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and burri nil i et 11 it ith lilt lor for alii i lii nil 11 1 11 uin I 1 yang 1 I 1 11 in I 1 inet lov W will tit cull ilia kin girt khyn iche Perl val it at ul id und aud uteri i her ain ak 10 alval VIla tums awl tho barmor ll 11 lie all abam ts polly colly in ill viila wiy wily iio he all ald 1111 lii thu begs to lu help the alie bount I 1 guib I 1 arti tit la is rl h und antio il laul III iii talu tit flower of mael aada but ioza H to til do hla his bt tin allach ollach yli RII an to 10 tatt vp isit term thi ough to betya thu vici alty uA eliom aa u icline inline sm ur gotoy ciui boy tho r to lu laed stud mm to hurn hum eivir viti pill rul cal dt anil I 1 linico ive hamolia ho molia 4 lint beell idea 1110 what a 11 capable girl io MH lit lip took her face liet wiell 1118 faunds lind JUKI ilis iliavi vI lim once and own agillia nikl you itil ln ile ht ed youre Yoi in th lilt anent lilt wolli fin in tilt alie wo I 1 my t licit holi ambition Is IH ti to enle jut juat tn ill wull suit you I 1 nn wili ing to t title 0 o or r tim se cliniff clini fl lip nt lit tin tile collver fiill ii tilt other lily lind if he mill tho inke irac me tion could lie ho defill vii mi fill build our bouso oil hir it hill just jus lullove thel A anti ml bip aarm iclyn alint would jum round out your chico phico afi perfectly oil if lionly to do that right ahny fly mr aimini ti will inore for it nn its sian it nh you ret get rill of the i quitt lers abill ells ll 11 lighted litof a cigarette thoughtfully tin ilie bennett furin hl he of liny fifty ilso ais to file hiir in slowly I 1 run till ti if elvan sweep of tile whilo tiling its ll 11 s it arlino 1 I lell you ivilyn of it I 1 I 1 lind had to bad out of alie tit county to get lily ay iy ic willell to alitt atti tt ti 11 fill felir fl liR down all there MOM ine tired its n bodd lilcik I 1 iiii inic to tn put spine into tilt n lit tile iho squatters the ilie girl arv white lids junde it curtain ant beven bev en ia li hining eyed plod her own boyll MS 1314 4 oli oil how very enuch slip ilif dosh ed that alint morcus would liny tilt the fiti anini ni Ili hosear could leave alie country lilt aind in ili another state it he would net tier frev fior slip hn henzies henz it ios face covertly through half closed LIIS eyes considering what to say and how hov to tiny it filing tits his alg garette into tin till gritte up ile found the atlon of tier luok look so alluring that lie h gri wr iter into tits his arms anna find and r mined allied alses itron hor face 1 I love you so sweet I 1 could almost eat you I 1 ill he panted A happy sigh like the perfumed breath brantli of a rose slipped from tier her parted alps and when she laughed agatin hs his dopp chuckles joined liers hers Di irlIng lie broke forth im just so BO hanvy I 1 cnut cant havo a row with bob why dont you talk to hlen about the squatters nall hell unten to you evet evel nut but dairl dartley Inq a detail ile ho took one of her hunn handt und anti mused the tips of tier slender fengers llie niort im portent to be considered now Is when are you going to marry me I 1 cant I 1 simply cant wait much longer oil it uve ie B ave we I 1 want you I 1 acely he drew her hend head against t hlin hill lind find the that followell follo weil was vua rapture fair them hoth oh III I 1 bile ahe wanted to he his hig wife to forget firtel tile the past two wretched yen earh rp if oscar did not stand in her way nay ilow how quickly slip h would give this man the as lie craved and drink deep of it when luy lu irvel breathed marcus rv s it J 4 41 at oh eve eve I 1 want youl thickly tier her when denart benr gravely om el she lifted her liend find looked into lils lili oyes u for n few gern nIR ti lian you iii hu till lir bennett lUn nott citrin ac it lt it A irl kd rift ild or f tit tin too ton i up ims ili ti ali and get rill lid of if tit the lert tor too lidid d evelyn linn alif lossl 4 bilm ot M mid whispered my mv sweet hi A ment ni inter inki she d mm id tn in re r 11 irner weir mid and atit mother kiss ill hi hi no go thell lie skilled nah no its it M 1 drillot t lie he mid fald elsm 1 I 1 viollt hiir ii ir etc voil ii it voil till ll lin in sotir congh lilt hir mf mn fl the ilin 1 l clr ald his aria in ili a vide aldo gesture nf stilie and lint but ill we thil thal its ith nil liiv lv ab IMIS lit III it II scully shall ill ih jlii alir laii kimt ali it lady and little into the robill it ii iw I li w rt pl antil 1 ini party toll disint I 1 livi 1 alp galiled us is alle doii 11 1 ill hild to po go sold ind int vt ril olit sill ris 4 lud alii lilt nellic their alln lr thir clim rys if if in i get rill lid nf f alivin UK in liv mirll 11 lellep illin it n A stop lit in tit tin hull cli I tilt foi tilt the glnn Ip IlIg illo Ito lorl ivi chill 11 11 liin in mr mis i it alili horl il liln li atif j li i 11 m Idil iod goll so p in ill lii l neilo uc lin 1111 gall 1 I to t lin sc IK ix i v 11 II 11 1111 ill 10 1 I 1 lien lill ln lif ill lg till tuii nil 1 i hii HYC evv doir lip tu ii 1 I 1 wilily aint 1 sin I lynnr ry i lind li i will aal yal ml nil ilni 11 lill li ll for me A inny quillo stoic to tn ians Il ns ahw and ami vii boll vilow ani POP ill do t if I 1 fit slip ic n 11 I 1 iii jur iii mind r tili ity yes s ill lal idill golpl mis Iti ilc voll I 1 im vola ajr find I 1 will vill dt M vim nil r rp fi p till I 1 ri 61 ill hi enc lintl worn oin sipp ip lanil nt n tit lust list f illk ll it il n attie taits lr ho 11 1 i nothing nol liln 1111 it jw M wol fl fi iks Is there axil your lust us good tn nie ine ag n if I 1 i boll m mrs mis linhart on conme lowth 1 I arith tier and seI alth helf lr cleir ohp renira in rill lit do to us im roil ond ilas oll nn t m 1 ollre my baha will loves itt r irti ther fr now tell its i shuts lauts hot 14 arh you fu i its manros row with ohp naua I 1 bennt vot ret the he poor ant alit of rf my illy stil stilled lid kf eve cant antl u ret iret him to id IMI tho the people blone id it let havia rome of my iny land ut il it do dbent ent enuch ill alir anim wid niala a living onil in it arvelyn ril nip me find croom d tie the jonm to tile the sho she her not tats alf ncr r to marln I 1 into tier mind I 1 1 I 1 dont like intal faring with martil mart mar il nh bob she phe deniu lilt e aidem lie he wants to improve the proy prop orty erty down there anil hp cant while tile the n tny on taw choops chor shor pS pl gently for lt lint always lic 14 n allu n younger fi rother to tier and alif lip loved min him dearly dcarl evelyn axi balu tl kitna and ani showed how billi tt it was WR for her under the tp interfere with them then she h crossed to his side bide and bent over kun k robert obert ll dear ithe begged forget bout about ur me squatters they arent anything special to you ill to hend head olf nn an that fhe ahe sair ear in his she anif hurried on aw dwir or and anfor dunate I 1 know rm ilia sorry corry for thein we W nil all are rs but you cant duny deny worthless fM and od filthy althy anti and worst of nil all they any right to he where thoy they ar an you tew wont lt let them conar lie he tween yu you and marc and me will your without bitting gitting the man a cannee to mra birs robertson Il interrupted werey monty eye ere why ot of course lie in wout I 1 mare karc will socia BOOB be one of tile alir family people of our olal standing dont wrangle ivr mich cattle AS tit sho ah turned to the younk young man and ended sweetly you feel that way dont yon bab disregarding both bota the lady und and lier her question stobert got fot up hla his etim grim stift his hl fine brow corrugated with lines evelyn and bd marcus could do na as they liev plenney pleased plen pl enneo sed he be would take his stand right there evelyn he b wd bald slowly lowly 1 I should oe it sorry orry to have hav anything come collie boewe iwen us youve alays been like it 4 dear ulster bister to me I 1 suppose its natural and right for you to see ee this the way marc does docs youre eti engaged to him but you can tell him for tile me im going to help the squatters any way ay and every way ay I 1 can too angry to listen to any more nr fir guinen ts lie pushed ills his chair to one side ride and left the lie room mrs robertson looked daggers at tier her daughter find and as soon no as she could ket get her breath broke out now evelyn see what a storm youve stirred up I 1 wily why you use a little diplomacy I 1 that was the least you could have done you get mure und and hob bob by the lie ears and cherell wh erell you ile be ill I 1 I 1 I 1 dont know I 1 I 1 dont know I 1 moaned evelyn dont talk to ni ili any more im just juit about crazy ini im going to bell bed I 1 bood night ill I 1 CHAPTER IX in spite of the weight eight of sion alon that pressed upon tile the silent city I ailys pollys soul insisted on singing willi gladness she found opportunity even lit in tile the midst of tier her busy hours to live over und and over the ahen tures of thill evening lit in the Ro bertRun house when she remembered liow how koberl hud had hell held tier her in his arms her happiness anade her mint slip she allowed lod nl jerrys dorrys lor rys hlous ti lii to ta fall in tier her lap us its in ining imag illation she dwelt on every incident of tier visit she recalled tit tin thrill thrilling ink tenderness in words nal hei faue drw soft in A sound nt lit the door brought hot hn thoughts back and she ginnell up tilt unnoticed the mou dropped dropp rrt it to the loor floor na evelyn kanrr son 4 nine in ili till binl lit in lence arose and ia I 1 chair roll rint feeling well I 1 lirt she burst out wiping willing tile eliy dust rw r i iiii w lie ile I 1 rope of the rocker ieli lur her sin seurt rt you look 1001 white while like tile the duus before a aitla go on oil an sit down I 1 sinking lin k evelyn loom ti lly up lit tit HI her iten site caught ot at the llie tin lint on oil tier lur shoulder ill Il lyol IM collie tu to aou because yok yoi re tile only friend I 1 itule alio he tx ex i claimed tears Till stilli lier her tica ekes im glad and you voine to tile inc polly brea breathed theil softly you want tile lie to run to oscur oscar again I 1 cant stand the of tant duffer hut but ill go just the vione have you got a n letter willing her eyes evelyn shook tier her head no hut but isear wants to seo rep yon voil she replied slip paused find and stin llod the girl I olly she he continued dont you yant to do thang for for yo your it people pio lile there a way igop alint you caiti 1 impulsively polly could not wait do you mean help daddy 11 nn art the lie rout rest of em site interrupted evelyn nodded yes every eiery one in the settlement A brilliant smile lit up Polly opa cot it tell 11 id shi give inches out of my hide to do that lint ahe bile declared go an an yup yap it to roe me alt town down dear entreated ent rented evelyn anti and dont stare nt at me sol no I 1 to have saved tier life could not dang her ter eyes bics liway hut but obediently she nt fit down on oil ohp floor evelyn nd fid feted under the searching honest gaze anu know polly Iol lv sho stammered how it Is between 1 mr and ine inc I 1 enit make him do anything I 1 H tv oil if I 1 were free from hennett bennett I 1 then you yon could marry old marc huh polly interposed with a n hot hoi or of the curls nn an boss him I 1 hot b e t something like ilice that polly evelyn kliots eliy ive come collie to you alion im free I 1 can ir lot let ill un nn ybur people 11 anxiously winghing hing evory eairy word ord inah tl t l 0 menil ann oil 0 continued on oil page six |