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the big world�察�don't you�拭─�

     ;Oh�察�YES�。察─�cried Lahoma�察�starting up and stretching her arm toward 

the window。 ;In the big worldyes� �That's the place for me that's where I 

want to live。 But what will become of you�拭─�

     ;Well�察─    �Brick   answered      slowly�察   �the   rock    pile�察 �t'other  side   the 

mountain is good enough for me。 Your mother sleeps under it。; 

     ;Oh�察 �Brick� ─  �She   caught his   arm。   ;You   wouldn't   die   if   I   went   away�察�

would you�拭─�

     ;Why�察�you see�察�honey�察�they wouldn't be nothing left to go on。 I'd just 

sort of stop�察�you knowbut it wouldn't matterout there in the big world�察�

people   don't   remember   very   long�察  �and   when   you're   grown   you   wouldn't 

know there'd ever been a cove with a dugout in it�察�and a window in the 

wall�察�and a Brick Willock to carry in the wood for the fire。; 

     ;I'll   always   rememberand   I   won't   go   without   you。   He   COULD   go 

with me�察�couldn't he�察�Bill�拭─�

     ;I suspicion he has his reasons for not�察─�Atkins observed gravely。 

     ;I has�察�and I shall never go back to the States。; 

     ;Then what's the use civilizing me�拭─�demanded Lahoma mournfully。 



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     ;I want you to enjoy yourself。 And when I'm old and no´'count�察�you'd 

need somebody to take care of youand you'd go full´equipped and ready 

to stand up to any civilized person that tried to run a bluff on you。; 

     ;But�察�oh�察�I want to GOI want to go out THEREwhere there ain't no 

plains     and    alkali   and    buffalo´grasswhere        they's   pavements       and 

policemen   and   people   in   beautiful   clothes。   I   don't   mean   NOW�察  �I   mean 

when I have got civilized。; She drew herself up proudly。 ;I wouldn't go till 

I was civilized�察�till I was like them。; She turned impulsively to Brick�此 �But 

you've got to go with me when I go� �I'm going to stay with you till I'm fit 

to go�察�and then you're going to stay with me the rest of my life。; 

     ;Am I fit to go with her�拭─�Brick appealed to Bill Atkins。 

     ;You ain't�察─�Bill replied。 

     ;I ain't fit�察─�Brick declared firmly。 ;I'm a´going to fitten you�察�but it's 

too late to work on me�察�and besides�察�if they WAS time enough�察�it ain't to 

the grain of my nature。 I knows all I wants to know�察�which if little or much 

is   enough   for   me。 And   I   wouldn't be   fit   to   go  with   you out   into the big 

world and cut a figger in it�察�which couldn't be no figger but a figger naught。 

And Atkins who knows more than me�察�he says the same。; 

     The tears were in Lahoma's eyes。 She looked from one to the other�察�her 

little face deeply troubled。 Suddenly she grabbed up her books and started 

toward the stove。 ;Then this here civilizing is going to stop�察─�she declared。 

     ;Lahoma� ─�Brick cried in dismay。 

     ;Yes�察�it isunless you promise to stay with me when I go to live in the 

big world。; 

     ;Honey�察�I'll promise you this�此�When you are ready to live out there�察�I'll 

sure   go   with   you   and   stay   with   youif   you   want   me�察  �when   the   time 

comes。; 

     Lahoma seized his hand�察�and jumped up and down in delight。 

     ;It's a safe promise�察─�remarked Bill Atkins dryly。 



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                              CHAPTER IX 



                              A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY 

       One evening in May�察�a tall lithe figure crept the southern base of the 

mountain   range�察  �following   its   curves   with   cautious   feet   as   if   fearful   of 

discovery。   It   was   a   young   man   of   twenty´one   or   two�察  �bronzed�察  �free   of 

movement�察�agile of step。 His face was firm�察�handsome and open�察�although 

at present a wish to escape observation caused the hazel eyes to dart here 

and there restlessly�察�while the mouth tightened in an aspect of sternness。 

This    air  of  wild   resolution    was   heightened     by  the   cowboy's     ordinary 

gannents�察�and the cowboy's indispensable belt well´stocked with weapons。 

     On reaching the spur that formed the western jaw of the horseshoe�察�he 

crept on hands and knees�察�but satisfied by searching glances that the inner 

expanse was deserted�察�he half rose and stole shadow´like along the granite 

wall�察 �until   he had   reached   the hill´island   that concealed   the   cove。 Again 

falling on hands and knees�察�he drew himself slowly up among the huge flat 

rocks that covered the hill in all directions。 In a brief time he had traversed 

it�察�and a view of the cove was suddenly unrolled below。 A few yards from 

Brick Willock's dugout�察�now stood a neat log cabin�察�and not far from the 

door of this cabin was a girl of about fifteen�察�seated on the grass。 

     She had been reading�察�but her book had slipped to her feet。 With hands 

clasped about her knee�察�and head tilted back�察�she was watching the lazy 

white clouds that stretched like wisps of scattered cotton across the blue 

field of the sky。 At first the young man was startled by the impression that 

she had   discovered his  presence  and was scrutinizing his position�察 �but   a 

second glance reassured him�察�and he stretched himself where a block   of 

granite    and�察   �below    it�察 �a  cedar   tree�察 �effectually    protected    him    from 

discovery。 Thus hidden�察�he stared at the girl unblinkingly。 

     He   was   like   a   thirsty   traveler   drinking   at   a   cool   well   unexpectedly 

discovered   in   a   desert   country。   For   two   years   he   had   led   the   life   of   the 

cowboy�察 �exiled   from  his kind�察  �going   with   the   boys   from  lower Texas   to 

Kansas along the Chisholm Trail�察�overseeing great herds of cattle�察�caring 

for them day and night�察�scarcely ever under a roof�察�even that of a dugout。 

Through      rain   and   storm�察  �the  ground     had   been   his  bed�察  �and   many     a 



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blistering summer day a pony captured wild from the plains�察�and broken to 

stand like a dog�察�had been his only shade。 During these two years of hard 

life�察�reckless companions and exacting duties�察�he had easily slipped   into 

the grooves of speech and thought common to his fellows。 Only his face�察�

his unconscious movements and accents�察�distinguished him from the other 

boys of ;Old Man Walker;the boss of the ;G´Bar Outfit。; On no other 

condition but that of apparent assimilation could he have retained his place 

with    Walker's     ranchmen�察     �and    in  his   efforts   to  remove     as   quickly    as 

possible     the   reproach     of  tender´foot     it  was   not   his  fault   that  he   had 

retained the features of a different world�察�or that a certain air�察�not of the 

desert�察�was always breaking through the crust under which he would have 

kept his real self out of sight。 He himself was the least conscious that this 

was so。 

     For   two   years   he   had   seen   no   one   like   the   girl   of   the   cove�察  �none 

though   he   had   seen   women   and   girls   of   the   settlements�察  �often   enough 

who   even   suggested   her   kind。  Her   dress�察�indeed�察  �was plain   enough�察  �and 

obviously chosen in cheerful ignorance of forms and conventions�察�though 

the   color�察  �a   delicate   pink�察  �was   all   he   could   have   wished。   After   all�察  �the 

clothes     revealed     nothing      except    absence     from     city   shops    and    city 

standards。 

     That was wonderful hair�察�its brown tresses gleaming though untouched 

by   the   sun�察  �as   if   in   it   were   enmeshed   innumerable   particles   of   light。   It 

seemed to glow from its very fineness�察�its silkinessthe kind of hair one is 

prompted   to   touch�察  �to   feel   if   it   is   really   that   way�   �The   face   was   more 

wonderful�察�because it told many things that can not be expressed in mere 

hair´language。 There   was   the  seal   of   innocence on   the lips�察  �the  proof   of 

fearlessness   in   the   eyes�察  �the   touch   of   thought   on   the   brow�察  �the   sign   of 

purpose about the resolute little chin。 The slender brown hands spoke of 

life in the open air�察�and the glow of the cheeks told of burning suns。 Her 

form�察  �her   attitude�察  �spoke   not   only   of   instinctive   grace�察  �but   of   a   certain 

wildness in admirable harmony with the surrounding scene。 Somehow�察�the 

ruggedness of the mountains and the desolate solitudes of the plains were 

reflected from her face。 

     The   young   man   gazed   as   if   his thirst   would   never be   appeased。 The 



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