Work with ahoe, if you can find nothing else. Hehad
wet his hair and brushed it and put on a coat.
Tommy was a ragged, tousle-headed, chubby little
rascal, ruddy cheekedand blue eyed. And that thought, like his desert steps,
hadtravelled in a circle.
Adam was astounded, and suddenly tickled to see
Genie trying to hidebehind one of the packs. That limitlessexpanse of rock and sand
was home. Yes, back to the sage and sand and the big dark hills.
Like a passingwave the thrill of such bliss went
out to the might of a nobler tide. Now let me make you acquaintedwith Miss Eugenie
Linwood.
Wansfell, if youll consent Ill give Genie a home
here with me,she said.
Shehad heard every word of Adams conversation with
young Blair. Adam went out, too, andfound himself under the oaks. The truth beat at
his temples, constricted his throat. The moment, with all it revealed to Adam,
swiftly passed. I suppose youll be on your way to town early? Well rest up, and
thatll give me time to look around.
In thelight of the camp fire he saw the gleam of
Genies wide-open eyes. In half an hour Adam knew the boy and likedhim.
A low,soft moan of wind in the crevices of rocks
lulled his senses for therevel that was to come.
Yet time had made little orno change in the oasis.
She trusted the fate of Ruth inhis hands.