Show n Lydia ia of the Pines DI HONORE HONOR WILLSIE f W O kr br rr A. A Stok Co Ca WHO Service I 1 T CHAPTER 16 John selred her ber hands and for n a moment nt the tIle two stood smiling and f P r looking Into each ench others ethers face I Kic Ki- Ki x c pt that he 1111 was all grayer Levine He Ire broke tile tie silence to tomy my lilT Well I Well l young Lydia Ldla you are tre grown frown tip nt qt's ray my hair Mid nd Lydia Idla and my skirts The Tilt two men clasped hands Well Veil mOil A Its hen been a Ion long time between drinks JohnI John I know It II A Amos but my 11 chores chore flono dono Now Ill I'll home and enjoy life lite Is la It U too hot lIot for tor wames and ind coffee for tor super Its U not too hot lot for on anything on 00 onearth onearth earth you curl cnn ask ok for returned Lydia Iy Ly dIll dla to roll up her l sleeves sleeve Ill go right In end and start them now now It was o nn extraordinarily pleasant upper supper After the dishes were pro washed Levine asked Lydon to stroll up the roal road with lIh him bun while did dill Ills his evening chores It ll dusk dUlk when they Ihly turned tinned out the K to to 10 the rood roud Ldla Lydon clinging to Johns John's nun arm John put a n long hand over the tIe small thin thlu ono one on his arm Brut Have ilat e eyou you jou missed ml ne ate young Lydia lie Ise asked Y Yes s she fhe he answered e especially as ns you never cane curnc near us after the tearing How slow could 1 come naked the theman theman man mall simply Imply You had me roe end and found me no wanting Have you for for- glen chen me toe Lydle It wasn't n a matter igniter between you OU ind not nil ne roe replied the girl slowly It wa wn wal between you OU and your conscience lint and If ft your jour approves what's the use of asking me to forgive you rou Because I cant can't stand not having your our approval 01 said I Levine They trolled strolled on In silence while LydIa Lydon considered her reply No matter mat ter If It the lIu destroying of ot the this Indians were rl right ht that wouldn't exonerate the whites for tor having been blen cruel and crook crooked d In doh doing It People will 1 always al always al ways remember It of ot u us John sighed then then Bald eald abruptly Lets never discuss It again What ele afe re you reading now Lydia English essayists and Emerson Tm rm crazy about Emerson learned one thing thine from to quote to you rou Its It's like you and me me She Sho quoted Friendship that that select select se- se lect and sacred relationship that Is III a kind of ot absolute and which even een leaves the language of love suspicious and common so 80 much touch I I. I is this tools purer and nothing Is so 80 much divine John Joho stopped and taking face In both his hands be lut exclaimed huskily Oh my lilY dear this Is II my real welcome home hornet I Oh Oh Lydia 10 Lydia If It you were ten years pals older and nud I were ten tell years younger younger- Lydia laughed Then wed we'd travel to lo to all the happy places of It the world We VA must turn back buck I Dadd 11 be walt wait In ing 1 Lev Levine I no was s very fry busy bUllY with the tho details de dl tails tolls of ot the Indian removal for tor the next week or two The exodus wn was accomplished In In a businesslike roan man nor ner There were tome some disturbances on the tho reservation but hut for the tho most roost port part the Indians were werA dared dazell and un un- protesting Before the concentration began the precaution was Wits taken of ot tending sending Charlie Jackson under older guard to the new rl reservation In the South west Lydon had never neer seen him otter after her day at lit the hearing She always Ul was vlIs to carry In her memory his ill hand handsome handsome hand hand- domo d. d some omo bronze brunzo face too tOI rl ll early y with lines Imes of despair as ns she saw 81 It while hilI she uttered her protest to the 1110 commissioners And Aud It was a haunt haunt- ugly sad sud memory to carry In n the tho evening e Lydia vat sat with her lIet Jo Emerson open before her but Jut with her unseeing eyes fastened on the tile open door It was Willi a little loiter litter nine when the Iho chug thug of ot I Kents Kent's car topped stopped at ot the the 1110 and In a n moment Kent Dt white while faced appeared In la the thedoor thedoor door John Levines Levine's been belli shot lie Ile wants Lydia I I 1 Without a sound Lydia started niter after Kent bent nl down the path Amos following Kent packed pocked theta them Into the little car cur curn n nod nd started back toward town at t neck break neek speed How Ilow bad ball off Is III he a asked Amos l Cant out live answered Kent That fiat d d-d d d sister of ot Charlie k JI Jackson OIl rind old t- t Taste u.-lf u. II I both bolh took a II shot hot at lit him Just as the tIll lust carload carlond was finished The rho police and nd the got nt em cm right oiT oT Shot em Im all nil to pieces Where Is John r. r Johnp 1 asked Amosh Amos In h Due Doc Fulton's e. They lItY cant can't move hill No o use one spoke oke again Kent I brought br Iha tin automobile lle up Ull with wIll a hung bung before the doctors doctor's house and fulI ful ful- I I closely by the t two 0 men run ran up 1111 tit tI 10 the door through the outer to Ike the inner laner where a nurse horse and Doc Fulton l stood beside a cot lne lay IllY with his Ids face turned toward the door When he lie saw Lydia he hI smiled faintly She was Wall quite rain calm I hll except for tor her trembling She Bile 1 walked quickly to hh his d tide de and took tots his hand Looks like I WAS going to start traveling raveling alone young Lydia he le sold salt t feebly bl I 1 Just t wanted to 10 tell teli you you you- ou that Great Is ht Search Is ending all lill right dont don't worry worry- I 1 wont wort said Lydia LlIla Only 1 I hate to go alone alone rny my rout rout- er tot something t do doe doc The doctor held a glass to his III's hips A After a II moment Levine said again My mother molher us used d to boW hoU me me- me his bis hise e voice rolce baited tr trailed oft off and Lydia said lu sud suddenly denly You mean on you IOU wont want me to comfort com com- comfort fort tort you ou like Ite I UM used to comfort little I Yes I Teal Yes I M II whispered Levine rc Its Ila going to sleep alone I I- I Mother Moth er er Ir Lydia knelt Bad eliding her hr arm under neck she he he pulled his hi head hend over gently to rest on tier her shout der Then Thew she began with Infinite softness the little tittle sang she bad bod not Dot uttered for tor so BO tunny years lara tv Vve Iv ranched d th the land of ct corn ane and WiDA wine win A And n all Iti riches surely ly mine min Ive I've reached that shining shore hart M try Ity heaven braven my mr home for evermore Suddenly the tho nurse shifted Johns John's head bend and 1 Dr Dc C Fulton Folton lifted Lydia Idla to I her feet Take her ber home he said I John Levine loe bad had finished the Great Search e t I Curlon Curiously 11 enough DOugh nothing could rould I have done so HO much toward Ing Lake City Cloy In the good opinion of the country at large largo as did 1 Levines Levine's lne's tragic death There was felt Mt to be b. a divine justice lu In the tho manner of ids his taking lakIng oft off that hut partook largely of the lature of atonement He Ito load had led th the whites In III the despoiling o of of the tho In In- linn For this tills the IndIan had bad killed ilm hl That a white life lit extinguished for a trIbe i-d i might not be full tull com com- In la he the eyes of ot that Larger r Justice which after till all rules the tike universe universe uni uni- verse did not seriously Influence tho the reaction of public opinion toward thinking better of Lake Ialo City And John Levine known In life lite us liS an nn In- In linn dint graft politician became become In his death a statesman llon of far tar vision After her first wild grief bad had extended ex ex- 1 tended Itself Lydia found that after atter all all 1 I tragic death had root not surprised sur sur- her She he realized that ever since she had hod known Charlie Jackson the she had breu vaguely u haunted by a four fear of Just such an nn ending Billy trundling up Ul the tho dusty road from who the law hw office on hIs bis bicycle late lach each ach afternoon would stop atop for a moment mo mo- ment or two The drought la as something fright fright- tat tul Tut he be said to Lydia Ldla one afternoon In late hate August wiping the sweat and dust from his Ils face taco Are you feeling any morn cheerful Lyd I shall always have a lOP gap In 10 m my life where ho bo went out out she he said slowly I shall ahall never get let over missing miss log ing nr him Oh Oh he be wasso was OS MO dear to met me l And yet ret Hilly It Isn't at all like Uke Patience's Patiences Pa Ia Pa- Pa deuces tience's death Ho loo didn't depend on onins me ins and I didn't live Uve with him so that everything doesn't cry his absence to tome me And lie l' got more resources than I had hod then then then- She laid her hand on the open book bookIn In lu her lap you rending asked Hilly I Emerson Emerson Compensation Compensation Listen We IVe nilly We cannot pert part with our fr t a t tI I f de' de desti sti stiR e R Started Back Toward Town at Breakneck Break neck Speed friends We cannot let our angels goWe go We Wt do not sea seo that they only go out that archangels may come In III And Ant so BO voice olce I trembled but hut she hh wont went on bravely Im to understand understand trying Ing to see sto how bow I can make something good come conic out u of hi Lie lili poor IHor lost life Iota Somehow I 1 feel as 08 asIf asit If tt that were my Job juh And And And-and tin till Idea Illen helps hells me Oh my any dear Ihor John Juhn Ie Le vi mI The lh two young people sat Slit storing staring at lit the distant hills Dont you jou see Lydia burst out unit that 1 Ie e got to do something be something weft I tog to 10 oaks make nil oil the loss am amt trouble of ot my boy life lite worth while i 1 understand answered Hilly Marly lu it September John Johll will Null was found lie He had left lots his entire en tn tire lr property unconditionally to 10 Ly dla dia Ames at ut flat t was frantic with de do dolight light 1 was WItS appalled All I my sty II life fl she halt sobbed to he her father fattier Ive e been ben lighting to 10 get awa away from trum Indian lauds lands And nd Mr Ir Levine Levin knew how I felt Oil Oh how bow could h he do tills this to 10 me mIl mel mIlI I I Dont talk like a Ii fool tool LydIa I I C roared Amos 1 Hut dont don't you OU see lief how bow I 1 feel feet r cried Dont you U tee see that at all all ie 1 LeUne's LeUnes fods fIld up there here nr are haunted daunted by death hla death his o own stud n and al altie all tie the Indians Oh wh why did lit ho h do 0 this to met I t I wont won't have hue It It I tell you IOU on I l Id I'd rather b be poverty stricken all 1 my ml life lite Well dont don't worry too much about that hat said laid Kent Dave Dart Marshall thinks there wont won't be bo anything left lett after fter the estate Is la settled but the Indian lands Oh Ob Kent you arent aren't having anything any thing Mag to do with Dave Dare Marshall are you ou exclaimed Lydia Kent flushed a little Welt Well his hIli adIce edrice ed ad- rice Ice cant can't hurt me If It It Its It's bad ball I dont don't have to tub take It You ought to go out and nd see sea Ms his farm Lydia They're get get- tong Ing the bouse all titled fitted with modern conveniences Daves Dave's going to make 1110 a model stock farm Dought with mone money earned by the theLast Last Chancel I said Bald Kent Int at II hoer her r quizzically A ANew New Cew V e 1 England conscience must be something awful o to own eh Lyd Ld Lydia chuckled Its tl pretty bad she ahe lie admitted then she ahe went on soberly sober sober- ly Iy y but I wont won't take these Indian lands r You ou can give them to trie me said aM I Kent Cent cheerfully Shell keep them them said Amos I shortly shortt or Lydia Idla and ond Ill I'll kayo have our Or first t real row row LydIa looked ut at Kent thoughtfully Since the tiny day under the tho willows he lie heind had ind not mn made e love to her yet rt she had hod the he feeling that lout Kent was devoted to toler her ler and she wondered sometimes why he IB liked to spend as liS much time with as liS with herself Then shot she gave l herself n R mental shakeIm shake Im 11 going to tell lell you OU right now tint that until I have to Im I'm not going to worry Im I'm going to try to be happy In n my senior your year eur CHAPTER Cap and Gown The fifteen dollars after all all were Imposed disposed of In lu a It highly satisfactory manner They paid for tor Lydias Lydia's cap OP and go gown n. n Perhaps there were were other Ir of the class to ta whom their senior Keillor Insignia meant as as much as they did dud to Lydia but that Is 18 to be bo doubted In a way wa conscience smote her Sloe She kne knew that her father was worrying over oer her attitude on her In In- but she continued to avoid the Issue with will him while the estate was being settled Lydia was doing heavy leavy work In in college She actually had bind entered all the classes In 10 dairying possible while carrying ber her other college col college lege lere work And she be enjoyed the new work amazingly Earl Early In December the tile settlement of the Levine eat estate ate was as completed Johns John method of shoes t ringing Ini his bis property was Vas disastrous as am far as 01 the size of LydIa Lydias heritage went As nearly as she could understand one portion dt dY the ost estate te was used to pay up the tile Indebtedness of another por pot potIon portion Ion tion until all that was left was wall the cottage with a a. a mortgage on It It and ao three thrle hundred and twenty acres of ot land on 00 tile the reservation Oh daddy duddy t l cried Lydia we cant can't take lake It Ito I Dout Dont you see we cant can't I 1 cant can't understand why you act si en like a fool began Amos querulously Pfd Aud nd I cant can't see why set you OU your OUI Judgment up as 88 better than mine nine I 1 Iswan even awan-even swan e eu your mother never did di that except on borrowing money We wont won't keep the tho land landd Well We'll sell Bell It and have the money to clear up thin the mortgage on the cottage lie He took Il a turn lurn up and nd down the tow roo room III I cant can't cante cantsee see e what's happened to 10 children nowa nowa- days In In my day Y we 10 obeyed Lydia Im I'm not going to discuss this nn any longer Youve You've got to take thu and Lydon sat tint with her hor thin hands clasped before her lieI ou on the lie table her Iler clear cleur eyes fastened on her fathers father face tuce Amo Amos looked down at his daughter grimly Cant Cani you OU Rt see what a n fool you OU are I I he be shouted The land can never ne'-er go back hack to the tile Indians T John Jahn look took good care caro of that If It you don don't take lake It somebody else will Cant Can't you see 1 l lIll Ill do anything you rou want but this dad she said fluId Hut Rut this Ihl IhlI U Is all nil I 1 want Its It's Ive I've Willi wanted It'd fur for this years little bit hit bitof bitof of ot land And you OU haven't any ODY Idl Idea what that feeling Is Like a 1 lush Hash Lydon 1 III saw flOW again long lone aisles 11 of pines again the odor of ot the needles heard again the murmuring murmuring mur mur- call of the wind Int flood loud God it'd Idl I cried Amos AmoR tossing his bis pipe on un the table hounded me UI all life my fey poverty life poverty and tenth The only two people who cared about me Patience and anti Le Le- gone Yet hl bores hero's os the chance for me IIII to 10 be he Independent Heres Here's a chance for tur mo me to 10 make up for tor the I Ive I've made of ut life lite A man with witha n It little 11 piece hIe of ot property |