Show JA LL 00 it aj or r wre e I 1 av MC mien i ld 1 md tn our amin on ant tried ried durbi a on the tile band sand we went tack up P to tile 11 1 conw tile slin dows re to ll 11 r f 1114 lons long ard 1 marrow t to the coward ind and ilia the pra la lay jay and 11 silent in n thai deep P und and puce ful calm which marks the sum mer els an n hour or two before hindmo n after supper spoof eat sat and chatted until anul it as time to t light the lamp jean set it on the he table and ns as its yellow now gow glow fell neross hh lis face I 1 realized for the first time that spoof was dt a biar as were jack and I 1 there bere lines haes in the cheeks and bout the thee eves es illch va aich fied by the under the lamplight bore evidence that I poof lind known more of till this noelda a cares than waa was hinted by bis his usual light hearted conversation fre bently he was talking of eng land baing ejsing perhaps the homesickness in ills heart by cass up scene scenes of oleaf leaf limes lanes and sun shot landscapes linking deeply into ills life he ile tad bad tales of london ns an well tale of art treasures and music and thea theaters tem all sit slight etli life and beauty tales of gravestones grare stones marking the great of a nation aith a history reaching back into tile early obscurity of western something about the ad he bowed in the great deceli dee 1 of the i kt itt clemed to frike us strangely 11 ws ot a country hose lilston lil stor waa was I 1 still ej DO uh ich in the future and whose great eRt demly were still to he be done do ou u bin lr spoof asked only at kreit great distances froba from chill chiv a my bul bullocks lochs could say aay a or ano no at out my musical i voice olce it if they nere ere so disposed but surely you or misa miss hall liall I 1 jean jeon sins and plays it we ne had anything any thin to play on marjorie de blared 1 11 bit it ne vie on ouen en t adad ada d a piano yet to ti our I 1 suppose we shall have hae to buy a binder wilder and horses and Iter perhaps haps a dira thrashing hilll before a tte have any money for ments and a house I 1 added addel I 1 I 1 d like t to see jou keep heep a piano in tune in a cage like the tills this I 1 ion 1011 should have linie a banjo eald said ny BY jove jose just the thing 1 ive a i banjo tu tuc kel ked away domeni here in my I 1 lelon liisi something I 1 forgot to pann nt ill bring it o over oer er and tire cite you larsons lei leR sons it if aull ou 11 let nie wea 1 I should be delighted said jean sad nd her voice uns quite unnecessarily an lov and sweet there was as a late twilight blow glow in the northern sky and the smell of dew on the prairie grass filled the air when spoof decided it was vas time to go home we lve helped him hitch the bally batty bull to the and arid batched NAt Ched him into the lite darkness long after he waa was lost to bight the rumble of his and the vice of his ills exhortation could be baard welling up out of the distance A fine line chap sold jack as we parte I 1 for the night 1 I am glad we are to ha havu u him tor for a it neighbor said 1 I but my voice had no ting of enthusiasm i CHAPI VR agan to move with some i rapidity in our iltz tt lement until now me e had had the world as tar far aa as the es conid could carry to ourselves ours elres but spoof proved only the advance ad vanco guard ot of a stream of neighbors which tron fron its it source in a it doieg i different of humanity wae was to tv pour in upon til during he the next few months inon the V I 1 ednes day duy night we came back from opotra 24 a we had a little shyness about being overtaken in our good works and the next morning while X was gulping great draughts vs of ozone in hi front of the hack back before breakfast marjorie Marj orle called over my ray shoulder what a that away to the aalt frank sure enough there was we a little white pyramid outlined against the horizon horl xon enother another tent pitched against front trenice treni tren thes he of civilization abory neigh borel I 1 cifald we were re gelling getting to be quite quito a cOmIn community unity do you over think of 0 the when all fill toils prairie 1 rill l be plowed every foot of ly IV pill bearing something for the aeda with prosperous oua farmhouses at very every corner schools churchro churche O 1 1 I smell the por porridge ridgel 1 marjorie Marj orle ox ex claimed aimed ru illing into the shack six sit bad tad a way ot of cuttle off my rhapsodies like lie that jack had seen the tent too and orld he 1119 and jean jess came come over ever at noon to discuss diack it ne e decided to knock oft orr work nork early ly that evening and all drive over to make the tain tance ot of the newcomer newcomers we Ws found tant the tent wae as pitched or 0 eighteen in to the next township to the e east A an we came ui we were erected greeted by a fine collie cog who leelok to be ng from the con alting tang tt ng eruct eruptions ions of me bis natural good U oi nd d a sn sense e that we had no busl nese on ln ill ills ruh uli upon ue us mth great burl barling ing na and show nr of ferocity ended in n much almin ble tall wag gilig IvI u gently we vve inea measure du lip to his requirements 1 which ue took to be no finein compliment A teal 0 8 nere tethered 1 on the prairie not for away and L denin crat SM stood beside the tc nt I 1 ith some of its berdn to be unloaded A 11 rl fr J r ill s oman or ana namer striking kirg o beauty stood at the door wo normn min of slender build and a rather s striking I 1 entity stood at the door there was nas surprise and as I 1 thought thoughts a suggestion of tear fear la in hedeje her eje a diore p uns the sudden ai at I 1 un tin relief which u into ber he expression alieu he she had seen ue us clearly clead I 1 am not a detec detect the lie een eien of the amateur kind but I 1 found myself in la scantly gripped by a conclusion the dounn on Is afraid I 1 said to myself and bet et she Is no couard she has no fear api r of strangers but she Is adral I 1 ot of 1 afraid of someone slie 1 0 knowd she site waa as relived when she he aw ne e mere strangers th the e thought was as one which nas to recur to me froia from many angle angles during the few months slie she seemed to hesitate about greet ins ing us and jean always the quick witted one of our quartette was mas the first to break brenk a rather stupid silence slie site prang sprang lightly from the wagon agon and went forward with ith orma arms outstretched we are your neighbors froni from lour teen and twenty tv tin 0 she explained we saw sau your tent and thought we rould welcome ou on to pral rieland that Is good of you sald a it well ell modulated I 1 voice voce but some someway i ay the tile voice seemed to break just there and the lips of the tile newcomer went nent all a tremble the ua ak we e anew she an I 1 jean had their arms about each other oil how horridly horr hor llly of me the exclaimed in a moment or two di disengaging ber li erelt elf and dallan dall ln her ebes ejes etli with a little lamp of haill kerchief kerch lef one ret gets a bit bita a bit lonely in spite of aeri tiling lou IOU will think I 1 am rather a bad bud pioneer my dame name Is mrs uton liml tui so glad you yott came silas jean introduced her elf and the others of our pir pirty udd ohp 1 we clara bared down out of the wagon I 1 gerald and I 1 have been i lery ery much alone mrs alton explained oer ger aid ald seem tj ti mind it a bit rather glories in it I 1 think already ho has made some great exi explorations pl orations but always under sandy e watchful eye sandy ie is a great comfort arent you eirl airl she turned to the dog 00 who neda telY held up one paw in acknowledgment of her remark gerald I 1 should have told you his bs juat just turned three I 1 am a widow mn alton rattled on aj though not wishing to stress the poin tand and gerald and I 1 have our way to make la in the world lie Is to tired BOW pow and asleep after a great day daye roaming rosining but I 1 ahall ake him before vou you go 90 oh oil 1 don t I 1 jean pil d let us u see I mm im as he bleeps sleeps and without waiting for an iriti invitation tation the she gently made her way into the little tent airs mr clever doit dolit you think roe me had nt at last discovered alton asked when we it it consisted consla led of I 1 a arm alth v ath the he lid ild turned back and about hilf the con removed in the she had laid tent tents mattress and on mattress little a toy his tace face stiv SOL beautiful dept a 31 with the pral prat from hia his ruddy red and nd rie rio winds big hl ill cherry slightly parted hh his little arms arrn s thrown leaned above ills hi lead jean jauntily HP lips ulab b and touched the ailers o 0 and sad so 0 o did old marjorie arjorie 31 and cheeks a little of the I 1 aw saw tears fears re later rember sd that both it waa was thac i continued on rge page 4 NEIGHBORS NEG ra Conti continual nuel from rage i 3 these theve rurh hart had not seen en a child fierce we lert left regina in spring anil and the in thein pent up t through h rough till all those bonev now burst forth in ilent silent team I 1 began to realize that gerald alton wae was tr be b one of 0 tho b member 1 of df the deot he lovely lowy jean joan waa was no though unable to tear herself from hb elde side f alton I 1 IR am m our sure I 1 y you ou have placed 64 all under a debt of the ad lob labye Laby SY Y a 1 6 nj next ac week III |