At the end of a year the valley had changed again.
Oh, Im notsaying that to ask for any special thanks from you.
Have you norespect for the dead, even if you had no
love for the living? Ye think I let ye down the day ye came to see me
here?
The outward eye isblasted so that the inward eye
may see more clearly.
Ah, but ye can do a lot, Jimmy, for the sake of old
times. He got up and fumbled his way to the window. Then one evening he returned
home sagging in the saddle as thoughevery bone in his body was broken.
He ordered aquick dinner, ate it quickly and
tastelessly, and went back to hisroom. You make it very difficultfor me to do my
duty, Father, he said reproachfully.
Ye think I let ye down the day ye came to see me
here?
Ill have you put in as chairman,but, by God, youll
do as youre told or . Save your breath, but if you try any monkeytricks at Waterfall
James got his hand away and wiped it on his handkerchief. They could rob him of
his moneybut they werent going to build a prison for him. It would be heard of
throughout the Empire. A little nerve hardly as big as a pin-point! Its easy to make
a mistake evenwhen you think you know everything.
Not at all, James retorted, almost
indignantly.
Then its not only businessmakes ye so hard? The old
man listened to the toneless, wooden, eloquent, righteousvoice.
Leave you to the mercy of the firstscoundrel who
comes along to take advantage of your affliction. You must try to take it more
philosophically.
While he was staring at the woman eating, she
looked up athim and smiled.
James looked down at his fathers blind eye. Ye
think I let ye down the day ye came to see me here?
He heard himself saying, Really, no, really. He
took up the mornings paper and tried to read but thewords would not come
together.
Why certainly, Father, James interrupted
quickly.
While he was staring at the woman eating, she
looked up athim and smiled. Youve lived a very busy, useful life, Mr Tomlinson
saidapprovingly.
Ill be damned if I dont put someone in justthe
same.
He denied his hatred and resentment against theold
man on the veranda.
He moved back into the room and steadied himself
against the end ofthe bunk .
It would be heard of throughout the
Empire.
Inserted by her loving Daughter and
Son-in-Law.
Inserted by her loving Daughter and
Son-in-Law.
But he turned at once and
smiledforgivingly.
He stopped, unable to believe his ears, then
tiptoedto the door and listened. I wish you wouldnttry to confuse the issue.