Show r R N lyd lydia of the R e pin ames esa by HONORS HON ac WILLSIE tr 6 0 by r A I 1 tokes tk cie 0 TORY STORY FROM THE TART START k lydia dudley with her bt baby stater Fa llonas returns how home term rom an afternoon of play the home bom Is I 1 an untidy home the th li lia imbed household hour hold of her athar amos dudley in take lak city citi nor HT fat hr friand and d hr her own v 01 ted admirer john levine ar affairs in general nral land to I 1 totting more mor valuably abl tory every day amos thinks think that it li Is time the th indiana who occupy a reservation twenty milan away wr wore on la in order that the th whits whit men relent might have hav this tend laud john levine ar after talking things over announced announce anno unc all ln leation of color colac into politics politic the th next day lydia patience and oom companion panion kent moulton ulton by the th lake lak aro are ad d by an old squaw who lives lire on the th reservation nearby lydia given hr her food margery the th small daughter of days dav marshall W th aw 11 banter banker joins thorn them they do dela to ro buella out but lla ite 0 IF WB tar fr in a boat CHAPTER 11 II continued margery hesitated aw com out on I 1 dont be such neb a arald cat why us kids kid dont like you yen youre such much a silly dressed up oll 11 the tankers daughter flushed though the he loved the pretty clothes clothe and though the sense enie of superiority to other children carefully cultivated by her bar mother was the very i breath of her nostrils she he had n never ever been quite quit so 0 o happy an ai this afternoon when stubbing grubbing on an equality with these three inferior children tin im not afraid at all and im just M dirty us re lydia la it go ahead with your our boat they tethered patience with kents kenta cord to one of the willow trees and margery was paddled out several boht boat lengths lenet lia from the shore and the great stone lint flint served for anchor was waa dropped over oer kent took a clean dive overboard ner board aswani arid and disappeared along the willow path little littie patience set upa up a wall baby tum tuft too baby tuni firm too she he wept cit L 1 ill HI to 0 o stay with tier her till kent cookes said clydla living diving into tile the avater as asif if she sli wein tini ing ang from a chair 1 I wont stay in this awful boat alenel alane shrieked margery lydia awain steadily to the shore hure then turned margery marcer was standing up in the boot boat I 1 sit dowal sit do down doan an cried ly ilia margery beside herself with fear tossed her arms 1 I wont stay stat in this aid id I 1 there was it a great splash and a choking cry as margerye Mar gerys black braid beneath the water and she cant swim gasped lydan kentl kent I 1 she screamed creamed and made a hying flying leap into the water her blender alender childish arms owned suddenly steel her thin little legs took a stroke like tiny propellers margery came up on the far aide of the boat and uttered another choking cry before the she wont went down doven igalo lydia dived caught the long block black braid and brought the frenzied little tatti ace to the surface margery immediately throw threw an arm around lydias and lydia bit her to in the face with a clenched small fist and all the strength she could rauster muster let go or ill let you drown turn over ever on your back there a thing to be afraid of margery with a sob obeyed and towed her the short abort distance to the boat there catch hold she maid id both the children clung to the sun gun wale wait margery choking and sobbing bobbing 1 I cant lift you into the boat posited lydia dut but quit your crying youre sate safe theres kent kent bad beard the call and some note of need in it registered after a momert in his mind lie ila ran back end and looped leaped into the water n lie clambered into the boat and reaching over pulled margery bodily over ever the gunwale the child sick and hysterical huddled into the bottom of the boat are you all right iyda lie he asked sure ure replied lydia who was beginning to recover her breath it was the work of a minute to the boat then unheeding littie ittie Pation patiences ces lamentations the two children looked at each other and at margery til run ran for her mother said f kent and scare her to death I 1 sue a hurt a bit insisted lydia margy go top stop crying youre all right I 1 ud teh you ill tell you said kent lets put hr her in patiences carriage and carry her bar items the water she swallowed makes her awful sick at her at I 1 guess gue the fright over the old sp irit of adventure ol venture with an added sense sens a of heroism animated here and lydia margery was pas tested teased out of the boat mod si misted into the perambulator elili tier lier dipping white legs dan alar helplessly oer the end little 1 tears were assuaged when rrt tv r in the doll buggy with sitf r ilal ail in fit tier arins Flo florence vvo tied flisa fashion ian to V lydias back the bicycle was wa hidden la the tb clive cave and with wibb kent margery and bydia patience the procession 1101 started wildly for home bome illy by the time they had tamed into the home street margery wa wa beginning to recover but she ahe was till still shivering and inclined to sob bob other otter children followed them and it was quite an imposing croup group that turned in pt at the marshall gate fate just as a lire marshall marhall cime came to the door to bid a guest goodby good food by the scene icene that followed was wa difficult for either lydia or kent to describe afterward there was waa it a hullabaloo that brought halt half the mothers of the neighborhood into the yard the doctor was waa sent for margery was wa put to bed and kent and lydia were mentioned an aa murderers lowdown low down brats brata and coarse coane little brutes by mrs mar shall ahall who ended by threatening them hem with tile the police old lizzie appeared on the sen in time to take lydias part and kent disappeared after mrs mr marshall marahall had told him that margerye Mar gerys father would be around to see ice his ahli father that eve ere zinc nine 0 1 Is I the child deada demanded old holding patience on one arm am while lydia clung to the other she was waa able to walk upstairs maid aid a neighbor its iti jut just mrs mra mar halla way you know ill way her snorted lizzle fine thanks to lydia for saving the child come home with your old lla alls dearle dearie and sit get into the nice clean dress ive got cot tor for you lydia told the story atory to amos at suppertime lie he was much disturbed ive told you often and often lydin lydia never to endanger a child that cant swim you and kent should have had more sense the quick tears sprang to the childs child ayea she was still much shaken la Is this ahli lesson leason enough for you or i must I 1 forbid your playing in the wa terl I 1 thou thought glit I 1 could trust you ab 1 toly stop your scolding lne her amos dudley exclaimed old lizzie 1 I wooi wont have it ashes too nervous a child amos was saved a reply by a ring nt at tie the doorbell lizzle lizzie let Mar margerye Maree gerys father in II 11 WAS a short abort red faced man inan with black hair and eyes tie lie was too now to stand on cerenio ny r aha and ima he followed lizzet ifft into 0 at 1 I t the dining rooan this wont do ao dudley these wild young ons ones of yours walt wait a minute marshall interrupted amos with a dignity that he be had ad brought with him from new england If margery argery la in all right so BO we can go over tr thing calmly sit down and listen to lyala lae story tell him lydia lydia clydla left her place and crowds crowded d up against her fathers fathera side old lizzle was holding the baby it was ilka this lydia began baby and me were going to play by ourselves under the willows then kent he came and he be played pirates with us and thin then right after wed had bad our lunch margery she came along alone and kent and I 1 were mad the child paused uncomfortably end and rubbed her curly yellow head with her thin little hand band in an embarrassed way why were you mad kind lydial in spite of himself marshalls marchalls Mar voice was softer ilak am aa amos had known it would lydia made a deep appeal somehow to the tenderness of men tell 1611 mr marshall all you told me clydla said amos well well you see its like this ahli margerye Mar gerys always so 0 o clean and she has lovely clothes and and she she looks down on us other kids so we wont generally let her play with us and this ones an awful fald arald cat and and a tattletale tattle tale but when we got to playing robinson crusoe arid and were digging the cave she helped and got terrible dirty airty just like us and then she he wanted to be fridays futher father and then well now I 1 guess the rest of it was kents and my fault we forgot she swim and we forgot what a crybaby cry baby she ahe was cause you gee ee waters almost like land to kent and me and wed been swim swimming min most all day and Mar margerye gerys the only kid around here that cant swim why cant she ahe swim demanded marshall howd all the rest of you learn dont you think you were mean not to lot let her learn I 1 again lydias pellucid eyes w widened why her mother wont let her play with t kids like us I 1 and us kids never learned weve just played in the water oer ever since we was wa P as 9 big as baby david marshall scowled sod and stirred tin uncomfortably rie did not look at amos who set sat with his bis arm about lydia his aln thin face a lesser ablesser replica of the old engraving of daniel webster banging on the will wall above well to go on llowd howd the come to fall 0 overboard ver board ardT she and I 1 was sitting in the boat and baby she was tied to a tree by a long out string and the she began to cry to come com e too and I 1 jumped over to go quiet her kent held hed gone to get another boat and margery she jumped up and began to yell and wave her amis and tell fell overboard ird then I 1 remembered the she swim and I 1 went back and kot got her heir and kent came and pulled us to in shore U any thing but Mar margery gerys such a crybaby cry baby uzzle shea terrible uncomfortable lyilas attention bid bad returned to little Pat patience lince ill take 06 her UP up to bed she he bald ald 11 at t wont talc take but a few ml minutes nutem ill carry her said lizzle the baby opened her eyed no no one cally but lyd let daddy carry you begged amos patiences little voice rose roie to a wall vail no one colly caily but lyd shi she lifted the sleepy baby easily and patience dropped her bar soft cheek against lydias and closed her eyes agan again lydia turned to marshal her we face was waa very serious ger roua 1 I know I 1 was waa awful bad mr lift marshall and maybe you feet feel as aa if you ought to lick me put your little stator lister to bed abild mai gravely and then well see I 1 here was n aa silence in clr tha issos f tot a meat after bydia left it it then FM laj i r i on orf ayd before youre your called I 1 arf ahmoi amoa said ald ill il be glad to do anything I 1 can marshall neither of youl couil ley lay a finger anger on lydia interrupted lizzle if you want to lick anyone go lick elviry marshall the tool fool I 1 why I 1 knew her when she ahe was waa my tite ces hired girl and you dave marshall was sell lelling fit cans of tomatoes over a counter and ewa bringing that young ono one up to be a silly billy little tool fool mark hark bywords my words shell hell be the prey odthe ot the first fortune hunter that comes along neither amos nor his caller spoke in a few minutes lydias step sounded on the stairs the lid last of the sunset glow caught her hair and the fine set met of her head aa on her bar square little shoulders was never more pronounced ihn abas an aa she walked slowly toward dave marshall Ua 1 I never had a licking she be sold said but I 1 guess I 1 cesene out one and so better do it and set get it done mr marshall CHAPTER III the cottage cattage marshall cleared his throat and reach rne rug out ut took lydia by the ami am and pulled her toward him he could feel her muscles stiffen under his touch the bright red color left her cheeks cheeka 1 I think much of your father my child he said huskily 1 4 if ha tt let me W tea if I 1 clydla took A alck lookup into his feea ace theo then she abe gave little gasping sigh lir lips qt quivered aldabe and be loan leaned against iila knee r T i look here Lj clydla ollit T said mid danover dave marhall aha bithis atals allsto la to be 09 your jour punishment I 1 want jou yu and keltto teach margery how and dirty bet let her play with you yon bounnoi common kids will your year will VIII tier her mother bother let hert asked lydia yea ires answered dave grimly all right said ald lydia with vim a little a rich 1 I know be ahard a hard job marshall interpreted the sign sigh quickly where the panli punishment ament comes cames in lyddall Lyd laU lall do it ill see ee to IV it said laid aroot amos yow you keep out dudley this la ii between I 1 W een lydia and me how mr about it clydla Ly illar if boas her mother ill boss boas 1 margery argery and kent said ald lydia I 1 a sudden laugh Us ua a bargain marshall rose food good night dudley good night Marshall arshall 11 aboa amoa am on followed ula his caller to the ithe door As he did so lydia heard kents whistle in ib the back yard she joined him and the two withdrew to a bench behind the wooda woodshed lied 1 I saw him hi 03 through the window maid kent in a low voice li w tu oafs da to us dads licked me so 0 o that much Is done lydia clydla told of their darn dam ILI it groaned kent rd id rather had bad soother another licking I 1 certainly do lists hate that girl so do 6 11 I 1 1 agreed lydia nothing to took look forward to but worry now 0 see gee kent ive got two pennies I 1 ones patiences out but lets go spend the other at spences I 1 gum or allday all day suckers suc kerr asked kent who in spite of the fact that he owned hand bicycle was not above sha shar ringa lisla penny gum lasts to longer ricer suggested lydia what ianda gum spruce or white or frutti T you can choose spruce then it makes the most juice come on lyd before youre called in and thus ended the heroic day no one ever knew what days dare aar shall said tp ip elviry his wife but a day or so after little margery in a one fine white flannel bathing sult suit up paired pe ired on the sand about a quarter of a mile below the willows kent was a quitter I 1 after the rescue he decided to eschew the society of girls forever and he struck a bargain I 1 I 1 with lydia that she could have we use of his bicycle one day a week till snow cates caroe if she would under take the of the bankers daughter alone for such a bribe lydia would have undertaken to teach wilry marshall herself to swim and so BO the bargain was struck lelaa method of teaching was on one employed by most of the children of lake city aty when a new child moved into the town site forced margery to float face downward in the water again and again while the ehe con counted n tool tea on after one afternoon ot of this the bi bankers daughter had forever lost her fear of the ille water and the rest was easy in spite of the relationship dave marshall had bad established between the two children margery and lydia did not like each other one saturday afternoon after banking hours mar half was waa stated seated 03 03 his front porch with elviry and margery when bell lydia appeared she stood on the steps in her bet bathing suit her bare feet feat in a ps pair I 1 r of ragged sneak sneakers era her face and bonds bands and ankles were dirty but her eyes and the pink of her cheeks were clear come on marg said lyolla and mr marshall please wont you come too and see ee how bow well she does itil it run and get into your bathing suit daughter said marshall kl el viry want to come no snapped I yolla how ao you manage to get so BO dirty when to |