Cedar Woman (100 page)

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Authors: Debra Shiveley Welch

The circle
of couples quicken
e
d their s
t
eps as they proce
s
sed around
the
a
r
e
n
a.
T
h
ere w
a
s
a
feeli
n
g
o
f
hi
g
h
h
u
m
o
r
a
s
t
h
e
d
a
ncers lau
g
hed
at
So
nn
y
’s
antics.
The
g
e
neral
consen
s
u
s
was
t
h
at
t
h
is
was go
i
ng to be
on
e
o
f
t
h
e
best
br
oom
danc
e
s
ev
er.
So
nn
y ste
pp
e
d i
n
to
an
e
x
aggerated waltz, w
h
ile still
d
anci
n
g
to t
h
e beat
o
f
The D
r
u
m
.
It
was
an o
d
d
m
ix
t
ure,
t
o
say
the
least,
and
e
x
tre
m
ely entertaini
n
g
.
Swa
y
i
n
g,
ci
r
cling,
a
nd
gli
d
i
n
g
with
his
“wo
m
an,”
h
e
e
x
ec
u
ted
an
e
l
e
g
a
n
t
d
i
p
,
and
surre
p
tit
i
ou
s
l
y
g
la
n
ced
aro
u
nd
t
h
e
c
i
rcle.
Sp
o
tti
n
g
an
o
l
d
frie
n
d,
h
e be
g
an
to
work
h
is way t
o
ward
t
h
e
a
m
u
sed couple.
N
i
ck
was
a
h
a
nd
s
o
m
e,
jovial
m
an
of
C
h
e
r
o
k
ee
dec
e
nt.
A
certified E
m
ergency
M
ed
i
cal
Techn
ici
an,
or
E
MT
,
he
wo
u
l
d
br
i
n
g
a
M
ed
i
c
U
n
i
t to
t
h
e
poww
o
ws
h
e
atten
d
ed,
sitti
n
g
patie
n
tly
wit
h
in
the
v
e
h
icle,
explain
i
ng
t
h
e
use
of
the
v
a
rious
pieces
of
e
qu
i
p
m
ent
con
t
ained
within
to
any
chi
l
d
o
r
a
du
l
t
w
h
o
w
o
u
l
d
inq
u
i
re.
He
saw
So
nny
c
o
m
i
ng
t
o
w
a
rd hi
m
,
gu
f
faw
e
d in
deli
g
ht, a
n
d sw
un
g his par
t
ner in f
ro
n
t
o
f hi
m
.
S
o
nn
y
,
in
t
r
ue Fred
Astair
f
ashi
o
n,
plac
e
d t
h
e
wo
o
d
e
n
end of
t
h
e b
ro
o
m
on
t
h
e
g
ro
u
n
d
a
n
d
g
a
ve
it
a
spi
n
.
W
i
t
h
his
ri
g
h
t
f
o
ot,
he
ki
c
k
e
d t
h
e
end
o
f
t
h
e
b
ro
o
m
,
close
to
t
h
e
g
ro
u
n
d
,
f
lipped
it
u
p
w
a
r
d
,
and
c
a
u
g
ht
it
m
i
d
h
an
d
le.
He
thr
u
st
it
toward
Nick,
b
u
t
h
i
s
aim
was
bl
o
c
k
e
d
b
y
t
h
e
lau
g
hi
n
g
d
a
nc
e
r’s
par
t
ner. A
ji
n
g
le d
a
nce
r
,
t
h
e
bells
o
n her costu
m
e
gave
ou
t a
m
erry ti
nk
le as
t
h
ey swu
n
g
b
y
Son
n
y a
n
d on
t
o
safety.
Son
n
y
t
u
r
n
ed
to
t
h
e
rig
h
t
and
spotted
a
m
idd
le-a
g
ed
cou
p
le.
T
h
e wo
m
an
c
o
ver
e
d her
m
out
h
, an old h
a
bit to
h
i
de her bad teeth,
an
d
g
ig
g
le
d
.
S
o
nny
reco
gn
ized
her:
h
e
r
beadwork
w
as
b
eyond
c
o
m
p
are
and h
ig
h
l
y s
o
u
g
ht after.
H
e
r hu
s
b
an
d
,
a
n
a
cco
m
p
li
shed
a
u
to
-
m
echanic, c
h
ortled
as
h
e
w
atc
h
e
d
Sonny
a
pp
r
o
ac
h
.
H
e
t
w
irled
h
is
w
ife
u
n
d
e
r
h
i
s right arm
and
s
wung
her into
place.

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