Cedar Woman (3 page)

Sonny
rea
c
h
e
d
the
corner of M
a
in
and State
and gaz
e
d
across
t
h
e street at t
h
e new rest
a
u
r
an
t,
t
h
e gr
an
d op
e
ni
n
g
o
f
w
h
ich
w
ou
l
d
b
e cele
b
rated
t
h
is
e
v
e
n
in
g
.
Three
stories
tall,
t
h
e
lar
g
e,
stately
bu
il
d
ing sto
o
d
s
o
lid
a
n
d
i
m
posing
as ne
w
-
m
o
rni
n
g sun kiss
e
d
h
er
anci
e
n
t,
r
e
d bri
c
ks.

A red
canopy sh
a
d
ed
the
e
n
t
ranc
e
, with
its center
e
d blue
st
ripe
a
nd eight-s
i
d
ed st
a
r,
ea
c
h po
i
nt
f
o
r
m
ed
by a
tipi,
and
r
e
presenting
the flag
of t
h
e
La
k
o
ta
Si
o
u
x
.
F
r
om
its
fra
m
e,
ha
n
g
i
n
g
pots
of
I
m
patiens
d
a
nc
e
d
in
a

slight
wi
n
d
.
S
o
on
pedes
t
rians,
b
u
sy
with
t
h
eir
early
m
o
rn
i
ng
e
r
r
a
nd
s
,

w
o
uld wa
l
k
b
riskly b
y
, s
om
e goi
n
g
t
o Sc
h
n
eid
e
r’s
b
aker
y
, oth
e
rs to Talbot
’
s
Fl
o
ri
s
ts,
so
m
e
i
n
tent on v
i
siting Heavenly
E
s
pre
s
so,
the
co
ffee shop
across
t
h
e
street.

S
o
nny
l
ean
e
d
against
t
h
e
c
o
r
n
er
l
a
m
ppost
a
nd
gaz
e
d
i
n
a
dmi
rat
i
on at Lena
Yo
u
n
g
Bea
r
’s
l
a
b
o
r of
l
ove: C
ed
ar Wo
m
an,
th
e
f
i
rst
u
p
sca
l
e Native
A
m
eri
c
an
restaurant
i
n
C
e
ntral,
Oh
i
o
.

St
ud
y
ing
t
h
e
restaura
n
t
f
r
om acr
o
ss
t
h
e
street,
S
o
nny
tried
to i
m
ag
i
n
e
h
o
w
i
t w
o
u
l
d
l
o
o
k
t
o
s
o
m
eone
wh
o
h
a
d n
e
ver
s
een
i
t b
e
f
o
re. Pretending
t
o
be a
new
patron,
S
onny
conte
m
plated
the
i
m
pressive buil
d
i
n
g
.
As
gu
e
sts
a
p
p
r
oa
c
h
ed
t
h
e
larg
e
,
cedar,
double
d
oors
lea
d
i
n
g i
n
to
t
h
e s
m
a
ll
e
n
tra
n
ce f
o
yer
o
f
t
h
e esta
b
lishme
n
t, t
h
ey would
first n
o
tice
t
h
e
t
op of
t
h
e
d
o
o
r
f
ra
m
e.
Hang
i
ng
ab
ove
th
e
s
t
r
i
k
in
g
entr
a
n
ce
w
e
re
f
o
u
r co
r
n
c
obs:
o
n
e
of
w
h
ite,
o
n
e
of
r
e
d,
one
o
f
y
ell
o
w
a
n
d
o
n
e
of
blu
e
,
a
n ancient s
y
m
b
o
l p
r
oclai
m
ing
t
h
at all
w
ho
en
tered
t
h
e
d
we
l
ling w
o
uld be fe
d
.
N
o
w
w
h
ere
o
n
earth
d
id
s
h
e
mana
g
e
to
fi
n
d
b
l
ue
c
o
rn?
Sonny
m
u
sed
as
he
straighten
e
d
and
pr
e
p
ar
e
d
to
cross
the
street.
I’ll
b
et
s
h
e h
a
d
G
r
a
nd
mo
t
her
N
ancy
se
n
d
it
to
her
f
ro
m
C
o
l
o
r
a
d
o
.
She
w
o
uld
d
o
t
ha
t
,
seei
n
g
h
o
w
sacred
c
o
r
n
i
s.
And
of
c
o
urse
t
h
ere
w
o
ul
d
be
fo
ur,
he
cont
in
u
e
d
t
o
p
o
n
d
e
r.
L
e
na Y
o
u
n
g
B
e
ar
w
o
uld
use
the
s
a
cr
e
d
number repres
e
n
tin
g
t
h
e
fo
ur
win
d
s
,
f
o
u
r
se
a
s
o
n
s
,
a
nd
f
o
u
r
d
ir
ect
i
ons
of
t
h
e eart
h
.