The Red Cloud chief., 1874-08-29

Cali Q si.irt sith its broad colbr turned
bac aai ,he 5scid .iIne.i straw
hat. soIssoecasionsl:y, n be tsr"ed .
earser toward the hoase, . ftilecf the
black monstache os the man Who drove
them ; saw all this, but never saw the
face turned IN der direction, Otherwise ;
nerer az the broad trim lifted 70 let
It's owner look toward the house. She
saw her father pass ever and SPEAK 10
hin. saw him stop. holdios bis hat
in On. hand and handkerchief IN she
oti@r and laugh and, though che
could osly see the broad back Of the
calico shirt, the broad bsimned hat,
and g.o:sy black hair between, she
knew there was a smile under che
black mous.ache and . twinkle in the
black eye. She waited . moment
then, holding the pie she had juss
taken from the oven, aad nv her
father replace his hat snd haDdkef-
chief and turn toward the house. aod
gray team and red respcr start again ;
but the face under the straw hat did
not tun once toward her window. She
went on into the. pantry and set De
pie down to cool, md Stood these
thinking 10 q mixed up wsEseGspsil-
ing school over a, the s'ocmsss::rs
span Of gray horses and . paif of black
eyes-and when Jane Ann came "a
The door and a>ked If ''she'd have
them there p~erta,ers bised Or baked"
and whether her folks liked the isnt
..very brown or not 10 much o." che
said, yes, she guessed So" ana
when Jane Ann laughed and said 'ish'
reckosed she knew now" she stsrtet
sad asked. "oh, what did sou say?'
and wo.s hack to the kitchen.
She passed on into the cool sitting
room, stopping only . uoment, how
ever, to straiehten q tidy on fssher'
arm chair and to pick up . flowe
dropped from the boquet on the table
then went on to where her mothe
was giving tie finishing pats 70 to
great roll Of yellow butter. and he
father was drinking from the tin dig
per chsined in the well.
He stopped Is she came in. and
turning his brown hested face towsr
her said, II wish you would make q
some o. those cooling drinks, Prissy /;
then reaching over and pattins h
playfalIy on the shoulder, Henry h'
o warm place on that reaper"
.sThat's nothing to me-" she 81
! quickly. all the blood rushing ipto b
plump face.
3 "Tut, tut, what does that mean
: and her father set the dipper down
: the shelf by the bucket, and leosed !
e her 10 . manses that showed he VI
g quite surpfi,ed 1t sbe way his hit
b remark had been taken.
5, She did not wait for him to be
+ himself out Of the mystery, but turn'
'e suddenly aud went back the way d
Z had come.
81 .whsS>sher. xbet ahs mesn
apQ rle pu zzled old man picked
:, his hat and put It On ; shsn took
'e of, and stood pattinx ont its =;
band OF black ribbon.
20. its nothing ; doo't poster d
y girl" and Aunt Rhods gave hsr b
z ter its fnal pat and walked OF n,
q with il, leaving Uncle Obed still stro
e ing his hat-band.
} Prissy went back into the si.tin
" ROOM. stopping a moment Longer Ii
C time to rest her head on her .fsthe,
T arm chair. and look thoughtfuily 1t d
y carpet; but in . minute more 81
o went on into the-kitchen and dow
; cellar, where she mixed the cooliI
e drink and set it out on the ''roll-wa
e steps just as her father came arour
} the corner, but disappeared before
Il had time to speak.
. The u burned on hotter and ho
Ter, and the broad roof grew dry,
y aud dryer. The glare from the stul
ber grew and more binding, Il
grsy horses got warmer and warme
: and the brown hsads drew up II
! reins offcncr to give them . rest. Th
mci pat green leaves 10 their hat
and worried aover q tbeiI binding.
) The hands of the little clock on tn
sitting-room mantle went around {
the hour Of noon. thsB Aunt Rhod
took down ne big sua-boaaes fro,
it's nail behisd the kitchen door IN
vent out TO blow the Tin horn. III
men stopped t1sis birding, lookin
toward the nuh . sense Of n
lief. the last few bundles nee1sd I
top out the md sere pitched o. N
the wagon dsiven 20 ~ ban. n
gTays we're 6hKisSLed fsea the nspF
aud followed after, aud vssz~tn q
men vere washing 's6emsss- 8 N
sink. and dpieg sheir 1'sd' on u