The Sea of Grass Page #10

I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO SEE

YOUR FATHER, SARAH BETH.

I MIGHT TRY IF I THOUGH

I COULD MAKE UP:

A LITTLE TO HIM. AND TO YOU FOR

ALL THE YEARS,

BUT I KNOW I COULDN'T.

HE TRIED TO TELL ME

HOW HE FELT,

HOW THE GRASS WAS SOMEHOW

GODLY TO HIM.

HE TRIED TO TELL ME

AND I DIDN'T HEAR.

AND HE WAS RIGHT.

THOSE YEARS ARE GONE,

AND MY CHANCE WITH HIM.

I'LL LEAVE TONIGHT, SARAH BETH,

BUT I'M NOT SORRY

I CAME NOW,

BECAUSE I'LL TAKE SOMETHING

BACK WITH ME:

WHICH MEANS:

A GREAT DEAL TO ME:

THE KNOWLEDGE:

THAT HE HAS YOU-

YOU TO FIGHT FOR HIM,

BE THERE WHEN HE NEEDS YOU,

TO BE WHAT I WASN' STRONG ENOUGH TO BE.

HE DIDN'T COME TO ST. LOUIS

FOR NOTHING.

AND NOW, WHEN HE'S LOS IT ALL, EVERYTHING,

WHEN HE NEEDS SOMETHING

HUMAN AT LAST,

YOU COME INTO THE FIELD.

NO, HE DIDN'T COME

TO ST. LOUIS FOR NOTHING.

AND ALL AT ONCE:

THAT GIVES ME... PEACE.

A KIND OF HAPPINESS EVEN.

I HAVEN'T FELT THA FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

JUST ONE THING.

SOME NIGHT WHEN HE'S SITTING

ON THE PORCH, SARAH BETH,

GIVE HIM A KISS FROM ME.

OH, DON'T...

I'M GLAD YOU'RE HOME, COLONEL.

THE BUCKBOARD WITH

SARAH BETH GET IN?

I MISSED SEEING HER START.

MAYBE YOU'D BETTER

GO ON IN THE HOUSE, COLONEL.

SARAH BETH?

PAPA, COME HERE.

PAPA, COME HERE.

MOTHER WANTED TO BE

WAITING FOR YOU HERE, PAPA.

THE WAY SHE USED TO BE.

LUTIE?

YOU'RE WELL?

YES, JIM.

AND YOU?

YOU LOOK AS YOU ALWAYS DID.

DO I, JIM?

PAPA.

IT WAS A HARD THING

FOR HER TO GO THROUGH,

BUT SHE'S ONE

IN A THOUSAND.

NO ONE ELSE WILL EVER BE LIKE HER.

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