Show lydia W V of the aim pines 1 q AM S HONORE WILLSIE M 0 by frederick A co service CHAPTER continued 16 john seized her jet unil and for it mor moment rient the lio two stood smiling und find looking into ouch each others taw face incept that lie was grayer levino was unchanged lie ile broke tho the to any well belll I 1 well young lydia you are grown up lit its ita my lily lair said lydia tin and rity my skirts 11 alio two ruen men clawed hands handi well amos its been a long time between drinks john 1 I know it antos lint but roy chores done now ill bany home tind till I 1 frilay 11 life lydia Is 19 ll it too loo hot bot for and nd corree coffee for slipper sti iab its not too liot hot for anyta anything I 1 ing on earth curth you cull call nak miyk tor for returned ly y dirt beginning to roll up tip tier cocoa sleeves lo coa ill go BO right in mid and start thorn them now 11 it way wag un till extraordinarily pleasant pleasa tit supper after the dishes levine asked clydla to stroll up tit tile rond road litra while amos did lla ills evening chores it wits wan aluik I 1 they turned turi uil out the tit gato kait to tc taft tit 0 roll roud 1 clydla clinging to johns nn arni john put a long hard hit heinl I 1 I 1 over tho small thin one on his itt annii iii aup I 1 ive you lills sed nc young iytol Lyd lii 11 lio lie asked yes ios slip she answered especially na its you never came near us w after tile henring illow how could I 1 collie linked tilt mail simply you iid weighed tile ino find found tile me willi ting have you iou forgiven ine file lydia it it matter between ix you and tile nic replied the giri slowly it wits between you yo u und and your conscience conge tence and if your sour conscience approves up proves the use ilse of asking ane to forgive you 1111 Up enuse ause I 1 cant stand not having your sold said levine they strolled on oil tn ili silence lence el while lydin considered dered tier lier reply so no mutter if the destroying of tile were right that exonerate ate the whites for having been cruel and art crooked in doing it people will nl at ways it of us jolin john sl glied then said abruptly lets leta never discuss it again NV alint 1 tit tire yon calling now lydia essayists tind find finerson pm erson ru inzy about Em emmerson ierson j I 1 learned one ona fig front from friendship to quote to you its like you find ine inc sho she quoted I 1 tilina select and sacred that Is it kind of absolute and ind which evin leaves tile the language of love r suspicious ls und and collion col llon no ho much Is IH tills purer find nothing Is so much divine jolin john stopped find boking lydias face lit in both tits his hands lie he litAk IlY oil my illy dear tills this Is my lily real welco 10 home I 1 oil lydia lydia if you yon were ten yem yema a older und and I 1 were ten tell years pi r 11 lydia laughed then wed travel to till all the lio happy places of the world we must back Dad Daddy dyll 11 bo be waiting levine was very busy with the details of tile the indian rc m boval moval for tilt the next week or two tim exodus was accomplished lit in n businesslike manner there were some soma disturbances on the reservation but for tile most purl part tile the indiana were dazed and Imi testing before tho the concentration began tile precaution was taken of Ne sending ridIng charlie jackson under guard to tho the now new reservation lit in the southwest lydia tin aind never anever seen him after tier day fit at the alie hearing she always wits as to carry lit in tier memory ills his hand sowe bronze face too early marked with lines hues of despair despu lr as site she saw it whilo she phe uttered tier her protest to the and it was a haunt angly sud sad memory metti ory to carri carr in ili tile tho evening lydia slit feat with her En emerson ierson open before tier lier but with tier her unseeing eyes fastened on oil the open door it ans a little utter after nine dille when tile chug chug of kents car stopped at the gate and lit in 11 moment kent white faced appeared an in the door 13 olin john levines Lev hies been shot ile he wants lydia I 1 without a sound lydia started after kent down the path amos ainoa following kent packed them into tile the little car and started back toward town lit at breakneck break neck speed illow how bad oft off la Is lie asked waked aniol cant live answered kenti kent eliat d d sister of chin lit jackson and old lusle both took it shot tit at ailin just its as the lust last carload wits tin tilt police und and the got eni cm right oly olt shot em eill till 11 ll to pieces W liere Is john asked arnos amos in ill doe doc Ful tons ottlee they cant move him no one spoke agala kent brou glit thu automobile up tip with a bank ing before the doctors house und tind lydial followed closely by the two men ran up ill to the door through tile the outer ollice to tilt the inner where it aurye and doc F l alt ulton 0 n stood beside a cot levine lily lay with ins his face turned toward tile the door when ho sax sau clydla lie he smiled faintly site WON WIH quite calm except for tier her trembling slit hiie walked quickly to lila ills side and took his allind V looks like I 1 going to start traveling alone young lydia ive IM said feebly 1 I 1 just wanted to tell aft that great creat ls is ull till right dont worry I 1 lont said su ld ledill only L liate to ho 0 o alone my iny cioth ur gimene doe doc the d actor held a glass to ills hla ali after it H moment levine sald said again ai used tu ti lold hold tup w ills hla voice trailed off and lydia said bald suddenly you mean you want nio me to comfort you like I 1 used to comfort oin fort little vitt lenco yes 1 yeal yea I 1 whispered levine its going to sleep alone I 1 moth aloth 1 er cr lydia knelt ond and sliding her arm tilt under ter levines neck title olio pulled ills liend bond over gently to rest on tier her shoulder de r theia alien sho begun began with infinite tile lit latt t bong alio hud had not uttered for so many years ivo ive reached the ha land of 0 corn and wine and all ian richen merely milne ivo ive ti taftt at heave tily shining shorn my hen voll my home tor for evermore trio tile durso shifted johns annd find due ulton pulton l ilfred lydan to her fuet feet tulo take hur hoine amos ito ho solid john leville had and the orent great search 0 0 0 0 0 0 curiously enough nothing could have arv dono RO much toward ing lako city in tile good opinion of the connary tit nt large na its lid did levines tragic there wits felt to to bo be a alvill Il vill j u itce in tile lie manner of tits taking off unit tillit istook largely of the nature of atonement ilu fie had ird ell tilt th in tile des despoiling polling of tho alio inmans 11 por for tills alie indiana find killed it white life extinguished for a tribe destroyed might inight not lie full coin in ili the eyes of that larger langei JUSti justice ct after tit nil rules tim ali universe lid did not seriously influence tile reliction reaction of public opinion tow toward a 1 thinking 4 bettor better of lako olty city anil and john levine known in ili lift as a tin an in ili shift politician became in ili ills hla 11 statesman of fur far V vision after tier her first wild grief lind had ex itself clydla found that after nil ill levines tragic death lind not surprised avd her site realized flint ever alicc site alio tilt anid known charlie Ji jackson ickson S alic IM lind had been vaguely haunted by a fear of just such till nil ending hilly trundling up the dusty rond road front from tile law ollice on ills bicycle lute late 11 ll 11 afternoon would stop for it a moment or two tho drO drought tight Is something frightful he h said to lydia one fine afternoon in ill late august wiping tile sweat find dust from ills face are you feeling illy wore more eliee cheerful rul lyd 1 I shall always have a gup gilt in ill my illy life where liu went out slie site said slowly 1 I shall never get over missing film 01 lie was so dear to mel inel and yet hilly it its till all like pit ia benth lie ho depend on oil me lie all ami I 1 live litin him so that everything cry absence to III me and ive got more resources aces than I 1 had harthen then she laid tier her liand hand on oil the open book in ill tier lier lap hip you reading asked billy nm emerson erson campen compensation slit kill listen hilly billy wo we cannot part with our X t t i started back toward town at breakneck speed we cannot idt our angels go 10 we vf do 10 not so see that they only KO go out that archangels naty conic collie in ill anti and so lydias voice lut but slie went on oil bravely 1 im I m tryl tit to ti trying trains to sole how I 1 lan call make something rood good collie out of its ills poor lost life somehow I 1 feel us as it if aliat were my lily joh job and and tile allea liollia helps tile nil oil it lily iny dear colm lr it ville anel I 1 tilt two auns olin people sa sat t staring lit the i dont ou oil awe ate lydle 1 anist out that bluit ve ic KOI got to do 10 Oll ettling hf be something to inake nil all tile the loss and trouble of lily life worth while 1 I understand answered ill I 1 ly karly lit in september john anlin I 1 Ir irlia evi liu ile s i will mill wit fon id il had left ill ills tn ell t n property unconditional ly to ly I 1 ulu antos amos nt farst wits with etli dt dlight idla aadla was av palled all my illy life t lie ile half sobbed to 0 o tier her father 1 ivo l been lighting if to get act wily front from anil alli mr leville know knew how lo 10 I 1 fult felt oli oil liow ti enild lie in do tilt uin to it me dont tall aulk like it fool edlu Lydi till roark d antos but dont you seo see liow how I 1 feel cried lydia dont you iou see heu that ull all kluhn julin delnes Il Lel ney nes funds up there tire aru by ills 1119 own lind all thu hua tu ed indians indian oh wily did lie ile do 10 tills to me mal I 1 I 1 wout wont have it I 1 tell u I 1 id rather bu ba poverty stricken all my life well ilont dont worry too much about that eliat salt kent dave marshall thinks thero there wont bo be anything left after the estate Is ili settled bottled but tile the indian lands hinds 11 oli oil kent berit you iou arent having anything thin to do with move dave marshall tire anro ou exclaimed lydia rent kent liu blied u little well hs adlee v aliu cant hurt ine inc if its bud bad I 1 dont leavo lave to tuko take it you ought it to go BO out find and sc bee ce tila ills farin fann lydia ldla get lie house till fitted with modern conveniences daves going to make it a model stock alock funn farin Ill ought molle money y cal boid by tile the last chance Clini icel I 1 said lydia ldla kent looked fit at lier her A new Ell gland conscience must be awful naul to own on ell cli ld lydia chue wed its pretty bad she ahe admitted then slin sho went nent on oil buher ly but I 1 wont take aliese 1 lund lundi i you can call glan thein to tile niu said maid kent cheerfully isdoll Sli oll keep them paid arnos shortly itly or lydia und and ill havo our irit first real row low lydin I looked tit t kent thoughtfully since shive hie lily under the willows lie in find not love to lier her yet cl tilio had find ill the that kent wits MII devoted to lier ter fill anul ylie she wondered sometimes Boinet linca why lio joe like to spend lis as liell ehno with wid margery us as with dier self then 1 lion she tar herself it mental shake blinke tin llin going to tell you iou right now flow that willi until I 1 auve to fill not going to worry orry ini ili to try to ho happy huiey lit in nii lily senior year CHAPTER cap cal and gown the dollars dol lais after till nil were din disposed posed of in ili it highly satisfactory manner they paid for 13 andias indias dias cup cal ond gawn perhaps there were tro otiler other in members embers of tile the class to whom their senior insignia lliel lilt tia its much as they hey fill did to lydia but that ali it Is to bo be doubted in ili it way lydias conscience smote tier 0 site lio know knew that her father was worrying orrl ng over oer tier attitude on lier her in berl tance but ole continued to avoid tile isano vallo tile tho ji tate was wai being settled yett led Ly clydla flitt wits doing heavy work ork in ill college col leKO she actually lind had entered till nil the classes lit in dairying dali lm possible while allo carrying tier ter other cot college work anti and slie site enjoyed tho the new work wark amazingly eary in ill december the settlement of tile tho levine estate was completed johns method of ills hs property wits is disastrous its in far US as t ile F size izo of lydias heritage went As early as could understand ono one portion of the estate was aa used d to pay up tip the indebtedness of another por tion until till all that wa as 4 left was wag tit ohp cottage tott afee with a mortgage niort gaKe on oil it ano three hundred liun died and twenty acres of land on oil the liu reservation oil daddy I 1 tried cried lydia we e cant take it I 1 dont you see we cant 1 I clint understand dundei stand why YOU sou let act so fill like a 0 fool began amos querulously and I 1 cant see bee wily why you ou set your judgment up ay 14 better than mine I 1 ivvan evell your Il lother never tit gilld that except on oil borrowing it money ioney wit we wont keep the lie land well sell it find and have the gonei to clear up tit tilt mortgage on oil tile lie cottage lie took it a turn up tip and down own tile tho room 1 I cant see willits happened to children nowa flown days dais in ill mi illy day we ve obeyed lydia ldla im ill not going gojii to discuss this jilly longer on er youve youe got to take lund lydia sat wit alth lier her thin hands hand j clasped before her on oil the table tier her clear eyes fastened on oil her fat father herNi face antos amos looked down tit at tits his daug liter gr grimly linly cant you ou sou what it 11 fool you ion uro tirel I 1 lie sti tile ilio laiad antl call never to go back to tile indians john took rood good care of bilat if you dont take it somebody homebody elso elp el p will cant voll all sal I 1 ill dc to anything you ou want but tills antl slip site said hut but tills la Is till nil I 1 want its what ive ie wanted for years senra tills little tilt of land arid and you ou tiny an idea what that feeling Is like it a flash lulla saw gogain long alls of pines gain the tit ollor nilor of tile needle heard biard again thu tho ibur call of the wind good gid god earled antos amos tossing 11 ills Is hiie all on oil tit table linver iop rt tys a I 1 nn fill all mi illy bif and dittli illo only mily two tuo who cared about tile ine find ic I c vinore IHIL gone at heres tile lip ell allep for UK me it to tir ho independent ailees 11 c linnee for tilt 1111 to make itialia up for tile ti 1 ive u iiii idt of life A inan with it 11 little weve of property ino pirt like tills and allot it n little 1111 bank account Is soil sonn itley lod in ill the what lint do 10 1 enre can how lio I 1 kot get it as longs I 1 vin un hold ita it biats li ats it a lot of dirty indians to stand between tt ten tile int and fill my lily future but what io do you tan eare 0 daila 0 daddy dadd flow iio can call you ou talk so it to tilt nu I groaned troi inid Lyt idla lyttell till sin she put tier hands over tier tos eyes for it a moment swallowed hallM fd it a sol of and all started for tho outer door alio cilli gilt tier lier tout coal front from lie nall nail and cl bletl etl tile lie loor dor behind tier an n irresistible liu lind find carried 11 latr e r from the house hom slip site wall anaid wallter teI it to illel it was as still parly arl find and a 11 lan tern flickered in ili the lie norton ba lilyard slie site i ran an across to the did door fully itell was whistling to hilli himself self ns as hp he began it to tied lied down don the cattle for tile the night lydia aln looked tit at lim eagerly icil 11 in cliff dlin light clovi his big and 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