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Show trURDAY, MARCH 12, 1927 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN SATURDAY, MARC! IT- 1927 n'kEnflQ y HONORE y lfifirMwB I W1LLSIE (1APTER L With her baby elater, once,' Lydla. returna from play to untidy horn of bar Impoverished er, Amoa Dudley, at Lake City. Her or'a friend, and har own devoted lirer. jonn juevwe, mr uiicuuihb 1' ra wlita uuaiey, maxee up ma minu o into politic. it A PTE R n. Lydla, Patience and a fiianion, Kent Uoulton, playing by lake, are accoatad by an old equaw the nearby reaarvatlon. Lydla a her -food. Margery, email daugh- )ave MarahalL the town a iolna than. In their play 'ery falla Inte the water. Bha la d out. unhurt but frlahtened, and in horn by Lydla and Kent Her er ealla en Amoa to oomplaln, Blng Lydla for the mlehap. . SAPTER. lllj Lydia explains tke ,dentand aaaerta that bacauaa Mar- La conaiaeffa "atua up" ana w a popular playmate. Maraaall ar- tea for Lydla ta taaob Maraery to m and otharwtaa beoeroa "one of tha wd." Leylna talla AnjoL hla- PlJ faa ttffioer from the TndVj raW? jbn a"hd altltnately have It opened f cattlemen C f"om aa alder boy. V Norton, faydla'kelj a pair af Wild ia, and deaplte thalr poTerty tha aa Cariatmaa teaet. tl.JeVf A JM an atucjt r-Fatlenee aspen tf dlohtha'ria. Ua umba Ting I la feeling that har truat ta Ood la I and bar amail world haa eollanaed. i nna eomrori IB ue iotibs auaa-M auaa-M of John Laylaa. Lydla learaa that iota of Amoa', bavekved by LaTlna and 4 by MarahalL, ia due h aannat b Tha oaild alaaaa with Marahall. for har aaka ha acraaa to renew note. AFTER V. OrleTtaa far tha loaa little Fatlenoe, Lydla'a health falla. ma. understand Ina tha altuatlon. eher a pup, which tha lonely child ea to her heart Reaching tha age nrtaen, Lydla enters high eebooL lere'ahe at once raallaaa that har memade frock and general apar-re apar-re of poverty aat har apart from har ter-dreaaed eompanlona. She t-ida t-ida a party given by har teaeber, ss Towna. Tha other glrla, smartly -saed, make fun of har makeshift ituma. HI AFTER VI La vlna ta elected ? rl IT. A lxteen-year-old Indian boy, arlte Jackson, telle Lydla of numer-e numer-e wronas dona hla people, mainly by arnhall and Levlna. Lydla defenda f trtend vlgoroualy. Meeting Levina - Lyjla"e--oiir'Charl - Jitckron eateaa and endeavora to attack him. CHAPTER VI Continued. a'he heal of horse' hoofs on the izen ground broke the silence that lowed, in a moment Doctor Fulton h Into the room. Lydla seized Flor- e "Dombey and hurried to the kltch-nor kltch-nor did she leave her station In furthest comer until the door sed softly after the doctor. Amos tie out into the kitchen and got a Ink at th water pall,- Doc got' the bullet," said Amos, razed the top of the lungs and came the surface near the backbone, rd. that was a narrow escape!" 'Who did It., daddyr - Lmo8 8lmok his head. "It inlRh: ve been Charlie Jackson or It mUM 1 veBeen a dozen others A sherlflTs lIMe to have plenty of enemies. Billy acted.,, bunch, hunting." - - .. Lydla shivered. "Doc eot the bullet." said Amo. ydia, Coming ' Horns From School With Adam. p'e're going to be bus; In this house tr a while." I want-to-see- him first trleftsec .l. Deek " then, don't make a iolue."....- - - Already the IMng-roora had a sick pom aspect Th light was lowered hid the table was Uttered with band- xes and bottle. Lydla crept d to !e couch sod stood looking down at e gaunt ult flgur. J- John opened hi eyes sad smiled Intly. "Making yen lot ef trouble, Joung Lydla." -.. Oh, nr xcUlMd Lydla. "Jaat let well, ww oat asla4 Ik treuU." 1 J S II If i I "Tr got to get well, pa's yon and 1 can travel," whiskered Levlue. "Good night, dear." Lydla swallowed a sob. "Good n I slit." she shM . .- . . rTlie sliptijlng was .a seven days', wonder, but no clue was found as to the Identity of . the. woulU-bi assassin. Churlle Jackson had spt-nt the eve ning with Kent As the monotony of j Levlnes convalescence came on, gossip gos-sip Hnd conjecture lost Interest in him. John himself would not speak of the shooting, It was after Christmas before Lydla. coming home from school with Adam, who always went to meet her, would find John, pale and weak but fully dressed, watching for her from his arm-chair by the window. The two had many long talks, in the early wln-fer wln-fer duslj before Lydla started her preparations for supper. One o? these particularly, the child never forgot "Everybody acted queer about Charlie Char-lie Jackson, at first" said Lydla, "but now you're getting well, ; they're all Just aa crazy about him as ever." . "He'll kill some on In a football scrimmage yet" was John's comment -- "No, the boys say he never loses hi temper. Th rest of them do. I wish glrla played footbaU. I bet rd make a good quarterback." John laughed weakly but delightedly. delight-edly. Ton must weigh fully a hundred hun-dred pounds ! .Why, honey, they'd trample a hundred pounds to death I" , "They would not!" Lydla's voice was Indignant , "And just feel my muscles. I get 'em from swimming." John ran his hand over the proffered shoulders and arm. "My goodness,' he said In astonishment "Those muscles mus-cles are like tiny steel springs. Well, what els would you like to be besides be-sides quarterback, LydtaT- - Lydla hitched .her chair closer to Levine and- glatteed,-toward the kitch en where Lmle was knitting and warming her feet In the oven. "I'd like to own an -orphan asylum. And I'd get the money to run It with from a gold mine. I would find a mine In New Mexico. I know I could If I could Just get out there." "But what are you really going to do with yourself, Lydla, pipe dreams aslder "Well, first I'm going to get an education, edu-cation, clear up through the university. univer-sity. 'Get an education If you have to ncrub the street to do It' was what mother always said. 'You can be a lady and be poor.' she said, 'but you can't be a lady and use poor English.' Eng-lish.' And then I'm going to be as good a housekeeper as Mrs. Marshall and I'm going to dress as well as Olga Relphardt. and have as prettyhnnds as Miss Towne. And Fm never eoing to move out of the home I make. May be TH get married. I suppose I'll have to 'cause I want at least six children, and -some ne's got to support them. And Til want to travel a good deal." "Travel takes money," John reminded remind-ed ber. By the middle of January, Levine was sufficiently recovered to Jeave. The Saturday before he left occurred another conversation between Wm and t Lydla that cemented still further the I quaint friendship of the two. Llsile was taking a long nap. The dear oldoul had been exhausted by the nursing. Levine lay on the couch and finally asked tydia to read aloud to him. She was deep Ih"""Tlie Old L.CurlosltyShop'l and was glad to hare It with her friend. Suddenly Levine was astonished to hear Lydla'a voice tremble. She was reading, of little Nell's last sickness. "She was dead., bear, patient, noble Nell was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm. She seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God. Not one .who hsd lived and suffered death." - Lydla suddenly broke- off. bowed her yellow head on the book and broke Into deep, long-drawn sobs that were more like a woman's than a child's. John rose as quickly a he could. "Mj dearest !" he exclaimed. "What's the matterf He pulled her from the arm chair, seated himself, then drew her to is knees. ., - "I can't bear it 1 sobbed Lydla. ,, "1 can't Seems sometimes if I ronldn't have little Patleuce-again Td die! That' the way she looked in her coffin, you remember? 'F-fresh from the Jjaud Df OQd-rPbt one.who h-had lived .andauffewd-.flaUir.Pwy Utqe. little slater I" .. John gathered Lydla ,..In his arms and hushed her against his heart. " "Sweetheart! Sweetheart I Why. 1 dldnt realise you still felt sol Think how happy Tatlenc must be up there with Ood and her mother! Tou wouldn't wish ber back I" ."If I believed that I could atand It but ther lant any OodT . Lwlne gaaped. "Ljdlal Bash wt! Stop crying and tell m about It" , HU salrow fac was set with pain. Whyt child, this Uo't right. Toalr iuo'jouuji tut ui'. fRoUillUr. T.yuU. do you reml the IMbleT f She nltel. "I've tried thnt. too but Jeaua might-lit y believed everything every-thing He nld m tree, - yet - there mightn't have two a word of truth la It. Do you believe, to Godr John'i hold on tlie thin bands tighten!. tight-en!. He stared long and thoughtfully at the snowflakes sifting endlessly past the' window. i . "Lydla," he 'said, at last, TU admit that my faith in the hereafter and to air All-seeing God has been consider, ably shaken, sa I've grown older But 111 admit, too, , that I've refused to give the matter much thought I tell you what;-I'll -( Let-'a-you 'and I start on our first travel' trtp, right no w ! Let's start looking for God, together. to-gether. He's there all right, my child. Rut you and I dont seem to be able to use the ordinary paths to get to lllni. So we'll hack out our own trail, eh? And you'll teU me what your and I'll tell you. It may take us years. but we'll tret there, by ileckl Eh, tiungTCyjilil" Lydiu looked Into the deep black eyes low; and earnestly. And as ttJf looked there Ktole Into her heart a Kenw f,f eoaiimniotutlilp. ef itroteetloni of roiuiiU'U' undenttnuiiiafc tUut Kjt.reud like a - warm slow over ber tense nerves. It was a seiifce tliat every child should crow up with, yet that Lydla hud not known siii:e her nioth er's denth. "Oh I" she cried. "I feel happier already. al-ready. Of course well find -Him. I'll begin my hunt tomorrow- . , .,. - a a"' a a a . Amos was keenly Interested In Le-vlne's Le-vlne's campaign. He took Lydla one September evening Just before school opened to hear John make a speech In the square. Lydla up to this time had given little heed to the campaign, but she was delighted with the unwonted adventure, of being away from home In 'the evening. On the wooden platform extended from the granite steps, of the capltol a band dispensed dance music and patriotic pa-triotic airs, breaking into 'America" n Levine made hi way to the front of the platform. Lydla stared up at him. She waa-filled waa-filled with pride at the thought of how close and dear he was to her. - She wished that the folk about her realized real-ized that she and her shabby father were Intimate with the hero of the evening. The first part of the address Interested Inter-ested Lydla very little. It concerned the possibility of a new post office for Lake City and mad numerous excursions excur-sions into the matter of free trade. Then of a sudden Levine launched hla bolt "Ladles and gentlemen, twenty miles north of this old and highly civilized dty lies a tract fifty miles square of primitive forest. Inhabited by savages. That traet-of land-la as .beautiful a a dream of heaven. Virgin pines tower to the heavens. Little lakes He hid . like jewels on its bosom. Its solljs black. Fur-henrlng animals frequent It now as they did a century ntm. "Friends. In this city of white men there Is want and suffering for the necessaries of life, Twenty miles to the north lies plenty for every needy Inhabitant of the town, a bit of loam and heaven-klsslng pines for each and - "But you say, ' they belong to the Indians! Friends, they belong to a filthy, degenerate, lazy race of savageswho sav-ageswho refuse to till the fields or cut the pines, who spend on whisky the money allowed them by a benevolent benev-olent government and live, for the rest, like beasts of the field. -L "Why, I ask you, should Indian be pampered and protected, while whites lire only In- the bitter air of competition? compe-tition? "I am not mincing words tonight I do not talk of taking the lands from the Indians by crooked methods. Tou all know the law. An Indian may not sell fte lands allotted to him. I want you to send me to congress to change that law. I want the Indian to be able to sell his acreage." Levine stopped and bowed. Pande- monlum broke loose In the square. ClaDDlnc. hisses, cheers and catcalls. Lydla clung to her father's arm while be began to struggle through the crowd. -Well."- he said.-as they reached the outeredge of the square and headed for the trolley, "the battle Is on." This waa the beginning of Lydla'a reading of the newspapers. To her father's secret amusement she found th maln..detll of Levlne's battle as Interesting as a novel; Every evenln when he got home- to supper. he found her poring over the two local papers and primed with questions for him. Up to this moment she had lived in a quiet world bounded by her school, the-home, the-home, the bit of lake shore and wood with which she was intimate, and peopled by her father and her few friends. With John Levlne's speech, her horizon hori-zon suddenly expanded. CHAPTER VIII TheNoteT"" Margery Marshall had entered high school this fall. Sh was growing tall, and her beauty already was remarkable. remark-able. Her Uttle..bead.ftr.ried ,tU great lack "brftt proudly . i The- palter '-other skin wss perfectly healthy and even th'.senlor lad were een to ob-tern ob-tern her with Interest and appreciation. apprecia-tion. ' "' " '.' ' The results of Lydla' ummer dressmaking dress-making had not beefl bad,, 8h had made herself several creditable) shirtwaists shirt-waists and a neat little blue serge kirt Sh cam back to school with, teal and less than her usual sense of habblnes. i It was a day toward th.lrt of QctottiieM2iL.h2arlliil Lyd'" iin-t . lAin" mil". Cli. le Taeknuu. " "Hello Lydf ll-w's everythlngr' asked Kvnt. ""I huven't seen you to -talk to inc last spring." " - - "bid you hav a fine summer?! said Lydla. ; . ": "Aw. only part of It bad made me work, till the middle of August, then Charlie and I camped up on th reservation." res-ervation." "Thera come Margery," said Lydla. "She hardly speak to- me now, she's been to New York." "She Is a peach," exclaimed Charlie, Char-lie, eyeing Margery In her natty blue suit appralalngly. "How de do, Kent!" Margery approached ap-proached languidly, Including Lydla and Churlle in her nod. "I hope yon all. had a pleasant summer.' Mother and I were In New York." Kent Lydla and Charlleexchanged glances. v "I had n pretty grod summer," said Lydla. "I sewed and- cooked and scrubbct) Hint swam, ann once vvmm, dad, Mr. Levine and I walked clear r6undnirrtRlrF;"T,lghtien-m1tpi.1' "I don't see how your father enn let that Mr. l evine come to your house!-" txclaluied Margery with, sudden ener-1 gy... "Jr. fHther eaya he' a dnngerous num." . , , .... . ; A .,, .:,.. "He's nTTi, i :'' said Charlie stoUdly snd fln:ri!y. . Lydi:i Ntiimpetl her foot "He's not, and he's my f rieud !" she cried. - "LP'vine's a crook!" repeated Charlie. Char-lie. sIom !y. "If what he's trying to do itM thi iHit'li my trilte'll be wanderer on the fiice of the earth. If I thought U woaTd-.i.i ftfiy-grmd,-Td kitr titmrBut some other brute of a white would take his place. It's hopeless."- The three younit whites looked at the Indian wonderlnuly. Their little spatting was as nothing, they realised. to the mature and tragic blttemes that Chnrlle expressed. A vague sens of a catastrophe, epic In character, that the Indian evidently aaw clearly, but was beyond their comprehension silenced them. The awkward pauM wa broken by thj school ell. " j Lydla had plenty fo think of on her long walk home. Charlie' voice and worda haunted her. What did It all meant Why was he so resentful and so hopeless t She made up her mind" that when she had the opportunity to aak him, she would. - The opportunity cam about simply enough. At recess one day a week or so later he asked her if she waa going to the first senior "hop" of th year. Lydla gnve him a clear look. "Why do you ask roe thatt Just t em ban-ass me?" she said. .-Charlie looked startled. "Lord knows 1 didn't mean anything," h exclaimed. "Wbat'r you o touchy aboutr Lydla's cheeks burned redder than usual. "I went to a party at Miss Towne' when I was a freshman and I promllifcd myself TA never go to another." an-other." y. "Why ootr Charlie's astonishment was genuine. . - - "Clothes," replied Lydla. briefly. The Indian boy leaned against a desk and looked Lydla over through half closed . eyes, T "You're an awful pretty girl, Lydla. Honest you are. and you've eot more brain In a min ute than any. other- girl - In schoolU have all her life." I.ydia blushed . furiously. Then moved "by- Charlie's aimplicityand ob' vlousiy sincere llklnir, she -came -closer to him and said. "Then, Charlie, why hasn't any boy ever asked me to a frartyt-Is it just elothes?' "I.ydia, I'll take you to a party week, If youH go!' he cried. "'o f N61 - -1 couldn't go," she pro tested. "Answer my Question Is It clothes?" . :.':Jo, .. only ; half , clothes ". answered Chnrlle, meeting her honestly. "The other half Is you know too much. You koi'W, the . StAXom .like -,,a . girt that pi -;les a lot and don't know as much as he does and that's a peachy dancer and that'll let him hold her hand and kis ber. And that's the honest to C i truth, Lydla." "Oh," she said. "Oh" Then, "Well, I could glgsrle, all right I can't dance very well because Tve Just TrcireaWWWeWff girls teach each other In the cloak- rocm. Oh. well, I don't care! I've K"t Adam and I've got Mr. Levin. Why -do. you" hate him so, Charlie?" "Lots of reasons. And fli hat him more If he gets, his bill through con Kress." "I don't see why you feel so, t-said Lydla.'"' "You get along all right wlth-nt wlth-nt the reservation, why shouldn't the other Indians. I. don't understand." ..'!Nq you. dun'jt . understand," . if piled chnrlle, "you're like most of the other whites around here. You see a chance t'. get land and you'd crucify each oiher If you needed to, to get it What chance do Indians stand? But I tell you this," his voice sank to a hoarse whisper and his eyes looked far be- vcndTier. "If there Is a Ood of the Indians as well as the whIteV you'll I my some day! Youll pay as we are laying." Lydla shivered, "uom talk so, Charlie, I wish I knew all about it the truth about It If I was a man you bet before I voted Td find out' "Look here, Lydla," exclaimed Char lie, "why dont you come up on the reservation for a camping trip, next , sumnif r,. fat ojr, 9Pt '.,, "Costa too much," said Lydla. - "Wouldn't- either, : I can get tent and It wouldn't cost yon anything but your share of the food. Kentll go and maybe on of the teachers would chap eron." Lydla's eye kindled. "Gee. Char lie, perhaps It could be fixed 1 I got nine month to earn th money In. If somtthlng to look forward ta? v (To B Continue ) ; (H THESP 1 1) WANT AD'S e-J Duck Eggs for setting For Sale- Inquire American; Fork Lake Resort. Oustav Schmidt 3-5-2u For Salle Good wicker push cart. Like new. Inquir Kenneth Brown American Pork. 8-12-lt " "it ., . -. i Order jour Sol-Hot Brooder now, i BlKger and better than ever. Harry Jerllng, Agent. Tel. "5-JM American Fork. - 3-12-41 Will buy veal, pork and chickens. 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