The Red Cloud chief., 1878-12-05

father pluck-d him by the arm and
made him sit down. Hut none III them
sor one momen, thought u vas any.
thing more than = very uncomfortable
freak ~ poor old sans
No sooner was the service over than
he VA assaulted on all side. for an or.
p~lanation. However. two only we're
serious about this father and Mary
w hat !. the meaning ~ this, .irP said
hi. father. sterDly; what could have
possessed you 10 make yourself 40 RI.
d~iculpus1
lie has go, a wife already replied
Sam, doggcdly.
Who has, Vas the general escla-
nation.
81 Lager
W no told you SOP
Tom Tylcr'' Tom Tyler was the
village letter carrier.
There was = -hou, 81 laughter nj this
piece III Information.
How long ago did Tom Ty Ter tell you
thisp'
Yesterday. lie brought a letter for
Ms. ~ Lager
Another shout ~ laughter greeted
this, but MARY looked very grave. While
her father remarked that. ~ course.
the lciicr Wa Tor 81 Layers mothor.of
whom he had more than ono spoken.
W. Sam was sharply rcbukcd for listen
Ing Ia such idle tales. and ordered Ia
hold his tongue.
You'll have ~ Lcgcr try his horse
whip across your shoulders. u YOU don't
mind cried his eldest brother. and they
NIL laughed again; hut Sam was very
unlike himself. and did not Join Ia the
laugh. but maintained n grave oompo-
SURE they had noticed In him be-
fore.
Nor was 4, n laughing matter M
where else. Tho news of that morn
ipg's interruption lew apacc. with VA.
rious additions aud amendments. Thus
improved upon. they reached tho ears
~ Mr., ~. Legcr. who lived but n few
miles M. and they created n profound
sensation. ~ much 50 that instead ~
spending the afternoon with the frcrcs.
~ expected. he took himself on, and
was never seen by them again. II WAS
discovered that Tom Tylcr's version
had been correct alter all. Good rid.
dance for Mary Frere; but n heart tri.
fed with aud wrongcd can never quite
recover itsclf.
For n time Sam WAS almost rcvcrcnt.
~ treated ut home, they felt the force
~ his 81 nplc explanation. why he hph
chosen such u singular way 81 uttsring
his suspicious. that II WAS because they
would only have laughed at him II he
had told them and were somcwha
ashamed 81 themselves. Hut tho old
habit revived after awhile. as old hab.
It's, both family and personal. M easily
do. and Sans brains were held M chcnli
~ ever. except by Mary, who WAS drawn
Ia him more than cvcr. and by his heart,
NJ only mothers do. the meaning ri
tina, display 81 firm Intelligence and Al'
most fierce affection.
I'm toll you what II Means said hcI
brother Ia Mrs. frcrc one day. whcr
she was talking Ia him about u h,
was n lawyer In London. old John
Quicksc,t, II GrHy's Inn, who could So,
u thing Ms shrcwdly as most people
Il, means this, tina, Sam has got n hear
aud n head. but his head IL more out N
the way than usual. and can only be- go
nj through his heart. like an old. fash
Toned bedroom that ran only bc reach
cd by going through another, LooI
hero, sister, ! like amazingly that stor,
Of the banns-it's grand. Not tina
there was anything clever In what h,
aid. lust the reverse. II might have beer
n stupid mistake; but this In what take
my fancy So. the irmncss II purpose,
far highc" quality of mind than mer,
/ ,l... st..s ....1l NAH. a.. 49,
fellow face everything he did for th
sake If the sister he loved, There mus
be- something In one who could run III
gauntlet like that, when his heart WA
once fairly unlocked; and ! think I hay
tho key
4 always though, So cried Mrs. frc
re-. greatly delighted.
Well. lot mo try. III run away wit
Sam. aud make n lawyer III him, whs
do YOU sAyr
Tho g,ihning was epidemic roundth
table after II WAS known that Sam wa
To be- u lawyer, His brothers and ~,
tcrs could hardly look nj first withou
smiling; Il did seem So droll. 81 absurt
" contrary Ia every notion they cntc,
tanned VI him Had he sat before the,
w Iutl INV Cp>tVtuc ~ NuutiVni w w
Channel Fleet, II would hardly hay
struck them rs being more unlookc,
for and prcpos,crous. Uncle John
presence saved Sam from collecti,
; bautcring. though the old lawyer WI
too wise Ia make any fuss about n
matter; but when Sam was alone wit
| his brothers and sisters he had a har
time 1T IL, though all was, as usual.
| perfect good humor.
At first Sam had, of course, to 4
: through the usual drudgcry III \ Law
: ycr's office. In which. II II be- possib
Tor any one to shine. he certainly 81
, not HIS blunders were awful. ~
4 provoked the wrath or ridiculc, rs u
case nigh, b., 81 bis fellow clerks. WI
were all well-scasoned and s,mewhl
ancient men, But his uncle never foui
!, fault with him. Tho most he said wh'
some frantic bungle was brought to b
notice, was. Sam, do this W. Agai
you know you can do II a great do
better than that Aud. sure enough,
WAS done better tho second time.
n short, his uncle began with, and In spi
of every Encouragement, p~crsevercd
> the plan Of trusting him. And by d
. grccs he found that that the q
trusted him the better he did, and q