The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-15

Snv mower ceased 20 WONDER ANbAi
that.
What could DC his Trasonr
What could there he ga the Deep
Heart country 90 whom "a little child
could make a d,ffrrrugof
Hut il was none OF her business,
she raErly concluded. and could wait
tho light " the future Maybe Brand
would some day tell her an about a.
SO -ho worked and planned for two
days more 40 their end rho drove
tho cultiyator 90 the stable and stood
stretching her tired shoulder muscles
while Hud embarrassed the team
sho looked back az the field with
milling eyes,
can only got IN q about once
mere. sho said. "lt'a growing 90
ta9
Pretty" nui sald. pretty as you
almost 10 you know you're awtully
pretty. SisT"
'Hushr she laughed, "rou'u make
me vain. Pretty ID aa pretty does,
you know
swell, tho Lord knows you do
enough" returned tho boy bitterly
~ was only half a man"
BUR- cried Nance quickly
you're the mott surs.enouEh herman
/ know, You've got the patience and
tho courage of 70 common men. n
Il hadn't been for your steady back,
ins Ia never BE- on Namrleas now
I'd have quit long hack"
Lake the dickens YOU would" said
Bud. but a ggln replaced the shadow
o. bitterness on his face
supper that night was particularly
pleasant
There were new potatoes and green
peas from the garden down by the
garden down by The river and a
river. and a plate of the nrvcFniE
ms cookies % which Sonny could
not get enough.
lies hollow 10 his toes" said Mrs
Allison, Il can't never seem 90 get
him full"
The little shavsrs starved sald
Bud.
Not starved. but he amt had reg.
uiar food-uoJ right 90 grow on. I
can sec a difference already
Nance reached over an inyrsiiEut.
ing hand 70 feel the small shoulder,
IL bore proudly a brand new shirt
made from one OF Buds old ones
To be sure, there Was striking dis.
uimilitudc OF color. since part % the
fabric had been under a rocket and
had not faded. but sonny wore Il with
The air OF kings and princes.
Yes, sir" sha said iudlelaiiy. ''he
Is gaining. sure as the wofli~
II seemed 20 Nance that night that
all was well with tho world. very
well. There seemed q wider margin
q hope than usual aa II success. 10
long denied them, was lowering Ike
a gigantic Bird above tho homestead.
az n their louE labor was about 20
have SIS reward She fsIi asleep think,
ing Of the whispering field. 81 tho
trip 10 DemsHt. and=0f brand Fairs
qulet. dark eyes. tho look u Tho chin.
strap on bis brown check.
She laid a loving hand on sonny's
little head on Tho pillow Of tho i'm.
pruviasd crib beyond her own biz bed
and Tho word went swiftly from
her consciousness. She slept quick.
~ and deeply. as do all thouo who
work hard In tho sun and wind
tho blessed boon Of labor.
II seemed 20 her that she hardly
lost CONSEQUENCES when Old John an
nounecd from his raftcr perch the
coming NJ another DAY and she saw
the faint light Ok dawn on tho Hky
outside.
shs dressed ~ usual. looked loving
~ az the small face Of the iltiie sleep
or IN the crib. and went out. soft,
| footed. 90 start the kitchen IRE That
done. she took the pail and went out
10 the well, shs rested tho bucket
on the curb a moment. lifted tho we'll
board. and stood looking az the faint
auTeolc Of light that was beginning
TO crown Rainbow Clift. Tho cliff
Itself was black. blue-b black az deep
eat indigo. iia foot lost IN tho hhud.
owa that dscpeucd down MysteD
Ridge. She could hear the murmur
ing Of Namclcss. sot, and mysterious
in the dawn. feel tho little wind that
was beginning 10 stir to greet th'
coming day. Then. as was her habit
she turned her eyes out across tn
waving green field Of her prccioul
corn.
II must be earlier than she though,
sho reflected. for there was not tn
simmer Of light which usually me
her gaze.
She looked again at the caster
sky.
why. yes--l, wac light as usan
there.
once moro she looked at tho fisl,
then she leaned forward. pcsrini
hard. her hands still lying on tn
buckets rim. Her brows drew dow
together az she strained her shari
sight 20 focus on what she Haw-o
what she thought shc saw. For {
long time Ehe stood so. Then. n
realization struck home TO her con
sciousuess. tho hands on the buckle
Eripped down until the kncklcs shont
white under tho tanned skin. Hej
lips fell open loosely. Tho breatl
stopped for n moment IN her lung
and she felt as II she were drowning
An odd dizziness attacked her brain
20 that the dim world OF shadow an'
light wavered grotesquely Her knee
seemed buckllnE beneath her and fot
the first time In her llfo she felt a.
II she might faint He
NANNY had tainted once-when the!
brought John Allison home.
| But she gathered herself with n 81
prcms effort. closed her lips. we
them with her tongue, Strengthened
her shoulders and, taking her handi
from their grip on the pail, walked
out toward tho field.
Continued In Our Next Issue)