on the chair he had hadmade hadmade hadmade made for tor her ber when they were young youngHe youngHe youngHe He spoke no word and no tear tellThe fellThe fell tell fellThe The boys In stunned and complete completesilence completesilence completesilence silence wandered out between the thehouse thehouse thehouse house and the barnCynthia barnCynthia barn barnCynthia Cynthia was deatbstruck deathstruck ' For l7'or l7or lror the theflrst thefirst theOrst flrst first time she \ was as seeing death In- In Invade invade In Invade - vade her own family tamlly She had never neverthought neverthought neverthought thought of ot her mother as a part partof partof partof of the mutabilities mutab11ltIes mutabilltles She was as per per- permanent permanent - . manent and timeless as Wolfpen WolfpenThere WolfpenThere WolfpenThere There could be no Wolfpen 1Volfpen no Pat Pattern Pattern Pattern tern household without Julia's Julias Julla's Jullas ' gen gentie gentie gentie tie words and silent competence In Ina11 inall Inall a11 all thingsDesolate things thingsDesolate Desolate , feeling so little UtUe and 1m Im 1mpotent Impotent Impotent potent before the assertion a"sertIon asertIon " of such suchIn suchinsislble suchInvisible In\ In InIslble insislble \ Islble strength , she turned from fromthe fromthe fromthe the bed to the window wlnrJmv and looked lookedup lookedup , up to the Pinnicle Plnn'1cle Plnn1cle Pinnacle ' gleaming gle'1mlng gle1mlng ' golden goldenin golden1n In 1n the sun She was surprised that thatthe thatthe thatthe the world continued as though noth nothling nothtrig nothIng ling trig hid h'ld hld had ' happened , that the Plnn'lcle Plnnlcle Pinnacle Plnn'lclecould Pinnaclecould Pinniclecould ' could tike t ike l1.e l1e . the eun sun and look 1001 . over overa a bright land when her own beart heart beartwas heartwas heartwas was dark with grief and her ber world worldblack worldblack worldblack black with desolutlon desolation It was pain painful painful painful ful to hear the chickens clucking In Intbe Inthe Inthe tbe the yard , . to observe the common commonacth commonactls commonactivities acth actls lUes ties ( of life Ute seething about about-thehouse about thehouse .the the .thehou . - . .thehouse hou house e quite uninterrupted by the theheaviness theheaviness theheaviness heaviness of ot deatu dental deata In Its mIdst midstThere . . There was Julia's Julias ' garden , not to be bethought bethought bethought thought of ot without Julia The ThG Th holly holly- hollyhocks hollyhocks hollyhocks - hocks had had their proud days da davs ) 8 ot of otcolor ofcolor ofcolor color and now they were dry and andbrown andbrown andbrown brown ; but they were burstingvlth bursting \vlth vlth with withseed \ withseed vlthseed seed The larkspur had faded taded , the thecosmos thecosmos thecosmos cosmos were falling fa11lng to seed bc.cause bccause because bc.causethere becausethere becausethere . there was wns no one to pinch them themback themback themback back . , The tomato vines were turn turnIng turning turnIng Ing bro\\ bro bronand brown \ nand and sprawling sprawUng on the theground theground theground ground unable to bear the heavyred heavyred heavy jred red load The beans benns were growing growingyellow growingyellow growingyellow yellow and dry , the cabbage was wasbursting wasbursting wasbursting bursting It seemed see11led to Cynthia Cynthialooking Cynthialooking Cynthialooking looking Into the tbe familiar tammar plot plotthrou plotthrough plotthrough throu through h |