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STOKES CO STORY STOny FROM THE START STAnT Lydia Dudley with h her r baby sister liter Patience r turn home from an att of ot play pity The horn home li I. an tn untidy home horn the Im household of ot her fa father father ta fa- ther Amo Dudley In Lake City Her father tather friend and her own devoted admirer John are affairs In general Land LaneS I la getting more valuable every day Amoa Amo moll thinks that It li II time the Indian who occupy a reservation twenty mUfti miles away w wIre were r moving on In order that the white men have thus land lind John Levine after utter talking thing over announce hi his hla In Intention In In- of ot going Koine Into The next nut lay day ay Lydia and aneS companion Kent Moulton playing by the lake are accented accosted accost accent ed by an 01 old 1 squaw who live on the reservation nearby nuby Lydia give her food tood Margery the mall email daughter of ot 1 Dave ave Marshall the towns town bunker blinker joins join them They riy decide to go Ita out on the water wa war warter ter In a boat Margery fail falla into In Into In to the water Pulled lulled out unhurt but frightened 1 she la he-la taken home by Lydia and Kent Her lIer father call on Amos Amoa to complain blaming blaming blam blam- ing Lydia and Kent for the ml mishap mis hap Lydia explains explain the Iho accident acci acel dent and says ay that Hint because Margery Mar Margery gery la 1 stuck atuck tuck up she ahe I Is I not 1101 a popular playmate ar arranges arrange ar ar- ranges range for Lydia to teach leach Margery Margery Mar Mar- gery Kery to wlm CHAPTER HI III-Continued III Continued 4 She forgot her aching buck and led the way Into the hOll house t Amos Amol was wasas wasas as a excited and pleased AS liS the children and Lizzie Lizzle so tiled lint flint her br old hands shook sheik wits liS ns us elated us us' us the others Its more mor only o than thun the tilt old oldhouse liou hOIl house e and nil all on one no Hour Twill save SU me Inc tl tie a stairs And the brt h fine slip she wild said falling to call attention attention atten tion to the fact that the water was tar fur from Hit lie house louse and that there was vua no kitchen sick e Jot got to try tn art keep this piece plute cleaner I Ill I'll ncr than ihan wo we did the other wild saki Alii Anus Amos Lydia hotter better wash up for supper Slipper Oh OI ly said suit Lydia Im too tired Dont Don't ont make nuke me melt I II All All rl right hl answered Amos but hut your mother loather was always clean and anil so Sll soam sourn urn am I L I. I dont don't se si where you jou jet get It Maybe be one oue of my lilY ancestors was H It garbage man suggested sill gildIng sliding slid gild Ing Into lien her place at nt the table She hc allowed Lizzie Lizzle to carry Into their bedroom after aCter supper situ and Amos smoking In the yard and planning plan fling ning the garden for tor next nest year ar waited In vain Miln to hear r Heulah Beulah Land and Wreathe me no gaudy chaplet float to him hint from the open window Wheres heres Lydia Lizzie Lizzle P he ked asked I ns liS the old lady ady conic out to empty the dishwater She Slie aint come out yet Maybe bh she's s fell asleep too The two tt toed tip ed to the window On Ou the bed bd under the covers ers was little little lit lit- tle tie fast fust asleep and beside tier her on top of the con covers fully dressed lay lilY Lydia an sn arm across oss her little III sister ter In n time the sleep of ot utter lion tion Ill just take tf her shoes of oft off ont and er cover her and leave lEa her till morning said Bald Lizzie Uzzle Hut But Amos gazing at hit his two III Ill kempt little daughters at the chaotic room did not answer except to murmur mur mur- tim mur a to elf lt Ob Patience I 1 lu la thence I IThe The fhe cottage was somewhat Isolated Amos was three quarters of or a mile tulle tram front his work The Tho schoolhouse was wars wasH a H mile away and the nearest trolley which Lizzie Uzzle must take to do the family tam fam II ily shopping shop was half hult a II mile back bad 1111 along the dirt dill road rond Nevertheless all ull the felt that u family they iney had nun nUll taken a OI distinct Sh step ll upward In mot moving lul Ing Into lake shore property wad no nobody oly complained c of It f distances Amos mo began putting In his Sundays In cleaning the grown up Ul acres lie III Intended to 10 turu turn Into futo a garden In n fI tte spring He lie could not afford to 1111 Lute have e It plowed so liO he sp spaded It all ull elf during the won wonderful bright ht brightfull full Sabbaths Nor was this thU a 1 hardship hard hurd ship hp for Amos Only the tarm furnn bred can all realize the reminiscent joy he tic took In with the sod iod which gate I II I up the bine snail 11 II that tha t Is more deeply familiar to nan liun than tiny any other In Inthe the range of ot human experience A dairy farmer named Norton up t the hI road gave gate him manure In exchange ex u. c hangs change for Cor the promise of early HI vegetables for his Ills table tahle After his hIM spud fug Ing was done donI In late inte September Autos Amos with his wheelbarrow followed by the two children began his hIli trips trills between the dalr dairy farm and his garden patch and end he be kept these up until the tie garden gurden was all deep with fertilizer I Lydia Idla dla was happier than she ahe hud had let fn n n since her mothers mother's r j de death th Shin Sho hf took tank the tho long lone tramps to and from fromn n school lunch box und and m school hi bug bar slung it JI lur back In a sort of ecstasy She J I v us inherently u II child of ot the tile wood woods II I 1 i matt i I i. i Their beauty thrilled ber bet hll li It ti tier her Some SOllie of the I weight of worry and responsibility that she had carried since her baby babi slater dieter of two weeks had bad been turned over to her care left her ber John Levine came home with Amos Amoa one night to supper Amos felt safe sate about an unexpected guest on Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day for tor there was Wal always alwn's u pot of or baked beans at ot the baking of ot which Uzzle Lizzle was a ma master ter hand ano and there were always biscuits Lydia was expert expert ex ex- pert at making these thelle She had bad taken token of late to practicing with her mothers mothers mother's mothers mother's moth moth- ers er's old cook book and Amos felt as If f fhe he were getting a new lease of or gastronomic gas gas- life lito Well said Levine after arter supper lupper was wim finished d the baby boby was asleep and 1 was established with a copy of or orThe The Water ater Babies Bahles he had hod brought her I had had an Interesting trip this week Amos to tossed sed the bag of tobacco to Lev Levine Inc Where I put In III Inmost most of the week on horseback horseback horse horse- back up on the time reservation lion Amos the pine lurid land up in III there Is something to dream of or Why rhy theres there's nothing like It t left In f the too Mississippi valley nor hasn't be be been h i for tor twenty years Have e you ou ever er been n up lip there Amos shook hits his head Ive ve just never ne had bod time Its It's an awful trip No Xo railroad twenty mile dr drive drive drive- Levine ll nodded The Indians are In an awful tul ful bad shape up there Agents Agent's In It for what he me can get I guess Dont Don't know ns liS 1 I bIll blame me him The sooner the Indians are ure gone Bono the better bet ter It'll be for tor us and und nil all concerned the matter with en on asked I Lydia Idla Hn Consumption some Consumption some m-some some kind of eyo eye dl stars disease se l starvation atlon- atlon The rhe child shivered and her eyes ejes widened better go on with the Water tauter Babies said suld fallen falln John has Hns Tom rom Into Inlo the river yet YlO No Nn hes he's just seen himself In lu the Inh mirror for answered Lydia burying her heru u nose e In III the delectable tale again Its Us n a wonderful story said Levine Levine Le Le- vine his ck eyes pes reminiscent It has some unforgettable verse In It It ns nil as I was Buying Amos that timber tim her ber Isn't going to stay up UI there and rot rot because because Im I'm going to get tt It out of lit there I I asked Amos Act of congress maybe Maybe a railroad will get a n permit to go through ch chi h There are several lIe ways Well We'll die rich yet Amos Amos Altos pull pulled at nt his pipe and shook his Ms head hend You Vou will but I wont wout It Isn't In III our blood Shucks Amos Where Where's your nerve e Amos looked nt lit Levine silently for tor fora toru a u moment Then Ihen he lie said sald huskily My nerve ner Is gone with And If It she Isn't In lu heaven there thell Isn't one cue that's all Lydia Ldla looked up UI from her ber story with witha a II quick Hash flasha of tragedy In her eyes Well Weli said John smiling at ut her gently If you dont don't want to be bo rich A Amos mOil Lydia does Ill I'll give her the cottage cot tage tagI here the Ule first fifty thousand 1 I make off otT of Indian pine lands Mr Marl Marshall says like Ilke h I h-I I you'll get some same Indian lands mused the child Both men exclaimed together I Lydia was confused but repeated her conversation with Marshall So that's the way the wind blows said Levine lue You dont don't think for tor a minute theres there's a II banker In lu tow town Im without one hand on ou the time reservation said Amos youre you're old ell eu enough now not lIot to repeat com j you ou hear bear at ut home Dont Don't you ou ever cur tell anybody the time things you jou ou hear bear me the and Mr I r Levine talk tulle over o Understand sharply Yes daddy murmured Lydia Hushing flushing painfully You dont don't have hue to jaw the tile child that w way ay Amos LevInes LevIne's voice oke was wusI I Impatient Just explain things to her hr Why hy do you jou ou want to humiliate her her I Amos guv short laugh Takes a abac bac bachelor to wring up kids Run Kim along t to bed Lydia Lj Lydias II act tut t a II kid She's Sites a grownup grown up lady tIdY In disguise said suld Levine catching her hand us she passed and drawing her to him hint Good night young Lydia I I If you jou ou w were r ten hn years jears curs older and I were ten years younger younger- younger smiled through tear dimmed 1111 eyes Wed travel I l she said Amos always a II little moody and a little restless since the time childrens children's mother hud had gone to her ber lust sleep grew grell more t l so o U us as the tho end of the this year yeam ea approached It was perhaps a II week before on em a Sunday afternoon after after- noon that he culled called Lydia Idla to him haw Patience Pa la thence tience was having her nap and had hod gone one to cull call ou on Mrs Norton Lydia who wax was rore rereading reading The Water Wilier Rabies Bable pu put pui It down reluctantly reluctant reluctant- ly Iy and came callie to her fathers father's side aide II Tier r heart thumped heavily Her lIer fathers father's I depressed voice volee meant Jut just one thing money trouble Amos Amo hesitated you jou get et that dress dreis my dear he ked asked and I made raid It of or that one the child It of ot mothers mother's answered Isn't nt made so ao awful good but I lUke like to wear It because It was Will hers her Yes Yee yeti yes yes said Amos absently The dress was a green serge serie clumsily clam clum ell elly put putt together as BI a 0 sailor lallor suit and ond the color fought taught desperately with the transparent blue of the little girls girl's eyes yes Lydia sold said ber father abruptly Youre a bl big girl now v. You n asked ked for skates and a sled for tor Christmas My child I 1 dont don't see Bee how ho you children are going to have anything extra for Christmas except perhaps a n little candy and on nn orange orang That note noto with Marshall comes due In January ny by standing I Levine off on the rent I earl can and scrape the Interest together Its It's hopeless for me even to consider n meeting tho th the tints ot note V What hAt hat Marshall Will d do I d dont don't k know i If J I could tle cr ever get geton geton on my my feet with feet with the garden Hut But on ona II a dollar and a halt half a day dllY I swan s No Christmas at all nil quavered quo Lydia Wont Von t we even en hang up our stockings If It you'll be contented Just I to put a little candy In is them Come joure youre too bl big to hang up your our stockIng stockIng stock stock- Ing anyhow Lydia Idla left her father and walked over o to the window She pressed ld her face tace against the pane and ond looked back to the lake luke As she blie looked the weight eight weighton eighton on her chest lifted The fhe trembling In her hr hands rands that always came with the mention of at money lessened The fhe child even en as early as this thIll hud hind the greatest gift that t life lite bestows the tho of ot deriving solace from frown sky and hill hll and sweep of ot water Anyhow she site said to her father r Ive I still got something to look forward for tor ward to Ive I've 1 hot got the doll house to give he baby and Mr Levine llIe always lI gives me a u book tor fora for t a n good girl Amos Antos give e en n a relieved relle sigh th then hell ll went on 00 with h lift brooding over his unlighted pipe And Anti after otter all ll this lids Christmas proved pro to be lie one of ot the high spots of life She had u n joyous th All the morning she spent In n the woods on the thes Z s You Get That Dress Drees My Dear He Asked Norton farm with her sled cutting pine boughs As she trudged back through the farmyard Billy UlIly Norton called to her Oh Lydia I Lydia stopped her sled against a adrIft adrift adrift drift and waited for tor Billy Dilly to cross the farmyard He lie was a larg awkward lI bo boy several se years jears curs older than Lydia lie He seemed a u very ery homely sort of person person per per- son to her yet she liked his face He lie was as liS fair as ns Kent was wo dark Kents Kent's features were regular and clean cut Billys Billy's were rough hewn und and Irregular irregular lar and his hair and lushes lashes were straight and blond What LydIa could not at Rt this time appreciate was vas the fact that Billys Billy's gray eyes were remarkable In time the the clarity and rid steadiness of their gaze that Ms his square jaw and mobile mouth were lle full of lit tine promise for tor his manhood man hood hand and that even tn ut lit sixteen the framework of ot his great body was rung mug lie He never pr hind paid any attention to 10 Lydia before and she was bashful toward to tor I ward the older bus I Say Lydia Idla want a u brace of ot duck A lot of ot them settled fettled at lit Warm ann Springs last Int t night und and Ive I've got more than I 1 curt CUll use I He lie leaned his gun against the time fence and und began to st separate two birds bird front from I the tilt bunch hau hanging luj over his shoulder Lydia began to breathe quickly The Dudleys s 's could not afford u a lI e. vial dill ChrIstmas Christinas dinner I I I I dont don't know how I c could uld pay you I Who wants pay asked Bill lilli In tn 11 I tuk take anything without payIng paying pay pay- Ing for It returned Lydia her ryes ces still on the ducks But Id I'd Id I'd-I'd Id I'd rRth er have hOfe those Ulan than n 1 ship Kilty's a clear r wandered gaze giue e from flora Lydias Lydia's thin little face t tp ber patched mittens and back Wont your jour our father let you you he hc asked I wont won't let myself replied the little lit tie tle girl Oh t l sold said Hilly Billy his hits gray rny eyes I deepening Well have I let jet n. n me IV the thA evergreens and you go buck for some soma more morl It'll save lIa me rate getting ma inn hers With one 1118 thrust thru of her foot Lydia shoved shoY th the thA fragrant pile pule of ot |