Show BIG f by ED EDNA R illustrations CLARK 1 C ioe lo wm was perhaps because of this that matter was pretty well up publishers paper which was chi I 1 ys s forein foremost ost scarcely ely mentioned incident and purposely bely misspelled name the iedy thinking her task 1 0 I 1 had taken truer aim h ber her second bu bullet ilet and had saved belt elf the trouble of trial by human r tawn peale peake left ha hie daughter sei a legacy of tw An nn elear eMear alue blate diamonds he had bad had the gain i love of them und fand the sum suin of ir r hundred find und dinet sevin seven doll dol dollies lITS ire in just bow how he biad to e a sum ilbe like this thi put by wa was wai i a otery the enve envelope lopeL containing it evidently once held a larger sum lad been sealed and then slit on outside was as written la in Slit simeon eort ke kes a fine almost feminine hand or r my I 1 atle dav daughter ahter bellna peake case anything should happen to it bore a date seven years old it at the original sum no one r knew to 9 selina fell the choice of cirtin earning own living or of returning to the mont village and becoming becom lne a with A 1 ord rd ipa plesA dried drle dapple tipple with ck k fuzz and mold either feirt like r aunts the misses sarah and abble ke she did not hesitate B hit ut what kind of work julle tulle in pel demanded demand what kind of ot rk k can I 1 women that Is selina peakes 1 I well I 1 can teach each teach what hat the he thines thins I 1 learned tt ct fillou filli i you have to do something fars 4 gai onual normal or the country x t you before you c e public sch school a 1 old nty alve or even thirty or more morel 1 th nineteen a incapacity to imagine age beyond thirty T ithen hen lit ill j s teach yv country i ol 01 IM ITA good at o 0 xou YOU thuc julle julie should have lavlie had all her uster linter auma sums ved d by br selina country schools e lust just arithmetic and tind raptly 4 vf 4 youl tear hint a bovat echol schol she ek k bed ked at sella na f she e saw a misleadingly delicate to the skull email small and exquisitely kaied ed the cheek bones rather high r perhaps they looked so because the ie fact that the eyes dark soft 4 luminous ft ere unusually deep f in n their sockets the face instead narroN tInt fo 0 a soft curve at the in developed unexpected strength the ie jaw line that line fine one steel tong if sharp and clear was oc of the taff of which pioneer women are v ade julle julie inexperienced in the art reading the human physiognomy A not decipher the meaning ot of it ltv as hair was kan thick lone long and flae fine that bat she piled it easily in the hoaps its and knots that fashion demand 1 rk her iler nose pinched at the Us vaa nias exquisite when ebe alig thed led it had the trick of brior wrinkling kling 1st a little across the narrow bridge aa TY engaging and mischievous vOUL she as thought a rather plain little thing lich elie she t but the tile eyes were chat you marked and remembered remember edi aps it was this thin velvety softness the ie eyes that caused one to over ok the firmness of the lower face ace hen the next ten year years bad had done air worst to her and julle julie bad had r come upon her appin tp pin agilely A it of a R truck gardener card enera wagan wagn on bairle ie avenue a tanned esther weather h gaten n tull toll worn woman her aban nt hair skewered into a knob and ld by a long r yuli full alco 4 kirt skirt crimea tl tae 0 of 11 wagon wheel a pair of mens men old debooth de boots on her slim teet a gro icly batte battered bat terel rei old felt hat ber her bisband ind a on her jihad her arm arms full ears rs of sweet corn corri end and als h hes a and d bunches aches ot of beets a wom r A ith U b bad bd d teeth flat breasts br easte a sag pocket in his vell then ju julle lie staring star tag bud bad known knon rf by y her Ps es and the hd hm h to t in a lier ber ellk milk nult putt landberg and her fine ellk milk abat and anti her hat alth ith the plume 4 had cried oh selina I 1 my dear doar I 1 WY dearl with a sob of horror alty ity dear I 1 and ana pd ud kal belinn carrots beeta beets am airo d ra he hee in her urme the ta 01 s lay IY scattered all 11 about eul on the sidewalk in front of julia empel el arnolds arnold great atone couo on irle ie aveau hut but strangely enough lad been selina who had done thi the tag putting tulles Jj alles flirea ilider tier anti jylnn over and nyer ere re her ther I 1 it ue 9 nil all right julle julie 11 r donnery don t cry hat s thera cry V for tod I 1 hill bh its itou it f T i Ys t 4 6 ta it 11 chapter 11 II U 14 i 0 4 b ad 11 lur to tho h dutch ID it h miles tm ou 06 1 c k th R k ta A a month mouth I 1 he was to board at the house of klaas i pool the farirer it us august who mho had braueht it all iii about or julle julie g him this was ln 14 september illah prattle school did not open until thi first I in november Vo Vember in that region of ruck truck farms anna ev ery ry boy cad girl girt over six 1 was busy I 1 ta a the fields throughout the early autumn tw years bf and selina would b be city grade august august hempel indicated that he could arrange arrante that too when the time came selina thought this bather a I 1 anjer ill indeed which he be waar wa I j J at fort seen sex en single handed li was to establish the famous packing company at fifty he lie was the power in the ards and there were giempel branches ta in kansas city omaha denver at belity ou saw the name nume ot of giempel plastered pl asterid cd over packing ing becq and anti canning plants all the nay from Ilono honolulu lulu to portland lou IOU read dont 6 feay ham ilam say giempel a product products ranged incredibly froah om pork to pineapple frn grease to grape a jul juli ot of ala as character may be glennea from the baci aly arr aers who ha I 1 ann the b to e t otty addressed this millionaire at sixty as aug at six ly five tie lie took up wt andreat and beat his eoa sow dalaw in law michael chael arnold at it k magi mat old pirate salting salling the perilous commercial seas of the Atner american lean OOs Ws before om melona J and ant inquisitive senate insisted on spa ap to the black flae 0 trade i toche ju ol 01 1 Sellon went about her preparation ta in 4 a clar clear headed fa lilon considering her and in ence eum she sold one of the blue white diamon dand and kep one she placed her nt of taur pur hundred and disare dI Iare complete la in jbf bank she bought stout boots two mo dresses i one n ladys 0 j doth cloth which she made hedelt A b with ul white collara collars end cuffs CUMA yet deac e e the protected hy b bt blackf nc sateen sleeveless sleeve lets ot of course abill while teaching and a wine red cash cashmere merk mad but ehe she t resist it tort fot best J she eagerly learned what ehe she con could ot of this reelon region once known a as bew holland tolland its people were all gardeners eard enera and as dutch aa as the neth arlands eri andja from which they or their fa bad come linny of them baa bad come from the town of Sebo schoorl orl or near it others from the lowlands outi side amsterdam selina pictured it another sleepy lJ hollow ollow a replica of the quaint settlement in washington irving a delightful tale picturing mel low colden golden corn fields crusty cru llera crumbling oly kocak toothsome wild ducks elde of smoked bee beef pumpkin alesi 1 coultry dances apple cheeked farmer girls she felt sorry tor for pooi poor julle julie staying on in the dull gray coma com of a the last week in october found her on the way to illah prairie seated be side klaas klaus pool in the two horse wagon with which he brought his garden stuff to the chicago market mile after mile of cabbage flo kids ads Ja against the earth mile after mile of red cabbage a rich plummy burgundy veined with black between these heaps of corn were piled up sunshine against the horizon an occasional patch of 0 woods showed the last russet and bronze of oak and maple these things selina saw with her beauty loving eye and she he clasped n bani in their black cotton gloves oh ob sir pool I 1 she cried mr how ilow beautiful it Is I 1 here herel I 1 klaas klass pool driving hie his team 0 ot i horses the maddy II Il alsted roada road waa was looking straight ah ead alts eyes fastened on an in invisible spot the att Horse sears ula his w wa at not me kind of brala brata that acts quickly nor was bis his bray 8 mechanism the aar sort that quickly responds to that brains wa eyes va wr 1 china blue jn 11 a round rund red face that was covered att a ri stubble of stiff golden golde hair ills round moon of a head was set low and solidly between his on great shoulders so that as he lie be santo turn it now slowly you rov marve marveled leti nt ut the process and waited feal eai ully 1 bear a c creak dk ne wee was turning his head toward selina but lepping big hi gaze on an the pot spot between hia his horses care earll evidently the held heid and the ebes revolved by q quite alte nor he aced faced beuna belina e distinct almost directly ills hl pale pate mue blue eyes eyed showed beautiful he echoed in puzzled interrogation what li iq beau ill X salci tamn flashed limbed on out from the of cloak plo ik shawl and mut find ind were flan glde wide in a geft ewe ure the I 1 landscape lands cipe the he M oon an waff costing a glow peculiar to that lake yeeloo all Ti 1 lullar golden rind and in 1110 vials L abe J ho cabbages 1 A f alto tf 1 fen to 4 t are over this hm min pread spread almost imperceptibly tible i so that it lum hs broad brom nostrils no strlla met and laened d hie his full lips reached and agitated his massive shoulder dem tickled the round mund belly so that all masi pool from hie his ere to his waist was rip plinz pling and nd with alow slow solemn heavy dutch 1 cabbage cabbages i beautiful beautt full 1 his roand round pop eye eyes staring at her in a fixity of glee lee cabbages 14 1 beautiful fult t WIN alent laughter now 4 and became audible la a rich throaty chortle it wee was plain that laughter with mass pool wa ant t thing to be lightly dismissed rols sed ono raised Clab Cabba bages pea he be choked a little and splattered or come selina laut bed too even while ahe she protested his laughter vat bat they are I 1 I 1 ahe she insisted Int they axe beautiful alte jade and burgundy no ilk nit ilke that in like and porphyry Ty all those field of cabbages and the corn and the beet tops together look me reran pa patches t ch es I 1 which was certa certainly tilly no way for or a diew school teacher to talk to ft it 1101 holland truck gardener Ranle ncr dy arns 1 fric hia his team fictile the dirt rond rr ad on h lv iv to high prairie allut then helln remember ein emler bad had read byron at seventeen pool knew nothing of chry BOp riidA and porphyry nor of byron tar or for that matter of jade andlous andt lur appt he did know babbs cabbages M both green and red tle knew cabbage frIta roin qed tv to graw rw continued on a page four SO BIG continued from page 3 autch to the early wakefield bat but that they were beautiful that they looked like jewel jewels that they lay like persian patches had never entered his hi hea bead and rightly rid itly what hax has the tile iad brad of a cabbage cab bace or for that matter of a robust oil sell stained etal ned tolling dutch truck armer tamer to do with oona Ifton ense sensa like with jade with burgundy with perian patt ernst enu 1 continued Contin aed next week |