The Red Cloud chief., 1878-11-07
ADAMS LONELY BOyHOOD.
An Affecting pirinrr ~ the Original
Married Nan.

In beginning a sof les OF Aketcb"s CON
corning the youthful days ~ eminent
! people. " seems omincn,ly flung that
We commence wi,h Adam. q, l. rather
difficult to conceive Adam ~ . boy, We
admit. owing Ca the popular superr,i.
tiou tha, has painted him coming into
the world full grown. With ~biskers
and mustache complete. and a prevail.
ing belief ,ha, there wasn't % boy IN the
world until Nv. came and raised ID.
Old hoy with Adam yet wc prefer 10
think ~ our ancient p%rogenitor NJ hay.
ing had something ~ = boybDod. and
We suppo.. we have n good n RICH, Ia
thcoril. upon this subject ~ anybody
else.
Adam was probably ~ misohievous.
naturally. ns boys generally are. In
fact, Darwin says he was n pcrfcc, lit.
tie monkey which. W. believe. IL n ~.
nonym for mischi.yousness the world
over. But b. had no companions In
his gambois. II h. staid out after dark
and 60, Ia cutting mp. II was all by
himself Aud what sport could be- hav.
ringing door bells without a lot ~ 9th.
.r boys Ia -campsr away WITH And
consider the melancholy fun ~ fast.b.
Ing cords across the walks nj night with
nobody Ia trip over them.
We n Imagine young Adam, with
all the instincts II u boy two inches
thick Ia his nature. looking about fo-
ON way todiy"rt himself ~ other boys
do, aud whispering Ia himself. Can't
have any fun
~ course he couldn't by any posi-.
bility have any fun. No fun running
away from school. or stealing on to 90
In swimming, because thetc was no one
Ia lick him when he got home. No fun
sncakiDg np into III. hay NOV to In.
dnlgn In n -urrcpti,lous game of euchre
always bad ~ play u alone, II.
couldn't play tag, because he might
yell I've got the tag nil day. aud there
would Ice no "" Ia come and take IL
away from him, 'lii.spi' had no charm.
for a boy soon gets tired ~ hiding when
he has Ia go Ia work la find himself
And wkore II there "A hoy VINO likes Ia
work and find himself
The more we think II Adams lonely
boy hood th" more VIZ are inclined Ia
pity him lie never knew what n cir.
Gus meant, Mt least moi ill eve came aud
introduced him Ia ~ Hut ~ have
nothing Ia do with that now ~ We are
only treating II Adams boyi,uod.
True. Their" was n big mcnngcric all
round him. but the animals were tame
affairs. lambs aud lions |, ing down Ia.
grthrr IN the most splritlcss concord.
aud the Appropriateness nnd canary
birds playing with each other like kit.
tens. Little Adam never sat way up on
the highest seat aud galcd " Strick.
On. while n man In spanglcd tights
sprang, whip In hand. int" "A cage 81
savage beasts that rolled their eyes.
CRASHED th.is teeth. aud roarcd until
the canvas overhead Tapped for very
icsrl No, indeed.
lie never saw thin legged female in
short skirts ride n Looping horse around
a ring, and jump through n hoop. while
"a mar with his face painted white and
his mouth u red eNagg"ration. tells that
con,ulsive story about s%tuillng hay into
his shoes Ia I'LL them out. aud his calves
going down tn eat the hay Young
Adam never saw the old clown. though
he came very soon after Adams day.
and the Jokes he commenced with he
has been getting oil ever since.
And how abou, base ballP DO YOU
suppose that Adam knew anything
about that o>hilarating diversion that
Is now doing so much toward develop
ing the iutcllccts ~ our American
youthP There is no likelihood IL IL,
not while h. was n boy. His son Cain.
however. seems Ia have been the first
who got up n club hut II WAS the death
Of his brother Abel.
While there were So mann things that
tn, hoy Adam missed. think not that
his solitary life Was without it, COM
pcnsation There was NO other boy To
steal his marbles, or hide his top, or
jccr Al him because hc had Ia wear his
big brothers east oil clothes or hollcr
across the street that he had n letter in
the pos, %oiico,' ar tix n bent pin for
him In sit down on, or make faces al
his sister, or spell him DOWN. or steal
his dinner, or tell on him when he had
been IN mischief. OF h.at him out of his
sweetheart, Adam escaped these aud
a thousand other annoy ancos tina, bul-
subject each other ,o. lie hadn't any
brothers and sisters Ia tease and worry
him, and with whom he was compelled
Ia divide his playthings and nice things
Ia eat that might come that way, Tie
could leave n piece of swectcakc lying
around anywhcrc, Knowing that none
ot the rest IT the children would touch
Il; aud At night, IN retiring, he could
stick his gum On Ia the headbo ard.
confident that It would rest undisturbcd
until morning,
Whatever trouble and annoyances his
matrimonial life may have hrough,
him. We lind u kind of satisfaction In
rejecting that Adams boy hood Was
exceptionally frye from care, aud on
that account VI arc bound To conclude
that his life was not All entire failure
Rat Contributor.
Railing the Dumolinvs.