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Show 1937 jlarch 19, "I guess I oughtn't of lied to Doug though." , "I reckon" that was Just the thing you ought to say to him," Julia said. "I wouldnt want to make Doug feel bad. He works awful bard at the place and he la banking so much on his crop of gene 1 did promise him I'd go look at hla 'seng bed before I go." "Tou ought . to do that, and I must send Sarah some of the pur-pi- e dahlias and some wheat loaf." And on this they began to read-Jutheir Inner live to-- th Intimacies born of Cynthia's confesrsion. E1 .WUMLOTPEFsl st - CHAPTER XII FT WAS In the afternoon a the end of August that Cynthia went down to say good-bto Sarah Mason tnd Dong. It was the first time In many weeks that she had sat the Finemare and ridden out of Wolf-peIt was a joyous thing to feel horse mnscle flow under her thighs and connect with her spirit, to hear the soft, plopping of quick hoofs against the sand.. It was tonic to efface the thought of what she would see when she peered Into the hollow at Dry Creek filled with new men whom Sparrel called riffraff and was troubled about. She waved to Jesse In tbe meadow where he had been furiously tossing hay and waa sitting now under a haycock with the book opened on hla knees. "I reckon y Continued XI 14 CHAPTER like he had 9ps aroundshoulders. He on his rU down arouod the mill to how hes erpr tj I dont know ildy oJljle bound j o get horhs for his medicine lie corn In and the hay made Jasper works In a sorry look on his and I reckon he wants to And Abral Is so excited the sorghum. I fields with her mother Just a little phrase "liking that eurveyor, It was such an odd world within to he folded np In three words and stood npon a sewing stand or a bench by the loom. Julia let It stand there until It waa no longer ill at ease, and then said without probing Cynthia's secrets, "What did you tell Doug? "I told him a He." Its sudden stab was so unexpected that Julia exclaimed, "Why, Cynthia I" "It seemed like a little tiny lie when I told It, but that was yesterday and today It looks as big as Crsnesnest . . . "Mother." "What,. Cynthia?" ' - -"Do you think Reuben waa about the nicest hoy you ever saw? "Well, I still remember your father, Cynthia. "And how he taw you first on the chip pile. Tou alwaya look the same when anybody mentions that Im glad you saw him first that way . . . everything I can hear him and iping In his bed at night inning his knees with a bang Into valL And theres Jesse work-o- n through his big book and king at his steer, and I know he right nervous about going off r to town with so much to do mt .the place before winter and these strange men coming here o down river, and the hard Grover Sima getting ed. And theres Cynthia. What Tou think abont him ut you? his maps and papers he's work-oand about bow youre to over to the Institute for a win-an- d "Mother. about silly things in" the s that you'd just better leave to "Yes, dear?" "Do you know how 1 first saw Mr. Stingy Shellenherger and black man. Cut Its not nice to Reuben?" even him bnd names." No, you never said." "I had burned my hand on the hese things gave her enough to it on. The work around the stove, and I waa stirring the batter ;se offered more than abe could with my left hand, slopping It out against my old dress, and I was so only September was creeping hot tnd my hair was stringing down Wolfpen. Soon Cynthia would In my eyes and I was Just about to going away and the thought was cry. Then I heard the gate and asant. She had finished the di- thought It was Jesse and I went to sc colored cloth for the mens the porch saying something to him ts and the blue twill cloth for and there he wa tall and neat aa own dress, and now she was a poplar, and I couldn't even run ing them while Julia did the like you did when you first met Dadting. dy, bat I stood there and mumbled. Next week will come in a burry," And then I went back In the kitchla said. en and cried , , . It's been such an odd summer," Mother." ithia answered. "Tes?" No two summers are the tame, "Dont things ever come out the ithia." way a body dreama them? Rut this one la such an awful .lot "Hardly ever, dear. But someerent the others seem alike." times they are better." There have been others, Cynthia, "I always thought Pd be looking summer Jesse was nick, and the neat and ladylike and standing by r Lncy got married, and the a pear tree, and I wasnt Bat mayHorse-huing Jenny moved over on t be It waa more like you and Daddy." you were little and didnt They were both silent now, each Ice It like I did to tee the two running forward with her own gone." thought and unaware for the InAnd now with me abont to go. stant that a unique moment had Rut It's just over to town to the passed between them and that they ltute, and not like marrying and had aald things more Intimately g off for good and all." than ever before. After a time Sometimes 1 don't think Td bet-gJolla came back, carefully preservand leave you hero with ing the fragile expansiveness which rjthlng." had confessed these things to her. It'a not much, Cynthia, now that Then, "Tou liked him that much, lens stays at the camp with the men. l dont mind Sbellenber-lik- e Cynthia?" "Tes, Mother. you do, and 111 get Amy to "Have you . . . talked anything over on wash-dayHI man-a- ll abont UT right like I always have, I Tes . . . well, no, not right plain )t you to go and you must. And out It Is something you Just know it we dont get done can Just about the way you know you are And t there'll be a right amart or a laurel sprig bursts money when Ur. Shellenherger breathing out pink In the tun np the Pinnacle for the land. Weve been or Is that Just crazy talk Jasper than enough staff away said about me saying Saul always winter. Tou Just set your waa prowling around the place?" d at rest, and be thankful for "ItS real nice to be able to know f chances." that way. A body can't anything ynthla sewed quietly In thought know things for a ceralwaya time. The looked at her . her, noting the unselfish look of tainty." "Hea going to be a county surfsce In repose and conscious veyor, some day. What lai county the kindly strength of every it line about her mouth and fore-d- - surveyor?" "I don't Just know, bat your DadHer sense of withholding her-frowould." dy Intimate communication "I reckon It doesnt matter much. dulla was and suddenly think hs Is different from Dont ut feel-abo- ut n, put-mo- re lm-ilve-ly you Doug?" gone. Mother." she said. yes, Cynthia." yon think iPbody?" I ought to marry "hy, yes, Cynthia, ahould marry." How old were you Tied Paddy?" ,U8t about some time when you A little your age. tiger." that too soon to marry It would be too soon ta right for 8- for you, but me. I was big for knew how to manage a and your father asked mo to I - him. ;rT A girl ahould, marry time for her Comes." .heyouright think I 0n8. Mother?" trolled ought to,l marry her surprise spoke again. be-'- e . mighty good boy think a girl ought orry just a hoy who is good! 8 asked me to." did you say to him!" wasnt time to think fAd hlnks like that, and he asked t If1 do you . you what!" well, he wanted to know h " She shifted nrlcolored ehlrtlng on her lap. up and then down. "He I'kinB!?1 y gone jfJ, ' 'nd! ' rorreyorr It waa eemed very strange f secret end u we room 00between her and "Tes. But hes lived different and different Doug Is nice folks." "Mother. Do you think I ought to marry Reuben?" "Well, Cynthia, youre going to school next week." "Tee, and I wouldn't miss that for anything hardly. But there la next year." "And," Julia continued, "he hasnt so much as asked you." "He said he would come back, and. Mother, It Just screamed out that very first day: Thata him." In"Tes, but he ma have he where river the terests down unless lives, end you mustn't . he hae told you . . ,1" "Cant you tell a body thing In any way but words. Mother?" "Why, yea, I reckon so, Cynthia, only a body could be mistaken, yon know. Plenty folk mistake plain words. And It comes by natur for Reuben Warren to be nice to peo. ple." "That afternoon wa aat on the be gray stono by the sycamore and white-haireIn the mine over band laid hit moss, end then be took It away again but It waa still there, and thata how you know when Iti true." dear "jfou are a atrange gin, my to chlldy and I reckoa yon ought know If Its that way with you. But I wouldn't bavo any blight spot your heart for this world. worked ... d Jesse sore means business whether he pitches hay or reads the law. Im fight glad hell be over there too, even If he dont come for a week or two." Sparrel was outside his shop, leaning against the shade by the door, looking to nowhere ont of Wolfpen with puzzlement on his face. It slipped off as Cynthia came Into the and he spoke kindly to her and patted the rump of the Finemare. out"Tou two make a fit, If I do say It myself." Cynthia, seeing a remnant of her Daddy Sparrel In hla eyes and voice, thought, "He ought to have pore mill-yar- g end reaching for her eyes, as thong had fallen. She resisted with an effort. She heard tbe voices of men framing the curious, sharp monosyllabic cries to the mules and oxen. She felt the suiell of wood smoke in her nose and on her tongue. Still she .did not look, end the mare was absorbed In the animated manipulation of her own eg. "I reckon maybe we can do wbat we make up our minds to. And If you wont kok while I do It, Ill shut my eyes till we are clean- - across the" meadow ami get our backs to lb She closed her eyes, and gave her body In relaxation to the rhythm of each precise step of the mare. Then she felt tbe muscles on the mares shoulders contract with a snap, and tighten hark to her rump, aa she swerved and broke the rhythm of her galb Cynthia Involuntarily opened her eye to see a young rabbit leap into a clump of berry vines. ' As she followed Its leap she heard men shouting, followed by the swish and the sharp explosive crack of a tree beginning Its fall. The mare looked and Cynthia looked Into the hollow at the heavy fall of a great tulip tree, lunging against all the efforts of the lumberman down hill through space In a thunderous sighing swish, rebounding from the ground on resilient limbs and springing ljke.al beheaded chicken a dozen yards from the stump on the steep hillside. "I reckon a body Just has to look sometime; when things get hart and die. Does It make your stomach twist too? We both did It at the same time, and maybe you are not eo different from the other people just because your square mouth wont make any words." And Cynthia looked Into the brush amoklng piles and ugly stumps where 'possums used to crouch In the padded silence. Tbe Mason place was unaltered ; the weathered paling fence where ahe left the mare, tbe chickens about the yard, the slight musty smell of the house compounded of unaired rooms, cook-Inand sickness. . It dawned on Cynthia that It was this redolence of other people which had always made her vaguely unhappy at the Masons'. The root Over the porch was still There waa a hen In Incomplete. a barrier Smart Knit Blouse ancT Skirt Like a gay addition to your "all round wardrobe? Of course you would Then take a tip and knit this fetching blouse. Youll love the laciness of a pointed yoke, so prettily set off by plain stockinette stitch, and are sure to adore the snug fit of ribbing cross the blouse and of all stitches used; material requirements. To obtain this pattern send 15 cents in stamps or .coins (coins preferred) to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept., 259 W. 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THE POPULAR HOUSEKEEPlNGUEtPERT WORK FAST HOLD THE I All It Not Gold For 50 years one of the most SCATTER IT. DUST-NEVE- R IM EASY-T- O wash. raxer- - tI 31 ZtU d THIS 38-4-0; 4-PIE- lincla Phil Saudi SILVER SET CE It's a Good Start u He who puts his best foot for- ward stands the best chance of getting there with both feet. There Is always n right way to settle ear problems, bat most of oar tronbles are esnsed by trying to avoid that way. It is far better to fail in a good cause than to succeed in a bad -one. If it were not for folly, It would be hard to define wisdom. Improvement From Work The more one works the better one works and the more one wants rocker. Cyn- to work. The more one produces Sarahs hickory-spli- t the more capable one grows. thia went on Into the' kitchen. Sarah had her large bare feet They say people who make propped on a cushion while she promises lightly will eventually shelled beans from tbe sack by her pay heavily. Hardly. They genaide. She wept to see Cynthia, dab- erally break their promises, lightbing at her eyes and smiling and ly, too. wood-smok- Big Minds, Few g siid-denl- y This lovely purs silver-plate- d Sat knife, fOrk, soup spoon and teaspoon tnxriito- Empire design Is offered aolety to gat you to try tbe pars brands of lyt with 100 oaes, shown at right Use lye far cleaning dogged and fresen drain pipes, ---- for making finer soap, for sweetening will, ate. Youll nee no other Lye ooee you've tried one of theeo brands. Hotr to Cot Yoar Silver Sot To get your SQvtr Set, manly aend the band from any can of Lye shown at right with SSo (to cover handling, mailing, ate.) with your nama and addraaa - MM1 talking all the time about how long It bad been since she had come to see her, of the progress of her afflictions, of tbe gifts Julia bad sent, and of Doug. "Uea gone over to hla seng patch again. Hg goes over there purt near every evening with ")' to B. T. Babbitt, Inc, Dept WN, 888 Fourth Are., New YorkCtty, N. Y.Your-crat- is Bet will reach you promptly, poatago paid. Youll thank aa lor tha Set and lor Introducing thsoo brands of Lye to you. OFFER GOOD fT'SB EiBBITfi WITH IyS EITHER VS tS- -l BRAND ',r hla gnn. "Youll Be Coming Back to Visit Before Long, I Reckon." pleasure out of all this business than hes getting, bnt he lets other mens troubles be his own because they are on his land, when he onght to let Shellenherger and his black man run on to suit themselves, and be happy up Wolfpen with his own place." She smiled to him, and waved back as she took the ford over Gannon. And she smiled with her own a sense of pleasnre as she heard voice pitched high saying, "No. It wont go that wy. Here. Watch me." She dreaded the thought of looking up the hollow where the tree had been cut As she came Into tbe Ab-ral- road beyond tbe shadow of the Pinnacle where Dry Creek would burst Into view, she played a game with herself and the Finemare. "Well see If we can go by without either of us looking over there to tbe slaughter pens," she said aloud. It waa a difficult game to play. She fixed her eyes on the Flnemares Then ahe ears for many pace's. looked off to the bright green on the timbered ridges to the north, and down Into the cool dark pockets in tbe hollows where the shadows lay. The Finemare held her neck straight down the road between the Patchea of rank horse-weed- s ts high as her back. "Its not fair for me. Finemare, because you couldnt see over along here even If yon wanted to. Bnt I just benaturally face that over there cause I alt sideways, and I have to atretcb my neck to look the other way. Iti funny how you try not to look at something yon dont want to see and all the time feel It pulling at your eyee so hard you cant hardlooked ly keep them off of It." She trycloud, of roll white a at great have it be ing to decide whether to a dragon straining for Ita prey, or a fair host of angels draping a veil of luminous wings over the unmolested hills. Then she decided they were to last ordinary clouds with nothing In the do but g tiding In the sky sun-tinte- afternoon. go ftb resisted Dry Creek while they passe! the rank shooting psle and the cane-brak- e above her. and yellow poles high rame to th open meadow. There of uglishe suddenly felt the lure ness rushing across the pea apace horse-weed- Cynthia told her about the news from Wolfpen and her plans for the Institute. Sarah made her usual exclamations and another of these visits was nearing an end. So you go off next week," Sarah said again, hobbling to tbe porch. "TouTl be coming back to visit before long, I reckon. "Tes, Its not so far." "Doug is over by the seng bed, Cynthia. Hed never get over It If you went off without saying good-by,- " sbe said, dabbing at her eyes again. "Ill go by tbe patch like I said. Tou take good care of yourself while Pm gone." Ill do the best I can, Cynthls. I wish you didnt have to burry off." Doug was crouched In a clump of sumac bushes looking down on the oblong glade. He was so intent that he did not see or hear her at once. She (lipped down from the mare and stood watching him shoulder the gun, and trying to see what he could be shooting at There was nothing to be seen bnt a few red cardinals Hitting about tbe seed-poberries on the seng. While she looked, he fired, and aa shebaf-te- d her eyes and calmed tba startled mare she saw a puff of red feathers Jerk sharply upward and then flutter to the ground. "Oh I" she cried, as If she were hurt, and bid her eyes against th mare's neck. "Why, howdy, Cynthia." He came out of the bashes full of pleasure it the unexpected sigh, of her, and then looking puzzled si be sensed obscurely that she bad turned away her spirit. "Hows tbe foljjs?" he said, touching the mare's mane. "What In the world are you shooting, Doug? she demanded. "Birds." "Was that a cardinal you Just d killed r "Tea. That makes nearly two hundred I got this week and I only missed three. Oh. shame on you, Doug I How could you do eucb a thing I" "Why, theyre heartin' every berry in my aeng patch and eating tbe seed I wanted to save. (TO BE CONTINUED) Mrs, Robert E. Lso Writing of Mrs. Lee, A. L. Long says: "Mary Custla bad received a fin classical education and with the accompanying advantages of wealth and position was deemed by her father worthy of a match superior to that offered by a young man devoted to a military career." It waa for esch one a case of lovo a first sight and destined to bo a lasting one." 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