The Detroit times., 1914-06-16
CHAPTER x.
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"Sh! No. / thi-think It's the
cows. They were lying down ana W
disturbed them, les-it was Tue
cows .rha
mot on your life" says l. Inc
cows wouldn't run for US. AhyhoN,
Il would be the FIRST time they ever
got out of the way. They q iet you
fall over 'em first. We got 10 De caro-
ftil about men around the place
didn't think OF it TIL now. But there
been no one about all day. IL wa
times. Evelyn, and, If you ever see
any one about you must tell me-
Eyes, daddy, dear she says exert
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"WeII look around and see wheth'
or they've taken anything, says !.
Things looked queer, even IN the
dark. And, first / know tulhples
over a tree!
Well, Some one had cut down the
finest oak in the circle around lne
house!-on the south side!
"My great-grandfather Hlllary
planted that tree" says |, hot ana
hard. land IL would be as much as
his life would be worth for me 10 hnu
the rascal who did it."
Dave smells the chips and says
"It's just been finished"
Jon rubs his hand over the stump.
THE sap is still as thin as water
SAYS he. 1T hasn't been down ten
minutes. I've cut down enough trees
TO know!"
come" says Dave, hes not far
away. That was him--or them--dad,
dy saw. Come on, we can get nam
He starts away, tightly as young
bull. But Evelyn clutches him.
Then she acts as II she didn't Know
why she done It.
''Don't-don't-leave me atone
she says, at last. and the way she was
trembling proved that she oughtnt 20
be left alone.
Jointly, he comes up and take hold
OF Dave.
eyes" he says, there is something
better than trees-after all-here 70
be anxious about. We've forgotten X.
IN our anger"
OF course, Dave is scared about
Evelyn and gives II up-killing the
marauders.
Jon and Dave had things 10 say,
nevertheless. not warranted by Scrip
ture, or their training. about seces-
sionists and sympathizers getting
even. But Evelyn said nothins-only
/ could feel her shaking.
I What do you think OF this bust
ness, Evelyn" asks !. You got !
good head"
cit was a bi--beautiful tri-tree,
daddy, dear" she says. "and-and /
think viii go TO bed"
And she starts right on, without
another word, crying like baby.
we we're all stumped for a minute,
and then, nice old Jon, as usual,
fixes It.
"She loved that tree, daddy ard
Dave" and he puts his arms around
both OF us, and know he was smil-
ing that inward smile or hrs, 1t was
right before her window. She loved
II Just as she loves us--and, JUST as II
one OF us should be cut down n MS
strength. she weeps for II! Come.
We can't quite weep. But we can IN
derstand her weeping-can't we, dad
DIV and Dave? She loved IL!
Yes, says Dave, and yes, says l.
But | don't think either OF us under-
stood that like dear old Jointly did
The idea didn't occur TO me until
| saw IL accidentally, some time after
that there was now clear space
between Order and us! He could see
our chimney-tops. From our garrett
window could see his. And even
then | didn't know what TO do with
the idea.
But Jon did. |
He said that since our quarrel. |
about which I had told him, Crider
was angry. He was bad man TO I
have against one, and had got even
by doing for us what we had thought !
suspicious when he did 1t for himself.
Eyes" says, that's just 1.-THE