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Feathers 10-15 2-5 05-2
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He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall
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He will cover me with His feathers, and under His wings i
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The heavens split wide open and I fell into a void, a pit of dense, black, smothering raven feathers
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The air hangs with salt, staining feathers and
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and white feathers blow softly above a black-banded hat
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my saw edged feathers
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with the feathers from the old woman’s plucking of her geese,
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"Quick thinking," Desa said, "I don't think I would have remembered how their tail feathers can burn in a panic situation like that
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wrapped in feathers that spin up into bright skies
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It seems to like having its feathers caressed, dipping its head against my hand … it’s obvious pleasure makes me smile
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This bird is about the size of a hawk I once saw at a demonstration of falconry, its feathers glisten in the sunlight, flashing green one moment and blue the next
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The feathers round its eyes are beautifully marked with delicate black stripes
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As if responding to his loving touch, the magnificent red flower head threw up new feathers, filling out and flaming into glorious bloom at just the right moment
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I was so startled I jumped up and down, waving my arms, laughing and shouting, spitting fluff and feathers from my mouth but more to scare my demons than because I found it funny
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the magnificent red flower head threw up new feathers, filling out
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A flare of the tail feathers and a challenge and within the blink of an eye Mya was on the beam not five feet from the large bird
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Red puffed up his feathers; and what of your quarry?
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The sun glinted beautifully on the feathers of its wings and Chrissie felt a longing to be able to touch the little creature … to stroke the feathers
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White Feathers had not yet joined them for the morning's coffee and chat; Harry was rousing the twins and helping them dress for the day
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The feathers soft to her touch, she stroked the little creature remembering how it had looked darting about in the air, hearing again the joyful song it had sung to her
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A beam of sunlight broke through the cloud, lighting the colours on the feathers for a brief moment before disappearing again
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White Feathers strolled in to take his accustomed seat at the table in the great room
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White Feathers, who had followed the ladies' tete a tete without interruption, rose and excused himself with his compliments to each for their hospitality and attractive company, then he was out the door
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George and White Feathers were in conversation at the open door
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White Feathers smiled at this
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Then he looked away from her to George and White Feathers still discussing something of import in the doorway of the Mercantile
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White Feathers came round the corner from the front door, reached into the kitchen and handed an envelope to Belle
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White Feathers never rushed to judgement about anything
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White Feathers already knew because he had ridden with the young Bill Cody years before in 'Johnston's Army' through Utah
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Keeping still and quartering the landscape with her ears, she pinpointed it, even more thrilled when she spotted a flash of bright feathers in a bush a few yards from where she was standing
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This left White Feathers to his own devices at the store and in the house
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“This is Iced Tea,” answered White Feathers simply, “May I get you some?” he offered in a humble voice of service
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“Which?” White Feathers intentionally vague, “The cabinet?” he paused, “Or the ice?” still keeping his lack of expression innocently
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” White Feathers finally grinned wide in his victory
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White Feathers turned his hand to cooking, encouraged by Mandy to turn simple dishes into feasts
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For eleven of those years, White Feathers had spent quite a bit of time up at James Connor's livery stable when other family matters weren't pressing
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This all happened a year and a bit before the twins were born to George and Belle, and White Feathers at once began helping the new father care for his son while James also kept up his livery stable business
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Under White Feathers care the lad had been brought up and taught nearly identically to the upbringing Harry and his sisters received from George and Belle
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White Feathers and James were anxious that 'their' boy have some strong feminine influence and neither of them could imagine a better influence than Belle
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When Harry had begun to be highly proficient with the staff, White Feathers brought young Jameson to him for training in the techniques and purposes behind such an education
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And he was of course delighted whenever Titania followed White Feathers up to the stables to visit or care for the horses
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So after several months of her continued interest, White Feathers made a gift of a saddle to her, just her size with room to grow
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When White Feathers took up cooking as a hobby for himself, he encouraged Jameson to also experiment with the activity
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“Mother told Father, and Father told White Feathers, and I think he was invited along so he wouldn't feel like we were trying to avoid his cooking or anything
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Belle said, “White Feathers informed me he will not be joining us this evening,” and she looked to George suspiciously
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The entire wait staff led by Mandy and White Feathers processed from the kitchens bearing trays and singing
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Livingson, and Great-uncle White Feathers
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White Feathers gave him a hearty pat on the back and returned to the kitchens
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He stood there gaping, ready to ask the whereabouts of his things, when White Feathers, who was sitting behind him unnoticed, cleared his throat
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Titania had been so much in the company of White Feathers and the young Connor lad on horseback trips around the lake of late, it was an inspired gift
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George, Belle and White Feathers, who had been in on the secret for weeks, were still justly impressed with the results of the girls' labors, even as much as Harry
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White Feathers was on his own journey, although he went east while George and Harry went west
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” White Feathers wiped a tear from his eye and smiled warmly at Belle, who had gone on about her morning's tasks
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The watch was a birthday present from White Feathers
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Belle told George and White Feathers the story and what she planned, eliciting both their encouraging consent
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George, White Feathers, Mr
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His father and mother and Great-uncle White Feathers weren't alone in giving 'last minute' advice and final words
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Just before the girls were born, he had been on his first over-night camping and fishing trip with his father and White Feathers
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White Feathers had scooped him up onto his broad shoulders to rescue him from the interrogation and set him in the boat as if it were 'base' in a game of tag
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White Feathers pointed over the lake at the gentlest of breezes on the water as a 'good sign
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While they cleaned and tidied up, White Feathers and his father chatted
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When they had both recovered themselves, the old man patted him on the back, “Having all the bits measured, cut, stacked and hidden, ready to go was a brilliant stroke my boy, simply brilliant,” concluded White Feathers
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White Feathers, with a nod of permission from George, offered Harry a sip of his beer
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White Feathers actually had snot dripping from his nose he was so beside himself at the sight
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” White Feathers told Harry
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“Your father graciously taught me to use his fly rod and let me fish with it for a just a few minutes, and I was hooked,” added White Feathers
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He was sitting with White Feathers in the chairs next to the bench in front of the store
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Harry pointed, “This is my mother, this is my Great-Uncle White Feathers, this is my father, and these two are my sisters
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He wished to compose letters to his sisters and to his parents and White Feathers before sailing tomorrow afternoon on the tide
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White Feathers, Jameson---my best friend, and Titania were riding the mountain trails southwest of the Great Tahoe
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White Feathers followed her gaze, “The Sierras are as fickle as a debutant at her first ball, sweetheart
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“You two pull on your rain gear and tie yourselves onto that rope, its going to get slippery here, very fast, and I don't want to have to chase down this canyon after either of you,” said White Feathers as he donned a poncho and demonstrated with his own length of cord
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White Feathers noticed but said nothing, whatever kept them from worrying in the face of the peril facing them was alright with him
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Mother answered quickly, “White Feathers will have seen it rising and prepared them for the blast
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They came riding back up the Lakeside Road, White Feathers a little ahead, Hipolyta upon Jameson's horse, and Jameson leading our old gelding
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His body wasn't found until that afternoon and it was his own son who made the discovery, in the company of White Feathers and Titania who had accompanied him there for routine reasons having nothing to do with the stables at all
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It was White Feathers who had almost raised the lad himself from near infancy, who gave his own blessing to the arrangement and helped George and Belle passed any hint of trepidation they might have had over the lad
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White Feathers was no longer at George's disposal for impromptu 'store-tending
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And for Titania's part, her assistance to White Feathers opened her eyes to the far reaching impact of a village's livery stable
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Connor and by default, Jameson, who had been raised to manage all this, and of course White Feathers who stepped in and made a go of it without a hiccup or pause
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Jameson was, by inherited nature, meticulous and thorough, both from his life in the livery and from having been under the tutelage of White Feathers near from birth
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White Feathers and Jameson with George sat in the rockers, drinks in hand, and listened as Belle and the girls compiled the events variously presented through the three initial documents
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Descriptions of the sea most captivated all the listeners and gave rise, for White Feathers, to quite a recurrence of nostalgia
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She and George and White Feathers, indeed all their ancestors too, waited in expectation of some further developments in that line before making anything known to the girls and Jameson
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” George promptly began to relate to White Feathers all that had been spoken and so did not hear what next was said next, but Belle heard every word
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White Feathers couldn't have been more proud of his protege than if he were his own son, and he said so
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“It's about time,” said Belle and she was seconded by White Feathers
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As for the matter of White Feathers seconding his 'dire need' argument, he was humbly grateful
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The children were out of the house and George was in the store, White Feathers wanted to attend the little meeting, but Belle would not hear of it
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There was beadwork in the leather and something that looked like feathers hanging off the bottom of the handle
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Her suite was kept warmed by the franklin stove, White Feathers saw to that, but the constant company of the family was far more inviting than the solitude of even the well-warmed quarters
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White Feathers found that the head of one of those families, Melvin Pierce, a nice fellow with a pair of roan geldings stabled at the livery, had a real knack for husbandry and a serviceable business sense
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White Feathers took him under wing
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” White Feathers agreed, and recalled a few of those occasions to mind
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” White Feathers was so proud of his 'grandson,' he could barely contain himself
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Pierce whom White Feathers relied upon in increasing measure
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George and White Feathers included Lawrence in their weekend fishing expeditions
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“George, Lawrence, White Feathers and I could likely pull it off with assistance from some of Sarah's former students