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Authors: Debra Shiveley Welch

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Stri
k
in
g
ly
h
an
d
s
o
m
e
in
b
lack
slac
k
s,
a
cris
p
, w
h
ite
s
h
i
rt,
yellow t
u
r
q
u
o
ise
b
o
lo tie
and
bla
c
k,
f
ri
n
g
e
d
bu
ck
s
kin jacket, Peter
Catch
e
r stepp
e
d
i
n
to
t
h
e hallway le
a
d
i
n
g
to t
h
e fi
r
st fl
o
o
r d
i
ni
n
g area of Ced
a
r Wo
m
an.
He
a
d
held
h
i
gh
w
i
th
p
ri
d
e
,
a
rm
link
e
d
w
i
th
his
d
a
u
g
hte
r
’s,
he str
o
de
i
n
t
o
t
h
e r
o
om
w
i
th
all
o
f
t
h
e
po
wer
an
d
grace
o
f his
y
out
h
.

 

 

An
a
ud
i
b
le
g
asp
filled
t
h
e room as Le
n
a c
a
me i
n
to
v
iew.
Her l
o
n
g
,
g
l
o
ssy
h
air
fell
to
h
er
waist,
t
h
e
m
u
lti-c
o
l
o
red
p
arr
o
t
d
r
o
p
a
stri
k
i
n
g c
on
t
rast to
its s
h
i
n
in
g
,
ebo
n
y stran
d
s.
Her
d
ress
was
of
w
h
ite
b
u
c
k
s
k
i
n
.
Me
dium
length
K
i
m
ono
sleeves with
frin
g
e
d
e
tail
fl
o
wed
i
n
t
o
a
t
un
i
c
silh
ou
ette.
T
h
e
h
e
m
li
n
e
was likewise
a
d
orned, both sleeve and
s
k
irt fringe
flowing
t
o
meet
b
elow
h
er ankle
s
.
T
h
e
im
press
i
on
was
o
n
e
of ether
ea
l
m
ove
m
ent a
n
d
grac
e
.
The
b
od
i
ce
w
as
fu
ll
y
bead
e
d
i
n
a
pat
t
ern
passed
do
wn
from one gen
e
rati
o
n
to
t
h
e
n
e
xt.
B
e
ads
in
S
i
o
u
x
blue,
sky
b
l
u
e
,
blac
k
,
Si
ou
x gre
e
n,
cha
l
k
w
h
ite,
greasy
y
ell
o
w
a
n
d
re
d
,
d
ipp
e
d
bel
o
w
t
h
e
curve
of
t
h
e boat necklin
e
.
The
m
ountain
design,
s
e
wn
i
n
a
lane
stitch,
also
d
e
picted stylized
ti
p
is
an
d
arr
o
ws
t
h
at
"s
h
o
w
e
d
the
way.”
Cro
s
s
e
s,
repres
e
n
ting t
h
e
Mo
rn
i
n
g
S
tar, divid
e
d
t
h
e
be
a
d
wo
rk i
n
t
o
a
n har
m
oni
o
u
s
a
n
d eleg
a
n
t pattern.
Her
l
egg
i
ngs
and
moccasins
were
of
the
sa
m
e
white
bu
c
k
s
kin and ec
h
o
e
d
th
e
des
i
gn as
t
h
e
dres
s
.
S
l
o
w
l
y
L
e
n
a
a
p
pr
o
ac
h
e
d
t
h
e
a
r
ena
where
J
u
lie,
Sonny
and
L
og
a
n n
o
w st
oo
d
.
Taki
n
g
S
on
n
y
’s h
an
d
,
L
ena s
m
iled up at hi
m
, her co
u
n
t
en
a
nce
f
u
l
l
of
l
o
ve
a
n
d
tr
us
t
.
As
t
h
eir
ha
n
d
s
cl
a
sp
e
d,
her
hair see
m
ed
to
flo
a
t
upon
t
h
e
air.
Sony
appeared
to
ex
pand,
to
shim
m
er,
a sil
v
er
li
g
ht
e
n
v
elopi
n
g
t
h
e
co
uple.

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