Show storm country po polly by grace miller white copyright by little brown co CHAPTER XI continued C thred 12 Pol collup lup B son bobbing ing voice I 1 penetrated into the young am baab 8 darkening sea aeo rod ad th gloo ghost at of a mile upa slowly bis diee closed the rho strained atrol ned an muscles rell relaxed ed from about hla bin month telling leaving it more no bullish boyish and thus then it did I 1 it the storm stem we coun try give bar back to W lelyu evelyn robertson Ko bertson her fre edsom L after let that canie aw do dark it date tor for pat polly ay up op even elon tile oie reproduction ot of ills greatest mother in th the world which ban hung to in its it accustomed place on the shanty won wall failed to lift the heavy load land that rested noted like a stone atone in her j bosom no more ore did she ase stand land before it add ad A dream emam dream ot of a deep toned voice telling her of lot love and a future dream of Rebec roberts ts or riua about her and her head bead pros pressed sand against him up and down she bhe want 1 I through the silent city unable to smite smile well wel nigh fall greeng unable to weak a R word evra ot of greeting to those than she met so sympathetic were wae her bar squatter qu atter friends th tant it many a ill md and pan of baked brana beans found way into H hopkins top kill a b hut u I 1 several times had bad made an effort to see sed F evelyn but the rich girl never ever appeared ma red as the little btttle trill dP dama bounded i ajust just after nightfall in the robertson bonacia Bo bertson garden in july mine came rumors minors that evelan evela Eo bertson was to marry marcus mae mac sizzle kenzle and that he tied had bought the bennett faro fam of oscars oscar heirs tell I 1 tied fled whisper went vent from mouth to mouth la in the settlement east that he had ad boosted boasted how flow he was waa going to clear the join squatters fare from the sliest silent city heres before at the coming df at ch christmas let do one right night the dark messenger to whom no home I 1 is closed clipped into the hopkins shanty and ad summoned aed granny hope although Al the absence of the at old withered mouth made one Is less to feed missel missed the oft lift re me posted aso assurance that somehow acme we time love would sold make c crooked cled led ile things J 1 I ill late one am day she took tooh jetty jeny and ad th the s ill billy I 1 IY a goat at and walked through the sit bloedt at city ty and ad on As toward the bad uan man s ravine the picture she he had bad grown to love in the those as e in long ago go spring days till still gazed out at her from mar cus A mackenzie MacK encle fence freace there for a moment polly halted nd ad solemnly contemplated the tul isid face when she had been happy and ad th that tats ts w as ag ingeb past she be bad not net i realized what the call in the mother plea meant but as one after mother another meat h her e I 1 loved 0 me had dwindled away nil it none a but jerry was I left IM M a clearer understanding took pa possession an of her har the it was cruel 1 force bad attacked her and aad the tha woman there they were nere uv ile ing in a a warring world old trang by might and main to criag to their own polla op and this giant th the 11 woman asked aid for her to vast army of sick sony a and polly petty a sorrow touched by her broad brand compassion lightened B little bahl behind A d her she heard footsteps at and she ehe turned her head and at al mot moat at the same we lunt instant t the pe person n stopped pill ed could not move more 1 or I 1 form force a word of greeting from A her r tongue for robert was took lugt ng at her his bis serious white title face but hold ing m alint of smile a or at welcome for far a long minute thea the fared at each oth orb ft er then the young roan man swung seoul about wirtly swiftly and strode a anav w crushed crashed simon almost into t insensibility net till flank ask 1 lower suit and lower until tit jet jerry ry slid away froni from her shoulders to the 0 ground H her r belo beloved ced had bad not spoken talk can nor had bad the gain pained d lines shoat about hla his in mouth til softened off sued even a little bit afternoon shadows shadow began to stretch long ath over the take lake and ad crowd down dle upon pan the silent rum cit atty and still the squatter qu atter girl knelt and ad wept ept out her sorrow nd ad ef A with no one near but the large eyed ead d little child leaning or the chaback than of billy sent goat hopkins at length vily arose areas wiping be her worn an f face on an her ale sleeve then all she h hoisted alad jerry to her shoulders end and turned tor far a sat last took look at the tu left lofty I 1 mother of the world 0 ill for far a minute she gazed steadily antt and then them th through u g h the gathering glown gloom she thought t she so saw a adl hovering me about of tile the beautiful mouth month pollion went sparer by two steps step tile the woman sao a smi smiling livel or at her and the leatter lu atter girt girl overwhelmed halmoe SO with in loy jay that hurt keenly like a lairs bande I 1 do smiled back the first ant mile since granny he bope I 1 a is had ad oft left her holding J jerry B by a one or arm she thrust rest the other hand upward i biggest an been beau trainer mammy I 1 in nil aff the world she he full ered bless bleas me jerry an an daddy ET akia way away off on up in auburn prison lies brently she knelt aih with her elfing cling ing bur burden des and then swiftly rising loing went b back oil athe to alie shanty her bar pale Is tan face ladi ladiana with fill a world wide ada bl blessing sal 9 CHAPTER R XII fill a w was full up upon it them old nd belll it lohyn and gad jerry held ti 11 al their saor ir conety an nes A of the hut afew A few heart I 1 broken an jetters hud bad reached it the smaller Miu utter gla lri from anbach and she had bad at y answered anaw ered tile bliem yet tet in r sell alte of tte dally daily prod ill of the ati botter folk false that man old more would bruy b begly a caia I 1 to be banim thron polly was happier she could not have hall cap explained I 1 it if she ahe had bad b been asked why hy the rami agony of doubt had bad ghen die place to a wanner glow about her heart when the ills thought ot of daddi dadd hopkins away anal off up there than 1 in the gloom of till the prison he had received a mother a benediction ft polly bel believed llod this with all 11 her soul out jerry and ad she too had come to in for their share dince and ad this new coull dews deuce lifted the shadow from lie her esea elan a little und and lessened tile the hurt 1 in lair her side aide the thing that tormented fomented her moet meet was nas jerrys jerry a constant mour mourning mounil ving ng for fop his father day by day she ehe had racked her brows brains tor for ways to amuse him but as som so as the olty of 1 the via had worn wora oft air the old time cry would begin west want to play horse home off ray my daddy insl wee jerry wants daddy hopkins I 1 she waa sax looking at him one morn ing after one of his of and wistfully fruit r considering meting it if there might toe be a way say to hurry him off to auburn for far a day when evel eveln a robertson suddenly appeared in the shanty door for a long time evelyn conscience science had made do her uncomfortable elan eien though tier her davs dave were exceedingly bes busy the resner re bemb abl ranee see a of the squatter girl pale pleading fare face tormented her am and she was fearful mollp not keep the promise she elm had bed made and marcus mackenzie MacE enzle would be lost forever so astounded was polly hopkins to we acs the girt girl that rire also neglected to ask her 1 in overlooking till ahta miss hot rob ertson topped stepped into the room to in em am barren barras S men t poll j sop op she began catching her breath I 1 just had to speak to tw ou I 1 in going to be married to mr mcken ale Is and I 1 mine came to talk to you about it wal and and to bring the baby some costly candy eta her r expression grave with surprise potty polly scrutinized her coldly I jerry d rather have his dadda thus than candy slie elm retorted infected f frowning miss robertson Robort son drew back a little shaking her limit head 1 11 I manage that im I 1 afraid she sold said soberly Bo berly but rilyn shifted uneasily abe you yen could get old marc to say my I 1 could take jerry to auburn then she ventured jerrall die it if he than don t we see his daddy lie he a getten thinner an thinner story dav do hes Us been yelling lolling like mad all momin me re evelyn pondered on this an instant yes tea I 1 could do that im sure she answered it ilg broadly id love ile to do it we too the forlorn droop at the corners c of pollas pollys mouth month disappeared efu lobbe it if I 1 could get something ow athing to wear w 1 she ahe hesitated it I 1 had bad never also occurred to miss ills rob ertson an I 1 A how managed tor far cloth I 1 log she had bad so A much herself she 1 was us blind to another s need but as sloe blie I 1 biad a d ome come to demand it and a favor then per par hope hap she had better offer as much as she he could polly she ejaculated you ve vc been awfully fully good to me and you yen can have he any one of AI my classes you I 1 want A A and keep s aop it I 1 too and persuade de mr M afe o to get you a permit to go EPA to is auburn sube polly felt her heart bond grow grew big then th 1 after art c all 11 she he could take wee W se delry to a his bl daddy 1 q I s spose I 1 s apone she fihe hesitated hed hated trembling hg you yan coulbo couldn I 1 tell your year boua in 1 nor her throat threat caught in a sob sat but ali she cleared it and went vout on oil just tell tm am oscar a ran I 1 my maul A ilen ft Rj bertson had often lived over or tle alie horror of the minutes when th the shameful secret of her to 0 oscar r bennett as was so 80 warly nearly ble disclosed sit to Is robert perceval val more than as once ance hod had she he congratulated herself up upon the cleverness ath walh which she he had avoided idd that d danger mger to he be sure sum b her S s escape cap led been ban at sh t the h elpe expense as as of polly reputation she a regretted tile the necessity hut but reasoned it that I 1 a good name a could tit not at be much of a IQ loss to a squatter tire n of cout rould collide I 1 do that she ort returned led sharply why fly should you want at 7 ahe be squatter justice girls go gaze lifted to the sp ker felt fae and it tears team llad over r the a fringed g ilda alln I 1 1 I ile hen eglyn riad rad the lie I 1 truth h and ami her bar ees ee glinted glin teil and narrowed arrow d M heavens you re in love ap with 1 my st ahe he enla luied Is h aw what k a ou the br bromo head bead tell for forward forrd rd and K flau flame seat hot fae awe aas us hidden in the 1110 isna chestnut ceils oil and ad he lovea isma yen too cried hv he iya in disdain whitt what 6 tool 1 I was not to Is die discover Is that before I 1 how pat per factly awful that what hat has haa here been the anner u or with him tw fm mouth months jimb she Pt pylyp lyP wan orm end and shook hack her 1 in absolutely mot A tely sad s ad or 01 yea to I think of my 1 cousin I in that be a ay she a con a hwd her votes voice hoarse with on car broods Blaa we me again agn you A 11 neter tell fell 11 him as nebout a at ecart an shook her bl head 1 I 1 ve te never to told As his rold ive I 1 wouldn ti tit t abt be replied thinly thickly almol dy ann eely maled tile dimples played bb hide ana go seek nt the corners 1 of her lovely mouth the steely blue glint rolled faded fee from he her ees to lending them the c color awe of heavenly tints she nas a c certain otto in he her secret we was as sure safe 1 ID the line t of polly hopkine ass as it no aas 1 in the heart of the dead oscar you shall sea BC your you rather father she in akl dropping her hand I 1 and you can have any dress I 1 sale hae to we wear come came up at seven a the folks will be it t ifill dinner and slip out and bring yen rail in then she went away leaving polly hopkins alternately plunged into the depths of despair when she ahe thought of robert perch paci nl 1 and it singing walh wh gladness oler fir the joy in sow t re for Is vi A ee as jerry anad and daddy R hopkind aki it 11 vaa a still broad toy day when hr polly hopkins left wee we jerry playing by b the eaters edge with some e squatter am youngsters and started tor or the h s school son home rrue frue to her word eveln evelln met her in the grape arbor rb at aaen e an and hastily led her h or up the back stairs it to her bedroom there are an the closets she ahe bald aid take anything you like polly but hurry ills hie rocks cooks in the kitchen mid and the other maids are busy I 1 tl go 90 down tor far tear fear someone am will come came to find and we bie there a the dinner er gong floor once alone ten in the beautiful room P polly 1 I a g gaze inept P t it Us broad tit did alons j it dad not at occur car 1 to her to con coet at the least of those these gorge gorgeous ou surround ings ing she only wanted jonoth something to tong wear to auburn something to cele cebe brate begun he her visit and do daddy hopkins proud she swung open a closet doad door and posted peered 1 in the sound of laughter boughie somewhere ow coha 1 in the house sent a ase we of terror oer tier she snatched rolled at the first va gown under her hand band rolled it into a bun die and ad fled do down the stairs stain until she was as in the lane again site she did not breathe easily once back in the shanty pilip hid bid the drew dress beneath her bed without elm eien daring to look lack at it how belin E elan na to rge arrange the if visit to auburn she did not know knew but of one a thing she was sure a slie she had a beautiful dress dres to in nm near or after A I 1 let she he had bad put the child to bod bed and ad the door was wall securely looked locked pol pat ly drew dew the catalna cut whis tightly tight I 1 y over the small window a even tile corners a of I 1 i U ja I 1 ar 17 ill I 1 A if she he had ben bass handling eggs d sh be dm drew on the tha beautiful roba rob her sam bare nock nails and nd forearm gleam ing white in the candle light the room mom bed their shar towa and the ills greatest mother in the th world seemed to tanil stand out more mom plainly mainly than film also when the he ann an all shone paulson polly op pl pled placed ed her ua warm oil cheek k anent the picture and smiled tied slie earnestly sol y believed this thib wonder moll mother or nas net helping ng her to go nud see did daddy or ilard hopkins she turned and too looked k 1 d long bingly at tile the slik sick little me man iso 1 up ward nard to tile the no ance youe youa due done sul so much its for or me 1 an cz jerry ma am we am fhe lie 0 hi hilred pred mob be sometime me twe you yield d mal make pon hlin butle just onte a ot at me a I 1 then hen she took tile the bunde bead from un on der her tot ct and it spread out ant her tross me it vas a delicate shimmering ilk ann in it sea nas tile the color of tile the sun just before lie he over or the lie ewt ti hill on his journey joe rogy around the h a eurth t h flere could not be such buth another beautiful gown goon in all the world all polly thought the fahe he slow a ly IY slipped adi fioro bam her bar one on ragged d drets 8 and ad at stopped aped a 0 moment duddy daddy t AS ble bin me boor cleo to in pollye pollys mind they did not net ar beem m to be just the tills tiling to wear nith fill buch on a tit bresn so go tile busto boots too cagne we olt air A As h if al 1 I had ad been hand ing one she dihe thew diew on 10 the be beautiful robe as he her bare ban nock mot sell Toren gh glemming nawi still in the candlelight than bodi back and ad forth fib sh nhe w waltzed and as n tran 4 wah its HB t us neHn rM zest amella but war twist and ad tun 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