The Arvada enterprise., 1918-03-14

Of the bright husd hope they were built
upon.
CHAPTER ~.
Msrthy Dve;ss Hsr DEED and orssts
Aee NeehoW.
Ease did not move OF give his Gus.
| tomaFy, Qussulous srunt when Mar
thy nudssd him at daylight, one
morning in mid April. Narthy gave an
other poke with her elbow and lay still,
numbed BY sudden dread She moved
cautiously out ol the bed and hall
across the czampsd room bsfoes she
turned her bead toward him. ThGn che
stood still and looked and looked, hen
hard face growing each moment more
ptnchod and stony and gray.
Jase had died while the coyotes were
yapping their dawn song up on the rim
Of the cove. He lay rigid under thu
coarse. gray BLANKET, The 6ssh Of hia
faco drawn Close b tie bones, Id
skimpy. gray beard tiltsd upward.
Marthy's law ut into q harshsf out.
line than ever. She dressed with slow,
heavy movements and went out and fed
the stock. In solid calm she did tn
milking and turned out tie Gown into
the pasture. She gathafsd an apron
full Of chips and started Q IRE, Just a.
she had done every morning for twenty
nine years, and shs put the cofeepot
on the greasy stove and boflsd the brew
Of yesterday, which Was also hss habit.
She at for some time with hse bad
leaning upon hsf grimy hand and staFsd
unseeingly out UPON . peach tree IN
fun bloom and at Q pair ol buy robins
who had chosen . eonvenisnt crotch toe
their nest Finally she roe stt@y, a.
II she had grown oder within ths Last
hour. and went outside b ths p,sos
where shs had bssn nsnding IL ira.
eating ditch To day bs1osN. Shs knock
ID The VT and a tie shovel he had
ls8t sticking In TIE soet hank and went
out q The yard and up ~ slope toward
tAs rock wall.
On . tiny. isvsl place abovs IL main
ditch and Just under ths wan Nasthy
began 70 dig. sstting her broad, lat tooe
uncompeomisinsiy UPON tAs shoulder q
the shovel and ssnding Il desp into IL
yellow sou NJ worked slowly and
msthodical1 and stssdily, Just - ~
dN svssytAin6 slsA Whsn ~ had dug
down - dssp q ~ could and SIN
A11A0e 10 Climb out and had the hoas
wtds enough and long enough, abe got
awkwardly to The grassy surface and
sat for long while upon Q rock, star
ing dumbly at H. 0unk, brown hills
across the river.
She returned 70 ths cabin at last, and,
with de- manner q ons who breads Do.
ing what mus b dooA shs went b
whsse Jass NJ stiR and cold under ~
blankets.
EaPly that aftsrnoou Narthy went
stassssins up IL slope. wheeling JasSs
body before hss q he cfsahy. home
made whselbarrow. In ths sane harsh,
primitive mannae in which thsy both
I'D Lived Marty bulisd hsr dad. And
tho1gh In life ~ had given him fsw
words savs IN command o. upbraidine,
With nsvse . hint Of love TO sweetsa ths
days Tor either. vt shs went whimpes.
Ing away IRON that gave. She broka
q thfss brancAss q precious peach
bieDoms and carried thea up the slopa.
Bhs stuck tAsa upright n ~ lunpy
eou over Jass's head and stood thsss
. long while with tsar sersaksd facs,
staring down ct IL sxave and ct tn
no6dinO pink b1ossoaA
Btlly Leaiss rsds slnging down II
rocky tran thzo1sA ~ dssp, narrow
gorge b whsss tAs hawthorn and choks
cherries Aid ths opsains 10 tie covs.
ytea tAsrs b ~ pank dFift q psaea
bloom against the dull brown Of the
biu6 Blps sallopsd angFily. leaving
dssp. blssk psiats h ths SOFT green q
ths meadow. - thsy came hsadlooa
upon AartAy. 5ust % 10 was knocking
The yellow clay Of ths gzavs from hss
irrisating ahovsl asainse ths pole nsnca
q her pispso.
"Why. Harthyr oues bssoes IN hss
life Billy Louise had sssn Aarthy's chin
qulvering like that and big. slow team
sliding down the Network Of lines O.
Marthy's isathssy cheeks. With Z
painful slump hee spirits went hsavy
with her sympathy. "Narthyi"
She knew without Q word Of expla.
nation Just what bad happened. From
Naethy's bsot shoulder she knew and
iron be- tsaf stained face and from
The yellow soil clingins still to the
shovel IN hse hand. Ths wide eyss Of
Billy Louise sent seeking giances IN
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