The Red Cloud chief., 1874-10-31

Mn sssy Cun.er. job Gapter Is
Nf5bsSt. We ieep the Aoehor
Pot post-o16ce sod . store. avid sell
Nssnesiss sud garden .a.s, calico.
~hess, and medicines, IKE ethss folis
i Sur line, whss al, body asas for
en-.
When . ship cames in. ard tbs
aaSlors come home to their wives aud
mothers, trade grows brisk. The
hausekeepess DO their beet, ard the
raisiss and dried carrants aud eggs aud
tntssr 20 81 finely, and it's worth
whiIs 10 lay 10 ribhcus for the gir's.
end smoking tobacco and long pipes
tos the mer.
Jack end Wages make Old Anchor
Port tsisk for a while, but u last he
sails sway, and all the women seem to
ssk for Will be letrers-!et.ers, letters,
1etteYs-whco they have . right to ex-
pees them, and when they haven't
al the same.
It's "Please, Annsy Gun,er, look
over them and rec If there aren't ont
Tor me-" and IT'S "Please, Unc.e
Guuter, il might have got mixed up
sud overlooked some how" often and
often-God help the poor. tonls!-
after Jack lies 1t the bottom Of the
SEA. and nothing viii ever reach them
Ll.u, the news of the shipxIeck. But
tIplenty u letters come after all, and
Isometines Ne have to read them for
the folks, Job and !. 90 We get to
kscw some thing Of their lives.
49, lly More could read aud write
kersslf. bat still I always knew when
she had q letter from Win Masses..
iknew il BY the hands,iting. and |
knew il BY her blpshes. and By that
happy look in her face. When he
zine home she bonght ,ibbons aud
Lits Of Ans ny the apronsu'; and
tnew shere the packages Of candy
that be bought we're TO go to. And
used 10 keep job from fishing down
in Purmsu's creek Of afternoons, tc-
saues ] knew tha. was where Miiiy
end Will liked to walk. Counting
time comes but cnce 10 a lifetime, and
-Ielwsys like to see il prosper.
At last ne sailed away, second mate
OF the Colder Dove ard when he
came back from that voyage, they
were TO be married.
il vss ead day VI en- that ship
raiIed. Mrs. Captain Ravdon and
her girIs we're crying on the shore,
Twenty woman from the Pert and FIVE
sbsn che Hill sere there to see her SCI
k~s4ip. gray day. and the
voyage sSIl613ploss o
II WDeu1.e our aad sycamore that
e&f9sto I'll My to hi. boast
S pnnrnxAlGh~es be sid. s'fT
3 1nskSs6s end scsD1< keouldn''
%eanvwr.. w1SA-tpI ys
As66 49, Ia epise Of that, the
.Gs Bove went dog 10 uij-seas,
~ -, three ~. ssescLed Anchor
seetrAew Cap,atn Rawdon and
Sa2fsSDG lost, at dead ofrigh,,
xAsi storm.
E5asai1 bought the new
k5Gss. lss~den. lie stopped o
51Ore to .sl' shout it. A nice old
ar. A bachelor still, at Fifty eight
kSass handsome, with his white hail
sud red cheeks. ss . picture.
That vas twelve months ago. th'
right I went into the store. to sor
things out a. | always did Ssturds,
Tebse-TArough the vccktOb usec
10 get everything mixed up-'etter> II
ms ten boxes. esud.es in the letter
hog. eggs where they oughtn't to he
AID ill the place askew. Il was
warm autumn night. and Captain
Kirca;6's vessel vas in port, aud ",
hsd plenty Of custom. job serves
shs people while I tidicd up. I found
l.ssft The hast mail in . sugar box, ant
clothes pine in tho ground coffee can
isesr. and ! just dumped tn m ont.
rGather ~ your letters, JOB, ' SAID
]. What possesses you, old man?
And be laughed, and piled 'em up
Add | made . vow to myself that u
keen the ssesr box full after that. s
he shouldn't uss i. Cor the msil.
had svesty-iour pounds Of suea
known .. coffee crushed" because !
- ptspasel especially 70 = in cai
ie<. That Waf the hpsst sugar Asct
~ Hin folks often bought. though
had 6 Eeele cut and powdered by ms
ia go Mrs. Rswdon, o. Mrs. d.
Spese, OF the minister's lady shout
sesA II; aad I took the paper ny IN
sssed L over the japaaacj boz. pou'
ina & nies smooth stream, whe
vhen vho should come rdnninG int
the shop but Milly More. She "a
- 10 1ressa1 carefully. and her eye
vsrs Ted Nth ssying. .
Sho askcd Ses some tea. and viii