The Arvada enterprise., 1921-04-28
CHAPTER v,-c...,rs.1.

calmly, looking him frankly in the
nses. vt - hs went outside, closing
~ 6eer bshind him, seemingly quite
aatis6ed with her readiness to abide
he situation. she bowed her head On
he dirty table. and her body shook
With 0ooo which could no longer b
rsstrained. 30 this was what she had
esos to-thisi She had kept herself
~ an day With dreams: and this WAS
~ realisation. She lifted her face
and looked about. the team still mist
NJ In her eyes: then she suddeniy
laughed. and stood Up with cheeks
glowing. and lips firmly 81. II was
q horrible mess. to Be sure. yet the
paacs Itself was not - had; she had
lived IN far worse; and once pot In
ssDs dsgfss q order and cleanliness
n might prove fairly comfortable In
dssd. me sssveyetl the scene. ~ r.
vsaled By the yellow fame Of the
laupn her heart beating faster. This
vas % b her home. NE had come
hsso % mistress. II mAttesed not ~
nuch what II WAS now. but what she
sHe.id maize Il II. He'd slender form
straiGhtened with new heterminatisn.
Ihsse was ~ esothss 49,. snd shs
lssksA OFT thsosgh II int . small
Isan-te. the lamp held high over her
head. This WAS svsdsa4iy the kitchen.
esntsiniag, - II did, small eoek
stsve. Q sort q roughly built esoeet.
ap0 sinh, ~ batese stacked With un.
washed Aishss. An armfsi Of SILT
veod lay - ~ Aooe. and half sian
Ct baeeu hUaG 70 nail.
OeGa gave vent 70 another laugh.
bUt this time there was no hint Of hy"-
tsssa II Il She bad found herself.
Dressed SIM In the long duater. abe
~ dawn the lamp on . small table.
and dropping upon her knees swiftly
kindsed Q IRE in the stove. A. the
w0od began TO rracKle cheerfuliy. she
searched the closet for materials. re-
jolcing to discover sOme dishes yet
unused. together with remnants OF
food suf'clent for her purpose. There
was sugar. condensed milk. q few
knariy potatoes, . small sack Of -four.
and half can Of coffee. She dumped
these out on the table. and begnn hum.
ming Q tune. ~ she added the slab Of
bacon to these treasures. She was too
busy BY now TO give another thought
to the dirt and disorder about her.
Shelby was kept outside considern.
bly, longer than he had anticipated.
The buckskin. In spite Of sixty.miie
Journey. retained viciousncss enough
10 kick the lantern cat Of the Kids
hand and smash II into smithereens
thus compelling the two TO work In
darkness. Mack,tN. unacquaintesi with
the .urrOundinN. was u little USE
and most Of the work had to be done
BY Shelby In person. When II was oil
sves with both men were sweating
profuseiy. tired and angry. the Kid
euraiug everythin. from the creation
Of the world. Shelby. suddenly re-
meMbering the Eiri left aiose In the
house all this time. lost the last grip
on his temper.
SHUT up!' he barked savarciy.
i've had just enough ~ thnt. What
did you expect anywsy--a reception
committee an q banquet. Come on
IN. now: we'll hustle M some grub.
Herr. yoa might ~ we'll tote few Of
those things along with you"
Roth men loaded M with packages
from the blackboard. the Kid stiii
swearing under his breath. but Shelby
erimly silent. He wns remembering
what that interior looked like. nni
wondering how she was taking such a
home coming. He could not but con.
trust the dirt and disorder TO which
he had brought her with the lmmncu.
late cleanliness Of the shack where
che lived In POnca. The memory
made him half afrnid 10 20 In and
fsee her eyes. He lifted the latch
hesitatinEly. the bundles on the other
arm piled TO his chin. and stepped
across the threshold. Then he stopped
suddeoiy. with his mouth wide open.
the KID pushine In behind him. even
nose heavily laden. She stood In the
niAdse Of the door. with cheeks
Auahed. and eyes smiling.
"fou boys can pile that stu6 on the
fable" she announced brightly. "rvs
cr,rcd ih"se papsrs ~ 10 one corner,