Cedar Woman (17 page)

a
sil
v
er
lig
h
t
e
nv
e
l
op
i
n
g
t
h
e
co
up
le,
t
h
e
bri
d
e
l
o
o
k
ing
dee
p
ly
i
n
to
t
h
e e
y
es
of h
e
r g
ro
o
m
,
and he,
wo
nd
e
ri
n
g
l
y
,
i
n
t
o her
s
.

The
s
m
all group was
m
es
m
erized.
S
o
m
e
h
o
w,
t
h
ey kn
e
w
t
h
at
a
n a
m
azing
t
h
i
n
g
was
ha
p
p
e
n
i
ng
,
a
n
d
t
h
at
t
h
ey w
o
uld
re
m
e
m
b
er
t
h
is day
f
o
r t
h
e rest
of t
h
e
i
r li
v
es.

So
m
e
t
h
i
ng h
a
d
in
de
e
d h
ap
p
en
e
d
t
o
Ma
r
y
. She h
a
d fal
l
en irrev
o
c
a
bly
in
love w
i
th
Pet
e
r.
S
h
e felt
a
n
ew
s
t
r
e
ng
t
h
su
rge
t
h
r
o
ugh
out her
b
od
y
,
h
e
r
very bei
n
g,
an
d
realize
d
,
d
ee
p
w
i
t
h
i
n
her
so
ul,
t
h
at
he
was her desti
n
y
, h
e
r
c
u
w
i
hpi
y
a
o
k
ise,
¹⁴
h
e
r half
s
i
d
e,
h
e
r
so
ul
m
ate.

Mary,
t
h
e
t
i
m
id
,
was
n
o
w
filled
with
co
ur
a
g
e.
S
h
e
k
n
ew
t
h
at
s
h
e had
m
ade
t
h
e
r
ight
c
hoic
e
,
an
d
t
h
at
she
c
o
u
l
d go
f
o
r
w
a
r
d
w
ithout
fea
r
.

¹⁴
Ch
o
o
-w
eeh
-p
e
e
-
yah o
h
-
k
ee
-
s
h
ay – o
n
e
w
h
o
ma
k
es you
w
h
o
le

Chapter
Thr
e
e

Wh
e
n
y
o
u w
er
e
b
o
r
n
,
yo
u
c
r
i
e
d
, and the
wor
l
d rejoic
e
d
.

Li
v
e
yo
u
r
li
fe

so
t
h
at wh
e
n
y
o
u die,

t
h
e world
cries, and
y
o
u rej
o
ice.

W
h
ite
E
l
k

B
o
r
n
in
S
o
ut
h
ern
O
h
io
in
A
d
a
m
s Count
y
, in
a s
m
all vil
l
age called
M
ay Hill,
E
v
ale
n
a
“Le
n
a”
Mary
Catc
h
er,
soon
n
a
m
ed
Lo
n
g
Awaited
b
y
h
e
r gr
an
d
m
other,
finally
arriv
e
d
on
Dece
m
ber
2,
1975.

M
arried
i
n
19
5
5
,
h
e
r par
e
nts de
s
p
aired
o
f
e
v
er h
a
vi
n
g
a
c
h
ild
u
n
til t
h
eir
d
aug
h
ter’s
b
ir
t
h
twe
n
ty
years later.

Evalena
was barely
s
e
ven-
y
ears
-
old
wh
e
n
she
electrified
friend
s
, fa
m
i
ly
and
n
e
ighbors
with
a
sing
l
e
act
s
o
poign
a
nt,
it
soon
beca
m
e

le
g
end
wi
t
h
in
t
h
e
e
n
tire
cou
n
ty.
W
a
l
k
ing
ho
m
e
fr
o
m
t
h
e
s
m
a
ll
g
e
n
eral store,
w
h
ere
sh
e
had
g
one
t
o
f
etch
a
sack
of
corn
m
eal
for
her
m
o
ther,
the

co
r
n
er of
h
e
r eye
was
caught by a
sp
la
sh
o
f
viv
i
d
col
o
r
w
i
t
h
in
t
h
e