That Girl of Johnson's — page 51: what you’re looking at

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40 "TAT GIRL OF JOHNSON’S. “T don’t know,” she said; “I didn’t know he had gone; I have been waiting for him.” Then a sudden sharp fear woke i in her mind; she arose and faced Lodie, the sunlight on her head. “Tf he went over on the opposite mountain to hunt Brindle and has not returned he must have lost his road, or gotten hurt, or something to keep him.” “Ves,” said Lodie, slowly. ‘‘An* theys want him et ther © court ter-day; ef he ain’t thyar they’ll kem fer him; theys sweared they’d hev him, fer ther thing kyant be settled tell he goes.” Dolores sat down. For one moment she had forgotten the terrible trial; she had forgotten that they wished her father to prove— “But,” Lodie continued, still with no show of interest, ‘*he’ll kem ’long presently. Ef he don’t find the critter he’ll reckon she hev come home; theys pretty hard to lose ’ceptin’ through malice.” He swung the bucket up on the edge of the well and emptied the contents into his own bucket. At the cool sound of the water Brindle stopped cropping the road-side grass and came up, lowing. Lodie emptied his bucketful into her trough, and drew another for himself. Then he passed down the road in silence, his slouching figure like a blot on the exquisite landscape. Breakfast was ready, and Dolores went in and set the potatoes and bacon at one side of the hearth; the coffee was ready to make; she never made that till it was ready to be drank. She was trembling with weakness and the unusual excitement of the past few days; she had neither eaten nor slept since the previous morning; she ate noth- ing now; she had not learned that one must eat to live, that one must live whether or not the world went well. Excitement fed her appetite; that she was weak she real- ized as she went about the room. When all was ready within she went out to the bank under the pines. The sun was high and warm, but under Gom Cc 00 qj (E(0)