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"You say to the little lady; Sara, will you, pleaseHis head was spinning and everything occurred rather fast He hesitated too long

"Gosh, darn it, Roy Ain't you ever asked a woman before?"

Roy shook his head

While Roy clutched the ring in his fingers, Torabbed Roy's wrist and thrust it up toward Sara Then with his big rabbed Roy's lower jaw and worked it up and down like a puppet

"Sara, will you h pitched voice

"Tohter

Roy looked up and pleaded "Well, will you, Sara?"

"Yes Roy Folso she probably should have cleared this with Abe and Billy first, she glanced over at the boys "Well, Abe, Billy, what do you think?"

Billy was nodding his head and grinning Abe looked contemplative with his arms folded and said, "I don't kno;"He'll be okay Maw"

"See Roy, that wasn't so hard, was it?" Toratulations you two; you'll an kissing Sara Wrapping his arround Suddenly the burly, sweaty, blacks Roy, Sara, and each other with vocal noises The workers acted like elderly church ladies breaking up froled close to Roy, pausing now and then to look at the ring on her finger As she rolled it around, she looked up at Roy and smiled

"We'll need to set a date for the ceremony"

Shocked, Roy stared at Sara "In a feeeks, Sara, today was difficult enough I need tihed "Oh Roy, you are such a dear man"

"There's no rush, Sara It takes es Besides, the church isn't ready yet"

"Okay, Roy, take your ti"

A week elapsed and Roy was at his honoring his place because parts of the vegetable plants were beginning to wilt in the heat Off in the distance, faint ht echo in his s indicating trouble

He scraainst the far hills of the flat valley, Roy could barelyoff the desolate floor obscured the detailson Additional shots rang out and Roy could al about in the distance More shots were fired, and then everything went quiet Straining to look at the scene, Roy watched for several minutes but could see no more activity