Show L OF THE PINES PIES STORY FROM THE START Lydia with h 7 baby bab Patience returns from an n after noon of play pay to their untidy hoUsehold household house houet the Impoverished home hold of li bpI r father Amos Anlo Iud Dud ItT lr In Lake lk City Her father fathers I friend and ad h her r own doted ad John l think It U time rener- rener th the Indians Indiana who occupy s B vallon twenty way HWY wi-r wi tre tho thu white while moving In order that men mn might have han tills thie land John Levine alter after talking over ovir announce his III Intention of KO- KO 10 gP Inn Ing Into politic The ne t da day dair nod l Kent Moulton are itaY tv lIy th the lake late with Margery Marshall th the daughter dl of Dave 1 to I banker Margery Into the water lulled out unhurt taut but fright nI she eh U III taken home hom homI by I L 1 lla ha Kent hent nt Her HI I father nod Kent eol for the Ihl in If hap until l. l Ulti eSt cx ex plains Le tue tell teIl Amos hU 11 plan to 10 take Inke from the Indian r atlon und and ultimately ultimate ly I. I have hll It l for settlement lall succumbs to 1111 therla leaving 1 11 feeling that Ihal her hr trust In Iii Clod iod In Is lout Site SI linda comfort In III the loving lo 1 of Job Toh i I LevIne A note nol of ot Amos Amos' backed d b 1 1 A. A and held by I Marshall J Is Ju Iut and cannot bo ho met hIl At I agrees to 10 It II enters en n tere high A At I her first party pari the llin other girls h her hr r A Indian boy Jackson Jackon makes Uns a 1 Levine und Il him CHAPTER VII 8 The Republican Candidate ma Arnot Kent I caught by br thor her arni arlit a ns its hi his hands clutched Tor or vines vine's throat Marshall tuf did dl dl 1 not hr r out of ot liI hU hair During Ih the 11 re re- lul of the episode his hll fact face wore wor vor complacent expression tit that though din lId did not consciously observe It Itt Itt t tile the time returned to tn her lier In III after irs with peculiar I 1 significance Here hero Here This ruts wont won't do to III my toy Oil ling oung t J cried A Amos mOil Jt me get ct nt at him panted J. J ran over nir to the Indian 10 CI to ri k she ht pleaded looking to k In g up ti i. i Lo Io o his tits face you Oll mustn't tiit hurt Mr r. vine evine II He's Hes my toy best friend And Anil AndIs t Is III not 1101 polite to 10 come collie to till call at nl n mv nn iKe p and make u n Io row this way j That ats at's right toOl commented cj OlOtI itt I Mn Marshall no Do o jour our ntH fighting outdoors lohu had not sit stirred front from his lr t to looked up Ill at ut Ih the tb Indian aM said boss by and Insolently rn Insolent by iet et pt out of pre e You know I can lIn do 10 to In ou on ou dont don't you ou Well VeIl got get out nut do It I rI 1111 Ic ret returned U 1 Johns John's 1 look of ci cm ii empl with nfl one of nf concentrated hi lot hn red Then he it I turned to tu Kent 1 Come on nn IT Kent h he Ito growled 1 an pd ollo by 10 Its friend he hI nt ut nf Of till the kitchen door dour 1 I Whew hew I ev I Mild sal d Amos t lIIn i t talk 1 it I k a h nit Indians ll t lIu was Willi a t trembling rig violently vi i lout by outdo made him net lIel so so- so IU lilt yo oti tart rt his sister f Mr tIr Te hll 1 even Know he III had a II sister John lohn coolly noll relighting hi hIs hll Igar 1111 Marshall ro rose ron 1 und stretched St ret 1101 1 his fn fat fatt t LI d. d Well jou ou serve lr UI up UI too iou muc 1 for me lite Amos Autos Ill I'll be h got get cI In ing ng I. I along otto Come rr Walt 1111 1 well we'll all 1111 have l some col cof lt 11 e. e 1111 said 1 I. lIzzie Land Im I'm ill all 1111 huk ti suit w I 1 t a it I any anything I hi tig Ken Neit d I have I bad more seme I hall t tring Iu itt ring brIng him In lii lore here sold sahl hIP k h he's hes usually perfectly lovely 10 1 la Gnes 10 lo partle ho Itt lIh Ii I Ih the lie girls girl s a it ver 11 I hi tig boy 10 bo white while v Ic i or ir Indian It itt it II n. n I tha ht I ines to all on Ott you before Ill I'll ru turn tut n the hose hoM on oil sail ai I l ive winking t at III the Ihl otto men fAnio A a nil Tobt it I a d a nd I p t e nde his itIs exit In high r l humor When Ilio I lie he door hud bad hu 1 mill ild A Any n ny real coal I trouble ili with b t Ii I the IIII lit 11 hov ilin 7 T r no nit returned 1 Ie litt forget nr It i t A And nil forget It If I they hl did tUtI while t tilt hll till the No So r dusk dick drew to III t o a II 2 clo p and a nil I tin Ito red id t oyes 14 of or f the III start a warm CI r warmer glow About A k i ek k it for n it I II light I gli t supper I p ot I no t l 11 lack buck for fur town I He lie Ic hud haul no noen not en goti five tt when u II Shut Man rak oil t Ii ti hg Ii I the Ito i rent I bib I air dr r. r 1 A Amos started for fill the IIII duit hut hilI IIi Liz Jh i gi grasped 1 It III his I s a nun i i tt Vou Voit s tay right re Amok uw und take IlIk tit care 11 of tbt tin lilt Mi P e. e What hlll ito do you jou ou It was hiI red l. l mt la I wish Ih Mr tr Lev In was II bert re HiM 1111 tt lii I Im I'm I tt raid of lIe I that I all lu ii s 's it a to 10 It him lIl I iii iiiI ht I IWIn een weon bin Iii hl it being I sheriff IT a and iii I his hll ii I 01 bier Ill I'll get It my I 1111 Walt Ill I'll have l to In fill 1111 It I I fur for you 1 Id ii I 1 lIu So Si OI It Il Willi vils that while hlll Amos id I. I sought for n II iti now liP k footsteps sounded nn tin the Ih porch th till e door Inor o opened und I Bill Hilly hI by Norton t iI on ii iii hIs bill father John 1111 Into the f I living rt I overcoat I owed u a patch of roil red on the tito right Kor IIII sake Here nr put him on In one tte e couch A III mo not l Hilly take 1111 nail anu get gete e d tor K-tor here burp said Pa la Norton Hot lot water tutor and lull clean 1111 cloth lIa aehl Id Anius feeLs liV get III his clothes off elf ortan ry Ua trembling violently could roly curry carry al U ti crushed Ice II from florn tn to hi h bir r father Jo u u one olle spoke HI flip gentle oozIng coring of at the blo blood Milt Milt-d to the Ih freezIng free no al In n it low voice olce to Pit Ia Nori Nor or- or lr otI i t. t ned f C at r say ay ny nilly and I were rp comIng rom corn cornIng romInA I Ing InA jome from rr town when we e heard henn I the shot hot cl ct u III t Jt 31 took tn u i a 8 minute or two to come COlne ur ui tc 10 LeIne He lie was standing dazed like UkI I said th the shot had come coin from the the- lake Inke abort shon way ay nuO nut that's nil nib he lie knew It II The beat of ot horses horses' hoofs on tin till frozen ground broke tin till silence that thai tollow followed d. d In n R moment Doctor ou ron ran tutu Into the room seized Klor Flor ence COC uh und hurried to the lbs kitch en 11 II nor ibid dill slit she leave 1 her station Inthe In It the furthest corner romr until the the door loor closed softly after n f the tite doctor Amos out nut Into the tue kitchen and got ot i Ii drink at nt the tIte writer water poll pall i toe Doc got Iut Ih the hit bullet ald Amos Anios the lIlt top toll of the Hie bin hili lungs und sad conic cam to 10 th the Ihl surface lI near the till bock backbone Lori Lord that was W n It narrow escape Who lio thu 11 11 It Autos Amos k 11 1111 Itch head It 1 have hu uteri been Charlie Jackson or It might lIa have n been n a dozen others A sheriff liable to 10 have tint e plenty lIty of enemies Kill started a II hunch bunch hunting g. g shivered Lt Hoc Vj sot lot the thit bullet bullot said Amos Were Vere going to 10 be IH busy I In III this house p for to a n while I want to III let Kee him first please Iene bense daddy Just t n a peek peik leI then don't dont make a noise Already the room living had a n sickroom sick Ick r room II aspect The light was Willi Lowered and the table tuble was ivas littered with bund band ages IIII'S owl bottles LydIa crept rpt up to tolIe tie the couch and stood stOOl down u uthe III at atthe the gaunt quiet figure fl John opened hi lila his eyes CPS und and smiled faintly Making you lots hote of trouble young Jung LydIa Oh Oil no I exclaimed L Lydia Just get t well we Wt dont don't mind t the hc trouble Ive I got jot to get It well veil sos so's you an and anut I Ican con can travel el whispered Levine Good GoodnIght Goodnight night dear 1 Lydia swallowed R a sob fob Gooi nl ht she lIe sold said The shooting was stas a n seven even I duys' wonder but no nl clue due liS found as to the Identity of nf till tIe be woud-he assassin Charlie Jackson in spent lIt this the eve t. with I Kent IIII As S the monotony of ot Levines Levine's convalescence 1 1 on Oil pis gos' I II slit sip I and anal conjecture lost Interest In n him hint John himself would not mint speak of or the shootIng It Jt was after Christmas before L coming mill home lionte from school with Adam Allam who S went to 10 meet met her bier would find filth John pale huh and weak but hUI fulI fully d rested for tor her hr from mm hl his chaIr arm h by the window The Flip two h. h L L. L nau many long talks In the IIII IlIn curly win tot ler dusk uk before I. I Lydia la started he hr lion for tUI supper slipper One oJ of if thes fin pa particularly ri 11 the tue child never forgot Ot I holy acted queer Chai Cliar He lie Ik first mid hilt but now youre you're getting well 11 I they're n nil 1111 Just as It crazy him hint ns liS ever Hell feli kill 1 sonic some one In a 0 scrimmage yet jet was Johns John's Nit No the h boys tiny say he lie never love his lbs temper Tie The rest lest of if them bitin I do 10 o. o I wish played football I bet V ILI Id make u a good q John Im laughed weakly hut hilt delightedly delight edly ill Vou must 1 weigh h fully full u a bundre hUll bun tired l pounds I h Why honey I I trample II n hundred pounds to It death I They would tint not t. t 1 vole ivits And Jut t feel in lilY muscles I r Kf get tin III from 1 swimming 1 John ran hi Ills hIs hand over 1 I lie thou I I and I a arm nit My tt ty y goodness he It suld suhl I In n u ston Isit Tl oso nO 11 mui to us Its cles art ure I like Ike I tiny at steel eel 1 i Well what whal el e you OU like to tl be bl besides br bl be- be sides idt quarterback LydIa rno hitched Ie her chair closer d to I levIne toward U II 11 the en n W where Lizzie Wits was knitting an ug her 1111 foot feet In the oi oven oell n Id 11 like bIke to 10 own II nn tin orphan An AnId Id I'd get till the I be money t to In n run n It with vb t I i frona fron from I III a It gold 1111 III mine I nl I 1 would find II a mine hunt liNew In li New Mexico I know 1 I could If It I Ju t get gel out oitt there lint what limit hilI ure you yuu 1 really going li lido iii hI do thi wIth yourself t IIII pipe butte aside ei Well I Li first III's tNt Im I'm gi going I og I lo III o gut get a un 1111 ii oil edu ii- ii cation clear Ipar up through the HR- huh or ci It I y t I iet ci it nn ti 41 imea I If It Ifon I on you ft havi l' a t tIn to In scrub serum HIP street pt lo It do d ti It II wits sits whal I said You run inn 1111 be Iii i II a alady lady and timith bo hut hI poor por she Ill Mild alit hut III you yot oll Un t IK It a it lady lint and U use UL l' l I poor r And then 11 Im I'm going in lii lit lie m its good goil It u housekeeper as mis Irs rHo Marshall ii and tol Im I'm going gob to In dress ii russ as a s well I us I und hl have us liS pretty as us Miss Towne And Im I'm never astir 1111 In Iii nio e t tint out of the home I make Muy Ia It be lit Ill I'll got get married I suit Ill I'll lot lotto lo to t I want 1 at lit least MX six lx children ml nil 1 lint ones one's Iii got till I to III a S support tori I them Anti And Ill I'll want I. I to Iii I travel rail I i good deal FravI I ii kes 1 John room remind I 11 Id her I Hy ly I lit Ih middle I e o of f 1 January a ti nit ti Ie 1111 11 Itie S C U I I y ri-et ri recovered t to 10 ti Th I a Saturday I before 1 he itt left a it 01 her 1111 ci im i I Ii ii I between hot him It I I It Ii und 0 I II I I that Ito t 01 St still I I I fit further ri bier I the III quaInt 1 1111 friendship of itt If the Ih two Iwo was ivas taking hiking a II lung long 1 nap Till The r old ih ii soul Ii H ib been oln I teen exhausted i It a ti I eb by h. I II hIhl I bun Ihl iii nursing lIun-III tug li vI tie la buy luy i on II iii t the Ihl I u couch 11 i iiii iii ii unit I by asked ly I 1 lla to I. I n aloud a butt l I 10 o Id hI in III Slit She deep In The TIie Obi rl l urlo lt Shop 1101 antI and was 1111 glut hiel to tn short It 11 with her Pier friend Suddenly 1 Levine was teas lI to tn jeur lr 01 voice tremble Slit Sim wits was ending of little Nell's Nells last sickness She Rh was dond doai 1 Lear Dear nr noble Sell wn 11 octal Xo o 0 nu sti beautiful pit calm HI She Ilm u II creature n Mi from the Ihl bund of loi mu Not Nit tame l' it vho ho hud hind I lived I ved und 11 demut death Ii lIuI Iu I broke lilT bowed ho her bier lIow heath head nn tin the book und broke brok Into rito deep long drawn that we wen Ilk n a than a 11 child I r tu-su tu lu as II quickly a AS Lii bu could By Hy Honor Honore Willsie l c b by rl A. A Stoke Stok Co wilt VM ik f Lydia C Coming Horns Homo From School With Adam Sly My 1 I lie he exclaimed Ih the matter He lie JI pulled her from front the Strom chair seated then drew her bier to Ills lils knees knels I bear benr It I sobbed LydIa I cant Seems if I couldn't hn have little again Id I'd die Hints the way Wity he slit looked In to tier her coflin you JOU remember F fre 1 li from till the hood hand of God not God not one on who hind h lived and n a death 0 O my roy little lip little lster John Jhn gathered Jl J. J LydIa In his arms and hushed her t his hi hf heart Sweetheart I Wh Why I 1 didn't realise you ou still felt sol i 0 f. f Think how tiow py must he be up there therewith with God Cod od amt auth tier her mother I 1 You wouldn't I wish her tier hack buck J I If I believed 1 that I could stand It- It t- t hut but there 1 nt h any God Gad I I Levine gasped I LydIa a I Hush now noss I I Stop crying III 1 tell It'll row ml about It III j 1111 sallow fallow ow furl face wits Wit Fet t t with pain 11 Why child chilli this isn't right Youre You're I loo 1110 ito young U for fOl such Ih thoughts LydIa d do 1111 you rend the till I tilde Blithe Sho llo nodded mudded Ive I nod that too too hut but might 1111 hart believed 1 er e everything every thing I He III It wild uld Wit was due 1101 yet ct el there mightn't lust have been ti a i word of truth In It Do Io you believe lOve III In Go Clod l I Johns John's hold on Ott t the Ihl Ii thin hands tight ened I He be si stared a rob I long oil g mu mid thoughtfully nil I. I I I y lit nt till the mow Hakes sill In Ing I lt the lilt window Lydia he lit tot Haiti Id a at III I la lat bitt t Ill II I admit a d It thou that III faIth fulth In II I till the lie hereafter In lii Inan an au seeing All flod md tins ha been considerably consider ably as lt v In grown r. 11 older Hilt Ill I'll admIt 1 Juo that Ive I've refused IIII to III give I the IIII matter much thought I tell t. t you yell Oil what Ill I'll do cill Lets Let's jou und I start un ln tour our t I travel ravel trip 1111 right now low Iet's start looking lot for od- od lo to tret her lies He's there nil right my 01 child Hut Hilt you and itati 1 I dont don't seem In lu It be h uble ubi to o use list the IIII ordinary paths to tu Ret gel to In toI I Him So II well we'll hick Ik tIlt out OUT our own U trail trull chr It I S t And 1111 U ii j I tell 1111 ci I me Int v liti t your I M Is Is II and where when rOil get pt hist Iu lost t.- t. Ill I'll tell you Oll It may tithe take us liS II hut well we'll got get there by h flock t K Ili Eh young lIns 1 7 I I 1 31 bItt 1111 I looked I Into ii I 0 I lie Mud III hi at c p es long 1001 and earnestly rid And 1 1 UN us SP se there liter tle lithe Into her bier heart a sense o of If lIm companionship hlll I ii u of protection f ri f eel litti of nt if complete e ut understanding n dl ng lr I Unit |