The Red Cloud chief., 1879-12-11

IsPttliis sFutl'iffr y liAfs @hfNEfttF tbt
ran from Portland Ia Providence, touch
ing at various places along the coast a
there WAS freight Ia take on or put off
Plumridgc among the other small ports
~ II was nO; quite the tearing aw
from home that a three years' whaling
voyage or an expedition Ia the Nurt
Pole would BE-. But Ia the boy. though
life had begun anew, and he could no
- away without being certain tina, hat,
was his bound by something NOR,
than a soft glance and 4 ready smile.
IL ~ happened there wa a spelling
match in the old red .chool-hou-e thu
very night before the Bonnie IDunds.
was Ia sail, and after every BODY va.
spelled down and the candies ha,
burned themselves out, Eugene went
home with Katy.
The stars shone, the cTicket- chirpod,
and now and then an apple fell with 4
sudden thud from the orchard tres that
oycrhung the fence Eugene and KATY
did not talk much, hut listened without
knowing they heard them, [" these gen
tie home -pund,.iill they were a. Phrbe
Ann'- porch. Then they stopped Ia ny
guod-by.
phgbe Ann Wa standing by the table
inside stirring yeast with the VERY same
wooden popn Eugene whitfield for her
~ long before.
81 could ha' told you,'' she was saw
ing, ..just how it would have turned
out
And from the foOtpajh coming up
from the road, behind the lilac, the
voices of Amy aud John Shepard were
heard ringing out on the crisp autumn
air.
There was no time la bc lost in the
guod-by, for this WIS not Ia be- a good
10y of the common sort To be said before
witnesses.
Sometimes | thought now may be- il
won't be-, but then again | thought
whether or no j, wouldn't Ice after all. -
continued Phrbc Ann, beating time with
the wooden spoon
IL shouldn't have missed If the word
had been pronounced right" came
Johnny Shcpard's voice, clearer and
nearer.
katy" whispered Eugene, hurried
ly, "Say, will You have me?"
u fPE hli'N 'At i Will. II N'tt Will
me- whispered Katy, and then John
and Amy came up just a. phrbe Ann
opened the door Ia put out the cat.
II was a lifetime, a. BOYS and girls
reckon, before Eugene and Katy could
=. have - each other. They had Ia wait
till Eugene had come la be mate Of a
large sailing vessel; and then ill he had
saved money enough la buy six plates
and half a dozen wooden chairs. besides
some other housekeeping ~triiles. But
that day couldn't hold off forever: al
though before it came they were mature
and middlc-a@cd people Of IL, and when
it really came they would have been ~
happy together a. two housekeeping
robins, only for one thing.
There i always a fly in the pot of
ointment" quoth PhTbe Ann on the
morning afterthe wedding day. "Somc-
thing hart renfering; and we must look
for il onc way II not another. But il
does come pretty tough on the young
folks to have To be- parted before the
wrddinw-cakc i hardly out of the tins.
However, they knew what Ia expect
when they decided To make arrange
mcntS.H
Don't You goto worrying about u.s."
said Eugene, gayly, ~ he anne suddenly
upon her where she sat on the same old
hrn-coop Smelling peas for dinner, katy
i going with me every voyage ~ q
~ | am captain
Phpbe Ann Snuffci diScouragin@lv,
but she prudently said nothing till she
was alone with the cat: and if she fore
east the years wrongly only the cat
knew il.
For al came To pass aS Eugene pur-
posed, and not 50 very long first either.
All. and more. Katy not only sailed
with him when he was Capt. MnSScroft,
but also a small person who had brown
eyes, brown curlS and red cheeks and
was named Eugcnia. They went up the
pyramids together and down the Anna
zpn; they Sc"rchcd paper by the fire Of
the midnight sun and ate bread-fruit
ripcncd in the land of perpetual sum-
mcr; they read the Revelation of 81.
John while sailing hy the Isle ii Pat
and Christ'S ..lovc talks while
sitting in the Garden Of GethSemanc.
Then Al last they came home and set
tied down As domestic ~ though they
had lived in Plumrid%c and kept pigs
and chickens all their lives. And there
they are Ia this very hour. shown" la
the world that nov and then the course
of true love does run smnoth.-FraHc,S
Lee, an the SpriHqrcH (.hass.) Repubii-
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