The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-22

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his hard. spp~zred n the coor-ly.
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vifed With the srncst cordially.
Come right in-
He seolded the dog a~ay. and Dzle
entered the primitive bone He was
shown into tie beat rsonL where be
dropped easily into q rscny cd roch-
er that was lined with an unfsnned
sheep~kin- Ben Litfief1rd put the
lamp on q crude table. drew Up an
other chair. and sat down facing his
/ visitor.
Il hope ye amt Jest hsppened over
fo' q minute or two on bus,Sess.- be
drsSIed; i hoTe we've cone 70 spend
I 49, 49,
I'm here in the Interests Of peace :
Dale begsn. looking at the hillnsn
squareiy. 4 want you Liitlefsrds to
be on good terms with your neigh
! bOrs. the Morelands. John 70 out
there st your gate nov; he Is waiting
for you 10 ask him In and say 10 him I:
Let's begin anew; let's be friends.
your people and my people, you and
me- You want that. don't you. Benz
Babe did. Tn sure
Llttleford frowned. laced his big In
gers together and twiries his big
thumbs Now that he vss once more
az home, with assurance that his
daughter would entirely recover. be
wss no longer weak: he had all his
old courage and all his old. stubborn
hill pride back.
.'I1l ak John in.- he finally de-
cided. but he'll hsf 10 make the fust
break st s-beln' friends. Ne ax1n'
him into my house Is q purity burned
good start toward friendship, Amt
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He arose. took up the lamp. walked
to the front door and opened II. and
] called into the night:
Wont ye come In, JohnT
Il reckon ! will. Ben" Was the lazy
answer. -F0' a minute. anyhow. But
Z / reckon csfn't sfsy long
MOrelsnd followed Littleford into
the best room. Liitleford put the lamp
beside the worn lestSer-bound Bibls
on the table. and they sat down. They
looked steadily AT each other. and
Dale saw plainly that both were IN
al ease. Surely. thought Moreland. he
had done a great deal when he had
come into his old epemy's house
Surely. thought LIttieford. he had
done a great deal when he had asked
Joke Moreland into his home.