Nogales international., 1933-11-25

The three sat silent. Soon the
oA slightest of noises came from behind
- them and at the same instant Snavely
raised his eyes. Turning, the man
and girl saw the giant woman tow
10 ering above them Snavely, alone, was
~ not startled by her silent appearance
She nodded to Warren. "Your trunk
IS an things is in your ROOM"
Ruth stood up at once and gath
cred her sleeping son in her arms
~ '"Th-hank you so muct-I-we'll be
- going to bed now, l guess" s.
The old adobe seemed very huge
and dismal. With no word between
them the man and wife stood in the
center Of the room. The yellow light
from the oil lamp shone upon the walls
Of earth. mellow and dim.
What do you think Of him?" asked
Warren, glancing suddenly into Ruth's
eyes.
IN Il don't know" said Ruth slowly.
did you notice that look on his
face when he was talking about
people? Not what you'd call I social
animal"
He hates us-he hates every hu-
s.aan being!"
Warren said nothing for time,
then, Wed better go to bed, l
~ guess"
IS Ruth nodded
One of the canvas cots Ann had
placed near the glassless window
another, close by, was probably in
tended for David. The third cot was
in the rear room. When the man and
girl had finished their preparations
the three cots were SO close together
that there seemed to be only a single
broad bed made up in three sections.
SO hot was the night that covering
- was impossible With David between
~ then, and the lamp extinguished the
father and mother lay OH their backs,
their hands clasped above David's
head
The stiffness was sitting Finally
the hand of her husband gradually
relaxed How could he possibly sleep
Poor Kenny-so terribly tired She
lowered her eyes from their upward
stare and looked at the window. 1t
was no longer a black hole but a
patch OF light--as though the moon
were shining.
Carefully, she got to her knees and
a worked her way to the foot of the bed
Thus kneeling, she could rest her
elbows or the sill and look out into
the night
A sound, single squeak Of metal
spring, instinctively brought her eyes
to the back door of the ranch house.
Some one was standing there; some
! f.oI .,.o+ e1fE1, proafh
less, she watched. The figure moved
stopped. She knew that it was
Snavely. After a moment he turned
slightly and, walking with quiet steps,
went toward a mound of earth heavily
covered with bushes. This mound was
nearly opposite the girls window and
about hundred feet away. When he
had reached the clump Of bushes
Snavely paused and seemed again TO
be looking. at the adobe, She saw that
he held bundle under his arm. Sud-
denly he stopped low and disappeared
from sight The minutes passed-two,
ten, or a hundred, the girl could not
: have told. Then she heard hollow,
echoing clank among the, clunp of
bushes. A moment later, Snavely re-
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the ranch house. His hands were
empty. This time he opened the door
in such a way that it did not squeak
BY mid-afternoon of the next day
: Ruth could hardly stand. All morn
l ing, and for three hours since. lunch
she and Ann had been cleaning out
the two rooms in the old adobe.
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had done very little actual work. Of
the entire two floors she was only
able to scrape an area which might
have been covered by the ranch bath
tub before the palms of her very
white hands developed puffy red
mounds, extremely tender. The hoe
, in AIMS huge hands ripped up long
scrolls of earth untiringly.
81 Much might be said for Ruth's
bravery in attempting to do any work