Cedar Woman (192 page)

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Authors: Debra Shiveley Welch

 

Look
i
ng
a
r
o
un
d
ne
rv
ous
ly
,
h
i
s
ad
m
iration
f
o
r
w
h
at
L
e
na
had
do
n
e to
the
s
p
ace
drew
his
m
ind
a
way
from the
trag
e
d
y
of
that
fateful
night
in t
h
e
m
id
1
8
0
0
s.
It
see
m
ed
proper
t
h
at
the
lev
e
l
where
t
wo
childr
e
n died
so
m
any decades
before, should be
turned over to the
education of
t
h
e young.
The
third
f
l
oor,
once
the
sc
e
n
e
of
a
terrib
l
e
fire,
w
a
s
allocated
for the
use
of
teachers
a
nd
ind
i
viduals
w
h
o
wish
e
d
to
ins
t
ruct
students
i
n
su
c
h
areas
as
Native
American
a
n
d
American
Literat
u
re,
p
o
ttery throw
i
ng,
M
u
sic
Appreciation,
m
usic
lesso
n
s,
an
d
v
o
ice
a
n
d
d
a
nce
lesson
s
.
T
h
e
only
sp
e
cification
was
t
h
at
t
h
e
lessons
be
given
g
r
atis;
no stud
e
nt
w
o
uld
pay
o
r be
t
u
r
n
e
d
a
w
a
y
.
Stacked
a
g
ain
s
t
the
spacious
roo
m
’s
sou
t
h
wall
were
fo
l
d
ing
c
h
airs
a
n
d
ta
b
l
es,
easels,
and
s
h
e
l
v
es w
h
ich
wo
u
l
d
soon
b
e
filled
with
t
h
e var
i
ous
it
e
m
s the
in
s
t
ruc
t
ors
w
o
u
l
d u
s
e
i
n
th
eir
classes.
Pottery wheels li
n
ed
t
h
e n
o
r
t
h
wall, while t
h
e east wall b
o
asted
a wa
ll
-
m
oun
t
ed ba
r
re
a
nd
m
i
rrors
f
o
r
t
ho
s
e w
h
o w
o
u
l
d
be
t
ak
in
g
d
a
nce lesson
s
.
Sh
e is
su
c
h
a
g
i
v
i
n
g
s
ou
l
t
o
a
l
l
o
w
t
h
is
s
pac
e
to
b
e
us
e
d
f
o
r
fr
ee
.
B
ut
that’s L
e
na
Y
o
un
g
B
e
ar.
Her
so
ul is
a
s
b
i
g as
t
h
e univers
e
, Son
n
y ponder
e
d
, as
he ad
m
ired
the
roo
m
y, airy
sp
a
ce.
All
see
m
ed
to be ready for
the night a
h
ea
d
.
No
d
d
ing with satisfacti
on
,
So
nn
y
d
esce
nd
e
d
t
h
e
stairs
t
o
the
m
a
in
flo
o
r.
T
h
ere
was
still a
l
o
t
to
do
.
S
o
on
t
h
e
restaura
n
t
wo
u
ld
fill
with
gu
e
sts
cele
b
rating
t
h
is
very
i
m
por
ta
nt n
ig
h
t
.
C
h
apter
T
w
enty Eig
h
t

 

I th
i
n
k over again
m
y
s
m
a
ll
a
dv
e
ntures,
My fears, tho
s
e s
m
all
ones
t
h
at
see
m
ed so b
i
g, F
o
r all t
h
e
v
ital t
h
in
g
s
I
h
ad to
g
et a
n
d reac
h
. And
yet,
t
h
ere
is o
n
ly o
n
e
g
reat t
h
i
n
g,
T
h
e
o
n
ly t
h
ing:
To live
to
s
ee
t
h
e
great
day that dawn
s
, And
t
h
e lig
h
t
t
h
at fills t
h
e world.

 

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