Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14
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aay ,onged to stay by Alan's side
nbn", ,,roush his returning conscious
"s ,h,o,gh magnifying glass. gaze
n. world he had forsworn-the
had abandoned. But the fact
#ris.ge e.aerita w and her boy suddenly de-
81 hanIs.sif~demanded digestion - and
#brd i,snnd his back on Alan. He
~ md with the silent Kemp re-
r9nwu, drive they had made together
ssihs before.
a's a,a not 70 with them. When he
bt0e V ,henn on, he busled himself giv-
ad wv a,.s for the tidylnE up Of the
g tba feeding of Alan's convoy,
Niano mar, and the preparation Of
teaA W. gar The self-invlted guest, From
loOr, ~ dusty pillows n servant was
~ ps ,n fell a board. Lieber glanced
shns ~ words were cut roughly but
i'sn into the surface. They spoke to
ts'iE rI,ny nav held his eyes. He stopped
n..a,ly and picked up the board He
n into his private room propped
i'n ssslnst some books on the table
" ", bsiore It with his face dropped
iHo Y. hands. TO his closed eyes the
ls ,ssn,ed no longer carved i'm wood.
w. ..,.,t tbe inward darkness os his brain
y. ,sone out in points of light. He
", not shut them out. "Qui de nous
cus s.s y" on sa terre promise, son jour
s.,,sse. ct 50 fin en- eXil?'
!, .nraown Lieber came cut to his
~, He had him moved, settle and
y ,nto room whose windows opened
y. ,be yeranda. Lieber sat beside him
v rursed him through the long hot
y. ',ss, To the deftness OF his hand had
". .dded tenderness. and into his face
say determination had come-a resolve
wI, Alan's battle for him whatever
.he odds.
n,,rv AID not sleep that night. He lay
~ little extra bed he had made upon
v. sons arrival and, propping himself on
\. SHOW. gazed around him. The moon
es..a through great cracks in the warped
rav,,ars and filled the vast room with
Li.v mat as his eyes dilated, became a
.'vsslIne light. In one corner was an
~ uashstand with it's vessels of coarse
s.smtled metal, recent purchase. In
leather corner stood a grotesque clothes
I-,t II looked like n young pine with
,-svrlar branches and top Topped off. On
,Ss stubs or pegs hung his clothes and
u,rsarita's and, on the lowest peg of all,
N. Iilllputian garments of the Man. The
soor was bare and rolling, for the boards,
rrurh hewn from hardwood giants of the
fsrest had warped steadily through many
s,srs. In It's centre stood the great rustic
Sd that Gerry had made from the twisted
limbs Of trees and Bonifacio had plated
rih thongs BY raising himself to the
MI length OF his arm Gerry could see
llarsarita lying uncovered on the coarse
yeowish homespun. On her bare brown
irm lay the black head of her son.
Gerry shuddered at the nearness-the
everything The seams OF
,enentary life stood out brutally. For
NJ first time he saw them. From the
ouch Of the coarse homespun that COW
red him, his mind went back to the feel
I Lebers fine linen and from that it
olsed on Alan and then flew back to AliX
.Allx who seen through the years, be-
ime doubly ethereal and nower-like.
There was AliX? What had Alan done
lth her? He must ask him. That, at
ast, he must know. But before he could
X he must decide about Margarita and |
eel himself to his purpose. He thought |
the long still days at FaZenda Flores |
fore Alan had come to Liebers-the |
ruggle and the reward that had been |
sand the flrmness in him, the stead
stness that had led Alan to name him