The Red Cloud chief., 1876-11-09
latch MAKING.

And She meant il, or what answers
the same purpose, she thought she
meant it. After all, how few Of us ever
really know what We do mean;
81 engaged myself once when a girl,
and the sImplcton thought he owned
me. | sOom took that cOnceit out of
him, and sent him about his business
The voice was now a triile sharp.
What wonder, with 50 CALLING Il mem
DRY?
no man shall ever tvrannize over
mc-ncvcr, What the mischief do Won
suppose is the matter with this sewing
mdchine:"
"Ammoyed at your logic, most likely"
said my friend, IA ~bright-eyed young
matrom, as She threaded her needle.
MY husband is not IA tyrant, Miss
Kent"
81 am glad you are satisfied" was the
laconic answer.
1t WAS quite evident by the express
sion of the drcSS-makcr's face that she
lad formed her OWL opinion about INV
friends husband, and WAS quite compe-
tent to form and express an opinion on
any subject.
Miss Kent vas a little woman, as fair
AS "A girl, and rs plump as a robin. She
wasn't ashamed Ia own that she WAS
forty years old and an old maid. She
had earned her oWn living most of her
life, and WAS proud of it. LazineSs was
the onesin Miss Kent could not forgive.
She WAS a good nurse, Il faithful friend,
and Il Jolly companion; but stroke her
the wrong way, and you'd wish YOU
hadn't in much shorter time than il
takes me To write it. Her views on all
subjects were Strikingly original, and
not TO he comhated.
What are you going To do when YOU
are ODD" persisted the mistress of the
establishment.
What other old folks do, | suppose"
But You can't work forever"
Cant say that | want to-
Nov, Miss Kent, a husband with
means, a Kind, intelligent man-"
Il don't want. | don't want anv
man. L tell YOU. Mrs. Carlisle. wouldn't
marry the best man that ever lived. if
lie WAS as rich aS CrpSlS, and would
die if | didn't have him. Now. if YOU
have exhausted the marriage question,
should like to try on your dress"
That there was something behind all
this | knew well. Ny friends eve
danced with fun: and as Miss Kent
fitted the waist she threw me a letter
from the bureau.
Read that" She said, with a knowing
look. ut may amuSe you."
This Is what the letter said:
MY DEAR JENNIE: | shall he de.
lighted Ia spend a month with YOU and
your husband. There must he, how.
ever n stipulation about NV visit
you must promise To say no more about
marriage. | shall never be foolish
AGAIN. Twenty-Five years g to-day
wrecked my whole life.
Better embark in a new ship. hadn't
he: put i'll Jennie. soto voce.
- unsuitable was this marriage, 80
utterly and entirely wretched have been
It's consequences. that | am forced to
believe the marriage institution a mis-
take 80, for the last time. let me assure
You that | wouldn't marry the best
woman that ever lived. if b, So doing
could save her life. Your old cousin,
MARK LANSING.
"Rlch. isn't it, said Jennie, and then
pointed TO the chubby little figure
whose back happened to be turned.
l shook my head and laughed.
You'll see" continued the incorri-
gible.
"See what" inquired Miss Kent,
quite UNI ware of Our pantomime.
THAT PARTICLES which are chemically
attracted will unite. OF couse an alkali
and an acid-don't you think this sleeve
is a little too long. Miss Kent"
Not after the seam is off. But what
were You saying about alkalies and
acids. MIS-. Carlisle? The other day at
Professor Boynton's | saw some Won
derful experiments"
did they succeed" inquired Jennie.
demurelv.
Beautifully"
$50 will miIe. / never botched a job
in my life"
Il don't think l quite understand
you said Miss Kent, perpleNed.
NO? / always grow scientific when
talking about marriage. my dear"
Bother" was all the little woman
said. but the tone was much better
natured than | expected.
The next week Cousin Mark arrived
and | liked him at once. An unhappy
marriage would have been the last
thing thought of in connection with
the gentleman. He had accepted the
situation like a man. Jennie told me.
and for fifteen years carried a load of
misery that few could have endured.
Death came TO his relief at last, and
now the poor fellow honestly believed
himself an alien from domestic happi-
ness.
Singular as it may appear, Cousin
Mark was the embodiment of good
health and good nature; fifty, perhaps.
though he didn't look it, and as rotund
and fresh in his way as the little dress
maker was in hers. As / looked at him,