Show storm country polly by bygrace grace miller white C r copyright OPY TIght 1 1 by IS brown brow co MARCUS A acu 11 MACK MACKENZIE ENZ ins ft U A aad uck IS in r th IS silent I 1 I 1 city Z r am I 1 1 I a am ner ithem hw polly paul H hophan a into alv with oad hr ho pura A wall an X jerry cr 7 nd a 4 ui so old woman ormy granny ran hop on AS ad d jacint at OSIA okar on at I 1 pro a barlis perou cs femur r IS I 1 abol ft shut he r U ran t arc Wasti to evelyn vise so rob reca ian no al lay a man arl A I 1 of I 1 their in a pon poll polly aloir 1 it know on jhc thc their r cret L etcar ow 1 k I 1 v volltin D he H I 1 11 tired elrd of hr lt and nd hoj hall hi eye on the fact pretty itter girl with her all ad dt ye mid her or durnill AS curt 1 I and ot of M polly y would wont d me lk k wildcat if mcw ar so 0 o AM much h as land IAIA cunix SO on her CHAPTER I 1 continued 2 one day polly had found her sick irk 1 in bed aed and nd ns as she had ltd the to ati forlorn billy lost goat home so BO did she bring granny hope never dover realizing that 1 in the th tottering old figure she was en an tinta ining an angel an unawares are all the he knew was the that I 1 granni a s too toothless tooth jesa amille her cheer heend rut words wold of iad ioe and kindliness made mad t the be all sun A shine blue brighte ar and the meager along fall food d III more I 1 filling during the file at winter or mrs MI rop hope had encouraged the girl to read A at t first that had hem been difficult for the shanty con contained tied nothing but the tattered bible the old woman had brought with her he over S and nd m oer at polly had read mad the miseries austria of job the patient the long lamentation i of jeremiah who al I 1 rail apat put he her 1 lo 10 mind of daddy hop hap vas sins and she he also adso knew by heart the st atory of the cruel crucifixion fildon of J jesua 9 ubo nho an 0 o the bible said aid was A the best beat man A that bad ever walked the globe 80 had bad thus those e winter day of lose close a with it h the woman who bad lived long an aad it suffered much and who now wax waa ready to on to larger experiences pon brought out of 1 in polly rapid 11 greater spirit capacity Y to tor loving the 6 squatters bitters calls called it her bar pollyp t the love ove lass and ad wide borne tinsel polly pally of the aun granny hope hap this by saying they all 10 lavt you 0 poll V an it a out of your y saw wn heart the they get the teella of joy when he they bee ye from behind breid the khe wood box near wit where the goat tood stand twit took up AM an X tenderly she bent beat and ad placed kise ki upon thi the goat a horsy horny head bead th then tell she touched granny hope th the woman lifted ber bar it lloa and suffixed suf filed at the lit garl A what the matter lovelass love lass she bhe ove med ima im to coln out MI granny replied polly it if daddy cornea tell im bt be back 1 in a while into th ur rain all ahe went want her hem bare feet her swiftly over the ragged focks her curl curla gathered under her thin chin like a we warm glistening bana when wit a a loot later she bhe sp appeared P dmd in front of the hanty he her A gingham ins he A akert ift S filled with brounty pans pan and old pieces piece of 0 tin de she placed them on the door stop md and looking I 1 I 1 at the willow 1 ime a went into the ban bouse aman a peg deg poll iolia look a pair of her father ther a P mrs and clambered into the them tucking be her kine out at of night sod ad up III tin am go tor paddy we KM much taller iler than his daughter into mix on of the big packets polly throat handful of WIL it vs wax a grotesque looking girl who a few minutes later aa delta flatten A tob 19 out at the p pair and ad the th old bit alta of tint tin upon the tone alone who wha that we wa Rall finished hed bhe he bath ill red them up and Us in hand climbed into the willow tree me and onto the rw roof daddy hopkins would be glad when he came cam home and found the ock aback dry and ad warm then the she be b began as her task taik of he hammering eng en g the pieces of U un otar or the holes through which the water dripped once to in a while bhe topped stopped and flat on an her torn can ach be bazl ought four or smaller cracks beit as a he bad mended ended the last b bolei labe he heard the sound ad of if h hora im ime hoofs E had and men man x voices with the fear of th the she be crouched close to th tb root at ana d uke like some meau frightened ingland crawled led to the edge of it squatter did not ape speak it like that balther did they ride DO horseback zhua there them to in the lane astride pride two mag had incent animal were r two me men one CIA all be I 1 instantly polly had marry terr reason to know knot the tell tall man khos dark hood handsome sour face ace bad met cast deep over the silent city try marcus mackenzue Mac Kenzle bad b beao for year the N emedis that e hung bung over the call K sol like ike squat squatter ten ben during his h atee ac M on an war wait work abroad him bi 19 1 9 am rm had often reached nichea back to the indent city to pick way away ano some bus b ond band and 46 dose date the tb prison gat gates b be hind himl him pollyn had a pani onate desire to throw the ax at at t him she knew there them sa not dot a befit ln in all the silent city that me did A not 1 beat 11 1 with dread d at 1 the t w mention on of I 1 filo new ak she he light 9 hallar f f 11 man aa and her IUT at f lunt 1 n ill illah 1 I bow bom 1 an lie I 1 ad me M ami fol collir lir bu jwj belr lr never ipek witt clon a he we was di in MII 11 of laev fv anil ad w sell tw hr in ni be aff ia Us tk frown faded from Polly opi brow braw as he argenord argen SM rd wonderingly up upon him an me k id nta he 1 dashan ce that tha he swept sint u the silent rent city she ah noted with A rue thrill the beauty auty of if the me clea reut features feature the full fall kindly at noth mouth nd d the I 1 smooth th tanned nned akin in marcua scene arx I 1 a speaking it rapidly P I 1 d an nd though p polly at IT could not hot hear what he laid bald she knew he be was waa talking of the asinine then words that made b her er tingle with joy came distinctly to her hep mars cart but you MA mat cant t turn a lot of 0 folks folk am out of their homes home M marc rang forth R deep rich voice where under der d the heaven eaven would bould they it if SO go you aldr did An anaw here uley they do d o please earled charled alack mackanzie h contemptuously it they were all U dead they d be bet y ter ler off and d itha ithaca too poll a hand band if tightened on the ax beadle to let it fl might into the fee face of the be ban haughty gh ty Ithac jin would save bow been matlaf satisfaction ind indeed edl I 1 here have you anian tried to buy egem them out I 1 asked the other no and I 1 don t intend to we waa the sharp retort they 11 go because beca u se III make them go that a all I 1 ve been too busy for the last hot two years yeam to make much ot of a dent among una them but A now amal w I 1 an hown home tor for good 1 Ms mean to cleor clear them off an outward gesture of the officers baud band told polly he was wan not la A sympathy with mickle MICK le threat YOU sou cant judge of the altu situation bob marcus went OD an belue because YOU ve hem been gone tor for years evelyn can an tell you what they wre are though 11 the speaker wheeled him hia horse and pointed his bla riding whip straight at the El shanty and polly a curly lead head drew draw quickly back one of the worst of them lives live th there rel she he heard beard plainly res be a sort hart ot of a may mayor of the settlement jeremiah Hop hopkins kinal I 1 and such a tribe as that hut but holds hold tint cant be found any I 1 if t we W L looking kwo girt girl who pew few minutia minute let lata we wa flat flatten its ng out the pant and the old bits bif of f tin upon the tha sten where else in this county A worth lee lesa tangle holved haired girl and ad a boy half in the grave grae and I 1 I 1 heard beard only this morning ariev re harboring hoe has by the name of hope hap they live hen ilk atha pigs pig too MA the poor things haven t much of a chance to lle othern otherwise have chev me the question e evidently re quiren no annaer well what do you think it of if their he be went on an then he rend read a loud aloud if va bour ur been art Is loving and ad k kind 1 ad co come me r right all j in if it all aint t want off why that the warm velvety brown the rich roan I a is had bad made a hard 91 gilcre M we was brought dick back to 10 P hollys pollys sees eves hy by them morda ord she ue rould could buie banged bunged the speaker as hard bard a is she muc tit did daddy ane 1 rabb all 8 sneered led ukie UK ie perfect rott your aunt was waa saving this mg that ini the H king girl Is as odd US as baff he 1 IB filthy fi h the very idea of 0 holing having a thing like that hung up I 1 poy polly saw the younger man reach out and touch the speake with IM st globed d be hand aio love rubbish wherever you end it old chop I 1 he exclaimed it allen even qi autte iier shock shack glimpse of it aca you yon ought to help it these a people mom man give them a chance make something of them and they wont won t bother you burning I 1 tears rare filled hollva hem eves to hear him peak 1 in with IM her 1 herm friends touched her deeply and he had spoke pollen of love in the same awde an fn granna tell ho hope P a lid too Us hal I 1 awed out old M marf klinl kind cpr ploll 1 f ll letl tl all ua im pirt A hiitt rv far oba fhe he carld analil mi all in JUP il aid ll 11 bev aia ln ai thre tip ft 1149 a 01 11 11 1 1 iuah IU bh I nia ni n ind 1 sivler IA 1 oll 11 11 ham nan uni un I his bew wead fre iiri r if he shen afi kaaha we were w pim ov bt idt pigs bob I 1 tell you he repeated ihly nd ad will what at I 1 boroughf you down here today tor polly loot the rest of 0 bis 1 sentence aen Ben tence back nod mod yet further farther int back she nipped over 11 the r roof she be badma had omer h heard HUY anything hing ao dreadful as this mn in tact fact she had bad always ody quite liked pigs pig but she had bad never thought of 0 comparing the shanty or granny hope elope and deada dadd to ta barnyard and ad fill owa pants debts she heard the men rid ride way away and ad on once owns she hat bat up by raising islas her body a little she he could old see am them ile walk 1 I a 1 ing 19 9 their horses horse along the road that led it ilg crooked way through the act at clement mackenziee Macken W straight thick set fl bg 7 ure are to made ade her shudder but the slim boyish bolh one a beside him brought a q auter r little thrill to ill her heart res hea a b beautiful angel himself beautiful she and taking up the ax am she slipped down the hie tree and droP dropped droppa Pj to the wet at ground granny hope H straight straightened d up no as polly entered ape the he kitchen swiftly the girl crawled out of her bee father s tito ti users and ad toned back her curls vi hate hat s the matter matte pretty bratt brat q quelled the woman drowsily 1 I sot got to find daddy replied polly her voice aide shaking old marc s back on an he a after us squatters squatter a flynn an gry gr y she paused d her bar face softened and ad she sh smiled P lep honey holey p prompted mrs mm hope old marc ha had d a beautiful angel with him went want on the girl in an he be likes liken us ua squat squatters tem ile he td stood right up to that rotten mark mackenzie is I 1 bell beard him I 1 did slie she ered crossed to the old aid a woman a bide aide love loves a able to send and a angel slap Alap bang tung dohn doan to this old earth to help us huh bull granny hopel BIDS yep sure own ture oure honey by girl rl mur or aured granny and on onie more or he her ex held head bobbed forward so and d abe slept polly haki hopkins crept out hot of the hut and ad sped away along I 1 the he all shore toward bad don a ravine CHAPTER 11 about the time hack polly MIT hopkins be began 1 to repair air the shack roof evelyn rb bob artson came into the r room where hem her mother sat mad reading 9 th the girl aas v as dressed to go out and 1 I we ana drawing a pair of cloues over her ringed fingers where are am you coing em erea in united the lady it seem seems to me that you re ronni running A out ant aOge altogether tb M too mut there your ph piano I 1 you haven I 1 practiced in months now now don doot blame me a ee E if when marcus M a asks it you to pi play you fall fail get flat A dull red ran into the girl a cheeks check but she made no reply a as she smoothed the wrinkles from he her gloves dec tiie the good lord knows know continued the other mother irritably that I 1 ive ve kept at ou on awu enough gh now marc and aad robert are am home bouse how are am you going to 0 entertain mafli them men demand an much or the elpe experiences coca of the tb past two yen years bad taught evelyn that leaaond it had bad been demand demand and more mom demanding lev eer since on studio lan im pat she he had bad secretly married oscar oacar hewlett Bert nett and you beard what marcus slid said last might about the silent city folks folk went A on mrs robert robertson I 1 what 7 you want art of that Elop hopkins kina girl rl I 1 don t un no der stand marcus marcos say says her father Is the most dongon dangerous sto man among the he lot of me them and ad the girl hem herself Is queer ob dh dont talk about the squatters sQuat tres 1 all I the time cried evelyn 1 I hate the very bound of the word what s polly hokins now morus 1 Is lome home darting darling the mother interrupted eagerly it lint baa always been my hope that you and stare blare would grow to care for each other he Is BO 80 rich old and so lands IMMIs omet now cinat isn t he atef A groan green almost leapt from eely Kie lyns s lips IN hat a fool she had bee been I 1 here or she we was married to a man an ahe loathed a man she nas hall ashamed ofa I 1 the realization that another man rich good gand looking and in every way any desire ble had d turned his him serious eyes upon her almost most made be her blurt addia out mr the whole hot story to her mother but her hav ing ind apt h pt silent BO an long alie it dared not at speak now all through the night hight she mile had to tossed ad and turned hunting some home way ay to ft t oscar hoonett out oat of tier her life without marcus Mac mackedie MacK enile Kenie know ME ing anything Myth fin bout about it khe dared not go 91 to amr himself poll polly Y do P kin was the only hope she bhe had all BID be nett it cand tr far was money he wax waa as an tired of her a as she was of him per haps hap he would go do away w quietly and ad set met her free it if she he 91 gave him money enough would her mother molher at give a it to her Id mother do you Do honestly nearly want me to marry many mom marat uhe she asked trembling mrs rob leon caught at the M w flaat hand bond I 1 da I 1 1 fi I ind d darling ile ie un A aart id hell uk u K yi ro iro diw it I 1 not nor 1 or I 1 ile her F lust rene its in q lot in oil with ton ina be the nai h U I ked MII gin I 1 fauld old tell lie ile hr udd irma rit I 1 v t A US dk druppel ft al h ills lyn in ansom and she ir stooped looped to pick it ftp no if I 1 lead marcus a b aci t ed ak rising ml d gt amt him to wk sak nr aw to ni him win will you fee ir BM my any i um sum of money I 1 want her vole voice shook book with eme emotion tion aad a 1 h her er young tec fare seemed suddenly old a and n d haggard mm R robertson Rober 00 tsoo hotd n never ev er man seen her daughter aff la aab ft a at fate 1 bit down a minute avelyn h AAA commanded ADMed now me tell I 1 so nr what no you want of money for I 1 know wry wu wall that you on haven t spent deal what ave it A owed you U upon yourself why 1 I re retired if you so much lately no more secrets or at adaar mystery I 1 1 I want the th facts now tell s R me thi minute the girl drop dropped X d I 1 into a r chair had 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