Cedar Woman (106 page)

“
Gran
d
fat
h
er,
Great
S
p
irit,
it
is
m
e
,
Two
St
r
ikes.
Have
pi
t
y
on
m
e. I am
p
itif
u
l; I am
s
m
all.

“
T
h
is
c
o
u
p
le has
c
o
m
e
to
m
e
with
g
ood
h
e
arts,
and
with
lo
v
e
for
each oth
e
r.
They
see
each
other
as a
half
side
and
wish
to
walk
t
h
eir
life
ro
a
d
s

toget
h
e
r
.

“
Bless
t
h
ese
tw
o
p
eo
p
le.
Gra
n
t
t
h
em
t
h
e
wisd
o
m
to
see
t
h
at
it
ta
k
es two he
a
r
ts to
w
o
r
k
t
oge
t
h
er.

“
T
u
nks
ila
⁸³
W
ak
an
Tan
k
a
,
we
o
f
fer
s
m
oke
an
d
we
a
s
k
t
h
at
t
h
e
s
m
oke ca
rr
y
t
h
e
p
r
a
ye
r
s
s
k
y
w
a
r
d
t
hat
they
m
ay be heard.”

J
u
lie t
u
r
n
ed
t
o Mic
h
ael:

“
Spirit of
t
h
e Gras
s
,”
Ju
l
ie
b
egan,
“
I
n
t
h
e
o
ld
wa
y
,
I
w
ou
l
d
ask
yo
u
to s
h
ow
pro
o
f
of
b
eing
a
b
le
to
m
a
k
e
m
eat
f
o
r
Le
n
a
.
Since
t
h
is
is
no
t

p
ractical
in
t
h
ese
t
i
m
es,
I
will
ask
t
h
at
y
o
u
ple
dg
e
yo
u
r
life
to
Le
n
a
and

t
h
at y
o
u will
p
r
ov
i
d
e
for
h
er.”

Michael turn
e
d and looked i
n
t
o
Le
n
a’s i
n
cre
d
i
b
le eyes.

“
I
p
r
o
m
ise
t
h
at
y
o
u
will
n
e
v
e
r
wa
n
t
f
o
r
t
h
e rest
o
f yo
u
r
life,”
Mic
h
ael
v
o
w
e
d.

J
u
lie now turned
to Le
n
a:

“
Ce
d
ar W
o
m
a
n
,”
s
h
e
i
n
to
n
ed,
“will
y
o
u
p
le
dg
e
to
a
l
ways
ta
k
e
care
of y
o
ur
h
u
s
b
an
d
?
W
ill
y
o
u
m
a
k
e
s
u
re
t
h
at
h
e
is
no
t
s
h
a
m
ed
b
y
h
is
wife’s negli
g
e
n
c
e
?
”
Lena
l
o
o
k
e
d
into Michael’s
deep,
brown ey
e
s.

“
I
s
wear,”
s
h
e
brea
t
hed.

J
u
lie to
o
k t
h
e c
o
u
p
le’s bo
u
nd
h
an
d
s and
h
eld t
h
em
in
h
ers. “Your two liv
e
s are
now
o
n
e,
”
s
h
e
ann
o
u
n
ce
d
.

M
ichael and
L
ena
t
u
r
n
e
d
t
o
w
ard ea
c
h oth
e
r.
E
m
bracing,
t
h
ey kisse
d
. Vic
k
i
let
o
u
t
an
a
ud
i
b
l
e
sig
h
, Re
v
a
w
i
p
e
d
a
g
liste
n
i
ng
tear with
t
h
e
slee
v
e of h
e
r dre
s
s,
an
d
J
u
lie st
o
o
d
,
b
ea
m
ing,
at
t
h
e newly
jo
i
n
ed
c
o
u
p
le.

Gi
v
ing
Re
v
a
a
n
ud
g
e,
a
n
d
Vic
k
i
a
win
k
,
she
waited
u
n
til
t
h
e
co
up
le

part
e
d
.