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reckon by the time Lahoma is my age it'll be playing an organ in church。 

But she's at the age that calls for quick workshe's got the rest of her life 

to   settle   down   in。   Most   all   of   a   person's   life   is   spent   in   settling   and   it's 

befitting to lay in the foundation aforetime。 Look at that dear girl in The 

Children of the Abbey�察�all them love´passages and the tears she shedsshe 

was being a young woman� �What would that noble book of been had that 

lovely creature been shut up in a cove till nineteen year of age�拭�Is Lahoma 

going to have a chance like that amongst these settlers�拭�Will she ever hear 

that high talk�察�that makes your flesh sort of creep with pride in your race 

when you read it aloud�拭─�

     ;Do you want Lahoma to have a lover�察�Brick Willock�拭─�

     ;Bill�察�if he is fit�察�I say she ought to have a chance。; 



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     ;And where are you going to find the man�拭─�

     ;I'm  going   to   help   Lahoma   find   him。   I'm   like   you�察  �Bill�察  �I   hates   that 

lover like a snake this minute�察�though I ain't no idea who�察�where�察�or what 

he is�察�or may be。 I hates himbut I ain't going to stand in Lahoma's way。 

No�察�sir�察�I 'low to meet civilization half´way。 There it islook� ─�

     Willock     stood    erect   and   pointed    toward    the   plain�察  �where    perhaps 

twenty   tents   had   been   pitched   within   the   last   two   weeks。   Bill   gave   an 

unwilling      glance�察   �shrugged      his   shoulders     disdainfully�察   �and    resumed 

progress up the difficult defile。 

     Willock   continued�此   �Two   weeks   ago�察  �there   wasn't   nothing   there   but 

naked sand。 Now there's three saloons�察�a hardware store�察�a grocery�察�a bank´ 

´all   of   'em   under   canvasand   the   makings   of   a   regular   town。   Right   out 

there in the broiling sun� �Carloads of lumber and machinery is on its way�察�

and the stage´coach will be putting off mail there before long。 That's how 

civilization is a´seeking out our little gal。 But I means to meet it halfway。; 

     ;Oh�察�come on�察�don't say anything more about itwhen I look at those 

tents I can't breathe freely。 What do you gamble ona skunk。 or a coyote�察�

in the traps�拭─�

     ;'Tain't them tents that's seeping your breath�察�it's pure unalloyed age。 

Yes�察    �sir�察 �I  means     to  meet     civilization    half´way。     I've   already    been 

prospecting。 There's   a   party over there   in Tent   City  that's come   on   from 

Chicago just from the lust of seeing pioneer´life at first hand�察�people that 

haven't     no   idee   of  buying     or  settlingit's   a  picnic   to   them。   They're 

camping out�察�watching life developand what's life´and´death earnestness 

to others is just amusement to them。 That there's a test of people high´up。 

Real   folks   in   the   big   world   don't   do   nothing�察  �it   takes   all   their   time   just 

being folks。 You and me could bag a dozen polecats whilst a fine lady was 

making her finger´nails ready for the day。 And these Chicago people is that 

kind。; 

     ;Do you think they'll make friends with Lahoma just to suit you�拭�The 

kind   of   people   you're   talking   about   are   more   afraid   of   getting   to   know 

strangers than they are of being set on by wildcats。; 

     ;They'll make friends with Lahoma�察�all right�察�and invite her home with 

'em。 That's the way I 'low to set her out in the big world。 Lahoma don't 



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know my plans and neither do they�察�but I was never a man to make   my 

plans knowed when I was going to hold up people。 Of course I'M speaking 

in a figger�察�but in a figger I may say I've held up several�察�in my day。; 

    ;THEY won't invite Lahoma to Chicago�察�not if they are the right sort。; 

    ;They will invite Lahoma to Chicago�察─�retorted Willock firmly�察 �and 

they are the right sort。 Wait and see�察�and when you have saw�察�render due 

honor to your Uncle Brick。; 



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                            CHAPTER XIII 



                               A SURE´ENOUGH MAN 

       ;Pardner�察�I sure am glad to see youput 'er there again� �How are you 

feeling�察  �anyhow�拭  �Look   mighty   tough   and   wiry�察  �I   do   say�察  �Here�察  �Bill� ─�

Willock raised his voice to a powerful shout�察 �Bill� �come and see what's 

blowed   in    with   the   tumbleweed   and   tickle´grass。   A   sure´enough   man�察�

that's what I call him�察 �and   me to fight if   any dispute's made to the  title�察�

according。; 

     The    tall  bronzed    man   who    was   leading    his  horse   along   the  road 

entering   the   mountain   horseshoe�察  �smiled   with   a   touch   of   gravity   in   the 

light   of   his   gray  eyes。   Willock   found   his   chin   more   resolute�察  �his   glance 

more     assured   and   penetrating�察   �while   his  step�察 �firm   and   alert�察 �told  of 

dauntless purpose。 He was no longer the wandering cowboy content with a 

bed on the ground wherever chance might find him at night�察�but a mature 

man who had taken root in the soil of his own acres。 Only twenty´five or 

six�察�his features were still touched with the last lingering mobility of youth�察�

but the set of his mouth and the gleam of his eyes hinted at years of battle 

against storms�察�droughts and loneliness。 He was already a veteran of the 

prairie�察�despite his youth。 

     ;Everything looks very natural� ─�murmured Wilfred Compton�察�gazing 

about on the seamed walls of granite in whose crevices the bright cedars 

mocked at winter's threatening hand。 

     ;Yes�察�mountains is lots more natural than humans。 They just sets there 

serene and indifferent not caring whether you likes their looks or not�察�and 

they let 'er blow and let 'er snow�察�it's all one to them。 I reckon when we've 

been   dead so long   that nobody  could   raise  a  dispute  as   to   whether  we'd 

ever lived or not�察�that there same boulder what they calls Rocking Stone 

will still be a´making up its mind whether to roll down into the valley or 

stay where it was born。 Wilfred�察�if you knowed how glad I am to see you 

again�察   �you'd   be  sort  of  scared�察  �I  reckon�察  �thinking    you'd   fell  amongst 

cannibals。 Wonder where that aged trapper is�拭─�He shouted more lustily�察�

and a bristling white head suddenly appeared on the summit of Turtle Hill。 

     ;Great Scott� ─�yelled Bill Atkins�察�glaring down upon the approaching 



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figure�察 �if it ain't Wilfred Compton again� �Come on�察�come on�察�I was never 

as glad to see anybody in all my life� ─�

     The   young   man   looked   at   Willock   somewhat   dubiously。   ;He's   very 

much altered�察�then�察�since I met him last。 I'm afraid he has a gun hidden up 

there among the rocks。; 

     ;Oh�察�nux�察�nux�察─�retorted Willock。 ;He's a´speaking fair。 Come along� ─�

     As they  ascended the   winding road�察�Wilfred vividly  recalled the day 

when�察�from the same elevation�察�he had watched Lahoma buried in her day´ 

dreams。 A sudden turn brought the cove into view。 Lahoma was not to be 

seen�察  �but   there   was   the   cabin�察  �the   dugout   and   the   three   cedar   trees   in 

whose shade he had made the discovery that he could not regard Lahoma 

as a little girl。 It seemed that the cabin door trembledwas Lahoma's hand 

upon   the   latch�拭�And   when   she   opened   the   door�察  �what   expression   would 

flash   upon   that   face   he   remembered   so   well�拭  �Would   she   be   as   glad   as 

Willock and Bill Atkins�察�when she recognized him�拭�Even one half as glad�拭�

     He sighed deeplyit was not to be expected。 She had known him only 

an   hour�察  �since   then�察  �many   settlers   had   invaded   the     country   about   the 

Granite Mountains�察�a city had sprung up�察�not far awayother towns were 

peeping through the sand�察�and blooming from canvas to wood and brick。 

The     air  tingled    with   the   electric    currents    of  new    life   and   intense 

competition。 

     ;Did Lahoma marry�拭─�he asked abruptly as all three descended to the 

lower level of the cove。 

     ;She   never   did�察  �yet�察─  �replied   Bill   dryly。   ;Young   man�察  �I'm   powerful 

glad   to see   you。  It's   rather   chilly  out here。   I'll take   your   horse   and   we'll 

gather   in   the   dugout   and   talk   over   what's   happened   since   we   last   met。 

Brick�察�don't you begin on anything interesting till I come。; 

     ;You give me that horse�察─�retorted Brick。 ;You're too aged a man to be 

messing with horses。 You'll get a fall one of these days that'll lay you flat。 

You'll never knit them bones together�察�if you do�察�you ain't vital enough。; 

     Bill   clung   grimly  to   the   bridle�察  �muttering   something   that   showed   no 

lack of vitality in his vocabulary。 

     ;He    won't    let  me   take  no   care   of  him�察─   �complained      Brick�察  �as  he 

conducted Wilfred to the dugout。 



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     Wilfred cast a longing glance toward the cabin�察�and again he thought 

Lahoma's parlor door quivered。 He even stopped in the path�察�but Willock 

went on�察�unconscious�察�and he was obliged to follow。 

     ;It's   a   strange   thing�察─  �remarked   Brick�察  �as   he   descended   the   hard   dirt 

steps�察 �how Lahoma has acted on me。 I mean�察�living with her these past 

twelve years�察�and all the rest of the world shut out�察�except Bill。 Could I of 

been told before I saved little Lahoma from the highwaymen that I'd ever 

worry over an old coon l

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