Cedar Woman (167 page)

“
Cate
sice
hemaca,
¹⁰⁰
Sunka
Glesk
a.
¹⁰¹
”
L
o
gan
h
u
ng
h
is
h
e
a
d
,
too asha
m
ed to
m
e
et the faithful
dog’s eyes
aga
i
n.

“
Loga
n
?
”
Mary qu
e
ried.

“
I
li
k
e Sh
e
rri
’
s
hai
r
!”
Lo
gan
e
x
clai
m
ed,
f
i
gh
t
ing
te
a
rs.

He
was
m
o
rti
f
ied
aga
i
n.
His
li
p
s
w
o
u
l
d
n
’t b
e
have
a
nd were tre
m
b
li
ng
.
He
f
o
l
d
ed
t
h
em
i
n
to
h
is
m
ou
th
in
an
effort
to
c
on
t
r
o
l
t
h
e
m
,
bu
t
h
is
c
h
in
g
o
t
i
n
to
t
h
e
act.
He
h
u
ng
his
head
to
hide
t
h
e
fact
t
h
at
he was
on
t
h
e
v
er
g
e
of
t
ears.

Face it like a
man, Logan
!
he
chastised
h
im
s
e
lf.

Mary
l
o
o
k
ed
at
Peter,
t
h
en
at
Le
n
a
and
S
h
erri.
E
v
er
y
on
e
sat
with
m
ou
t
hs
h
an
g
in
g op
e
n,
co
m
p
l
e
t
e
l
y sur
p
r
i
sed
by h
i
s
an
s
w
e
r.

Cleari
n
g
h
e
r thr
o
at, Mary tried
to un
d
erstand
a
n
d said,

“
U
m
,
Log
a
n,
t
h
at
d
o
e
s
n’t
m
ake
s
e
nse.
Y
o
u
li
k
e
Sh
e
rr
i
’s
h
a
i
r
?
” “Yes,
U
n
ci.
W
h
en
she
wa
l
k
s
in
t
h
e
su
n
li
gh
t,
it
li
gh
ts
up
li
k
e
fire.

It’s
r
e
ally
beautiful.
Tha
t
’s
why
I
ru
n
to
t
h
e
side
l
i
ght
w
h
en
e
v
e
r
I
he
a
r her car.
I
wan
t
ed
to
m
ake
H
a
ppy
l
o
o
k
li
k
e
S
h
e
r
ri’s
hair in
t
h
e
su
nlight.”

“
W
ell,”
Peter
b
ega
n
,
“
s
he
is a
fire
h
o
use
do
g
.
”

Peter
cla
m
p
ed
h
is
hand
to
his
m
ou
t
h
,
b
u
t
it
was
too
late.
It
was ov
e
r;
t
h
e
pre
t
ense
c
o
uld
no
long
e
r
be
up
h
eld.
A
r
o
a
r
of
la
ug
h
ter
hit

¹⁰⁰
_{Chahn
td
a
y
s
ee
ch
a
y
ha
y
m
a
hn
c
hah
–
s
o
r
r
o
wi
n
g I
am}

¹⁰¹
Shoon
k
ah
g
lay
s
h
k
ah
– Sp
o
tt
e
d
D
o
g

Lo
g
an
f
u
ll force, as t
h
e a
du
l
t
s l
o
st c
on
tr
o
l c
o
m
p
letely.
L
en
a lea
n
ed
i
n
to Sh
e
rri
a
n
d
gr
a
bb
e
d
h
e
r
ar
m
.
She
t
h
rew
h
er
he
a
d
ba
c
k
and
w
ho
op
e
d.
M
ary
clapp
e
d
her
h
an
d
s
an
d gave
a
y
ip,
p
o
i
n
ti
n
g
to
Ha
p
p
y
.
Peter wheez
e
d
a
nd
turned
al
m
o
st
purple.
Sh
e
rri
ju
m
p
ed
from her
chair, encircling
L
o
gan
in her
ar
m
s,
and
to his
ch
a
g
r
i
n, planted a s
m
acking
kiss on his
che
e
k.

“
You
are
su
c
h a
g
o
o
f
,”
she
lau
g
h
e
d
a
n
d kis
s
ed him
again. Logan was
amazed.
Are
g
row
n
u
ps
c
r
az
y
?
h
e
w
on
d
e
r
e
d
.