Show a of me pines P ines IT x C 0 1 Z E WI W SIE TO 0 by frederick A stokes stoke boj co 6 r to I 1 ler do n in n h the ana at aiels alume ian to an res have it patience leaving or trust in dx comfort of john 0 back d I 1 marsha dal ly a and for cleyr it kent A tier ight to do cloth at f pretty ally grunt f ig tile lydias areas wa enatt 01 alydia was grinning want aal to dare dance ant know how flow replied lydia de despondently Apon dently enay BIXBY no na anything come coine on ill tench teach you lydia seized kents lapel with fingers that would tremble s slightly kent I 1 dassat stir my anck breadth dont watch match nud and my skirt hangs awful replied kent angrily n you girls are all alike steals my favorite color mine bline too said charlie jack jackson tit her elbow you two arguing a about her dress growled kent i dont seo fee anything the mutter matter with it do you nope and its itin on the prettiest girl in the tha room too ell eh kent you bet returned kent believing bel though that he lied for olga was as pretty na as a ten rose lydia blushed and gasped if you wont dance come on 01 over and have sonic some lemonade sue suggested kent it if I 1 sit bit in the window mill wl you bring me n glass 11 asked ly din still mindful of the back breadth you take tier her to the anti ill get the lemo kent said charlie ch kent led the lie way to tile the wl window sent seat youre it a rood good old sport lyd he said Charl Chari lell look out to for you I 1 gotta get back to olga lie ile returned to make peace with tile the pink or gandie gandle she was very ver love ly and rent kent was having ills his first tion yet before ho he went to sleet that night the last picture that flout ed before ills his eyes was of a thin little figure with worn mittens clasped over patched knees and p n ravished lavished ravi shed i childs face lb looking oldrig into ills his charlie jackson sat ant out two whole lances dances with lydia their tall talk was of adam and of fishing fIshl ng lydia 1 longed 0 to o talk about indians indiana with hini ahli but dare aare promptly at ten tell abiog d at the front door lydias first party was over amos und old lizzle lizzie were here charmed charm cil with lydias description of it ind and were niru miro phe had find had a wonderful time lut lydia felt vint that the dress find the lie party a hideous f fellure ful lure ht fit huew now that she was marked in mates its 9 a poverty strick cis 11 little dowd whom popular boys 1 1 i 1 kent anti and yet ia as kt kind to 1 is 4 ns we haye have alie abe intelligence to let it lie be I 1 lt it was out of the party that raw slowly a now new resolve of lydias L to have bave some day as pretty I 1 liandi ani A ns well shod feet its da olgaa annd cassy to learn how to ninke iier ber dresses tt no co that even the coi co ing it if nn mi or sandle inight not b be be yand tier ler bohn lt alne wa cwi wwi ruil ning for sheriff s on oil tile the republican ticket lie ile alis elected early in arll april by a comfort con able invited amos and lydia to td a one flue sunday dinner in celebration at al the boat best hotel in ili town leovi life was so BO different from lint juit it ft lioy of the children that thai site diew that growing into with the old bond of play alsup disappear ilig aba fell buck back more afore nud and more mor oil resources herself ber self ahn did vot pot sweat eat iier her going g olag faithfully balth fully a month to c 1 it on margery shall awl and tsei ts were rather komsant than otherwise margery Marg ej afla gs going through the paper doll fever lydia always brought florence dombey with tier her and the two girls carried on an elaborate game of make believe the intricacies of which were entirely too much ford for marshall Mar shull sitting bitting within earshot amos garden was a thing of beauty its ita mriln rows of were bordered with sunflowers sun mun flowers whose yellow heads vied in height with the rustling ears of vorn corn amos hat had a general grudge toward life lie he had it vague unexpressed belief that because he was a descendant of the founders of the country the alie world owed him an easy living lie he had a general dense of superiority to hla foreign born neighbors and to the workmen in tile plow facil factory ory hut but in tits his garden all hla his grudges disappeared ile he always felt nearer to ili hafl wife in the garden shed she too had bad been bred on a new england farm lie ho always felt as aa if tile ine fine orderliness der liness of tile the rows was waa for tier her lydia greatly preferred weeding the garden to cleaning tile the houfe indeed tile the contrast mt between the fine garden the well kept patch of lawn and the disorderly house was startling one afternoon in august clad in tier bathing suit now much too small for tier her title she was working in the garden carden when it a voice behind tier her grunted catl V lydia jumped and turned the old squaw of two years before stood begging she was as pitifully thin as ever As she stared attired at the ugly old Ind indian lafi lydias throat tightened she seemed to feel baby patiences fingers clinging to hers in ili fear want some vegetables she asked motioning toward the garden the squaw nodded eagerly and hold held up the dirty apron apro n sho she was wearing lydia began slowly to nil fill it talking as she worked where do you livel live sho she asked the indian jerked tier her gray head toward the north big woods 11 but thata twenty iiii miles ies it must take you a long time to walk it toor poor thing I 1 11 the squaw shrugged tier her shoulders lydia attired at tile the toothless trembling old mouth illde hideous ous will wrinkles then at the gnarled and shaki shaking fig 0 old III hands you anyone to take care of you all sick boy sick niall man sick girl sick alck all time sick till oil time nothing to eat bat 1 but wont some other indian make you ou a garden a little one again the he squaw shrugged her shoulders ahou her apron was fu full I 1 I 1 now site she produced it a string from ins inside I 1 de tier her waist and tying the apron up bag bog like she slung it over tier her shoulder then slie she gave lydia a keen glance friend she said briefly and nd turn ing she tottered painfully out of the gate followed by adam lydia walked thoughtfully out upon the little pier amos had built it was hard to understand der stand how tile the indians with all their rich pine land could be so poor site she resolved to ask her father and levine about it and turned it a somersault into the water she divani about until tired th then ell turned over on oil her lack back to rest lying so it a shadow drifted across her face and she raised tier her head A gray birch bark canoe floated silently beside tier her in ili it in a gray battling bathing suit sat charlie Cli arlle jackson on goodness I 1 exclaimed lydia how in ili the world you do it so quietly I 1 dont see come on in its as warm as aa suds charlie shot tits his canoe to the pier acdan and in a moment was floating beside lydia she took a deep breath let herself sink pink and a moment or two later came up tip several yards beyond him film ile he did not miss tier her for it 11 moment then lie he started tor for tier lier a eliout sli out A game of tug followed ell end ing in a wild race to the pier you certainly tire are a little sunfish in tile tho water vater panted charlie its as they sat with feet dangling on off the pier ought to be im in it enough r re turned ldla charlie Char llo theres a poor old squaw came hero here today the matter with the Indi tins why dont they work charlles charlies mouth twisted in ili a sneer why dont they work why dout dont the whites give em cm Welin ri chance rice dirty thle thes prowling round like timber wolves es ask D dave tv e Marst marshall ifill ask that gumshoeing gum guin shoeing crook of a levine dont ask me levines levanes not it a crook shouted ly dla dia iles hes my friend 1 the sneer left charlies chariles face and lit ile laughed your friend Is lie he little I 1 yes sold said lydia furiously ho he kiive gave tile me abam adam hugging tile dogs ugly falth faithful ful head lie ile immediately tried to sit in tier her wot wet lap and lies done as mucha for we me as my wa own father if your friend said the indian koyi A y 1 I wont speak against him to tooti 0 y again lydin n instantly was mollified charlie Charl wit wua to so old 1 and adu so young I 1 lie he wua was so diff different f cut front from kent that stat star ing into his film deep ba black ak eyes lydia suddenly felt hla his alien race 1 I must go in and dress title she said its time to get supper charlie nodded anil and untied his canoe daddy lydia suld said that night at supper why should mr air marshall and charily jackson both say mr letine la Is a cr crook Pok amos ate a piece of bread tatt tut vely ively before replying any man mail that goes into politics in tills this cour country itry leaves leavah his reputation behind t him you and ril ill never have a 4 better friend than jphn levine lydia nodded she was only a child after till all and still retained lin am fulth faith in the opinion of those she ho loved she went back to school that t fill fal full of interest and importance she was a sophomore now lind and very proud of tile the fact that sw she knew thu the ropes her arrangement with billy held for till his second year books with much pinching of the grocery money lizzle lizzie had achieved two new galatea galatan bailor sulta suits and so while aho felt infinitely inferior to the elaborately gowned young misses of her grade lydia not unhappy she planned a real feast for thanksgiving she negotiated with billy norton for tl tha 0 exchange of two I 1 pounds of fudge for a brace of f wild duck the saturday before thanksgiving she gave tile tho house its usual nick lick and pro promise miso and then started out with her skates to enjoy the first lee ice of tho tha season she had find a glorious there was no snow and the inko lied had frozen crystal clear the air was breathless As she skated she chantl chanted d to improvised tunes bits of verse versa she through scottish mountains and moors she whirled from to alx aix and still high hearted lind in the land of visions took off tier her skates acs and entered the house she banged tile the door then stood for a moment staring elvary and margery were seated before the living room stove while old lizzle sat on one edge of amos arm chair eyeing the two belligerently margery was wag wearing a new fur coat iler beautiful black eyes looked out from under a saucy fur trimmed lint with a scarlet quill on the side elviry wore black broadcloth with fox collar and muff lydia in a re 0 ira ber mothers and tier her MO old tain and mended mittens recovered from tier her pur surprise prise quickly hello I 1 she said ald when did you co boroo me this Is the first time youve ever been in n our house mrs mis marshall it yes replied replie ti elviry and with it glance at lizzle 1 I be here now if mr Mara marshall liall made me oil oh manima mamma protested margery I 1 1 I wanted to come you hush up Mar margery geryl 1 what I 1 came for la Is that mr air marshall would like to have tile the three of you come to our house for thanksgiving dinner lydia suddenly giggled dont worry mrs marshall we cant come were going to have CO company URanY ourselves tor for thanksgiving elviry gave a huge sigh of relief well too bad she said were going to have a grand di dinner tiner too so are we retorted lydia hows florence dombey asked margery A mamma cant I 1 stay and piny pilly alth lydle a white while well stay it a few minutes said elviry loosing her furs and settling lack back in tier her chair its a real small place lizzle lizzie but you can do so little work now I 1 spose its just as well lydia clydla had produced it a pasteboard shoe box of paper dolls which she gave to Af margery argery uhe jilt cuddled florence dombay in her arms anna and save gave one ofie ear to margerye Mar gerys questions as to the names and personalities of tile the paper dolls tile the other to Elv elviras irys comments it aint so small sniffed lizzle lizzie its big biggers gern anything you ever lived I 1 in it elviry till dave sold enough lumber he stole from the government to start a bank land dont be so cross said paid Fol viry 1 I suppose youve heard the talk about john levine iles hes getting in with that halfbreed crowd up on the reservation that the indian agents such friends with they say levines land hungry enough to marry it a squaw iles hes so dark I 1 be surprised it if lie ho had icalan indian blood himself land knows nothing would surprise uarl up rl me inc ab about out him they say hes just naturally crooked lydia lydle and florence dombey suddenly stood in front of elvary dont you say such filings hanga about mr air levine said lydia slowly cheeks bright eyes as blue as florence Doni Doin beys Wel weilt lill exclaimed elviry beginning to pull tier her furs up 1 I dont seem to lle b e able to please you two with my conversation so ill be joing going margery get up off that dirty floor door I 1 never neer cured cared much about amos wife filie was waa too proud but at least she was clean shed turn over in tier her grave it if alie knew what this house looked like come Marg margery eFy the horse will be cold standing so long lizzie opened her mouth to speak but lydia shook tier her hed head und and the two stood abood in silence watching the d departure e of tile the visitors when the door had closed lizzle lizzie burst forth in she Cipe opened ried the pantry door an angry tirade but lydia ldla only half listened slid she looked slowly around the living room then walked into t the 11 e dining room and thence into tile the kitchen she oppilee the pantry door and stared at the debt and disorder the rim remnants nants of food the half washed dishes she came cagne slowly back into tile the living room old lizzie was rep ing 1119 the stove still muttering to herself lydia observed for the first time lime that tier her apron was wag dirt dirty v thinking it over site she could not reca llever having seen lizzie with a clean apron A deep sense of shame suddenly enveloped lydia oil oh I 1 wish someone had taught tile nit site she groaned 1 I wish mother had lived everybody has to go anti anil die on tile 1 suppose lizzle lizzie und aadil be next adam helps to keep keel tile house dirty there 4 dog h hair a ir everywhere lt dont you get worked up tip over elviry marshall child said lizzle lizzie 1 I hate tier her exclaimed clydla but what she said about tile the house Is true anyhow ive learned how to clean cleall pantry shelves so here goes 01 she tied one of lizziel aprons round tier her neck pushed a chair anto tile the pantry and began her unsavory ry task it was dusk when the finished and led lizzle lizzie out to observe the sweet smelling orderliness of 0 the place land it does make a difference I 1 if tile the rheu matlz mattz take taho all the ambition out of me id keep it that wily way for you said bald the old lady ill HI do it every saturday gosh im tired I 1 groaned lydia throwing herself on the living room couch lizzle lizzie give me some of your mutton tallow to rub on my hands the cooking teacher says ls its line fine for hands bands the highly satisfactory thanksgiving feast was waa eaten and praised the dishes were washed and set away in im the immaculate antry i and amos and john levine were smoking by the fire seems to rie this room looks all slicked clicked up said levine amos nodded lydias Lyd laa coming along place was like a cyclone this mornine for an hour but the result pays paya ashes growing like her moth er ashes only a child and small for her age tit at that said mid john its ita a shame for her herto to work so hard 1 I know it answered amos but what can I 1 do on a dollar and a half a day I 1 swan there was 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