Show PAT E N of WD 1 lampen by HARLAN HATCHER sort ice copyright by the dobbs merrul co SYNOPSIS in 1786 saul pattern ot of virginia clime cami into int 0 the beautiful virgin country of the ba big g sandy valley in kentucky chief of 0 tile the perlis perils were tile the shawnees Shawne cs who wh sought to hold their lands from froin the th ever encroaching whites from a P huge hue pinnacle saul gazed upon the tat fat bot tonis toms and tile the endless acres 0 of forest ir in its primeval quietude at the mouth ol of the pen and felt an eagerness to tc possess it declaring it a place it fit for a a man it to 0 LIVE in five years later lit lie returned with barton ills his fifteen year old son and built a rude cabin in sauls absence the findlins attacked barton ind and wounded him tic 0 o badly saul was forced to return with liim hini to virsinia virginia in 1796 alilen it was reasonably safe saul returned with ills his family and it ft patent for acres this time to stay ile he added to the cabin planted crops and fattened ills his stock on oil the rich meadows soon other settlers arrived A century later in the spring of we find cynthia pattern rat tern of the fifth generation following saul perched per clied on the pinnacle from froin which her great preat great grandfather had first viewed wolfpen bottoms the valleys heretofore untouched by the waves of change sweeping the republic are it at last beginning to feel that restless surge her dad sparrel and her brothers jesse jasper ind and abdal convert the old water wheeled mill to steam power cynthia feels that something out of the past has been burled buried with saul cynthia Is a pretty and imaginative miss in her late teens who often recreated created re saul mid tier her other forbears and fancied them still living hong H ong sparrel proudly brings home the first meal out 0 of the steam mill and julia his wife Is pleased generation after generation has added comforts and conveniences to sauls homestead and sparrel has not shirked sh irked the f family amily goes easily into the work ot of the new season due to the simplicity of life designed long lone ago on the wolfpen Wolf pen joy is abundant jesse plans plana to study law A stranger shel lenberger by name comes to wolfpen Wolf pen intent on buying timber land sparrel refuses ills his offer Sh ellenberger tells of progress in the tha outside world with the advent of Sh ellenberger some intangible disturbing alteration seems to affect the atmosphere of wolfpen Wolf pen sparrel decides to sell timber land to shel lenberger jesse arranges to study law with tandy morgan CHAPTER VI continued 7 vve ive seen a plenty and a whole lot more than anybody can see all at one time but ill look at it some more when im busy around the house A body has to look in as well ns as out to see things doug looked out at her in the puzzled incomprehension lie so often regarded her with willi and then shifted his bis eyes to the mule patting her neck 1 I just allow to see you down here he be said well anyway I 1 ought to be getting back I 1 think about it being s so 0 far along into the evening daddy and the boys will be getting gettin ln in about dark she arose from the roots and stepped out into the path where the sun caught the pink in her cheeks and the luster in her black hair and bougs eyes were frankly upon her Is sparrel over at town yes res early this morning 1 I wanted to see him nas ilas gut her pains around tier her heart again she says and ashes right poorly again this evening she needs some of Sparr els medicine 1 I dont know whether hes got any or not nor hut but mother knows and daddy 10 there aint nobody there with her right now will be along soon come on up to the house and wait and eat with will us 1 I dont reckon I 1 can do that ill have to be getting back there aint nobody there with her right now they walked up the path together leading his animal you folks about got all your crops in doug asked about all in now I 1 guess f low how are your crops 1 I got tile lower part of buzzard to put in let and some late melons down by the barn there by the creek they went through the gate gale into the lower orchard and doug closed it it im getting thides up and in pretty good shape again around the place doug said im figuring on a new kitchen hack back of the hoube and a cove covered red ocr porch between like down at conno noless leys 1 I guess conr inot herll like that 1 I reckon she will but I 1 just of tier lier by herself and he was full of surprise at hearing himself say a thin tiling lie he know lie he was going to say dou doug was twenty lie he had lived fill all ills oars on tile hie sinson mason plue place joining sparrel battern on one side of gannon cynthia saw the hinsh on oil ills his face without turning to look toward ilan him she millie made no answer ansier but to continue to walk easily by ills his side on the edge of lou long bottom ic got something nobody knows s about find and ive a wind mind to tell you what it is 1 I wont have any talk on oil it doug if you want to tell me 1 I got a LI big sens seng patch set bet out and coming up hundreds of them I 1 went out ind and gathered up tip seeds out of tile the berries last fall and planted them in that open spot at the head of buzzard liuz zard I 1 ought to liae a sight of money out of them thein if the price stays up tip till the broer comes im phoud you thought of raising it instead of going all over the hills hunting for it doug threw the bridle reins over a paling and then walked on through tile the barn lot by Cynt hias side they went through the gate by the well into the yard julia was coming around the house wearing her great calmness which aich seemed to partake of tile timeless alteration of evening and morning in this valley surrounded and protected by thick acres of trees she greeted doug with a soft kindness and inquired of ills his mother ill just see if I 1 cant find some of Sparr els medicine for her she said in the small pantry like room behind the kitchen where sparrel kept some of his pharmacy she found a bottle of brown medicine smelling pungently of sassafras and fox foxglove gloNe and marked in Sparr els neat dent penmanship dropsy beart pains you tou better stay and eat cat with us julia said sparrel and the boyell be e along soon now ind abraks out milking 1 I dont guess I 1 can tonight I 1 ought to be getting back now well you be sure and let us know how your mother gets along and ill tell sparrel when he conics comes im sure much obliged to you all dous doug said LID lingering at the gate cynthia watched the evening absorb him film as the morning had effaced sparrel and taken away jesse and she felt that tile the day hall had been long and disturbingly strange she watered tho the sheep tasting the difference in the atmosphere of the place as tile the restlessness of evening surged over all things with the portent of night with its quiet and its restoration then she went back to the kitchen to help with mill the supper when cynthia heard through the dusk the steps of ahral as he be went into the springhouse spring house with the milk and then the sound of sparrel and the boys on the porch she began to feel that the balance was almost restored as before dut but as she lay that night thinking over the day and its moods and of the brief account of Sparr els meeting with Sh ellenberger and their plans for surveying the place she knew that all was not quite as before and as she toll fell asleep she heard the restless voice olce of the disturbed timberland lim berland sighing over t the lie leaves of tile forests and running down into the roots and biding there tIb tinted ted between the loaf leaf mold and the sa sand n d the days that followed tollow cil sparra ls journey to town were tense and h lie e self contained peace and quiet of t alie e familiar routine were interrupted by an unfamiliar consciousness 0 of f sus pense cynthia felt it acutely as site she sat in the weaving room willi a shuttle of thread in lier her lap going over the brief account sparrel ind and the boys hall had given of their day in e it lias has made a dIl die Terence ronce in everybody seems like daddy tries to be just tile same but you can call see it on ills his ml mind ad jasper is thinking about jane burden all right but lie he wont ener say anything thin to anybody abdal Is nervous and wants tile alie strange men to hurry find and come in here jesse Is all wrapped up in his law book and puzzling all tile the time oer the liard hard words mother alother spends bouls lu in tier garden tapping the lie carth with willi tier her hoe boe and not sh showing that anything Is any different but that Is her way and site she makes everything seem all right as it Is ill be right aind when daddy gets ills herbs mixed up for me to take down to masons it and feel the FInc mare move under my legs julia placed two loaves of tier her freshly baked wheat heat bread in the round basket and sparrel put in a lar large e bottle of his compound and tell her if slie needs anything to just toll tell you julia said cynthia went down to the barn the Finein liin emare iare tidily brushed and curried was already saddled find and waiting under tile the shed by the stile block she set tile the basket on the step and went into the barn to look for jesse she fount found him in the harness room astride a saddle on a wooden frame by tile the open window bending over ills his law book propped against the pommel of the saddle this Is the way we farm on wolf pen tills spring cynthia said jesse was startled at the sound of her voice and almost dropped the blackstone Black sone 1 I was just reading a page or two of law the Vine 1 ino mares all saddled for you 1 I saw much obliged to jon josse for loins doing it you loo looked ked like it was right hard reading it is awful hard some places and agot 1 got to hunt hudt up tip lots of words in dad dads Is dictionary see here now this law of nature being coeval with mankind fini and dictated by god himself is of course superior in obligation to any other I 1 what Is coeval do you know not if it dont mean ns as evil as mankind no it be that that would make the law be evil dont you see ind and then it says in order to ripply apply tills to the particular exigencies of each individual wonder what an I 1 individuals n divi duals exigencies are 1 I dont know jesso jesse hard kut but lawyers have to know lots of bl big 1 I 11 1 ay 14 she was moved by the eagerness in his eyes and the pleading in his voice words about simple things have to lu tandy morgan cut but it Is nice boure reading about it IL do you know when the surveyors are coming just any time now dow jesse laid the boo book on the shelf above the saddle rack and went with willi cynthia to the shed to unhitch the 1 cynthiia Cynt liia arranged herself on tile the red and green carpet covered sidesaddle her right knee in the leather rest a and nd her full blue homespun skirt spread spread carefully over her feet acet jesse handed her the basket and opened the gate are you going to see sarah alason or doug jesse asked lifting ills his eyebrows im taking medicine to sarah and I 1 reckon liell hell be out in a hollow plowing like a body ought to be on a lay day like tills aliis cynthia Cynt liia said riding oil off she rode smoothly in rhythm with tile the moc movement ment of the down Wolf wolfpen lien and into gannon cannon creek at the ford listening to the liquid sounds of the horse hoofs ag against calinst the boulders under tinder the water feeling the mare marc stretch cli out her neck and nose to gain freedom from the bridle to drink at leisure under the shadow of the pinnacle the place was just ort off tile road behind a weathered paling fence cynthiia Cynt liia left tile the 1 In emare under tinder the olin tree by the gate the yard was full of chic chickens kells she found sarah on the hie back porch which connected the old house with the summer kitchen tile floor was laid lint but the roof was unfinished uli oil for lands sakes its you athla sarah began painfully drawing tier bare and add si swollen vollen ankles under tinder her faded dress slie site was a heavy woman and her flabby face was lined with and suffering iler her agitation and distress at tile ii auirre re SI ht of a kind neighbor bearing gifts gials ot of medicine and fj esh wheat bread sent a hi twist if through rou h Cynt hias stor stomach and she suffered sulTer cd with tier her law Cint Quit lila hla im that glad to see you I 1 have haie to cry why its been months at 11 since I 1 S saw iw lou it ind and I 1 cant get out any more find and ilessie hall had to go over to help out at kl el loys leys a spell and bougs head over heels fleets in ili work and buy busy lith the planting ind and I 1 cant get around to do IID any tiling or sell see abbody an body find and I 1 get su SO lonesome some dome dais s and I 1 get to thinking about grier dropping lead dead in tile the 01 oats L patell patch its live year conic come july and wondering why tile good lord willed it that way its been hard since then with mth me down and all but doug took right a hold just like lie ho was vas a man and not a fifteen year boar old boy and hes done fine fille hell go for julias wheat bread we dont hive hae none in alje house bilows julia and all tile folks all and hows her flo Ners tills this year its been un in early and not touch daurer danger of 0 more froba I 1 Is there I 1 sarah paused to wipe the last of hot her tears fears cynthia put fiem ie her I 1 wind mind tile the thought of deformity all and I 1 baill and lucked looked into the lonely heart of sarah mason site ale selected one of the ques cues ions aiom and said with compassion tier her garden looks just fine fina tills this icar how flow is raley alley retting getting along now hut but she did not hear the story of alleys stomach trouble since the last baby as born she was gazing across tile lie yard follo following xing tier own rollett lon tile the grass Is awful long ton and bending over and needs a sickle in IL it sarah mason alason asked about mothers flowers because not able to plant any the garden looks bare the meadow Is pretty tile the way it goes past the barn and down to the rock reek the mason place always smells musty somehow like it happy ili 1 its ts life itt its not ot just because giler mason alason nor doug built a mill or a brick kiln or a dyeing vat or a smooth finished loom for their women its just the way one P place baco diners frum from another the way people do maybe ai brior ier mason dropping dead cradling oats ants and sarah full of misery and kaleys trouble and doug kinrd working got settled in down here and wont leave I 1 dont think I 1 could ever marry doug and conic come to this place to lie ahe maybe it I 1 actually loved him hell make a fine place but it seems like it squeezes some good part clean out of a body eon een just jus A sitten sitt sitting ln here in the I 1 must be listening to sarah when ashes talking to me A body has to bear put upon them ile ho knows best for us bougs been making tills porch in the evenings iles hes such a good boy she dabbed her eyes did the medicine help you any cynthia asked it helps a sight I 1 dont know what wed do on this creek it if we have bave sparrel to look after us mother said tell you it if there was ana anything thing she could do she got up find and put the empty basket over her arm much obliged youre not going back li arcady tready cynthia so soon 1 I ought to get back now doug hell be put out to hear youve been here and him film not see you ile he thinks a sight of you cynthia and plain 1 I just rode down a minute to see sec how you were and bring the medicine cynthia listened politely for a time to the urgings of sarah mason and when she could she said a final good by the soft thump of the horses hoofs in the bolst earth soon established a new rhythm in her soul and she emerged from |