Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-06-10

she was thought OF at such an early hour;
she lowed softly, and stopped several
simes in drinking to turn her great eyes
on Little Barefoot.
Yes, now shall be much Qnestloned
and abused. Said she to herself But
what matters it1' /.
Going with her milx pail to another
COW she sang:
| Turn, turn, brindle cow,
Turn quickly around to me,
Were 70 90 and marry.
Who'd then attend to tlee.'
What arc you thinking Of, you silly
ihingS' She added, % if rebuking her
seif She new completed her work IN
silence. Gradually the house awoke. aud
ND sooner was Rosel up than she ran af
ter Little Barefoot to scold her. for she
had lost fne kcrchtef. She ~ Asisted that
she had given Il to Little Barefoo, TO take
care sf, but that -shs bewitched by the
stranger. had thrown everything away
when he had asked her to dance, and who
knew rhe,her he was not thief who had
stolen his horse and clothes, and who wO'd
be brought In tomorrow in chains. and il
was shameful ,he WAY Little Bsrefoot had
acted ~ the dance, anu that she ought to
De careful, Tor Enzein Valentine had said,
when the hen crows like cock there will
be falling weather and misfortune. She
had taken her for the 6rst and last time TO
the dance, her eyes had almost dropped
Out Of her head Tor sAuSse shat she was
obliged to admit that such = person served |
10 her house. II her sis.er>in law had not
control there, and II she had her own way |
this goose tender would not remain In the
house moment longer.
Limle Barefoot took !, oil quietly, for
she had made up her mind what to expect |
and had also resolved how TO act; who
ever abused her she would Ass~%r with |
silence, whoever ridiculed her should re-
ceive . sharr answer. Although she had
not . flaming brand as hand, she had
tongue that would serve the same pur
pose.
Little Barefoot constantly told Black
Mxrsnn how Reset treated her. and since
she wss not able to do 50 at the house,
here she was at liberty aud denounced
Rosel bitterly. But then recollccting her.
scaf again, nc said:
All, That isvery wrong. II will make
me wicked. too, using such bitter Lam
guage.'
But Marsan console,l her That you
speak 30 of her is proper. You know
that when We see anything that is loathe>
some, VIC must feject il, or il would make |
Us sick; and 80 also when we see and
hear aud feel anything that Is wrong, VIC
must speak out against it,--our souls mus,
reject IL, Otherwise we will become bad |
too
Lstsle Bareroo, was Obliged 10 laugh at
Black Nsranns strange words of cnnso-
lation.
Day after Gay passed in the usual way;
soon the wedding snd dance, and all |
that had happened at them had been for
gotten. But Little Barefoot fels contin>
ued longing she could not repress-
Il was well ,hs. sue had conhd,i every |
thing to- Back Msrann. L think cem>
mis.sd gin in being se happy thsrs. she
said compls,ningS.
'Agaius. whom!'
4 think God il furnishing me fcr H.
oh, child, how can you speak so7 God
loves W ~ his children. 10 there great
er plessure for parents than to see their
children hsppyt lhe father ahd rau'l-e
who ees their children dancing with Joy.
are made happy themselves. And re>
member, too, God saw you while you
were dancing. AMI was pleased to see you
happy, and your parents also saw you,
and they, too, were happy. Let mortals
say what they will. When my John comes
home.-he can dance, But I will say
nothing more. You have In me friend
who does you justice. and what do you
want more7'
The words and sssuisnces Of Black Ma
ranp. were. indeed. . comfort to Little |
Barefoot. but she had not told her oil. 1t
WAS not only tie talk about her that wor-
ried her. but II Vas no longer true THAI
she wAs satisfied With having been once
entirely happy. She aeugsd TO zee again
the man who appeared to her a. bene>
factor, who had wrought such . change
in her, and who now seemed TO care no
| more about her.
Yes, Little Barefost Il greatly changed.
She could not. indeed. be reprOscbed With
neglec,ing her work 10 any particular, but
. deep sadness took posscssiencf her.
hut for this she had an excuse that might
be considered good by the world. Danii
had hot yet written lie from America,
and abe WAS ~ foigssful on one occasion,
that she said TO MArsnn:
There is some truth in the proverb,
that II you put lire under an empty pot,
you will burn poor soul There Is a fre
bursisg under my heart, and my poor
soul 70 consuming
'Wbyf'
Because Dami don't write, and this |
waiting is % terrible. There is no time
so difficult 10 pass - that OF waiting
One Is At home no longer for au hour
minute. Y,u can abide In no tficc. but
one foot Is always lifted to depart
.Ah, nv child, do not speak so. cried
Black Msrann. WEy do you speak OF
wsiringS Think Of me. am waiting |
pasies.sly, and shall wait until my last hour |
and never give It up.
n her perception of anothers paiu,, Lit |
,le Barcioots sorrow birst into tesrs; and
she said: y sm 90 unhappy that am
always thinking now on dessh. How
many thousand pals Of saser have to
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