The Red Cloud chief., 1878-10-10

nj last give way beneath It's weight ~
heavy, dcspairing thoughts.
Well, the oSchoquer was low enough,
and mother had had one ~ her very
bad spells; aud a lady customer had
just been In and abused me yes. nbus-
cd, ! can us, no other word; women do
fy In snch t.mpcrs at their dress max
crs about the III ~ her dress. dcclar-
ing u, to be- utterly ruined when II,
only wanted taking up n little on n
shoulder and letting down an inch or 80
In front; and Wits right arm was al
most disabled from n heavy load ~
books h. had carried n long distance
the day before chow men eau have the
heart 10 give "A mans burden la "a child
] cant scc) when nunt's letter fell like
n bOmb.shcll into our nearly diskcar'-
cncd little camp.
DrAR FoLks a friend II mine nn
Ingli-hman' %tauni'S lal guagc was cor
rect enough. but Mt times her spelling
was somewhat pcculiar) 'who came
here purposing tn start IN business. look
III" fever, fingered u few months. and
died. leaving, Heaven knows why, his
only child, u daughter who will event
/ itIIN Wv " FIp'~t' ulIfNN, W
my care. Having been dclicn,cly rear
cd in the midst ri devotion and tender
ness, this place, only suited to bold.
strong natures, " n little too ruff for
her. So she desires nj least ! desire
for hcr-a home in the North, and |
wish that home Ia be- with YOU.
"My niece Mary, who inhcri,s the
disposition of her father to n grca, de-
gree and he would have gone out Of
his way any day to give even n dumb
brute pleasure will, ] am sure, be- kind
to her. Carol will love her for her
beauty, II for nothing else. and the rest
Of you will love her because she IN most
lOvablc. Her maid will accompany her.
AT present her affairs are in "a tan
gle. hut ] hope 10 unravcl them in the
course of IA few months, and then you
will b" recommended for whatever extra
tcNpcnsc She may cause You. !
would incloso II check nj present wri-
ting, but all my funds are invested In u
speculation from which ! expect Ia reap
much profit. DO the best you can un-
Ill you hear from me again. when ! will
farther unfold my plans In regard tn
Miss Ashbcll. who. ~by-thc.by. starts To.
morrow. Aunt"
No wonder CONSERVATION and dismay
were depicted on every c%ountcnsnce
when ! ceased reading this letter. No
wonder W. looked gaspingly at each
other. What In the world were we To
do with this fine young lady In our
humble homcP
What could aunt he thinking about ?
True. w didn't know exactly how poor
We we're. for we'd been too proud Ia
acknowledge our extreme poverty in
N few and far-bctwccn letters. On
the contrary. | am afraid we had led
her Ia believe that W. were in quite a
tl%ourishing condition. But for all that.
she Dug II To have known that We wcr,
not il%ourishing enough to support del.
icatc and beautiful girl. used to luxury,
tenderness, aud devotion, for cvcn II
few months. Was ever ANYTHING y,
malapropos and vo%xatiousp OF cours,
Miss Ashbcll would look with scorn on
our scycn-rOomcd dwelling. with a back
garden twenty-five by twenty-five. ant
II court. yard ten by ten. Aud suppos,
AS aunt, with a short -Sightcdness YER,
unusual to her, complacently remarked
Carol shOnM fall in love with her
The proud English girl would no doubt
regard him as u fortune hunter. ant
invidiously compare his frank. impul
sive, rather brusIuc with tn,
rcposc and 'awtul' dignity of the Ian
guild swclls of her own land.
And somebody else might be attract
cd toward her-mcn are so susceptible,
to woman's beauty somebody who nov
thought my face the sweetest in tn,
worll. The very thought made IN,
heart stop beating.
Aud the maidp Even il we can max,
arrangements to accommodate her
and il seemed utterly impossible for n
to do society, M faithful servant fo'
the last fifteen years, would look upo,
her in the light Of an ,%nterlopcr, AN,
treat her " such. Betty had been use,
To being ''monarch Of all she surveyed
Even in house-cl aiming times those
times that try mems souls and women.
soles-shc scorned the idea of an rs
! sistant.
''No, ma'am, III have no stranger
: pOkin' roun' me. When I'm not abb
to do the work of this house alone, III
90"
And mother dear, shrinking. grief
; stricken mothcr-how would she bca
the advent of this dainty Miss Ashbcll
But We could do nothing TO avert tn
impending misfortune. Even If we ha,
/ thought Of di~sobeying our fathers las
command. and refusing aunt the favo
she had not asked. but. in her usual dc
cisive way, taken for granted, the youn,
lady was on her way, and would b
here in II day or two.
The news must be immediately brok
r on to mother and Betty. l. being tn
, ho%usekeeper. undertook to face the Ia,
: ter. l will confess | did il with fear an
trembling. She heard me grimly, neve
, ceasing to pear the potatoes she held |
! her lap, and when | had ended, locke
up with u sharp nod of the head, an,
7 said, slowly and cmphatically, Betty
have to go now, sure. She can't stan
no tine young ladies and sassy youn
bridesmaids about for nothing"
/. Helen wentto mother, put her arm
l about her neck, and with 4 kiss and
smile told her of the expected visitor
adding, with an assumption of gayety
''She shan't come near you at all, man
4 ma dear, II you don't want her; but 20