Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-09-09

mere speck. :. Before she went on
she removed her shoes and stockings
1t was hard for Babe Littleferd to be
come accustomed TO wearing useles.
shoes and stockings in warm weather
When she had reached the foot OF
the mountain, she didn't take the by
path her people had been wont to use
in order that they might avoid con-
tact with the Morelands. There was
no need of avoiding contact with the
Morelands now, thank goodnessl
Then a voice hailed her from the
laurels out at her right, the voice she
owed better than any other
Hello, Miss Littleford !"
Babe stopped and faced him. and
she blushed furiously when she saw
him. He was coming rapidly toward
her with his hat in his hand, and his
brown hair was rumpled and damp
with perspiration. She saw that he
1 was In boots and corduroys, the cloth
ing of a timber-jack and he looked
bigger In them; about his waist there
was cartridge-belt. from which hung
big and dependable looking revolver
In leathern holster.
Hello, Mister Dale r. she mimicked
He shook her hand, then he dropped
TO moss-covered log that lay beside |
the narrow trail.
'Sit down here beside me-" he said |
and he added: 1--WE been going hard
all day, and I'm pretty tired"
She let fall her bundle and her
shoes and stockings, and obeyed.
why did you come back, Babe?s he
asked as though he were displeased.
"'Cause." she answered-and she
corrected herself quickly. II mean be-
cause"
mo reason whatever" smiled Dale.
We'll" and her clear brown eyes
looked at him squarely, II come back
because yore mother she said / would
be burden TO Mis- McLaurin. that's
why"
Mrs. McLaurin," said Dale; mot
Mis- McLaurin."
"A burden to Mrs. McLaurin, and 1
amt a-goin' to be burden to no
body? yehemently. In a softer voice,
she went on, Mrs. McLaurin and her
husband and her folks has done made J
lp friendly. Bill Dale. Mrs. McLau-
ms pap-I mean her father-he
'rung EN- a big lot o. silver
hings.
bill Dale, had big time Every
'ody liked me but yore own maw-I \
mean yore mother. My goodness =
'racious-they dress awful fine, don't
heyf Why, silk amt nothin'. But
vhar all o. their money comes from, /
hore CANT see. Say, showed some
Pats friends how to dance our old
Ill dances, and the whole town was
ray about 'em when | left. Jimmy
'ayne is awful good-loolxin' and rich,
IN ne, Bill? He liked me better'n
ny of 'em, less it was Pat herself. al
GU know Jimmy, don't We, BinT
Dale nodded, frowned, and turned
is sober gaze toward the toes of his
Ugh laced boots. Yes, he knew Jimmy wa
ayne, and he held him in contempt sh'
he pampered son Of wealthy cotton str
'eculator, weak, devoted to high
ghts, remarkably handsome to ro- ire
ante and unsophisticated girls but she
It to men and women who had cut iio'
cir Observation-Disclosures was Jimmy In
tyne. dor
Babe Littleford was speaking again: Ant
u 'cided to come back here. Bill tee
he, because l thought they might twi
ed me here as well ms because T was tea
card l would be a burden to Pat-I nell
'an afraid l would be burden to Is
L. Seems like | CANT talk proper hlcl
all I've tried and tried. I've spent nan
If o my time jest a-tryin to talk loan
oper Pat, she'd put down words / tow
lstnt say on a sheet o. paper, and dar
study 'em. Afeard, shore. pan. s.
use, amt, hain't-and all o. them Pat
d she'd put down the right words u
h 'em SOS I'd know. muir
Aore mother was the last to come pusi
see me, BIZ. so this she says to ID
{, is the barbarian nrirrcess y, ! bust
MT know what that meant, but | Patf
ect It's somethin bad. went into 81
house. because didn't want to brea
anything, and her yore own moth y
But | listened, and | heard her resil
the rest and this is 1t: whe
What viii you do when the in-in- 10
ovation wears Off, PatriciaY she 'hat
$. She'll be a burden to you, mes
ricia; you'll have half-savage Wmi
son tagging after you, like lady
~ w
III -, 49, :. land
: ~ 81 sou ON Littl
here, and i AK We this, Bill Dale: ne -, :,
you sorry to see me come back?" 80, 80
'erhaps they do need you" Dale 10
ly stripped the tiny leaves from a af.on
But that is not sufficient rea- hnuar
to warrant your staying here. or M
Sc, I'm not sorry to see you. Babe. LII
you must go back to Patricia very 'ne
II you had been a burden to e,e'
icia, she would have told you" .sneu
he put out foot and idly rolled toa,.
acorn across the path with one -,