Now as .-•.he watched her husband
leave her she realized that what she
found hardest in her life was loneli
ness. She w. nted neighbors, women
to talk to, a chance to see things, at) j
opportunity to enjoy human contact. ;
Suddenly she shut her eyes, press- j
Ing her palms hard over them. Will j
and the black horses had come to the j
iurn. i
“1 mustn’t watch him out oi sight,
site thought, “it’s bad luck.' Ihe
shred of old superstition clung to her
and, although she knew it was such,.
she would not play with it.
There was - ironing t<> be done, veg-j
enables to gather from the garden
and the voting cattle to watch lest j
thev get through the broken place in j
tlm fence which Will had mended j
temporarily. Poor Willi He did each,
day the labor of two tnen. His sleti-j
tier shoulders, once so tine and j
straight, wet* • growing stooped with j
all this heavy Ini den-bearing. She
sighed to think of it.
All morning Letty kept busy, for |
busy people are not so lone ly as idle j
ones. She talked to the dog. sang a
little, rattled l*'>ts and nans a good;
deal. It was good to hoar a noise
' ometimes.
At noon she ate a nit of dinner.
Her appetite was poor Sin- just did
not cate to eat, that was all.
