92 "You bear The Lords Symbol!" she marveled. "A perfect Star! That means you'll have Holy Children; Magical Children! Legend says both The Dove's mother and The Hawk's mother bore The Star of Spirit."
93 "I'm descended from both of them!" announced Mountain Glory. The woman made The Sign of The Star and went off to get some other things.
94 Mountain Glory finally decided on four dresses, belts and things, to go with them, plenty of stockings and under things, and a nightgown and robe that left little to the imagination. She put her uniform in a box, wrote a check for the things, and started out the door.
95 "My lady!" cried the Clerk, "Those military boots just don't go with that outfit. I have a friend in a shoe shop just across the street. I'll call him up and tell him what you need."
96 A few minutes later, her boots in a package and nice comfortable shoes on her feet, Mountain Glory started back for her car. As she passed a weapon's
store, she stopped and went inside. When the Clerk looked up, he nearly fainted away! "Yes, ma'am! " he asked, "Can I help you?"
97 "Do you have any fancy holsters?" inquired Mountain Glory, "and five round Lady Hawks?"
98 The man showed her several different outfits. "This one," he announced, "barely looks like a holster. It's quick-release, and there's three extra clips concealed in the belt. But ma'am," he remarked, "all Lady Hawks are heavy caliber weapons. They're nothing for amateurs."
99 "Neither is this!" snapped Mountain Glory, pulling her regular piece out of the box. "I'm fully qualified with this, I think I can handle a Lady Hawk!"
100 The Clerk nodded. "Don't wrap it," continued Mountain Glory, "Load it. I'm going to take it with me. "
101 The Clerk loaded the piece and the extra clips while she wrote the check. When the Clerk checked

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