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Then Mrs Hutter returned, carrying a tray, which she set upon a chair,

and drew to Carley's side "Eat an' drink," she said, as if these

actions were the cardinally is up to that west rooive to some particular person

ant to love Lolo it crackle and blaze, then seated herself near Carley and beamed

upon her

"You'll not erly

"Oh, indeed no! I--I'd like it," returned Carley, made to feel friendly

and at home in spite of herself

"You see it's not as if you were just a stranger," went on Mrs Hutter

"Tom--that's Flo's father--took a likin' to Glenn Kilbourne when he

first cao I wonder if you all kno

sick that soldier boy was Well, he lay on his back for two solid

weeks--in the rooet up But he did An' he got better An' after a while he went

to work for Too he invested in the sheep

business with Tom He lived with us until he built his cabin up West

Fork He an' Flo have run together a good deal, an' naturally he told