Show fc i LYD shar baay im kh amm af lwe PINES STORY FROM THE START SLy e dla belth hr her imby slater sifter patience rot 1 ans 1 front from fill 1111 nilor after loon or of pla piny y to their untidy home if alip impoverished hou house hold old ot of her I 1 ther amos ainoa dod L ley in lake city mr her tat fathers bors or debott devo teil 0 nu ltd v friend r d wid and her own marer fulper john leocle it 11 fline the indians who lio a reser twenty annem away t err ie moving inov liiK lit in order that flint tile alio white men inon havo have this land jihn I 1 levine after talking things thin en over announces film intention ul of W K I 1 ing ni into politics tile the n at duy day lydia patience lintl kent dicent At moulton oulton are by y the hie hilco Al argery lini aguill ot or babii dav marshall tile ba bunlort bun lori nicer alia falls into hita the water bulled out ait unhurt but 1 slip its in taken 1 0 liv bv and kent rel het etier ji nT ier ker iia 1 mam and kent for 1 I tile the lydia lydan ox ex P 1 18 at ville tells lella amos th h aln ai i to take tl thill joler r aroi froia its the adian rei und alt ultimate IV have it opened fur for settlement patience to if allax feeling that tier trust in ili ii ud od IM loat finds coin comfort fort if in tit alia e loving kindness of 0 john levine A note ot of amos backed by divine and held field by Marn maroi hail all la is he anti and civi inot bo be met at appeal marshall Marslin ll agrees to anew tt it hagh school at tier lier first party airty the other girls ridicule tier coH A full blood indian boy charlie jackcon Jack aon makes vague accusations against blevine and atthews him CHAPTER VII a the republican candidate arnos amos and kent caught 4 tv by either ther aarif its as tits manili pill clutched 1 c 1 led for levines thront marshall Marslin il dill did not stir out of hlo fits chair during tile re nalder nn lder of I 1 lie flip epistle episode tits ills face wore it complacent expression alint though lydin did not c consciously alse I 1 1 18 I 1 y observe oserve I 1 it nt t tit edlind returned to 10 ll 11 liec in ili after s Il here lerel I 1 here artita rr TiTa ia avont i Cv ont ilo do my 3 young Ind indian tant I 1 cried anios amos it me file get nt fit hini him I 1 punted Clin charlie rite bydia rot ran over ever to the indian charlie slie hc pleaded looking look liiK ur till anto 1119 face you tnt hurt mr into iles hes my lily lest best ft friend lend and it I 1 la Is not polite td come to call nt fit my lily bouse ind find milk anle it row low tilla wa way Th fits right marshall no do fiur outdoors john had not stirred ills choir ile IP up at the lie indian Inilla ll und and sald dowly ond find insolently get out of if liedel you isnow flow alint libit I 1 call ilo do to you vou dont donl you well ret got out before 1 I do 10 it I 1 charlie johns look of coif contempt of lin lid tred tied then n lie 1 I ti io kint kent come yi Kin tilie growled anal y lila ills lio lie I 1 nar clied d out of tile kitchell yar 1145 y r said amos talk about civilizing indians 1 r 7 clydla was trembling what made him act go BO did JOTI liburt ils hla sister mr Lev levane lne even ean ehnow lilliad lidl ho lind iad a si ster returned john coolly re lighting ills igar marshall roye rose ind find stretched ills flit body well AY ell you oil sanc e up nil too much for tile ine amos allos ill be getting along come ai Mi argery walt wait find well ull all liap havo soine rome coffee ined lizzle land im all hook f up ui twant kent sl fould nave have ila had more cne than linn to bring hi ing 1111 lilan tn lit in liere said huld Le letitie vitie eliy lies hes usually perfectly lovely protested lydia goes to parties girls anti everything fordt boy white or indian that Con lesto oin osto cliff call on oil oil nu before youre youie ill turn the hogo hoga on oil salt bald dave nt ili tile alie men amos andi john laughed aiu de tits ills exit in high good humor when the floor door had closed cl tied amos sald any reaf trouble with 1 alt hie boy john shucks no returned ley inc forget it 11 aniway An iwai 0 o aniber niber t dusk fir close nil and ili the red eyes of ilief lie stove bilci blinked ed if citrin arn tr ev abid warmer glow about coghi clock after a tight supper levine whirled I 1 back for town ile he had nut not I 1 acu ecu gone live minutes when tt shot racked cracked through the lie breathless night har amos started tar ted for tha lift door but 1 ll 11 U 74 grot grasped sped lla ills mortn you stay right bere aanos and take care of the alif sl inise what aliat 10 lo do you pose it wust wills will if 4 ri rid red d lydia I 1 I weh mr levine was wc lies iles sheriff slier lff I 1 what im afraid of that happened to he acon his ble being sheriff and his oth other er imp rests rn ill get my lily lantern lu ill have to till nil it for you p 11 11 lydia so SA it t was that mat chife amos fumed ml lydda sought I 1 vainly vail lIv for it new vhf v i 1 R l footsteps bounded ol 01 on tue the porch pic Q door opened open d and hilly norton and 11 Is 4 futher supported john levine into tile HIP living room levenes overcoat overett at rho boid a patch of red on oil tile die rl r ditc itc alst for gods sake I 1 I 1 t him on oil i f hilly itally take levines bicycle and get eel r ohp doctor here said alq 1 orion norton N J hot water and clean cloth clydla f amos lets beet 9 et lila ILIS clothes off i norton 1 1 ylia ling i i violently fol edly could hr arcely betly curry carry the 01 ai bushed 0 ice fee from pa fy uzzle to t her father no ro n one nc spoke 7 r ahe bentle pr of tile the blood 1 wt yielded rn b the faccin s process thru thell n eald ti low voice topa to pa noral 0 l 11 a 1 1 y g cant say wily hilly arid I 1 were coming comina dinine from town when wo we heard tile tie shot ahad ot of lix n it tool took us U s 0 minute or two to come up ul to levine lovino lie ile wan standing finzell dazed like sald said the shot hall come front tit the lake shore way and lints nil fill lie knew eliout it the die lent bent of lio 1101 ryes hoofs on tile the froen ground brolo broke tile silence that followed in ill ft a moment doctor fulton ran niti into HIP file room lydia ldla seized florence dombey and hurried to tile the kitch it nor did slip ahe leave tier her station elation lit in lit lie furthest corner until tile lie door closed softly after the doctor amos camp came out into the kitchen noil got n drink nt at UK the water pull pall i doc rot got tile bullet said mild amos grazed tit alic top toi of file lie lungs find untim to the surface livar tile backbone lord lint was n narrow escabel capel es escape I 1 who billil it daddy I 1 abins shook ills hla hend head it tillight hit have hren been charlie jackson arit or it might have been it dozen doxen others A s liable to have plenty of enemies hilly started a bunch hunting lydin shivered doe doc got tile bullet said amos were going to lo ile w buy bu y lit in this bouso for it while 1 I wn want tit to see ace him film first please d duddy at 1 I dy just jum n pock peek then dont jinhe a bolso already the living room luid had it sick I room aspect the tight light ans lowered mid and tile table wits littered with ban hand ages ili and bottler lydia crept till up to tile couch stood looking down tit lit tile eai gaunt quiet figure jolin john opened alsi eyes yes and smiled sallied f faintly antly you lots or of trouble young lyden oil not no lydia just got get well we nc dont mind the trouble pi ie e yot abt to get well sos soa you und anti I 1 can call travel whispered levine good night dear lylan ived R emb amb good night she sold said the shooting wits if a soven dayd wonder but tin no clue was waa found us is to tile the identity of the would be assassin charlie find tile eve iding witti with kent bent AK aft the lip monotony of levines colv convalescence ales cence cunie cattle on go gossip s nuil conjecture lost interest in hm john liln hini would not fencak of tit the shooting it wits lifter after christmas christnia a before lydia coming homo home froni school with adam who wills went to ineat her would annd john little and weak but fully dressed for tier front from ills armchair arm chair by the window tile two till luul many matiy lonk long talks athe n lie early winter dusk before lydia started tier her preparations rations for supper one of these particularly the child never forgot everybody acted queer about aboid charlie charile jackson at said lydia but now flow youre getting well tit cyre till nil just ui enizy about him film us its ever ibell kill toine sonio one lit in a fo football othall yet was johns comment no the boya say lie never loses ills temper the rest of them to do I 1 wish gerls played football I 1 bet 1 id d Il lulic a good quarterback jolin john laughed weakly but delight edla you must fully ft 11 litell dred pounds I 1 why lioney honey tl eYl trample a hundred pounds to deuth I 1 they would lint hotl voice ole wag waa In indignant dignat and just feel iny illy muscles cles I 1 ret get eni em from froin jolin john ran tits his I 1 land hand ov over erthe lie proffered cd shoulders sl find and firm anil my Ko lie said salil in astonishment Il lose muscles are like tiny steel well what clyo would you like to be besides quarter huck lydia clydla lydia hitched tier her chair gloier 14 to and glanced toward the kitch en where lizzle lizzie was und warn ittig lier iier feet lit in tile oven id like to own tin nn orphan asylum and nil id got get the money to run it with will from a gold mane I 1 would find a mine lit in new mexico I 1 know I 1 could it if I 1 could just get out there hut what fire aro you really going to do yourself lydia till pipe dreams Ir vains aside well arst im going to set get till an education clear up tip through th flit lie university acet an if you enu to 0 scrub lie he street to do to IV it wits was what mother always alway 4 said you cn tie bp 11 lady abiol he be poor 1 site she said but you volt cant be n lady und use ure poor ans asti and then im got oens if to lie ns 84 goold good a H houskeeper ns mrs Maralin ll anti im illi going to dress as well its as olric and have as aa pretty as miss towne and im never neer going ito lii to lo move out of tile home I 1 make may he be ill get gel infirri ed d I 1 suppose ill have to canse I 1 want at least six nix chil couldren drell itald bonit one ones pot got to support iha 11 and ill want V ap to travel a good deal Tr ca 3 anomy renta eel cd her lly by the middle of january levine was wan recovered to lefaive the saturni Sat ike 1 left pc currod another conver sAilo n between him unit und that furter leF file ll 11 quaint friend shill odthe two ans wa s taking it long imp the dear old lit soul lind hili been ly by ahe alic nur qung leveni lily iny on oil tile the couch alid finally titled ayilla l alln tu to read aloud tit him slip site wua deep ili it diio curiosity shop anti wits glad to with tier friend suddenly levine wits to henr hear lydin s voice slie was reading of 0 lettla nells lust last sickness she was dead dar patient noble null noll was dead so beautiful und and calm fille blie it creaturo creature frosli front from the liand ot Orld pl I 1 not lot ono ino will biad lived find lydia suddenly broke ny doved her yellow head on tho ole book into deep lone drawn sobs bolls talat wera 1 6 a woman comans than a cillia ci llda 1 auna icso na quickly a as lie he could v i te BY AJL onor e willsie 0 by pro lerock A stokes boj ser ice 10 lydia clydla coming homo home from school with adam 11 aay dearest V I 1 lie exclaimed the matter he pulled pull edher tier from the lie firm chair seated hilli self then thell drew tier her to tits knees 1 I cant bear itt it I 1 sobbed lydia 1 11 I cant seems some sometimes tittles if I 1 coulden couldn t have little patience again rd id file diet the he way she looked in ili tier her codle lil you remember 1 1 I fresh from the hond of lad not one who ho li had lived and 8 suffered death 0 my little little sister stert 81 I 1 jolin john gathered lydia clydla in ills arms arin and hush hushed 0 tier her again a aint fit his heart sweetheart I 1 why I 1 a you still felt sal 80 1 think how happy patience must lie ile up lit there with find and tier her ni mother otherl 1 you fisli her back I 1 if I 1 believed lint I 1 could stand it but there re tiny moil levine le ine gasped L clydla din I 1 hush now 8 stop top crying und and tell me file about it ills sallow allow face wits was set with why child this alil 3 right youre too young for lucli thoughts 1 lydia do you abu read the niblo site she nodded le ive tried if too but jesus might lave believed every lie he saaid was true yet jet there then have been at word of truth 11 in it io DO you belleve in ili god johns john bold ott on tin the hands tight ancl encl lie kitred mitred tong lonk and thought thoughtful fu tit tile the kes endlessly past tile window bydia Lyd lii lip said nt lits hu 4 t ill admit that lily faith in the hereafter fill ind in ili un all all se ellig coll cod haa 1108 been con considerably lder ua as ive ie grown rown older dider kut but ill admit too ive refused to give lve ill lie mutter matter much thou thought glit I 1 tell you ion what ill do lets you und I 1 start on our first travel trip right now I 1 lets start looking for od together ile lies there till all right my lily child atit you you find I 1 ilont dont scein to be ably able it to use tile ordinary to ret got to him so sn well linck hack out our own trail eli eh anti and tell tile nie what your you pl ls 14 and where you ret get lost 7 and ill tell you it may enily take us in years but wen well kel get there ly fly fleck I 1 kli young lydial I 1 I 1 lydia din il into tile the deep black oyos eyes lone iong and ent nestly and ns is slie looked there liere stole into tier bet heart it sense or of of bf of complete that like ike a 11 willin glow lw over tier glicr tense nerves it wis was it sense every eel v child grow up with yet set that clydla had find not known since tier lier mothers dellill dea ali 1010 oil abc 1 I feet feel happler already of courto cour well find ill begin my mv hunt bioty tnt arow 0 0 0 ahmoi was wn keenly Inter interested ted in ili I 1 leones campaign ile ie tool took onn one eyt nang jiel jn it before school opened to hinr john ilin milk 1 speech in ill tile lydia up ull to ti tills this lind hall given little heed to the lie campaign hut but she was delighted with the flit tell of if being from froin itom in n the lie evening on n tile wooden platform extended from the granite steps of tile cul 1101 n hand dispelled dispel wed ed dalace music fill niad d patriotic alra airs II baking into america as levine ili inide tile lils ills wily way to the front of till the platform bydia otfred up at him site le was wa oiled with pride tit nt tile the thought of how close anti and dear lie ram to 11 her or she kho wished that the folk about tier realized that site she and tier her shabby were intimate will flip 1101 O of if ile the first part ot of tile th address addres 4 I 1 tier iter ested very little it tile the possibility of I 1 n new peat office far lilke anke CRY and ln mado ade numerous e glona alons into flip ni titter of free fre trade then of fl a if evine bolt ladles and tint gent gentleie leIM twenty miles north of till tills of old an and 1 I lil gilly civill city iles alea n tract efty fafty miles of V 4 forest by avike nv iKe that tract of land ift iff 1119 beautiful as a breaw of cleav n virgin adnes lower ower to tin heavens ut butle tie lalum aw IT isa hill hid uke jewels on its its boll bolf ls Is fr b black I 1 it c k fur it now 1101 ns its tacy lid iw a ce itry n fi m friends in city of white men 1 ere Is brint and suiT ering for tit tin necessaries nece of life twenty miles to the lift north lies iles plenty for very every needy inhabitant of life lin town 0 hit of lonin 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