Show LYDIA OF THE PINES A STORY FROM THE THC START Lydia Dudley Dudler with her baby later r Patience tl nc returns return home horn from an afternoon of or play The home horn U Is an untidy home horn th the ml 1 pov rl h d household of h her r fa father rather ra- ra I ther Arno Amol Dudley Judley In Lak Laks II lIer r f rather father th r friend and her hr own devoted admirer John Levin are ar In general n raU raULand Land 1 U I. getting fitting more valuable every rl day da Amon Amol thinks thInk that itle It ItI I le I. time the Indians Indian IndIana who occupy a reservation twenty mile mil away awal were moving on In order that th the white whit men nun might have hi land CHAPTER I Continued I-Continued 2 2 Poor brutes of ot Indians said Bald John Levine re refilling l his Mn pipe I get ugly bout about the rl reservation yet vet I 1 realize they've got first right to the land The man that can enn make moke best bet use ulle of ot the Ion lands land's ds d's got first rl right ht to It It tn In- In listed aisted Amos chats what my ancestors ancestors onell an on- ell tors believed two hundred and fifty fit ty years o ago o when they settled In New Hampshire and put loopholes under the eaves of ot their houses Our farmhouse e hud had loopholes like that Snow used to sift In through enl ear on my bed when wIlen I was a kid Lydia lying on her stomach on the couch turning time the leaves of ot Tom Torn Sawyer looked looke 1 up with sudden In In- terest Daddy lets let's go BO back there to live Id I'd love to live In a 11 house with loop loop- holes The two men laughed You should have been a boy Lydia said AmosA AmosA Amos A boy sniffed miffed Levine and ond who'd have mothered little Patience If It shed she'd been a boy right yet right yet look at nt that litter lit ter on the desk In the parlor Doth Both the men smiled while Lydia blush blushed Id What are you going to do with that doll furniture Lydia asked John Levine I Im going to make a doll house for tor little Patience for tor Christmas Lydia gave ove nn an uncomfortable wriggle Dont talk about me so BO much Youre working a long way ahead commented Amos That was wa your mothers mother's trait I wish Id I'd had It its Though how I could look ahead nhen on a u day u a a duy Lydia Ldla Its It's I bedtime bi I. I Lydia ro rose rOle e her book under under un der dr her arm Dont rend upstairs child Amos wont went on to go 0 to bed anti and to sleep di dl Lydia looked around for tor a safe place for tor the book an and finally climbed tip up on Ina n a chair und end laid It on the top tOil shelf of fit the sideboard Then Theil bhe she come came back halk to her fathers father's side Bide and lifted her face for tor her hr night goodnight kiss flood night my child said sahl Duos Amos How flow about ore uie oI asked d Levine 1111 you ou one mil to spare for a U. U lonely lonely lone lone- ly bachelor lie Ill pulled Lydia t to Mm him and kissed her ller gently on the cheek cheEk If It you OU were ten years older und and I were ten years younger younger- younger Then wed we'd travel said the child chillI with a n happy giggle as she ran run out of ot the room There was wal silence allenee for tor a moment then John Levine 11 said Too bad old ok Lizzie Is such s a n slob I know v It replied Amos but hut she gets no wages Just stayed on after lifter nursing my lilY wife I cant can't afford to t I 1 r 1 t 1 u ur r I is u u L i 1 J 1 ry ryr r tS' S' S t r. r Poor Brutes of I Indians Said John Levine pay f r. decent ell elp And after oller nil all abe he L ra H the rough work and she's honest and fond of ot the children Still Lydia ought to ha e a better chance hancl I wish joud you'd let Jet me me- me he hesitated Let Iet you OU what asked A Amos mall Nothing Shed She'd better work out things her own way Sl Shell She'll elI be getting get ting to t notice things Mugs around the house housen houseas n ns as II he she grows VII older It I- I iho the wens devils own mess meRS here t Amos mos Im Ini going to move 1110 Di 1 vt II Tills Till place ha Iris has got on nn II in m I Ive I've got Jot to get Jet lain Into a 1 hw I 1 Pun can lime hun s garden If It II Vf wr 1 ir C lil mil isit of ot town we wo cun can get Iet iiii a I ml I l r. r fur It its les rent I i i m ml mil I i n to III n have a I garden en t I m I I M l. l I J HI tell you jou ou take in in c a nf oJ mine out near the d. d By HONOR HONORE WILLSIE O GI by A. 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C CO 8 m rrt e I lake lak Ill I'll let you yoa have It for what you pay pal for tor this It'll be empty the first of ot September Ill go no you sal said said- Amos Its as pretty prett a place as 81 I know of at Again silence fell tell Then Amos I said John why dont don't you go to congress con gress gresH Not today or tomorrow but maybe four tour or five years from now now Nice question for one poor manto man manto manto to put to another said laid Levine with witha a short laugh No reason you IOU should always be poor replied Amos Theres Therell rich richland richland land lying twenty miles north of ot here owned o by nothing but Indians Levine II scratched his hIli head You could run for tor sheriff sherli said A Amos mOil as a starter Hy lIy heck I exploded John Levine Ill Ill I'll try for tor It No reason why a I real real- estate man inn shouldn't go 10 Into politics politic ns os well wIll ns as some of ot the shyster lawyers law rou sou and anel I know huh Amos Upstairs Lydia stood In n path puth of ot moonlight pulling off ort her clothes slowly slowly slow slow- ly Iy liming having Jerked herself Into her nightdress she Ihl knelt by the bedside Oh God bile he prayed praEd In a whisper er dont let there be any more deaths In our family and help me to bring little Patience up right This washer was washer her regular formula Softly as all a shallow shadow she crept In beside beside be be- side her baby sister ter and the moonlight slowly edged across the room and rested rested rest rest- ed for tor a long time on the two curly heads motionless In la childhoods childhood's slumbEr slum slum- ber CHAPTER II The Heroic Day Little Patience told forgotten the red balloon overnight o Lydia had known that she would Nevertheless with the feeling tellIng that something was owing to the baby bilby she he decided to turn this Saturday Into an nn extra season of delight for tor her little charge t Do you care curl dad asked Lydia at at nt breakfast It If baby and I have hn lunch over nt It the lake lale shore Not ot If It y youre you're tIle careful answered Amos He lie dug Into hi his coat pocket 1 tin n e m u front from which he disinterred two pennies pen pen- nies utes Here he said one for each of ot you 1 Dont Don't ont be late lute ff for tor r supper chick chick- ens He lie kissed the two children picked up his dinner pall and was off ort Lydia her fl red I cheeks redder than usual stalled smiled nt lit Lizzie as she dropped the pennies Into the pocket of ot her blouse and amid stuffed a gray gruy and frowsy little handkerchief on top of ot them theta l nt he lie the best old daddy I I she exclaimed Sure ure said Lizzie absentmindedly as 11 she poured out her third cupful of ol at coffee Lydia Idla that dress of ot yours Is Isreal Isreal real dirty You get Int Into something else and anel Il II wash It out today I haven't got much of ot anything else to get Into hav have I I. I Lizzie- Lizzie except except my Sunday dress You are dreadful short of ot clothes child l what with the way 3 you ou grow mid and the way you climb trees Im I'm trying to save e enough out of ot the grocery grocery gro gro- cery money to get you a I COli couple pie more of ot them galatea dresses for tor when school opens but land your land your poor mother was such lIuch a n hand with the needle you used to look a perfect pic pie ture There hy by the sudden droop of ot Idlas mouth I tell you you'll be In and out of ot the time water all allday allda allday da day anyhow Both Iloth of ot you get Into the bathing suits your Aunt I Emily mIly sent you All right answered Lydia lla sober sober- ly Iy you think Aunt Emily would hove have more sense than thon to send all those grownup clothes Who did she bhe thinks think's going to make emit em over O now I 1 uon dont don't t Know snow child The poor r thing Is dead dad now anyhow Folks 1 Is s always ahva's thoughtless about charity Why I wasn't taught to sew I dont don't know Anyhow the bathing suits she got special for tor you OU two You bet your life I'm Im going to learn how to sew said suld Lydia rising to untie the baby's babs bib bill Im practicing ing lug on Florence 1 Dombey Mother had hael taught me straight seams and had Just begun me on over and over w when when-tO hen Over and over repeated the baby softly Lizzie put out a n plump toil scarred scarred hand and drew Lydia to her There dearie I Think about other things l. l What shall poor old Liz Uz fix you for tor lunch The child rubbed her bright cheek against the old womans woman's faded one You are a solid rom comfort tort to me mI Liz Liz- she alto sold said with a a sigh Then after aft tt atter er a moment she exclaimed eagerly Oh I t Lizzie do you yuu think we could have a deviled egg la Is It too expensive ex ez pensive You shall have a deviled egg If It I 1 have to steal It But maybe you might dust up the parlor a bit while I get get things ready Lydia established little Patience on the dining room dining room floor with a linen picture book brought In a broom and I dustpan from the kitchen and began belan Furiously lly to sweep the parlor When hen the last dust 11 cleared ell red somewhat she emerged with the dustpan heaped with S sweepings and the tho corners of ot the room still untouched Then with a sense fiNIS of ot duty luty well done khe he lifted litle lit lit- tie le bud and carried her up Into till he the little bedroom The bathing suits were pretty blue I woolen things and when the two presented presented pre pre- themselves to In la the kitchen the old woman exclaimed Well It If ever I seen two fairies I l IA IA lA A thin one and a fat tnt one chuckled chuck led Lydia Push Cush the baby carriage down over the steps for tor me Lizzie and Ill I'll prepare for tor our long hard voyage Patience was established hed In her perambulator with her linen picture book Florence Dombey was settled at her feet with Men Ien of ot Iron The bits of ot cigar box bor and the knife packed In a pasteboard box were tied to one edge of ot the carriage Patience's Patiences milk packed In a 8 tin pall pail of ot Ice was laid on top of or Men of at Iron The paper hag bag of ot lunch dangled from the handlebar handlebar handle handle- bar and Lydia announced the preparations prep preparations complete The way to time the lake shore hore led lod under under un un- der cler the maple trees for tor several blocks Then the board walk wall turned abruptly to cross crOSB a n marsh high high grown now with ripening cat cat Having safely fU crossed the time marsh the walk ended In ina a a. a grown grass path puth Lydia trundled the heavy y perambulator with some Mille difficulty along the path poth The August sun was hot She panted You rou are getting fat tat baby I Darn Durn It I wish I had a bicycle I 1 I Ahoy there I l Hard lIard aport with your helm mate I came a shout from behind behind be be- behind hind her A boy In a red bright-red bathing bath bath- ing lag suit Jumped 1 off oft a n bicycle Hello Bello Kent I l sold said Lydia Hello yourself l returned Kent Walt Wait and ond Ill I'll hitch to the front axle He Ill untied a stout cord from tram his handlebars han ban die bars and proceeded to fasten It from ills his saddle p post st to the lator Lydia Lyla watched him with a glowing face tace She was devoted to Kent although they quarreled a n great deal He Ile was a handsome boy two years s senior not tall for tor his years but already broad and sturdy with crinkly black block hair and clear lashed black brown eyes Ills face toce was round one and ruddy un under tier Its summer sum mer ter tun tan Ills His lips III's were full tull and strong strong strong-on an aggressive Jolly boy with witha a n quick and ll h heart art temper fm lr a a ge generous lie Ise una unu ijuin na nau DeeD neen menus since lance kindergarten days Im going to stay In the Willows nil all day sal said Lydia Lyla Dont go too fast I Kent ent up I up DIt-up horsy I 1 screamed little Patience The path after a few tew moments shifted to the lake Inke shore The water there lapped quietly on a sandy beach bench sleep deep shaded by willows Kent dis dis- mounted Discharge your cargo I 1 he cried Dont DolIt be so bossy said Lydia Ldla This Is my purt party party- All right then I wont won't play with you Nobody asked you to to smarty I Iwas Iwas Iwas was was going to give gl you my deviled egg for lor lunch Gosh said Kent did you bring yo your r lunch Say I guess Ill I'll go home and ond get mother to give gl me some But Dut lets let's play pirates pirated first All right I 1 I choose to be chief first agreed Lydia And Im I'm the cannibal and baby's the stolen princess said Kent The three children plunged Into the game which Is is the common property of ot childhood For a time blood bloody captures captures cap Cal tures savage age orgies escape pursuit looting of at great greut ships shillS and burial of at treasure transformed the quiet shore to a theater of at high crime At last as ns the August noon waxed high and the hostage princess fell teU fast fust asleep In her perambulator cave cuve the cannibal canni hal bal bal who had shifted to captured duke bowed before the pirate Sir he said In a deep voice I Iha ha have bethought t myself of at still further treasure which It If you jou ou will allow me iu w no 0 HI LIT in m my trusty moa Doat i win will winget get and bring to you It you If you sou OU will allow al at low me ume to say farewell at ot that time timeto to my wife and babes ha Hal I returned the pirate How lIow do do I know you'll come back buck The duke folded his arms You have my word of ot honor which never has and never er will avill IU be broken Go duke but return ere sundown The pirate made mude a magnificent gesture ture lure toward the bicycle And lIa say Kent bring plenty to fill yourself up for tor Im I'm awful hungry and Ill I'll need all weve we've got She he was giving Ing little Patience her bread breud and und milk when Kent returned with a paper bag Ma Iu was teas cross at me for tor pestering her tier but I managed to get some sandwiches sand and doughnuts Come COllie on Oil lets let's begin Gee theres there's a squaw I 1 Coming toward the three thrle children seated In the sand by the perambulator perambulator lator was a thin than bent old woman leanIng leaning lean lean- Ing on a II stick Dirty old beggar said Kept Kent beginning be be- beginning ginning to devour his sandwiches FuH Joh c tm n f til t o In A I T cairn i il 11 t n n n UJ Begging Eg Indians were no novelty to o Lake City children but this one wasso was wasso wasso so old and thin that Lydia was hor hot rifled Toothless her black bluck hair streaked with gray her calico dress unspeakably dirty her hands like birds birds' claws clasping her stick the squaw stopped Id In to front of ot the children children chil chil- dren Eat I I she said sold pointing to her mouth while her sunken black eyes were flied fixed on Kents Kent's sandwiches Little Patience look looked d up and began beian be be- begun ian gun to whimper with fear Get out you ou old rip I said sold Kent Eat Ed E tl I h Ball Feat Eat I Insisted the squaw a certain ferocity In la n her manner Did you IOU walk walle clear In from the reservation r a asked ked Lydia The squaw nodded and held out her crany hand band for tor the childrens children's s In n N No Ne eats all time no ne eau You give ive e eats poor eats poor old oM woman Oh Kent she's half halt starved I 1 Lets Lefi rI e give fire her some of ot our lunch exclaimed Lydia Not |