Show oil osilio v T V 7 7 7 z T 7 ui i tj C rt 41 ir A A i r r rc i s i Y 1 1 TT H aw VP ara TT aha P Ua dayi yi or brines ine 9 0 by HONORS WILLSIE 1 INNO bervine i all kr 44 i C f A A AA CHAPTER 17 the Youn You geak scholar k if amos was wan not happy otter after at lewd leitt t nhe ahe never had seen th ani in so go interested irl ili life an he wan wail timy now nor bad kent ever been more of lydia all ahli idla tola have matle made her hippy slid and yet site elio was waa not hilly T came to ceries her JOB usual and took her th do an dance but lie wan not the frield of id and the change chance was wan not in BUY neglect of things doue done it WM was n ahli wry niky of k nt cpr in ills hla long al lenex oa when he her face ance with aggrieved filed tint ma mode deher her frantic 11 lifs life ensink to 0 o talk over Us lite work tier her with ony any air of conj iu atud most beall of nil in hla his cena ceas ing to 0 o lully her that inalienable earmark of f tile the of tho the lover the Ii liehe Alved 1 l n I 1 larch was long and bleak that year but april came la in as an sweetly as aa a 0 silver bagle b agle cull call lydia heard tile the ft botn call on her way home from foil abe ho and ld walked up tho the road bead of lully billy tier her black scholars gown own flutter lag once he would havo have run to 0 overtake her but now lie he plodded a long alone a block behind without a sound lydia did not pause at the cottage rote gate the call of the robin was ir ID tier her blood and bile swung on up the rond read past the norton place and into tile tho ado woods thoro there was a log ing at hand and shi she set at down threw tier her mortarboard on the ground and rested thin chin cupped to id her hands lips parted eyes tear dimmed site she was weary of thought bhe alto only knew that the spiritual pith lah alibi bh biad fw ann ralpd hor her inland and body through all the hard yeara of tier her youth had got rono wrong she only knew that 0 a lopeiz biell wf of soul cool she die could not beem naem to on cn lure was robbing tier her of a youth that sh aa yet the nod scarcely touted tasted suddenly there was the sound bound of beisty footsteps through the dond dead nivea leaven clydla booked up billy was tier her slie she did not spook nor did he fie afe la strode 40 11 the log stoop ej pd and arv arc to td hy b ei feet then lie he lift ed her scholars 1 gown slid and alt all in ills his r 1 I 1 ki klad h her fil 9 0 lips 1 ami then looked deep into her bier ates ayea anil held to him allo boull feet wa lift heart beating full and quick for just a moment lydia did not mir then she thin threw liar her aral arms around ats hla neck hid fild tier her face lite lila shoulder and to him with an that mad 6 v ak lully billy slipped his hand 0 poderi diao cheek and turned her face aft ce so BO he look into tier her eyes at he slaw there herp ills hla own ini firn lips quivered li lideal dial he d then he kissed tier her again naw now he said gently with a smile of nt 4 quality clydla anever biml h seen been on you going to be good bod mill t rut it d lydia I will a con irn alto allt in azz aliett voice what do ao you wa lit tile ine to do 10 lo billy 1 I 1 want wan what you want dearest I 1 wint went the at old clydla with the vi vision hus has site fihe come baak or I 1 have to hok or bior agai nil e started bif if to 0 o take lydia in hla a arnia arias once opre more likit but with a sud ap len rica rl h luell she ibe stopped bwy trani biln shed hrh arh ob billy dearest estl I 1 ilow how you yog let her r wander around All alone oilia so BO fohir t 4 it art rt ray cause afia for tier der to miss me answered billy jer fully Iho I 1 realize that till all it 6 tago stop your treni trem 4 hing lydia ini im there bere iere to out for vu for the rest of time they walker walked back back to the cottage in aduce Jl ence hand in n liand hand they paused itt tile the rate gate and lydia pointed iju ajl v at the new moon 1 I lets ats wish on it she said bald close cyp mid hud wish nilly billy closed his eyes etea A kiss its as soft us jis the lie robins note fell on his fits lips and ahe gate clicked ue he opened ilia eyes etes ana nil mood looking up the lie path nith long lone gifter the door closed his fits fiat la in ills hla hand lydia wandered into nto the dining boota quite casually for heavens sake lydia cried amos iwas just going to start on a hunt for you I 1 I 1 took A walk in tile he woods wooda ex ei lydid and was gone cone longer than I 1 realized 1 suppers ready sit right down HU salol lizzle looking at lydia intently seen kent today lydia I 1 she aked after a moment did you speak to roe me Lizz lizzlie lil lydia inquired besl yf I asked if seen af ept joday it 11 no I 1 seen kent we bid tt 11 aft in chemistry today B n what that got to do with any anted bazzle but she asked aalee i nit no more ques tlona S ma Nort dil came cabie over over during the borrow some yeast amos A 4 otei ote some figures on a lillis I was was sitting with of her she bile had oj turned a leaf in twenty tul i taLl Lizz tilea les coat t T sald ald MR ma though tan errs still till a bit la in the air not that 1 Na A AM billy seems to notice it it I 1 found him sitting of the front steps bith his elIjA rqn it if it way wat june alette gave lydia a quick look anti and I 0 tiered it if sho only imagined that 1 ahl nep 1 check were turning pinker 1 I 1 cant sit down lan ina went A ive irot got tact to bot bia roc t rise ill walk lionne bomp with you mrs nor toti tah 4 sald ayilla Nud suddenly denly it teems seems its as if one could ni got get of this flatt oring bal lab aay 11 1 dol maa voice was wag always alway extra cordial when she spoke to lydia lizzle watched the door close be tile lift tro 1 I know it 1 she he ex clo lined know inquired amos look inh lip dp front his figurea lur ci that there was a new moon on an the oll old lady shortly trudging off tohei to hei her bedroom lit Is getting childish thought though anoa returning to fits work jn iother want into the kitchen entrance and lydia went over to tile the bloj din atron on the steps told me to speak to you she said meekly 1 I heard tier her hilly gave cae a low laugh come up tip here in the sandow sweetheart and tell me it if you ever saw such a moonlit and starlit night the night was brilliant and billy responding to some lome little petitioning note in lydias voice did not offer to touch her but bat tood stood looking down at the sweet dim face turned up to his alj slip lifted tier her hand that thin hand with the work calluses kalluses cal luses on it and ran it over its hla cheeks brushed tier her cheek check t his shoulder ond end then ran away bile finished tier her at studying tidyIng end and went to bed early only to lie awake for hours at last she crept out opt of bed and its as once before she clasped her hands handi and nd lifted her face 0 to o the heavens heaven fO Th ilik you lodl sho she whispered then she went to sleep deep tho the next dicht kent camo came out to the cottage dreaded lits hs coming so BO little that sho wits surp surprised I 1 rosed yet this thin day had been one of continual to lier her she had wakened to a dewri of robin bori pon gid and had dressed with an answering son song g jn loher pr own liefert heart she was waa mooed ama I 1 who h had a nover never known sor borrow owr 0 m si anxiety tier her vi bhola future lay before her i a lear clear I 1 I 1 por poe lydia had bad found una fiera eiselt elf S aft was a R creature to whom a lve mina a nd as rn forces lu in turn site alie lind hall riven given this in childish torn mother to little patience and to levine one by one tt these I 1 had ad beep been token taken from froin her and mh fh 16 had d struggled straggled to give this leio devo tajo top 1 tj 9 Kent but she he could not give W ll ethere was no tt understanding and litif now slie sh sw saw that lint for years it liall been billy billy who combined all the best of what hm her mother her buhy baby sister bister and all levane had me antto tier ber with something greatly more the divinity of a thing title could underhand nut yet that hail had crat created ft pew or her went kent his hat oxil fa the couch and shook hla head at amos daves not golpl iq jet et away nent with it lies got some borne kind of a row going with lf fie whisky people and he ha says w op might as aa well count liliu hill oat I 1 dont know what 0 to o do niia now I 1 amos groaned lord what luckl luck I 1 dont let it worry you said lydia callily ca linly 1 I made up mind today that id I 1 d go ahead and enter on that land just jurt OB as oter folls folks are doing in the good way im going to make a farm up lip there that will blot out all memory of what mr Levin edid but im bollig to work for it as it a homesteader tins has to t and vint nt take lake tiny advantage lant tige through mr levines graft pla boink to homestead for that land there wals waa no esca littig tle the note of to in tier her kents face whitened ile he looked up steadily at lydia tile the sweat stood on ills his forehead you know whitt what hat means as far as im concerned he said lydia hill up gaze never more clearly blu blue ce nodded yes yei kent hut but we would have haic been happy you cud aaa margery were meant for each other 00 to to margery now find and tell her kent kent picked up his top you von arent aren t treating tile me right ill talk to ion when im not so sore and lie wicked w ked out of the house lydia turned to ahmoi and lizzle lizzie there liere I she said happily ive got kent settled for eifel amos sank into his armchair clydla IlLyff lo have you lost your mind roandl I 1 he groaned no ive found it daddy poor dad dont look as it if fathered a lunatic I 1 daddy lets homestead that thai land I 1 lets quit this idea of setting getling something by graft lets do like our forefathers did lets bame stead that landl land I 1 lets earn it by farming fanning it lydias father looked at her long and meditatively ile he wits was pretty well discouraged about the probability of ever getting a clear title in a the land through kent or marshall and tho the longer he looked at lyba tile the more his all mind reverted to new england to old tales oi at the tann farm on which he and his ancestors anc estora and been bred 4 A man with three hundred and twenty aar acres s of land Is a a power in ii th community ne lie uld said suddenly adla I nodded amos amon began to walk the floor im still a young mull man it if F hafl had tile tl backing that land givella gives 6 tow man I 1 could clean out a lot of rotten ness in the theadate thea irate tate even it if I 1 only did oby U by shelvon g what a ninn man with a clean record could cold co ld make of himself him jart the point cried lydia eagerly ond and your record have been beeh clemi clean if gotten it through marshall 1 if 1 I take fake browns offer for the cottage it would rould leave us enough to get a team and I 1 bet I 1 could hire a trac tor to get to the cleared portion of it this thil foil fall A hundred abreh are clear you know I 1 might as well quit the factory now eh eb with a laugh that had a sob in it clydla kissed her father and whirled out the door billy wn was a c oming coming in at the lie gate she flew down to alza his ahli hand and turn him toward towar d the load lets wallet I 1 ive such to tell youl hilly billy turned obediently but paired in the shadow of the pine lydia I 1 cant tell you what it means to we me no matter what bigger things thing may seem to happen to me nothing can equal oqual tile the things ive felt and dreamed today then he put his arms about lydia and kissed tier her and site she put her arms about his neck and ined her head against ills his shoulder they stood thu thill motionless while tile the pine whispered above them and in the intensity of that embrace all tile of lydles life were hallowed and made purposeful clydla said bald billy 1 I want to tell mother and dud dad will you come over home with me now eyob yes replied lyck ana and then we roust must tell my father and lizzle lizzie oh ob M she sh had awaked to io a dream of robin cona I 1 nilly billy I 1 forgot as ail they started flown down the rond road ive decided to hom homestead esterd that land hut but why lydia dear dead youre going to be it a lawyers wife for heavens sake let that beastly land go no ini IM going to be a pioneers wife I 1 there was wai a little pause then billy laughed uncertainly well im not gol going ng to talk about it tonight im in a fraine of mind tonight where id promise you to be an indian chief if you wk ask it mother aud and dad tire are in the kitchen they opened the kitchen door and stopped stepped in pa ill norton was waa sitting bitting in his sto cUtin feet rending reading the evening paper mi ain was putting away tile the dillys baking site she paused with a loaf of bread in ili tier lier hand build as tile two clince lu in anil and pit pa looked ed over ait oit r his fits glasses XI mother other aind dad said hilly billy u uncertainly n 1 I ie brought lydia home to you I 1 look at her dad I 1 she ehe H piri peach ldla I 1 ilia sit stood A with tier her back against the tie floor door cheeks lif rei arlet triet golden head bield high but her lips quivering ma dropped her loaf of brend bread oh L alla she cried 1 I thought that of a hilly billy never would see sea daylight I 1 ive prayed for telf for years lears come straight over here to your sour mother love hut but ila norton had dropped lla lilak paper when nia ill 4 dropped her bread and had not paused for or ehm lie jig maide three ahree strides to lydia and gave cave tier her a great huc bus and kiss then them he ha 1 said bald first time I 1 saw you carrying that milk for billys books I 1 said eald theres the wife billy ought to have MR ma she the dearest but me ina shoved him aside contempt a ou bously ay get over oer and talk to hilly billy this to Is a women affair who eara jabout about reminiscences now oh billy do you oa remember I 1 used to worry because she ehe keep the back of her neck clean I 1 ution cowig now asked pa bell 13 everybody h laughed then pu pa sighed well I 1 feel almost reconciled ailed now cow to bills giving up fat mini you going to be marrie dr lidja bl blushed asbed oh not for a tong lone time efow aloiwe cef aki fantai 0 1 ariy riy people billy c v 1 I 1 4 j N 01 ly put ut in the nig ht a again t cartoun U ou tiow long the ua fiort walk al I 1 to the cot ate could coald be aind V how bow near tile the sanra were r e haayen jut us t ovo OTC the road re foteni I 1 em strolled rolled ct not strange cannot last forever fo abi humon not bear that leaven long lizzie ww vas ambs we wai alt tins ting to in MB his arm chili chair atti 1 1 bit of paper on oa which bar waa lydia flew across til the le now and dropped on an her kne ei beside him oil oh daddy dear met here and hes to bellee bo here tell us ua youre clad amos ahmoi looked up with it a jerk vart it nilly billy Pit andIng stalwart and bifid grove by tile the uhle table his bis deep eyes s unsteady oa an steady na as the hand he held out to toa lizzle little then at his daughter with her tran formed face hut but protested amos 1 I thought it was waa to be kent oh it have been kent exclaimed lydia we never would have understood each other kent was wa for margery 1 A frown n gathered on amos face he be did not really want lydick to marry anyone all that had reconciled him to tile lie thought of kent had been kents relation to the indian labda and now he be discovered that he wont want to give his daugh daughter tell to anY anyone tine he be threw a jealous cabout aran about her no you cant have her billy he said cald nobody shall have bave her shea she too 00 oo good tor for th the ti beat aest man dr WS 1 11 1 yes she ls Is aced billy S bafit 1 t 1 thet that the point depoint ep nt ta is that clydla actually wants me I 1 dont un deni deril tand 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