The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-09
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urcs. sister Kate rssAArs The y~-ss asr.
lag ~.ii tsil a.i~sr.
- ksie tc~sA titiie kei-st tlsasi~s
eas In The sAs-i~. ssA vsitsA aA~sas 9Th
him In the SHADE until his isii~ k~ad
dr~cp~d ard hs ~ss ss~srAse aas~siy
hshs . nantaa kvs mp "acr ~ t~tc~ h.
ls-ek out ansl~~sly ~ HIN.
Tho dsstct said that u Ne st~rs "
~ca'd DO hss~ 80 wacA xe~-i." che ssss
"a h~tS~N
IN~s Ana, ksss hvc~xAs the hshy In
and laid him de~n In Me crib 'kis
ter" che said. ~ she swsw~A away, ~
~ssh POUR heart as not 81 sea 90 ltssle
nxskAjp's swsss~rv. YWa ksew lAa Y
no ds~s nw~. Ae 10 cafe, bat n As lives.
.As. tcas sh~r- - he, ~ ne, inher' .
love As ~tiqs.w"
ths ~-sr @cshsr's iss~ ,o~sA~i wess
ANXIOUS than t.~torv,
II tsc~. Kate, ha, 9TH pray Zoe
my boy. aad hep hopias thai Per
haps he viii 10 the m~Aas II saswias
his father srcsn the path ~ tstessvss~
ance. would rather he would die noe
,hsa hive Ia drnk s'rcae dunA; ba, 10
Is sii ] have lrN"
Tho baby grew better irsm ,As, asscs.
NOON, Day After day bis mosh.r ne
auasie would takr hin cut \. rsrA him
IA sl~rp under the shade 1t sks great
maple and - b. gsvw Older and larger
and strow9vs, ~ sroue Me AfVcswc-eas
playing theev. Ell they csllesi the grand
old tire Roebie'S maple. The little hoy
seemed la know from tho first Inst M
VAS Ia bc his mothers comtovts and
whcn shs wAa fceatNe lonely and uNhas.
nv, IN ~ lag that Nohbis's father wss
drinking 81 the viiiAr~ hotel. tho little
fellow would lcayr his toy. Ia Ali 90 hcs
lap and quietly strukc her che~k until
she gavc him q klss aud = smils. Hat q
very sad day came Tor Robbie and bis
poor mother, Nj, Lindsey drAak -
much that he could no longer ks~p HE
po.ition In the bank. and so they had to
sell their pr-ity homo aud ,aove 10 Q
very ANAL house With No such beautiful
trcss ~ kobtic's maple. The little esl-
low vas nearly seven years old whcn
this happened. and u wAs woadsrtsl
how we'll he understood tho truubie Ais
mother Was IN. They he'd 10 sead The
ervAnt away. aud Mrs, lindaley had
every day and ~ tho nrr Tor hur, ana
though he could bring hut half Q pail
ii water 81 . time. yet he took carv his
mother = hsd IA bring any, Ties Ne
peeled the potatoes and set the tsbls.
aud cleared away Tho dishcs. bsslLes
helping to make the beds, All ths tlm~
his nsother ncver kncw ~heth~r Robhis
suspcctcd that his father was drunk.
She taught her bay Ia bc afraid la touch
= drop 81 liquor, and explained ~ him
that u he never put to6acro near bic
mouth. he would never feel The nscd
II H.
Tine day Robbie came home trom IN
crrRnd he had gone on, and instead ol
chatting with HE mother. he hurried Ia
set the table aud then vent ID alons.
Dinner Tins came. aud Mr.. Lndslsy
came horne, but where Was Robbed
Mrs. Lindsey called. hut ihcrw Wa ma
snswer; she felt sorry he shoaId aua be
nj siisn.s. tss he .Gssh~s xwue Vuasu 3D.
bcr. and they might have cajoyed one
pleasant mral.b1 III since hs wss MAJ 10
be found. They sal down without him.
The dinpsv wss . very nIcw oac. bst the
mother could ~ eat. Whore wws Mob
bieg Mr.. Lindslcy. who wAs . very Mud
man when sob~r. nottc~d how worried
hov S.,r h.s
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tho" !" I'M. ran -hLrh 90. M,
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Mr.. Iindsjrv kssw Tho VOICE 80 h,s
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vo,c. shooI ~,,h .oI.'
..Hh.f M hsn,,ensd. childv.
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h,,,s,Uh Sstsssvs
INA IN fsshsr rus~ vhss n. hsvvs|
had 40. mn ~ bc.t m hssd ~
sss.d ~ crsss,ons, IT. arssv ~ mn.
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80 - r-
RobbIs ~. vsrv tir.< and s~t,sd -
cie~~ IN hts fafk~rss 81.