He nodded gravely, watching the flame
?reep. The men had done their work well,
hey had curried palls of oil down into the
???liar and the frail foundation was saturated
villi the oil and would burn quickly. Ruth
ooked nt Lee wildly, tilled with amazement
thing about her attitude' that 8 80?e
r^.^^iarrSS?
daughter of the uarHon ,n,p'e
n?ng smile, the sunlight on h*r rc,a.dy''w,n"
the laughter In ?ff.7?,fhKWf,0 halr'
friends (or he- lITtho vlll/y S
" *r,M lenl tor the sick and nlcdy t? ??!
many of tho men had doubled ihn . ? and
hor guilt after the Orst groat oycJSh/,0',of
bussed over"'680000 U,e cabln "?>" K
-?m sr?ra,t d"1,!."'" ?D?0???
If It had not boon for the deacon amlTt
sons willingness to smirch his own 1?!"
ters honor' from the nulnit* ihn ftugh
a 'ro'm"u,eApnudlprrustW^vrbke^>? ""
ait p "*
him Af/Q? L K,rl had confessed to
SS:iS=:js
n)en had halted, were nmiacifi?iaVOri Th*
^proceed. and ,h? f.ct mod*d ? ??
Caiayiu ??r,,bV ** """?
" ?" up to save her partner In ?^' m*d'
nu^h u!zt haT*
"do^\^^nbVhT':rrJut?>e?:"?^
numbed "to '
Llm.Tn?, z".?t?f\ *" "2
Ho wanted in tho progeTce ?*Jt,re,-T ,a,r
present to offer i.?a hiT *- ^ evRryone
leave the country hut " recf,t>rn ,f be would
lident that t^o mwi wa.^too ^proud^'f C?"
ouv ng a had reputation behtnd him ? **'
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